"C'mon Bayley, you're taking a break whether you like it or not" Dakota said dragging Bayley by the wrist.
"I still don't understand why we couldn't just play video games at my place" Bayley whined.
For the entire winter break that all students had off to spend time with friends and family, Bayley spent her's locked in her apartment endlessly searching any platform of social media for crimes that were reported. She survived on cheap take out and uber eats, all while never taking her eyes off her phone, not even when she went to the bathroom. She only left once to help out at the homeless shelter for Christmas.
All the friends knew that being the Whisper Wind Four and protecting the town was a full time job, but Bayley took it to the next level. Always looking for rumors, leads, pictures, and especially crime reports. Even when she was sleeping she had her phone on full volume just in case she got an alert that may be crime related. Bayley was extremely dedicated and was ready to do her part at a moments notice.
At the same time, this meant she rarely had any time to herself. Also, her friends got tired of her always texting them about every little detail in the group chat they shared. So it was decided that Bayley needed a break and Dakota was going to make sure she took one. So currently Dakota was taking Bayley to her place to hang out for a bit. Which Bayley wasn't pleased about.
Dakota rolled her eyes "One, because you've been cramped up in that apartment for almost two weeks straight. Two, I have real food at my house. Three, all your games suck. Besides crimes really slow during the day, and it's nothing the cops can't handle for right now".
Bayley knew she had a point, after all she practically hissed when she saw daylight "I guess
You're right. Still though, I don't know how much I like Dean and Liv at my place all alone".
"Please, how much trouble can they cause" Dakota assured.
At Bayley's Apartment
"Dude, how come girls showers are so much nicer than guys" Dean said, walking out into the living room, wet and wearing Bayley's baby blue robe that was too small for him.
Liv who was standing on the counter turned to him "Probably because we actually care about our hygiene. Also, your putting that robe to work yo".
Liv laughed as Dean flexed his chest "Thank you, one thing's for sure though. I need to get me a loofah. And why are you standing on the counter?".
"Because Bayley puts her cookies on the top shelf and I'm too short" Liv huffed out as she jumped down with cookies in her hands.
The two friends made their way to the living room and Liv checked Bayleys phone. Which Dean noticed "Find anything on the crime scene?".
"On crime, no but…" Liv smirked "I did find Bayleys debit card, you thinking what I'm thinking".
Dean smiled "You order some pizza, and I'll put some clothes on and grab the beer out of Becky's fridge".
"We're like two peas in a pod yo" Liv said as they high fived.
Dean's eyes lit up "Oh, and we should order a movie. What do you feel like watching".
The two pondered this for a minute before yelling simultaneously "DIE HARD!".
Back to Bayley and Dakota
"Oh man I forgot my debit card" Bayley realizes she left her wallet at home.
Dakota then gave the cashier some cash to pay for their hot chocolate "Don't worry I got it".
The two began to walk down the street together, letting the heat from their beverage warm their hands on this cold day. The day truly did seem pretty calm today, seeing as it was the end of the holiday season most people wanted to be at home enjoying the final days of their winter vacation before going back to work or school. If there was ever a time for Bayley to disconnect from her phone it would be today and she had no better person in Dakota to spend that day with.
The two have gotten closer since the first time they met when Bayley saw Dakota getting beat up by Nikki and her clique. For Bayley she could talk to Dakota for hours and never bring up the subject of mutants and the town. They just had so much in common, but sometimes they had disagreements.
"Like I told you, there's no way AEW will ever be competition for WWE" Bayley insisted.
"Maybe not yet, but give it a year or two and will be talking about a Monday night wars type of competition" Dakota insisted.
The two continued to go back and forth on this until they entered the park. Crossing the park was a shortcut to Dakota's house but were stopped in their tracks as they saw a large crowd forming. As they got closer they see bright lights flashing and the crowd chanting "CLEANSE THE TOWN! CLEANSE THE TOWN!".
Curiosity got the best of them as they walked closer to the crowd to see what the commotion was all about. They followed behind the crowd but kept their distance.
Once they got closer, Dakota rolled her eyes at the scene "Dear god, Look at all these people drooling over Nikki's stepfather".
Bayley then looked at the man standing behind a podium "So that's Nikki and Brie step dad huh".
Jon Laurinaitis, Bayley had heard many things about this man from Dakota, and from what Becky told her about meeting him in person. He was a blatant mutant hater and was damn proud of it.
The crowd settled in as Jon spoke "Ladies and Gentlemen, what we have here is the salvation of our town. While the rest of the world gives into this farce that is 'Mutant equality'. We will be the town that brings this world back to the old times, a time where the human reigned supreme and of course…".
As Jon Laurinaitis babbled on, Dakota pointed at her mouth as she pretended to gag. Bayley couldn't agree more with Dakota's reaction, but it appeared that these two were the odd women out. The crowd that gathered around for the rally were clinging onto every word. The people who Laurinaitis catered to was humans who discriminated against mutants. He said all the things that they wanted to hear, and soon he formed a cult like following.
Jon Laurinaitis was clearly a bigot and the people ate up every word he said "And don't even get me started on the Whisper Wind Four. This dangerous group of vigilantes is going around acting like they own the place. If we do not act soon, every mutant will think they can do as they please. These mutants, no, these animals need to be put back in their cage and learn who the proper authority is".
The crowd popped, it may not be the biggest crowd, but it seemed every year the crowd got a little bigger and Dakota noticed "It gets worse every year, it feels like we're moving backwards".
"Maybe you're right" Bayley said.
Causing Dakota to look at her perplexed "That's sure not what I expected from you, where's the positive spin?".
To which Bayley shrugged "Oh no, it's just that I knew this would happen. With a new group of mutants protecting the town, it's understandable some people may be a little standoffish at first. So much so even a guy like Laurinaitis may sound correct, but once they see what we're really about all that will change. What I'm saying is, sometimes you just got to take a step backward to take two steps forward".
Yet again Bayley found a way to make Dakota feel better about this town "Man you're just always thinking ahead aren't you".
Back at the podium Jon was wrapping up his speech "Someone needs to stand up and put these mutants in their place, someone needs to be strong enough to take the heat and remind everyone that the human race will forever be the superior race. That someone is me!".
After hearing enough Bayley and Dakota were about to leave before they heard a familiar accent "Is that right Mr. Laurinaitis".
Walking up to the stage was Paige, Sonya, Mandy and Sasha. Which caught Bayley by surprise, "What is she doing here with them".
Paige and her group completely passed by everyone and made their way onto the stage. Security saw that they were trying to get to Laurinaitis and were about to go and arrest the girls, but Sonya, whose power allowed her to slow down her opponent's attack in her head and react in real time. Quickly knocked all the security off the stage, leaving only them and Jon Laurinaitis. Paige then walked to Laurinaitis, who stood tall not wanting to look weak in front of his followers.
Paige then gave Sasha a nod, and with that she stepped up to the podium. Everyone watched, anticipating what Sasha would do. She gave Jon Laurinaitis a cheeky smile before simply poking the podium he was just standing at. Once The tip of Sasha's finger made contact with the podium it shattered into thousands of pieces.
Laurinaitis looked on wide eyed, while Bayley and Dakota were beginning to get a bad feeling. As they watched their friend standing toe to toe with one of the most powerful men in Whisper Wind Fall's.
"Sasha, don't do anything stupid" Bayley pleaded to herself.
They weren't the only ones watching though. Dean and Liv stopped in the middle of their movie to see that the news was now airing the events that were taking place in the park with Sasha, Paige, Sonya, and Mandy.
"Damn it Sasha are you fucking nuts" Dean asked.
"We should probably head over their yo" Liv suggested.
Dean nodded his head and the two ran out of the apartment.
Then, thousands of miles away sitting on her bed in New York, Becky was watching a live stream of the scene from her phone. As everything unfolded Becky punches the wall next to her. Her ginger hair began to flare up, turning bright orange and was flaring up.
She was frustrated that she was stuck here and couldn't do anything to help her friend and prevent her from doing something she'd regret.
"Please Sasha, I know he deserves it, but don't hurt him. You'll only prove his point if you do" Becky anxiously sat rocking back and forth.
Every mutant and human in town was watching. They had no idea what was going on. Some mutants wanted the group of girls to beat the shit out of Jon Laurinaitis. While some humans were screaming at their tv for the arrest of the mutant girls. Everybody else watched as the balance and the very little amount of peace the town had was in jeopardy.
Back at the scene, Paige bent over to grab the microphone out of the rubble of the shattered podium. Once she did her and Jon Laurinaitis had a stare off. The two icy glares of two people who could not be more different. The human man who hated mutants with every fiber of his being. The mutant girl who had been rejected and ridiculed the moment she was brought into this earth, were now standing face to face.
Finally Paige brought the mic to her face "Mr. Laurinaitis, let's get one thing straight. You will never be superior to anyone. Now this is not an attack, no. This is a warning, a warning to every human who has ever openly belittled and harmed a mutant. For years we have just stood by as we let you decide when we would become equal. We let you decide when we could have basic rights. Well, no more for now on, we are taking back the respect you humans have ripped away from us!".
Paige then turns her attention to the group of humans who came to support the Jon Laurinaitis rally "As for all you and every human watching. From this point on, you will now know the fear we live with every day. We will be watching you all like a hawk. Today we won't hurt anyone or you Jon, but starting immediately after this rally. We will defend all mutants being harmed by any human. We will find you, we will hurt you, and we will not stop until we see real changes being made in this town".
Paige then snapped her finger and two boys from the school swoop down and picked up Mandy and Sonya and flew away. Before they left everyone got a good look at them. They were brothers, and it appeared that they had black wings coming out from their back.
"Wait, are those the Uso twin?" Dakota asked.
Bayley groaned "looks like there's more than the four of them".
Paige then gave one last comment "You have all been warned by… Absolution".
Then the Uso twins came by and stood behind Paige and Sasha.
Seeing as they were about to leave Bayley yelled out "Sasha wait!".
She needed answers, she needed to know why Sasha would rather go off with them then stay with her friends. Sure, maybe she and Bayley didn't get along, but for her to turn her back on the others just didn't make sense. She needed to know why.
It didn't matter, because moments later the Uso's flew off with the girls. Just before they left, Bayley saw the smirk on Sasha's face. She looked so sure of herself and with her decisions. Sasha was gone and for some reason, that upset Bayley.
Soon after the crowd from the rally disbursed and ran frantic. Then in the madness Dean and Liv came up to Bayley and Dakota. Liv who still had Bayley's phone put Becky on FaceTime so she could listen in on the conversation.
Dean then threw his hands up, "Guys, what the hell just happened".
No one knew, none of them could come up with a reason as to why things were going down like this. No one had any answers.
Except Becky "I'll tell you what happened".
Everyone turned their attention to the phone that Becky was on "The game just changed… big time".
Indeed it has. Thanks for reading everything and I'm going to start doing character profiles every now and then. I'll give you a summary of the people in this fic and explain who they are and what power they have (If they have any at all). This way I won't need to disrupt the flow of the story to explain a new character powers.
Character Profile:
Names: Jimmy and Jay Uso
Team Name: Uso Twins
Power: Tattoo Manipulation
Summery: Twin brothers who come from a long line of samoan mutants, some of which of who have left the town and made big names for themselves. The Uso family shares a power that is passed down called Tattoo Manipulation.
With this power, once a special tribal tattoo is finished and mixed into their blood. The Uso's are able to control the design and location of the ink of the tattoo. For example, if they move the ink to their back and create the design of wings, they are able to create real life wings from the ink to give them the ability to fly.
Or if they wanted a weapon, they could move the ink to their hands and create a gun from the ink to use. This is just to name a few as there are endless possibilities and design the brothers could use for their power.
The only downside, there can only create one design at a time at their current power level.