Title: ATM and the ARK Angels of DX: Wrestling World War II
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, Rebecca and Cheyenne Michaels, Amy 'Lita' Dumas Michaels, Hunter Hurst Helmsley, LC Helmsley, Aurora Rose Helmsley, Chyna Helmsley, Trish, Randy and Randy Orton Jr, Melina, Johnny and Romeo Hennigan, Jeff, Stephanie and Elizabeth Hardy, Angelo and Angela Jericho, Vince and Linda McMahon, Kevin, Tamara and Tristen Nash, Adam "Edge", Angelina and Angelica Copeland, Phil "CM Punk", Jamie "Velvet Sky" and Ravine Brooks, Marion Cena, the Undertaker, Garrett Calloway, Sting and Steven Borden, Batista, Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, Kelly Kelly, Brie and Justin Danner, Alannah Pirelli and Charlotte, Dan and Carla McCool.
Summary: Shawn Michaels has to decide between Lita and the Kliq and the wrestling world falls into disarray while awaiting his decision.
Chapter Twenty One – The Searchers
The Sandbox
Stephanie stepped away from the dining table to answer the door; she wasn't expecting anyone so she was surprised to see Tamara Nash when she opened it.
"Tamara what are you doing here?" Stephanie asked swallowing her mouthful of bread. Mrs. Kevin Nash was obviously very upset as it took her awhile to respond to Stephanie's question. Finally she spoke,
"I'm looking for my husband, he's missing Stephanie and I want to know where he is," Tamara said nervously and Stephanie frowned at her.
"Come in Tamara," she said courteously and Tamara stepped into the warm Sandbox home and Stephanie closed the door behind her. "My family and I were just discussing the whereabouts of the Kliq. Nobody's seen them since they visited DX in Jamaica last week,"
Stephanie brought Tamara into the dining room where her family was in the middle of dinner. They stopped eating as Tamara came into the room as it was clear that she was not in an eating mood.
"I'm sorry to interrupt your dinner but I wouldn't have come here if I didn't need answers," Tamara said and Stephanie pulled out a chair for her to sit in which she did. "Thank you," she said.
Jeff could tell Tamara was rattled but the children were less compassionate. "How can we be sure the Kliq didn't send you here on a fact finding mission?" Aurora said.
"Yeah, we can't trust you," Angela said.
"For all we know you could be distracting us from another Kliq attack," Beth said and Tamara shook her head fervently.
"Believe me I want nothing more than for things to go back to the way they were before DX went to Jamaica. Ever since Shawn and Hunter got that court order Kevin, Scotty and Sean have been acting like world class jerks. That's not the reason I'm here though, I need to know where my husband is. The hospital called from San Antonio and said that he still hasn't checked back in and Tristen is trying to play it cool but I know he's worried too. Come on guys level with me, this is not a trick. Please tell me if you got rid of the Kliq," Tamara said and Stephanie gasped.
"You think we got rid of them, like permanently?!" Stephanie asked in shock.
"Nobody knows where they are, not even your father knows what's happened to them. What other explanation could there be other than you disposing of them for all the damage they've done to you and your family?" Tamara said. "If you did it Stephanie I understand I promise I just need to know what happened to my husband,"
Stephanie fell speechless and so Jeff decided to speak for her, "Tamara we have absolutely no idea where the Kliq is. If anything we need them to come back so we can prosecute them for what they did to DX Inc," Jeff said.
"Prosecute them?" Tamara said confused. "For what?"
"For setting DX Inc on fire. We've got proof that Sean Waltman and Scott Hall were the ones that got rid of all the fire extinguishers and alarms the night before the fire," Jeff said and Tamara sank into her hands.
"They did it, I can't believe they were the ones behind the fire," she said and then she gave a deep sigh, "So it wouldn't make any sense for you guys to get rid of them now you have this proof,"
"But what is more likely is that they found out we have proof that they were responsible for the fire and are hiding from me," Stephanie said and Tamara shook her head in disbelief at the mess the Kliq had gotten themselves into.
"She could be the one hiding them mom," Aurora said.
"Aurora please stop saying that I don't know where they are," Tamara said adamantly.
"Well we have to find them wherever they are because they have got to pay for what they did to my company," Stephanie said.
"Maybe they're still in Jamaica, we should contact Shawn and Hunter and find out," Tamara said.
"That's a good idea I'll call them right now," Stephanie said while her children continued to eye Tamara suspiciously. Tamara held up her hands showing her palms.
"My hands are clean guys I am not trying to pull a fast one on you I promise," she said.
"You better not be cos we got no problem making sure you go down too," Angela said and Tamara was taken aback by her aggressive attitude.
"I like her, she cares a lot about all of you," Tamara said to Jeff who smiled knowing that Angela just wanted to make sure no more harm came to the family at the hands of the Kliq.
"Its nothing personal Tamara, on a normal day AJ wouldn't be so suspicious of you. The Kliq hasn't given her much to put faith in over the past few weeks," Jeff said and Tamara nodded.
"I totally understand, they haven't given me much to put faith in either," she said sadly and Jeff reached out to her and squeezed her hand with a smile.
"How would you like some mint and chocolate ice cream?" he asked her and Tamara smiled.
"That sounds really good I'd love some Jeff," she said and Angela frowned appalled.
"How come she gets ice cream? Daddy I think you're being way too nice to her," Angela said.
"I love it when she calls me daddy," Jeff said ignoring Angela's concern and the A Twin went red as everyone laughed at her for being so endearing to Jeff Hardy, a man she once swore she would never call daddy.
"Jeff hold off on the ice cream a second," Stephanie said taking her husband by the arm as he headed towards the kitchen, "I just spoke to Shawn and he's certain that the Kliq has left Jamaica but then he put me on the phone to Amy and she wants to see both of us right away,"
Angela leapt up from her seat, "I knew it, Aunt Amy's on to you Tamara and she wants mom to bring you to her so she can tell you off to your face!" she said and Tamara rolled her eyes at Angela.
"So Amy knows something and Shawn doesn't? That sounds odd," Jeff said scratching his head. "Okay we'll hold off on the ice cream until you get back,"
"We're gonna fly to Jamaica I hope you're okay with that," Stephanie said to Tamara.
"That's fine, which airline are we taking?" Tamara asked her and Stephanie laughed.
"You're going to wrap your arms around me and I'm going to fly into the air with you on my back," Stephanie said.
"WHAT?!" Tamara said but before she knew it she was airborne and experiencing Stephanie's Gift of Flight for the first time. Jeff and the children watched them go.
"I can't wait until mom gets back I wanna know what's going on with the Kliq, something tells me it's gonna be interesting," Aurora said and Jeff thought about it.
"You know Ro I think you're right, looks like you kids will be staying up later than usual tonight," he said and the children celebrated while their mother cleared the sky over the Sandbox carrying a star struck passenger to their tropical destination where a very concerned Amy was waiting for them.
Patrick's House, Kingston, Jamaica
As they landed Amy ran out to meet Stephanie and Tamara before they could come into the house. Stephanie landed gracefully and Tamara's jaw was still on the floor as she tried to fathom what had just happened.
"I just flew thousands of miles without getting on an airplane, Stephanie how did you learn to fly?!" Tamara asked in amazement. "Wow I'm not even dizzy or disorientated, it was just like I had flown commercial!"
"I didn't learn to fly it was a Gift from God," Stephanie replied. "God created gravity and He gave me the power to defy it,"
"Still I feel like I should pay you for the trip, how much do you charge?" Tamara asked Steph and she laughed.
"Don't be ridiculous!" she said and they laughed it out together.
"Ladies please come on I asked you to come here for a reason and it wasn't to have a good laugh," Amy said and Stephanie and Tamara noticed she was speaking very quietly. "I know what happened to the Kliq," she whispered.
"And let me guess you haven't told Shawn," Tamara said.
"Why do you think that?" Amy replied still whispering.
"Because you're whispering," Tamara replied.
"Okay you're right I haven't told Shawn because I know he'd wanna go after them," Amy said.
"Well where are they, is Kevin okay?" Tamara asked concerned.
"That's really a two part question Tammy; the answer to the first part of your question is they're in Italy and the answer to the second part of your question is I don't know," Amy said and Stephanie and Tamara gasped at Amy.
"The Kliq is in Italy?! Why are they in Italy?" Stephanie asked in shock.
"Because Alannah Pirelli's mafia goons sent them there," Amy said. "CM Punk spoke to Alannah and he convinced her that Edge was going to get hurt if the Kliq stayed in the USA, so out of concern she asked her goons to get rid of them and that's exactly what they did,"
"CM Punk got the mafia to send my husband to Italy?!" Tamara said in horror.
"Edge is really upset about this he had no idea Punk had gone behind his back and used him to make Alannah do something so stupid, especially now that you've got evidence that could put the Kliq behind bars for awhile. It was Edge that called me and told me where they are. He's also working with Alannah to get them back in the United States," Amy explained.
Tamara pulled at her hair in frustration, "Where in Italy are they? I need to know if Kevin's okay, he can barely walk how did they even manage to get him on the plane in his condition?" she said.
"I don't know all I know is that they got it done, as for whether or not they're in trouble I doubt it. The mafia won't do anything without Alannah's permission and she didn't ask for them to get hurt," Amy said.
"Still I need to speak to Alannah, I need to make sure Kevin's gonna be okay until he comes home," Tamara said.
"Tammy Edge is doing everything he can to make sure that nothing bad happens to the Kliq, I'm waiting for him to call me back with an update," Amy said and just as she said that her cell-phone rang and Edge's name came up, "Its Edge," she said and answered the phone. "Hello?"
Stephanie and Tamara waited eagerly while Amy spoke to Edge, as she was speaking Stephanie noticed Shawn and Hunter looking in their direction from the door of the house.
"Hey!" Hunter yelled out. "Stephanie is that you?"
"Yes Hunter it's me," Stephanie yelled back.
"You come to see us but you don't let us know you're here, what's the matter with you?" Hunter yelled back.
"I came to see Amy not you," Stephanie replied.
"Oh so I'm not good enough for you to visit is that it?" Hunter said offended and Tamara rolled her eyes as Hunter marched over to them with a curious but discreet HBK following alongside him.
"Hunter maybe they're having a private conversation and they don't want us around," Shawn said.
"That's exactly why we should be over there, your wife shouldn't be keeping anything from you Shawn it's in the Kliq bylaws," Hunter said.
"Hunter I ripped up those bylaws remember?" Shawn said. "I'm not in the Kliq anymore,"
"If I'm in you're in, now shut up and let's find out what your wife is doing talking to my ex-wife and what looks like Tamara Nash," Hunter said and just as they came over Amy ended her call with Edge and she didn't see them coming.
"Okay we've got a problem," Amy said.
"Amy before you say anything else you should know we're not alone," Stephanie said pointing behind her and Amy turned to see Shawn and Hunter standing there.
"What do you two want?" Amy said.
"We want to know why you invited Stephanie and Tamara Nash over without telling us they were here," Hunter said.
"I didn't want to know anything," Shawn said.
"Well I think you're gonna wanna know this," Amy said. "I didn't want to tell you guys about this until I had more information but there's no way I can keep this from you, even with Hunter in the frame of mind that he's in,"
Shawn narrowed his gaze on seeing the concern in his wife's face, "What is it?" he asked gently.
"Amy please tell me my husband's okay?" Tamara blurted out and Shawn and Hunter turned to her in shock.
"Did something happen to Kevin?" Hunter asked Amy.
"Its not just Kevin it's the Kliq, they've been kidnapped and taken to Italy and I just found out that somehow they managed to escape from their captors and are trying to get back home," Amy said and Shawn and Hunter's mouths fell open.
"Somebody kidnapped the Kliq?" Shawn said. "Amy why didn't you tell me about this?"
"Like I said I didn't want to say anything until I had more information," Amy replied.
"And who's giving you this information?" Hunter asked her.
"Edge, it was Alannah Pirelli's mafia goons that took the Kliq out of the country," Amy explained.
"What?!" Shawn and Hunter said at the same-time.
"It wasn't Edge's idea it was CM Punk, Edge had nothing to do with it," Amy said in defense of her old friend.
"That Punk got our boys kidnapped?! Stephanie what kind of CEO are you, is this how you let our talent behave when we're away?" Hunter said to Stephanie appalled.
Stephanie was equally appalled that Hunter was blaming her for what CM Punk had done, "I had nothing to do with this Hunter I want the Kliq to be punished for what they did to DX Inc, the last thing I would want is for them to be in any kind of danger," Stephanie replied.
"So you didn't put Punk and that Pirelli chick up to this?" Hunter said.
"No of course not," Stephanie said and Shawn put his arm around Tamara who was crying profusely.
"Don't worry Tammy everything's gonna be alright," Shawn reassured her.
"How do you know that Shawnie?" Tamara asked him through her waterfall of tears.
"Because Hunter and I are gonna go to Italy and bring Kevin, Scott and Sean back," Shawn said.
"I'm going too," Amy said putting her hand up.
"So are we," came the familiar yet surprisingly silent voice of Trish who with Randy, Melina and Johnny came over to the circle of concerned individuals.
"Talk about late comers, Trish why didn't you tell us what CM Punk did to the Kliq?" Shawn asked The Truth.
"I didn't need to, Amy had it all in hand, didn't you Big Red?" Trish said to her sister in Christ. "Now that we're all here we can go and get those idiots out of trouble, except for you Steph, you need to go back home and tell the WWE locker room what happened,"
"I'm sure they'll be over the moon after everything that's happened," Stephanie said.
"Well you be sure to tell them that this is no laughing matter," Hunter said and Stephanie nodded.
"Don't worry I will," she said.
"I gotta call Tristen and let him know what's going on," Tammy said taking out her cell phone.
"No don't call Tristen he can't come with us, the ARK Angels will take care of him," Trish said.
"Are you sure?" Tamara said and Trish smiled.
"Am I sure, are you kidding me? I'm The Truth: Trish Stratus I'm always sure," Trish said.
"Shouldn't you change that to The Truth: Trish Orton now?" Randy said.
"Nah, it doesn't have the same ring to it," Trish replied.
"Why are we talking about your wife's last name when my best friends are missing?" Hunter said to Randy.
"Calm down boss man we'll get them back," Randy assured Hunter before leaning over to Shawn, "We're going to have to watch him he's in no condition to travel,"
Shawn nodded, "I know it's a good thing Tammy's coming she's had experience dealing with Hunter when he's like this,"
"Wait-a-minute what about the court order? I thought you guys couldn't leave Jamaica?" Tamara said.
"We can travel anywhere we want just as long as we don't go back to the United States before summer," Trish explained. "Okay no time for packing, I've told the Danners that we'll be gone for a couple of days let's go,"
"Keep me posted guys!" Stephanie said and she was about to take flight when Hunter pulled her back down to Earth.
"When you go back to work tell CM Punk he's fired," Hunter said and Stephanie gulped.
"I saw that one coming," she said to herself and she decided to deliver the message in person even though she knew that the WWE's loss was going to be some other promotion's gain.