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 Six – Trish or Dare?
Day 9 of the trial
Trish and Randy were on the witness stand today and Jeff Hardy was still being held for contempt. When Hunter found out what happened he nearly pulled a Jeff Hardy moment and threatened to kidnap Stephanie and hide her in Jamaica himself. The Ortons backed Stephanie's decision to remain at Jericho's side, even though they couldn't guarantee her safety. That rattled Hunter's cage even more, almost as much as it had Jeff and Aurora, the latter of whom was back at the Sandbox now.
The Nashes were keeping an eye on her while Rebecca Michelle was at school and it was a full-time job. Aurora flew back and forth between Long Island, New York and Greenwich, Connecticut but she kept on going back to Jericho to check on her Mom. Stephanie didn't want to have to yell at her firstborn every time she showed up so Kevin and Tristen Nash had taken to extremes to keep her grounded. They rented a DX helicopter and followed Aurora in the air and whenever she decided to go see her Mom they were on her tail and forced her to go back home. That only aggravated Aurora further, still she wouldn't disrespect the Kliq so she always did as the Nashes asked and flew back home with tears in her eyes. Finally the Nashes couldn't take the water falling inside the Sandbox anymore and they took Undertaker up on Shawn's idea to pair Aurora up with Steven Borden II, the son of the "Icon" Sting. After the trial Aurora and Steven would go on a blind date with the ARK Angels along as chaperones. It was bound to be an interesting night but that was yet to come, right now the only thing the ARK Angels cared about was the next day in the trial.
"Mrs. Trish Orton, how did you now my client?" Mr. Elliott asked Trish Stratus.
"Jericho and I worked together in the WWE before I retired and he went insane. We were very close but we fell out when he became an evil DX-hating freak," Trish said.
"And how close were you and Jericho Mrs. Orton?" Mr. Elliott asked Trish.
"If you mean did we have sex the answer is no," Trish replied.
"You slept with quite a few of the top WWE Superstars before you married Randy Orton, why didn't you sleep with Chris Jericho?" Mr. Elliott asked.
"Aside from the fact that he was crazy about Stephanie Hardy Jericho isn't really my type, he's a short, dumb blond and he's not as sexy as he thinks he is," Trish said and the ARK Angels and the McMahons laughed.
"Okay you've made your point. How close were you to DX before you retired from the WWE?" Mr. Elliott asked as Jericho snarled at his beautiful arch enemy.
"I wasn't close to either Shawn or Hunter but Joanie and I go way back. We revolutionized women's wrestling without us there wouldn't be a Kelly Kelly or Awesome Kong," Trish said. "We raised the bar so high Divas and Knockouts have been trying to reach the standard we set ever since. It's a compliment really,"
"So what did you do when Joanie and Hunter broke up, were you mad at Hunter?" Mr. Elliott asked.
"No I was more focused on my career, that's when I met Amy a.k.a Lita; we became best friends that year," Trish replied.
"Amy Dumas now Amy Michaels went onto eventually marry the other half of DX – the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels, what did you think of that?" Mr. Elliott asked.
"I was happy but I was concerned that Shawn and Amy getting together wouldn't be easy. Shawn had just lost his beloved wife Rebecca and Amy was engaged to Adam Copeland better known as Edge. It was complicated but it was worth ever tear, every accusation and every prayer," Trish replied and she smiled at the Anointed Couple who smiled right back.
"Prayer? So you and your friends prayed that Shawn and Amy would get together? Just like you prayed that Stephanie and Jeff Hardy would get together? Seems like when you pray for stuff to happen innocent and unsuspecting people get hurt. Tell me Trish Stratus, what happened to you, Amy and Melina Perez Hennigan in September 2006?" Mr. Elliott asked.
"You're gonna have to be more specific a lot of stuff happened to us that year?" Trish replied avoiding the question.
"Yes but one big significant and highly unusual thing happened to all three of you in September 2006, what was that Mrs. Orton?" Mr. Elliott asked and Trish remembered that she was under oath.
"On the night after Unforgiven PPV, Amy, Melina and me received Divine Gifts from God. I became the Truth: Trish Stratus, Amy became Anointed Amy and Melina became Melina the Miraculous. Together we formed an angelic trio known to the world as ATM: Authority to Minister. We've saved people's lives for over a decade and we've been rewarded for our work by the former President of the United States George W. Bush. What have you done that could even compare to that Mr. Elliott?" Trish replied and Arthur Metcalfe sunk into his chair deflated.
"You tell me you're the Truth: Trish Stratus," Mr. Elliott replied smartly.
"Okay I'll tell you what you've done Mr. Elliott, I'll tell the whole court room what you've done. Last year you got a girl in the library downtown pregnant and when she told you she was having your baby you forced her to have an abortion. When she refused she told her father who didn't believe her at the time and that girl's father is Judge T. Hartman," Trish said and Mr. Elliott's face became as white as powder. Judge Hartman couldn't believe his ears.
"That was you?" he said to Mr. Elliott who had almost wet his pants and Jericho scowled at Trish who was smiling like a Cheshire cat.
"Mr. Hartman I can explain, I had just gotten divorced and I was horny. Your daughter means absolutely nothing to me – whoa, did I just say that out loud?" Mr. Elliott said covering his mouth when he realized that he had: The Truth had made the truth come out.
"Get out of my court room; I want you off this case immediately! Mr. Chris Jericho you have 48 hours to find yourself another lawyer," Judge Hartman said.
"But there's only two more days left of the trial?" Jericho complained.
"Court is adjourned until Monday," Judge Hartman said and as he banged his gavel Jericho saw the whole case slip through his evil fingers thanks to The Truth: Trish Stratus.
"I'm so sorry Chris, how did she know I slept with the judge's daughter and got her pregnant?" Victor Elliott said and he was sweating so profusely beads of sweat were gathering on the prosecution's table.
"Because she's the Truth: Trish Stratus and she knows the Truth before it even happens. That means that she also knows what I'm about to do," Jericho said and Stephanie listened closely.
"What's that?" Mr. Elliott asked nervously wiping the sweat from his brow with his silk handkerchief.
"I'm going to prosecute this case myself," Jericho said as Trish rejoined her friends over on the defense table. "And everything Alannah Pirelli, the Deans and Brie Danner say will be held against them with extreme prejudice,"
Stephanie smiled but inside she was terrified; who could be a better advocate for the devil than Chris Jericho, who in her mind and the minds of all her friends and family really was the devil himself.