A/N: Enjoy
Chapter 10
"Ah, you two finally decided to join us," Hunter said as Bayley and Becky sat down in the two empty seats beside Charlotte and Sasha.
The room was the similar set up to how the room was in that "meeting" with Shane that Becky had. There was a long wooden table with four chairs on each side and a projector, and podium opposite the four students. Hunter and Stephanie were both standing in front of the screen, both dressed in business attire as Hunter was in a suit and tie and Stephanie wore a black short dress with her hair curled down her shoulders.
"Sorry we're late," Bayley said, apologizing for the two
"It's quite alright." Hunter dismissed before looking at the girls, "I bet you're all wondering why you're here"
"Yeah kinda," Sasha said sarcastically causing Bayley to hit her under the table, "Ow."
"Well, Hunter and I would like to personally thank you and your class for your work at Eddie's funeral." Stephanie said, placing a hand on her husband's chest as a smile was firmly plastered on her face, "You all saved hundreds of lives"
"Then why isn't the rest of our class here?" Charlotte asked confused as she was suddenly skeptical of the power couple
"Well we have been watching your class for a while, especially your four, and we see great potential in you all," Stephanie said allowing for Hunter to pick up after her
"And that is why I believe that the four of you...together, could change the hero industry completely." Hunter said, taking a seat in the cushioned chair across from them, "Think about it. With, your skills combined you could be unstoppable."
"Okay...so what does this mean?" Charlotte asked while Bayley bounced happily in her seat
"It means we're gonna be a superhero team!"
Hunter laughed at the girl while he nodded, "Yes. Think of yourselves as the four horsewomen, the pioneers in this new age of WWE. With Charlotte's leadership, Sasha's power, Bayley's heart, and Becky's brain, the four of you would carry our company for years to come, sparking a new age here in WWE"
"The four horsewomen," Bayley said with a smile
"Guess we are staying with the four theme" Sasha muttered sarcastically
"I don' see what I'm doin' here. I'm not a hero" Becky said while Sasha watched her carefully
"You don't need powers to be a hero," Stephanie said, "My brother Shane was a great hero and he doesn't have powers"
Becky frowned and looked away at the mention of Shane. She had known that Shane was the head of engineering in WWE and he had saved a numerous amount of lives with his inventions, but after a bad fall, he suffered severe damage to his brain, causing him to lose a lot of his skills. He still functioned normally, but he struggled with his inventions, never fully able to put the pieces together to build anything anymore, causing for his output of inventions to stop all together. This was the reason Shane used Becky, he wanted her brain and her skills to make up for the information he lacked.
"Besides when you guys go on missions you'll need someone watching your back from the computers, giving you a bird's eye view. Not to mention the inventions you'll be making to help capture villains" Hunter said with a proud smile as he looked at the four in front of him
"Wait we're going on missions?" Bayley asked, her smile widening even further to the point where Charlotte and Sasha thought she might break
"I wouldn't make you all a team if I wasn't going to send you out into the field," Hunter answered
"But we'll start you off slow first, some small things and then you'll work your way up," Stephanie said reassuringly
"What about our classes?" Charlotte asked
"Oh, you'll still have them, but you four will have a new schedule around those classes. You will have to work harder, train while outside of classes and you'll have to be able to be called away on missions at random" Hunter said seriously, "Are you all willing to do that?"
"Yes," Bayley said without hesitation while the other looked at each other thinking, "Guys?"
"Yeah...yeah sure I'm in," Sasha said with a shrug, "Why not, you wanna be the best, gotta start somewhere"
Bayley smiled, "Becky? Charlotte?"
Charlotte looked at Hunter and Stephanie, "Why me?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean...I'm a Flair, putting my name in anything having to do with WWE, will be controversial. Why would you want that press? Why would you trust me to...carry WWE?"
"I'm not choosing you because you're a Flair. I'm choosing you because I see some potential in you as an individual, but a whole lot more potential with this group. The four of you seems to bring each other up, forcing the others to get better. Stephanie and I have been watching how the four of you interact in and out of class, and I have to say we're impressed. At the attack on the funeral you all each stepped up and took control of the situation working together with your classmates to save the day. We saw you each push each other and your classmates in the face of danger, that's why we chose each of you, and Charlotte, being a Flair means nothing here. At least not to us, all you are is Charlotte." Hunter said causing Charlotte to slowly nod along before saying
"Alright. I'm in" the blonde said with a small smile, just leaving Becky
"Uh...I." Becky started as she carefully thought about her situation, what would Shane do if he found out about this? Would he hurt her again and turn her back into Rebecca? Would he use this against WWE, forcing her to spy on Hunter and Stephanie? What if he turned her into Rebecca and made her hurt the others? So much could go wrong with being a team. Their lives would depend on her just as hers would depend on them. She couldn't handle that pressure, not with the weight of Shane and his group on her back too, "I don' know"
"Come on Becky, what do you have to lose?" Charlotte asked with a shrug
A whole lot, Becky thought but she held her tongue instead, just shaking her head.
She felt Bayley grab her hand before saying, "You said to trust you before and I do, and now I want you to trust me. I think this team is a good idea, we could be heroes. We could do so much together, we could change the world and do a lot of good. Your inventions could save lives, and I know you want that. I can see how good a person you are and I know you want to help just like I do. Besides, you told me before that you would be by my side...and I'll be by yours with whatever you chose, but I think this is the right way to go. Stand with us, Becky. Please"
"Alright...alright fine. I'll do it"
Bayley smiled while Hunter pulled out an envelope and four pens, "Sign here and you will officially be...the four horsewomen"
Hunter passed the folder forward, allowing Charlotte to sign first, then Sasha, then Bayley and lastly Becky. Once they all signed Hunter took the folder and passed it to Stephanie before she said, "Congratulations."
"So when do we start?" Bayley asked
"You will have early morning training sessions with Sara Del Rey every Mondays and Wednesdays and you will be training with me on Fridays." Hunter said simply, "And I will let you know when you have your first mission, but first things first, we have to get you working together more often. From here on you, you four live together, eat together, train together...do everything together"
"Do we pee together too?" Sasha mutter sarcastically causing Charlotte to hit the girl's arm
Stephanie who ignored Sasha's comment said, "Your original mentors will be informed of this and they will be informed that they are no longer training you"
"Thank God," Charlotte said as the thought of another training session with Natalya made her shiver. The girl had it out for her and would spend most of their trainings yelling at her or attacking her in combat.
"Any other questions?" Hunter asked
"Can I get me own lab space?" Becky asked with a curious look on her face, "I mean if I'm goin' ta be helpin' the team, I can't have everyone in the engineerin' program runnin' in and out of the labs distracting me"
"Very true," Hunter said with a smile, "We will work on getting your own space"
"Cool"
"Anything else" When the girls all shook their head Hunter and Stephanie smiled and dismissed them, leaving them to go on about their day.
-
Later that week
"Ugh" Sasha grunted as she was thrown into a wall, causing her to land hard on the ground. She slowly pushed herself up before cursing, "Fuck"
Bayley then flew into the wall, landing roughly on the ground beside Sasha, "Ow"
"Come on I'm not even breaking a sweat" Dean called out as he stood in the center of the gym with his arms out and a casual smirk on his face.
Hunter had assigned the four girls with training with each of the Shield members for the weekend, Dean was Friday, Seth was Saturday and Roman was Sunday. Dean was working with the girls on weapons training, as each girl got to attack Dean with a numerous amount of weapons, all of which he easily avoided. Dean had managed to knock Charlotte out within seconds and Bayley wasn't far behind, none of the girls really had any experience with weapons training, except for Sasha as Eddie taught her how to fight with knives and swords, but for Charlotte and Bayley they had always relied on their powers.
Sasha shakily stood up and surveyed the room, Charlotte was slowly coming back to her senses farther off behind Dean while Bayley was holding her back in pain from the impact. Sasha quickly turned to check on the girl, "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine" Bayley assured as Sasha helped her stand
"You guys won't beat Dean just running at him" came Becky's voice through Sasha and Bayley's earpieces, "You have to have a plan"
Sasha tapped the side of her earpiece before answering, "Yeah well Charlotte's usually the plan person and I don't think she's available right now"
"No need to snap" Came Becky's response making Sasha roll her eyes
"I wouldn't snap if you actually offered us some advice"
"Oh is that Becky, tell her I say hi," Dean said with a smirk as Charlotte charged at him from behind swinging a staff at his head but he quickly dodged under it, not even turning around to see it was coming. Charlotte turned around swung the staff at Dean's head but he held up his hand to block it before grabbing the whole stick and kicking Charlotte in the stomach sending her back into Sasha. Dean spun the stick in his right hand before giving a smirk, "Tell her we can have lunch once I finish mopping the floor with your sorry asses"
Sasha rolled her eyes as she and Bayley pulled Charlotte up to her feet causing the blonde to groan, "We can't beat Dean"
"Becky we need a plan," Sasha said into her earpiece
"Dean struggles with focus, get him off his game and then attack from all sides," Becky said after a minute
"Hey Dean your shoes untied" Bayley called out causing Dean to raise an eyebrow at the girl while Sasha and Charlotte slammed their palms against their foreheads
"Okay, Dean may be slow but he's not stupid," Becky said causing Charlotte to pull Bayley back behind her and Sasha
"Okay, we have to work together." Charlotte instructed, "Circle around him"
Sasha and Bayley nodded before rushing to the other sides so they formed a triangle around the Shield member who just smiled at them as he spun in circles looking at all of them, "Oooo, fun, 3 on 1"
Sasha smirked, "This isn't going to be much fun for you"
Dean just shrugged, "Agree to disagree. You'll need this"
Charlotte quickly caught the staff that Dean threw at her, looking shocked at how confident Dean was. The tall blonde gave a look to Sasha who pulled out two knives, one in each hand while Bayley pulled off a piece of metal from a nearby stand, using it as a shield. Dean held up his hands before slipping them behind his back as he quickly pulled out nunchucks. Dean smirked as he spun the weapon with ease and obvious skill.
"Okay, he has nunchucks?" Bayley asked confused
"That would've been good to know" Sasha muttered to Becky
"Dean always has those" Becky responded
"And you don't think we should know that he carries nunchucks like a maniac?"
"I didn't think he was going to use them" Becky responded causing Charlotte to frown
"Enough both of you!" The blonde snapped
"Fighting already, that's not a good sign," Dean said before Sasha went charging forward, swiping at the taller boy.
Charlotte rolled her eyes at Sasha's actions before running to Dean with her staff. And Bayley followed. The four exchanged blows with Bayley trying to block most of Dean's actions while Charlotte and Sasha continued to attack. However, things seemed to stop once Sasha gave a hard jab at Dean with her knife, but the boy sidestepped it causing Sasha to go full force into Bayley's "shield" and the force caused the knife to get stuck. Dean kicked Sasha hard in the back sending her and Bayley tumbling down before he turned to focus on Charlotte.
The two went back in forth, Charlotte finally got a hang of the staff as she hit Dean in the shoulder with the right side and the in the lower leg with the opposite side. Dean stumbled back from the hit but when Charlotte didn't advance on him, he took the time to get up. He quickly advanced forward, swinging his nunchucks quickly and violently as Charlotte struggled to block them until Dean dropped the nunchucks and grabbed Charlotte's staff, kicking it hard in order to break it in half.
The force of the kick caused Charlotte to fall back on her but while Dean turned around and picked up his fallen nunchucks. As he slowly walked back to Charlotte he sighed, "Well that was fun, better luck next time"
Dean bowed and turned to exit the gym while Charlotte looked up at him from the ground with a glare, before she suddenly heard Becky in her earpiece, "Charlotte, say what I say exactly."
Charlotte looked confused but copied what Becky told her, "I bet you feel real good about yourself Dean."
The boy turned and looked at Charlotte with a raised eyebrow, "What?"
"You should be proud. I mean you finally beat someone, sure it was an inexperienced team, but I mean hey, it's still a big accomplishment for you seeing as how you never win anything. It's not like you could beat Seth and Roman, so I guess beating us will have to do, won't it?"
Sasha managed to pull her knife from Bayley's shield as the two slowly watched the interaction from behind Dean while the boy began to glare at Charlotte, "What do you know?"
"I know that Hunter made us fight you first. That he and the others don't take you seriously."
"That's not true" Dean interrupted Charlotte but the girl just shook her head
"No, it is. Why else would they have you first and then Seth and then Roman, Hunter was trying to make our training progressively harder, which means you're the weak link in your little family. It must suck huh?" Charlotte slowly pushed herself up to her feet, "Knowing that you aren't as good as the rest of your team. Knowing that everyone else knows it too. I mean you don't see people lining up to get your autograph, do you? No...it's always Seth and Roman. They're the popular ones, they're the ones who carry your sorry ass. Without them, you would be nothing. You would be another wannabe hero trying to keep their head afloat in WWE."
Dean stared at Charlotte with wide eyes, but the blonde could see that he wasn't really looking at her, but through her. Suddenly Becky stopped instructing Charlotte on what to say and the three girls watched as Dean seemed to shake. Charlotte quickly signaled for Sasha and Bayley as she took a few steps back, causing Bayley to go charging at Dean from behind with her shield pushing him forward and sending him flying forward to Charlotte who kicked Dean hard in the stomach while Sasha slashed at Dean's legs. Dean buckled and fell to his knees before Charlotte kicked him hard on the chin, causing him to fall onto his back.
Sasha leaned down and held her knife to Dean's neck, "Do you yield?"
"Yea," Dean said barely above a whisper causing Sasha to back away from him and stand beside Charlotte and Bayley.
The three girls watched as Dean just laid there, staring up at the ceiling. Bayley looked at the others before asking, "Dean are you alright?"
Dean didn't answer instead he just continued to lay there. The girls watched him until the gym door opened and Becky and Hunter came in. Hunter had a small smile on his face as he said, "Good work. You all used your opponent's weaknesses against him to distract him. However, you may not have the fortune of knowing such...personal information about your enemies in the future. I suggest you all practice on your skills and hone in on your weapons of choice. Practice together, and get used to them, these will save your life one day."
"Yes Hunter," The three girls said causing Hunter to nod before looking at Becky who was by Dean's side, whispering into the boy's ear
"You all are dismissed for the day, I will see you all again bright and earlier tomorrow morning," Hunter said before exiting the gym.
Bayley carefully put down the piece of metal she was using and Sasha pocketed her shield while Charlotte trashed her broken staff. The three turned to look at Becky and Dean, to see that the boy was now sitting up with Becky kneeling beside him.
"Are you two okay?" Charlotte asked causing Becky to look at them and give a tight-lipped smile
"Yeah. I'll see ya guys later." Becky said dismissing the group to which they all nodded and left, giving the two their personal space.
Becky sighed and looked back to Dean, she placed her hand on his back, as she held him upright trying to get the boy to look at her, "I can't believe you said that. I mean I know Charlotte said it, but as soon as it came from her mouth, I knew it was you telling her what to say."
"Dean-"
"You're the only person I told those things to." Dean said slightly hurt, "I didn't think you would ever in a million years use it against me, and all for some stupid training session"
"Dean I'm sorry. I didn' want ta let my girls down" Becky said sadly, "I'm sorry I said those things, I never should have used that against ya. I should have found a different way I wasn' thinkin' I-"
Dean stood and pulled away from her, "Yes you were thinking, you were thinking about how to hurt me and congratulations you succeeded"
"Dean-"
"You know how I feel about Seth and Roman. You know how much that stuff eats away at me and you just dangled it in front of my face like it was nothing" Dean snapped, "I would never do that to you"
"Yes ya would," Becky said with a scoff, "You've done it before and I forgave ya"
"We were children then"
"We're still children now," Becky said as she crossed her arms, "Look, Dean. I can't take back what I did, but ya know I could've said much worse."
Dean stepped back from Becky with a look of shock on his face, "What? A-are you serious right now?"
"We've known each other since we were kids Dean, I know everything about you, I could have told them all about yer mom but I-"
Dean held up his hands to stop her, "That wasn't my fault if anything that was because of you"
Becky rolled her eyes, "Oh get over yerself"
Dean shook his head, "Now I remember why we're not a thing. You get such a big head. You think that just because you know everything that you can hold things over people's head. You always have to be the ones who right."
"Because I am right. Dean what I said was nothin', I'm sorry I said it but I honestly didn't expect ya ta overreact like this."
"Overreact?! You just attacked me with my greatest struggle and you thought that I wouldn't overreact?" Dean threw his hands up and backed away from Becky, "There's is something seriously wrong with you, and whatever it is...I don't want anything to do with it"
With that Dean stormed out leaving Becky by herself. She just stood there before she suddenly started gasping. She felt heat rush through her body and she felt confused, "Why the fuck did I say that?"
Becky felt her face and looked around in the gym. She didn't mean to say those things to Dean, but she honestly couldn't control it. It was like she was in the passenger's seat of her own body. Suddenly black spots formed in the corner of Becky's vision as she began to cough harshly. One violent cough sent Becky stumbling to one knee as she struggled to breathe and think, her mind began to race and thoughts that mixed between hers and Rebecca's violently fought to take control of her brain. Becky's body began to shake as she fell down to the ground, backing away from the rush of heat that flowed through her body, causing her back to hit the wall of the gym.
"What the hell is happening to me?" Rebecca asked before her mind went blank for what felt like an eternity until Becky quickly shot up with her back still against the wall, breathing heavily
"Shit" Becky mutter
-
With Bayley
"Hey, Bayley wait up!"
Bayley turned around to see Carmella jogging up to her wearing a black bomber jacket over a white top and dark jeans with a hat covering her blonde hair, "Hey Carmella"
"Where are you off to?" The blonde asked as she linked arms with the taller girl
"I was just going to get in the shower, I was working out in the gym and I-"
"So it's true?" Carmella asked, interrupting Bayley
"What's true?"
"That you Sasha and Charlotte are forming a new faction," Carmella said with fascination causing Bayley to look around before asking
"Who told you that?"
"Well I overheard your conversation with Hunter and Stephanie while I was walking by and I heard him call you guys the four horsewomen." Carmella explained before waiting for Bayley to say something, but when she didn't Carmella asked, "So...is it true? Are you guys like the female shield?"
"Yes, it's true" Carmella immediately opened her mouth to scream I knew it but Bayley quickly cut her off, "But...it's still new, we don't even know if it will work out. So keep it between us"
"Definitely," Carmella said with a bright smile, "But anyway, I was going to ask if you wanted to sneak out with the rest of us later tonight to go catch a movie?"
"Sneak out?"
"Yeah, Xavier thought it would be cool for all of us to hang out outside of watching TV or nearly dying in class. So he suggested we go out and then we decided on going to see a movie. We're going to see The Bloodiest Night II"
"I've never saw the first one"
"You don't need to, just come out with us, it'll be fun," Carmella said eagerly, causing Bayley to sigh before nodding and agreeing
"Alright, fine. I'll be there" Bayley said earning a tight hug from Carmella before the girls said their goodbyes
Later that night Carmella knocked twice on Bayley's door and dragged the taller brunette out and down the back door where the rest of the class was waiting. Everyone was there, except the engineers and Charlotte, even Sasha was there dressed in a black and purple windbreaker and dark jeans.
"Wow Bayley, I'm surprised you're here. Thought you would chicken out like Charlotte did"
Bayley gave a confused look as she shoved her hands in her black hoodie pocket, "What?"
"Charlotte, being the golden girl she is, said she wasn't coming out with us because we aren't supposed to leave the compound," Sasha said in a high pitched voice, obviously mocking Charlotte, "So she said she wanted nothing to do with this and she stayed in her room"
Bayley nodded, "Well...I'm not the loser you think I am, besides...I can't turn down a movie"
Sasha frowned and scratched the back of her head, "Look I'm sorry about calling you a loser and I-"
"Sasha, I already told you I forgave you for that. I was just joking" Bayley said causing Sasha to sigh in relief and nod
"Alright everyone lets roll out!" Xavier called out causing the group to mid and follow Xavier and his friends to the large gates.
Big E and Xavier leaned against the gates and cupped their hands allowing each person to use them to boost themselves up and over the wall. Ice everyone else was over Carmella phased through the gates and pulled Big E and Xavier through before the group of students proceeded to walk through the city. It was late so there were only a few people out walking around, but nobody seemed to pay attention to the group of students.
"You guys think we'll see any bad guys?" Enzo asked as the grouped walked along the sidewalk passing closed shops and empty alleyways
"probably just some small stuff if anything, a couple muggings or squatters. I doubt any real villains would be out right now" Baron said with a shrug
"Why because super villains have bedtimes?" Paige asked sarcastically causing the group to laugh
"Well if Flair was here we could ask her. See what time daddy dearest comes home from terrorizing the city" Baron smirked causing Sasha and Bayley to look at each other
"True. I wonder what they talk about at dinner" Jey joked to his brother
"Probably talking about his next plan to take over the world" Jimmy responded, "they were probably laughing it up about his latest kill count"
"Hey lay off" Sasha snapped, hitting Jimmy in the back of the head causing everyone to turn and watch them
"ow, what!?" Jimmy said, holding his head
"Don't talk about Charlotte like that" Bayley said
"I didn't say anything that wasn't true. Charlotte knew about her father killing people and she didn't do anything about it"
"Well, I don't see you walking around with the head of Ric Flair either now do I?" Sasha said in a sharp tone
"Yeah but we didn't live in the same house as him," Jey said, defending his brother
"I didn't see you two complaining when she was chosen as our class rep," Sasha said with a scoff, "What...you guys just decided to get bold once she's not around?"
"Hey, we didn't vote for her. Bayley's the one who gave her the spot"
"And none of you were complaining then either"
"Look just because baby Flair pretends to be a good leader doesn't mean she's a hero. She's got evil in her blood and we're all just waiting to see this all play out" Paige said
"Hey, guys come on. We're supposed to be bonding not arguing" Xavier said, stepping between Sasha, Bayley and the rest of the class
"They're the ones who got all mad," Jey said, pointing at Sasha and Bayley who stood their ground with their arms crossed
"Yeah, they got a big head now because of their little girl group" Jimmy added causing Sasha to step back and look confused
"What?"
"Don't lie, Carmella told us it was true. The four of you got chosen by Hunter and Stephanie and now you think that you're all hot shit!"
Bayley looked at Carmella who crossed her arms and looked away, "Carmella I told you not to tell anyone"
"Wait you told her?" Sasha asked Bayley still confused
"Don't act like you weren't going to rub it in our faces" Jimmy snapped before turning to the rest of the class, "They ordered us around during that attack on the funeral so they could get all the credit. Charlotte was taking advantage of us and Bayley and Sasha were in on it. You don't care about us at all."
"That's not true," Bayley said
"Yes, it is," Sasha said with a shrug causing everyone to stop and look at her, "We got an opportunity. What do you want us to give it up..step aside and let you have it? Not a chance, and I'm not sorry. They chose us because we are better than all of you"
"Sasha!" Bayley said
"No," Sasha said stepping in front of Bayley and walking right up to Xavier who was standing in front of the rest of their class, "It's a dog eat dog world here, and if you don't step up, you get stepped on. It's not my fault the lot of you are doormats"
With that Sasha turned and walked back in the opposite direction leaving Bayley alone in front of the class, "She didn't mean that"
"Yes she did," Carmella said with a frown as she and the rest of the class crossed their arms at Bayley
"Look, Bayley. We believed in you, not Sasha, not Charlotte, but it's obvious that we were wrong." Jey said
"Guys," Bayley said slightly hurt, "This doesn't have to change anything"
"Yes it does," Baron said as he turned and walked to the theatre, with Paige and the Usos following behind him
"Xavier I-" Bayley tried but Big E and Kofi sadly shook their heads and walked off pulling Xavier with them
"Sorry Bayley," Xavier said before leaving with them as AJ, Big Cass and Enzo followed leaving just Finn and Carmella
"I asked you not to say anything," Bayley said sadly to Carmella who looked down before saying
"I know where my loyalties lie Bayley. What about you?" With that, she turned and left while Finn shoved his hands into his pockets
"You gonna walk away too?" Bayley asked sadly
"Yes," Bayley sighed, "But not because of what happened, but because I really want to see this movie."
"What?"
Finn smiled at Bayley, "This is an opportunity, who am I to tell you not to take it. Don't worry about the others, they're jealous that they didn't get the same chance, I mean it's everyone's dream to get what you and the others have. So you can't blame them either but, I also can't blame you. You didn't ask for this, you got it, you earned it...and you'll earn everything that's coming to you. Everyone will"
Bayley didn't know what Finn meant by the last part but before she could question it the boy waved and walked off leaving Bayley alone. She sighed and looked between the movies and where Sasha had walked off to, before running after Sasha.
"Sasha! Sasha!" Bayley called out causing the purple haired girl to stop walking and turn, waiting for Bayley to catch up, "You didn't have to say that to them. They're our friends"
"No, they're not Bayley. Obviously, they're not. They're jealous of our opportunity, and they were so quick to turn us away. Besides, you thought Carmella was your friend and she told everyone" Sasha said as the two slowly began walking
"Yeah but you didn't have to call them doormats"
"That's what they are," Sasha said before she stopped walking and grabbed Bayley's shoulders, "Look, I told you before that WWE was a competition, and it is. What we have right now...this is our chance to get to the top, this is my dream and I know it's your dream too. So I know that you aren't going to let a group of people that we just met try to stand between us and that goal right?"
Bayley looked at Sasha before looking back down the street where the movie theatre was, "No"
"Good," Sasha said with a smile, "Right now, the four of us….we're all each other has okay?"
Bayley nodded and Sasha nodded back before releasing the girl's shoulder as the two started walking again, "Still...I did want to see the movie. I would have been cool to spend some time having fun outside the compound"
Sasha wrapped her arm over Bayley's shoulder before saying, "I'll take you out another time"
Bayley smirked, "Is that your way of asking me on a date?"
"What?! No!" Sasha said immediately removing her arm and stepping away from Bayley, but the taller brunette could see the blush creeping on Sasha's face, "I was just offering to take you to get ice cream"
"That sounds like a date"
"It's not!"
"Will there be other people?"
Sasha paused, "I don't know...no?"
"So you want to take me out and buy me ice cream, just the two of us, alone together?" Bayley asked before watching as the purple haired girl started getting flustered, "Alright. I'll accept your date"
"It's not a date...ju-just a hangout thing with friends"
Bayley smiled and nodded, "Okay then what time will you pick me up?"
"I'm not picking you up, we live down the hall," Sasha said rolling her eyes before she looked at Bayley's bright smile causing her to sigh and scratch the back of her head, "Fine...I'll pick you up at 8"
"Okay it's a date," Bayley said with a smile before she took off running so Sasha couldn't argue, causing the purple haired girl to roll her eyes but smile nonetheless as she took off running after the girl.
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With Charlotte
The blonde carefully placed her backpack down beside the lone tombstone before sitting down crossed legged in front of it. Charlotte sighed and pushed the hair back from her face as she reached into her backpack and pulled out a set of flowers, and a container which held a single cupcake in it. She had turned down the class's offer of going to the movies, saying that she didn't want to get in trouble, but instead she had other plans. Today was her brother's birthday, it was the first one since his death and Charlotte felt the need to come to see his grave. It was about twenty minutes from the Performance Center in the middle of the same graveyard where Dusty Rhodes and other famous heroes were buried.
Charlotte then reached in her bag and pulled out wipes and a sponge before she began to clean Reid's grave. When people found out that Ric Flair's child was being buried in a hero graveyard, they were outraged. Many people came here and spit on his grave and wrote horrible things on his tombstone, even going as far as to dig up his body once. People thought that the whole Flair family should burn in hell for the things Ric did and people thought Reid dying was karma for all the children that died because of the evil Flair.
"I'm sorry Reid" Charlotte muttered sadly as she scrubbed clean the words on his grave that read, Rot in Hell Flair, "You never even wanted to be a Flair. You did some much to try and change how people saw you...how they saw us, and after everything..people still only see the last name."
Once Charlotte cleaned his grave and placed the flowers against the tombstone and sighed, "You would've loved the Performance Center. You would've fit right in there. There's a girl there...Bayley, she reminds me of you. Good, kind-hearted, she's a real hero. Like you. You two would've gotten along."
Charlotte sadly smiled, "I'm sorry I haven't been around more, I've been busy...I-I got put into a group. They're making us the Four Horsewomen. We're gonna do some good...just like you would be doing."
Charlotte pulled out the cupcake and place a single candle in it, "I know you never really celebrated your birthday...but it's never too late to start"
Charlotte quickly wiped her eyes as tears spilled and flowed down her cheeks, "I want to do right by you Reid. I just...this was your dream, and I took it...I just want to do as good as you would have done. I want to show everyone that I'm more than my last name, but sometimes it feels so hopeless. I mean, you did everything in the world and people still see you as Ric Flair's son. I don't want that to be my life forever. I don't want to die being a Flair...I just want to die having changed the game. I want to die as Charlotte"
"You're not going to die" Charlotte quickly stood and turned around at the sudden voice to see Sasha and Bayley standing there, "At least not any time soon… not on our watch"
"What are you two doing here?" Charlotte asked quickly
Sasha shrugged and pointed at Bayley, "We kind of got into it with the rest of the class. Fair warning for Monday, people know about the four horsewomen and they are pissed"
"What happened?"
"They said some stuff that we didn't like" Sasha explained causing Bayley to look at her
"They were talking about you and we told them to lay off. We got into an argument which Sasha here escalated and now we're the outcasts of the class" Bayley explained further
"Doesn't matter, we've got each other" Sasha said before stepping up to Charlotte, "So we left and came walking down this way, before this one takes off running in the wrong direction and we passed by here, and you'd imagine our surprise when we see our favorite blonde sitting alone in a graveyard"
Bayley frowned, "We're sorry about your brother is what Sasha is trying to get at"
"Oh it's uh...thanks" Charlotte stuttered
Sasha frowned and scratched the back of her neck, "Look. When I was going through my lose of Eddie Bayley was there for me, and that was before we were a team. But it made me realize that going through loss alone fucking sucks. You shouldn't be alone for this. So...we're here"
"Me too" Everyone turned to see Becky slowly walking up to them wearing an oversize army green jacket and jeans
"How did you find us?"
"Me spidey senses were tinglin" Becky joked, keeping her hands in her jacket pocket as she stopped in front of them, "An' Finn texted me that ya two had a little spat with the class. Thought I'd come check on ya"
Charlotte looked at the three girls, "You guys don't have to be here...you don't owe me anything I mean you guys don't even really know me like that"
"That's true," Sasha said causing everyone to look at her, "We don't really know that much about each other. So...let's change that. We said before it was official, if we were going to be a team then we needed to tell each other everything. So let's do that, a tell-all in the graveyard!"
Bayley laughed as Sasha threw her hands up and backed away from the group with a smile on her face, "Alright...yeah sure let's do it"
Bayley and Sasha moved to sit on the ground while Becky and Charlotte looked at each other before sighing and agreeing, causing the four to sit in a circle, "What wants to start?"
"You suggested it you start," Becky said
"Alright. I have nothing to hide" Sasha said before sticking her tongue out at the girl, "Alright...I'm Sasha. I was born in Boston, I was raised by my parents and I have a younger brother who has autism. Eddie was my godfather and he taught me everything I know"
"Oh, so he's the reason you're an ass. Interesting" Becky said causing Bayley to hit the girl while Sasha continued
"Growing up was rough with my brother because people used to pick on him so I grew a tougher skin and Eddie taught me to protect myself and him, and that led me to act like an ass yes," Sasha said with a shrug, "There's not much else than that"
"What's your biggest secret?"
Sasha thought for a second before muttering, "I don't want to talk about it"
"Come on Sasha we're all going to share, we won't tell anyone...everything here stays between us," Bayley said seriously causing Sasha to sigh
"I uh...when I first got my powers I didn't know how to control them...and I messed with my brother and whatever I did...it screwed up his brain," Sasha said sadly, "So I'm the reason my brother has autism"
Everyone sat in silence with wide eyes while Sasha angrily ran her hands through her hair before saying, "I was so mad at myself that I swore to protect him. I pushed everyone away and made sure that people feared me so nobody would mess with us when we moved. Sorry for that again Bayley"
"I already told you I forgave Sasha," Bayley said before placing a hand on Sasha's shoulder, "Thank you for sharing"
"Yeah...yeah, alright who's next?" Sasha asked quickly changing the subject
"I'll go," Bayley said, "Uh...It's just me and my parents. My father is in a wheelchair because he was injured by a villain when I was a child. I can't remember who it was but Macho Man came and saved my father...took out the villain in one punch. That was one of his last rescues before he retired. I vowed to him, my parents and myself to be a hero just like Macho Man so I could protect the innocent people like my father."
"That's really sweet Bayley," Charlotte said with a smile causing Bayley to blush
"Thanks"
"Becky why don't you tell us something. You're the one we know the least about" Sasha said, changing the subject, causing the redhead to roll her eyes
"Fine" Becky said before saying, "I was born in Dublin and I moved here when I was-"
"Boring" Sasha said
"Well, what do ya want ta know?"
"What are you hiding? You have no files or anything so.."
Becky grimaced before looking around and sighing, "I don't know what ya want ta hear"
"What was that green bottle?"
"An antidote"
"To what?"
"A virus"
Sasha and the others looked confused, "What virus?"
"I came in contact with a virus and I've been trying to cure it"
"What like herpes?" Sasha asked sarcastically causing the others to roll their eyes
Becky rolled her eyes but didn't answer causing Bayley to speak up, "What was with your accent? Sasha said that it disappeared when she was talking to you once"
Becky thought for a second before taking a deep breath and saying, "I have...another personality...Rebecca. She doesn't have an accent."
"Wait you have multiple personalities?"
"Just one...I had dealt with it a long time ago, but the virus I came in contact with brought it back and I've been trying to get rid of it...but it's very...difficult" Becky pulled out her hands from her pockets to show them shaking
"Woah" Sasha muttered
Becky sighed and grabbed a hold of her right hand trying to stop it from shaking just enough to hold her right palm up before it lit up and a small ball of fire sparked in her hand causing the three other girls to quickly stand up and back away from the redhead. Charlotte who was standing behind a random tombstone held out one hand, "Wait a minute, you have powers?"
"I knew it!" Sasha shouted before Becky extinguished the flames and looked down at the ground, not standing up with the rest of the girls
"A side effect of one of me cures...if ya could call it that" Becky said sadly, she had been dealing with Rebecca since she was young, but she managed to suppress it until Shane came around and injected her with that virus, "I wasn't born with the X gene, but one of my experiments caused my neurons ta functions the same way they would if I did have the gene"
"English please"
"I wasn't born with powers I created my powers," Becky said
"So you can control fire?" Bayley asked
"Well let's just say me hair wasn' always bright red," Becky said with a sarcastic grimace, "But yes...only I can...Rebecca can't...it's a lot"
"Yeah, no kidding" Sasha said as the girls slowly moved to sit back down
"Well ya wanted ta know," Becky said
"So what about those things the reporters said about you after the funeral?" Charlotte asked
Becky shrugged, "I was young and building robots for Dean, a lot of which got out of control, causing a lot of destruction but also a lot of that was because of my powers. I can't control them, not then and still not now. I can only make a small ball like that, anything else and I might set the whole place on fire."
"So you've had powers this whole time"
"Yes"
"Wow..anything else?" Sasha asked causing Becky to debate whether or not to tell them about Shane.
"No"
"Okay, then Charlotte?"
Charlotte shrugged before saying, "I already told you two my biggest secret but I'll say it again. After my brother died, I found his letter of recognition from WWE and it was addressed to the child of Ric Flair, but it didn't have his name or any gender assigned to it, so I took his spot."
Becky nodded at this information, "okay"
"Also my real name is Ashley...my brother always called e Charlotte because that's where I was born but…" Charlotte let her words die out before looking back to her brother's grave sadly.
Bayley saw this before saying, "Sasha said earlier that we are all each other has...and as much as I don't want to be true...it is. We need to be there for each other, through thick and thin. So Charlotte...right now and as long as you need or want us, we'll be here for you"
Charlotte looked at Becky and Sasha who nodded at Bayley's words before Becky held her hand out, "Forever"
Sasha and Bayley smiled before placing their hands on top of Becky's and saying forever as well while Charlotte smiled and fought tears as she placed her hand on top, "Forever"
"Alright, now that all that is out the way," Sasha said with a smile, "Charlotte...I think you were about to light a candle"
The blonde laughed and wiped a few tears before turning to the grave with the three other girl's following suit and sitting beside her. Charlotte picked up the cupcake and held it out to Becky causing the girl to look confused while the others looked at her expectantly before she sighed and snapped her fingers above the candle, lighting it quickly. Charlotte quietly thanked her before holding the cupcake up as she looked at the three girls beside her, "This is for my brother. He was kind, just like you Bayley, and he was smart like Becky and stubborn sometimes like Sasha"
"Hey-" Sasha said but Bayley hit her, silencing the girl
"And he wanted to be a hero. He wanted to change the world, and I plan to carry on that goal" Charlotte said with a sad smile
"To changing the world," Bayley said with a smile causing Sasha and Becky to repeat it softly before Charlotte blew out the candle and set the cupcake down.
Far off in the distance, there was an explosion that caused the four girls to stand up and turn around to see smoke rising over the buildings far away. Becky grabbed Charlotte's backpack while the blonde stepped forward causing the three to stand there looking at her with a waiting look. Charlotte smirked and said, "Let's go change the world"
A/N: I didn't know if I was going to add this last section but I felt like I hadn't been giving a lot of Charlotte moments so I added it. Anyway, thanks for reading make sure to review and follow, favorite all that good stuff so you can be updated for the next chapters.