With an hour left in RAW, Mary sat down with Natalya and Tyson. She bit her lip, nodding solemnly, letting her friends know that the task had been done. The day had been emotionally exhausting, and Mary was just really ready for it to be over.
"Mare honey," Natalya reached across the table, taking her best friend's hand. "Where's Ted?'
Mary took a deep breath, looking to Natalya and Tyson. "He insisted on being with me when I made my confession." She paused, her eyes filling with tears, "he heard everything."
Tyson winced, coming around the table and bringing an arm around Mary. He knew possibly how bad the things were that Mary had done and what she had been through. If it had been Natalya that had gone through what Mary had, Tyson would be reacting the same way that Ted was in that moment. "I'm sure everything is going to be okay."
Mary nodded, wiping at her eyes. "I know. He just needs some time to let everything sink in."
"Well, you know that we'll be here for you no matter what," Natalya smiled.
…
When Billy walked into the locker room after his match, he saw his best friend on a bench on the far side of the room. Some of the other superstars were in there, but none of them had attempted to approach Ted before he did. He hesitantly walked over to the other man, stepping in front of him. "Ted... what's going on? Where did you and my sister go today?"
Ted slowly looked up as all of the men who didn't consider Mary a close, personal friend filed out of the room. "She turned in her old pimp today, Billy. He threatened us, so she did what she had to do."
Billy shook his head furiously, he refused to believe that all of that time had been anything but easy for his sister. "That can't be true. That would never happen to her."
John Cena took a deep breath as he stepped up to them, placing a hand on the younger man's shoulder. "As much as we all hate to admit to it, it's actually believable that she went down that route."
Ted swallowed hard, "it's true. I sat there and listened to it all. The drugs, the beatings, the rapes. That asshole kept her completely wasted for months at a time." He shook his head, "all because she couldn't wrestle anymore. She went through all of that because she felt like she wasn't worthy of even being around us anymore, just because she was broken."
"So what happens next?" Billy spoke up again after a few moments of silence.
"We go back to work and keep our ears to the ground. Everyone that Mary cares about is in danger right now. Especially me and the boys..." Ted bit his lip, trying to fight back the tears that had already filled his eyes.
John took a deep breath, scrubbing his hand over his face, "well, I'm not going anywhere."
Cody nodded as he sat next to Ted. "Me either. I'll even fight for you if I have to."
Mary smiled as she, along with Tyson and Natalya walked into the room. "Let's hope that won't be necessary. We've already made arrangements for the boys. The best thing that all of us can do right now is stick together. We will have a security detail, but I want all of you to promise me that none of you will ever be alone." She took a deep breath, looking around at her friends, "and no dark allies, or anything like that."
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Hours later Mary walked out of the bathroom in the hotel room that she and Ted were sharing, joining Ted on the bed. "Nattie and TJ took the boys for the night."
Ted nodded as he wrapped his arms around his fiance. "Good. I love them, but..."
Mary smiled, turning to face Ted and kissed him deeply. "I know, baby. Things are just crazy right now. It's better to not have them around."
Ted smiled into the kiss and nodded. "I really just need to be alone with you right now."
Mary frowned as she caressed her fiance's cheek. "About the things that you heard today..."
"Did you exaggerate the details?" Ted asked with a hopeful look on his face.
Mary bit her lip, shaking her head. "Trust me, Teddy Bear. No one wishes that those years of my life were only half as bad as I described than I do. I will never know who Marcus's biological father is."
Ted laid back with a sigh, pulling Mary into his arms. "As far as I'm concerned, he's mine. We both know that under any other circumstance he most likely would have been."
Mary nodded, pressing a soft kiss to Ted's jawline."I'm so sorry, baby."
"You have nothing to be sorry for, Mare Bear," Ted smiled, tucking a strand of hair behind Mary's ear. "I already forgave you for everything a couple of months before we got back together."
Mary smiled, looking up at Ted with pure lust in her eyes. "I know that it might sound crazy, but..."
Ted shook his head, pulling his fiance in for a deeply passionate kiss. "I am for anything that'll get our minds off of that crap."
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Soon after getting to the arena for SmackDown, Marcus wandered off right when Natalya and Tyson looked away for just a moment. This caused a wide panic among those who knew what was going on. He had done it many times before, but no one had told him and his little brother that anything was going on. The last thing the adults wanted to do was scare the boys. The five year old was wandering down the hall when an unfamiliar man in a black hoodie approached him.
"Wow, you've grown, little man. I never thought that you're mommy would take you back, but it looks like she did," the man said as he bent over to Marcus's level.
"Mommy and daddy says I'm not apposed to talk to strangers," the young boy stepped back a little.
"But I'm not a stranger, Marcus. I know your mommy," he stepped closer.
Just as the stranger was about to snatch Marcus up a young girl walked up, who dressed an awful lot like Mary, but wore glasses and had dark skin. Marcus recognized the diva and a hopeful look came across face. "Alex!" he called out, desperately trying to get away from the stranger.
Alexis Hardy blinked when she heard a child's voice call out to her. She knew that Mary Williams and her friends were desperately looking for her son, and immediately recognized this child as just that boy. She took a hurried step over to the young boy, sensing that something wasn't right about the man who was with him. "Is everything all right here?" the deceivingly small girl glared at the intruder as Marcus clamped himself onto her leg.
The man flashed Alex an evil glare, smirking at her. "Just let his mother know that going to the cops isn't going to save her."
Alex swallowed hard as she picked Marcus up, balancing him on her hip. She hadn't exactly met Mary yet, but she knew that the other girl was close to Cody, whom Alex had recently started dating. "C'mon Marcus. Let's get you back to your parents." She made her way toward catering, just as Mary, Ted, and Cody were walking out to look for Marcus.
"Oh thank God!" Mary exclaimed as the younger girl handed the boy off to his mother.
Ted nodded, placing a hand on Alex's shoulder as Cody sent out a few quick texts out to let everyone know that they had found Marcus. "Thank you so much, Alex."
Alex took a deep breath, a serious look on her face. "No problem. Just... I think that it's time you fill me and this poor boy in on what the hell is going on. I think that I just saved him from being kidnapped by one shady ass mofo. He told me to tell Mary that going to the cops won't save her."
Mary took a deep breath, nodding at Cody before walking off with her fiance and her son. Once they were gone, Cody took a deep breath as he pulled his girlfriend off into a private area. "Well, it looks like you're part of the group now. So it's time to fill you in on what happened while Mary was missing."
Alex sat down, looking over to Cody. "Just tell me, Code. I can take it."
Cody went on to fill Alex in on everything as Mary and Ted filled in everyone else on what happened and got their security upped. This meant bodyguards for the kids, as well as all of the women. Even Cody and Ted agreed that they felt better if they had extra muscle with them at all times. They knew that things had only begun, and they had to be ready for whatever was about to be thrown at them.
With that chapter comes the debut of Alex Hardy. For those who don't already know, she is the creation of shiki94. She has been used with permission. Speaking of my good friend, she has a poll up in her profile. She is having trouble deciding who the main couple will be in of her future stories. I also have a poll up in my profile. Mine is for who the lead Diva will be in an upcoming vampire story that I intend to write. Please check them both out after giving me a review!