ATM: Seth and the God Girls – The Bloodline Wars
Bayley rallies the God Girls when Seth tries to pull Sasha out of deep waters with the McMahon family and Bray Wyatt on his own and Roman Reigns files for custody of Abiyah Rollins.
Chapter Sixteen – You Can't See Abi!
The Stamford Diner, Stamford, Connecticut
The Hurt Business tried to squeeze into the booth that was designed for regular sized people while Sasha fawned over Seth Rollins' freshly styled hair.
"That man can't do much when it comes to our family, but he sure knows how make your curls pop," Sasha said, and Seth blushed while the Hurt Business tried to make themselves comfortable.
"You know guys, we don't have to eat here, there's some great restaurants downtown that I'd be happy to take you to. Its so nice to have the Hurt Business, Finn Balor, AJ Styles, Kenny Omega and Seth and Sasha Rollins all in one place!" Beth Hardy said like a fan girl.
"And not a God Girl in sight," Sasha added, and she hi-fived her father Shane while Seth tried to act like it didn't bother him.
After another squeeze, the Hurt Business were finally comfortable.
"No, I heard this place has got it going on, we'll eat here," MVP said as a waitress came over to their table. "We'll have four rib eye steaks please,"
"Is there a place where we can hang up our suit jackets?" Cedric Alexander said, and the waitress looked at him with uncertainty.
"I don't know if we have the room," she said, "but I could have a look for you,"
"Great thank you very much," MVP said, and the Hurt Business handed their individual suit jackets over to the much smaller waitress who seemed to buckle under the weight of the coats.
"If you think those jackets are heavy, wait 'til you see our tips," Shane McMahon said, and the waitress smiled politely while carefully heading to a coat rack out in the back.
"This doesn't strike me as a suit kinda place," Sasha said pulling Seth closer to her. "Maybe we can go somewhere more romantic before we head back to New York,"
"Oh, I hope you guys aren't leaving tonight, I was hoping we could hang out. Can't you stay over at the Sheraton?" Beth Hardy asked and Sasha shuddered.
"Not now Beth, this place gives me the creeps. You heard what happened at the Sandbox right? Its like we're not wanted around here anymore," Sasha said, and Shane shook his head.
"You see what DX have done? Now Sasha doesn't even wanna stay in Connecticut thanks to them," Shane said.
"I've got my lawyer working on it, but he said its going to be hard to get DX out of the Sandbox," Beth Hardy said, and Seth's face whitened.
"You're trying to get DX out of the Sandbox?" he asked trying to muffle his surprise. "Why are you doing that?"
"Because its our home Seth!" Sasha snapped, "DX gave it to us and the only reason we're not there right now is because of those damn God Girls!"
Seth looked at his wife embarrassed, "Sasha, please don't curse in front of our son," he said, and Shane McMahon rolled his eyes.
"Here we go with the God stuff again, we really need to toughen you up Seth. Being a Christian sure has made you soft. What happened to the bad a** that beat Brock Lesnar twice in one year?" Shane McMahon said.
Seth resisted the urge to tell Shane McMahon that he was tougher than he would ever be his main concern was keeping Sasha in the dark about his true feelings about the God Girls and Roman Reigns.
"I don't know if I even wanna live in the Sandbox after what the God Girls did to it, plus you heard Beth Hardy, its going to be tough getting DX outta there completely. We can just buy our own home somewhere else," Seth said.
"We can't go back to LA, Bayley's there with the Rock. I don't want to be anywhere where those God Girls are and since they're here, guess what? I don't want to be here either," Sasha said, and she hollered over to the Hurt Business, "Hurry up with those steaks boys, we're outta here as soon as you're done,"
The Hurt Business nodded, enjoying every juicy bite of their rib eye steaks and Shane McMahon turned to his daughter while Beth Hardy pouted at the idea of them all leaving because of DX and the God Girls.
"So do you have a preference for where you would want to live outside of LA and Connecticut?" he asked her, and Sasha sighed.
"I guess we could stay in New York at least until the baby is born," she said, and Seth tried to mask his anger at being co-located with Shane McMahon.
"That might be the best solution for now," he said calmly but inside he was fuming over the fact that Sasha was making family decisions based on what Shane wanted rather than what was best for the Rollins family. "Please remember though Sasha, that the last time we were in New York, Abiyah ran away. Maybe he doesn't like the Big Apple that much, we have to take his needs into consideration as-well,"
Sasha looked over at her son who was playing with his blue bear while Ra-Ra had his photo taken by people who had never seen an Arabian Oryx before.
"That boy needs to learn some manners," she said unimpressed with her son's behaviour, "he's starting to make me look bad and I can't have that if we're going to retain custody of him. I need you to set the right example for him Seth, no more flying away on that Prayer Shawl,"
"But what if we want to go away on a romantic carpet ride," Seth protested, and Sasha blushed.
"We'll have to save those until Abiyah is fast asleep from now on," she said before pulling him in for a kiss which Abiyah liked seeing very much. Beth Hardy on the other hand was a little riled up.
"I hate the fact that you guys are leaving Connecticut so soon. We have so much to talk about. My hot new storyline for example and your careers post in-ring action. I don't want you to leave yet," she said as Seth and Sasha continued to kiss.
"Don't blame Sasha for wanting to leave, blame DX," Shane McMahon said as the Hurt Business asked for their suit jackets from the waitress.
"After I setup that awesome PR campaign for them, this is what I get in return? DX really are bad for business," she said and just as she said their names, DX appeared taking the attention away from Ra-Ra and receiving a standing ovation from the patrons of the Stamford Diner.
"DX! DX! DX! DX!" they chanted, and DX beamed modestly.
"Thank you," Shawn Michaels said waving to everyone, and Sasha had heard enough.
"That's it, we're outta here, I can't stay in this place one second longer," she declared after breaking her kiss with Seth Rollins.
"You just wait one second Sasha," Beth Hardy said, and Sasha and Seth watched as Beth Hardy rose to her feet and faced DX among the crowd of fawning people.
"Hey Beth, we came here to eat but we also wanted to see you at HQ afterwards. I guess we can do both, mind if we have a seat?" Hunter said as Seth and Sasha Rollins, Shane McMahon and the Hurt Business got up ready to leave. Still eating in a booth nearby, Finn Balor, AJ Styles and Kenny Omega looked on from behind them.
"I think something's about to go down," Kenny Omega said as Finn and AJ watched keenly behind him. Finn looked at his phone and saw a message from Becky telling him to stop Beth Hardy from using Transcendence on DX. Finn thought about the damage interfering in what was about to go down might have on his career and he chose to ignore his wife's request.
"I'm sick and tired of you two thinking you can run this business better than anyone else. I'm giving you one chance to let Seth and Sasha back into the Sandbox or you will be gone in less than five seconds, literally!" Beth Hardy warned them, and Hunter laughed at her.
"Ha, you can't use Transcendence on any DX family member Beth," he said confidently.
"Oh yes I can, the only reason I couldn't use Transcendence on you before was because of those DX family jewels," Beth Hardy replied evilly, and Hunter tapped his back pocket and realised that he was a little light.
"Where are the jewels?" Shawn asked Hunter.
"I left them in the table stand in my bedroom," Hunter replied, and Shawn gasped.
"So, we're sitting ducks!" Shawn yelped.
"Quack quack!" Shane McMahon taunted them.
"Those jewels were protecting you for a long time, now its open season to any member of the DX family if they step outside of the Sandbox, starting with you," Beth Hardy said, and she Transcended DX away much to Seth's well disguised horror.
"Oh no!" AJ Styles said and Kenny Omega fretted while Finn Balor tried his best not to look down at his phone where the message from Becky still waited.
Beth Hardy dusted off her hands while everyone wondered what happened to DX.
"That takes care of that. You guys are free to move back into the Sandbox and we can spend the whole day together without anymore interruption from DX or their family," Beth Hardy said proudly while the people in the diner tried to work out what just happened.
"Where did DX go?" a woman wondered.
"And what happened to that little boy and that giant cat?" a man asked.
Seth face almost melted, and he jumped up to see where Abiyah and Ra-Ra were. Seeing that they were not where they were ten minutes ago, he stared at Beth Hardy enraged.
"You just Transcended my son!" he cried, and Sasha gasped.
"Great we've lost him again!" Sasha sighed, "Why can't that boy just stay in one place!"
Beth looked confused, "I don't understand Seth, I never meant for Abiyah to go anywhere. He must have gone of his own free will," she pleaded, and Seth realised that she was right.
"Abi's trying to get away from us, he doesn't want to be around us anymore Sasha," he said to the Boss who was bored with her son's antics.
"Or he's proving once again that he can't be trusted. All that time with Faith Star is finally paying off, now he's acting less like a Rollins and more like a freakin spoiled DX kid," Sasha replied, and she turned to a very disturbed Beth Hardy. "Where did you send them?" she asked Beth.
"I don't know, I don't always know the destination of Transcendence. All I know is that they're not in Connecticut or even in the United States," Beth replied, and Seth got into Beth's face.
"I want Abiyah back here right now!" he warned her, and Beth freaked out.
"I'm telling you I didn't Transcend him!" she said fervently, and Seth turned to Sasha.
"Roman is going to freak out if he finds out Abiyah's gone somewhere, and we don't know where he is. We have got to find him," Seth said.
Sasha folded her arms indifferently, "And just how are we supposed to do that by love? Beth has no idea where she sent DX," she replied coolly, and Seth collapsed onto his knees and prayed.
"I'm sorry but we gotta go," he said after praying and he took Sasha by the arm, but she refused to leave.
"Where are we going, we don't know where he is?!" she argued.
"God will guide us; we have to go find him right now!" Seth said. "That's what Mary and Joseph did when Jesus went missing for three days!"
"Ha, I ain't no Mary, if you want to find him, you're all on your own Joseph. Tell that boy he's in big trouble too!" Sasha said and Seth sighed before taking his flying prayer shawl and launching into the sky hoping that he could find Abiyah before Roman found out he was missing. As much as Seth wanted Roman to get custody of Roman, he wanted Abiyah to know at least one of the Rollins family had his best interests at heart. What Seth didn't know was that he wasn't the only one looking for DX now and it was going to take a lot to keep Abiyah's disappearance a secret from Roman for much longer. Eventually, the guilt of losing Abiyah was too much for Sasha and she text Seth and told him to come back to the Stamford Diner and pick her up so they could look for him together. Seth was relieved and he did just that, happy to have the woman he loved by his side as they rode across the sky looking for a boy that didn't want to be found. It would be the perfect opportunity for Seth to talk some sense into Sasha before she lost Abiyah for real. She had brought about a year's supply of food from the diner for the trip; something told the Boss that they'd be looking for Abiyah for awhile. Sasha was convinced that her firstborn child did not want to be found right now. For some reason he wanted to be with DX and it was going to be hard looking for a child that was trying to hide from her and the terrible choices she was making most recently, especially where DX was concerned.