Title: The ARK Angels of DX and the Paranoid Android
Author: Kaykyaka
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE and TNA characters used within this fictional story. No copyright infringement is intended and no money is being made by this work of fiction.
Ratings: K
Characters: Shawn, Cameron and Cheyenne Michaels, Amy 'Lita' Dumas Michaels, Hunter Hurst Helmsley, LC Helmsley, Aurora Rose Helmsley, Chyna, Trish Stratus, Randy Orton, Melina and Johnny Hennigan, Stephanie and Chris Jericho, the RAW and Smackdown Superstars, Charlotte, Dan and Carla McCool, Cassidy and Brandon Montenegro and Miss Taylor, Charlene McKenzie
Summary: Chyna goes to Chris Jericho for help with her problem and his solution affects Hunter and Trish Stratus in a way that has the ARK Angels of DX, Randy Orton and the WWE locker room very concerned.
Chapter Twenty One – The Romantobot vs. That Despicable Mutt Rex
The McCools, Manhattan, NY at 8pm:
Charlotte made lasagna for dinner and everyone ate the best they could but they were all eagerly waiting for LC's cell-phone to ring. The ARK wasn't; she was too hungry to worry about Hunter showing up and scaring everyone. Out of everyone at the dinner table LC, Stephanie and Amy were the only ones enjoying their food and the latter of the three were eating for more than one.
"Come on Cameron eat up, it's not like you to leave food on a plate," LC said nudging Cameron who sat on her right.
"I know I'm just excited, in a minute Uncle Hunter's gonna call and we can get rid of Rex," Cameron said and Shawn and Amy fantasized about how blissful that would be.
"Life without Rex, I'm looking forward to it," Shawn said dreamily and Amy dreamed right along with him, then her stomach growled and she came back to reality.
"Honey are you gonna eat that?" Amy said pointing at Shawn's plate and HBK moved his plate over to her and she devoured his barely eaten lasagna.
"Shawn I can get you some more from the kitchen if you want," Charlotte said but HBK shook his head.
"That won't be necessary darlin' I'm way too excited to eat, I wanna see Ruby take Rex out!" HBK said getting riled up.
"You won't be disappointed," Trish said.
"This is going to be one for the ages," Randy Orton said as Ruby paced back and forth watching the door waiting for its rival to show up. Ruby's love tank was full thanks to Chyna's change of heart and it was ready to fight and free Hunter from the cerebral assault perpetrated on him by Rex courtesy of Chris Jericho.
Stephanie's cell-phone rang and she left the table to take the call. Cameron looked down at LC's cell-phone and saw that it was on silent mode and she had 3 missed calls.
"LC why is your phone on silent?" Cameron asked her and LC stopped eating to look at her phone.
"Well what do you know it is on silent," she said returning the call from her father, "Hello dad?"
"LC what happened, I tried to call you three times why didn't you answer?" Hunter said panicking.
"My cell phone was on silent for some reason," LC said not knowing that Rex had put her phone on silent to freak Hunter out. Having seen LC's phone before it knew how to manipulate it.
"Are you okay?" Hunter asked agitated.
"Yeah dad I'm fine, I'm with Charlotte, Dan and Carla remember?" LC said.
"Who are they? I don't know those people, is there a pregnant red-head and a blond haired cowboy with you?" Hunter asked.
"You mean Uncle Shawn and Aunt Amy?" LC said.
"Dammit!" Hunter cursed, "Where are you I'm coming to pick you and your sister up right now, wait nevermind, Rex knows the address. I'll be there in ten," Hunter said and hung up and LC put her cell-phone down.
"Man daddy is really wound up, he asked if Uncle Shawn and Aunt Amy were here and then he said he's coming to take me and Aurora home," LC said shaking her head, "He sounded so strange I've never heard him like that before,"
"He thinks we're trying to take you away from him," Shawn explained.
"Well you are not going anywhere as long as Hunter is in this demented state," Charlotte said adamantly and Stephanie came back into the dining room.
"Jericho said I have to leave, he went off on me for staying with you guys instead of making my way home. He says I'm in danger now, something about Hunter accusing me of stealing his children," Stephanie said confused looking to the ARK Angels for answers.
"That's right, Rex told him to come here to take LC and Aurora home. When he sees you Rex is going to manipulate Uncle Hunter into thinking you tried to kidnap them," Cameron said and Stephanie gasped.
"That's absurd, that robot dog is a no good piece of crap I hope Ruby short circuits it," Stephanie said angrily.
"Until then you better stay outta sight Aunt Steph," LC said but Stephanie shook her head.
"She won't hide," Trish said knowing how this was all going to play out.
"I'm not gonna cower like a frightened little mouse while you guys face Hunter, Cameron said tonight it's all gonna be over and I want to be here when it all ends," Stephanie said firmly and Chyna admired her bravery. It was up to her to talk Hunter out of hurting anyone so they could put this nightmare behind them and get on with their lives.
A loud bang came at the door and everyone except the ARK Angels and Trish gulped.
"That must be him, I'll get it," LC said but Cameron held her back.
"If he gets hold of you there's a chance he won't let you go and could run off with you before we destroy Rex," Cameron said.
"Then I'll get it," Chyna said getting up and going towards the door. When she opened it a rattled Triple H stood in front of her soaking wet and with Rex on his right shoulder, she barely recognized the man in front of her, what have I done? Joanie said to herself.
"I'm glad you're here Joanie," Hunter said pulling Chyna into a hug catching the former Women's Champion off guard, "Now where's the rest of my family?" Hunter said coming into the McCools' apartment like a pitbull and as soon as he did it started to rain inside.
"What is this, this hasn't happened since we had Aurora over back in Bakersfield," Dan said as the rain fell down on everyone.
"Well Ro-Ro was mad then and she's mad now," LC said as Charlotte and Dan cleared the table, even Amy lost her food which was now ruined by the indoor rain and neither she nor Rebecca was happy about that. Hunter locked eyes with her and LC looked up at her mother imploring her to start talking before things got out of hand.
"You're trying to steal my children!" Hunter accused Amy and the Anointed one rose to her feet taking exception to that comment but Chyna intervened before things started to heat up.
"Hunter I need to talk to you," Chyna said then Hunter caught sight of his other daughter and she was in Jeff Hardy's arms.
"What are you doing with my daughter?!" Hunter yelled and Charlotte and Dan jumped back in fright as Hunter headed for Jeff but Chyna pulled him back.
"I need to talk to you now!" Chyna insisted but Hunter was furious and he ignored her, his eyes were on the man holding his daughter. Stephanie saw that Jeff was in danger and quickly took Aurora from him.
"Who are you?" Hunter asked Stephanie menacingly.
"I'm Stephanie, we were together for four years," Stephanie replied and Hunter huffed.
"A likely story, now give me my baby and no-one will get hurt," Hunter said and Aurora started to cry.
"Stop it Hunter you're scaring her!" Chyna pleaded and Hunter turned around to her.
"I know what's best for her I'm her father!" Hunter barked his eyes devoid of emotion but his voice was thick with an unnatural rage.
"You haven't been her father since you started taking orders from Rex," Chyna said and Rex whispered in Hunter's ear.
"She's turned against you just like the others, get your children and let's go," Rex said.
"Shut up!" Chyna told Rex.
"Don't yell at Rex!" Hunter demanded, "He's the only friend I've got!"
"Friend?!" Chyna said in disbelief, "He's your enemy Hunter and he was created by your worst enemy Chris Jericho. I got him for you so that you'd forget about wanting LC and Cameron to get betrothed but I was wrong, so wrong and I want you to listen to me right now,"
Hunter turned up his nose at her, "And why should I listen to you?" he said and Chyna's face softened and she smiled at him.
"Because you love me," Chyna said and Hunter frowned.
"I what?" he asked not familiar with the word or the meaning behind it, so Chyna pressed his cold hand to her warm heart and said it again.
"You love me," she said and Rex growled at her.
"Don't listen to her she can't be trusted, there's no such thing as love!" Rex growled but Hunter didn't move. A transformation came over his face and Chyna's heart started to race as his hand curled around hers. Shawn, Amy and the ARK Angels smiled as he squeezed her hand and gave it a kiss.
"Yes, I do love you Joanie," he said and they embraced while everybody cheered except Trish.
"It's not over yet," she said as Rex bore his sharp teeth and bit into Joanie's arm.
"ARGHHH!" Joanie yelled.
"Mom!" LC said looking at Joanie's arm and seeing little teeth marks there.
"Don't get mad Aunt Joanie that's exactly what it wants, to feed off your negative energy," Cameron said, "What we need is more positive energy so Ruby can get going,"
"How about this?" Joanie said and kissed Hunter passionately and much to Rex's rage Hunter kissed her right back losing himself in the moment and also losing his connection to the robotic dog of hate.
Now it was Ruby's time to shine.
As Hunter moved his arm to tighten his embrace Rex fell off and onto the floor. It pulled on Hunter's pant leg but before it could take Hunter hostage once again, Ruby ran over to it and licked its face.
"Ew, get off me you stupid dog!" Rex cursed and Ruby licked Rex again and Rex swiped at The Romantobot, "You're making me very angry!" Rex warned Ruby but the Love Machine wasn't deterred easily and when Rex knocked it backwards it came running back for more. Suddenly sharp razor claws came out of Rex's paws and it jumped on Ruby and tried to tear its head off. Ruby kicked its legs up and threw Rex off and turned onto its stomach and licked Rex's face again. The affectionate behavior was starting to wear Rex down and it retaliated with great violence, it reached into Ruby's mouth and tried to pull out its felt tongue. Ruby knew it was in danger so it twisted Rex's arm spinning it through 180 degrees and Speared it into the wall.
"Wow!" Cheyenne said amazed by what she was seeing.
"Ruby kicks butt!" LC added.
"I told you!" Randy Orton said and cheered Ruby along, "Come on Roo show 'em what you got!"
Rex was shaken but not broken and it charged at Ruby with great speed and the two androids locked up in the middle of the room as Rex tried to push Ruby to the other wall. Ruby held fast to its position refusing to be pushed around, then it hip-tossed Rex off and Rex charged at it again. Ruby ran it around the dining table into the kitchen and headed for the counter where it jumped up and tipped a dish of ruined lasagna right on top of Rex.
"Excellent!" Jeff Hardy said as Rex tried to shake the lasagna off, now it was mad. As the rain washed the lasagna off Rex grabbed Ruby and locked in the most devastating move it knew – the Walls of Jericho.
"Rex knows the Walls of Jericho?!" Amy said in shock.
"Your husband is such an egomaniac," Shawn said to Stephanie who nodded because it was true.
As Ruby's metallic body started to twist under the pressure of the submission manoeuvre it reached for the handle of the counter drawer and when it had enough room it twirled Rex through spinning it upside down and when Rex came at it again Ruby pulled the draw out and threw it at Rex. Rex caught it and Ruby drop-kicked it into its face.
"Yeah!" everyone cheered and as Rex got up battered by the hit from the drawer Ruby licked its face again. The move was devastating and all of Rex's evil energy started to leave its body and it sank slowly over the drawer its body overwhelmed by Ruby's affectionate offense.
"You've beaten me Romantobot, this thing you call love was too much for me and I underestimated its power. Its like nothing I've ever known," Rex said weak from the battle.
"It's the most powerful weapon of them all," Ruby said and Rex closed its eyes and powered down permanently.
Ruby jumped into Trish's arms as everyone celebrated its victory, it wasn't sure what was going on but from the look on everyone's faces it knew something good had just happened.
"Rex is outta commission, now things will finally get back to normal around here!" Shawn celebrated while everyone crowded around Ruby. Shawn kissed Joanie and gave her a big hug, "Thanks for having a change of heart," he said and Joanie smiled back and squeezed his arm.
"Thanks for trying to change it for me," Joanie replied and Amy came over to heal her arm with some anointing oil, "Man being with you guys is like traveling with my own personal medical staff," Joanie smiled and the Anointed Couple took it as a compliment.
"What should we do with this?" LC said picking up Rex and holding it away from her face like it was foul-smelling garbage.
"Throw it in the trash," Charlotte said.
"Actually I've got a better idea," Stephanie said taking Rex from LC, "Let's see what my husband says when I show him what happened to his precious paranoid android," she said and everyone laughed imagining the look of anger on Chris Jericho's face when he found out that Rex had been beaten by his other robot dog.
"Chris had no idea what he was doing when he sent Ruby to you," Randy said to Trish who nodded and wrapped her arms around Randy.
"But God knew what He was doing when He sent you to me," Trish replied and Randy kissed her and LC rolled her eyes.
"Enough already," she said bored with Trish and Randy's kissing and Cameron put his arm around her.
"That'll be us one day," he said and LC screwed up her face at him.
"Don't make me change my mind," she said then she slapped her dad on the leg to get his attention, "How you feeling schizo?" she asked him and Hunter threw his hands up letting out a big yawn.
"A little weird, I feel like I haven't slept in days. But I'm glad to see you," he said picking up LC and giving her a big kiss and LC smiled, it was nice to have her dad back. Hunter put her down and looked over at Stephanie who was holding his other precious baby girl, "And there's my baby Ro-Ro!" he said coming over to take Aurora but she started to cry, "What's the matter Ro-Ro?" Hunter asked as he held her but she just continued to cry.
"Sounds like she's still mad at you," LC said reaching up for Aurora who stopped crying as soon as she left Hunter's arms and the Cerebral Assassin frowned.
"Aurora's mad at me, why?" Hunter asked and Trish took a deep breath.
"Here we go," she said and Amy frowned at her wondering what she meant.
"Because you destroyed her windmill, duh!" LC replied and Hunter covered his mouth in shock.
"You mean that windmill that Jeff Hardy made her?" he said horrified and everyone nodded, "I destroyed it?" he asked in disbelief.
"Yeah but don't feel bad dad you didn't mean to destroy it," LC assured him but Hunter was very disturbed by this news as he couldn't account for the actions over the past week.
"How did I destroy it?" he asked.
"With your sledgehammer," LC replied and Hunter held his stomach feeling like he was going to be sick, "LC I gotta know, did Aurora see me do it?" he asked anxiously and LC nodded.
"Of course she saw you do it dad, why do you think its still raining?" LC replied and Hunter looked up and realized that it was raining.
"How long is it going to rain like this?" Jeff Hardy asked as Aurora motioned for him. When LC handed Aurora to Jeff the rain stopped.
"Whoa," LC said and Hunter breathed a sigh of relief.
"I guess she's forgiven me," he said and went to take Aurora from Jeff but as soon as he put his hands on her Aurora started to cry again and it started to rain. "What is going on here?" he asked as he gave her back to Jeff and it stopped raining, "What's up with that?" Hunter said confused.
"Well the rain symbolizes Aurora's sadness and when she's around Jeff she doesn't feel sad anymore," LC explained.
"But he can't hold Aurora forever," Hunter said.
"I could if you let me baby-sit again," Jeff said hopefully and Hunter scowled at him.
"Well why don't I just give you Aurora," he said sarcastically but Jeff smiled even brighter and Hunter drew his hand over his face.
"Hunter relax after awhile she'll forgive and forget," Shawn assured Hunter but this news was very distressing to the Cerebral Assassin.
"Why would I do something so terrible to my baby girl?" he said confused and he looked up at Trish who took a deep breath, "Trish, can you tell me why I smashed up my daughter's windmill?" he asked her and suddenly all eyes were on The Truth.
LC pulled on Trish's arm, "If there ever was a time for you to lie it would be right now," she said and Trish gave her a bittersweet smile.
"Sorry LC but there's no way that's gonna happen," Trish said and LC nodded.
"You're right, dad has a right to know what happened to him," she said and she took Rex from Stephanie and laid him out on the carpet. She then went to her backpack and retrieved her Axe of Judgment and Stephanie gasped.
"You still have that thing?" she said in shock.
"How did you get that through security?" Dan said seeing the familiar weapon in LC's hands.
"This is a weapon of God pretty boy, God doesn't have to go through security," LC replied and she brought the axe down in a sharp blow on Rex's chest splitting the robot dog right down the middle exposing the cursed heart inside which had not been damaged by the blow. "Sorry Princess but you're going to have to give Rex back to Jericho in two halves," LC said removing the heart from Rex's mechanical chest and giving it to her father who held it up to his face and read what was engraved on it:
"I will have no mercy I will destroy his life and make sure that Chyna never becomes his wife. His children will hate him, his best friends and all. Then the mighty Triple H, the so-called king of kings will finally fall," Triple H read and Stephanie covered her mouth in shock.
"Hunter I'm so sorry," Stephanie said and Hunter looked at her confused.
"Why are you sorry?" Hunter said.
"Because Jericho wrote that curse, he hates you with a passion that even I can't stop," Stephanie said and Hunter shook his head.
"But I got this dog for my birthday present from you," Hunter said to Chyna who looked down ridden with guilt, "Did you know Jericho cursed Rex?"
"No I didn't," Joanie blurted out but Trish admonished her, "but I didn't know Trish that's the truth!"
"But it's not the whole Truth and if you don't tell Hunter why you brought Rex into his life I will," Trish said and Joanie searched The Truth's eyes for a way out but there was none. She took a deep breath and told Hunter the Truth and judging from the color draining from Hunter's face as she explained what happened, this nightmare was not yet over.