Upon their return to England, Paige did as promised and sent a place and time for the members of Evolution to meet her, as well as which members she wanted to be there. She knew she had the one up on them just as she knew her father would no longer recognise who she is. She had changed so much since she had gone on the run, in her own personal opinion she had changed for the better but she was willing to bet he would tell her the opposite. She was beginning to take after her mother a lot more now, she understood everything that was hidden from her. Although she had still yet to work out why they had hidden it from her for so long, she had no intention of asking at the moment either, knowing she had to deal with her own problems and help those who had been loyal to her in the past despite her not knowing the truth.
At this moment in time Paige was stood in a little park in the middle of an open field, Dean, Seth, Finn and Corey with her. They were waiting for the members of Evolution to arrive, she knew this was going to be the first time all but Roman had actually seen her in person, just as she knew this was going to be the first time most members of Evolution would be coming across both Finn and Corey as both had remained in the shadows most of the time. It wasn't long before the silhouettes of several people come into view, they could tell at least one of them was female with the rest being male. It was time for them to meet face to face and either settle this once and for all or to make it clear how things were going to go. Each of them new Stephanie and Evolution had some power over Roman although they weren't sure what it was, had they promised him something or was he just blindly following them for no good reason.
"We're here as you requested and yes we come alone" spoke Cena, he was the final member they had chosen since Paige had only mentioned four names but said five people could be there, so they had chosen one of their most loyal member, one they knew they could trust and had never once thought about leaving them for the opposition no matter what they were offering. Cena was the one who knew all their secrets all their plans and where every one of their bases were as well as were all their victims lay. Cena could see the distrust in the eyes of each of them stood in front of him, especially Paige who looked to the others around her, she knew they weren't to be trusted after all they had sent out an assassination order years ago when she was only a teen, and had actively been trying to eliminate her ever since. "What do you want?" asked Cena knowing there had to be a reason why she had specifically request four of the five standing in front of her.
"To see my enemy. The ones who have activity hunted me for the last six years and the one who turned on me for no reason" responded Paige, politely answering his question and making it clear she knew they were her enemy, although when it come to certain things she did have the upper hand against them, like with Seth and Dean being at her side as well as the Demon King himself and The Saviour of Misbehaviour. She also knew she had the slight advantage when it come to the Brothers of Destruction, she was related to them by blood after all. "Now you know who you are hunting, what I actually look like. I only have one thing to ask all of you" added Paige knowing her question was a simple one yet would probably stump all of them. She could probably guess what their own actions had caused. "Why?" asked Paige asking them her simple one worded question.
"You see Paige here, she wouldn't have gotten involved in any of this if it wasn't for you ordering her assassination six years ago. I wouldn't have found her just as Corey would have never given me her whereabouts. Neither Seth or Dean would have turned to Paige when they left Shield behind. The Brothers of Destruction wouldn't have found out about you and Paige wouldn't have been any the wiser on who you were" responded Finn, seeing the realisation appear on their features as it hit them everything that had happened concerning Paige was because of their own reckless decision. "I would have found Paige but she wouldn't have been any the wiser I was there, just as Zarah would still be with Roman right now had he not turned against her and helped you" added Finn revealing he would have found the raven haired princess eventually but he would have stayed hidden, making sure she was protected. He had only revealed himself to her then because he had realised too later about the impending attempt on her life.
"Wait, so you caused all of this" spoke Roman turning his attention to Cena, Stephanie, Hunter and Shane. He knew his path into the underworld had started years ago, when he worked with Dean and Seth for Shane. Yet he never expected it to be the fault of those he had helped for the reason he had lost near enough everything. "You tried to kill an innocent teenager and in doing so you created this. I've lost everything I cared about because of you" added Roman his voice rising as his anger got the better of him, Dean and Zarah had both left because of Evolution mistakes, he knew Seth had chosen to leave because of the betrayal, something he wouldn't take back even if he could. Roman merely looked at everyone there before walking away from each of them, he knew now if he was going to get what he wanted the most then he was either going to have to choose a side or do it by himself. He was at least thankful he could talk to Zarah now, although he still had no idea where she was.
"So this was your plan, to get my sister to lose one of her own?" asked Shane, standing the opposite side of Stephanie to where Hunter was. He was curious what the young woman before him was up to. He had never really been interested in her or even knew who she was until the two he had been looking for, for years joined her. He knew whatever she was up to wasn't going to be good for any of those who were out to hurt her or something she cared for. Paige merely shook her head to his question, spotting the gun both he and Cena had on their personnel, she quickly informed both Seth and Dean through signals that she knew only the people she trusted most would understand. Finn too must have realised what she was informing the two former members of Shield of, especially when Corey put his hands behind his back almost like he was expecting to get arrested.
"Actually we wanted you to be here. Like Paige we wanted to look the person hunting us in the eye. We know you wont give up until we're dead, just as we know you would do that by any means necessary. So we came to one look you in the eye and two to tell you, no matter what we will be the last ones standing, there's nothing you can do that someone hasn't already done in the past" responded Dean revealing it was Seth and Himself who had asked for Shane to be there, they wanted to do as Paige had done, they wanted to look at their enemy and tell him they weren't going to give in to what he wanted and they were going to fight. He soon smiled when he seen a team of black clad police officers surrounding him, he could also tell they had caught Roman which meant they had been there for a while no doubt waiting for the right time to strike. "Times up" added Dean putting his hand up in the air like Finn, Seth and Corey did, he was a little surprised when Paige didn't.
"Your under arrest" shouted a Kane, stopping in surprise for a few seconds upon realising Paige was one of them there, thrust confirming she was indeed back in the country, he knew his older brother had yet to believe it due to not hearing anything from her. It wasn't long before Kane went back into work mode making sure each of the remaining nine people stood before him was handcuffed, he personally did Paige's one at least relieved to see she was still alive although he could sense there was something different about her. He also made sure to keep the two groups apart, he knew the members of Evolution would do whatever it took to get free and to finish what they had started. In this case kill those who had stood opposite them. "Paige" spoke Kane putting her in the back of the car he was driving not sure how she fit into any of this. He knew she had changed over the three months she was on the run although he couldn't put his finger on what it was he hoped her father would.
"Should I call you officer or uncle?" asked Paige looking out the window as the car began to move, she could tell the officer next to Kane and the one driving was surprised to learn that little bit of information, he had clearly thought she either hadn't returned yet or was the good girl who was the none the wiser still. "I get I'm under arrest although I have no idea what for, all I have done is help you and dad get hold of Evolution, and give you the information on your double agent. Besides that the only other thing I have done is refused to speak to either of you" added Paige revealing she knew there was nothing either of them could keep her for, considering she hadn't actually done anything to break the law. Yet. She had only refused to speak to her father and uncle although she was responsible for all the information they had received that had helped catch their mole with in the department. It wasn't too long before they arrived at the police station, to Paige's surprise her uncle hugged her upon helping her from the vehicle. Showing his family man side rather than the police officer side.
"We were worried about you Paige. The last time any of us heard from you was three months ago when you told us you were forced to run. We didn't know what happened or where you were. If anything we thought the worst had happened. You are our family and one of the more important people to your father. You're all he has left of your mother" spoke Kane in response to what she had asked during the short car ride to the station, he could see something he had said sparked something with in his niece, the way she looked away from him gave it away. It wasn't long before he lead her into the station, noticing the others being lead just behind he was actually surprised to see how calm the four who were with Paige were considering everything that was surrounding them in terms of illegal activity. He honestly thought they would act more like Roman had, struggling against them and shouting they hadn't done anything.
"Paige" whispered Mark upon seeing his oldest daughter being lead through the station in handcuffs by his brother. He knew that meant she was at the place they had been informed was the place they would find the four main players for Evolution. Although he was trying to work out why she was there in the first place. "I will interview this one" spoke Mark to the new sheriff, he watched as the slightly older man nodded before he lead her to an interrogation room, making sure she was in there and knew how serious this was before going back to make sure everything she had on her was properly logged. He was surprised to see a neatly folded piece of paper with Saraya's hand writing on it. He knew that only meant one thing. She knew something he never wanted her to know. "What were you thinking?" asked Mark upon entering the room, going into father mode rather than expert detective.
"I could ask you the same question dad. Did you really think I wouldn't find out the truth eventually? Did you really think I wouldn't get curious to know who she was or who I really am?" responded Paige, knowing he was all to aware she knew who her mother truly was, thrust there was a high possibility she would know all the things he had wished she never found out, well most of them, he couldn't bring himself to tell anyone of his darkest secrets especially his own daughter he knew it would destroy her and the faith she once had in him, she would never look at him the same way again if she found out what he had done all those years ago. "Did you think I would stay in the dark about the things your tried to hide dad?" asked Paige knowing all to well this wasn't Detective Mark Calaway she was in the room with, this was her father the one who kept things from her and said it was for her own good when all it had done was put her in more danger than she was before.
"I did it for a reason Paige. I did it so you wouldn't end up making the same mistakes as I did, or the same ones your uncle Kane and mother did. It was the only way to protect you from those who would see you as their enemy. You were two when she died and left everything to you, including a company and life that would have sent you to an early grave, I took you away and disappeared to protect you and give you a life any child should have" responded Mark, he too could see the girl sat in handcuffs before him wasn't the same daughter that left him three months ago, she had changed so much, she knew most of the things he tried to keep her from finding out and in doing so he had turned her love and trust into distrust and uncertainty, the two thing he never wanted to see from either of his girls. He could see he was losing her, something he never intended to do.
"Let Seth, Dean, Corey and Finn go they haven't done anything. Seth and Dean have been with me in England where as Corey has been watching over the others who stayed here in America and Finn has been the one who sent the information to you to catch Evolution. Plus they are the only reason I'm sat here in front of you right now" replied Paige revealing the four with her and done nothing but protect her and follow her orders, they had given her the safety and protection she needed as well as friends she could trust and someone she could love. "Might as well let Roman go as well, the only thing he did was give Evolution the location of Princess Mansion, he paid the price for that" added Paige giving information that would secure the release of those who she knew to be innocent, even if she herself was going to be there for a while.
"And you haven't done anything either, considering this is your work is it not" added Mark unlocking the handcuffs and showing the coding on the laptop that had downloaded all of Evolutions digital documents and sent it to the police station. Paige could only nod to his question, she knew he would know it was her who sent the information. "Why did you do it Paige? what did you get out of doing any of this?" asked Mark curious to know why his oldest daughter had sent the information she had gathered to the police as she had done when she could have kept it and used it against Evolution as a form of blackmail, she knew most of their secrets from the little trick she had pulled against them. He could see she had changed in those months she had been away, he could see she wasn't the scared child any more that being what scared him the most.
"Consider it my way of helping you and my way of telling you I know the truth on everything you tried to hide from me" responded Paige answering his question before sliding the letter written in her mothers handwriting across the table to him, she knew he would recognise the hand writing just as she could see he was surprised to see her mother had actually written something to her or left a paper trail of sorts. "As for your question of what I get out of it, I got the truth and to find out who I really am, I don't care about the danger at least this way I can be around people who wont hide things from me" added Paige before walking from the room, she knew she was free to go the moment her father had unlocked the handcuffs she had on. It was only two or three minutes after Paige left did Kane enter the room to see his older brother staring at the piece of paper Paige and given to him before leaving.
"Its from Saraya, she wrote a letter to Paige when she found out I was going to take her away from everything she knew" spoke Mark revealing his former lover and mother of his oldest daughter had worked out he was going to take their daughter away from her, so she had written a letter intending for her to know the truth and hopefully become the person she was practically born to be. It was now more than ever did Mark hope his oldest daughter didn't find out his darkest secret, he could already tell their relationship had been strained by the things he had hidden from her, he knew it would be completely broken if she found out what he considered his biggest regret. He also knew there was a chance his own brother in Kane would turn his back on him if he found out, especially since this was the one thing he never shared with Kane.
"So its true, she's running Knight's Raven now?" asked Kane knowing if she had that letter then there was a high probability that she had taken over the business that was rightfully hers. He also knew if she had then she would likely be the safest person to own an illegal business due to both Kane and Mark's hesitation to do anything. They were family after all, they would be going against their own family saying if they did anything. "Family above all" spoke Kane knowing that would be the only thing holding the pair of them back, plus the fatherly love Mark would always hold for his oldest daughter. Despite his difference with Saraya they had a daughter together, they both wanted what was best for her, although it now appeared Saraya had gotten what she had hoped for, considering Paige had come out of hiding to reveal herself as the person running the company although none of them had actually broken any laws yet.
"I'm losing her" spoke Mark, breathing deeply at the thought of the little girl he had raised as a single father being gone forever. "Everything I hid from her, everything I tried to protect her from is coming to light. The more she learns the more I lose her" added Mark a few tears coming to his eyes at the possible future of his raven haired princess. He knew there was three possible outcomes for her now, one prison, two being in an early grave or three she would get everything she wanted and live happily. Although he doubted the last one due to all being involved with that particular world being sent behind bars or being six feet under before their time. He had a feeling with Paige it would be the second option, there were so many out there who wanted what she had and would kill to get it. She had more enemies that she realised, she hadn't just inherited the company her mother owned but the enemies of both himself and Saraya as well.
"She'll come back. At the moment she is trying to figure out who she is and who she can trust. Plus she still cares considering she is probably staying away to protect Kaia. You know how much she loves her little sister. Once she had figured everything out she will come home or at least stay in contact with everyone" responded Kane keeping a positive outlook on everything that was happening, after all his older brother was no doubt thinking the worst although he could see some reason behind it, he couldn't understand what more there was for his niece to learn, everything the pair had hidden she now knew and no doubt come to terms with everything she had suddenly been thrown in the middle of and learnt about herself and them.
"She doesn't know everything. Not even you know of what I fear now. If she learns this then she will never come home, she'll never trust me again, she will end up hating me more than she already does" replied Mark revealing there was something she didn't know, that nobody but him and the person he had hired to do the job knew, although he knew that person had taken the secret to the grave with them, thrust leaving him as the last person who knew the truth about a certain event that occurred over twenty years before. "If she find out then I would truly lose her as would the rest of us, she wont listen to me or anything I would have to say" added Mark informing his little brother if Paige did happen to learn this final secret she wouldn't come home again instead there was a high possibility she would go out in the world on her own breaking all contact with each of them, including Kaia. He knew there was a high probability of them never seeing her again letting alone having any contact, plus he was sure all those who called him family would have their trust in him shaken and tested.
Elsewhere just down the street from the Police Station, Paige stood with those she had originally gone to the field with, a small smile on her lips to see they had all been released. Seth practically running to her, wrapping her in a tight embrace and spinning her in circles as he did so. Dean, Corey and Finn all watched on with content smiles especially when they heard Paige's laughter. Roman however looked on a slight feeling of envy and emptiness there, he could only dream about doing that with Zarah, yet still she was lost to him the only way he could see and talk to her was through the laptop he was given a few weeks back. He was soon brought from his trail of thought when he heard someone clear their throat, to which he shook his head slightly and was met with both Dean and Seth looking at him both with unreadable expressions painted on their features.
"Care to explain?" asked Seth, keeping his voice even and masking any emotions that was flowing through him at that moment. Dean however wasn't doing a good job considering he was bouncing on the spot, balling and unballing his fists like he was attempting to keep his anger under control. "Why did you turned on us like that? Why did you tell Shane our real names? Why would you give them the location of Princess Mansion?" asked Seth, he knew the odds of Roman actually answering him or giving any sort of a reasonable answer were pretty low, the man had a way of dodging responsibility yet getting things his own way when he wanted them. Roman sighed to himself knowing there would be a day he would have to explain that although he hoped it wouldn't be to them face to face as it was now. He actually hoped it would be over a video call or something when they had all made peace with each other and put everything that was happening now behind them.
"I gave Shane your names to secure my own freedom and Zarah's safety. I got fed up with looking over my shoulder all the time wondering when he was going to catch up to me while you two carried on with your lives like nothing was going to happen. I just wanted you two to know how it felt. As for giving them the location of Princess Mansion, I did what I had to, to survive. I did what I had to do to get revenge on the person who took you two away from me, I thought if she was gone then you two would come back" responded Roman seeing the way Seth was looking at him and how Dean had began to twitch slightly slowly losing what control over his anger he had. "As for turning on you, I wanted you two to feel how I did when you gave you thirds of the company to me and left, I wanted you two know how it felt when you two joined Paige over something that could have been solved if we had been adults about it" finished Roman revealing he had turned on them for revenge to which he was met with a sharp pain shooting through is jaw as well as the concrete pavement being his support system when he lost his balance from the force of the punch he received.
"Talk about it like adults. That would have helped if you actually tried to talk to us, instead you went to Evolution and threw us in the deep end because you couldn't get it your own way. You put both Paige and Renee in more danger than they already were along with Punk and AJ who hadn't done anything to you. So please tell me did your plan work? You're lucky Paige was only injured by Jarrett's crew, if either of them had ended up in critical condition or dead we wouldn't be having this conversation now. You would be behind bars along with the rest of Evolution" spoke Dean standing over Roman with a satisfied look passing over his features especially since he had just released some of his pent up anger on the man it was aimed at. He could have lost Renee because of Roman's crusade to make both him and Seth feel as he had done, just as Seth could have lost another he loved to Roman, all be it in a different way to how he lost Zarah. To Roman's surprise Seth didn't say anything he just pulled on Dean's shoulder and walked away, knowing Roman now had to stand on his own two feet, he couldn't go back to Evolution for help since the ones who were helping him were answering for their own crimes, he and Dean would no longer be there as a way to help him and the only person he claimed to love was currently out of his reach although safe.
Upon returning to Princess Mansion they were met with Paige and Renee in the living room, both of them had a laptop in front of them typing away at the keyboard. Although Paige was also clicking away at the mouse like she was doing something. Finn and some of his demons in the form of his most trust trio along with Charlotte and Becky who had returned from her duty as company for Zarah with them. Corey too was there with the members of the Wyatt family patrolling outside to make sure no one got close to either of the occupants of the mansion, just as they had swept the inside to make sure nothing was out of place and there were no hidden surprises since the mansion had been empty since most of them were in different place or hiding even on the run from Evolution.
"Are you sure about this Princess?" asked Karl Anderson, he knew she would do something upon returning but didn't quite think it would be something like this. "Moving Zarah from her current location to here will give Roman a better chance of finding her. Plus demolishing some of the mansions and rebuilding them that's going to take time" added Karl being slightly surprised when she said she wanted to demolish some of the mansions she had inherited and rebuild them, it was clear to most of them she had been thinking a lot while on the run from those who had been hunting her for so long. Paige only looked up and nodded to his question, confirming she was sure about what she was planning on doing, just as she trusted those around her to trust her.
"Everyone Zarah considers a friend is here in Orlando. Plus she has been making it clear she wants to give birth her in a place she knows. So make the relevant modifications to this mansion and bring her here. Even if Roman does find out she's here he can't access the house. Plus she'll be more comfortable here, she's close to a hospital so when the time comes she can get there quickly, there's plenty of things to do around here, state of the art security system so she has peace of mind that she's safe. She can have friends visit her here. That way she doesn't feel like a captive as much as she probably does now" responded Paige revealing she was doing it so Zarah was more comfortable, the woman was expecting after all and everything she knew was in Orlando, if she could do anything for Zarah then it would be letting her be in the place she wanted to be in, hence why she was allowing her to live in Princess Mansion for a while. "In turn I will be going to the newly build Princess Armoury II, just as I am sending each of you to own mansions to which you are free to name. I will send each of you information on the headquarters when it's finished, from there we can talk about what happens with Knight's Raven, all of you get a say in it together we will decided what happens" finished Paige revealing she had commissioned the building before she had left to go on the run, most of which had been completed, only being the building they were going to use as their head quarters to go.
"I will send a few things over to Zarah so she can decide on the colour scheme and furniture for this place. Might as well get her to pick out some nursery stuff as well since I have a feeling she's going to be staying here for a long time" spoke Corey to which Paige nodded, he admired her in his own way. Although the boss on a large corporation she was showing her kinder side to Zarah by allowing her to be in the place she wanted when it come to her due date, she was also intending to make sure she was as comfortable as possible and not feel as if she was a captive at all. He would be lying if he said he knew of another who would do such a thing for someone. "Seth that means your still with Paige, your the best guy to keep her protected" added Corey although he knew Seth was probably already aware of where he would be since he was there when Dean and Renee had decided to call their mansion Lunatics Palace, Renee had explained it to him as well as showed him some of the things both she and Dean had chosen to go in there. Plus Paige had asked for his option on some of the things for her own mansion although he didn't know the name of it.
"Everyone is this room is my council. Every idea I have will pass through you first, all ideas you have will also be taken into consideration. I will explain more when we meet after the HQ is finished" spoke Paige before allowing each of them to leave, although she was happy to see Seth, Dean and Renee had stayed behind, mainly because they were going to be spending time with her while the modifications to the current Princess Mansion were made. They would each be there to greet Zarah when she arrived from her current location. Paige already knew where she wanted the company to go but knew she couldn't do it alone, so she had chosen each of them who were just with her to be her council and give their ideas too. She intended each of them to be involved in the company so each of them had something to be proud of. After all Corey had merged his own little business with hers much like Roman had done with Evolution months prior.
