Notes: I forgot to mention in the last chapter, it was in my original draft that I lost, that Naomi didn't join the others to keep up appearances.

DDD

Dean pulled himself to his feet with the crutches. Everything felt okay. He had been more surprised by the action than anything else. He wasn't sure if it was Bray or Seth that had pushed him out of the ring. Either of them could have done it.

Someone grabbed him by the shoulder and he spun around ready to hit him with the crutch but saw it was Dusty Rhodes. Dusty was trying to help him get away from ringside away from the chaos that was still going strong. "I'm okay," he said to the RAW General Manager.

Dusty nodded before going back to trying to restore order but it appeared to be an impossible task. Even without the Wyatts to help, Evolution was holding their own against the Usos, Punk, and Roman. Soon more of the locker room was called in to try to break it up.

When order was restored Triple H grabbed a mic. "CM Punk I should have you arrested," he said glaring at the Second City Saint.

"I can think of a few things you should be arrested for!" Punk shot back. He said briefly looking at Dean who was sitting on the announce table. His ankle was starting to hurt. He was pretty sure this was why Dr. Andrews strongly recommended not going back to wrestling in any form.

Hunter just smirked and shook his head. "I won't have you arrested. I'll consider this one of the days you missed during your suspension. Tonight how about a match between you and me."

"Would love to but I'm under a no compete clause with any other promotion." Punk would have loved to get his hands on Hunter but he had promised Dana White that he wouldn't compete for the WWE. Unlike Hunter, he respected Dana. They had been friends for years.

Hunter glowered. He didn't need another lawsuit that was for sure. The WWE had barely gotten through with Punk's lawsuit back in October. That had cost them a lot of money. He had already spent too much money on people he didn't like. He turned to leave but stopped. He leaned in and whispered something to Orton who nodded. He did the same with Batista and left. Orton and Batista were left standing outside of the ring looking at Ambrose who wisely took a step back.

Reigns stepped through the ropes and jumped off of the ring apron to stand next to Dean. The Usos and Punk did the same. Dusty grabbed a mic from ringside and ordered everyone backstage. Security made sure both groups left separately with each escorted to their respective locker rooms.

When Dean, Roman, Jimmy, Jey, and Punk entered their locker room they found all of Seth's belongings gone. "Knew we couldn't trust him," Dean said sitting down on one of the benches.

"Dean…" Roman started to say.

"You saw how fast he rejoined the Wyatts Rome," Dean said as he started rubbing at his ankle. "I don't know who shoved me out of the ring but it could have been Seth just as much as it could have been Bray."

Roman's phone dinged. "Got a text from Seth." He said to everyone. "It just says tell Dean to run."

"See?" Dean said.

"I don't get it," Jey said, "why are they after Dean? It's not like he's a threat to Bray's title, no offense Dean," he said quickly.

Dean didn't say anything. He was thinking. Back in Chicago he had a short conversation with Seth about Philadelphia. Seth swore he didn't remember anything that happened after he was thrown back down into the basement but he said if he ever got caught by the Wyatts again he'd send a signal. If he told him to run it meant the Wyatts were still there. If he sent a message saying, Follow the Buzzards that meant they were gone.

"They're still here," Dean said.

"Yeah man," Jimmy said giving him a strange look. "We can see that."

Dean didn't say anything as he grabbed his crutches. He wasn't completely sure he could trust Seth but he wasn't brainwashed. Not yet anyway. Or it could all be a trick. He wasn't sure how this brainwashing thing worked.

"Wait Dean," Roman called hurrying after him.

"No I'm not waiting for the Wyatts to come back," Dean said. "That was the message Seth and I worked out. If the Wyatts were there, he'd text me Run. If they were gone, he'd text Follow the buzzards. Obviously they are still in the building and I'm not waiting to have another confrontation with them. We sent our message now let's get…"

The lights in the arena all went out.

When the lights came back on, Roman was gone.