Chapter 16
"Are you sure this is the place?" Sasha asked as she looked over Becky's shoulder at the computer. The three remaining team members sat in Becky's room as the girl sat at her desk looking up coordinates. Sasha had dressed and was wearing a pair of black leggings and a matching tank top which revealed her lime green sports bra since her hair was pulled back in a ponytail. While Becky wore a black t-shirt and dark jeans and Bayley wore a tank top and leggings as well.
"This is where her earpiece is located. I tracked it all the way ta this exact spot" Becky responded as she pointed at the screen while Bayley stood from the bed and began to put her jacket on causing Becky and Sasha to turn and look at her confused.
"What are you doing?" Sasha asked Bayley
"Putting my jacket on...we're going to go get Charlotte," Bayley said as if it were obvious causing Becky and Sasha to look at each other quickly before turning their attention back to Bayley
"YOU are not doing anything. You should stay here and rest" Sasha said to which Becky agreed
"What?"
"Whatever they did ta ya is not fully outta yer system...ya have to wait a bit before ya-" Becky said as she stood from her chair and walked over to their friend, placing her hand on Bayley's shoulder but the Bayley quickly moved away from her and cut her off.
"I'm not just going to leave Charlotte I was supposed to watch her and they came and took her and she-" Bayley started but stopped when Sasha walked up to her and put her hands up
"Bayley listen to me. You have to rest"
"Me rest? You were just sick...you ARE sick and yet I'm being sidelined? No way!" Bayley said as she pushed Sasha away causing the girl to look at her with a raised eyebrow before she put her hands up defensively
"Bayley I'm just trying to look out for you I-"
"Well, I don't need you to do anything for me! You hardly ever do anything for me anyway! It's always me saving you! Me saving everyone!" Bayley snapped, taking Sasha back, "I'm going to get Charlotte with or without you guys. If you both want to stay here and play coward then I suggest you do that by yourselves."
Bayley quickly tugged on her jacket and headed out while Sasha stared at the door in shock. Becky quickly grabbed something from her desk and three bracelets. She walked up to Sasha and placed her hand on her shoulder, "That's not Bayley talkin'...whatever SAnity did ta her is still affecting her. It's making her a little snappy, ya know she didn't mean it."
"I know," Sasha said after a few seconds
"Put this on" Becky instructed as she handed Sasha a beaded purple and black bracelet like the one she had used back at the bank robbery to create a bow staff, "If we get into a fight ya might need it."
Sasha nodded and put it on before the two gave each other a look and then headed out after Bayley.
"Ya know when ya said ya had a car for us ta drive I thought it would be a little more discrete," Becky said from the back seat of Eddie Guerrero's lowrider, "Side note...how the hell did ya get Eddie's lowrider?"
"His wife gave it to me," Sasha said as she drove through the back streets of the city, "And it was our only option"
"The place is coming up on the right," Bayley said from the passenger's seat as she looked at Becky's tablet which had the GPS on it
"Ya know I could make some serious modifications ta this car if ya wanted" Becky offered,
"Bump up the engine, adds some tech maybe even some weapons"
"I'm not letting you anywhere near this engine. You're lucky I'm even allowing you to sit in the car" Sasha responded causing Becky to roll her eyes
"Here! It's here!" Bayley called out as a large gate came up on the right-hand side of the street. It was a large black, metal gate with an F in the middle of it and it was about 9 ft tall. Behind it was a long pathway that led past a large yard up to a huge mansion.
"Jesus this is where Charlotte lived?" Sasha as she and the others stood at the gate
Becky looked around before noticing the small box on the left side of the gate. It had a screen and a red button that said talk on it, "What do we buzz in?"
Just as Becky said this the sound of metal scraping the ground gained Becky and Sasha's attention causing them to look over and see the bars of the gate in Bayley's hand. She had ripped the gate open and she wasn't stopping, she threw the bars down and walked through the large hole. Becky and Sasha looked at each other before following their teammate up the path.
The closer they got to the mansion the more they saw that it looked abandoned. Graffiti was on the walls and windows were either broken or boarded up.
"You sure this is it?" Sasha asked to which Becky nodded
"Yeah this is the spot"
"Let's go," Bayley said as she charged up to the front
"Woah Bayley wait we can't just go up to the front door," Sasha said as she ran after the taller girl
Becky rolled her eyes and took a step to follow them but stopped when she felt something tug her back. She looked around but saw nothing so she shrugged it off and went to start walking but stopped when she felt another tug pull her back again, this time twice as hard. Becky spun around looking to see what was causing this but she saw nothing and neither did Sasha and Bayley as they continued onward. As Becky moved to follow them she heard a voice in the back of her head that didn't sound like Rebecca, "Don't go in yet!"
"Why?" Becky whispered, watching as Sasha and Bayley continued to walk up to the front door.
"Trap"
Becky's eyes widened as her teammates approached the door before she yelled out, "Guys wai-"
Becky's warning was cut off by a loud sonic scream as Sasha and Bayley were blown off the front porch along with the door. Becky cursed to herself before running up to where they were lying in the grass. Sasha had a grimace on her face as her body arched trying to keep pressure off her back from the rough landing. While Bayley was slowly trying to sit up as she held her side in pain.
"You guys okay?"
"Ow" was Sasha's only response
Becky looked away from her friends and looked at the now open doorway to see Megan Flair and David both standing there. Megan smiled at them while David just stared, "Hello. We were expecting you. However...you are a tad bit late, as our guests you were supposed to arrive twenty minutes ago"
"You guys have a really fucked up way of treating your guests" Sasha shouted at them as she slowly stood while Becky helped Bayley stand as well.
"Sorry about that. How's this!" Megan said before letting out a loud scream directed at them causing Becky to quickly squeeze one of her bracelets, summoning a large shield that protected them from the blast. The three crouched close together behind the glowing purple shield. It stretched tall enough to cover them but vibrated under the pressure of the sonic scream. However, it did not yield.
"Nice" Sasha said to Becky as she motioned to the shield. However, once the screaming was done Bayley quickly powered up and super jumped over the shield before making a mad dash towards their enemies. Sasha stared at her with wide eyes before muttering, "not nice"
Becky retracted the shield and summoned her bow staff with the other bracelet before she and Sasha ran after Bayley. Bayley tackled David through the open door causing them to go flying through before the door closed behind them while Megan came forth and focused on the others.
Megan sent a blast at Sasha forcing her to duck out of the way while Becky swung her staff at her, striking her in the shoulder and sending her back. Sasha then ran up and kicked her in the back of the leg forcing her to one knee as Becky continued to move forward as she swung the staff, striking the older girl's left shoulder and then again in her right side. The blonde growled before cupping her hands around her mouth and screaming causing her sonic blast to echo and ring in Becky and Sasha's ears forcing them to back away and cover their ears in pain.
Megan took this as an opportunity and she stood before she drop kicked Becky and then turned to Sasha and blasted her away with her powers, far off to the other side of the yard as she crashed back into a small shed. As the Flair daughter focuses on Becky she saw the redhead's staff swing at her. She took a strike to the side but ducked under the next swing of the staff and punched Becky hard in the stomach. The next punch she aimed at Becky's face but the redhead blocked it with the staff and then kicked Megan in the stomach forcing her back.
Megan glared at the redhead before she pulled out a small dagger that she had stuffed away in her boot. She held it up and stepped to the girl before taking a harsh swing which Becky blocked. This continued as Megan attacked, swinging the dagger over and over to which Becky tried her hardest to block but she missed a few causing the girl to slice Becky's stomach.
Once slash cut Becky along the cheek and another slit open her hand, causing her to drop one end of the staff. Megan screamed at Becky, using the force to push the redhead into the ground. She grimaced at the girl before marching towards her as Becky laid on the ground in pain with her staff a few feet away from her. Megan smiled and knelt down beside Becky and pressed her knee into the girl's chest while she held her dagger to her jawline.
Becky winced in pain as Megan drew the dagger along her jaw before she heard the voice from earlier again, "Let me out!"
"You're a pretty little thing," Megan said with a smile, "My brother likes you"
"Really? He never said anything before...but then again.." Becky joked but stopped as Megan pressed more weight into her ribs.
"Not that brother," Megan said, understanding that Becky had meant David and the fact that his mouth was sewn shut. She dragged her dagger against Becky's skin before muttering,
"Reid...he likes your brain. He's seen it for himself. Seen what you can do. I've been instructed not to kill you, but the same can't be said about your friends"
"LET ME out!"
"Fuck you," Becky said, talking to both Megan and the voice in her head.
Megan laughed before stabbing her dagger into Becky's left shoulder causing the girl to groan in pain, "Once I'm done with you...I'll deal with the others. Maybe I'll cut the purple one's tongue out...she seems to talk too much. Then the other one...the tall one who likes to attack my brother...I'll make sure her death is long and painful"
Becky bucked and struggled under the girl at this but Megan just laughed and gripped the dagger in Becky's shoulder while her other hand found it's way around Becky's throat, "Aw...come on let me see that fire inside you"
"LET ME OUT!"
There was a rumbling almost but it felt like only Becky could feel it. It felt like her brain was shaking and her whole body shuddered at the power of the voice. The redhead could feel heat rise through her body and dark spots invaded her vision. Before Becky could speak Megan was sent flying off to the side, allowing Becky to roll over to her side as she coughed and struggled to regain her breath. Sasha ran over and quickly knelt beside her friend, "you okay?"
"I'm goin' ta kill that bitch" Becky grunted before she slowly stood with the help of Sasha and ripped the dagger out of her shoulder.
Becky slowly grabbed her staff from the ground before she and Sasha walked over to where Megan was lying in a bush of thorns. Sasha stepped forward but Becky waved her off, "Go around back...find Charlotte. I got this"
Sasha looked at her teammate for a second then down at Megan before nodding, "Stay safe"
"You too"
Sasha ran off around the house while Becky spun the staff above the girl.
"Kill her. Let me kill her!"
The redhead quickly began to land blows on Megan with the staff, striking her throat, effectively cutting off her vocal cords before she moved on to her ribs and face causing the girl to cower and cover herself as each blow sent her further into the bush of thorns. Becky slowly stood to her full height as she raised the staff, ready to bring it down but stopped when Megan raised her hand and called out, "Stop! Please"
Becky raised an eyebrow at her before holding the end of her staff to the girl's neck, "Tell me why I shouldn' smash yer head in?"
"Let me out!"
"Because...my brother has what you've been searching for," Megan said with a bloody smile
"I don' give two fookin' shits about yer brother!" Becky screamed, her Irish accent coming out in its fullest and it sounded like more than one person was talking.
"My brother can help you. Free you from your demons" Megan said, "He knows how to get all of those personalities out of you"
"I don't believe ya," Becky said, spitting out blood that was now falling and running down the side of her face from the cuts and leaking into her mouth.
"Well, let me take you to him….he can help you get rid of those monsters or whatever they call themselves. I'll-"
Becky slammed her staff down onto Megan's head, smashing her teeth and then bashing her eye as anger overtook her. She felt fire burn under her skin as her motions continued almost as if she had no control over it herself. The redhead's hair seemed to burn brighter and her eyes were a bright orangey red. The girl glared down at Megan who barely moved in the bush as her face was covered in welts and blood making her almost indistinguishable, "I'm no monster...I'm the man"
With Bayley
Bayley stood over David's unconscious body and looked around. She had knocked his head against the wall of the dining room enough times to knock him out and she could say that this room was fully destroyed. The mansion was dark and dirty like nobody had lived here in a while. The walls had cracks, holes that she and David didn't put there in their fight and the paint was peeling.
She stepped away from David and walked through the hole in the wall that separated the dining room and the hallway. She looked around but she was quickly tackled and lifted up in the air as a man ran her through a wall. Bayley used her powers to toughen her skin as she felt wall after wall hit her back until harsh brick connect with her back.
Bayley opened her eyes which she had closed unconsciously to see that the man was a SAnity member and he had sent her through all the walls of the house and she was now against a brick wall outside the back of the house. Bayley looked at the man just in time to see a series of punches aiming at her face.
After a third or fourth punch, Bayley stopped the next punch and closed her hand around his fist and moved it so they were looking at each other in the face. Bayley glared at the man, he had long hair with a beard to match and a fat stomach as he was dressed in a fur vest with a hood and dark pants. Bayley looked over the man as he watched his fist struggle in her grip before she headbutted him hard sending him stumbling backward. Bayley began to walk towards him before grabbing his vest and tossing him over her shoulder.
She didn't give the man a second glance as she continued back to the house. She was in the backyard, a garden it appeared. There was a fountain, old and dried out, and it was encased with dying flowers and overgrown grass. The brick wall that she had been held against was over 6ft tall and lined the end of the yard, half of it was broken down while the parts that stood had spray paint or vines covering it. There was a small gazebo to Bayley's right which only caught her attention as she heard laughing. She slowly stopped walking and turned to see another SAnity member leaning against the gazebo laughing.
"I remember you," the man said with a wide smile, he had no hair but a long, dark beard and he wore a similar vest to the other man but this one was decorated in colorful patches and it had no hood.
"I remember you too...you messed with my head," Bayley said as she pointed at the man and began to slowly walk towards him
"Eric Young," The man said as he stepped off the gazebo and took a bow, "It's one of my many tricks...just like this"
Bayley watched as Eric snapped his fingers and the garden around them seemed to come to life. The grass was now green and the flowers bloomed, the fountain was clean and working as it bounced off the rocks and splashed the ground and all of the spray paint was scrubbed clean off the walls. Bayley looked around at the garden before staring at the man, "So you have a party trick...Come closer and I'll show you mine"
Eric laughed before waved his finger, "Ah, ah, ah. This is not show and tell...it is hide and seek. You must find your friend before my friend finds you"
Bayley looked over at the wall that she had thrown the fat man over, "I think your friend is a bit preoccupied"
"I have many friends...you have met them. One you threw, one you see before you, one your friend took captive and one-"
Bayley looked at him confused but before he finished she was tackled once more by the third boy of the villainous group.
"One is on top of you" Eric finished with a laugh
"You creeps are like roaches" Bayley grunted before she kicked the man in the gut before pushing him off of her. She quickly stood and put her fist up while the man slowly got to his feet. Bayley used her powers to super punch the man but nothing happened as the villain disappeared.
Bayley looked around confused while Eric just laughed before the girl looked at him. He was still leaning against the gazebo while the man she tried to punch was standing beside him. Eric put his hand on his shoulder and said, "This is Wolfe. Say hello to our new friend Wolfe."
"Hello," the man said with a sinister smile causing Bayley to ball her fists before saying
"I am not your friend"
Eric continued to smile before Wolfe vanished causing Bayley to stand up taller as she began to look for him. However, she felt someone grab her by the waist and pick her up. Bayley thrashed around as Wolfe picked her up and slammed her on the ground knocking the wind out of her.
"Sorry about that. Wolfe gets a little excited" Eric said as he stepped down from the gazebo and walked over to where Bayley was being pinned down by Wolfe, "I think it's this scenery. What do you think? Ho-how about something more tropical?"
Eric snapped his fingers and they were suddenly at Florida Beach where Bayley had been many times with her parents when she was a child. Bayley quickly punched Wolfe and moved out from under him. Bayley stood and kicked Wolfe hard in the stomach causing him to roll over and hold his stomach.
As the man laid on his back Bayley went to punch him only to meet sand as the man disappeared. The girl looked around confused before seeing the beach full of people and none of them looked like Eric or Wolfe.
"Mommy look!"
Bayley turned to see a small girl standing in the water. Bayley squinted her eyes as a woman in her late twenties laughed and stood from the sand, "I see you baby girl"
"Mom?" Bayley muttered to herself as she looked the woman up and down.
"Mommy come into the water!"
"Okay. Okay" her mom laughed before walking into the water as she picked a young Bayley up and spun her around.
Bayley slowly walked closer to them, pushing through people that seemed to materialize, making it hard for her to see. Bayley eventually made it so she was standing on the sand right in front of young Bayley and her mom. She looked at her carefully. Her mother's hair was dyed light brown and she had fewer wrinkles. Her mother had a permanent smile and she wore a bright blue and pink sundress that stopped right above the water.
"Dad. Daddy! Come here!"
"I'm coming sweetheart!"
Bayley turned around to see her father stand from the sand farther back. Bayley watched him with wide eyes, she barely remembered her father ever walking. This was one of the only memories she had of him being able to walk. Bayley felt tears come to her eyes as her father walked closer and closer to her.
Suddenly her father was Wolfe and he punched her hard across the face, sending her to the ground. Bayley slowly moved her jaw in pain as she was suddenly on a cold kitchen floor. Bayley clenched and unclenched her hands before running them along the tiled floor. Bayley slowly pushed herself up to a standing position and began to look around.
It was night time and she was standing in a kitchen, her kitchen to be exact. There was a kitchen island and counters lined the 3 walls of the room while the fourth wall was open and showed a hallway. Bayley slowly walked up to the fridge to see small pictures and drawings that she remembered she had done as a little girl. Her father always kept everything she drew, even though none of them were any good. Also, there were plenty of pictures of Bayley from school photos and the recent trip to see Santa at the mall.
Bayley paused for a second and thought before she muttered to herself, "What day is it?"
There was a loud crash causing Bayley's eyes to widen as she looked at the date on the fridge for a brief second before rushing into the living room where a masked man was standing by their Christmas tree. The living room was small and only lit by the light from the street that shined through the now broken window. There was a Christmas tree up and presents lined the corner of the room under it, the fireplace had a string of popcorn and child drawn art and the walls were covered in pictures of the family.
The man in the mask looked around at the Christmas tree and the presents before he began taking them and packing them into a large knapsack. Bayley slowly stepped up and stood across from the man before calling out, "Hey!"
The man didn't stop what he was doing, he continued packing away the presents, shaking a few to see what was inside before tossing it into his bag anyway. Bayley frowned and stepped forward slowly as she shook, slightly from rage at this man breaking into her childhood home and slightly from fear at the fact that this is the man who broke into her childhood home and paralyzed her father. Bayley cleared her throat before saying, "He-hey! Stop!"
The man slowly looked up at Bayley as he straightened up to his full height. He was a grown man, taller and bigger than Bayley and Bayley couldn't help but shake as the man took a step towards her, "Hello Bayley."
"Y-you know my name?" Bayley asked, cursing herself for feeling so scared
"Your father screams it in about...ten minutes...when I break his spine," The man said causing Bayley to ball her fist up
"I won't let you hurt him...not this time," Bayley said as she stood up a little
The man seemed to laugh before he said, "Is this it...is this your big moment Bayley? To stand up to the man who tore your family apart...because you didn't do much last time around" The man said as he pointed up causing Bayley to turn around and see a young Bayley standing at the top of the stairs, clutching one of the railing posts. She was wearing a purple t-shirt and pajama pants and she looked scared as she looked back at Bayley. Bayley squinted and took a step towards her younger self but stopped when there was a loud crash behind her and the younger girl screamed causing Bayley's mother to run up behind her and pull her away.
Bayley turned around to see the man standing over her father who laid through a broken table while the masked man slowly stood. He was breathing heavily and his mask was off. Bayley quickly rushed over to him but stopped when the man looked at her. He had dark hair and tanned skin with a cut over his left eyebrow, His nose looked like it had been broken before and his eyes had a purple glow to them. Bayley shook as the man smirked at her before she was hit over the back of the head causing her to fall to the ground. Bayley winced as her head hit the floor hard before she was turned over as the man who broke into her home was suddenly on top of her punching her repeatedly in the face. Through every punch, Bayley's vision blurred and the image of the man changed between the robber and Wolfe.
After a while, Wolfe got off Bayley and the girl's head rolled to the side as blood streamed down her face. She winced and tried to move but every part of her hurt. She tried once more and slowly got her elbows under her as Wolfe came back into her vision with a baseball bat. Bayley slowly backed away from the vision but stopped immediately as she felt glass from the broken coffee table embedded in her back. Bayley quickly looked over to see her father's pained face as he struggled in his own pool of blood.
Bayley looked at her father with sad eyes as tears slowly rolled down her face. Bayley cursed to herself, why the hell was she crying. She was a hero God damn it, a WWE hero at that. She shouldn't cry. Her father was the main reason she wanted to be a hero. This whole night was the reason why she became a hero, she spent almost every day of her childhood replaying this night, trying to change the outcome, and now...here she was again, and she didn't do shit. Her father was paralyzed and the robber was going to do the same to her.
"No MachoMan to save you this time," Wolfe said as he became the robber again
Bayley's mind went to MachoMan. He told her she could be a hero. He told her to be brave and smile in the face of danger. He told her that a true hero knew the strengths of their opponents and smiled because they knew that the power and strength inside their own heart was greater. Bayley had to be strong, for her mother, for her father, for MachoMan...for herself. Bayley was quickly brought out of her thoughts as Wolfe brought the baseball bat down on her right knee and they both watched as it did nothing.
Bayley felt energy flow through her. It felt like when she would charge up her fist of her legs while using her powers, but this time it was her whole body. Wolfe looked confused before bringing the bat down on her midsection but was again met with nothing. The bat seemed to bounce back as if it was met with steel. Bayley looked down at her body as her head stopped hurting and the energy continued to flow through her. Wolfe continued hitting Bayley as the girl slowly stood, each hit from the bat bouncing off her with no effect. Eventually, Wolfe had given up and resorted to throwing actual punches but they had no effect.
"Have your energy flowing at all times" Bayley muttered to herself as she thought about what AJ Lee had told her once before during their training. The girl smiled to herself before catching one of Wolfe's fists. The man stared at her before Bayley punched Wolfe in the face while she held his hand causing him to fall to one knee.
Bayley kneed the man in his face causing him to fall back while Bayley stood over him, "I don't need MachoMan to save me anymore."
"Can't say the same about your daddy over there?" the robber said with a smug smile. Bayley growled and straddled the man before she began to lay punches into the man who just laughed at her as blood fell from his nose, "That all you got...I'm the man who paralyzed your father!"
Bayley grew angry and punched the man harder, letting her rage overtake her as the man under her slowly began to change.
"Bayley!"
The girl continued to punch the man under her, as he became Wolfe from SAnity. He simply laughed at her as their surroundings began to change. Bayley could see out of the corner of her eye that they were no longer in her house but she was too focused on the man under her to care. The figure continued to change between Wolfe and the robber. The man who she hated for most of her childhood. The man who took away her father's ability to walk, the man who was the root of most of her parents' fights.
"Bayley stop!"
Bayley continued punching as the figure changed into her father but Bayley was too blinded by rage to notice. She continued to beat her father into a pulp until the figure shifted into Sasha. Bayley's eyes widened as she slowly brought her hand down to touch Sasha. The purple haired girl was practically unconscious and barely breathing. Bayley's heart quickened and she got a sickening feeling in her gut, she would never hurt Sasha. Sh-she couldn't. Sasha slowly lifted her bloody hands to Bayley's face and looked at her with a sad look before she said,
"Bayley...why?"
"No...no I-I.." Bayley couldn't find her words as Sasha coughed up blood before glaring at Bayley
"I trusted you"
"Sasha I'm sorry I-"
"How could you do this to me?" The figure screamed as it flashed between Sasha and her paralyzed father from that night. Bayley's heart ached and her mind felt like it was being split in two as the figure under her flashed between every person she loved from Sasha to her father and mother to the rest of her team even to Macho Man himself. Bayley held her head in her hands before letting out a scream
"ENOUGH!" The girl reeled her arm back and punched down on whoever the person was causing the talking to stop.
Bayley went to punch again but stopped when someone grabbed her arm causing her to look back and see Sasha staring at her with wide eyes. Sasha held Bayley's arm with all her strength before she slowly said, "What are you doing?"
Bayley looked at her with a raised eyebrow before turning her head back down to the man under her to see that there was nothing there. No person, no blood, nothing but dirt and grass. Bayley slowly took her arm from Sasha's grip and slowly looked down at the ground, running her hands over the dirt that she had punched a hole in. Her hands were grimy and dirty and blood caked her knuckles, but it was her own blood, nobody else's.
"T-the...the man. He was...and you-" Bayley started but Sasha placed her hand on her shoulders and bent down in front of her
"Bayley look at me," Sasha said barely above a whisper, "There is no man...there is nothing out here okay?"
Bayley looked around with wide eyes to see the garden was just like how it was when she had first arrived. Everything was dirty, broken and old, the garden was no more and the spray paint was once again on the walls. Bayley quickly looked to the gazebo to see there was no one there, "But I saw-"
"You're head is still messed up. I told you to sit this one out and yet here you are running into trouble" The purple haired girl said seriously, "Come on...we need to get to Charlotte"
Sasha stood and helped Bayley up with her, holding her hand and checking her for any wounds as they stood there. Bayley watched her carefully with wide eyes as her hands and body trembled before she said, "Sasha.."
"Yeah?"
"I love you," Bayley said before pulling the girl into a tight hug
Sasha smiled and hugged the girl back, "I love you too"
The two pulled just before the rain started to fall. A few drops started then more and more until it was pouring down on them. Sasha squinted her eyes and looked up at the sky before holding out her hand to look at the rain. She looked at Bayley who's eyes darted around slightly scared of what, Sasha didn't know but she could see her girlfriend trembling in front of her.
"Inside...come on," Sasha said, guiding the girl out the garden and up to a small fence that led to a backyard pool.
"Where is Becky?" Bayley whispered
"Front of the house," Sasha said as she held Bayley's hand, the two walked around the pool and up to the glass, backdoor, "We will see her in a bit."
Sasha carefully opened the door and lead Bayley inside, "Ah! There you two are. My sister has been waiting for you"
Lights were turned on and Bayley and Sasha squinted their eyes at the light before Sasha saw
a boy sitting on the kitchen island counter. Sasha put her arm out over Bayley who stood behind her as the blonde boy stood and walked up to them slowly before holding his hand out, "Richard Flair...better known as Reid Flair...the dead brother of your friend...my sister
Ashley... ."
Sasha stared at the boy's hand but said nothing causing the boy to frown and drop his hand before he turned and walked over to the kitchen island and began to pour himself a drink, "Come in...take a seat. We have much to discuss"
The two were then pulled inside by the third SAnity boy who Bayley had thought she punched into the ground not too long ago. The taller girl stared at him with wide eyes as she and Sasha were pushed further into the room, standing in the space between the kitchen and living room while the man closed the glass door and stood in front of it. Bayley never took her eyes off of him while Sasha glared at the boy in front of them as he drinks a cup of wine.
"I see you've met the riff-raff," Reid said as he pointed to Wolfe before taking another sip of his wine.
"I think I remember sending him to prison," Sasha said sarcastically causing the man to bristle and step forward causing Bayley to jump and almost fall to the ground. Sasha grabbed Bayley and stared at her with worried eyes.
"What is wrong with this one?" Reid asked as he pointed to Bayley
"One of your...riff-raff messed with her head" Sasha said as she placed Bayley on the other side of her, away from the SAnity member only for Eric Young to appear beside her, this time causing Bayley to fall on her butt and whimper as she backpedaled away from him and into the back of the couch. Sasha rolled her eyes and held her hand out, using her powers to push the man out and through the archway of the living room but he just appeared again in front of her. He smiled in her face with a dirty grin before roughly placing a collar around her neck, the exact collars that the engineering students had made to cancel out powers. He grinned at Sasha as she struggled to rip off the collar before he moved and placed another collar on Bayley's neck as well. Sasha stepped forward to attack the man but Reid's words stopped her.
"I wouldn't do that...those collars aren't just for decoration" He said causing Sasha to stop and just glare at the SAnity leader as he placed more chains on her and Bayley, cuffing their hands together before he moved to stand in front of Bayley He smirked at her before blowing red powder into her face causing her to crumble even further into herself. Sasha quickly pushed the man away from Bayley sending him over towards his teammate who was grinning and laughing.
"What did you do to her?" Sasha asked them harshly
"You'll see"
"You seem to keep strange company. What did you promise them to help you?" Sasha asked Reid
"Nothing. They like Chaos...they'll do anything if I ask."
"Is that how you get your rocks off?" Sasha asked causing Reid to snicker, "I thought you were dead."
"Well obviously...I'm not," Reid said with a smirk, "Any other questions?"
"Where is our friend?" Sasha asked
"Your friend? Oh you mean my sister? Well, she's just in the other room...I'll get her if you'd like" Reid asked with a smile before placing his cup down, "Charlotte! Your friends are here!"
Sasha turned and looked as Ric Flair walked in, holding Charlotte's arm as he dragged her past the living room and into the kitchen to stand beside Reid. The blonde looked unhurt as she wore a fancy dress but she frowned when she saw the appearance of her friends. Sasha looked at her before asking, "You okay?"
Charlotte nodded before asking, "You?"
Sasha looked down at Bayley who still cowered down on the ground beside her feet before looking back to her, "We've been better"
"Ah well, now that the pleasantries are out of the way," Reid said as he stepped away from the counter before continuing, "I do believe that someone is missing...many people are missing actually"
Reid turned to his father before saying, "Where are my other siblings?"
"David was found unconscious...at the hands of...this one" Ric said as he nodded towards Bayley
"This one?" Reid asked, not believing him, "This...wreck knocked out big ol' David?"
"She has much more bite in her when she's in the right mind," Sasha said
"I'm sure" the boy responded sarcastically before looking to Eric and Wolfe, "And you two? Where is your other friend? The fat one?"
"She threw him over the wall," Eric said as he glared at Bayley
"Really?" Reid asked in disbelief, practically laughing at them all, "This girl took out my biggest people? Unbelievable! And where the hell is Megan? Did she knock her out too?"
Just as he said this the front door of the mansion was kicked in and the sound of something dragging could be heard as it made its way closer to them. Eric and Wolfe stepped up and rushed through the archway, out of sight from the others as they headed towards the noise but they were then thrown back by a gust of fire, sending them through the living room and out the window. Eric flying straight through while Wolfe landed halfway outside, his body cut in half by the glass that seemed to pierce his lower waist.
Reid rushed over to him, examining burns on the side of his face as he coughed up blood and soon stopped breathing. The youngest Flair son looked out the window so see Eric laying outside in the pool before turning his attention to the archway where the fiery redhead appeared. The sleeves of her shirt had burned off and blood covered her left arm as she dragged Megan's body into the living room.
"This is yours," The Irish woman said before gritting her teeth as she threw Megan's lifeless body towards him
Charlotte gasped and covered her mouth in shock at the sight while Sasha stared with wide eyes. She held Bayley's shoulder, keeping her down behind the couch so she couldn't see as she stared at the redhead. She had only seen her like this before, once when they were at the bank and she was fighting Charlotte, "Shit"
"Ah, Becky! I see you came to join the party" Reid said with a smile as he held his arms out with fake enthusiasm
"Not my name," The redhead said as fire began to slowly dance on her arms.
"Rebecca?" Reid tried again, a smile still etched on his face.
"Not my name" she said again as the fires grew. Reid looked at Sasha and Charlotte who stared at their friend with wide eyes. Ric stepped away from Charlotte and moved to the living room but the redhead turned her head and glared at the man with bright red eyes, "Another step and I'll burn ya alive old man"
Ric carefully put his hand out and took another step causing Becky to turn and hold her arm out to him ready to blast him, "Did I stutter?"
Ric didn't seem intimidated by the girl as he stood his ground. He slowly placed his hands in the pockets of his red suit pants before flashing a smile, "You're just a kid...like the rest of them. I think I'll take my chances"
The fires sparked and seemed to crackle on her arms causing Sasha and Charlotte to stiffen, the blonde looked between her father and her friend before quietly saying, "Becky...don't"
"Not my name" the girl growled out as she continued to hold her hand out, her fingers inches away from Charlotte's father as fire danced around her arm.
"Then what is your name?" Sasha asked causing the redhead to look at her while Charlotte moved to grab her father's arm, pulling him back, "Who are you?"
"I'm the man"
With that the redhead shot a blast of fire at Reid sending him back through the broken window. Ric pulled away from his daughter and sent a sonic "wooo" towards the redhead forcing her to back through the TV and wall of the living room. Ric ran over to his son, climbing through the window as he bent down to help him up, "Are you alright son?"
"Get off me old man!" Reid said angrily as he sat up and stared through the whole in the house,
"Where the hell is Shane! Get him here now!"
Ric nodded and ran back into the house passing the girls while Charlotte moved quickly over to her friends. She bent down in front of Bayley and took her head in her hands, "Bayley...look at me. You are all right"
Bayley seemed to rock back and forth on the ground as she shook her head violently with her eyes clenched shut, "No. No. I'm sorry I-"
"They messed with her head...bad. We need to get out of here" Charlotte said, looking up to Sasha who still stood over them
"Really?" She asked sarcastically, "well I was thinking about sticking around, maybe having a family dinner."
"Shut up" Charlotte said as she stood and moved to stand in front of Sasha. She quickly grabbed at the chains that held her friend and began to slowly freeze them before the sound of sizzling and grunting could be heard. The two looked back to see Becky slowly standing from the crumbling wall, her body was completely covered in flames and she had an angry glare in her eyes as she cracked her neck before marching outside.
Sasha's hand cuffs were soon completely frozen and she looked back to the blonde, "Go!"
"What?" Charlotte asked confused
"Go stop Becky! She's going to kill your brother" Sasha said before she ripped her hands apart and broke her chains which were fragile from the ice, "Stop her...before she does something she'll regret when she's...normal again. I'll help Bayley."
Charlotte nodded and ran off after Becky while Sasha looked down at Bayley, she sighed before bending down in front of her, "Bayley...I need you right now. We need you. Come back to us. Come back to me"
There was no response but Sasha heard footsteps coming down the stairs so she quickly placed a kiss on Bayley's forehead before moving to the living room, standing in the archway so she could see who was coming. She ran her hands up to the collar still placed around her neck before mentally cursing. She had no powers, but...she did have the bracelet that Becky gave her before.
She rolled it down so the beads were wrapped around her palm and she clenched down as the footsteps came closer. Soon a warm wave of energy shot out the bracelet and purple light covered her hand. Sasha looked down at it confused as purple energy seemed to fit like a glove around her hand, as Ric and Shane came into view Sasha's hand raised towards them and a small whirring sound could be heard from the glove before a blast shot out of her palm. Shane and Ric were blasted back and Sasha lowered her glove to look at it in its fullest. It was a blaster of some sort, it completely protected her hand and had fine details in it that made it look like the metal hands from Ironman.
As Ric stood Sasha sent another blast at his feet forcing him to stumble back while she just laughed in joy and in shock, "I'm fucking ironman!"
With Charlotte
"Wait stop...stop! I can help you...I can cure you! Help you get rid of your other personalities!" Reid pleaded as he backed away from the redhead. It was still raining outside and the rain seemed to make the girl sizzle and steam as her flames were dim but still visible.
"Your sister said the same thing before I killed her" The girl said with a straight face
"Becky!" Charlotte called out as she saw her friend standing over her brother who was backpedalling away from her.
The redhead stopped walking and looked back at Charlotte, "Not my name"
"The Man… or whatever you call yourself" Charlotte said correcting herself, "Leave my brother alone!"
The redhead looked down at the boy before looking back to Charlotte with a blank expression,
"No"
The girl raised her arm but stopped as she took notice to the rain for the first time that poured down on them. She turned her palm upwards and caught a few drops of rain in her hand while the boy below her laughed a little and continued to back away, "T-The rain! Ha! You can't do anything in this rain!"
Charlotte sighed in relief and moved to step closer to the girl but stopped when The Man summoned her staff and walked over to Eric's body. Charlotte could see him still breathing as he clenched and unclenched his eyes in pain. He had managed to crawl out of the pool and he laid on the grass struggling to move. The Man stood over him before looking up at the rain and then looking to Reid, "Illusion"
"What?" The boy asked before The Man slammed her staff through the back of Eric causing him to yell in pain before she twisted it and then pulled the staff free, revealing blood on the end.
Charlotte gasped and covered her mouth as she watched the man slowly die causing the rain to stop and soon The Man's flames returned before she started walking towards Reid again.
Charlotte quickly ran across the yard and stood in front of her brother, standing in The Man's way, "Enough! Y-you made your point. What do you want?"
The Man stared at the blonde with her red eyes before she looked down at Reid who sat on the ground behind Charlotte. She raised her staff to point at the boy before saying, "He dies...Rebecca dies"
Charlotte looked confused before looking back at her brother, "What do you mean?"
"He created Rebecca he dies sh-"
"I-I didn't create her! Shane did!" Reid called out causing Charlotte to look confused Shane McMahon was in on this?
The Man shook her head, "Shane made the serum, ya made Rebecca"
The Man took a step forward but Charlotte stepped in her way again and looked her in her eyes while The Man glared back at her. She tilted her head at Charlotte before saying, "We met before...ya couldn' beat me then...I don' think ya could beat me now either"
Charlotte knew the girl was right, when they fought in the bank she got her ass handed to her. She had to get Bayley to take on The girl just slow her down while they had to knock out the other SAnity girl to get Becky back. However with the condition Bayley was in she was not an option. The blonde would have to do this by herself, she had to if she wanted to save her brother. Her short time being reconnected with her brother caused her to see that he was a crazy, broken shell of what he used to be and she still didn't know his full plans but just seeing him cower under Becky made her roll her eyes.
Her brother was a punk Charlotte thought as she looked down before looking back at the redhead, but he was still her brother, "I'm willing to try"
The Man glared at her before Charlotte ran towards her, tackling her shoulder into the girl's stomach as she drove her back. She took the girl by surprise as The Man had dropped her staff before she quickly recovered. The Man wrapped her arm around Charlotte's neck and raised her knee hard in the blonde's stomach to create some separation. The Man threw some punches at Charlotte's head before pushing the girl back. As Charlotte stood back up The Man kicked her hard in the stomach forcing Charlotte to bend forward in pain while The Man walked up to her and grabbed the blonde by her hair and pulled her up enough so she was looking at the redhead in the face. The blonde looked at her friend before headbutting her roughly forcing her to let go of her hold.
The Man stumbled back and glared at Charlotte who slowly stood to her full height. Out of the corner of the blonde's eye she could see her brother slowly getting up and moving towards the back fence. The Man seemed to notice this too and she ran past Charlotte but the blonde grabbed the redhead by the back of her shirt and pulled her back before shooting a blast of ice at her brother freezing him in place.
Charlotte had tossed her teammate back causing her to land on one knee as she growled and glared at the girl, "Move and I won't kill ya too"
"Becky wouldn't hurt me" Charlotte said as she stood her ground while the redhead slowly stood
"I'm not Becky" The redhead said as her flames grew.
The blonde watched her and let ice cover her arms, "Then I won't feel too bad about this"
The blonde sent a blast of ice at the redhead who dodged it before shooting her own blast of fire at the blonde. Charlotte quickly put up a blockade of ice that stopped the blast but before she could do anything else The Man jumped over the blockade and landed behind Charlotte. The blonde quickly turned around to see the redhead before she grabbed Charlotte by the neck and slammed her against the ice wall. She gave Charlotte a smirk and squeezed the girl's neck as her hands heated, "Yer not so tough. You first...then yer brother"
The redhead's hands heated and began to burn Charlotte's neck causing Charlotte to bring her arms up quickly and push The Man's arm away before shooting her right arm forward and blasting the redhead back with ice. The blast sent the redhead far enough back that she bounced off the fence before Charlotte shot another blast of ice freezing her to the fence. The blonde slowly walked up to the redhead who rolled her eyes, "You're not so tough yourself"
The ice covered the girl's body but not her right hand as she looked down and aimed her hand at the girl sending a blast of fire at Charlotte. The blast clipped Charlotte's side and caused her to fall to one knee as she held her side in pain. She felt heat run through body as pain radiated against her nerves and her side aches. She carefully lifted her hand so see blood staining her shirt from the burn before looking up to see The Man freeing herself from the ice, "Give it up."
Charlotte looked to the ground as she thought, there was no way to beat the redhead, she could always just melt her ice and when she was like this she was practically indestructible. Charlotte looked over at her brother before looking around the yard, her eyes stopping on the pool. She could freeze the girl in the pool it would slow her down much longer than her other blasts of ice.
However it wouldn't hold the blonde ran her hand down from her side and looked over at the belt on Eric Young's pants.
The blonde's mind started whirling before she quickly came up with an idea. Charlotte quickly pulled the belt from the dead man before she looked to The Man and slowly stood so they were facing off in front of the pool. The two exchange shots of ice and fire before get close enough to start a fist fight, they went back and forth for a while as Charlotte delivered several chops to the redhead and she in turn gave Charlotte a various amount of elbows. They danced around the edge of the pool until Charlotte finally got the upper hand and speared The Man into the pool. Charlotte quickly grabbed her friend and dragged her to the bottom of the pool before she froze the whole thing.
Charlotte carefully moved the water in the ice around her so she could free herself while her teammate stayed frozen, glaring at her. Charlotte took the belt and moved around the redhead before she wrapped the belt around her wrists and pulled her down to the drain at the bottom of the pool. Charlotte carefully pulled the strap of the belt as tight as she could so the girl was chained to the bottom of the pool before unfreezing the whole thing and draining all the water. The Man struggled against the belt as she gasped for air while Charlotte stood and moved in front of her.
Charlotte watched her friend for a second as the girl choked before punching her across the face. The blonde bit her lip before punching her again, she would feel bad about this when Becky was back to normal but right now she needed to knock the girl out. The blonde sent another hard punch at the bridge of the redhead's nose, busting it and causing blood to immediately flow from her face. However, the girl's head just snapped to the side before she looked up at the blonde with a glare.
"Ya punch like a bitch" The girl said before roughly tugging at the belt
Charlotte stared at her friend before she covered her fist in a block of ice and began to land punch after punch into the girl until she finally knocked her out. The blonde groaned and held her hand in pain at the force of the last punch before she shook it off and looked down at the girl. She was slumped forward in a pool of blood with her hands cuffed before her still. Charlotte quickly lifted the girl's head and placed a thin patch of ice over the busted nose to stop the bleeding before she crawled out of the pool.
"Charlotte!" The blonde quickly looked up to see Sasha coming out the backdoor, the girl had a few bruises on her face and arm and her right hand was covered in a purple glow, "Where's Becky?"
"Unconscious in the pool" Charlotte said as she walked up to the girl, "Where's Bayley?"
Sasha sighed at this before nodding her head back to the door as she let the purple glove become a bracelet again, "Still messed up. This whole thing was a lot more draining than I thought it would be"
"Did you think it would be a cake walk?" Charlotte asked jokingly
Sasha glared at the girl before walking up to the edge of the pool to look at their friend. She immediately jerked away at the sight before staring at Charlotte in slight shock, "what the hell?"
"I had to knock her out some way" Charlotte said
Sasha ran her hands down her face and sighed before looking back to the blonde to say, "You think she'll be back to normal when she's wake up?"
Charlotte though for a second before shaking her head, "No...I don't think so. The last time the only way to get her back to normal was because we got the girl from SAnity, but I don't know what happened to her."
"What do you mean?"
Charlotte looked around at Eric and Wolfe's dead bodies, "The girl wasn't with them. My brother managed to get SAnity to work for him and all of them were here except for her"
"Well why don't we ask your brother" Sasha suggested as she pointed to the boy who was still frozen against the fence.
The two carefully looked at the boy as they walked up to him, watching as he struggled against the ice. Once he noticed their presence he gave a timid smile before saying, "Uh...he-hello ladies."
Sasha looked at Charlotte with a raised eyebrow while the blonde simply rolled her eyes before saying, "You have a lot of explaining to do"
A/N: Hope this chapter made sense I kind of wrote it in two parts so when I put it together I didn't know if it would come together right. Anyway review what you think and what you want to see and also make sure to follow, favorite and all that good stuff so you can be updated for the next chapters.
