Chapter 13
"Holy Shit!" Jey Uso shouted again as he held his head in his hands and paced back and forth on the side of the road, "Paige tell me you got that!"
Paige nodded and lifted her phone which had recorded the encounter, "Yeah, I got it"
Jey pumped his fist and smiled before his twin wrapped his arm over Jey's shoulder and pulled him over to the group, "This is big Uce. We basically just caught Shane McMahon red-handed."
"I can't believe he's working with Flair and those other villains" Baron said with a look of disgust
"Hold on, we don't know what's going on" Carmella said seriously, holding her hands out, "That could have been anything"
"We literally just saw him stand practically hand and hand with Ric Flair and release eight villains" Paige said as she pocketed her phone into her leather jacket, "What more did you need? Him to come over here and tel up his take over the world plans?"
Carmella rolled her eyes and shook her head, "No….I'm just saying that he's...Shane McMahon. Son of Vince McMahon who runs the biggest hero company in the world. So it's a little hard to believe that Shane is a villain."
"Harder to believe than the idea that the Villain Ric Flair's daughter is a hero?" Baron asked sarcastically as he rolled his eyes
"Whatever" Carmella said before she started walking off
"Where are you going?" Jimmy asked
"Back to the school" Carmella shouted out but Jimmy groaned and sped walked over to her before grabbing her arm to stop her
"You can't just walk away from this" Jimmy said, "None of us can. It is our obligation as heroes to do something about this"
"Like what?" Carmella asked
Jimmy let go of the blonde's arm and turned to look at everyone. He ran his hand through his hair and sighed before saying, "We have the tape. I say we head back and talk to Hunter. He'll be more receptive than Vince or Stephanie considering Shane is their family."
Jey nodded, "Alright"
"We should probably tell everyone else." Paige said seriously, "The others have the right to know"
"Fine, but we have to keep it contained. We can't have everyone freaking out, it will make Shane suspicious."
"We also can't have Flair knowing we know. She could still be in touch with her father and we can't have that liability. That also means the others...Becky, Sasha and Bayley...can't know" Jimmy instructed causing the group to nod, "We're going to put a stop to this...and we'll be the ones that everyone is talking about. Not the four horsewomen."
With Becky
"Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock." came the chilling voice of one Nikki Cross. She was still dressed in her SAnity outfit of a black shirt under a vest and matching pants and she had a powers collar around her neck as well as a blindfold over her eyes, "Somebody play with Nikki"
Rebecca walked up to the cage that the shorter girl was in and looked at her up and down. The redhead was wearing a lab coat and she was holding a clipboard in her hand with a pair of goggles resting on top of her head. She wrote something down before reaching into the cage and roughly yanking off the blindfold. Nikki looked around with wide eyes and a smile before her gaze landed on Rebecca.
"I remember you" Nikki said with a smile, "Pretty red. Fire, fire red."
The two were in a secret compartment in Becky's lab that Shane had built without the knowledge of anyone else. It was hidden behind a large computer screen which opened up to a set of stairs that led down to a single room. The room was lined with mirrors, a large animal cage that went was about 6 feet tall, which held Nikki. There was also a lab table that held chemistry sets, computers that surrounded a leather chair and a chair that looked like the one you would find in a dentist's office sat in the middle of the floor.
"This is the girl that put us under?" Rebecca asked with her head tilted to the side, "She seems...weak, but then again that makes sense that she was able to take you out"
"I don' like this" Becky said carefully as the mirror reflection walked around the room, no longer matching Rebecca's movements. Becky carefully stopped at the mirror closest to the cage and crossed her arms.
"That is exactly why didn't ask your opinion" Rebecca growled out before she put down the clipboard and walked up to the cage, "This little psycho is my answer to getting rid of you and that thing"
"Originality is a luxury not many have. Fer everyone is the original copy of themselves and yet they try ta be somethin' else. They don' understand that the more original the mind, the more powerful its will is. You, on the other hand are a copy, and no matter how hard ya try I will always be stronger than ya. You couldn' get rid of me if ya tried." Becky said roughly causing Rebecca to roll her eyes and pull away from the cage before turning to face the mirror
"Are you done?" She asked slightly annoyed, "Where did you get that speech from?"
Becky rolled her eyes while Nikki bounced eagerly in her cage with a smile on her face, "Double the trouble. Double the fun. I see two, two reds are more than one"
"Be quiet!" Rebecca snapped as she turned to the cage, "You fucked up my head, and I am going to use you to fix it"
Nikki's eyes widened, but with joy instead of fear, "You saw that chaos?!"
"Yeah...sure" Rebecca said slowly while Nikki justed laughed, "Tell me about this chaos. Tell me about your group"
"Round and round we go, where we stop only SAnity knows. We exist in darkness and snuff out the light. When we come around day becomes night" Nikki sang
Rebecca nodded and pulled away from the bars while Becky paced in the mirror, "Well she's obviously crazy"
"You think?"
Nikki grabbed the bars of the cage and stuck her face through them as she tried to look at the mirror. She smiled widely and seemed to light up at the sight of Becky moving around opposite Rebecca, "Chaos embodied. Naughty, naughty red."
"Sorry ta disappoint, but I'm not the...chaos. That thing...whatever it is, is locked up tight" Becky said as she tapped the side of her head.
"Three reds?" Nikki asked with a raised eyebrow before smiling, "Naughty, naughty, naughty indeed-"
"Great, you got her started" Rebecca snapped at the mirror causing Becky to roll her eyes, "Look Cross...you unlocked something in my head. Something that I want gone. So I'm going to study you and take some blood so that I can create a formula using the chemicals that your powers rele-"
"You're explaining this ta a girl who's mentally insane. Yer wasting yer breath"
Rebecca rolled her eyes and slowly turned to look at Becky, "Shut up"
Nikki started to laugh and Becky pointed at the girl with a knowing look causing Rebecca to dismiss her with the wave of her hand and walk over to her desk before grabbing a syringe. Rebecca slowly walked back over to Nikki and grabbed the girl roughly by her arm and stuck the needle in it. Nikki let out a small whine in pain while Rebecca drew some blood before pulling out the syringe and walked over to the chemistry set.
"Are ya sure she doesn' have rabies?" Becky asked as she paced in the mirrors behind the cage as Rebecca began to work at the table with her back to the cage
"Pretty damn sure" Rebecca said sarcastically, not even looking back at Becky or Nikki.
"Then ya wanna explain this?"
Rebecca rolled her eyes and turned around to see Nikki shaking and foaming at the mouth, "Shit"
Rebecca ran over to the cage and pulled the key out of her pocket, quickly opening the cage and pulling Nikki out. Rebecca kneeled down with Nikki in her lap as the redhead grabbed the girl's head and turned it to her so she could look in Nikki's eyes as the dark haired girl's mouth foamed over. Becky stood watching with crossed arms as Rebecca cursed and rushed over to her desk as she fumbled through the drawers until she pulled out a small case that looked about the same size as a regular case for glasses. Rebecca opened the case and pulled out a needle and ran over to Nikki before sticking the needle into the girl's neck and injecting her with the serum in the needle.
"Ya keep Narcan in me desk?" Becky asked as she stood over Redhead and Nikki. Narcan was a drug that could be used for people having overdoses but Rebecca had concocted a serum that would help with bad reactions as well.
"Technically it's our desk and can you shut up for a minute I'm trying to think" Rebecca snapped as she mentally freaked out at the crazy girl's meltdown. Rebecca cradled the smaller girl's head in her lap as she lightly tapped her, "Come on…"
"I think she's dying"
"Don't say that!" Rebecca snapped before she tilted Nikki's head and allowed any foam, saliva and mucus to come out of her mouth
Becky bent down so she was squatting in the mirror beside the two on the ground as she tilted her head at Rebecca and looked at her with squinted eyes, "You care...ya cared about her, and ya rushed ta save her life."
"I need her alive! WE...need her alive!" Rebecca yelled, "Besides...I wasn't going to let her die...she's a kid"
Becky's eyes widened before she quickly stood and paced, "Shit"
"What?"
"You care, you! Yer the one with no emotions. Yer not supposed ta care." Becky said quickly causing Rebecca to stand up and walk to the mirror so she and Becky were staring at each other
"So"
"You were just made ta be me without any emotions, so if you are feeling then…"
Rebecca's eyes widened, "That thing in our head...it's taking up too much space. It's pushing us into one person."
Becky's head twisted and she looked on the ground to see Nikki coughing and slowly sitting up. Becky's eyes squinted before she turned back to Rebecca and put her hand on the glass. Rebecca watched this as she was only inches from the mirror before Becky banged hard on the glass causing the mirror to shatter from the inside. Cracks lined the mirror and the redhead slumped forward for a minute before slowly standing.
"I want ya gone, and I will do anythin' ta make that happen" Becky said seriously in a low tone before she stormed over the Nikki and grabbed her by the collar before she threw her back into the cage. Once the cage door was closed Becky squatted down to face Nikki sat on the ground catching her breath, "Tell me what just happened"
"Insurance" Nikki smiled, "The darkness shall not be broken. The darkness shall not be taken. The light in this world will fall. He'll make sure of it."
Becky nodded and stood before backing away from the cage and turning back to the chemistry set. Insurance. That meant that her blood or her body was tampered with incase she was taken and experimented on like this. Becky mentally cursed before she began to study the blood, trying to salvage what she could, only looking up momentarily to see Rebecca angrily banging on the broken mirror, but Becky internally smiled as she couldn't hear her.
With Bayley and Sasha
Bayley sat on her bed with her legs crossed as she read a book, or tried to read as Sasha stared at her from her spot across from her. Sasha was sitting with her legs crossed and her head resting in her palms as she watched Bayley read. She was wearing a grey top with the side cut out revealing a black bra, jeans and a snapback on backwards, while Bayley was wearing a red and yellow Macho Man shirt and shorts.
"You're staring"
"Can't help it" Sasha said with a smile
Bayley rolled her eyes jokingly before pulling up her book to block the oncoming kiss from Sasha, "I'm trying to read"
"You've been reading for half an hour now" Sasha whined, "I'm bored"
"I offered you a book"
"I don't want to read" Sasha said seriously
"Well do you usually do on Sundays?" Bayley asked with a raised eyebrow as she placed her book on the edge of the bed.
Sasha opened her mouth but stopped when her communication device went off, and Bayley's did too. The purple haired girl looked at Bayley confused before they both tapped the side of their earpieces, "yeah?"
"Can you guys meet in my room?" Charlotte asked over the coms causing Sasha to look at Bayley who shrugged before answering
"We'll be right there" Sasha and Bayley turned off their communication devices and got up from the bed. Bayley carefully put away her book and moved to put on her shoes, only stopping when Sasha grabbed her wrist and pulled Bayley up and into her, "What?"
Sasha smiled and wrapped her arms around Bayley before planting a kiss on her lips, "Nothing...just had to get my kiss that you denied me earlier"
Bayley smiled and laughed at Sasha before she finished putting her shoes on. Once they were ready the two headed down the hall to Charlotte's room, knocking twice and waiting until Charlotte opened the door. The blonde had bags under her eyes and her blonde hair was pulled back into a tight ponytail. She wore a blue sweater and jeans and she seemed, frustrated.
"Are you okay Charlotte?" Bayley asked immediately causing the blonde to simply look at her before opening the door to let them both in.
"Charlotte? What's going on ?" Sasha asked as Charlotte closed the door behind them.
The two sat on the bed and watched as Charlotte paced the room, running her hands through her hair, "Yeah when was the last time you slept?"
"Not since before yesterday" Charlotte said before there was a knock on the door
Charlotte moved across the room and opened the door, allowing Becky to rush into the room, "I came as soon as I could I-...Jesus Charlotte ya look terrible."
"I uh...haven't been able to sleep that well recently" Charlotte said shakily as closed the door
"Is that why ya called us here? Ya need me that make ya a super-powered Ambien?" Becky asked confused
"No" Charlotte said quickly, "I need you guys to help me figure something out"
Sasha looked at the others confused before she shrugged, "Figure out what?"
"Yesterday with my siblings...my sister...she said something that made me think." Charlotte said as Becky sat down on the desk, "I told her that I wasn't going to go with her and she said..even if that was what my brother wanted...and it got me thinking"
"What?" Sasha asked confused
"She mentioned Reid" Charlotte said sadly, "She said even if that was what Reid wanted and I-"
"Charlotte-" Bayley said, starting to understand where Charlotte was going with this
"What if my brother is still alive?" Charlotte asked in a shaky voice
"Charlotte there was a funeral" Becky said with a serious look on her face
"It was a closed casket" Charlotte nearly shouted causing the others to look sadly at the ground while the blonde gathered her thoughts before continuing, "Megan was never close with Reid...not like I was. If she knew that Reid wanted me to go with them then she must of had contact with him right?"
"Or...she could have just been trying to bait you" Sasha said cautiously as she stood and walked over to Charlotte, "Look. Charlotte, your sister...I hate to say this...is a villain and may be crazy. Also she's a bit of a bitch for blasting me into that statue, but...I'm pretty sure she would say anything to try and get you on her side. Including lying about your dea-...about your brother"
"Sasha's right" Becky said causing the girls to look at her, "There was a funeral...and plenty of news reports an' eyewitnesses that saw Reid go into that crumblin' building."
"They saw him go in. No one ever saw his body bein-"
"Charlotte" Bayley said cutting the blonde off, "I'm sorry...but your brother is dead. We were all at his grave and if you need to talk this through then we'll be here, but I don't want to let you keep going down this path just to get hurt. I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we don't want to see you hurt."
Bayley stood and hugged Charlotte while tears slowly filled the blonde's eyes. Sasha stood and patted Charlotte on the back and opened her mouth to speak but stopped when Charlotte held up her hand, "Charlotte?"
"No. No, uh...you guys are right." Charlotte said with a shaky smile, "It's uh...it's late, you guys should go. I'll talk to you later"
"Are you sure?" Sasha asked slowly, "It's only like 3 in the afternoon"
"Yeah" Charlotte said before wiping a few tears and moving to the door to open the door for them, "I'll see you guys in class tomorrow"
Sasha and Bayley looked at each other before giving sad nods and heading out, saying goodbye to their other two teammates as they did. Once they left Becky leaned away from the desk and walked over to the door to leave but Charlotte quickly grabbed the girl's wrist, "Charlotte-"
"You have to help me!" Charlotte whisper yelled at the redhead with wide eyes causing Becky to lean away from the taller girl
"Char I-"
"I have to go and see...I just have a gut feeling about this. Please! I just need you to do some digging, pull up some security footage of that building maybe even do a scan of the city anything!" Charlotte pleaded
Becky sighed and looked in Charlotte's eyes, "Charlotte...go get some sleep. Yer tired and still worked up from last night"
"I'm not worked up" Charlotte nearly shouted as she walked away from Becky and began to pace, "I need your help! My brother could still be alive! He could be out there!"
"Charlotte this is crazy. Your brother he died...I'm sorry but-"
"HE CAN'T BE DEAD!" Charlotte shouted causing Becky to stop and stare at the girl as she slowly held her head in her hands and put her back against the door, slowly sliding down until she was sitting, "He can't be.."
Becky watched Charlotte for a few seconds as the girl cried before she clenched her eyes shut and tilted her head, seeming to crack her neck as she dealt with her own internal struggle before she opened her eyes and quickly bent down in front of the blonde. Becky carefully placed her hands on top of Charlotte's and said, "Charlotte. I'm so sorry."
"I thought I got over this but...hear-hearing his name and seeing my siblings again...it made me remember him all over again" Charlotte said through a few sobs
Becky bit her lip before saying, "I know Char"
Becky scooted closer to the blonde so they were sitting side by side before Charlotte placed her head on Becky's shoulder and muttered, "I miss him so much"
"I know" Becky said sadly as she stared off into space, "I've lost people too. People I miss every single day"
"Really?" Charlotte asked causing Becky to sigh
"My parents...I never talked about them that much...but they died in an accident 2 years after we moved ta America from Ireland. I actually lived with Dean fer a year before I moved in with foster parents"
"Becky I'm so sorry-"
Becky shrugged, "It's fine...ya have ta keep movin'. Keep livin' an' doin' things that they can't anymore. That way, ya can carry on their legacies. Me father was big on robots. He was a good engineer back in Ireland, he taught me a lot of what I know now. So I try ta keep it up...build newer and better things cause that's what he'd be doin' if he were alive. What yer doing here...it's what yer brother wanted. He would be so proud of ya Charlotte."
The two sat in silence for a while until Charlotte looked over at Becky before sitting up and changing the conversation, "I meet Rebecca the other day"
Becky's jaw tensed before a forced smile appeared on her face, "Yeah…"
Charlotte looked at Becky, "She's uh…quit a character"
Becky shifted and Charlotte noticed the girl seemed to curl back a little, tensing her arms and hand causing the blonde to place a hand on her arm trying to calm her as the redhead spoke, "It's gettin' more and more difficult ta control her."
There was another pause of silence until Becky abruptly stood and shoved her hands in her pockets. She was not wearing her lab coat from earlier, instead she was wearing a grey Nike hoodie and jeans, but her quick movements made Charlotte stand as well. Becky looked at Charlotte and said, "You should get some rest. You've had a long day."
Charlotte sighed and nodded, "Yeah..yeah."
Becky patted Charlotte on the back before saying goodbye and leaving Charlotte standing in the middle of her room.
Meanwhile
"So run this by us one more time"
"Shane McMahon was...is working with Ric Flair and other villains. We saw him help take out Mick Foley and Chris Jericho before freeing the 8 villains in the security van that was heading to TNA" Jimmy said to the class
"Are you sure?"
"Yes" Jey said with his arms crossed. The class 1A students except for Sasha, Bayley, Becky and Charlotte, were all sitting around in Jimmy's room. The twins had called all of them in here to talk about what they saw and so far it wasn't going well. All of their explaining had been met with blank stares and confused looks, "How many times do we have to tell y'all?"
"I'm sorry it's just a little hard to believe that Shane McMahon is working with...villains" Xavier said as he Kofi and Big E sat on the ground in front of the bed where Cass, Enzo and Carmella were sitting.
"Told you" Carmella muttered
"Look guys I know it's hard to understand but that's what we saw. Paige has video evidence!" Jey said causing everyone to look at each other
"Okay...so what do we do about this?" Kofi asked
"I say we take that footage and show Vince" AJ Styles said leaning forward from his seat in the chair by the desk.
"No way, screw that. I say we go up to Shane and deal with this ourselves." Enzo said as he stood and looked around at everyone, "This is our chance to get our names out there. I mean taking down a traitor within WWE, let alone the fact that the traitor is the son of Vince McMahon. We'll be top stars before you know it"
"We can't just take out Shane. We'd have to explain, we'd have to tell Vince, Hunter and Stephanie, otherwise, we'd we labeled as the bad guys." Jimmy explained, "I say that we talk with Hunter, maybe even Mr. Foley. We have his homeroom tomorrow and he was taking out by Shane and the others. If he comes to class on Monday then he'll have had to of seen something. We can show him and Mr. Jericho the video that way when we go to Hunter we have some credibility."
"Who put you in charge?" Cass asked from his seated position causing Enzo to nod while Jimmy looked at his twin before looking back and saying
"Well I don't see Charlotte Flair and her gang anywhere" Jimmy said before shoving his hands in his hoodie pocket, "We needed a plan so I gave one...one that will actually work and makes sense, but if someone else wants to step up and tell Stephanie that her brother is a bad guy...be my guest"
There was silence for a bit before Xavier stood up, followed by Big E and Kofi. The middle boy raised his hands defensively and said, "I think we should do nothing."
"What?" Baron asked, not expecting that
"We don't know what the five of you saw, or what that video actually is. It's dark, you can't even really tell if that's Shane. Besides, he's never done anything before, he's only used his knowledge to help people so forgive us if we don't believe you." Xavier said causing Kofi to nod
"Sorry dude. You guys have fun with this but we're out" he said as Xavier and Big E left the room
Carmella then stood and made her way to leave but Jimmy called out to her, "Really Carmella?"
"It's better to not risk anything and not gain than to risk and lose everything" Carmella said with a sad look before she left, followed by Cass who dragged Enzo along, even though he protested.
Soon AJ left as well, shrugging and apologizing to the group, leaving only Finn Balor sitting on the desk and the four that had been there that night. Jimmy ran his hand over his head and sighed before turning to Finn, "So..what's it gonna be man? You gonna leave or stick with us?"
Finn seemed to think this over as his fingers tapped against the desk. This continued for a minute before he smiled and nodded, "I'll stick with you...I have a lot of ideas for what to do with this situation."
Later that night
Rain harshly poured down as Charlotte angrily shoved away dirt from the ground. The rain matted her hair and washed away the flow of tears that continued to fall down her cheeks as she dug. She was wearing a large hoodie and jeans and her white sneakers were not brown from all the mud she was stepping in. The blonde angrily cursed and muttered to herself as she continued digging, after a while her hand cramped and she threw the shovel down only to get down on her knees as she angrily tore away at the dirt, well mud now. Charlotte cried as the tried to push away the mud only stopping when she felt someone grab her and pull her up causing her instincts to kick in. Charlotte quickly pulled herself free and sent a back kick at the person only to have them not budge. Charlotte quickly wiped her eyes to see Bayley looking at her. She and Sasha were standing in the rain looking at her with sad eyes. They had both jumped into the hole the blonde had created, both dressed in jackets and sweatpants as Sasha had an umbrella floating over her and Bayley.
"Charlotte...what are you doing?"
The blonde didn't say anything she just looked at them and then turned back to her brother's grave site. Most of the dirt was shoveled away but there was still a layer of dirt covering the casket she had yet to reach. Charlotte went and picked up her shovel and continued to dig only throwing a quick 'go away' over her shoulder at them.
"Charlotte stop and look at us" Bayley tried but Charlotte continued to dig causing Sasha and Bayley to look at each other before Sasha tried
"CHARLOTTE!" the purple haired girl yelled, yanking the shovel out of the blonde's hand and spinning her so she faced them only causing Charlotte to get angry and immediately shove Sasha with such force that she fell back on her butt and the umbrella stop floating due to Sasha's lost focus.
The blonde quickly and nervously ran her hands through her hair before saying, "Leave me alone"
Bayley quickly moved to help Sasha up but the girl pulled her arm free from Bayley and moved quickly to go stand in Charlotte's face, "What the hell is your problem?"
"You are!" Charlotte shouted back, "Both of you! Why are you here?"
"We went to check on you and you weren't there so we figured you'd be here" Bayley said as she moved to stand in between Sasha and Charlotte, "We were worried about you"
"Yeah well don't be. I don't need either of you right now" Charlotte said angrily as she snatched the shovel from the ground and went back to digging
"HEY! We came out here for your sorry ass!" Sasha yelled
"Well I didn't fucking ask you to do that"
"No you didn't but we're a fucking team, so when one of your team members goes off and starts acting crazy. Running into a fucking thunderstorm with no jacket and digging up dead bodies, well then you fucking go after them!" Sasha yelled
"If we were a team you'd be helping me!"
"Helping you dig up graves to prove some stupid point?"
"It's not stupid!"
"Charlotte your sister is a LIAR. She was lying about your brother, she was just trying to get into your head man. I mean she's fucking crazy. I can see where you get it from" Sasha snapped
"Sasha-" Bayley started but was cut off as Charlotte let out a loud yell and run past Bayley, spearing Sasha into the ground as the two began to fight and roll on the ground, both trying to punch and scratch the other.
"Get off me you bitch!"
"Take it back!"
"Guys!" Bayley tried but her cries were ignored
"What that you're crazy?" Sasha asked as she gained the upper hand and sat on top of Charlotte struggling to hold the blonde's arms down as she continued to fight under her, "We all know it"
Charlotte growled and bucked her hips knocking Sasha off of her, giving her enough space to climb on top of the shorter girl and throw hard punches at her face, "TAKE. IT. BACK"
"ENOUGH!" Bayley yelled before she used her powers to lift Charlotte by her collar and hold her up with one hand while she grabbed Sasha with the other. Bayley then used her strength to jump out of the hole with the two in her hands, causing them to land on the ground beside the hole where Reid's tombstone was. Becky was also there leaning against said tombstone looking at her phone causing Bayley to look at her in confusion, "A little help would have been nice"
Becky, who was wearing an army combat jacket and jeans with an umbrella over her head,, looked up from her phone with a raised eyebrow before shrugging and pointing at Sasha and Charlotte who were trying to grab at the other even thought Bayley held them both away from each other, "Ya seemed ta be doing fine"
"Both of you stop it" Bayley snapped at the two in her hands before tossing them down to the ground, "Charlotte, we are only here to help"
"If you wanted to help you would've brought shovels" Charlotte said trying to catch her breath as she shakily stood, the throw from Bayley having sent her to the ground
Sasha who had a small cut on her forehead, which was now leaking blood steadily down her left eye, glared at Charlotte, "We're not helping you dig up a dead body!"
Charlotte rolled her eyes and turned to head back into the hole but Becky stopped her, "Actually Charlotte...we don't need shovels."
Charlotte turned back to look at the redhead before asking, "What are you talking about?"
Becky held up her phone with her right hand while her left hand clutched her umbrella before saying, "I just did a scan of the grave...there's nothing in that casket"
The three girls looked at Becky confused for a minute before Charlotte quickly hopped back down into the grave and began shoveling while Sasha and Bayley rushed over to Becky, "What are you doing?"
"Why would you tell her that?"
"Because it's the truth" Becky said before showing her phone to them, "I was scanning for any signs of decay flesh in that grave but there's none. There's no body down there"
There was a loud thunk of Charlotte's shovel hitting the casket causing Bayley and the others to quickly look into the hole to see Charlotte throw down her shovel and roughly brush the remaining dirt away from the casket top. Bayley sighed and quickly jumped into the hole with Becky and Sasha following before the four ended up clearing all of the dirt and looking at the mahogany casket cover. Charlotte's trembling hands ran over the top, having touched it for hours at the funeral before it was placed down in this hole.
"Charlotte?" Bayley asked after a few minutes and the girl had yet to move to open the casket.
Rain was pouring down on them and into the hole, so they were all now soaking wet and the dirt under them was starting to slosh around and create mud puddles. Sasha turned and squinted at the sky, allowing the ran to wash away the blood from her face and cut before looking back to Charlotte with a still squinted eye and said, "You gonna open this sucker up?"
Charlotte looked at Sasha with wide eyes before looking back down at the casket, her hands shaking as she tapped against the top of the casket. She thought for a second before saying, "I'm sorry...for being an ass Sasha"
"Apology accepted" Sasha said causing Bayley to elbow her and glare, "...and I'm sorry too."
"This just means a lot to me" Charlotte said as she looked at the casket, "If he's not in here...then he could still be alive. My sister could know where he is…"
"Charlotte" Becky said causing everyone to look at her as she also squinted because of the rain, "If my scanner was wrong and he is in here then…"
Charlotte looked at the casket as Becky let her words hang there. The blonde thought for a minute before shaking her head, "If he's dead...then I get closure….but if this casket is empty...an-and he's still alive. Then I owe to him to find him."
"What if he doesn't want to be found?" Sasha asked
"He doesn't have a choice" Charlotte answered before she moved her fingers to the side of the casket and lifted it.
"Holy shit" Sasha muttered
A/N: Thanks for reading, make sure to review and let me know what you think and don't forget to follow, favorite and all that good stuff so you can be updated for the next chapter.