"Tyler?" Illyria was shocked as she looked into the face of Jim's son who just stood there smiling at her.
"Hi Lyria...is dad here by chance?"
"Yeah. Sorry, come on in." She said, stepping aside so he could walk into the room. "Jim your son is here."
"My...Tyler? What are you doing here?" Jim asked, stepping up and giving Tyler a quick hug.
"Summer vacation, mom didn't tell you?"
"No."
"Figures." Tyler replied, rolling his eyes. "She was supposed to ask you about it because I mentioned to her about wanting to come see you for a while. You don't care do you?"
"Of course I don't."
"Jim I'm going to go check about another room since there's not enough room in this one and I'll take these meatheads with me." Illyria giggled, pointing to the guys.
"Hey, I'm no meathead!" Paul exclaimed.
"Close enough to one." She stated, giving Jim a quick kiss. "Come on boys." They all left so Jim and Tyler could spend some time alone. Once they were outside the hotel room they all went their separate ways except for Illyria and Kevin. "I've got a favor to ask you Kevin."
"Sure, what is it?"
"I want to go talk to Manna about this shit and I want you to go with me." Illyria explained as they walked down the hall.
"Lyria do you think that's such a good idea?"
"I've got to find out for myself if what Andy said is true or not." She shrugged and he looked at her in surprise.
"You think he's lying?"
"I'm not sure. I've known Michael for a long time and he just doesn't seem like the type to rape a woman, no matter what the situation is."
"I'll go with you." Kevin agreed and she smiled.
"Thank you...for everything." They made their way to the elevator then to Michael's room and Illyria knocked on the door.
"What the hell do you want?" Michael snapped when he opened the door.
"To talk and find out the truth...Jim doesn't know I'm here." Illyria replied.
He eyed Kevin and Illyria for a few minutes before sighing and stepping aside to let them in. "The truth about what Lyria?"
"Andrew Martin came to Jim and I last night, he told us he overheard you talking to someone about how you were planning to get me alone and...rape me." She whispered and Kevin wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
Michael looked at her in shock as his mouth fell open. "Lyria we may have our differences right now and yes, it's true what happened when I first saw you but you know me better than that!"
"So you're telling me he's lying then?"
"You're damn straight that's what I'm telling you. Fuck, now I'm going to have everybody in the locker room out for my head." He grumbled, sitting down on the edge of his bed.
"No you won't, I'll make sure of it. I can't guarantee they won't be after Andy now though but they won't be after you. Michael...why did you record Jim and I?" Illyria saw Kevin look down at her in confusion out of the corner of her eye but she ignored him for now.
"I only did it as a joke, I swear that to you. I planned on erasing it but before I even had the chance to Fullington came after me about it then Gerrin beat the hell out of me."
"He did?" She thought it best to play off knowing that Terry beat him up to keep Terry out of trouble.
"You're telling me you honestly didn't know?" Michael asked, shocked and suspicious.
"No, I honestly didn't know. The only thing I heard was that someone beat you up, I didn't hear who it was."
"It's not like I can prove it anyway...no one was around that I could see."
"Well, I've got to go get another room because Jim's son Tyler just showed up for a visit then I'll get this shit straightened out. I promise you that Michael." Illyria stated, smiling at him.
"I hope you can Lyria." He said, opening the door so they could walk out.
Once Kevin heard the door close and they were far enough away he smirked down at Illyria. "You knew who beat the hell out of him didn't you?"
"Shhh! God Kevin, Terry's one of my good friends and I can't stand the thought of him getting in trouble so keep your voice down."
"Sorry, I'll take that as a yes though. What did you mean by recording you and Jim?"
Illyria groaned in embarrassment before taking his hand and pulling him into a secluded place. "Jim and I were really loud one night during sex...well, I was anyway but that's beside the point. The next morning I found out that Michael had stood outside our hotel room door and recorded us on his cell phone."
"Oh, so you're a screamer huh?" Kevin teased her and she blushed.
"Kevin I like you, really but shut the hell up." Illyria grumbled, shaking her head. "Come on, I gotta get another room." Before they could get very far her cell phone rang and Kevin laughed at her ringtone. "Like that do you? Hello?"
"Lyria get your ass back to our room now." Jim's voice boomed over the line.
"What? Why?"
"Rechner (Balls Mahoney) just saw you and Fertig coming out of Manna's hotel room. Care to explain to me what the fuck you were doing there?"
"Shit, we'll be there in a few minutes." She sighed, running a hand through her hair.
"You better." He hung up the phone with a loud click and Illyria flinched.
"What's wrong?" Kevin questioned.
"John Rechner saw us coming out of Michael's room, that was Jim and he's highly pissed."
"Let's go." Illyria and Kevin made their way back to hers and Jim's hotel room and she opened the door, walking slowly and reluctantly inside.
"Jim?"
"Get in here and sit down." She sighed and went all the way in, sitting down on the bed. "What the hell were you doing there?"
"Andy was lying Jim." Illyria stated simply, looking up at him and his eyes went wide.
"What do you mean he was fucking lying?" He asked and Illyria looked quickly over to Tyler before looking back at Jim. "Fertig will you take my son and get him something to eat?"
"Sure."
"Tyler you go with Kevin and we'll come get you in a little bit."
"All right dad." Tyler responded, walking out of the hotel room with Kevin.
"Okay baby, what the hell do you mean he was lying?"
"Something just didn't seem right Jim. You know Michael as well as I do, do you honestly think he seems like the type of man who would rape a woman?"
Jim sat there for a minute, thinking before he shook his head. "Now that I think about it, no he fucking doesn't."
"Exactly. So I asked Kevin to go with me so I could find out the truth."
"What did he say?"
"That while we do have our differences now and that it is true what happened when he first saw me, but I know him better than that which is true. When I asked him if he was telling me Andy was lying then he said 'damn straight that's what I'm telling you.' and now he's afraid everybody in the locker room will be out for his head." Illyria explained and Jim growled.
"We were but now we'll just turn our attention to Martin. What else?"
"I played it off like I didn't know Terry attacked him. I think he believed me but Kevin knew I knew about it right off."
"You trust him?" Jim asked and she looked at him in confusion.
"Who?"
"Fertig."
"Yes, without a doubt. He did something within about two minutes that it took Mark almost a week to do." Illyria explained. Her cell phone rang again and she sighed. "Hello?"
"Lyria, it's Beulah. You and Jim need to get down to the lobby as quick as you can."
"Why?"
"Terry (Brunk), Tommy and Glenn all have Michael cornered but Kevin is blocking them and Michael's yelling for them to talk to you." Beulah said.
"Shit, tell them not to do a damn thing until we get down there! Where's Tyler?"
"He's right here with me and I'll try to talk to them."
"Thanks. We'll be down in a few minutes." Illyria hung up her cell phone and stood up. "Come on Jim."
"Where we going?"
"Glenn, Terry and Tom all have Michael surrounded and ready to kick the shit out of him but Kevin's holding them off the best he can...I've got to get down there and stop them."
"Come on then." Jim took her hand and they left the hotel room to go down to the lobby.
"You guys stop it!" Illyria called out when she spotted the three men closing in on Kevin and Michael causing all three of them to turn to her.
"Little One why are you protecting this piece of shit?" Glenn asked, turning back around to glare at Michael.
"Because Glenn, what Andy told Jim and I is a lie. He never overheard Michael talking to anyone about anything." She explained and they all looked at her in shock. "After Kevin brought me back from my own little world I realized that what Andy told us didn't make any sense. I've known Michael for a hell of a long time and even though we're not on the best of terms right now I know that he's not the type of man to even think about raping me or any other woman for that matter. So, if you're going to be pissed at anyone be pissed at Andy but don't fucking do anything that will make any of you lose your jobs, please."
"What's going on here?" Paul Heyman asked, walking up to the group. "Ah, Manna...I've been looking all over for you."
"Paulie no. I talked to Michael, Andy lied...he never heard Michael saying any of that shit." Illyria told him and he looked at her in confusion. "I don't know why he's doing this but Andy's got something against me worse than Michael could ever think of having."
"I'll take care of it Lyria." Paul assured her and she nodded.
"Thanks. Now, I need to go get another room so I'll have a place to sleep tonight."
"Baby..."
"Jim no, Tyler is staying with you and there's no way in hell I'm coming between you two." Illyria stated defiantly.
"Lyria?" Tyler spoke up and she turned to him. "Why don't we just see if they have a roll-away bed and I can sleep on that?"
"Are you sure Tyler?"
"Yeah, I don't want you and dad to have to separate just because I'm here." He stated and Illyria smiled.
"It's no problem really, I think I can survive a few nights without your dad in my bed."
"Yeah but I can't handle nights without you in mine so let's see if they have a fucking roll-away bed." Jim said and she sighed.
"Fine but don't be expecting sex with your son in the same room." She warned him and he laughed.
"You got a deal."
Illyria turned back to Glenn, Tom and Terry to look at them in question. "You going to leave him alone now?"
"Yeah Lyria Ann, we'll leave him alone." Terry agreed, nodding.
"Thank you. See Michael, I told you I could call them off." Illyria said, winking at him and he laughed.
"Thanks for that too and thanks for believing me."
"I had no reason not to, you told me the truth out of respect for me and I appreciate that."
"Lyria!" Andrew called out and immediately male bodies surrounded her and stood in fighting stance. "Whoa, what the hell?"
Illyria parted her way through Jim and Kevin who were standing in front of her and she glared up at Andrew. "You're a fucking lying piece of shit Andrew Martin! What the hell is your problem with me?" She growled and her head snapped around when she heard Beulah giggle.
"You're starting to sound like your man." Beulah stated, still giggling and Illyria laughed.
"Thank you. So, what is it Andy? You pissed that Jim has the one thing you could never get your hands on or what?"
"What are you talking about Lyria?"
"Oh don't give me that innocent bullshit! You never fucking heard Michael talking to anyone did you?" His face quickly changed into a look of surprise and she laughed bitterly. "Yeah, that's what I fucking thought. You almost made me go into a state of mind where I may have not been able to find my way back out all because of what Andy? What made you do that?" Illyria demanded to know, her whole body shaking with anger.
Andrew stood there for a few minutes not saying anything but then he smirked evilly down at her. "To get him out of my way."
"Your way of what?"
"You of course."
"Oh for the love of...Andrew listen to me good because I'm only going to fucking tell you this one more time. I don't want you! I never have, I never will and nothing you can do or say is going to change that. I went through eleven years of pain, sadness and longing to get the man standing behind me and I'll be damned if I let you or anyone else take that away from me. I fought like hell with people all around me including Jim himself to get where we are now and you think that I'm going to throw all that away for you? You've seriously got to have some kind of mental defect or something if you honestly believe that." Illyria said, smiling when Jim wrapped his arms around her waist.
"You'll be regretting that when he goes and breaks your heart...you'll come crying to me, begging me to take you."
"Oh please, god forbid but if something should ever happen between Jim and I...you won't be the man here I'll be running to."
"Who..."
"None of your fucking business." She snapped, cutting him off.
"No, but you'll be telling me later." Jim whispered in her ear and she giggled.
"Oh joy." Illyria muttered.
"Martin I suggest you leave them the hell alone before I talk to McMahon and have your ass suspended." Paul warned him and Andrew growled before turning and walking away.
"All right, let's go get that bed now." She said, getting out of Jim's arms and putting as much distance between them as she could before he asked her who the man was.