I think we're all devastated by what's happening with Joe. I have not stopped crying and praying for him. But I also know that God is not going to leave us without a person who is our role model, who inspires us to be better, who is our hero. That's why I know he's going to win this battle.
Joe is so inspiring that even in these moments he remains positive and that has made me reflect on my own attitude towards life. I want to fight just as he does to overcome my problems that you already know what they are. I want to get better because that was the lesson that Joe gave us that night.
As you know, this chapter was already written before Monday Night Raw on October 22. However, due to the sad announcement of Joe's illness, I didn't feel like posting anything. Besides I didn't know if it would be right to do it.
So although my stories are based on Roman, the character and not Joe or anyone in his family (that's why I've never used real names, nor have I put his wife and children in my fics) I was unsure if it would be rigth to continue with my stories.
I don't know it yet. I don't want to be disrespectful and if somehow it is wrong to keep updating, I will stop.
I will keep writing for sure, even if it is only for myself in my pc, because this is the only way I have to cope with my problems and this whole situation. And this particular story is finished in my mind, so it is something that I am going to write, because you all know what this fic means to me. But I would like to be able to share it with you guys, as I have done so far.
Let's have faith, this is a battle that a warrior like him can win.
Dean had told Roman the story of how he had obtained that gift. And how all this was deteriorating his relationship with Seth.
"Don't you think Seth's explanation is true?" Roman raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, I believe him, but I'm afraid that since he's playing with fire..." Dean sighed.
"He ends burned." Roman finished the sentence.
"No, I'm afraid that by playing with fire, he becomes a pyromaniac." Dean said with concern.
"And if that happens, what will you do?" Roman asked.
Dean hugged Roman tightly. That was his greatest fear. "Seth is my brother and I don't know if I could fight against him. How can you fight against a person you love?"
Roman hugged him tightly, understanding Dean's fear and feeling unable to help him.
Dean turned on the tv. All the channels were broadcasting the debate. In just a couple of minutes Roman and he noticed that The Miz was sweeping the floor with Kane. They even heard people laughing.
"I hate to say it but The Miz is awesome. I think he has a huge chance of winning." Roman admitted with some apprehension.
"And I don't know if that's a good or bad thing." Dean gulped.
At that moment the crowd began to scream and everything turned into chaos. Dean and Roman did not understand anything. Kane and The Miz ran away from that place. Then one of the cameras zoomed out of the Hotel and they saw the D-X and with them a huge guy, manhandling the security team like they were toys.
Roman and Dean looked at each other wide eyed.
"I have to go." Dean at full speed left the destroyed bed and dressed.
Roman started dressing too. "I know, I understand you and I support you. Just take care please."
Dean went to the window and before leaving he looked at Roman with tenderness. "I'm going to return to you Big Dog, and if I don't find you, I'll search for you. I will always search for you."
"And you will always find me." Roman approached him. "Dean, even if you must also play with fire."
"I'd rather burn myself than become a pyromaniac." Dean nodded, understanding Roman's concern.
"And I would rather that neither of that two things happen." Roman said softly.
They both kissed once more, and Dean left.
Roman put on shoes and as fast as he could left the building. On the street he found Elias parking a car.
"Do you have a car?" Roman said surprised.
"Not exactly, it's from my girlfriend: Alexa. To be honest this is her boyfriend's car but he's out of town and doesn't need it, so she borrowed it to me." Elias shrugged.
Roman was going to scold Elias but could not. He needed that car.
"Then, use your girlfriend's boyfriend's car to take me to a place, it's urgent." Roman indicated.
...
Finn was taking pictures. This would be the first news he could publish in the Daily since the big fire.
The candidates and even Seth Rollins himself were no longer in sight, sure being protected by their security teams. Only the citizens were unprotected.
Finn took several photos of that powerful man and next to a part of the crowd left the place through the emergency exit. However at that time the rest of the D-X fired a mini bazooka at that exit blocking it and leaving the rest of the people inside. The people that had escaped from the Hotel ran away as quickly as they could.
Meanwhile the big guy, Triple H and Road Dogg were in the main entrance of the Hall.
"They killed Shawn and I'm going to kill all these people in revenge." Hunter sentenced.
Seth and Dean met on the hotel terrace.
"The henchmen of the D-X blocked the emergency exit and that big guy is in the entrance breaking everything." Seth explained.
"They are leaving people trapped inside the Hotel." Dean reasoned. "We must get those people out here."
"And take down Triple H." Seth launched himself into the hall before Dean could respond to that.
Dean followed him and could see up close that big man breaking the pillar that held the main entrance of the Hotel. This made the wall and a part of the balcony to fall, leaving many of the attendees trapped inside the place. And the the Hounds and the D-X, outside.
If that guy did the same with the central pillar of the Hall, that would collapse the other pillars of the Hotel and the building would fall on people who had not yet been able to escape.
"Who is that guy and how does he get that?" Dean yelled.
Hunter smiled at them with malice when he noticed the presence of both hounds. "Finally you guys meet someone as strong as you. This is Big Cass."
"Nobody can be stronger than us." Seth smirked and then looked at Dean. "I'm going to cut off the head of this snake, you take care of the big guy."
Dean nodded. Seth went at full speed towards Hunter but to his surprise, Big Cass was as fast as him and stopped Seth.
Cass punched Seth in the chest so he fell into the rubble. Dean was stunned.
"This city will be ours and not even you can avoid it." Hunter said angrily looking at Seth. "You took away Shawn and I'm going to take your friend away in revenge."
Big Cass went over Dean who did not have time to run away. He grabbed Dean by the neck and began to hit him, making him bleed.
Dean started hitting back and soon they were both fighting as equals.
However, each time Big Cass punched Dean, his eyes became more and more lost, as if that big guy had no control of himself.
Hunter and his henchmen were going to escape and let that guy take care of the Hounds. Seth saw this and also saw Dean in a difficult fight.
Seth had to make a desicion: go for his revenge or help his brother.
...
"Are you crazy!" Elias stopped the car near the Hotel but blocked the doors. "I'm not going to let you kill yourself for that guy. Roman for God's sake you have AJ! That man would give you his blood and... there's also our boss."
Roman looked at Elias wide-eyed.
"I know we don't know him but he seems like a decent guy." Elias continued. "Anyone is better than the hound of murder. Besides, we can't do anything here."
Roman sighed. "You remember the incident at the seaport? You and I did something. It's not about having a superpower, it's about making ordinary things to get extraordinary results."
Elias gave up. He unlocked the doors and they both left the car and realized that the emergency exit was blocked by a huge metal pole that had been knocked down by the D-X.
"On the other side of that blocked door are the murderers, trapped people can only come out through here." Roman ran a hand through his mane.
"We won't be able to move that thing just by us." Elias sentenced.
"But with the help of our cars we can." A voice was heard.
Both men turned and there was Finn Balor. Roman and he recognized each other. Finn took a picture of Roman.
"Why did you do that?" Roman was puzzled.
"You're handsome." Finn shrugged. "Now let's talk less and do more."
"Where the hell is the police?" Elias complained.
"The police work for Orton and Kane, they are sure protecting them." Roman said angrily.
...
Seth started to run after Triple H but halfway he saw his brother falling near him. Dean was hurt. He was bleeding from his forehead and holding his elbow that also bled.
"You cannot go for Triple H now, that thing is out of control!" Dean stood up. "And I'm not in a position to fight alone."
Seth was stunned. "That guy is..."
"Like us!" Dean yelled.
Big Cass began to push the pillar that supported the structure of the Hotel. If it collapsed, an unprecedented tragedy would occur.
Triple H smiled at Seth and went on his motorcycle. Seth clenched his fists in deep rage as he watched his vengeance escape once more like sand from his fingers.
Both were for Big Cass. Seth kicked him and that threw them both inside the Hall where the people were. Most of the trapped people were terrified, pushing the blocked exit in an attempt to escape.
Seth and Big Cass were hitting each other. Cass attacked Seth crashing against the main pillar of the Hotel and because of this, the structure began to give way.
The assistants shouted. The building was going to fall on top of them all.
Dean looked around without knowing how they could get everyone out of there, he couldn't leave Seth fighting alone. Suddenly that man started drooling, it was like a rabid dog and out of control.
He began to crash himself against one of the pillars of the Hotel whose structure was giving way.
"It will be impossible to evacuate people!" Dean was desperate.
...
Not too far. Randy and AJ watched the result of their work. They were looking towards the Hotel with binoculars. In addition, Big Cass had a tracker that allowed to know what he was doing.
"You finally got it." Randy smirked. "The serum is finished."
"Not that one." AJ watched the chaos wide-eyed. "The serum I put on Cass is an old version. I am not testing the serum. I am testing our life insurance."
"What are you talking about?" Orton asked rudely.
"I installed something in Cass. If he goes out of control we can destroy him just pushing a button." AJ explained. "When we have Lashley, all these things will be improved and you'll have a super soldier that you can keep under your control, and that if for some reason, loses control, we can destroy it."
Randy smiled pleased. "It does not matter if Seth gets the Miz to defeat Kane, he cannot do anything against my super soldier. Finally he will have to surrender to me."
AJ almost rolled his eyes. He could not believe that in the midst of all this destruction, Randy was thinking about have Seth Rollins.
As soon as I finish this project I will take the money and I will convince Roman to escape together to another city. AJ thought. I'm sick of all this.
At that moment AJ looked at the back of the Hotel and saw Roman. The scientist panicked. What was Roman doing there?
"The tracker shows Cass is out of control." Randy indicated.
"I told you that serum is still unstable. Cass is not under our control." AJ said worried, Roman was in that place near that destruction machine.
AJ showed a little device with a button. "Time to test the self-destruction mode."
The Hotel rumbled it was obvious that it was cracking. AJ sentenced trying to press the button.
Randy stopped him, taking the device of AJ. "Let that Hotel come down with the Hounds in there, after that we'll destroy Cass."
AJ was at a disadvantage. He could not take the device from Randy.
"I'm leaving. You know what to do and I don't want to see hundreds of people dying. I'm just a scientist." AJ said walking away quickly.
"You don't want to see it but you're still part of this!" Randy yelled at him. "You are a murderer like the rest of us!"
AJ closed his eyes frustrated. He just wanted to find Roman and get him out of there.
...
At that moment they heard a noise and Dean and Seth saw Roman and Finn opening the emergency doors. The people started to leave.
Just then Cass yelled loudly, almost tearing the hair from his head. Dean and Seth looked at each other and nodded, both threw themselves at Cass. At that moment the Hotel collapsed.
Roman, Finn and the people who had escaped watched in horror as the Hotel collapsed. The Samoan felt his heart skipping a beat. Dean was in there, Roman was not sure if the man he loved could survive this.
At that moment in the middle of the people AJ was trying to get close to Roman.
"What are you doing here?" AJ touched Roman's face almost crying when he saw the samoan was safe.
"I was passing by here and I wanted to help." Roman said looking towards the rubble. "What are you doing here?"
AJ hid his face in Roman's chest. Ashamed to know that while Roman was trying to help, he was responsible for this chaos.
If something had happened to you, I would never have been able to forgive myself. I think I love you, Roman.
"I came to see the debate, I was inside the Hotel." AJ lied.
When the dust dissipated. Everyone saw that the three men were still alive. Dean and Seth pushed that guy along with them out of the Hotel before it collapsed.
Everyone watched in horror as Cass was out of control crashing into the rubble. It was something horrible and shortly after Cass' body exploded.
AJ hugged Roman tightly. That was the device being used by Randy, it had worked perfectly.
Roman just looked at Dean who leant on Seth as they both walked towards them. It was obvious that both were hurt. Roman wanted so much to go with Dean but that would be suspicious. After all, they were only a few meters away from Finn Balor who was taking pictures.
"You both are monsters just like that thing that exploded. We are at your mercy!" A woman shouted in the middle of the crowd.
"Are you crazy?" A man shouted back. "They saved us!"
People on the crowd started to argue about the hounds. It was then that AJ could not take it anymore and he kissed Roman, this caught by surprise the Samoan who, although he had AJ hanging from him, had not had finish processing what was happening around him.
All he could notice was Dean's blue eyes staring at him with sadness and disappointment
Roman, softly let go of AJ and at that moment, the Hounds of Justice left the place as fast as they could.
Roman should give Dean a good explanation now.
In addition, seems like Randy and AJ perfected the serum. However AJ is doubting...
Leave me your opinions and what do you think will happen in the next episode? be kind please.
