Lies From Within
Chapter 38
Roxy and Aiden made their way down the stairs slowly, Aiden leading the way with his pocket knife still in hand. They got to the bottom of the stairs and glanced around. "Which way should we go?" Roxy whispered as she kept her eyes on one side of the hallway as Aiden kept an eye on the other.
"Wanna head towards that window we were peaking in," Aiden asked. "If they were guarding something it could be the kind of leverage we need to get out of here in one piece."
Roxy nodded and they slowly made their way down the hallway. They got to a door and shared a look. Aiden nodded and Roxy put her hand on the doorknob. She took a deep breath and opened the door as quietly as its squeaky hinges would allow. "Well, well, well, who do we have here?" Came the annoying voice of Nicky from the Spirit Squad.
They had slowly walked into the room and were now facing Carlos Colón, better known as Carlito, and Nicky. "Well, they obviously didn't send any good members." Roxy stated with a laugh.
Both men glared at her. She looked at Aiden and he nodded towards Carlito and sprung into action as Nicky went to punch her in the face. She quickly dodged and squatted down to trip him. He jumped back and went to grab her by the hair. "And here I thought you fought like a male wrestler," She sneered as she stepped back and stood to full height again. When he came to try and hit her again, she blocked his punch and elbowed him in the face, satisfied with the crunch she heard. She groaned when he kneed her in the stomach and she took a step back to regain her breath.
Meanwhile, Aiden had Carlito in a headlock and was trying to force him to the ground. When Carlito managed to get free, he aimed a kick at Aiden's groin and growled when he missed. "Dude, I thought you fought clean. What a pussy," Aiden slammed his body into Carlito's and smirked when they hit the floor. "Two can play that way, you know," He stated before starting to throw punches at the man's face. He took a moment to look away and check on his sister and was pleased to see she was holding her own just fine.
When he turned back, Carlito had wrapped his hands around Aiden's neck and was now trying to strangle the boy. Carlito flipped them over and glared into his eyes. "You should have just joined like John wanted you to. It wouldn't have ended like this," He sneered. Aiden glared hatefully and spit in Carlito's face. "You son of a bitch!"
Aiden smiled and kneed the man in the crotch, grinning more evilly as Carlito rolled off of him and stayed on the floor in agony. Aiden kicked him in the ribs and then aimed for the head to knock him out. He heard a crack and watched as Carlito fell to the floor, motionless.
Roxy did her best to avoid Nicky's attempts to hit her, and then kneed him in the stomach. She shoved him away from her towards Aiden. Nicky looked up at Aiden and fell to the floor when the younger boy punched him with full force. "Don't fucking hit my sister, you asshole."
"We need to either tie them up or lock them somewhere," Roxy muttered as she wiped some blood from her lip. Aiden nodded in agreement and looked around the room they had walked into. He walked over to a door labeled supply closet and dragged Carlito into it as Roxy started dragging Nicky. Aiden walked back out and took Nicky from his sister. He threw the Spirit Squad dork into the closet and closed the door. He went on to shove a bookshelf in front of the door.
"Problem solved. Let's keep moving."
Randy stared at the wall in silence. He had been trying to figure out how to get out of the mess he was currently in. He was tied to a chair in a way that held very little chance of escaping. He glanced around and sighed, knowing they wouldn't leave him alone long enough to do much either. Currently, Mikey from the Spirit Squad was keeping an eye on him. Earlier it had been Cade and Murdoch, and then they had been called to help Cena out with something, and Mikey had taken their place.
"You know you have no way of getting out of here alive, right," Mikey asked with a smug smirk on his face. "Everything you've done has caught up to you. And your precious little girlfriend is next." He smirked as Randy glared hatefully.
"You touch her and you'll be dead faster than you can do anything to me." Randy spoke with venom seeping from every word.
"Yeah, because you're such a big threat right now," Mikey laughed in Orton's face. "Face it Orton, you've lost. And you're not going to be seeing the light of day anymore. Don't worry though, we'll find a way to bury your girlfriend right next to you." He smirked again as Randy's face grew a darker shade of red and the anger radiated off of him.
"You touch her and nothing will keep you safe." Randy threatened as he spit towards Mikey, smirking when it hit the man in the face.
"You'll be sorry for that one, Orton," Mikey growled before coming over with a bag and covering Randy's head. He punched Randy in the face a couple of times before knocking the chair over on it's side, smiling when he heard Randy's head hit the floor. "Night, night, Orton."
Shawn glared at Cena. "When have I ever known when to shut my mouth," He growled as John's fist hit him in the face yet again. "Why don't you just shoot me and end both of our problems?" Shawn taunted the man standing in front of him.
"Shawn," Paul moaned quietly. "Don't give the moron any ideas." John glared at Paul and shot the ground near Paul's feet.
"Shut your mouth, or next time it will be in the chest. No, scratch that. It will be in the head, you can match your brother-in-law," He spat, smirking as he noticed the fearful look in Paul's eyes. He turned back to Shawn. "You should learn from your butt-buddy here, Shawn, he knows when to fear for his life. You should have died that night. But no, some stupid civilian had to come and save your sorry ass. Well guess what, Shawn; no one is going to come to your rescue this time. And the best part, the best part is that I can go after your kids next. Especially your lovely daughter," He smirked. "But I must admit, killing your son will be equally if not more rewarding since he didn't want to join my little group."
"If you go anywhere near them," Shawn started in a dark tone, "You won't ever walk again. And every bone in your body is going to be broken. Stay the fuck away from my family. Your problems are with me. Not them."
"Wrong, as per usual. Your daughter is the reason my best friend betrayed me. And your son straight out denied my proposal. They are going to get punished in due time," John paused, his eyes glinting. "Probably more so than you."
"Yes, but we don't care. John doesn't want Randy and Roxy together, so it won't happen. She'll get hers soon enough," Linda's voice trailed off as she reached into her pocket. Vince's face turned red in anger. He watched, silently, as Linda pulled out her phone to read a text message she received. "Ah. Looks like the party is about to start."
Vince narrowed his eyes angrily. "And just what is that supposed to mean?"
Linda looked Vince in the eyes, then sighed and lowered her head so it was resting on top of Shane's. "It means, dearest Vincent, that you get to watch your son die."
"Nobody is dying here tonight." Stephanie argued, narrowing her eyes angrily at her mother.
Linda sighed again, this time choosing to pat Shane's head. "You're wrong, Stephanie. What John says goes. John says it's time to play, so we're going to play," Linda paused and looked at the gun again, making sure it was loaded and the safety was off. She rested the muzzle against Shane's temple. "Why don't you-"
Before Linda could finish her question, Shane tilted his head forward, then reared back, successfully headbutting his mother in the face. Vince stepped forward to grab a hold of Linda's gun and aim it at her, while Stephanie helped Shane untie himself.
"Now… Sit down!" Vince shouted, forcing Linda to sit in the chair. Stephanie tied her to it the same way Linda had Masters and Benjamin tie Shane.
Linda glared angrily at her family. "You aren't going to get away with this."
Vince sighed. "I'm afraid I am, Linda. You see, I don't take kindly to people threatening my children, especially when it's someone I thought we were close with… And let's not forget the fact my son could have died thanks to what you did."
Linda smirked. "As much as I would love to take credit for that, I had absolutely nothing to do with John shooting him. That was John's call, not mine."
"Yeah, but you saw fit to order a hit on him directly after that."Linda raised an eyebrow at Vince. "That obviously didn't work, now, did it?"Vince narrowed his eyes angrily. "You still set it up, and that's what matters. You pulled off the ultimate betrayal, Linda… I don't think I can ever forgive you for it."
Linda shrugged her shoulders. "You act as if I care, Vince… It's clearly obvious that I want nothing to do with you, so why should I care about you forgiving me or not?"
Vince huffed in annoyance, then turned to look at Shane and Stephanie. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Stephanie replied.
"I guess." Shane stated, continuing to glare at Linda with all of the hatred he could muster.
"You don't seem okay." Vince stated, taking a step closer to Shane, who, in turn, took a step away.
"I said I'm okay." He stated somewhat angrily.
"Okay, fine," Vince held his hands up in defeat, then turned his attention back to Linda. "What should we do about her?"
"We should probably call the cops…" Shane muttered.
"Maybe we should check on Paul and Shawn and see how things are going with them…" Vince offered.
Shane rolled his eyes. "Somehow I knew those two would be the ones to go after Randy…"
"Did you expect anything less of them?" Vince asked, then turned to look at Shane with a sly smile on his face. The smile, however, faded when he saw Shane start to collapse to the floor in a dead faint. "Shane!"
Roxy and Aiden slowly made their way farther into the depths of the building. They came across another door and took a deep breath. Aiden kept his hand wrapped tightly around the knife as Roxy opened the door quietly. They heard a voice talking and Roxy rolled her eyes as she recognized yet another Spirit Squad member's voice. They crept up to the corner and glanced around to see him standing in front of someone tied to a chair on it's side.
"Just you wait, you'll get what's coming to you," He grumbled towards the person in the chair. Roxy turned back to Aiden for a moment before slowly trying to creep up on Mikey while he continued ranting. "And we will get everyone else on our list." She walked up behind him and quickly wrapped her arm around his neck, holding him in a headlock as Aiden ran over and helped knock him to the floor. Mikey struggled with them as he tried to breathe. After a few more moments of failed struggling, he passed out. While Aiden looked around to find something to tie the idiot up with, Roxy walked over to the chair.
She pulled the bag off of Randy's head and bit her lip. "Randy," She asked softly, not sure if he was conscious or not. Aiden walked over and handed her the knife to cut the ropes. "Come on… Wake up you moron." She mumbled as she shook his shoulder. He groaned lightly and opened his eyes, confused blue eyes looking up at her.
"Rox…" He mumbled as he went to sit up. He immediately started remembering where he was and looked around. He saw Mikey lying on the floor and abruptly walked over to the man. He kicked Mikey in the stomach a couple of times before flipping him over and pulling his arms behind his back to help Aiden tie him up. Aiden and Randy tied the unconscious Spirit Squad member to the chair and placed the bag over his head.
As soon as the deed was done, Roxy threw her arms around Randy's neck and hugged him tightly. She then stepped away and punched him in the shoulder. "That was a horrible thing to do. You knew we would have figured it out sooner or later. You should have just told us!" She ranted before wiping at the tears that were starting to fall from her eyes.
Aiden turned away for a moment and glanced around the room to see where the group should head next. Randy sighed and apologized quietly. "Look, I'm sorry. I didn't want to get anyone else killed," He sighed again as Roxy looked down away from him. He put his finger under her chin and made her look into his eyes. "I hate seeing you hurt like this. I'm sorry. But I wouldn't have done it any other way," He stated firmly. He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers. The two pulled away after a moment and he pulled her into his chest. "I'm glad to see you, but we really need to go find Cena and whoever else there is to find."
Roxy nodded and looked towards Aiden. "Any ideas?"
"Let's keep heading this way and see what happens. Theoretically everyone we saw outside should still be outside, meaning there shouldn't be too many more of his minions here right? I mean Shane is on the opposite side of town… And there has to be some Chain Gang members there too." Aiden reasoned.
Shawn narrowed his eyes angrily at Cena, however, he kept his mouth shut. He remembered what Cena had said... If he spoke out, Paul would get hurt, and vice versa. The last thing Shawn wanted was for Paul to get shot, especially with the way Cena was freely waving the gun around.
"What's the matter, Shawny? Cat got your tongue?"
"No." His firm, angry voice rang out loudly.
Cena raised a confused eyebrow. "Oh, is that so? Could it be you finally learned that it'll be your best friend that gets hurt in all of this..?"
Shawn looked Cena in the eyes, but once again chose to say nothing. He traded a glance with Paul, then settled his eyes on Cena again. "I guess."
"Huh. Figure that. I finally made the infamous Shawn Michaels shut his goddamn mouth."
"Actually, I think Shawn is sick of hearing your mouth… And the only way to do that is to stop instigating conversation… Besides that, you sound like a CD on repeat. Do you ever think of new material?"
Cena's eyes lit up as he turned to look at Paul, who probably would have covered his mouth if he were able to. Shawn turned to look at Paul for a moment, then looked back at Cena. He saw the dangerous glint in his eye and knew exactly what was coming. Cena cracked his knuckles, then turned to look at Shawn.
"Well… This is going to be fun."
A/n: So this chapter is a little bit jumbled, but manages to continue on all parts of the previous chapter. We're in the process of working on chapter 39, so it may be up somewhat soon, but schedules and creativity always play a huge role in when updates happen, so it may also end up being awhile. Thanks for reading and let us know how you felt about the chapter, any ideas on what Paul just got Shawn into? Or ideas on what happened with Shane?