Title: Righteousness, Revelations and Enigmas: Locked Up in Los Angeles

Author: Kaykyaka

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE and TNA characters used within this fictional story. No copyright infringement is intended and no money is being made by this work of fiction.

Ratings: K+

Characters: Shawn, Cameron, Rebecca and Cheyenne Michaels, Amy 'Lita' Dumas Michaels, Hunter Hurst Helmsley, LC Helmsley, Aurora Rose Helmsley, Chyna Helmsley, Trish, Randy and Randy Orton Jr, Melina, Johnny and Romeo Hennigan, Jeff, Stephanie and Elizabeth Hardy, Angelo and Angela Jericho, Vince McMahon, Marion Cena, CM Punk, Dave Batista, Brie and Justin Danner, Adam "Edge", Angelina Love and Angelica Copeland, Alannah Pirelli and Charlotte, Dan and Carla McCool.

Summary: With their friends on trial for attempted murder Batista and CM Punk try to find Brie to testify against Chris Jericho. Will her testimony be enough to stop ATM, Shawn Michaels, Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy and Joanie Helmsley from going to prison for a crime they didn't commit?

Chapter Nine – Dinner with the Deans

Glen Cove High, Long Island, NY at 4pm

Hunter headed out the school building with Freddie while checking his cell-phone for messages. He usually got text messages from the ARK angels and he had just gotten one from LC. He didn't have a chance to read it however because he saw Jeremy's parents waiting for him outside the school.

"Hey guys what are you doing here?" he asked the Deans.

"We thought we'd go out for dinner tonight," Mr. Dean said.

"Again?" Hunter said, "We went out for dinner last night,"

"Yeah, Aurora's mother came to see us and we thought it would be nice if we all went out for dinner," Mrs. Dean said and Hunter paused, he wasn't sure how to respond. That was until he looked inside the Deans' car and saw Stephanie sitting there. She waved at him and he smiled.

"See you later Jeremy, have fun!" Freddie said before heading home and Hunter got in the car along with Jeremy's parents.

"Hello Jeremy," Stephanie said sweetly. "So it is true, you did move to New York," Hunter said.

"Yeah and I gotta say I'm pretty glad I did," Stephanie was really glad to see him.

"now that we live only twenty minutes away we'll be seeing you a lot more often," Stephanie said.

"Well that's great, we love to eat out," Mrs. Dean said.

"Well what a co-incidence so do I," Stephanie said and Hunter smiled knowing that they had a lot to talk about.

"Should we go to your home and pick up your children Mrs. Jericho?" Mr. Dean said.

"Its Hardy, Mrs. Hardy," Stephanie said firmly. "And don't worry about my children they'll be there," she said knowing her children could go anywhere thanks to Beth's new Gift from God.

Donovan's Restaurant

The Deans, Hunter, Stephanie and her children sat around a table in the middle of Donovan's restaurant which was an upscale but friendly restaurant in Oyster Bay. When the Deans, Hunter and Stephanie arrived at the restaurant Beth, Aurora and the A Twins were already there. Hunter wanted to know how they got to the restaurant so quickly but he had a feeling the explanation couldn't be given while the Deans were at the table.

"So Stephanie why do you not like for people to call you Mrs. Jericho, isn't that your husband's name?" Mrs. Dean asked.

"No, my husband's name is Jeff Hardy. The relationship I had with Chris Jericho ended a long time ago," Stephanie said simply before eating a bit more of her lemon sole.

"So you must be rooting for Mr. Hardy to be acquitted of those terrible charges," Mr. Dean said.

"You got that right, my husband is not a criminal," Stephanie said.

"Well then what does that make Mr. Jericho?" Mrs. Dean asked.

"The less said about that man the better," Hunter said.

"Well I couldn't be happier to change the subject, where are you kids going to school?" Mr. Dean asked Stephanie's children.

"We're going to Manhattan High," Aurora said. "You'll never guess who started there," she said to Hunter.

"Who?" he asked.

"Marion Cena," Aurora replied.

"He's a teen model now and he's got this huge billboard in Times Square," Beth said.

"Is it for that Neutral clothing line?" Hunter asked and the kids nodded. "I saw a huge billboard for that clothing line in Long Beach only the kid modeling the clothes was a girl. I kinda thought it was Maria only younger,"

"Speaking of girls how is Megan?" Stephanie said and Hunter went bright red.

"She's just a friend," Hunter said firmly.

"That's not what Aurora said, she said she's sweet on you," Stephanie teased.

"We have a million stories to tell you about Megan, the sweetest one however is the one when she prayed everyday for our son to wake up from his coma," Mrs. Dean said. "Thank God for answered prayer,"

"Yeah," Hunter said but his eyes told me more than his words did. As the Deans went to stay hello to a couple they knew on the other side of the restaurant the Hardys took it as an opportunity to talk about the real stuff on everyone's mind.

"Jericho's up to no good," Stephanie said.

"Yeah we know that Steph that's why I'm stuck in a 12 year-old kid's body," Hunter replied.

"He had someone set fire to Brie Danner's house," Aurora said.

"And he's trying to sabotage Brie's hair care business, now Brie's husband Justin is all shook up," Stephanie said.

"So what are you guys doing about it?" Hunter asked them.

"The Danners are living at the Hennigans' home while Melina and Johnny are in Jamaica and Punk and Batista are watching them 24/7." Stephanie said.

"Also he went to see Shawn, Trish and Amy with Brie to understand more about what's going on," Beth added.

"Did it work?" Hunter asked.

"I couldn't really tell, I was kinda distracted," Beth said.

"By what?" Hunter asked.

"By Daddy," Beth replied and Stephanie narrowed her eyes at Beth.

"What about Jeff?" she asked and Beth shook her head.

"Mom he's sinking, he's not handling being in jail vey well. Uncle Shawn, Aunt Amy, they're like rocks but Daddy . . . Mom he needs to get outta there as soon as possible," Beth said urgently.

"And what if he doesn't?" Stephanie asked.

"Then he's gonna do something stupid," Hunter replied. "The others have been through Hell with Jericho, Jeff hasn't. He's like Justin Danner this is new territory for him. Jeff's never really been persecuted or afflicted whereas Shawn, Amy, Chyna and the Ortons have,"

"Maybe that's why I was so attracted to him, because of his free spirit. His life hadn't been devastated by Jericho like ours have," Stephanie said.

"Well I need to talk to him we can't afford for Jeff to freak out, he needs to remember that lives are at stake," Hunter said.

"Well that can be arranged Uncle Hunter just say the where and when," Beth said and Hunter frowned at her.

"What are you talking about?" he asked Beth.

"I gotta brand new power, God can transport me and you anywhere we need to go in one second," Beth said and Hunter gasped.

"You got a Gift from God?" Hunter said elated and Beth nodded.

"We've all used it and its awesome," Aurora said.

"Coming from a girl that can fly it must be," Hunter replied, "Can you take me to see him tonight?"

"I'll come too," Stephanie said but Hunter shook his head.

"And leave the kids alone with Jericho, I don't think so," he said.

"Dad I told you I can handle Chris Jericho, he won't mess with the A Twins while I'm home," Aurora said but Hunter wasn't convinced. Although he wasn't afraid of Jericho he knew that the man was capable of great evil.

"I think we should all go, together," Hunter said and suddenly he fell silent as the unpleasant presence of Chris Jericho loomed over the entrance of the restaurant. Looking at Hunter the Hardys knew that something was wrong and they turned and saw Jericho.

Stephanie gasped, "How did he know we were here?" she said and Aurora closed her eyes and sighed. Jericho saw Stephanie and headed over to their table as the Deans took their seats.

"Hey Princess," Jericho said and Hunter's hand dug into his chair with anger at the use of Jericho's pet name for Stephanie, it was his passive aggressive way of controlling her. She turned from his kiss but he kissed her on the cheek anyway. Beth looked away and the A Twins looked at the table, their eyes turned away from their father.

"Well hello Mr. Jericho, your lovely um, wife was having dinner with us," Mr. Dean said.

"Really I had no idea, my invitation must have gotten lost in the mail," Jericho said.

"I told you I was going to see some friends," Stephanie said.

"In Long Island? I didn't know you had any friends in Long Island," Jericho said.

"Aurora does and I wanted to get to know her friends' family a little better," Stephanie said and Jericho nodded with her superior smirk, a very familiar one.

"Well that's okay no crime has been committed here, I should know," Jericho said and the Deans immediately picked up on the tension between Jericho and his family.

"Why don't you catch up Mr. Jericho we were having a little talk about our son Jeremy," Mr. Dean said nodding to the 12 year-old boy next to him.

"No actually we won't be staying we must be getting home now," Jericho said and Aurora looked up at him angrily.

"But we're having dinner; did you not hear what Mom said during your little interrogation?" Aurora said and Hunter couldn't help but smile at his daughter's defiance against Chris Jericho.

"Well I've been with my lawyer all day and I would like to spend some time with my family at home. But if you insist on staying Aurora you and Beth could always stay and then fly home when you're ready," Jericho said.

"Fly?" The Deans asked puzzled.

"Why don't you just eat with us, that way you could spend time with your family," Mrs. Dean said.

"With all due respect I don't really think I should be having dinner with three people I have never met and I don't think my family should either," Jericho said and Aurora thumped her fist down on the table causing all the food to shake on the table.

"No!" she snapped. "You ruin everything, why don't you go back to the pit you came from?"

The air suddenly stared to get very cold and Stephanie held her daughter quickly.

"It's alright Aurora let's go," she said calmly and Aurora peered into Jericho's eyes causing him to take a step backwards.

"I know what you did to my father and the whole world will soon see your for the evil black-hearted monster you are," Aurora said and the Deans held the chest in shock at Aurora's ugly outburst.

"Ro-Ro calm down, I'm sorry about this Mr. and Mrs. Dean," Stephanie said. "Come on children let's go,"

As Stephanie and her children got up to go to, Mr. Dean, touched by Aurora's words, felt he needed to say something.

"Come by anytime you want - Mrs. Hardy," he said and Stephanie looked at him and smiled along with her children, Jericho didn't like that at all but as long as Aurora was around there was nothing he could do about it.

"See you Aurora," Hunter said to his daughter and Aurora whispered to him that Beth would be back for him tonight. Hunter wasn't sure what that meant but he was definitely onboard, judging from her reaction tonight Aurora's anger towards Jericho wouldn't be able to hold for long.

"I do not like that man," Mr. Dean said shaking his head in disapproval of Chris Jericho's treatment of his family tonight, "You were right Jeremy that man is no good,"

"I told you so," Hunter said and they didn't know as much as he did about Jericho but they had seen enough to want him to lose his case against his friends in Los Angeles next week.