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!
Sixteen – Last Call
Faith Chapel United Pentecostal Church:
A group of the WWE roster filed into the hot church early Sunday morning while the rest of the roster and random guests were staying over at Patrick's Blue Mountains club trying to catch some sleep. Only a handful went back to the Hilton, some even fell asleep on the way there but ATM, Nitro, Edge, Carlito, Shelton, Brandon, Charlotte, Dan, LC, Carla, Cassidy and Charlene made it to the morning service. After opening in prayer the wrestlers made a generous donation to the collection plate and sang along with the congregation to songs such as We Worship You, Days of Elijah and Just For Me. It was quite an experience for Edge who hadn't been in a Church service since he was a child and would go with his mother. It was another thing he was willing to share with Lita who sang from her soul along with Trish and Melina to songs he'd never heard, but again it didn't matter, wherever she went he would go. They were engaged and he was willing to support her in all her beliefs including her faith in God. One of the pastors asked everyone to hold hands and pray and Edge looked around and saw everyone praying for each other.
"You okay honey?" Lita asked him and he nodded a little self-consciously.
"Yeah, it's just I've never seen anything like this before," he said.
"Well neither had I until God called me, now I revel in it. Edge this is your chance to tell God what's on your mind, just talk to him it's easy," she said squeezing his hand. Edge closed his eyes and told God how much he loved Lita and that he couldn't wait to marry her not realizing that God was telling Lita every word and she laughed out loud and said, "Hallejuiah!" and some of the church goers agreed with her and joined in. People started to worship the Lord and the wrestlers flowed with the service without getting any extra attention, something they were very grateful for, it was refreshing and restored their humanity which they sometimes lost when they were on the road. Everyone sat for the reading of the Word which was 2 Timothy 1:7.
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind," the preacher said, "I wanna talk to you about change. To those of you struggling with who you thought you were in Christ, this message is for you,"
After a an insightful exploration of the Scripture the preacher walked down to the front row and pulled a young man up to the altar. He was in his mid-twenties, dark-haired and handsome.
"What's your name son?" the preacher asked him.
"Randy Orton," the young man replied and the WWE Superstars and their friends looked up in surprise to see the Legend Killer standing on the altar.
"Now this young man has been here since 8 o'clock praying, tell the congregation what you were praying for," the preacher said putting the microphone to Randy's mouth.
"I was praying for change," he said, "you see I came to this beautiful island to party with my friends but I spent the entire night in a closet praying for forgiveness because I had done some despicable things before I got here. I nearly destroyed the very people that were trying to save me, one of those people actually opened up the Bible to the exact Scripture the Pastor was reading from and wrapped me in this,"
Randy held up the Tallit for the congregation to see and Lita smiled knowing it was Shawn who he was speaking of.
"I nearly lost my life because the Devil tried to take my soul and I told him last night he couldn't have it, then he set me on fire but it was another one of his tricks. See the Devil sent a demon to make me lose my mind but I came here this morning to tell you, the Devil is a liar!"
The congregation jumped up in applause supporting Randy's bold statement and the Superstars watched in shock, completely taken aback by his transformation.
"I practiced voodoo and turned three beautiful women into dolls. I attacked a man and threatened children. So I wrapped this around me and asked the Lord to forgive me and He did but my burden is not lifted," Randy sank to the ground and cried holding his face in his hands and the Pastor leaned over him supportively.
"It's alright let it out son," he said rubbing Randy's back.
"I am afflicted! I am in pain! The Devil's still got his hand on me but I don't wanna go back, sweet Lord Almighty take his hand off me!" Randy cried and the congregation reached out to him in spiritual sympathy, "I wanna change, please God, make me a better person!" he wailed on his knees and Lita, Trish and Melina ran up to the altar.
"We're the women he turned into dolls," Lita explained and the preacher looked at them carefully sensing something very special about them.
"Who are you?" he asked carefully pretty certain that he wasn't in the presence of three ordinary women.
"I am Anointed Amy, I anoint souls and cast out demons," Lita answered.
"I am The Truth: Trish Stratus, I know the truth before it even happens," Trish replied.
"And I am Melina the Miraculous, I heal people," Melina said.
"Bless the Lord," the preacher said with a smile, "this young man is a friend of yours?" he asked them and they nodded.
"We've been trying to help him for awhile," Lita said.
"Well you need to stop that, take it from me, nobody can help this man but himself any interference may cause what those who treat alcoholics call 'enabling' and he may become dependent on you and sisters you don't want that to happen," the Pastor said and Lita and Trish nodded.
"We appreciate your guidance Pastor," Trish said but Melina wasn't as receptive to the Pastor's words. She out of all of them had tried to help Randy the most and she wasn't about to stop now. Lita looked over and saw her leaning over Randy.
"Melina what are you doing?" she asked but before she could stop her Melina put her hands on Randy closing her eyes.
"Matthew 10:1 says "And when He had called His disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease." Now in the name of Jesus Randy Orton, be healed!"
Melina took her hands off Randy and he looked up his tears dry his face no longer sullen, he looked like his old self. He rose to his feet and smiled at the congregation who fell in love with his aroma of confidence and started praising God for a miraculous spiritual healing, but the Pastor, Lita and Melina withheld their applause. Lita turned Melina around abruptly.
"What have you done? You nicotine patched his healing!" Lita said.
"I what? No I helped him, that's what I do Lita," Melina retaliated.
"Melina didn't you hear what the Pastor said? Randy has to heal on his own we can't help him," Lita said.
"Yeah but he doesn't know Randy the way we do, look at him, he's so happy now!" Melina said proud of her work.
"Let me ask you something, wasn't Randy happy when you were a doll?" Trish said and Melina went blank then she put her hands on her friends' shoulders.
"Cheer up guys it's almost Christmas!" she said and hugged Randy who squeezed her tightly then looked over to Trish and Lita.
"Thank you guys for everything," he said and kissed them both on the cheek. Lita and Trish frowned at him concerned but he didn't even seem to notice. They looked back at the Pastor who acknowledged their concern.
"I'll talk to him after the service," he assured them.
"Is there anything we can do?" Lita asked him.
"Don't stop praying and keep your eye on the Miraculous one lest her enthusiasm for helping people be the death of her," he answered and Lita lost her breath at the mention of death because when spoken by a Pastor it could not be taken lightly. Trish put her arm around Lita as they came down off the pulpit and saw Randy embracing Edge, Shelton and Nitro then apologizing to Brandon and Cassidy for the RKO yesterday.
"To them it's so easy to believe that he's healed but we know better, it's our job to know better," Trish said, "I guess the party's over huh?"
"Yep it's back to work," Lita said as the church celebrated Randy's "miraculous recovery."
"Excuse me Lita," said Brandon as she came back to her seat, "I never got to thank you for encouraging me not to give up on God. He really is a miracle working God, first my sister then Randy. Thank you for making me believe again,"
Lita squeezed Brandon's hand and smiled at Cassidy who was smiling back at her, "Your sister's healing was a true miracle but sometimes we think we're helping someone when we're actually hurting them," she said and Brandon frowned at her.
"I don't know what you mean," he said shaking his head confused.
"It's okay Brandon you don't have to, just think of it like this. Cassidy had to prove that she was going to be a gymnast to you and you now see what your little sister was talking about even though you're the big brother and you're supposed to know everything. Be humble, be grateful and always ask for help because no man is an island; sometimes we have to heal the healer,"
Brandon nodded blown away by Lita's introspection, "Wow I can see why Shawn Michaels likes you," he said, "he was right you're nothing like you are on TV, God bless you Lita," he hugged her warmly and Lita hugged him back concerned with his remark about Shawn but not enough to ignore the fact that Melina was now sitting next to Randy instead of Nitro.
The Hilton:
The Superstars had by and large gotten back to the hotel and were checking out ready to fly to the next town for tomorrow's RAW show or Smackdown's tapings. HBK never even slept in his penthouse suite but his son did exhausted from the explosive events at Blue Mountains. He called his wife and told her what happened before Sharon had a chance to twist it like a corkscrew. She found it hilarious like he knew she would and told him to take a picture of himself as a thug so she could show it to the rest of her family.
"I love you," he said to her on the side of his bed, "I'll see you later tonight, bye,"
He hung up the phone and thought how lucky he was to be married to such a warm and loving woman and couldn't wait to make that connecting flight that would take him and his son all the way home to momma. Someone knocked at the door and he pocketed his cell-phone and opened it.
"Randy," he said as the Legend Killer stood in front of him looking bright and cheerful.
"Hey Shawn," he said and looked down at the Tallit in his hand, "I just wanted to say thank you for kicking some sense into me yesterday, I really needed it and I also wanted to say thank you for this,"
He handed the Tallit to Shawn and the Showstoppa held up his hand in refusal.
"No Randy this is yours you need it you can't live without it. I have never seen a kid so vulnerable to demonic attacks as I have you these last few months. Please take it home and use it every time you pray, you do pray don't you Randy?" Shawn asked considerately.
"Oh I prayed my eyes out last night," Randy replied and gestured to the closet over by the back of the room, "I prayed in that closet 'til the wee hours of the morning asking God to forgive me and He did me one better,"
Shawn frowned, "What do you mean one better?" he asked confused.
"He sent me an angel," Randy answered, "but look who I'm talking to you knew all along," he said excitedly.
Shawn felt lost not understanding what Randy was talking about at all, "What do you mean?" he asked.
"Remember back at Carlito's breakfast party when I asked you what you would do if the woman you wanted was already in a relationship and you said you'd still go for it?" Randy said.
"Vaguely," Shawn replied honestly but concerned that he had dropped the ball back in Florida.
"Well I think God told you that so that my angel and I could be together," Randy said enthused and Shawn was really getting worried now.
"Look Randy I was very distracted when I spoke to you I had other things on my mind I wasn't giving much thought to what I said," Shawn explained.
"It doesn't matter, it all makes sense now," Randy said and Shawn reached out and grabbed his shoulders firmly.
"Look Randy did God tell you this, about this angel? Please don't take anything I said as gospel, especially if I wasn't even ministering to you at the time!" he said sternly.
"Shawn you worry too much and I appreciate it, but God's got it all under control, you'll see," Randy replied with a smile and waved to Cameron who just woke up, "Hey lil' man," he said as Cameron rubbed the sleep out of his eyes, "I see you've got a child on your hands and you don't need another one so I'll get outta your hair, nice cornrows by the way," Randy quipped and disappeared down the lobby.
"No Randy wait!" Shawn cried frantically but Randy was walking away and he had to get his real message across so he grabbed Cameron and ran after Randy catching him just before he got in the elevator.
"Look Randy sometimes it's okay to be a child. You're just starting your Christian walk, you're reading your Bible you're praying that's great you'll grow the more you do both but it's not a race or a competition it takes years a life-time, please don't think because of something I said at a party that you now know God's will for your life. Slow down Randy take it slow and eventually you will grow fruit,"
Randy felt nervous all of a sudden his brave face wavering, "Stop it Shawn you're scaring me," he said and he looked so vulnerable Shawn almost cried.
"No Randy I left that Scripture out for you for a reason, I don't want you to be afraid and more importantly God doesn't want you to be afraid but son, you have to walk your Christian walk, please don't run otherwise you'll fall," Shawn said, "This isn't like becoming the World Heavyweight Champion at age 24, this is your life and it's worth more than all the championships in the world,"
Randy stared at Shawn for a moment and Shawn saw something in his eyes, something unstable not wholesome and he went into immediate Intercessor role, "Come back to my room I wanna pray for you right now," Shawn said pulling Randy by the hand but Randy snatched his arm back.
"No!" Randy roared his eyes aflame with hate, "It's just like he said, you just want to stop me you don't want to help me at all,"
"Just like who said? Randy please don't push me away talk to me!" Shawn tried to pull Randy back but he jumped into the elevator and it closed before Shawn could stop him. HBK held his head in distress and Cameron watched the whole thing with open eyes.
"Who was that Daddy?" he asked.
"Someone who Daddy tried to help and failed miserably," Shawn said sadly.
At Norman Manley International Airport Stephanie and Hunter kissed at their gate after everyone left to board their respective planes. LC watched dreamily thinking one day that could be her kissing the man of her dreams. Hunter opened his eyes and saw her staring at them and winked at her and she winked back giggly. Carla rolled her eyes.
"Come on let's say goodbye to Edge and Lita," she said pulling her new cousin over to Gate D where flights to Georgia where taking off. There they found Lita and Charlotte embracing but when they looked closer they saw that Lita was actually praying for her and Dan. They eventually broke apart and Charlotte had the most beautiful smile on her face. She looked over at Carla and stretched out her hand and Carla took it while LC looked on thinking what a great family God had given her just because He loves to give.
Cassidy was saying goodbye to Melina before leaving with her brother for Florida to see her family who couldn't wait another week to see her walk and LC skipped over and joined her.
"Way-to-heal Randy Melina, that dude needed some serious sorting out," LC said to the Miraculous one who smiled and pinched her cheek.
Brandon remembered what Lita had told him and put his hand on Melina's, "Sometimes the healer needs to be healed," he said and Melina frowned but he kissed her on the cheek and left her to ponder his words, Nitro already was.
"Come on babe, let's go home and do a little dancing of our own," he said wrapping his arm around Melina's waist.
"Okay bye LC," she said to the little soldier and kissed her on the cheek before turning and joining the queue for LA with Torrie and Candice. Carlito and Trish were in front of Cassidy and Brandon watching them all say goodbye.
"What's on your mind Brandy?" Cassidy asked her brother who looked pensive, then he turned and grabbed his sister.
"I'm just remembering how lucky I am to have a sister like you," he said and gave her a big kiss and Trish and Carlito watched fondly. He put Cassidy down and she played around with Carlito while Trish approached Brandon whom she knew had something else on his mind.
"I know you're worried about Melina but God doesn't want us to worry, he wants us to work it out and that's what we'll do, we'll work it out okay?" she said and Brandon nodded hating for anything bad to happen to the woman who changed his life so miraculously in the space of 24 hours.
Charlene, Carla, LC, Charlotte and Dan waved as the Superstars left for their flights each of them thinking how blessed they were to have spent an early Christmas celebration with such special people who turned out to be as life-changing as they were entertaining.
"Hey where's Mr. McMahon?" LC asked looking around for the mogul and his family.
"Oh he's picking the car up," Hunter said before disappearing down towards his plane with Stephanie who laughed into his chest.
Dunn's River Falls:
"Pull you bums pull!" Shane barked as the Kingston car service men tried to pull a submerged Hummer limousine out of the waterfall.
"We'll get it out Dad don't worry," he said to his father who was soaking wet with a towel over him trying to get dry after jumping in the water to save his Hummer limousine which DX had thrown into the water. One of the servicemen smelt something.
"It's gunpowder!" he cried, "Everyone move it's gonna blow!"
There was a huge explosion that could be seen from the airport causing the Superstars to look at the sky and see the big plume of green smoke.
"Santa must have crashed his sleigh," Charlotte said to Dan and everyone laughed at the demise of Vince McMahon's latest toy.
Atlanta, Georgia:
"Hello?" Lita said groggily answering the phone while Edge turned to the other side of the bed as it rang.
"Lita? It's Shawn," HBK said solemnly and Lita sat up.
"What's wrong?" she asked concerned and Shawn sniffed loudly and she realized he'd been crying.
"It just seems like everytime I try and help someone something goes wrong you know?" he said wiping the tears from his eyes and Lita got out of bed and left the bedroom and sat in the hallway.
"What happened?" she asked.
"I tried to talk to Randy I told him to go slower in his Christian walk and he just blamed me for everything saying I wanted to stop him but all I wanted to do was help him," Shawn said distressed. "I mean it was kinda my fault he did what he did in the first place,"
"What do you mean?" Lita asked Shawn.
"He asked me back at Carlito's breakfast party what I would do if the woman I wanted was with another man and I told him I'd go after her anyway," Shawn explained," He said this woman is his angel, do you know who he's talking about?"
Lita closed her eyes and lowered her head, "I sure do," she said shaking her head thinking things were exactly as she thought they'd be where Randy and Melina were concerned, "Shawn, did you mean that about going after a woman even if she was with someone else?"
"Sure, you only get one love Lita," he answered, "Why?"
Lita didn't say anything, "No nothing it's just interesting I thought back in Jamaica we had so much in common but I guess on this one issue we're different,"
"We are?" Shawn said, "So you wouldn't go after someone you were in love with?"
"No, that's not who I am anymore," Lita said.
"So are you saying there's someone you're in love with that you won't go after?" Shawn asked her and again she said nothing.
"Lita? What are you doing out here who are you talking to?" Edge asked sleepily with one eye open.
"Nobody," Lita said and hung up the phone.
"Well come back to bed," Edge said and she smiled and got up to go back into the bedroom with him leaving the phone on the floor and a confused Texan on the other end.
Greenwich, CT:
"Hello?" said the groggy voice of Triple H into the phone.
"I think you were right,"
"What could I be right about at 2 o'clock in the morning?" Hunter said looking over at his watch.
"About me and Lita," Shawn said and Hunter's eyes shot open, "I think there's more going on here than I thought,"
Hunter sat up and turned on his table lamp, "Gees Shawn couldn't you think of anything better to get your wife for Christmas than an affair?"
Stephanie's eyes shot open and she reached for her cell-phone as Hunter left the room to talk to Shawn alone.
Boca Vista, Florida:
"Hello?" said the groggy voice of Carlito.
"Carlito? It's Stephanie I need to speak to Trish,"
"About what?" he asked.
"It's about Shawn," she said quietly.
"Don't worry she's on it," he said and hung up on the McMahon baby girl who looked at her cell confused.
"Who was that?" Trish asked Carlito wrapping her arms around him.
"Stephanie McMahon, she just called to say goodnight," Carlito lied and slid down into the bed and wrapped his arms around his girlfriend with her Santa girl hat on his head.
"Aw that's nice," Trish said and fell asleep in her boyfriend's arms knowing that he lied but that he was right because whatever Stephanie wanted wasn't worth giving up a good night's sleep with her boyfriend in her new home. Not much was.
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind,"
2 Timothy 1:7
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