Title: ATM Have a Cool Christmas Caper in the Caribbean
Author: Kaykyaka
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters used within this fictional story. No copyright infringement is intended and no money is being made by this work of fiction.
Ratings: K+
Characters: Lita, Trish Stratus (not married in this story), Melina, DX, Edge, Nitro, Carlito, Shelton Benjamin, Randy Orton.
Summary: Three different girls from three different places end up celebrating Christmas early in the Caribbean with their favorite WWE Superstars and three very special dolls. ATM is on the case again!
Twelve – Close Encounters
HBK's hotel room:
Randy started to come around slowly his jaw hurt and he didn't know why. He sat up on the big soft bed in a huge penthouse suite and tried to wake himself up properly. He touched his jaw and it all came flooding back to him. A small sized Triple H had given him a Huracanrana and a thugged out HBK had kicked him square in the mouth, something that the demon had assured him wouldn't happen. That lying sonofabitch Randy cursed straightening his jaw.
"What did you call me?" came a familiarly haunting voice. Randy gasped and froze on the bed refusing to look around to put a face to a voice.
"Turn around Randy, I won't bite," said the voice and Randy started to panic.
"It seems the only thing I have to be afraid of is you," he said thinking about the chaos he'd caused in the past 24 hours. "Everything you told me is a lie and I guess that's because you really are the father of lies!" he yelled but didn't hear anything in response and he turned and saw nobody there. He breathed a little easier and looked to his bedside and there he saw a Bible which was opened to the Book of 2 Timothy.
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind," he read.
But I am afraid, God has given me the spirit of fear Randy said to himself.
"No I haven't Randy, you let the Devil tell you that," said a warm voice and Randy looked around.
"God?" he asked cautiously and he felt something on his shoulders. It was a huge white cloth with two royal blue stripes and tassels at the ends; it was very familiar he knew he'd been wrapped up in it before.
"God?" Randy called again.
"I am here Randy and I will never leave you," the voice replied.
"Even after everything I've done?" Randy asked suspiciously.
"Especially after everything you've done," the voice replied.
"I made a mistake," Randy said, "I don't want the Devil to have my soul,"
"Then confess Randy, repent of your sins," the voice answered back.
"Why can't you just take my word for it?" Randy replied.
"Why can't you take my word for it?" the voice replied, "Randy how am I supposed to take you at your word if you won't live by mine?"
Randy lowered his head and nodded slowly closing his eyes, "Okay," he said, "I confess that I Randy Orton am a sinner, I hurt good people and I took what wasn't mine to take. I am truly sorry Lord, please forgive me,"
"You think God is going to believe that you're sorry for all you've done!" said the mysterious man all of a sudden appearing out of nowhere and Randy's eyes snapped back open.
"It was you!" Randy said pointing to the man, "You led me astray!"
The man laughed, "I was only giving you what you wanted, what you still want: to know that you're alright and everything's just fine. Trust me it is, you've got nothing to be afraid of,"
Randy shook his head as the man came closer, "No you get away from me!" he cried and leapt off the bed. The demon looked at him darkly his preternatural spirit manifesting before Randy's very eyes.
"You don't leave the Prince of Darkness that easily," the demon said and suddenly Randy began to sweat and he started to take off the Tallit but something was telling him not to. It's for your own protection, it's protected you before the Holy Spirit told him and he pulled it around him even tighter as beads of sweat started to drop from his face. He started to think back to the last time he saw a Tallit, it was wrapped up around Melina and Lita before he and the demon abducted them from Carlito's house. The demon had cursed it because it was so powerful and he surely wanted to get rid of this one too but Randy wasn't about to let that happen.
"I want my soul back and I always get what I want!" Randy said to the demon who snarled at him.
"Very well," the demon said and suddenly Randy Orton burst into flames.
"ARGHHH!" he screamed as he saw his burning reflection in the full length mirror by the wardrobe. I'm on fire! He thought to himself and sank to the floor believing that he was literally in Hell. He pulled the Tallit over his head.
"I'm sorry Father please forgive me!" he cried out.
Then he remembered when the demon had possessed Shawn and Hunter telling him that his ankle, arm and neck were broken: it was a trick Randy realized; this whole thing isn't happening, I'm not on fire Randy thought to himself and he realized that it was the spirit of fear that the Devil was using to convince him he was on fire. Even his burning reflection was telling him that his skin was fatally charred and that he would soon be a dead heap on the hotel room floor but the reality was that he was standing in the middle of the room still alive and looking good. He could feel the texture of the Tallit fabric beneath his fingers and knew exactly what the demon had tried to do.
"You thought you could play that old trick on me again?" Randy said coming towards the demon who was impressed by Randy's steadfastness, "Well I learned that I don't have to be afraid of anything including you!"
The demon grunted with dissatisfaction, despite his efforts the Tallit had extinguished the flames and protected Randy from burning in Hell and saved his soul from the Devil. "Very good Randy, see you next time," he said, "and believe me there will be a next time," and with that the demon disappeared leaving Randy alone wrapped in a prayer cloth looking at the door wondering what he should do. He went to turn the knob and leave the room then he let it go thinking it wasn't safe for him to go out there and he certainly had no business going anywhere near a party. Randy had to be honest with himself and the truth was he was in no condition to leave and pretend that the last two weeks didn't happen but at the same time he had to do something to show God he was truly sorry, then he turned back and found the solution to his problem. There was a closet at the back of the room big enough for him to fit inside. Face down on his hands and knees he prayed there for hours and this time God heard every word.
In the hotel restaurant outside:
Edge was eating a tomato and mozzarella salad with Carla, Charlotte and Dan who were amazed that he could stay so muscular while not eating much at all.
"I guess you don't need to eat to stay buff do you?" asked Dan as Charlotte smiled amused, Carla's curious face catching her eye every few seconds.
Edge had run into them in the lobby and decided to invite them to lunch to get them all together so he could open a dialog about Carla with them in a comfortable setting.
"I actually have a big appetite it's just that with all that's been going on I really haven't had a desire to eat," Edge explained to the newlyweds.
"I hear that," Carla said to herself thinking about the only time she ever really felt like eating and that was when she was sharing a pizza with Trish Stratus back at the kidnapper's house. Charlotte looked over at her small hands wondering when was the last time anyone had ever held them or giving her something to hold onto, something to have faith in apart from Edge who was virtually a stranger. He had told Charlotte everything Carla had been through and it was a miracle that she was even alive. Dan was almost sick to his stomach at the thought that a little girl had to endure so much horror but there was the more pressing question of what happens to Carla now. Edge, Charlotte and Dan all had the same idea it was just a matter of who was going to be the first to lay their cards on the buffet table.
"Hey man what's going on?" said the merry voice of Shelton Benjamin who was passing by and recognized Charlotte from the lobby.
"Shelton this is Charlotte, Dan and Carla," Edge said introducing everyone around the table to the multiple time IC Champ.
"He's the best wrestler on RAW," Carla said and Shelton raised his eyebrow flattered.
"Why thank you Carla can I shake your hand?" Shelton asked and Carla reached out and he shook it, it was warm and genuine just like his smile.
"Nice to meet you Shelton," she said warmly.
"No nice to meet you, I saw what went down with you and Orton in the lobby, your Mom is the shizzle – I mean, she's cool!" Shelton said palatably but impressed with Charlotte's tough actions against Randy Orton.
Carla looked down at the table before correcting him, " Shelton she's not my Mom," she said and Shelton looked at her surprised.
"This isn't your Mom?" he asked pointing to Charlotte in disbelief and Carla shook her head, "But she's been holding your hand and carrying you around all day, every time I see you your smiling at each other, you guys have gotta be the happiest family in this whole hotel!" Shelton said enthusiastically.
"We're not related," Dan said regretfully.
"We're not a real family," Charlotte added sadly.
"Well there are ways to change that," Shelton said with a smile that spoke a thousand words and Dan and Charlotte looked at him suspiciously as he walked away. They turned and looked back at Edge who was nodding in agreement with what Shelton said, then there was Carla who looked like she just saw a rainbow but instead of a pot of gold there was a whole family at the end of it. Charlotte and Dan looked at each other: the decision had been made, not by law but by the tears in each other's eyes and the big smile on Carla's face as she looked over at them.
"Can I?" she asked Edge who smiled back at her.
"I wouldn't want it any other way," he said to her and she slipped out of her chair and ran over to Charlotte and Dan who hugged her lovingly. Edge felt tears sting the back of his eyes as they embraced showing a desperate love that needed to be expressed. He looked to the sky amazed that 24 hours ago these three people were strangers and with the help of three incredible women they were the answer to each other's prayers. His only regret was that Lita wasn't there to experience the birth of a new family as well. I really wish you could have seen this Li he thought and just as he said that the Christmas tree outside the restaurant entrance came crashing down and out of it fell a full grown Trish Stratus dressed in a Santa girl outfit.
"What was that?" one of the customer's asked as Trish tried to gather her wits but that was very difficult when you were wearing red felt and Lita's black leather army boots.
"Merry Christmas everyone!" she announced and everyone raised their glasses to her saying "Merry Christmas!" in return.
"Nice outfit," said Edge coming over to her, "I especially like the boots," he said knowing they were Lita's.
"Well you should thank you girlfriend she dressed me up like this," Trish said indignantly.
"Come on Trish don't lose your Christmas spirit," Edge said jingling the bell on Trish's Christmas hat, "your job is to spread Christmas cheer,"
"My job is to keep it real not dress up like some school play reject," she said fidgeting with her big black belt.
"Ho-ho-ho!" Lita said coming up behind her and slapping her on the butt.
"Li honey you shouldn't talk about yourself like that," Trish responded.
"You like the outfit?" Lita asked Edge wrapping her arms around him, "Carlito kept on begging me to take off my boots so I put them on Trish and he kinda liked the way they looked and so he said,"
"Who wears big black boots this time of year?" Trish repeated mocking her boyfriend, "And guess who does? I do, little Miss Trish Strata-Claus,"
"He hung her on the Christmas tree like an ornament and then – crash!" Lita said demonstrating a building crashing down with her hands, "Does God have a sense of humor or what?".
"Those boots do have one benefit Trish when you kick Carlito's ass it will really hurt," Edge quipped.
"I'm guessing you're talking from experience," Trish replied looking over at Li whose attention was suddenly drawn to a picture that could have come off of any Christmas card, "Wow," Trish said coming forward for a closer look. Charlotte, Dan and Carla were sitting around the table eating Caribbean cuisine like a real family on holiday and it suddenly hit Trish: they were a real family. She smiled brightly and wrapped her arm around Lita who was crying overcome with joy at seeing the completion of both their tasks and it was a beautiful sight to behold.
"It all came together Trish," she said.
"Yep the Lord works in mysterious ways," Trish said, "speaking of mysterious," she said changing the subject, "you'll never guess what Vince has in store for you,"
"Way-to-ruin the moment Trish," Edge said.
"Since when is the truth discreet? Vince can't see Lita here she's banned from the party remember?" Trish replied.
Lita frowned, "But he doesn't know I'm here," she said.
"Exactly," Trish answered waving Edge over, "and to keep it that way I say we leave the new family alone and let them get to know each other while we make a run for the beach,"
"Okay but do we have to run? My feet are killing me," Lita asked and Edge gasped.
"Oh no!" he said and hid Lita behind him and pulled Trish closer and pasted on a plastic smile as Vince and Shane came over to them.
"Trish what are you even doing here, you're supposed to be retired," Shane said abruptly.
"I'm retired not in a retiring home," Trish replied, "there are some nice ones in Toronto if you're looking Vince," she said whimsically.
"Retire are you nuts? I just found the next big thing in the WWE!" Vince replied excitedly.
"Oh yeah?" Edge asked, "Who?"
"This little blond haired kid, kind of looks like Triple H would if he was a child," Vince replied and Lita suppressed a chuckle which was a little too loud for Edge's liking.
"Now would be a good time to use those boots," he whispered to Trish.
"What was that?" Shane asked.
"Nothing, well if we see a blond haired kid that kind of looks like Hunter we'll let you know," Edge said.
"No we won't," Trish said and Edge looked at her implying that she go along with his lie, "I can't lie Edge I'm ordained by God to tell the truth,"
Shane and Vince looked at her strangely, "Anyway he's not as destitute as Stephanie thought he was, his guardian showed up today," Vince explained.
"His guardian?" Edge asked and Lita slapped her hand over her head thinking Vince was the stupidest man on Earth.
"Yeah this white boy gangsta wannabe," Vince said.
"That look is so John Cena before 'The Marine'" Shane said unimpressed, "It's no wonder the Big Sister agency took him under their wing,"
Trish stared at the two McMahons in total disbelief, "You two have got to be the dumbest billionaires on the planet," she said and they froze in surprise at her blunt words.
"Is that so?" Vince said offended.
"Oh it's so," Trish replied waving at Charlotte and Dan who recognized her.
"Who is that woman hiding behind Edge?" Dan asked and Charlotte narrowed her gaze.
"Oh that's who my doll's made after," Charlotte said looking into her leather handbag but not seeing anything there. She covered her mouth alarmed, "Oh no I must have lost her in the skirmish with Orton, I better go back inside and see if I can find her or LC will kill me," she said getting up and Carla took her hand and Dan followed holding her other one.
"Why don't you get that Diva's autograph first, LC would love that," Dan said.
"She sure would," Charlotte agreed and walked towards Trish and Edge.
Carlito nearly dropped the apple he was biting as he was talking with Shelton who looked over to see what had the cool one so concerned.
"Move!" Carlito commanded as the two ran over before Charlotte could ruin the subterfuge.
"Hey Edge you introduced Shelton to your new friends, what about me?" Carlito said animatedly.
"Sure hey Charlotte, Dan meet Carlito," Edge said.
"Hi," Dan and Charlotte said and Carlito pulled Charlotte into a hug moving her away from Edge and Trish.
"Sorry I was bowled over by your beauty," Carlito said and Dan gestured to himself.
"What about me? I'm pretty hot," he said and Trish pinched his chin.
"You sure are," she said flirtatiously and Carlito and Charlotte looked at them both darkly.
"Hey Trish ease down, that's my Dad you're talking to," Carla said looking at Dan proudly and Trish's heart melted and she came down to meet Carla's eyes directly.
"He sure is sweetie," she said and stroked Carla's face adoringly. Carla felt certain she'd seen that look before then it occurred to her, all along that doll was telling her that she was the real Trish Stratus and she delivered her from the hands of death twice and now here she was with a whole new family and the real Trish Stratus standing in front of her. It didn't take her a minute more to put two and two together to solve the equation.
"You really are an angel," she said to Trish squeezing her hand and Trish smiled.
"How do you guys know each other?" Shane asked.
"Oh we go way back, don't we Carla?" Trish said and Carla hugged her knowing that it was the real Trish Stratus all along.
"We met Edge on the plane over here," Dan said to Shane.
"We're on our honeymoon," Charlotte said.
"That's nice," Vince said insincerely, "well I think I wasted enough of my time mixing with the locals, I'm gonna go find the future of the WWE,"
"We're right here," Carlito and Shelton said offended.
"I mean Cara's future," Vince said trying to curry favor with Carla.
"It's Carla," Carla corrected him.
"Whatever," Vince said and walked over to the valet and asked him to bring around his Hummer limousine.
"Congratulations on your marriage," Shane said to Dan and Charlotte shaking their hands, "Enjoy Jamaica," he said and went to join his Dad.
"He's not so bad when Vince isn't around," Lita said as the McMahons walked away.
"Yeah it's like Shawn when Hunter's not there to corrupt him," Trish said.
"I would love to meet HBK!" Charlotte said excitedly and Dan looked at her suspiciously.
"The name of your sister's favorite Superstar you forget but his you remember," he said jealously folding his arms.
"Well here's your chance Charlotte because he's coming this way," Shelton said.
"Where?" she said not seeing the thugged out white boy coming her way.
"Hey guys need a ride?" he said indicating Vince's Hummer parked around the corner on the otherside of where Shane and Vince were waiting for the valet to bring it around. Looking closely at the vehicle it was clear to see several children waving everyone over including LC who was signaling for her sister to hurry up.
"Isn't that Vince's Hummer limousine?" Edge asked.
"Shouldn't you be hiding your girlfriend somewhere better than right out here in the open where everyone let alone Vince can see her?" Shawn replied and Edge got hot.
"Hey I've been doing a pretty good job of it so far pal!" he snapped and Shawn patted him on the shoulder.
"I knew you had a brain, I wasn't sure, in fact I'm still not but the fact is Lita cannot be out here, come on move it!" he said to everybody.
"Who are you?" Charlotte asked and Shawn bore his teeth revealing his platinum caps that spelt out 'Showstoppa' and Charlotte gushed while Dan seethed, "HBK!" she said and everyone shushed her.
"He's not supposed to be here," Trish explained, "And for the record neither is she," she said pointing to Lita, "so let's go,"
"In your fancy Hummer limousine?" Dan said bitterly and Shawn put his arm around his shoulder.
"No, Vince's fancy Hummer limousine," he corrected him and Lita laughed while Edge shook his head irritated by even more DX antics.
Shelton scratched his head, "Is there a man alive that isn't jealous of you?" he asked Shawn who pretended to think about it.
"Bret Hart," Trish, Edge and Carla replied at once and everyone looked at them questioningly, "It's a Canadian thing," they explained.
Suddenly LC came running over, "What is the freakin hold up?" she demanded.
"What did you say young lady?" Charlotte said not impressed with her little sister's choice of words.
"Sorry sis it's just that we wanna get to the beach!" she said excitedly.
"We still have a Christmas party to go to," Dan said.
"So that's not for hours let's go Hunter's waiting!" she said.
"Who?" Charlotte asked.
"You don't wanna know," Shawn said.
"Come on!" LC said pulling her sister's hand.
"Okay LC but look don't you wanna say hi to Lita?" she said.
LC turned and looked Lita up and down, "Where's your boots?" she asked.
"Trish jacked them," she said pointing at the Canadian blond.
"Don't worry we'll wrestle her for them later," she said taking Lita's hand, "Come on people we're not getting any younger!" she said trying to move both her sister and Lita at the same time but failing miserably.
Charlotte smiled at Dan, "Wait LC, aren't you forgetting somebody?"
"Yes and he's waiting for me in the Hummer limousine!" she replied impatiently.
"No," Charlotte said and put Carla's hand in LC's where her own was before, "Turn around and meet the newest member of the family,"
LC paused feeling the smaller hand and frowned. She turned and saw Carla smiling back at her and cocked her head to one side confused, "Huh?" she asked and Charlotte knelt down to her level.
"Remember how much I wanted a little girl of my own? Well you were right, God finally came through for me," she said brushing her hand over Carla's head and LC's face went serious.
"You mean, Carla's gonna come home with us?" she said hopefully and Charlotte nodded. LC looked at Carla stunned that she was now related to the girl she'd been talking to on the Internet for ages.
Carla smiled, "Whassup cuz?" she said humorously and LC laughed and hugged her.
"This is the shizzle – I mean, the coolest trip ever!" she said elated then she turned to Lita and signaled for her to come lower and Lita obeyed, "The first time I saw you I prayed for a girl to play with you with and now I have one, I owe you man," she said and kissed Lita on the cheek and Lita touched where she kissed fondly then LC pulled back, "That was just between me and you," she said and turned her attention back to the newest addition to the family, "Come on Carla, we need to strategize if we're gonna take HBK and Cryme Tyme down,"
Lita looked over at Shawn who was smiling at her fondly, "You're going down!"" she said.
"What did you do while you were gone to put that smile on her face?" he asked.
"It involved a lot of sweat and leather," Lita replied whimsically thinking of all the hours she spent in Charlotte's handbag.
"And where was I?" Edge asked intrigued.
"Somewhere missing me I hope," she said wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Okay Vince is looking impatient, let's bounce," HBK said and everyone looked at him when he said 'bounce', "What I'm rolling with Cryme Tyme I speak their language now,"
"Hey guys," came the voice of Stephanie McMahon and HBK froze.
"You're not gonna rat us out are you?" he asked distrustfully.
"Hey I'm into games, let's play," she said, "the Hummer's waiting,"
Lita started to run along with everybody else but her feet were really hurting her so she slowed down to rub them. Shawn looked behind him and saw her lagging so he ran back and wrapped her around his shoulders with her hair falling over his back.
"There it is, hey driver!" said Vince spotting his Hummer limousine parked around the corner from the restaurant then he saw the man that had taken Hunter away in the elevator, "Excuse me sir!" he said running over to Shawn who went pale at the sight of him. "Please if you would just spare me a moment of your time to talk about your son's future, my car's just over there," Vince turned to indicate his limo which was no longer there, "Oh the driver must be coming around, here have a seat, you and your lady friend there,"
As grateful as Shawn was that Vince couldn't see Lita's face he was still weary of the fact that she was slung over his shoulders and there was no way he was putting her down now.
"That's a fine invitation, but I'm afraid I can't accept. My wife's drunk I've gotta put her to bed," Shawn said and Lita kicked him in the chest, "I mean she's real tired, so we're gonna go back to our hotel room,"
"No honey I wanna go to the beach!" Lita whined playing her part in their little play.
"No honey we'll go to the beach later, you have to rest your head first," Shawn said sweetly then he remembered he was a thug, "I mean shut your mouf trick before I punch you in it!"
"Okay, so we'll talk later," Vince said not wanting to get in the middle of a domestic dispute.
"Whatever fool, later," Shawn said walking backwards towards the hotel so Vince wouldn't see Lita's red hair. Suddenly his cell phone began to ring and Lita reached around to grab it from out of his back pocket.
"Nice ad lib Shawn," she said.
"Thanks I was going for Menace 2 Society meets 8 Mile," Shawn responded.
"Yeah?" she said answering the cell-phone, "Well we're kind of stuck right now Hunter what do you want us to do?" she said and Shawn rolled his eyes.
"Well first get your hands out of his pants!" Hunter said.
"What!" Edge cried angrily raking at his hair and Charlotte laughed.
"Wow just like on TV," she said to Dan.
"Look I can see you just keep walking backwards until you get inside then run out the back exit to the parking garage and we'll pick you up," Hunter said.
"Okay but I gotta get out of these clothes, I need a disguise like Shawn or else someone's gonna recognize me," Lita said.
Hunter sighed and Cryme Tyme asked him what was up, "She wants to take off her clothes," he said and Edge exploded.
"What! Give me that phone!" he demanded and Hunter pulled away from him.
"Just tell her we're on it," Shad said and looked over to JTG, "Looks like we'll be taking a detour to Patrick's before we hit Montego Bay," he said.
"Just get in the limo already, we've got a plan," Hunter said and they waited for Shawn and Lita to arrive, when they did the driver opened the door and let them in. Shawn politely lowered Lita into the limo and raised his fist at Shad who was about to make another comment about him and Lita.
"Cool your breeze bruh," Shad said, "I weren't gonna say nuthin',"
Shawn looked at him suspiciously and when he took his eyes off him Shad whispered to JTG and he laughed hysterically.
"Man ain't no-one gonna recognize her!" he said and Lita looked at them with her feet up on Edge.
"What are you guys talking about?" she said.
"Just a little thing we like to call the Jamake-over!" Shad said and Shawn lowered his head wearily, with Vince after him thinking he was Hunter's father and seeing him with a strange woman, this trip had the potential to leave him traumatized for life.
"Okay so see you tomorrow?" Stephanie said to an unknown person, "Yes I think he'll be pleasantly surprised too and he won't be the only one, bye-bye," she said and hung up.
"Who was that Mom?" yelled Hunter denigrating her from the Hummer roof.
"Nobody honey," she replied sarcastically with a cunning smirk on her face thinking she wouldn't have to put up with Hunter's behavior much longer and counted down the hours until her special guests made their unexpected arrival.