Title: Righteousness, Revelations and Enigmas: Locked Up in Los Angeles
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 McMahon, Marion Cena, CM Punk, Dave Batista, Brie and Justin Danner, Adam "Edge", Angelina Love and Angelica Copeland, Alannah Pirelli and Charlotte, Dan and Carla McCool.
Summary: With their friends on trial for attempted murder Batista and CM Punk try to find Brie to testify against Chris Jericho. Will her testimony be enough to stop ATM, Shawn Michaels, Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy and Joanie Helmsley from going to prison for a crime they didn't commit?
Chapter Twenty Five – Grounding Jeff Hardy
Day 8 of the trial
Jeff tried not to let the sight of Stephanie encouraging Jericho get to him but it was hard; the idea of Stephanie being anywhere near him made his skin crawl.
"Mr. Hardy please answer the question?" Judge Hartman said to Aqua Libre but Jeff was in another world right now, a world where Jericho didn't exist and he and his family were all together again.
"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God?" the bailiff said for the second time and Jeff Hardy came back to reality.
"I do," he said and he took the witness stand as the bailiff took the Bible Jeff had sworn on and wiped off what appeared to be a thin layer of water.
"Mr. Hardy how would you describe your relationship with Chris Jericho?" Mr. Elliott asked the former TNA World Champion.
"I don't have one, we don't really know each other wrestling wise," Jeff replied.
"What about outside the wrestling ring, did you socialize with each other?" Mr. Elliott asked.
"No," Jeff replied.
"Then how did you end up marrying his wife?" Mr. Elliott asked.
"It all started with Aurora," Jeff said and the very mention of her name made his throat hoarse from the emotion it invoked.
"Who is Aurora?" Mr. Elliott asked.
"She's the firstborn child of Stephanie and Hunter a.k.a Triple H," Jeff replied.
"And how did you get to know her?" Mr. Elliott asked.
"I used to babysit Aurora when she was a baby, when Steph and I fell in love she was an added bonus," Jeff said.
"Why wee you so close to this child that isn't your own?" Mr. Elliott said.
"We both hate Chris Jericho," Jeff replied through gritted teeth. One side o the court room changed color after he spoke and how a bright purple light had appeared out of nowhere.
"What is that?" Judge Hartman said. "Nevermind, proceed,"
"Why do you hate Chris Jericho, you just said that you hardly knew him?" Mr. Elliott asked.
"I didn't know him but Aurora did, he tore her family apart and he put her through things no child should ever have to go through," Jeff said and now the purple light was darkening and there was a green light coming from the other side of the court room. Trish and Randy looked at DX and shook their heads because Jeff was about to freak everybody out.
"What is going on in here?" the judge said. "Are your clients responsible for this Mr. Metcalfe?"
"Your honor my clients haven't left my sight for 48 hours how could they be behind this?" Mr. Metcalfe said although what he felt was the exact opposite, he knew Jeff was behind this.
"Mr. Elliott can you continue with all this distraction?" Judge Hartman asked the prosecutor.
"I'll try your honor," Mr. Elliott replied and then the court room went black.
"Oh boy here we go," Trish said knowing what was going to happen.
The court room was like a dark room but green, purple and pink colors were shining from the ceiling onto Jeff Hardy. His Gift from God was triggered by Mr. Elliott's line of questioning combined with the stress of seeing Stephanie and Jericho together.
"Mr. Hardy I've got one more question for you and then I'm gonna be done. When you were working for the WWE did DX ever encourage you to pursue Stephanie McMahon?" Mr. Elliott asked Jeff.
"Hunter didn't think much of me as a babysitter or a wrestler but he came around when both Stephanie and Aurora started looking my way," Jeff replied with a smile. "They couldn't resist me; to Ro-Ro I was the friend she never had and the father she always wanted. To Stephanie, I was the answer to her prayers,"
"How were you the answer to her prayers Jeff weren't you seeing ex-WWE Diva Ashley Massaro?" Mr. Elliott asked.
"Ashley's married now and she has nothing to do with this," Jeff replied.
"What about the child you fathered together? You turned your back on him just so you could climb the proverbial wrestling ladder and be Stephanie's latest lover boy isn't that right?" Mr. Elliott said and Trish sunk into Randy's lap.
"Are you kidding me? Do you know who I am and what I'm capable of and you disrespect me in front of the judge and my wife? I'm Jeff Hardy, I'm a legend in the wrestling business and I sure as Hell didn't need to sleep with Stephanie to be a legend!" Jeff replied.
"No you just had to make sure no other legends got in your way, legends like my client, a 7 time World Champion," Mr. Elliott said referring to Jericho and Jeff laughed.
"And yet he still sucks," Jeff replied and everyone laughed.
"No further questions your honor," Mr. Elliott said and Jericho smirked at Jeff and made Stephanie come over to him. He pointed to his cheek and asked Stephanie to kiss him which she did and Jeff Hardy snapped.
"What's that sound?" Arthur Metcalfe said.
"That's the sound of chaos unfolding," Trish replied and Arthur was about to ask her what she meant by that but soon he wouldn't have to. The sound of hundreds of birds flying towards the court house took over the court room and they were accompanying Dani the Dragonfly who burst through the court house door to the court room and glided over to Jeff Hardy waiting for him to jump onboard. The birds of various colors and species flew in circles around the prosecution's table and Mr. Elliott flew under his table while Chris Jericho sat perfectly still. He knew as long as he was in Hunter's body there was nothing Jeff could do to him. So smug was he that he forgot about Stephanie and suddenly all at once the birds lifted her from underneath like a cherry picker and took her high up into the air.
"Put her down!" Chris Jericho demanded but the birds ignored him and waited for Jeff Hardy to move.
"Jeff don't do this!" Stephanie said to her husband as he boarded Dani's segmented body.
"Just tell me that you love me and I'll tell the birds and Dani to go," Jeff said and Stephanie knew why he was doing this. He was doing it to prove that she was in love with him.
"I can't, he's watching my every move and he's listening to my every word. You know I can't do anything that shows I love you it'll ruin everything!" Stephanie said in a quiet but firm voice.
"But you do love me don't you?" Jeff asked and Stephanie felt her true emotions coming through but she couldn't show the in court.
"I'm sorry Jeff you're just going to have to trust me on this," Stephanie replied. "Now send the birds away and go back to your seat,"
The Ortons watched as the Oracle God had given Randy last week began to unfold. In the Oracle Jeff would kidnap Stephanie and take her to Jamaica and stay with the Hennigans. Then the rest of them would suffer the consequences and go to prison for 25 years. Jeff wasn't thinking clearly and he certainly didn't want to get them all locked up but even more important was that he didn't want his wife alone with Chris Jericho.
"Stephanie if I leave you alone with him and anything happened to you I wouldn't be able to forgive myself," Jeff said but Stephanie was thinking clearly and as far as she was concerned this colorful chaos had gone on long enough.
"I'm sorry Jeff but we're sticking to the plan," Stephanie said and she kicked Jeff off of Dani and he fell onto the ground. The birds encircled him and Stephanie was free to run back into Jericho's arms which she did while Arthur Metcalfe attended to his client.
"Shew birds, shew!" he said to the animals but they wouldn't leave until Jeff told them to. He did by raising one hand and motioned for them to leave.
"Go," he said simply and Dani and the birds left and the bailiff locked the court room door behind them. The bright colorful lights disappeared into a grey ash cloud and the judge leaned over to the utterly miserable Jeff Hardy after Arthur helped him to his feet.
"That was pretty extraordinary, Jeff Hardy talks to animals I had no idea you had so many talents. For disrupting this trial however you leave me with no choice but to find you in contempt of court. The bailiff will escort you to the court jail where you will remain until morning. Bailiff take the client to his cell," Judge Hartman said and the bailiff did so while the Ortons blew out a long sigh of relief.
"Thank God; that could have gone a lot worse," Trish said to Amy, Shawn and Chyna.
"Was that the thing ya'll didn't wanna tell us about, the thing that you said was gonna happen?" Shawn asked them and the Ortons nodded that it was; what Trish and Randy didn't explain was that Jeff's super-amazing outburst was just a drop in the ocean compared to what God had in store for the angelic accused and the ones they loved.