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 Five – Burden of Proof
Glen Cove High, Long Island, NY
It was lunch time and the Hardy kids were telling Marion Cena, Jeremy Dean, Freddie and Megan what had happened to the Kliq.
"So Edge and the Mafia Heiress gave the Kliq and ultimatum and they said no?" Jeremy asked and Aurora nodded.
"So what does that mean?" Megan asked sucking on her strawberry shake. "Are you planning for their funerals?"
"I doubt it will come to that," Angelo said and Freddie looked at him like he was crazy.
"AJ we're talking about the mafia here, they don't negotiate its either you meet their terms or you suffer the consequences and it sounds like those consequences are pretty scary," he said.
"Maybe for your average Joe but not for the Kliq. They have a built in insurance policy," Angela explained.
"They do? Someone that can protect them from a mafia hit?" Megan asked.
"Yeah my Aunt and Uncle Shawn and Amy," Aurora said. "If anything happens to the Kliq my Uncle Shawn will use his Righteous Indignation and if anything happens to Edge Aunt Amy will use her Righteous Indignation. These are not normal circumstances, as long as Aunt Amy and Uncle Shawn are involved no side can do damage to the other,"
"Wow," Jeremy said chomping on his potato chips, "Well I guess that's a good thing, at least no-one has to die,"
"No it's not a good thing. If the Kliq continue to harass the WWE our mom is still going to have a problem on her hands," Beth said and Marion gave her shoulder a squeeze of support.
"You're worrying over nothing, once your mom gets them in court for the fire at DX Inc they'll be locked up and they won't be able to cause any more trouble," Marion said.
"He's right Beth its probably better that it worked out this way, now that the Kliq are back they'll have to face up to what they did in court," Angela said.
Beth knew that her brother and sisters were right but she wouldn't be satisfied that everything was going to be okay until the Kliq were locked up. They were back in America now but they still hadn't been charged with arson and were walking around free.
"Hey guys check this out," Angelo said staring at his iPad and everyone came over to see what he was looking at. "I just clicked on the latest news headlines, the Kliq's been arrested for arson!"
"Yes it's finally happened!" Aurora said and she put an arm around Beth, "See you can relax now justice will soon be served,"
Beth gave a sigh of relief when suddenly she wasn't feeling so excited as two familiar looking men appeared in front of her.
"Hey it's the Black Diamonds, that new tag team from Best in the World!" Jeremy Dean said and his friends looked up to see the strange men looking right back at them.
"What are they doing here?" Megan said and Aurora tensed up at the sight of the big men. She instinctively pulled her younger siblings behind her.
"I bet if RJ were here he'd tell us what they wanted but since he's not I guess we're going to have to find out the old fashioned way," Aurora said and she stepped up to the Black Diamonds. "What do you want?" she asked them and the Black Diamonds shoved Aurora out of the way.
"Grab his iPad!" Big Money said to Mad Rich and he reached for Angelo's iPad but Angelo held it to his chest and ran away from him. Mad Rich grabbed him from behind while Big Money tried to subdue Aurora who had just gotten over the fact that she'd been shoved. She looked up at the wrestler and shook her head.
"You made a big mistake coming here," she said but before she could use her weather power Marion, Jeremy and Freddy attacked Big Money all at once while Beth, Angela and Megan tackled Mad Rich from behind before he could get to Angelo. Mad Rich eventually got away from the girls and got a hold of Angelo but Angela jumped on his back and tore him away from her brother. Beth ran over to Angelo and Transcended with him to the Sandbox.
"Where did he go?" Mad Rich said looking around for Angelo then Angela dropkicked him to the ground and he fell to where his partner Big Money had crashed after Marion Cena hit him with a back drop. Once the kids were certain they had done enough to keep them down Aurora finally made her move.
"You go back to Tristen Nash and you tell him nice try but the Kliq are going down!" she said and she created a whirlwind which picked up The Black Diamonds and sent them back to San Antonio, TX where Tristen Nash was waiting for them, only when they arrived they didn't have what he wanted them to collect from Angelo Jericho.
When they were gone Angela text her brother to let him know that they were gone and Beth and Angelo returned to Glen Cove with his iPad.
"That was crazy!" Jeremy Dean said in shock while panting heavily, "The Black Diamonds just attacked us!"
"And we took them down!" Freddie said ecstatically. "They're like the coolest tag team in BTW and we ran straight through them!"
Aurora calmed things down a little, "Guys they went easy on us, those guys didn't come here to beat up a group of teenagers they came here to get my brother's iPad," she said.
"It's got the footage of the Kliq stealing the fire alarms and extinguishers from out of DX Inc on it," Beth said.
"And without it mom wouldn't have a case against them," Angela said.
"But I don't have the only copy, mom's got a copy too," Angelo said and the Hardy kids looked at each other thinking the same thing.
"You don't think Tristen would send some of his talent over to see mom do you?" Beth asked Aurora who was shaking with anger at the very idea of her mother being attacked like they just were.
"Mom's at home with dad, there's no way anyone's getting near her with dad, Bebe and Spy there," Angelo said.
"They got to dad before," Angela replied nervously.
"We were just home, mom and dad are on alert they'll know if anything suspicious starts to go down," Beth said reassuring herself. "Still,"
"Yeah still I'd rather know if Tristen had any intentions of going after our family again," Aurora said and the school bell rang.
"We gotta go back to class," Angelo said. "What are we going to do?"
"We may not be able to protect mom in person but there's one thing I can do from here, I just hope our parents can handle it until we get home," Aurora said and she sent a blanket of ice over to the Sandbox that covered the house making it impossible for anyone to get inside. A few seconds later Stephanie called her for an explanation, "I'm sorry mom but we can't take any chances I have to keep you safe and this is the only way I know how," Aurora explained and she hung up on her mother who was freezing cold and headed back to class with the people who had helped her fend off Tristen's desperate attempt to stop his father from going to prison.
The McMahons, 7pm
Vince McMahon watched the news from his living room in dismay as the clip of the Kliq being arrested from TNA HQ rolled over his television set. He had been there in person and seen the arrest of Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman and Scott Hall go down right before his eyes. He had managed to stay off camera but of course the press were eager to get his comments on what he had denied about the Kliq for weeks. Now there was no denying it because it was splattered all over his television set. It was bad enough that the Kliq had carried out such despicable acts but for Vince what was worse was that it looked like TNA was also responsible for what they did to the WWE. TNA looked like a bottom-feeding, unconscionable company while the WWE came off looking like gold. Secretly he was happy for his daughter but professionally the war was on, he had to save TNA from being painted with the same ugly brush as the Kliq.
"Hey daddy, did you see what happened to your precious Kliq today?" Stephanie said, her teeth no longer chattering from the ice since the children had come home and Aurora had defrosted the Sandbox after ensuring none of Tristen's wrestlers were lurking around the building.
"What do you mean did I see what happened, I was there Steph I saw them get arrested! Do you know how much damage those morons have done to TNA's pristine reputation?" Vince said annoyed.
"Yes daddy I do but you're a smart man I'm sure you can figure out a way to save TNA from going down," Stephanie said.
"Well actually Steph that's why I'm calling. Is Jeff around?" Vince said and Stephanie frowned.
"Yes he is," she replied curiously.
"Good I need to talk to him," Vince said.
"About what?" Stephanie asked.
"I need him to tell the press that TNA is a great company and what happened to the WWE had nothing to do with TNA," Vince said.
"That sounds reasonable enough," Stephanie said and she called for her husband who came sliding over to her since the floor was still quite icy.
"Hello?" Jeff said.
"Hey Jeff listen I need you to come to a TNA press conference tomorrow and tell the media that TNA had nothing to do with what the Kliq did to WWE," Vince said.
"Sure no problem," Jeff said.
"But that's not all Jeff, I need you to get Aurora and Beth to sign with TNA," Vince said and Jeff laughed.
"Vince that's not gonna happen, I told you that's my wife's idea and she doesn't want you ripping it off at TNA," Jeff said.
"But Jeff the Kliq have done so much damage I need to send the wrestling world a strong message and what better message could I send them if the daughters of the CEO of the WWE want to work for TNA with their father?" Vince said.
"Vince Stephanie will never go for it I'm sorry it's not going to happen," Jeff said and Vince's face grew hard and tight.
"Oh yes it is going to happen Jeff, I'll make sure it happens!" Vince said and he hung up on a very confused Hardy boy who couldn't understand why Vince wouldn't let the Hardy Girls idea go.
Back at the McMahon household Vince was already putting together his plan to get Aurora and Beth into TNA. He hoped he could talk Jeff into getting Stephanie to change her mind but since that didn't work he was prepared to use more underhanded tactics involving a certain WWE Superstar who had recently been let go and his daughter Ravine Brooks. When Impact aired on Thursday it would take more than a mother's plea to keep Aurora Rose out of the Impact Zone.