ATM: Seth and the God Girls – A Whole New World
Bianca Belair and the God Girls have a hard time convincing Becky Lynch to stay after hearing that her plans to marry Finn Balor might be put on hold until Bayley brings Sasha Banks back from Saudi Arabia.
Chapter Twenty One – The Bruised Heel
WWE HQ
Stephanie McMahon called a meeting with Hayworth and McKenzie Helmsley and her daughter Beth Hardy. The meeting seemed to come out of nowhere but it was early and early morning meetings were always important.
Turning her Starbucks cup around while staring into space, Stephanie McMahon sat in silence as Beth Hardy and the Helmsleys tried to figure out what was going on.
"Is this about the progamming schedule? I think Seth and Becky have it covered now Mom. We've got all the main events for the next nine months finalised. Mandy Rose is stoked about her first title match with Becky Lynch at Extreme Rules and Rhea can't wait to face Liv Morgan in that tables match," Beth Hardy said.
"I have to tell you guys something and its got nothing to do with the programming schedule," Stephanie said her face was tight, "you're probably going to find out soon anyway when Seth gets back here,"
The Helmsleys and Beth exchanged glances confused, they had no idea what was going on, "What's going on?" Hayworth asked Stephanie while MacKenzie furrowed her brow.
"My family has kept a secret for almost thirty years and thanks to the God Girls, that secret got out, which means, WWE might not be mine for much longer," Stephanie said and Beth Hardy's face dropped.
"Mom, what happened? Who could possibly take this company away from you?" Beth Hardy asked.
"My brother," Stephanie replied and she pounded her fist on the desk causing the Helmsley and her daughter to jump back. "He just couldn't keep his mouth shut!"
"Shane McMahon?" MacKenzie asked trying to figure out what was going on. "Since when does your brother care about this place?"
Stephanie gnashed her teeth, "If Shane gets an opportunity to humiliate me he will take it, just like Hunter and the DX family. Now thanks to the God Girls, he's found one,"
Beth Hardy shook her head confused, "Mom, can you please just tell us what's going on?" she said firmly but gently.
"I need you to Transcend Sasha Banks out of the country," Stephanie said and Beth's face dropped. Hayworth and Mac gasped.
"What?" they said in unified horror.
"But what about the agreement? You said that if Seth worked here as your Executive Assistant, Sasha would be safe!" Beth argued. "Did Seth do something, is he the reason Uncle Shane is back?"
Stephanie paused before speaking, "There's no way I can keep this from you any longer Elizabeth Hardy," she said to her daughter. "Shane has a daughter, she's my niece and your cousin,"
Beth, Hayworth and Mac smiled, "That's great, isn't it?" Hayworth said curiously.
"Can I meet her?" Beth Hardy asked.
"You already have," Stephanie said and Beth's face darkened as she realised who her cousin was.
"Sasha," Beth Hardy said and Hayworth stood to his feet.
"It's not true," he said in disbelief, "tell me you haven't been using Beth to get back at Shane for having an outside kid!"
Mac looked at the floor trying to process what was going on, "No, it all makes sense. You've been trying to get at Sasha for years, you knew how powerful she really was this whole time. That's why you got so mad when Seth fell in love with her. It wasn't because you liked Bayley, it was because you knew what would happen if the Truth ever got out about who she really was. You knew that if Seth and Sasha got together, they would be the most powerful couple in the wrestling business," she said and Hayworth's cheeks flushed with rage.
"So she knows who her father is and now you want her out of the picture, even though you promised Seth that she could stay here as long as he did what you told him to do. Now you wanna renege on the agreement because you can't stand the fact that Sasha Banks is a McMahon?!" Hayworth said and he turned to his wife. "We're leaving, I don't want any part of this,"
"I'm not done Hayworth, sit down!" Stephanie roared but Hayworth stood tall and Mac stood with him.
"I bet you didn't even tell my father who Sasha really was. Now I understand why he likes Seth Rollins, he knows how corrupt family can really be and if I stay associated with you, it could be my downfall," Hayworth said.
"I said sit down Hayworth," Stephanie said but Hayworth continued.
"You used your own daughter to split up a family because you couldn't stand to share your inheritance with another McMahon," Mac said and reception buzzed Stephanie's desk phone.
"Send them up," Stephanie said after hearing who here guests were, "I knew they'd show up sooner than later,"
A few minutes later DX walked into Stephanie's executive office and Hayworth turned to his father with tears in his eyes.
"I tried to warn you son," Hunter said knowing that Hayworth was now aware that Sasha Banks was Shane McMahon's daughter. "working with Stephanie is like working for the devil and now you know what this devil has been hiding for almost thirty years. She even hid it from me when we were married but I knew there was always something special about Seth and Sasha and soon the whole world will know just how truly special Sasha Banks is,"
Stephanie smiled evilly, "Oh really?" she said menacingly. "Not if I have anything to say about it,"
"Why, what are you going to do Stephanie? Do you really think this is going to stay a secret for much longer?" Shawn Michaels said.
"If Seth ever wants to see his wife again, my brother better keep his mouth shut. Sasha is not getting anywhere near this company or my family's inheritance!" Stephanie said.
"So, you just want to keep Sasha from getting what's rightfully hers? Why are you so evil?" Mac asked Stephanie. "You have so much, who cares if Sasha gets what's rightfully hers?"
"None of this is rightfully hers, she's only a McMahon because her mother's a slut, just like you! You're all the same, nothing but a bunch of bottom-feeding-trashbag ho's!" Stephanie spat and Hunter did a spit take at the words that came out of his ex-wife's mouth.
"Ain't that the kettle calling the pot black. How many times have you been married now Steph? How many outside children do you have now? I've lost count I really have. If anyone has disgraced the McMahon name its you, so cut the crap. Let Seth and Sasha be together and quit trying to make everyone's life a living Hell!" Hunter said but Stephanie had no intention of doing that.
"Transcend Sasha out of the country now," she said to Beth Hardy whose face was crumbling in fear of her mother. She was also shaking with rage.
"I want to talk to my Uncle Shane," Beth Hardy said. "Does Daddy even know about Sasha? Just how many people have you been keeping this a secret from Mom?"
Stephanie grabbed Beth by her suit lapels and pulled her over the table staring into her eyes with green-eyed fury.
"Don't sass me girl, Transcend Sasha Banks out of the United States right now!" Stephanie commanded.
"Um, Steph there's something you should know before I call the cops on you," Hunter said. "The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia paid the Rock a visit yesterday and His Royal Highness wasn't very happy when he found out you're the reason Seth wasn't in Riyadh with his wife. If Sasha goes back to Saudi without her husband again, the Prince is going to have you stoned to death,"
Stephanie glared at Hunter, "The Rock told me what the Prince said and I don't give a damn," she said and her eyes turned back to her daughter, "I said Transcend Sasha out of the country, I didn't say anything about Saudi Arabia,"
"But what if the secret doesn't get out? You would have gotten rid of Sasha for no reason!" Mac argued and Stephanie let go of Beth and turned her attention to Mac Helmsley.
"What did you just say?" she said in disbelief and she walked towards Mac like a hunter, "I have so many reasons to get rid of Sasha Banks, how dare you challenge me in this office that my father built you nickel and dime slut!"
Hayworth stood in front of his wife defiantly, "How dare you talk to my wife like that!" he said and he looked at Beth Hardy. "Transcend your mother to Saudi Arabia, I hope she dies a painful death there," he said and Beth Hardy looked at her mother with disappointed eyes.
"You lied to me and you used me to keep Sasha's true identity a secret. Seth hasn't seen his family in weeks because of you and he even agreed to work here as your Executive Assistant instead of wrestling and you still want to hurt his wife because she's a McMahon. All this time you knew Sasha was my cousin and you keep me in the dark, you kept your own daughter in the dark! Where's your loyalty to me Mom, huh?!" Beth Hardy said.
"Your loyalty is to me Beth, if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be sitting in one of the most powerful towers in all of Connecticut. Don't get it twisted sweetheart, I'm the hero of this story, not Sasha. Now be a good girl and do as your mother says," Stephanie said with a smile and Beth Hardy lowered her head with sadness.
"It's done," she said and Stephanie clapped her hands in victory.
"Yes the Boss is gone!" Stephanie said jumping up and down with glee and Shawn Michaels sent a text to Randy Orton asking if Sasha was still at his house. Randy responded with a laughing emoji and Shane called his sister on video phone with Sasha, Faith Star and Abiyah Rollins in the back ground by the pool at the Ortons' home.
"Sorry Sis but your tricks don't work on members of your own family. Now that Sasha has been officially declared a McMahon, the Gift of Transcendence has no effect," Shane said and Stephanie looked at her brother horrified.
"But it worked all those other times, what the Hell is going on?!" Stephanie yelled as Beth Hardy lifted her head and walked over to her mother's phone and saw Sasha still in New York City with her father Shane McMahon.
"The only reason it worked before was because Sasha didn't know who she was. Now she knows and now, everything has changed," Shane said with his arm around Sasha's shoulder.
Beth Hardy couldn't believe it, "You didn't Transcend!" she said.
"That's right cuz, I'm still here and I ain't going nowhere," Sasha said and Beth Hardy looked at her mother in disbelief.
"So that means I can't keep Seth and Sasha apart anymore," Beth Hardy said and Stephanie stared into her phone with her hands shaking with rage.
"You don't wanna mess with me Shane, I might not be able to use my daughter to keep Sasha and Seth apart but I got a whole load of tricks that I haven't pulled out of the bag yet," Stephanie said evilly.
Shane rolled his eyes, "Yeah-yeah-yeah, where have I heard that before? Look Steph, just end this stupid estrangement and let Seth see his wife. Any issues you have with Sasha you're going to have to take up with me from now on, so leave your daughter out of it and let's settle this one-on-one," he said and Stephanie hung up on Shane while the DX family listened in wondering how Stephanie was going to react to her daughter's Gift of Transcendence no longer being effective against the Boss.
"So, your Gift of Transcendence has no effect on Sasha. What good are you then?" she said. "You're as useless as your father. I guess I'll have to take care of this myself,"
Hunter stepped towards his ex-wife, "Whatever your planning, know that the DX family is one hundred percent behind Seth and Sasha and we will tear down anything you try to use against them. If I were you, I'd go home and spend some time with Jeff and leave Shawn and me to handle business like we always do. Face it Stephanie, this is one battle you cannot win. This family is unbeatable. You've lost, the war is over now go home and bake cakes with Jeff and leave the wrestling business in our much more capable hands,"
Stephanie gave Hunter an evil smile, "You think this is over? This hasn't even started, now get out of my building," she replied and she turned to Beth Hardy. "Transcend Seth and Becky back here, I want to see them both now,"
"No," Beth roared and Stephanie looked at her in shock.
"No? What do you mean no?! I'm your mother now do what I say you ungrateful little b****!" Stephanie screamed at Beth but the Hardy Girl stood her ground.
"No Mom, I am not bringing Seth and Becky into this nightmare. Hunter's right, your plan failed. Sasha's immune to Transcendence and you've lost your bargaining chip. You can use Sasha to blackmail Seth anymore and you can't use me either. I'm done Mom, I'm freakin done and I wanna be a normal kid who spends time with her Mom doing normal things. Maybe baking cakes with Dad wouldn't be such a bad idea. Can't we just be a normal family?" Beth said and Stephanie snarled at her daughter.
"Family does what's best for family, all Sasha Banks wants to do is steal my spotlight and claim a throne that doesn't belong to her. Is that a family that you wanna be a part of Elizabeth?" Stephanie asked contemptuously.
"I'd rather be a part of that family than be a part of whatever you call this family," Beth Hardy said and Stephanie laughed.
"You're a McMahon, this is the best family you could ever be a part of. Its in your blood Elizabeth, you think Sasha's a better family member than me? Is that what you're saying?" Stephanie asked and Beth shook her head.
"I love Seth, Sasha and Becky and I don't want to hurt them. They were there for me when you were trying to destroy DX. Mom you're competitive I get it but you're using me to get the upper hand and its not fun okay?" Beth Hardy said.
"Are you kidding me right now? This is the most fun I've ever had!" Stephanie said genuinely. "This is half time now we go into the finish. Don't you wanna see how this is going to end Elizabeth?"
Elizabeth looked over at the DX family then back at her mother, "I sure do Mom but I don't want to lose you and if Hunter's right, you're going to get stoned to death and I'm going to lose you for good," she wept.
"And if I go down to that Crown Prince jerk, you get to take my place then you go head-to-head with Shane and Sasha and you defend your position as the rightful heir to the McMahon throne. That's what this is all about Beth, its about legacy. I'm doing this for you, I'm doing this for Angela and Angelo, I'm doing this for Aurora and I'm doing this for all of my future grandchildren. You think Sasha Banks gives a damn about you?! Wake up sweetheart, the only person Sasha cares about is Seth Rollins. You have as much to lose if Sasha takes over this business as I do," Stephanie said and she turned to the DX family. "Get out of my office you degenerate morons," she looked at Hayworth, "if you want to stay and fight for what's right Hayworth, you sit you're a** down in that chair. Otherwise you can get out of here with Shawn and Hunter,"
Hayworth shook his head and turned to his father, "Let's go Dad," he said and he took Mac's hand and headed out of the Executive Office.
DX looked back at Beth Hardy, "There's a place for you at the Sandbox when you're ready," Hunter said to her with a smile before glaring at Stephanie, "Please Steph, don't take her down with you," he said and the DX family left leaving Stephanie alone with her daughter.
"You're your mother's daughter," Stephanie said proudly. "Now let's get to work,"
Beth Hardy Transcended Seth and Becky to WWE HQ while Stephanie sat back in her chair, kicked off her shoes and rubbed her feet against each other.
"These shoes are burning your feet," Seth said to Stephanie removing her Chanel pumps from the desk and he rubbed her feet while Becky looked at Beth Hardy curiously.
"My feet are hurting me because I just walked through Hell and made another deal with the devil," Stephanie said but the anointing on Seth's hands quickly soothed Stephanie's pain and moments later she fell asleep in her massive corporate chair.
"Good work God boy," Becky said and Seth took Stephanie out of the chair and laid her down on a leather sofa where she slept for the rest of the day. Seth knew exactly what he was doing when he rubbed her feet.
"Alexa's Beauty Sleep balm worked great," Seth said before turning to Beth whose face was covered in tears. "Tell us exactly what went down while we were in L A,"
"Its worse that I could have ever imagined," Beth Hardy said. "My Mom wants to get back at Sasha and I don't know if I can stop her,"
"You can't stop her kid but we sure can," Becky assured Beth Hardy and she hugged the Hardy Girl as she wept into her chest. "Don't worry baby girl, we got this, we were assigned for this, you just take it easy okay?"
Seth left them to hug it out while he called his wife for the first time in a very long time, "Hi Sasha, I love you too and I'll be home soon,"
"So you're going to Saudi Arabia?" Becky asked him as he pocketed his phone with a relieved smile on his face.
"Yeah, I'm gonna make good on my deal with the Crown Prince. You stay here and make things right with Stephanie. I'm going to spend some much-needed family time with my wife and kid in Saudi Arabia," Seth said.
"Stephanie's gonna freak out when she wakes up and realises that you're not here," Becky said.
"Yeah well, while Stephanie's here freaking out, I'll be in Riyadh with my wife, getting my freak on," Seth said and the old Missy Elliot song went through Seth's head and he danced around while Becky and Beth laughed at his dancing but happy that he was finally going to be back in bed with the Boss.
