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Chapter 9 : Truth
Mall
The following day AMW and Maria were out at the mall shopping to allow Maria to shop for maternity clothes despite the anxiety creeping up on the Wildcat about one of the members of Jarrett ' s Army seeing them .
" You need to relax Chris , " Gail whispered when they were alone at one of the clothes racks .
" But , what do we tell someone if they see us out with Maria ? " Chris whispered in Gail ' s ear .
" That we just ran into her , " Gail said .
" Yeah , that sounds real smooth . " Chris annoyed .
" Okay , what ' s gotten you riled up ? " Gail asked .
" I still haven ' t found the things that went missing at the house . " Chris said .
" Oh , " Gail said .
" Yeah , " Chris said .
" You think someone is behind it ? " Gail asked .
" I don ' t know , but a lot of fishy things have been going on since a certain red head started hanging around . " Chris whispered as he glanced at Maria and James laughing about something .
" Yeah , I think I have looked through this rack about four times . " Gail moving to another rack .
" I know what rack I have looked at more times than that and would like to be doing that right now instead of shopping . " Chris smirked .
" Dirty mind , " Gail smiled seductively .
" But you like my dirty mind , " Chris said .
" I know , " Gail said .
" What does Gail know ? " James asked as he and Maria came over to them .
" That Wildcat has a dirty mind , " Gail said .
" Yep , " James agreed making Chris laugh .
" You guys find what you need ? " Chris asked adjusting his sunglasses .
" We have , well , at least for now without exactly knowing if the baby is a boy or girl . " Maria said .
" Then lets go , because we need to get to the Impact Zone . " Gail said .
The four left the shop without noticing that Team Canada minus Coach D ' Amore had seen AMW out together .
" What was that ? " A1 asked .
" Maria , hanging out with AMW , " Eric said nervously .
" Yeah , but why , Maria hangs out with the enemy ? " Bobby asked .
" I don ' t , maybe we should ask them at the Impact Zone . " Petey said .
" Good idea , " Bobby said as they left the mall as well .
Impact Zone - Jarrett Army Resistance Locker Room
At the Impact Zone , Maria was now in the guys locker room where ones Jarrett ' s Army hung out resting as AJ and Daniels had let her in due to safety reasons .
" Thanks for this guys , " Maria said .
" Don ' t mention it , anything to keep you safe from these people after you . " Daniels said .
The Naturals walked in letting the door slam shut behind them making the three look at both Andy and Chase looking pissed .
" God , I can ' t stand them , " Chase said .
" Who ? " AJ asked .
" Jarrett ' s Army , " Andy said .
" What happened ? " Rhyno asked walking into the locker room area after hearing the door slam and the Naturals ranting .
" Jarrett and his new found power with the NWA Championship just showed himself by kicking Jimmy Hart out of TNA and now we are without a manager again . " Chase growled .
" Jarrett is trying to do away with any power that may act against him . " Daniels told them .
" Which means he must of felt like Jimmy was a threat to the Army . " Rhyno said .
" Which could also be the reason they attack the Bubba Ray and Devon last night . " Maria said .
" Yeah , " AJ said .
" Have you heard anything from them , Rhyno ? " Maria asked knowing he was friends with 3D .
" Nothing yet , but don ' t count those two out they will be back here and showing those dumbies in Jarrett ' s Army why they messed up attacking them .
" Still doesn ' t mean we have to sit back and do nothing about them . " Chase said .
" Of course not , we need to take it to them before anything else happens . " Daniels said .
" Yeah , " Maria sighed .
" What ? " Andy asked her .
" Just wish it hadn ' t been James attacked 3D last night . " Maria said .
" It ' ll be okay , but don ' t take it so hard when I punch that crazy Cowboy of yours in the face . " Chase said .
" Do what you have to , but don ' t hurt him to bad , Chase . " Maria said .
" No problem , " Chase said .
AMW ' s Locker Room
AMW was in their locker room talking over the next step to deal with the issues still surrounding 3D and those against the Army when a knock came at the door .
" Hope its the man . . . " James started .
" ... with the beer . " Chris and Gail both finished .
" Yeah , " James opened the door and saw Team Canada letting them in .
" Hey guys , where ' s Scott ? " Chris asked .
" Talking with Jarrett , but we need to talk with you . " Bobby said .
" About ? " Chris asked as James closed the door .
" About why Maria is hanging with you guys . " Petey said daring them to lie making Chris take a deep breath as he had been afraid of this .
" We were . . . " Gail said , but James put his hand over her mouth .
" Maria , is pregnant with my child and if anyone of you or anyone else tries to hurt her because of it , I will have a problem with them got it . " James glared as Chris and Gail looked at Storm with their mouths open as that wasn ' t the plan .
" Storm , " Chris said .
" I am not lying to anyone about this , Chris . " James said walking out of the locker room .
The Ring
Maria was at ring side watching the Naturals in the ring train with AJ and Daniels for their up coming fight against AMW to try and get back the NWA Tag Team Championships , so , that way some of the power in Jarrett ' s Army would lessen .
" Man , I am going to have wrestling withdrawals while carrying this baby if I keep watching you four like this . " Maria said making all four of them stop and laugh .
" What ? " Chase asked .
" You heard me . " Maria said .
" Wow , that was good , " Daniels said rubbing tears out of his eyes as a man in masked stepped up behind Maria .
" Maria , " The masked man said making her turn around and the guys glare at him .
" Who are you ? " Maria asked frightened as she backed up until her back was touching the ring .
" Leave her alone , " AJ commanded .
" Shut up , what ' s wrong Maria , you don ' t recognize me ? " The man asked as Chase and Andy realized that the voice was one of the thugs at the bar .
" No , " Maria said .
" Be careful Maria , this guy was at the bar . " Andy warned her .
" Looks like someone found me out , but make no mistake about it I won ' t allow my plans to fail , " The man said looking at Andy and then back at Maria .
" What plans ? " Maria asked .
" All in good time , my dear . " The man touching Maria on the arm .
" Don ' t touch me , " Maria pushed the man back as Chase jumped off of the ring apron and onto the man knocking the guy out as AJ called for security .
" Andy , Daniels get Maria out of here . " Chase said .
" Right , " Daniels said .
" Come on , Maria , " Andy said as he and Daniels got Maria out of the ring side area and to the back .
" I can ' t believe one of those creeps that attacked me and broke into my apartment would just follow me here . " Maria said starting to cry as they walked into the backstage area .
" Don ' t worry about it Maria , its not your fault and we will stop them if they try and hurt you . " Andy said .
" You will ? " Maria asked looking at Andy .
" Of course , " Andy said .
" Thank you , Andy . " Maria said throwing her arms around Andy hugging him .
" No problem , friend . " Andy said excepting the embrace .
As Maria was hugging Andy neither one noticed Storm watching them getting more pissed off every minute not realizing that Andy and some of the others had jusst rescued Maria . James walked back to AMW ' s locker room to plan out how to deal with this issue developing between what appeared to be Maria and one of his worst enemies Andy Douglas .
