Shelton's POV
The second Matt said it; I went back to the Locker room where Rome and Leon were playing with the twins. As soon as Rome saw my face, he jumped up, telling Leon he had to talk to me, and to keep the twins occupied.
"Shelton, what's wrong man? I haven't seen you like this since you heard about that guy Mike trying to get at Kai." He said.
"He's here Rome. He's the new head of security." I said, shaking in anger.
"Who's here?"
"The guy that, that raped my baby." I was near tears I was so mad. Rome was instantly alert and got as upset as I was, maybe even more.
"Where is he?" he said slowly, trying to calm down before he killed someone.
"Fallow me." I said. Me and Rome walked down the hall and when we got to the conference room, Rome ran in the room and jumped on him, punching and kicking him with every ounce of strength he had. It took me, Rome, John, Randy, Wayne, Shane, Matt, and Shane-o-Mac to pull Rome off of him.
"Rome, I wanna kill the son of a bitch too, but not here; this ain't the place!" I said, pulling him off. Rome finally calmed down, and everything was quiet for about thirty seconds, then we heard a voice.
"Shelton? Amy, make sure Shelton doesn't do anything stupid…I need him, the twins need him. I know Matt told him who he was, but don't let Shelton do anything…" Ari was rambling to Amy, crying. I took Rome with me, and went back into the hall, where Ari was laying on the floor, and her head in Amy's lap.
"Ari, baby, are you okay?" I said, sitting on the floor and pulling her into my lap. Rome sat next to me, and she put her legs across his lap, laying her head on my shoulder.
"He's here…I can't do this, what if he come after me again, or what if he goes after Angel? She's about the same age I was, and I can't…."
"Ari, calm down, nothing's going to happen to you, okay? Or Angel, because if he even looks at my sister I'm going to kill him, bring him back to life, and kill him again!" I said, stroking her hair. Just then, Shane McMahon came out and looked at me and Rome. He was furious.
"Shelton, I don't know who he is, but you have a lot of explaining to do!" he said.
"Okay, but there are more people to the story, and I'm not the one to tell it." I said, hugging Ari a little tighter.
"Well, who do I need to get?"
"John, Matt, Wayne, Randy, and Ari."
"Well, get to my office I'll have them there in five minutes." He said, walking off. I tried to get Ari to stand up, but she was almost brain dead; she just stared blankly straight ahead, and didn't even move at all. I had to carry her to the office. She didn't even put her arms around my neck; she just sat there limply, like all of the life had been sucked out of her. When we got in the office, John, Matt and Randy were already there. John plucked her out of my arms and sat her in his lap, singing that song she'd sung to the twins when they had nightmares. Ari started to come around, and John had her talking to him in a matter of minutes. Shane came in with Wayne in tow, along with Mark and Eddie, who were looking worried, and pissed, like every man in the room.
"Now, will someone please tell me what's going on? I went and got Wayne, and Mark and Eddie insisted on coming." Shane said, sitting at his desk and looking at us.
"Well, as you know, Ari and I are adopted." Matt started. "And well, Roman was in the orphanage along with us."
"I take it, you're Roman, right?" Shane said, looking at Rome, who nodded.
"Yeah, Ireland's like the little sister I never had, and Matt was my best friend."
"Ireland?"
"Ari, man. Look, it's a long story to the nickname, and it's not relevant either."
"Anyway, Rome got adopted about a month before we did by dad," Ari said in this distant lifeless voice. "And about three days after Romie got adopted, I started to get raped every night. I was six years old, and every night for a month, I got beaten unconscious and raped in a broom closet."
"What?"
"Yeah. And Roman here, got adopted into Shelton's family, and when Ari went to South Carolina for Christmas with Shelton, they were reunited, and she told him everything. And when he heard that the son of a bitch was in the building, Rome felt he needed to beat the living hell out of the guy that did it to his little sister." John said, looking at Rome with gratitude.
"I'm aware of a guy's need to protect his sister, I have one myself, but what does that have to do with you beating on Mr. Williams?"
"OH MY GOD SHANE, USE YOUR BRAIN! HE'S THE ONE THAT RAPED HER!" I said, getting kind of angry.
"No, I did a background check; there wasn't anything on him for that." Shane said, confused.
"Do you think that anyone in our family would forget his face?" John said his voice low and dangerous. "I had to have my daughter sit on the witness stand in the same room as the son of a bitch and testify against him. I looked him in the eyes as he was taken away. I remember it like it was yesterday. His eyes held no remorse, no guilt. I remember when my baby girl was on the witness stand, he looked at her with desire in his eyes. I swore to myself that if I ever saw him again, I'd beat him within an inch of his life. The only problem is, Rome got to him first. But anyway, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and he's not allowed within 100 ft of a child."
"My sister had nightmares every night for almost six months after we were adopted. She didn't feel safe unless she was around me, dad, Uncle Wayne Uncle Ran, Uncle Mark, or Uncle Eddie. He had me blaming myself for what he did to her. For almost seven years, I blamed my self." Matt said, rolling up his long sleeve shirt as he walked towards Shane. "Do you see these scars? I did that to my self! I cut myself until I was 16 years old because I blamed my self! I thought that if I could have been a little stronger, I could have saved her. I remember the last night we were in the orphanage. He looked me in the face and laughed at me, for trying to save her. He threw me down a flight of stairs and broke my arm in two different places, and my shoulder in three. So don't tell me it's not him, because I still dream about that night, and I can see his face. It haunts me in my dreams!"
Shane looked at Ari, who was still in her dad's lap, burying her face in his chest, she was holding on to him with a vice-like grip. He stroked her hair and started humming that tune. She started relaxing a little. Shane noticed this, and nodded.
"So what do I do?"
"Get rid of him, about the entire roster is going to end up killing him." Mark said, speaking for the first time and cracking his knuckles.
"Uncle Mark?" Ari said, recognizing the voice.
"Yeah, little one, I'm here."
"Keep Shelton from doing anything stupid. I love him too much to lose him." She said in the same distant voice.
"Baby, I'm not gonna do anything to him, but Wayne, Randy, Mark, Eddie, Rome, Leon, Matt, Allen, those Hardies, Hurri-shane, I can't make any promises. I promise, I'm not going to do anything." I said, looking her in her eyes. Her usually bright green eyes looked clouded over and lost.
"Promise?"
"Yeah, I love you too much to lose you, and as long as he gets what he deserves, I'm happy."
She stood up and I hugged her. I could tell it was going to be a while before Ari got back to normal. All we could do was wait and pray.
