Plan Forming

"Everything looks great, April." The doctor smiled the next morning, running the probe over AJ's gel'd stomach, pointing the baby out to her on the monitor, "That's a strong heartbeat." She smiled as AJ nodded almost emotionless, "Would you like to find out the sex?" She asked as AJ was staring into space, so far gone from planet earth, "Miss Mendez?" The doctor said as AJ gazed out of her daze.

"Huh?" AJ said.

"Would you like to know the sex of the baby?" She asked her.

"Uh… yeah, yeah ok." AJ nodded, not really focused on much. With Lucas they never found out what the sex was, but she wanted to know, maybe it would bring a smile to her face, she needed to smile, desperately.

"It's a little girl." The doctor smiled, "Congratulations."

"A girl?" AJ smiled.

"Yeah." The doctor nodded as AJ smiled softly to herself. She wasn't fussed either way, as long as her baby was healthy she didn't care, but knowing it was a baby girl, it was hard not to smile, even given everything that was going on, "You know… there's a class, for single mothers." The doctor shut down the machine, wiping AJ's stomach, "It's said to be really great." She said as AJ just nodded slowly, her smile fading a little.

"Oh… uh… ok, I'll-I'll look into it." AJ smiled weakly as the doctor nodded.

"Ok." The doctor smiled pleasantly, "And here, don't forget your scan picture." She smiled, handing AJ over the black and white sonogram as AJ took it from her, looking down at the baby, her baby girl, her first daughter, and suddenly, it didn't feel right to bring a darling baby girl into this cruel world she was living in right now.

"There must be a way to help her, Dean." Renee said, looking over at Dean sitting on the couch in his boxers in their home, puffing on a cigarette. She'd never seen him so stressed before.

"I don't know what I'm supposed to do. The fucker has us all by the balls." Dean shook his head, "It all comes down to this sister." He thought to himself.

"But even if, say the sister goes to the police, changes her statement, reveals that it was all an accident… Punk is still gonna get time for manslaughter or… some sort of justifiable homicide." Renee said.

"Not necessarily. Drunken fights happen all the time. Guys fall all the time and knock their head on the wrong part." Dean said, "It's possible he could get let off." Dean nodded, "But I don't know how we're meant to do that when this guy is stalking us all like a hawk, threatening us with any movement we make." He said.

"Is he really Punk's brother?" Renee cringed, "What if he's lying?"

"That's what AJ says. He was put up for adoption by Punk's parents." Dean said, having had AJ tell him everything when he visited the other day. Luckily enough Chad was out and AJ got the chance to tell him everything, "AJ mentioned something about his mom and dad having problems. His mom was schizophrenic and his dad was an alcoholic. She assumes that's why they gave him up for adoption. But them having two kids a few years later doesn't sit well with this guy… he's stuck on this illusion that Punk's stealing things from him. His parents, his girlfriend, his best friend, his sisters life almost." Dean said.

"Wait-" Renee paused as Dean looked up at her, holding his cigarette between his fingers, "You said his mom is schizophrenic?" Renee asked as Dean nodded, puffing on his cigarette again, "He could be too." Renee said, "AJ could be in more danger than we think." She said with worry.

"So what if the guy is crazy… what is it we're supposed to do to help?" Dean said.

"We can find a way. There should be a way, for us to get his sister to testify, Chad put in a god damn mental hospital of some sort, get AJ to safety and get Punk out of prison." Renee said.

"Sounds easy but wait until the guy takes a knife out and holds it against your throat." Dean said, "I know fucks like him. He uses peoples emotions. If he wants to hurt me, he won't touch me, but he'll hurt you, and I… I don't want any of that shit." Dean shook his head.

"AJ could get seriously hurt, Dean." Renee said, sitting on the coffee table in front of him, "Give me that." She took the cigarette from his hand and put it out on the ash tray beside her, "We both know that AJ is barely hanging on here. She's going along with this because she doesn't want anyone to get hurt, including herself. We can't just wait for seventeen years to go by."

"Punk won't make seventeen years. I looked up the prison he's in, most inmates in the place take their own life or have miraculously died over night, aka wardens have been taking bats to people." He said, "If he doesn't get out now. He's dying in there." Dean made himself clear.

"Then we need to help them. Do what's right." Renee said, taking his hands in hers, "There's two of us, including AJ's dad, and Chad's sister, and AJ. All of us, and one of him." She said, "I've seen you, Dean Ambrose, take on more than five guys, by yourself." She said as Dean smiled.

"That's when I was a kid and you always used to watch me, on your way home from your catholic school." Dean scoffed, "I spent five years rotting in prison. I have a bad back now." He said as Renee smiled.

"Shut up." She whispered but with a smile, "We've never had good friends that haven't stabbed us in the back or sold us out." She said, "We need to help them. Before it's too late." She said as Dean nodded.

"We do." Dean agreed.

"This one goes on top of this one." AJ said, sitting in the living room of her new home, but she refused to call it that, with her one year old son on the floor playing with his toy blocks, "Hey, you're clever." AJ smiled as she watched Lucas throw over a matching coloured block, then proceeding to watch him giggle.

His laugh was joy to her ears. Hearing his laughter immediately softened her edges. She didn't feel as alone with that little laugh beside her. She'd always keep her son safe. No matter what.

"How did the doctors appointment go?" Chad asked, walking into the living room as AJ ignored him and continued playing with Lucas, "April, I'm speaking to you." He said as AJ continued to ignore him. She refused to even look at him after what he done to her last night, after the way he treated her. How could he have went through with what he done, even when she was begging him not to, and crying the entire time. He hurt her, physically and mentally, "April, answer me!" Chad shouted.

"You promised you wouldn't shout in front of him." AJ gritted her teeth whilst Lucas looked over at Chad, and then immediately back to his toys. He was too young to know what was going on, but he knew who his father was, and it wasn't this angry man.

"Well then answer me." Chad spat, "How did the appointment go?"

"Fine. You aren't interested so I don't know why you're bothering asking." She got to her feet.

"Is the baby ok?" He asked.

"Yes. Fine." AJ said, "I'm going to my dad's for dinner, with Lucas." AJ told him.

"Ok, let's get this straight." Chad laughed a little, "You are my wife. We share this home. Now I was kind enough to let you stay in contact with your friends and your father, as long as they kept their mouth shut, and so did you." He said, "But the deal wasn't that you could go running to your dad every night just to avoid me. That's not how it works." Chad said, "So what you're gonna do is, you're gonna go into the kitchen and you're gonna make us dinner. Ok?" He said as AJ just looked up at him in silence, "Ok?!" He shouted, grabbing her hair and pulling her head back.

"Ok." AJ replied quietly as Chad let his grips go of her.

"Good girl." He nodded, "Now off you go." He said as AJ looked over to Lucas with worry, "Don't worry, I won't touch the little brat." He spat, "Off you go."

"You sure you don't want me to come in with you?" Renee asked, sitting in the drivers seat in her and Dean's car, sitting outside Jen's house as Dean shook his head. Dean was a man who knew people, who had friends who knew people, in other words, he could get anyones address with just the matter of a phone call.

"No. You go to AJ's dad's, tell him what's going on and what the plan is. Leave the sister to me." Dean said as Renee nodded.

"Ok, be careful." Renee said, leaning over and kissing him sweetly as he nodded, getting out of the car and shutting the door over as she drove off.

He walked up the steps and knocked on the door, placing his hands in his jeans as he waited for her to answer, eventually watching her open the door.

"Can I help you?" Jen asked.

"Uh… yeah. Yeah. I'm… I'm a friend of AJ's. You spoke to her a week ago." Dean said as Jen began to close the door, knowing her brother would find out about this and hurt her, "No, wait." Dean put his foot in the door, "It's ok. I won't hurt you. I'm not like him." He said, "I just wanna talk to you." He told her as she looked across at him.

"Ok." Jen nodded quietly, letting him in as he walked into the living room, "He can't know that you're here." She said.

"He won't." Dean nodded, watching her walk into the living room.

"What is it you need to talk about?" Jen asked.

"I need you to help us out." Dean said, "You're a pretty significant part in all of this. You seen everything that happened that night, and I know you didn't see a viscious murder. You seen an accident." Dean said, "But that's not what you told the police, is it?"

"He told me to say that." Jen said, "And I can't… I can't go back on my word now."

"You can." Dean nodded, "I know I don't look like a guy you'd normally trust. But will you trust me with this?" He asked her as she just looked across at him with fear, "You won't have to live in constant fear anymore, I promise. You'll be able to move on with your life." He said, "You just have to trust me." He said.

"Trust you with what?" Jen asked.

"I need you to go back on your statement. Tell the cops everything, including what Chad done and what he made you say, and how he threatened you-"

"No, but he'll find out and then-"

"He won't be able to do anything." Dean promised, "You tell the cops what happened, but at the right time." He said as Jen looked across at him, "He won't be able to do anything." He said, "Here's what we're gonna do..."

A/N: Let me know what you think will happen. Thanks for the support and reviews. I appreciate them.