"Breakfast!" It was an order rather than a request.
"Yes, dad," she said.

He had showed up early in the morning, knocking on her hotel room and waking her up. At least he had agreed to them having separate rooms while she travelled around with him. It would be too embarrassing to share a room with her father at her age. She quickly got dressed and followed him to the elevator, down to the hotel's restaurant to eat breakfast together.

"So besides riding with you from town to town, I haven't seen much of you this past week," he said once they were seated.
"I told you I don't wanna be here," she sighed.
"I've heard you made some new friends," he said.
"New? No, Brie and Nikki caught me coming out from the bathroom. You can't really call them new. I knew them back in the days too," she said.
"I'm not talking about the twins," he stared her down. "Someone saw you walk into a certain locker room."
"Who?" She asked.
"Kane. So don't try and lie your way out of it," he twisted a little smile.

She put a piece of pineapple in her mouth, chewing it slowly to his annoyance and then she smiled back.

"I've been hanging around the Shield boys. No big deal," she said.
"After what they did to you?" He asked.
"They apologized," she answered.
"Are you interesting in one of them?" He asked.
"No fucking way. I am never going down that road again. One time was enough," she answered.
"Speaking of... have you seen him yet?" He asked.
"Thank god, no. He's still too mighty and high in his world to eat with the others in catering and I stay away from the ring as much as possible," she answered.
"You're hiding in their locker room?" He chuckled.
"Roman offered me a sanctuary and I took it," she said.

He finished his coffee and looked at her with soft eyes.

"And they're treating you good?" He asked.
"They are," she answered.
"Even that Dean kid?" He asked.
"Dean and I have come to an agreement to ignore each other most of the time," she answered.
"And you trust them?" He asked.
"Surprisingly, yes. Well, to a certain degree. I haven't told them anything about my past and they haven't asked. I like that they don't go digging into it," she answered.
"That's good, honey. I gotta run now but we'll catch up later," he said.
"Thanks for breakfast," she said.

She watched him as he walked over to pay for their meal and then walk out of the restaurant. He wasn't heading to his own room though. As soon as he was inside the elevator, he pressed the button for their floor. He needed to have a little talk with the boys.

"Taker?" Roman asked surprised as he opened the door.
"I need to talk to you. All three of you," Undertaker said.
"Sure. Come on in," Roman said.

He stepped aside and let the other man in. Seth and Dean quickly turned off the playstation as they saw who had entered. Undertaker walked over to sit down on a chair, staring at the two men sitting on a bed. Roman walked over and sat next to his two friends.

"So I hear you're taking care of my daughter," Undertaker started.
"We are. She's a sweet girl," Roman said.
"It's my understanding that she hasn't told you anything about why she's suddenly travelling with me," Undertaker said.
"She said you forced her," Seth said.

Romen elbowed Seth in the side and gave him a hard look but Undertaker just chuckled a bit.

"That I did. You see, my little girl fell into a hole. I trust that what I'm about to tell you will never leave this room," he said.
"Of course," Roman said.

Undertaker leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees while letting out a deep sigh.

"Her and Randy used to be together. About a year or so. It was pretty serious. One day she came home and I thought I had seen her heartbroken before but I'd never seen her like that. She was completely lost and the only thing I could get out of her was that Randy left her," he said.
"So he dumped her?" Dean opened his mouth for the first time.

Again an elbow was given, only it was Seth this time that elbowed Dean.

"I don't know what it was about Randy that made her fall that far down. I tried getting her out of that hole but she just continued going down deeper. I even moved her back home with me but I hardly saw her at all for two years. She was always out causing trouble, doing god knows what. I even had to pick her up at the hospital and the police station a couple of times after being in fights or destroying property," Undertaker said.

He sighed again, taking a couple of deep breaths before continuing.

"It all culminated two weeks ago. I knew she was running with a bad crowd but I didn't know they were this fucked up. I came home a day earlier than planned, and thank god I did, because I found her in her room with a man about to..." He struggled to keep the tears within. "About to inject a fucking needle into her arm."
"Needle?" Seth asked.
"Heroin, Seth," Undertaker growled. "He was about to shoot fucking poison into my baby girl's arm and she was gonna let him."
"Holy shit," Seth muttered.
"So what did you do?" Dean asked.
"What do you think I did?" Undertaker twisted a little smile. "I beat the living crap out of him."

All three men let out amusing sounds to that statement.

"And her?" Roman asked.
"She said she just wanted some peace of mind. She swore it was the first time. I stripped her down to her underwear and examined her body. She wasn't lying but I couldn't take the chance of it ever happening again so I forced her to start travelling with me again," Undertaker answered.
"It makes sense," Roman said and nodded.

Undertaker rubbed his hands on his jeans before standing up.

"Do you have any idea the hell I've been going through the last two years and then having to find my daughter like that? Pray you'll never experience that once you get children. I've never felt so helpless in my entire life. Helpless and heartbroken, just watching her go down and not understanding what's going on inside her head," he said.
"Why are you telling us this?" Seth asked.
"Because she seems to have taken some sort of liking to you guys," Undertaker answered.
"The feeling's mutual," Roman said.

Dean let out a low sound, only loud enough for the two men sitting next to him to hear. Another discrete elbow went into his ribs.

"And I need someone to help me keep an eye on her. When I'm not around, please take care of her," Undertaker pleaded.
"Of course," Roman said.
"She's gonna run into Randy sooner or later and I just hope one of you is there when it happens. I have no idea how she's gonna react to seeing him again but I know I don't want her to go through it alone," Undertaker said.

He headed for the door but stopped and turned around before leaving.

"Don't fuck with my girl or hurt her in any way. I might be old but I can still break you all in half," he said.
"You can count on us," Roman said.

Undertaker nodded and then walked out of the door.

"Shit," Seth let out.
"Shit indeed," Roman agreed.
"Looks like fangirl's been bad," Dean chuckled.
"Dean, you heard him. Don't fuck with her," Roman warned.
"Relax. Don't you trust me?" Dean grinned.
"No," Seth and Roman said at the same time with smiles on their faces.