ATM: The Bonehead and the Brain – Faith Star and the Blue Thunder Kid
As DX regains control of the NXT roster, Seth Rollins and his God girls realise that they might have underestimated just how powerful Sasha's new Gift is.
Chapter Four – New-born Friends
Abiyah's nursery, North Wing of the Sandbox
Sasha was doing a midnight workout in the East Wing of the Sandbox while Seth was checking on Abiyah who was sleeping with Faith Star in his nursery. Sasha walked on her hands to the nursery after missing Seth too much and she found her husband leaning over Abiyah's crib while Faith Star slept in the bed next to the crib. Sasha walked up to him on her hands and pulled at his leg getting Seth's attention temporarily.
"Hey Boss," he said quietly to his upside-down wife. Sasha stood to her feet and nudged Seth on the shoulder.
"He's beautiful isn't he?" she said fondly as Seth looked over Abiyah. When Seth didn't say anything, Sasha turned her attention from Abiyah to her husband and she noticed tear stains on his cheek. "Seth, are you okay?" she asked concerned wiping at his face. "It looks like you've been crying,"
"I have," Seth answered quietly and Sasha embraced him lovingly.
"Care to share?" she said looking up at him with a smile.
Seth shook his head, "Nah, something's are just between a father and his son," Seth replied and Sasha gushed.
"Oh Seth, that is so sweet," she said getting emotional, "Now I'm going to tear up," she said wiping her face. She slapped Seth on the butt and turned to leave after kissing his cheek, "Don't leave me alone all night," she told him before getting back on her hands and walking all the way back to the East Wing of the Sandbox.
Seth smiled as she left and Faith Star, having woken up during Seth's visit to the nursery, pulled the sheets back and got out of bed.
"You didn't tell Aunty Boss why you were crying," she said to Seth and she climbed up on the top of Abiyah's crib so she could see Seth face-to-face, "You were crying because you were sad,"
The tears returned to Seth's face. Faith Star had told him the real reason why she had been assigned to Abiyah while Seth and Sasha were in Saudi Arabia.
"I just didn't know how to tell her what you told me Faith Star," Seth replied. "I've always been honest with Sasha but I don't know if I can be this honest with her. How am I supposed to tell her, that this move to Saudi Arabia is going to be super dangerous and that our lives are going to be in danger the minute we get there?"
Faith Star shrugged, "Are you scared that if you tell her the Truth about my assignment to Abiyah, she might not go to Saudi with you?" Faith Star asked.
"No, she's coming with me. She has to learn what being a Christian is really all about," Seth said firmly.
"Amen!" Faith Star, "That's a good thing Uncle Seth but it would be even better if she found out before she got there,"
Seth nodded, "Watch Abiyah for me, I'll be right back," Seth said and Faith Star walked with him to the door.
"No don't come back, I'll watch him. It's kinda my job now, you go to bed. You and Aunty Boss have a lot to talk about," Faith Star said and she closed the nursery door shut leaving Seth with no choice but to tell his wife the Truth about Saudi.
As he headed for the East Wing, his cell-phone rang. It was Becky Lynch. "Bex, now is not a good time." Seth said.
"I think Finn Balor's setting me up, we need to talk now," Becky Lynch said.
Seth shook his head at the mention of Finn Balor, "The only thing Finn's setting up is a date, he probably just wants to get back together with you," Seth replied.
"So? That's just as bad as him using me to get leverage with Stephanie McMahon," Becky replied.
"Stephanie McMahon? What's she got to do with this?" Seth said as he entered LC's old bedroom on the East Wing.
"She made a deal with the Bullett Club to do an angle with NXT before she lost her job at WWE. Now Finn is using it as a negotiation chip for him, AJ Styles and Kenny Omega," Becky explained.
"And you're part of this deal?" Seth asked.
"Yeah," Becky replied.
"Okay, we need to talk. Get Bianca and Bliss and come to the Sandbox tomorrow," Seth said and he hung up looking at his wife who was doing burpees by their bed. "Try not to get distracted," Seth encouraged himself and he sat down by his wife's body when she got in a lateral position.
"Hey babe, I missed you. What you said about Abiyah was so sweet," Sasha said turning her attention to Seth while catching her breath. "Was that Becky just now?" she asked pointing at Seth's cell-phone and Seth nodded. "I sure hope that doesn't become a habit, you got new daddy duties now, you can't be taking calls from the God girls at all hours of the night,"
"It was important, I told Becky they could come over tomorrow," Seth said and Sasha's eyes widened to the size of golf balls.
"What? No Seth, please. Gees, it's only been a month, what could have possibly been so important that Becky, Bianca and Alexa can't handle it on their own?" Sasha protested.
"Let's change the subject," Seth said. "I need to talk to you about Saudi,"
Sasha's face lit up and her mood suddenly brightened, "You mean, our move to the Royal Palace? I have no problem talking about that Seth; after 'Mania, we're out of here and we'll finally be living the lives of our dreams, just you, me and Abiyah," Sasha said with a beatific smile and she sat up and took Seth's hands in her own. "I got some great ideas for Abiyah's royal nursery,"
Seth nodded while squeezing Sasha's hands assuringly, "I'm sure you do Sasha, I know how much you love to decorate but there's something I have to tell you about Saudi that you might not be totally aware of. You can decorate Abiyah's nursery but he won't be spending a lot of time in it," Seth said and Sasha looked at him confused.
"What do you mean by that babe?" she asked Seth and he looked at her earnestly but without saying a word. "Babe, what is it?" Sasha asked him and a few moments later Seth finally spoke.
"Well, the Truth is Sasha, we're going to be spending a lot of time moving around," Seth explained and Sasha frowned.
"Moving around?" she echoed.
"Yeah, like on the run," Seth added and Sasha shook her head.
"On the run? You mean, people are going to be hunting us down or something?" Sasha said.
"Faith Star told me that the Saudi prince has a lot of enemies and one of the first things that's going to happen, is his enemies are going to target his Royal Counsel, of which I will be a part. That means you and Abiyah are going to be targets the minute we get there. We're walking into a minefield Sasha, so when I say we'll be on the run, I mean Abiyah is going to be spending most of his time in the air on Shawl, with you and me," Seth said.
"What about Faith Star, where will she be?" Sasha said.
"She'll be guarding the palace," Seth explained. "Her presence at the palace will make it impossible for the prince's enemies to invade it. Faith Star said she has to fortify the palace and she won't be able to do that with us inside it. She's going to use the DX family jewels to keep us all safe, once she's done that, then we can live in the palace in total peace and the prince will have rest from his enemies,"
Sasha's mouth was open, she was stunned at what Seth had just told her.
"Babe, say something please," Seth said as Sasha continued to stare out in silence with her mouth open. "I hope this doesn't make you want to re-think this move. God has put me on assignment to the Saudi prince and I have to help him win this fight and I'd rather do it with you by my side,"
Sasha remained silent, she finally spoke looking Seth directly in the eyes, "So, you're telling me, that as soon as we get to Saudi, we'll be running for our lives?" she asked and Seth nodded.
"Yeah," he replied.
"So, we're going to be flying around Saudi Arabia on your prayer shawl, while Faith Star protects the Royal Palace?" Sasha said.
"RJ and Remi Orton said that there is going to be a standoff between the prince and his enemies for a whole week. We have to keep the prince out of harm's way until the battle is over," Seth said. "So, when we get to Saudi, we get him out of dodge, then we stay airborne until Faith Star's done what God's permitted her to do and then we return to the palace with the prince and his family,"
Sasha took all the information in and she ran her fingers through her blue hair, "So, that's why you were crying? Because of this, not because Abiyah is so beautiful?" she asked Seth.
Seth sighed, "I was afraid that when I told you, you'd change your mind about going to Saudi and you'd want to stay at the Sandbox indefinitely, you know, because it's so much safer," Seth replied and Sasha locked her arms around Seth's neck.
"But safe is not what I signed up for," Sasha told him with a smile, "I signed up for a marriage that was full of excitement and adventure and that's exactly what I'm going to get,"
Seth smiled at Sasha relieved, "So, you're still going to Saudi with me?" he asked hopefully.
"Where you go, we all go Seth. I'm your wife for life and I can't wait to fly around Saudi with you and Abiyah for a whole week straight!" Sasha said putting a positive spin on the danger ahead and Seth embraced her passionately.
"Oh thank God!" he cried out and he crashed on top of her while kissing her lovingly, "You're the best wife ever Sasha, you just made my night. I know what I told you is scary but we got this. We are going to protect the prince and Faith Star is going to make the palace safe for all of us. You will have the home of your dreams, I promise,"
Seth's cell-phone rang, it was Bianca and she was not happy, "What did I tell you about making promises in haste?" she admonished Seth.
"No Belair, this is one that I most definitely will keep," Seth assured Bianca before hanging up and stroking Sasha's face lovingly, "I promise you I will make this trip to Saudi Arabia one that you will never forget," he vowed to her and Sasha smiled into his lips.
"I can't wait," she replied and they kissed each other passionately by the foot of the bed while Hunter got the heads up from Faith Star about what was going to go down in Saudi Arabia.
Abiyah's nursery
"I don't want them anywhere near that place. Shawn, we have to do something about this," Hunter said to HBK. DX had just returned from NXT and found out about the danger the Rollins family were going to be in very shortly.
"What is your problem? Let's go to bed, Seth and Sasha will go nuts if they found out we're in Abiyah's nursery getting information that we're not supposed to know from Faith Star," Shawn said pulling Hunter out of Abiyah's nursery.
"I told my granddaughter to keep us in the loop and thank God I did. We can't let them go now Shawn, what if something goes wrong? I'll never forgive myself!" Hunter said as Shawn pulled him over to the West Wing.
"Will you get a clue? This is an assignment from God, victory is guaranteed. Has the Lord lost one battle that our family was a part of?" Shawn reminded Hunter from his bedroom on the West Wing of the Sandbox.
"Well, no," Hunter replied. The DX family had seen a lot of battles and they were successfully in all of them, "but this is the first battle involving my granddaughter and I want to be there to support her, especially since her parents have decided to forgo their parental duties and leave her to the wolves,"
"LC and Cameron are doing exactly what God asked them to do and that's to trust the Gift that God has put in their daughter. How lame will it be if Faith Star shows up at the Royal Palace and has you there stealing her spotlight?" Shawn argued sitting on the bed causing Amy to stir.
"This isn't a wrestling match Shawn, this is a battle on foreign land with real weapons. How can we abandon our little angel to that?" Hunter said sitting on the edge of Shawn's bed.
"We're not abandoning her Hunter; you just said it, she's our little angel and she's going to Saudi fully loaded with power from God. Faith Star has more power and authority in her baby finger, than the entire frontline of the prince's enemies. I'd want a front row seat for sure but I'm not going to interfere in her assignment because I'm afraid she might get hurt. She's a DX kid Hunter, she will be just fine, so quit worrying and go to bed," Shawn said but Hunter continued to pout.
"I say we go with them Shawn, even if we have to pretend we're there on business. I can't let my granddaughter go knowing what she's up against," Hunter argued and Shawn walked over to him and sat next to him on the edge of his bed.
"That's the difference between us Hunter; you see the danger but all I see is the victory. Do you know how many souls are going to be saved after this assignment is over? The people of Saudi will be wondering what happened, why the prince and his family were not destroyed and we'll know it was because of our little angel, Faith Star Michaels," Shawn said proudly. "If that's not enough for you to go to bed at peace, I don't know what is,"
Hunter did like hearing what Shawn just said but for some reason, he just couldn't let the Rollins family walk into that level of danger without doing something to show his concern. As Shawn turned off the lights and joined Amy in bed, Hunter continued to figure out ways to convince Shawn that they needed to go to Saudi Arabia with Seth and Sasha. It took the Bonehead all night but by the morning, he finally came up with something that would prove to be the greatest of all his Boneheaded ideas yet.