And it seemed like Bayley's cry for help was heard as the next thing she knew she heard what she could've sworn were two sets of footsteps heading in her direction. While she tried to keep her eyes open, Bayley couldn't as the snake's grip was too tight. 'About time you got here, ...Ro,' Bayley thought as she passed out from the snake's ever-tightening grip.

*slowly peeks from around a corner* Hi, everybody. In advance, many apologies for not having updated this fic in a while. I honestly hit a bit of a wall where I couldn't really seem to focus on any of the stuff that I like to do in my downtime. ...But I'm pleased to report that I've gotten over that bump in the road and am now back in a space where I can focus on stuff. I just want to thank you all for being patient with me (y'all are so awesome) and waiting for mr to come back and update.

Now, kinda sappy note out of the way, onto the new chapter! =)

Roman still wasn't entirely sure what happened. One minute he's watching some movie Dean had found on TV to watch only to hear a weird noise, and the next ...he's coming to after getting attacked by a Gem serpent.

...But, that's not what helped him wake up from his sudden attack.

'What is this thing? What's this furry thing tickling me?' Roman thought, a sneeze waking him up. Looking in front of him, the brunette found himself face-to-face ...with a cat. 'A cat? What's a cat doing in here?' Shaking away his confusion, the brunette stood as he looked inside the room that held the many Gems he, Dean, Seth, and Natalya had bubbled over the years ...only to notice that two bubbles had been cracked open. 'So that's what got me. Two Gem serpents got let out. ...But, how did this happen? ...I can figure that out later. Right now, I need to go take down those serpents before they escape.'

Taking off at a run back to the front of the house, Roman soon found himself greeted with the sight of the front door wide open and-

"Bayley!" the brunette Gem yelled when he saw that Bayley and her friends were caught in a Gem serpent's coils as the serpent leaned in, its mouth hanging wide open. Summoning his gauntlets, the brunette ran over to where the serpent was and began his plan of attack to save Bayley, Sami, and Becky. Leaping up into the air, Roman landed a punch on the serpent's hood. Getting a shriek of a hiss out of the beast, Roman repeated what he did the first time and began to land a series of punches on the serpent's hood. The Gem's succession of punches seemed to achieve the desired result as the next thing he knew, he saw the serpent tighten its grip a bit before letting Bayley and her friends go.

The Gem serpent shook off the damage it took and looked ahead to the brunette person that attacked it, only to see the person beckoning it forward in an almost taunting manner. A low hiss rumbling through its body, the Gem serpent lunged forward to attack the one responsible for interrupting its meal.

Just as Roman readied himself to attack, a low growl could be heard coming from behind him. Looking behind himself, Roman was surprised to see a wolf behind him, this wolf having a fairly slender body, said body covered in blondish fur that was brunette in tone around its paws and with a fairly bushy tail that had reddish-almost pink-tones through its length. 'Whoa. OK. This is crazy. How'd a wolf get in here?' Roman thought.

Another low growl rumbling through its body, the wolf crouched down before taking off at a dash at the Gem serpent.

Dashing out of the way, Roman watched as the wolf attacked the serpent. As he watched this display, Roman was quite impressed by this. He found himself even more impressed when-

'Wait. That wolf's a Gem beast!' Roman realized as soon as he took notice of what looked like the dull glimmer of a pink Gem in the middle of the wolf's chest as it dashed past him on its way to take down the Gem serpent.

In what seemed like no time at all, the wolf took down the Gem serpent and, with one last scratch of its claws, reduced the beast back to its Gem form. Nosing the round Gem over to where the dark-haired man was, the wolf sat as soon as it reached the person it helped take care of the beast.

Blinking around his surprise, Roman shook his head and then proceeded to encase the Gem back in another bubble before picking it up and placing it back in the room among all of the other bubbled Gem beasts. Closing the door behind him, Roman turned and saw that the wolf was gone. Making his way back to the living room area, Roman saw that the wolf had made its way to where Bayley and her friends were. Slowly walking as he raised his gauntlets in a defensive manner, Roman was surprised by what he saw next: After nosing the still unconscious brunette, the wolf gave the girl a single lick before becoming engulfed in a pink light. Roman then watched as the glowing form shrunk from the size of a wolf to that of a cat. As the light dissipated, Roman now saw that the cat was the same one that had woken him up not too long ago, said cat having let out an almost worried sounding meow as it began to nuzzle its nose against Bayley. 'That cat seems to have taken a liking to Bayley. I should probably wake her and her friends up, just to make sure they're all okay,' Roman thought as he began to make his way over to the still unconscious trio of teens.

Whoa! Talk about one surprising fight. What started out as Roman coming to after getting knocked out to the surprise reveal of Rosey Paws actually being a Gem beast (think like Lion in Steven Universe...just smaller and a bit fluffier)-who was quite the help in taking down the Gem serpent that was in the house-a lot sure did happen, a lot that Roman has to help fill Bayley and the others in on. Just how will everyone take the news? That shall be revealed ...next chapter. Until then, don't forget to R&R please. =)

(And two things: 1) I hope the sorta short length of this chapter made for a good read for you all. 2) I have an idea for two wrestling and Pokémon crossover fics where one would be something in the way of a sequel to 'Bewear That Hugger!' (I already have Chapter 1 of it done) and the other would maybe star AJ Lee and Kaitlyn, and I was wondering if those would maybe be something you all would like to give a read. If so, let me know. =) )