Big Brother

"Surprised to see me?" Mike asked casually. "Want your chair?"

"I want you out of my office, building and city." Punk said closing the door behind him.

"LA is your City now?" Mike mocked with a laugh. "So New York is mine?"

"Anywhere I reside is mine." Punk informed him coldly. "What are you doing here? Where you in LA yesterday?"

"You really think I tried to strangle your girl?" Mike asked with a chuckle. "I was in New York yesterday I spoke to the Detective, I flew in late last night."

"Why are you here?" Punk asked him.

"It's been a while, my probation is up thought a conversation between us was long overdue." Mike shrugged.

"I don't want to have a conversation with you." Punk said to him. "Get out of my office."

"How's Maria?" Mike asked with a sly smile and Punk narrowed his eyes at him. "I haven't seen her since our night."

"The night where you and your buddies gang raped her?" Punk asked him.

"It was consensual." Mike defended. "She came like 4 times that night."

"Doesn't make it consensual. Her telling you 'no' and to 'stop' makes it rape." Punk hissed. "Why would you do that to her? What the fuck is wrong with you!"

"I didn't rape her I gave her what she wanted." Mike said twirling in Punk's chair slightly. "You must like sitting in this big chair behind this big desk." He mocked running his fingers over the shiny marble. "You must really think you're better than every single person who walks through your door."

"I am better." Punk said simply. "Certainly better than you."

"You always thought that even when we were kids." Mike reminded him. "AJ works in this building right?"

"Don't even say her name." Punk threatened.

"We're going to be family. I should re-introduce myself to her." Mike said to him.

"Stay the fuck away from her." Punk warned walking over to the desk and kicking Mike out of his chair. "Go back to New York and –" Punk's office door opened and he jerked his head praying it wasn't AJ.

"Hey Punk." The red-headed vixen Amy greeted.

"Well hello there." Mike smiled walking from the desk over to her with his hand extended.

"Are you new?" Amy blushed as the man took her hand and placed to his lips.

"I'm-" Mike started.

"He was just leaving." Punk said grabbing at Mike's arm and pushing him towards the door.

"I can't talk to AJ I can't talk to your co-workers, I'm beginning to think you're ashamed of you." Mike laughed as Punk got him outside his door and walked him to the elevator and pushed the down button.

"Don't come around here again." Punk warned him. "Get on a plane, stay in New York and fucking die for all I care but don't show your face around me again."

"Testy." Mike laughed as the doors opened and Punk pushed him on and hit the lobby button.

AJ had taken the stairs the flight about because of the long line for the elevator and walked into Punk's office and he wasn't there but Amy was.

"You have to be kidding me!" AJ yelled slamming the door behind her. "Do you have a problem?"

"Do you?" Amy asked amused.

"Why are you constantly hanging out in my fiancé's office?" AJ demanded to know. "You are a desperate, needy, disgusting woman!"

"Where do you get off?" Amy asked her. "Do you know who I am?"

"You're an assistant to the mail room basically." AJ mocked.

"Aren't you Eric's assistant?" Amy asked her.

"No I work for Paul Heyman, I have my own office and I always have Phil." AJ informed her.

"Phil?" Amy asked confused.

"His name isn't legally Punk you know." AJ said to her and Amy rolled her eyes. "Look I don't blame you completely because I know how Phil was back in the day but things have changed."

"Like what?" Amy asked.

"Me." She said with a smile. "He's not going to sleep with you so stop sniffing around him like some dog on the hunt for a bone. It's classless."

Punk thankfully walked back into the office at that moment.

"She's very rude." Amy said to Punk.

"She's going to be my wife in a few days." Punk informed her.

"Ok I get the point." Amy forced out. "But just so you know-" she stopped walking to the door and faced AJ. "A leopard never changes its spots. Once a pig always a pig." She spat at AJ then stormed out of the office.

"She is unbelievable." AJ mumbled.

"What are you doing up here?" Punk asked a little coldly.

"Paul sent me an agenda I thought you'd want it." AJ said passing him the sheet of paper. "Why am I not allowed up here?"

"Actually you're more than allowed, I'd like it if you worked up here today." Punk said clearing space on his large desk.

"Why?" AJ asked watching him move his stuff out of the way.

"Mike was here." Punk told her.

"In the office?" AJ asked stunned. "Why?"

"Just being Mike." Punk mumbled. "But he knows you work here, you mentioned it I would feel better if you would hang out in here today."

"I have a lot to do Phil." AJ sighed but saw how tense his body was. "But if it would make you feel better sure." She said forcing a smile.

"It would thank you." He said nodding for her to sit in his chair.

"What else did he say?" AJ asked taking the seat.

"Nothing of importance." Punk said to her. "Apparently he was in New York yesterday though."

"Strangling a woman from behind doesn't seem like this thing anyway." AJ said to him.

"You're right." Punk agreed pulling a chair around and sitting next to her. "He'd rather force you to look at him while he hurts you."

"You have to let it go Phil." AJ insisted in a hushed voice.

"Not until he's in prison where he belongs." Punk said to her.

"He's just jealous of you." AJ shrugged. "You have a great job, endless amounts of money and people that love you. He'll never have any of that."

"I just don't want him to take any of it away." Punk said to her.

"He can't touch your job or money." AJ reminded him.

"He can't so he'll try for you." Punk said seriously.

"He can't touch me." AJ smiled. "You won't let him." She whispered knowing that she trusted him and felt safe with him.

Amy headed into the elevator and looked up to see the man who was in Punk's office earlier was inside.

"Hey do you know what floor AJ Mendez is on?" Mike asked her.

"She should be on the bottom floor where she belongs but she's up in the royal towers with her lover." Amy said bitterly.

"Referring to my little brother huh?" Mike asked with a chuckle.

"He never mentioned a brother." Amy frowned.

"You two know each other well?" Mike questioned.

"We used to a long time ago at least." Amy said sadly.

"He's a jerk." Mike laughed. "You're too pretty for him anyway."

"You think so?" Amy asked blushing slightly.

"I was just about to meet up with my buddy Randy, care to join us for lunch? We're visiting from New York and don't know LA all that well." Mike offered.

"You know what? I deserve a half of day." Amy said happily. "And I could use a drink even though it's so early."

"It's five o'clock somewhere." Mike laughed.

"I just need to grab myself." Amy told him.

"I'll meet you in the parking garage." Mike smiled as the elevator stopped and Amy stepped off and someone else stepped on. Once the door were closed Mike looked straight forward before opening his mouth. "What the fuck where you thinking?"

"What do you mean?" Eric asked looking at him.

"You tried to kill the bitch in the parking garage?" Mike asked him.

"That wasn't me." Eric laughed.

"It was you. You're such an impatient man." Mike said as Eric stopped the elevator. "You can't just murder the girl."

"Oh so I wait on you? I had her working late like you asked, nothing happened." Eric said to him. "Do you realize because of her I'm on probation now?"

"You should have been nicer to her." Mike shrugged. "You were acting childish. Your gripe is with Punk you should have bullied him around."

"He's a big guy and not easy to bully." Eric said annoyed.

"You can't just kill people Eric." Mike told him coolly. "That's when things get messy."

"But you can beat them and rape them?" Eric shot at him.

"It's easier trust me." Mike said to him. "Like I said bodies leave evidence but fear keeps people quiet."

"Didn't you do time?" Eric snorted.

"I did but that was because of Punk." Mike pointed out.

"So what are you doing?" Eric asked. " Just snooping around?"

"He's afraid of me." Mike said to him. "I know my little brother and he lives in fear of me and that's the best revenge. He'll be out of LA before the end of the month trust me."

"As long as he takes his tiny annoying fiancée with him." Eric mumbled under his breath.

Punk and AJ arrived back at their place later than usual since Punk took her out to a beautiful dinner. They also managed to pick up their marriage license and everything was quickly falling into place.

"Getting cold feet?" AJ teased.

"Nope. They're warm and toasty." Punk said as he unlocked the door. "You?"

"I'm ready." She said happily.

"Alright so if I go out you'll still be here waiting for me?" he teased.

"Where are you going?" AJ asked intrigued.

"I'm going to pick up some chocolate strawberries and sparkling cider to celebrate, like we were supposed to a week ago." Punk said to her. "I was just being a gentleman and walking you to the door." He smirked kissing her cheek. "I'll be fifteen minutes."

"Hurry back." She said anxiously. "Maybe I'll change into something a little more appropriate."

"I really hope when you see appropriate you mean inappropriate." He said seriously causing her to laugh.

"Hurry back you nerd." She giggled as Punk shot her a wink then walked out the door.

AJ locked the door behind him and when she turned around her bedroom door opened and Michael walked out of it. Before she could say anything across the condo the guest bedroom door opened and Randy walked out of it.

"Don't scream, don't yell, don't try to run out that door." Mike said in a remarkably calm voice. "Do you know why I'm here right now?"

"Because you're sick?" AJ asked nervously. It was the first thing she came out with.

"I can see why my brother loves you so very much. He'd do absolutely anything for you." Mike said to her.

"That's right." AJ said almost smugly trying to hide her fear.

"The way he loves you is similar to the way I loved him. And he stabbed me right in the back." Mike said shaking his head. "Betrayed me and abandoned me and I want him to feel the same exact way as I felt."

"I might not be able to fight you two off but no matter what you're planning on doing to me here it wont break me." She warned and both Randy & Mike let out a laugh.

"We're not going to hurt you." Mike said and that's when Randy pulled a gun out of the back of his pants. "We're going to shoot him dead when he walks into this apartment."

"You're lying." AJ said fearfully.

"Am I?" Mike asked her. "You willing to bet your own life on that?"

"Don't hurt him." AJ whispered as tears fell from her eyes.

"He hurt me first. I wish he would he have killed him." Mike said somberly. "It would have hurt less."

"Don't hurt him please." She pleaded placing her hands together.

"There's options here." Mike informed her.

"I'll do anything." She promised and Mike smiled and looked over to Randy.

When Punk walked back inside twenty minutes later the place was completely dark.

"Sorry it took so long but the traffic was insane!" Punk shouted turning on the light. "Babe?" he asked not sensing anyone was here.

Punk walked into his bedroom and saw a note lying on the bed and picked it up. He read it carefully about four times then checked the closet and saw most of her clothes were gone. He looked around and saw her purse and wallet were also gone. He again looked over the note.

Punk,

I'm sorry to do this to you but I can't marry you. This is all happening too fast and I'm just not ready. There isn't enough trust between us and LA isn't for me and I feel like I'm repeating the mistakes I made when I was eighteen and rushed into a marriage without thought, I can't and I won't go back to the prison like feeling. I'm leaving tonight and I don't want you to come and find me. If you love me as much as you have said then you'll let me go. I want you to move on and be happy because as much as you may not believe it you deserve it. Take care of yourself Punk and don't worry about me, I'll be fine.

Love,

April

Punk re-read the note at least six more times wondering where all this had come from. They had literally just talked about this less than thirty minutes ago. Punk wasn't sure what to do or think, did he run after her? Where did she even go? He assumed she'd go to the airport so that's exactly where he decided to go when he grabbed his keys and ran out of the apartment.

Going to the airport was pointless because AJ was at the bus station because Mike had claimed the airport would be the first place Punk would go. She had hoped he'd pick up on her two subtle hints in her note but if she knew Punk he was fuming and probably running around town trying to track her down. AJ was sitting in the back of a car with Mike while Randy remained park outside the bus station.

"You want to give it a go?" Mike teased. "Want us to send you off with a bang?"

"I've hepatitis." AJ blurted out hoping to keep them both at bay.

"Ew." Randy said disgusted. "You're a dirty bird aren't you?" he laughed.

"I have your phone, your credit cards, your check book, anything else I need?" Mike asked her.

"That's pretty much it. I don't know how you expect me to get on a bus without money." AJ said coldly.

"Here's your ticket." Mike said passing her a bus ticket.

"PA?" AJ asked annoyed. "You're sending me two hours away from New Jersey and New York? You don't think he'll look there?"

"There won't be any record of you he won't just find you." Mike said to her.

"What about my job? He'll never believe I just quit." AJ said to them. "Paul will look for me too."

"We have that end taken care of. Eric is a great guy." Mike laughed.

"I should have known." AJ said mentally kicking herself.

"There's cash in here." He said passing her an envelope. "Now do you remember what happens when you blow this?"

"You'll kill Phil, you'll kill Dean then you'll find me and kill me." AJ mumbled annoyed repeating the threats.

"We'll have fun with you first." Randy laughed turning to look at her. "I'll throw a condom on and shove my dick so far up your-"

"Enough Randy." Mike said cutting him off. "AJ is going to be a good girl isn't she?"

"I agreed to it didn't I?" AJ mocked.

"This isn't a weekend deal AJ." Mike reminded her. "Which is why you aren't going alone."

"Oh no." She said shaking her head. "That wasn't the deal."

"Randy will be on his best behavior." Mike assured her. "And it's only to help you get settled in."

"We'll have a great time." Randy said giving her a wink and then got out of the car.

"I gave you my word." AJ reminded him.

"He's not going to hurt you because there's no reason to." Mike assured her. "Don't give him a reason AJ."

"You're a cold hearted bastard." AJ said to him and he cracked a smile. "And he will look for me."

"He won't find you." Mike said simply. "Now hurry up before you miss your bus."

AJ slowly got out of the car with her bag and purse and saw Randy holding his own overnight bag.

"We're going to have a great trip." Randy grinned winking at her.

"He's a great time, trust me." Mike laughed climbing out of the backseat and heading to the drivers side.

"Come on buddy." Randy smiled wrapping his arm around her and leading her to towards the bus station.

After spending three hours at the airport Punk came back home hoping AJ was there but of course she wasn't. He looked around the empty apartment and saw the glass bottle of cider and picked it up threw into the furthest wall causing the glass to shatter. He then moved into the bedroom and opened up her drawers where she still had clothing and threw them all around the room and ripped up some items as he did so. He also saw AJ left their marriage license on the bed and he ripped them into shreds as well.

Something wasn't right but Punk wasn't thinking clearly he was just to hell bent on destroying everything in his sight. By the time Punk's tantrum was finished the only thing left in once piece was his bed, their bed actually. Punk grabbed her sweatshirt that she slept in most nights and crawled into bed with it. He didn't sleep that night instead ran through everything in his mind.

Punk replayed the entire day over and over again in his head and he couldn't believe he hadn't thought of it the minute he saw her note. Mike was in LA, Mike was in his office and Mike was looking for AJ. Punk sat up and grabbed his phone and pressed a few numbers.

"I'd like to report a kidnapping."