Notes: I have to admit, I completely forgot that Dusty had died in 2015, so I will definitely need to go back and take that part out of the second chapter. Dedicated to the newlywed couple Dean and Renee. They are so cute together. I hope they have a long and loving marriage. In this fic, they've only been dating for less than a year though.

Roman and Seth walked into Joey's apartment and found the house dark. Roman turned the light on and found Dean asleep in the recliner. Punk, AJ, Galina, and Joey were sitting at the kitchen table talking quietly.

Seth looked over at Dean before setting his phone on the table. "I got this text." He said quietly.

Punk picked it up and read it. He quickly pulled his own phone out and started searching through it.

Joey grabbed the phone. "Bray," he said shaking his head. "He and his games."

Punk held up a finger and dialed a number. "What the Hell are you doing?" He demanded. "Yeah you know perfectly well who this is. I saw the text. Just who's side are you on? Yeah well back off. I mean it Paul." He hung up.

"Hunter?" Galina asked.

Punk shook his head before looking at Cesaro who had just entered the room. "Heyman."

Joey got between Roman and Seth who looked like they were about to attack Cesaro. "Not now."

"No I think it's deserved." Punk said getting up and walking up to the Swiss. "Paul said this was your idea." He said grabbing the phone out of AJ's hands and thrusting it at Cesaro.

Cesaro shut his eyes after reading it. "It's not what it looks like." He said. He ducked away from Seth. "Look I'm on your side. All I told Paul was that we were going to be in Alabama. I said maybe you should send Seth a text. I had no idea he would send this. He really doesn't care what happens in WWE. Last time I talked to him he was more interested in helping Lesnar get back into WWE to take on the winner of Dolph Ziggler versus you Roman. He stopped being my advocate a long time ago. I also know he has nothing to do with Hunter."

"I don't know why we should trust you?" Seth said folding his arms over his chest.

"Oh, really Seth? I certainly don't trust you. At least I know what I've done. You still don't know what you did do you? Or so you claim." He grabbed his suitcase. "I'll see you guys at RAW. I'm going back to my apartment." He said and left the apartment.

"What is he talking about?" Galina asked as she stood up. she was ready for bed herself. They all had to get up early to catch their flights.

"I don't know," Seth said staring at the closed door. What was he talking about?

DDD

Dean stood fidgeting backstage Monday. He didn't know what Shane McMahon wanted to talk to him about. He wasn't completely comfortable with the fact that Punk and AJ had said they wanted to sit in and hear it. Neither of them worked for WWE anymore, and he didn't even understand why they were there.

Shane came into the room briefcase in hand. "Thanks for meeting with me on such short notice." He stopped and looked at AJ and Punk in shock. "Phil, AJ," he greeted, not hiding his surprise.

"Hey Shane." Punk said from his seat next to Dean.

"How are you?" AJ asked from her seat next to Punk.

"I'm okay." He turned his attention back to Dean. "How would you like to take over as RAW General Manager? I've been trying to run both RAW and SmackDown since Dusty passed away, and I need some help. You don't have to step back in the ring again, and I think you need it."

"Shane," Punk said. This couldn't be a good idea. Shane and Dean had no idea why they shouldn't do this. He wished he could tell them that but Dean's mental state was at jeopardy.

"Well I'd get to see my girlfriend more," Dean said completely ignoring Punk. "That's a plus. I don't know if Dr. Andrews would be okay with this."

"I checked with him and he said as long as you don't get anywhere near a ring, you should be okay. Maybe we can convince AJ to come back and help?" Shane asked looking at AJ. "I know we can't convince Punk here since he's got a fight coming up."

"No, I'm fine with not coming back," AJ said after a moment. "I'm working on a book and other stuff, but I think Dean would be good don't you, Punk?"

Punk opened his mouth to disagree. This was a very bad idea. Wyatts were here. Orton was here. Seth and Roman couldn't be with him. Seth didn't even work for WWE. He had to go back to Ring of Honor. Also, he was with Seth. He didn't trust Cesaro. But what could he say? "I don't know," he finally said.

"How about a one day trial to see how it works out?" Shane asked. "Punk can tell me at the end of the night."

Dean nodded. "Sounds good to me." He got up after looking at his watch. "If that's it, I'm going to go find Renee." He said before leaving the room.

"I wish I could tell you why this is a bad idea," Punk said. "You have no idea what happened in 2014. Can you promise security with Dean?"

"I can," Shane said. "I think that's probably the best idea. He can definitely have security with him. there's enough people in this company that would probably not accept Dean as General Manager. I think Dr. Andrews would appreciate it if we didn't put his hard work in getting Dean's ankle back into one piece in jeopardy of being ruined," he joked. "Don't worry Phil. Dean's going to be okay."

"Yeah well I wish I had your confidence."

DDD

Notes: Sorry for the delay with this chapter. I'm trying to get back to writing my Shield fics.