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Listen to Her Voice
(3rd Person POV)
Facing a Fear
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If you were Hunter Hearst Helmsley, you were in a war zone.
After the explosive end to Monday night Raw which every member of the known universe had seen thanks to Randy Orton leading a camera crew back to the DX locker room and getting on tap Lou and Alex's make out scene life wasn't good for anyone in the WWE while except for Legacy who was revealing in there happy destruction between the happy little family.
Hunter sat in Shawn's kitchen listening to Shawn plead with Louisa to come out of her room.
"Lou, please come out…" Shawn sighed as he continued to knock on the door.
"NO, GO AWAY SHAWN, YOU STUPID ANGRY STUBBORN BALD OLD MAN!" screamed Lou from the other side of the room. Shawn sighed heavily and shook his head. He figured that after three hours of pleading with Lou she wasn't going to come out of her room no matter what he tried.
Grabbing his jacket and storming past Hunter and out of the house without saying another word to anyone else. Hunter shook his head knowing exactly where Shawn was going. Shawn slammed the door as Hunter looked on solemnly at his best friend.
About five minutes after Shawn had stormed out of the house, a bob of brunette hair peeked around the corner and into the kitchen.
"Kid, I can see you," Hunter said to Louisa who jumped with fright when she realized he had spotted her. "You can come out, Shawn just left anyway. He needed to be alone for a while anyway."
Lou took a seat beside The Game and sadly looked at the ground. Hunter sighed, he knew that he should start to learn how to deal with father daughter arguments since he was now a father himself to Aurora and soon to be coming along Murphy.
"You know you can talk to me, Lou. I promise I won't tell your father." Hunter said but Louisa shook her head in distrust. But then she thought about it, she could kill Hunter if she really needed too if he betrayed her trust.
Lou sighed heavily.
"It's just everything, I guess. I make my triumphant return, kick Legacy's ass, make a new ally, Alex surprises me and kisses me, and then Shawn flips out and… AND it's all televised on cable television thanks to good for nothing Randy Orton. Ugh!" Screamed Lou in frustration while thrusting her head into her arms and beginning to cry.
"It'll be okay, trust me in a few weeks no one even remember this happened." Hunter said while stroking her hair as she sobbed. "Cena will probably through Orton through a table and this whole thing with you, your Dad, and Alex will be forgotten about."
"How can you be so confident about this?" Lou asked while whipping the tears out of her eyes.
"While, kiddo when you've been in the business as long as I have you know that the fans are pretty fickle and choose to remember some things and not others. Trust me, this is coming from a guy who is married to Stephanie McManoh." Hunter said as Lou laughed at him. "Ah there's that smile we have all been missing."
Lou smiled genuinely but a perplexing thought crossed her mind.
"Hunter, why did freak out on me and Alex so much on Monday night? Why does he care so much, I know I'm his daughter and all but he was looking at me like… like… like…"
"Like you were Rebecca and Alex was him?" Hunter finished for her.
"Yea, exactly" Lou said in a kind of creped out tone.
"I think that's best if you ask him." Hunter said grabbing a piece of paper and writing down an address.
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Lou looked around at the old church. It was beautiful, quaint, and cozy just like out of a storybook. The stain glass reflected on the grass in the little wooded area it was located. The bell tower was tall and steep with a golden bell adorning the inside. It looked like it hadn't been rung in a while. The church was a combination of brick and siding.
The staircase into the church was about 5 steps high and looked like it was ready to crumble at any second. Lou climbed the stairs and pulled open the door to find Shawn sitting in the pew in the very front deep in prayer. He looked sad, angry, and lost all at the same time. Lou frowned realizing that that was her fault he was so upset with the world.
"Oh Rebecca," he sighed looking at the cross, "She certainly is our daughter especially with that temper of hers. I wonder where she gets that from, definetly not your side of the family."
Lou giggled causing Shawn to jump in fear and him to quickly turn around.
"Who goes there?" Shawn shouted. Quickly, Lou stood up and revealed herself to the depressed old HBK. Shawn looked at his daughter and signaled for her to come up to the front. The two sat on the steps in front of the preachers pulpit in silence for several minutes.
"You know this where your mother and I got married here." Shawn stated as Lou nodded. "She loved this little church, she always said it felt like home for the both of us. I still think it's home for the both of us too even though she's gone."
"That's why you were saying her name, right?" Lou asked quietly while Shawn nodded yes in response.
"I think she comes here every so often when things aren't good for me. She watches over the two of us you know? Every time I step in the ring I pray for her to keep me safe and now to keep you safe too." Shawn said Lou looked over at him in sadness.
"She's my guardian angel," Lou whispered as Shawn nodded.
"She's mine too." Shawn said as Lou grabbed him and the two hugged each other tightly for one the best father daughter bonding experiences the two have had.
"Dad," Lou said looking up at her father as Shawn looked down at her, "Why were you looking at Alex and I so strangely on Monday night?"
Shawn sighed realizing his daughter had finally caught onto him. He looked at her deep in those blue-green eyes of hers as a single tear slide down his cheek.
"Your mother and I were exactly like you and Alex. I trained Rebecca just like Alex trained you. Wrestling was in our blood just like it's in yours. But when it came to me and Rebecca there were some things that I considered my fault like not being there when someone would attack from behind or others would take advantage of her.
"And with my success just like your experiencing first hand thank to Legacy, there will always be a target on your back. I didn't want that for her and sure as heck don't want it for my own daughter. I know I shouldn't say this but I see bad things coming down the road for all of us in the near future. I just don't want you to be broken by a wrestler who thinks he knows you but really doesn't. I just want the best for you, Louisa because you're my only daughter and I love you."
Lou thought about it for several minutes before responding to her father. He did have some good points and with that Lou nodded her head complying with her father.
"Promise me, you won't do anything recluse with any wrestlers, just promise me that." Shawn said.
"I promise." Lou responded as the two embraced in a hug. "So are we all good now, one big happy family again and all that jazz?"
"Well… since we're here I want to run something by you, what do you think of me versus the Undertaker at Wrestlemania?"
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"Please dear God, dear Lord, told me you told him no!" screamed Nancy at me. I shook my head and smiled. Everyone knew that Shawn had gone up the Undertaker and even the outcomes too. But what they didn't know was my backstage drama and all the crap that went along with it.
"Doc, it's been a month and we all know what happened." I muttered at her as she looked at me glumly.
"Yea, I know but I don't have to accept it." Nancy sighed while shaking her head.
"Not a Taker fan?" I mused sarcastically.
"Not really, why do you like Taker for God sakes your HBK's daughter what gives?" Nancy asked while raising an eyebrow.
"All in due time, Doc, all in due time…" I trailed off looking out the window and getting back to the story.
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"Undertaker, uh Dad do you have a fever?" Lou asked worriedly looking at her father and frowning. "Taker is one of the legendary stars in this business. What on earth would make you think that going up against him would be a good idea?"
"Car, before I found you I was a lost fearful man but now that I know your alive and you want to be a part of this crazy life that I lead, I feel the need to prove myself and show the rest of the world I'm fearless.".
Lou looked at her father with sadness in her eyes but a longing in her heart that she knew she had filled a long lost dream of Shawn's which was him just knowing that she was alive and wanted to be with him.
"I love you Shawn, I do and you don't have to do this to prove yourself to me or anyone else."
"Well Car, it's all about facing a fear." Shawn said while pulling her into a hug and tightly squeezing her and smiling down at her. "I love you too, Car more than you will ever know."
For a while the father daughter duo sat in complete silence just enjoying each other's company. They had been a part for twenty one years and God knew they needed more father-daughter moments like this one. But this would be the first of many. But the father daughter moment was broken by Lou speaking her mind on something that had so far thus been forgotten.
"Dad, since we're talking about facing fears I think it's time for me to face one of mine." Lou said confidentially.
"Honey, you don't have to face Randy Orton that is for John to do." Shawn said as Lou smiled meekly.
"No, Daddy I know John will give Orton his just desserts, but this has to do with the woman I called Gramms for twenty one years of life. I want to know who she was and what the hell story is and why she kidnapped me? And why Rebecca was killed?" Lou said looking at Shawn who just nodded in understanding.
Thoughts raced for Shawn's mind. He wanted to know the truth and he could see in Lou's eyes that so did she. While she more over needed to know the truth and so did Shawn.
"I think it's time for everyone to know the answer to the question, but right now I think we should go back before Hunter freaks out about us being gone." Shawn said wrapping an arm around Lou and walking out of the church together.
Lou smiled at her father. If he could confront his fears then so could she but this time the Michaels family could find out the truth together.
Lou looked back over her shoulder at the front of the church and she could have sworn that she saw a woman that resembled Rebecca (or the woman that Lou had seen in several photos around Shawn's house). Lou quickly blinked and the woman waved before disappearing.
Maybe Shawn was right maybe they both had a guardian angel looking out for them.
And maybe she would help them find the truth about the last twenty-one years.
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Not much to say this time guys and gals. Just been really busy and stuff, I guess and I wanted to get this update out before the weekend since I'm supposed to study between 6-14 hours for my plant science mid-term on Wednesday… ugh isn't that a joy within itself? :P
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