Title: The ARK Angels of DX in Monster Ink
Author: Kaykyaka
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the WWE and TNA characters used within this fictional story. No copyright infringement is intended and no money is being made by this work of fiction.
Ratings: K+
Characters: Shawn, Cameron and Cheyenne Michaels, Amy 'Lita' Dumas Michaels, Hunter Hurst Helmsley, LC Helmsley, Aurora Rose Helmsley, Chyna, Trish and Randy Orton, Melina and Johnny Hennigan, Batista, CM Punk, The Beautiful People, Edge, Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, Stephanie and Chris Jericho, The McCools
Summary: An evil spirit takes possession of Batista and CM Punk and chaos ensues for the RAW locker room. DX discover that the problem is tattooed on the two Superstars but can Shawn and Hunter help them and protect their family at the same-time?
Chapter Eleven - Rattled Cages
Rey Mysterio's house, 2pm:
Shawn Michaels stood outside Rey Mysterio's house loving its So Cal style complete with low-rider out front, a gift from the late and great Eddie Guerrero. When everyone's favorite luchador answered the door he wasn't as happy to see Shawn as HBK would have liked.
"Hey Shawn," Rey said looking down at his feet.
"What's wrong Rey? Is it the sunshine, the warm breeze or just the overall coolness of San Diego that's got you down?" Shawn asked wondering why Rey was looking at his feet.
"I lost Batista," Rey replied and Shawn's eyes widened to the size of golf balls.
"You what?" he said in disbelief, "Rey how could you lose him he was asleep?" Shawn reasoned.
"It was really hot inside my house so I thought I'd cool him off a bit," Rey said walking out his front door onto the lawn and Shawn followed him, "I put a cool rag over his face and before I knew it he was awake,"
"Then what happened?" Shawn asked.
"He said he had to leave and I told him I'd give him a ride to the airport but he told me not to bother," Rey said.
"So he just left, he didn't tell you where he was going?" Shawn said incredulously and Rey looked down at his feet again.
"I would ask if you were mad but I guess that's a given," Rey said as Shawn took a deep breath and put his head between his knees to calm down, "What I don't understand is why Dave woke up after I put the cloth on his face,"
"This cloth is it just any cloth or do you use it for special occasions?" Shawn asked Rey.
"I take it to church with me so I have something to wipe my face with when it gets hot," Rey replied.
"There's your answer, that cloth is blessed you use it for holy reasons and the blessing nullified the curse that kept Dave asleep," Shawn replied, "I wonder if that would be enough to destroy the other curse on him," Shawn thought.
"Well I did pray for him while he was asleep," Rey said.
"How did he seem when he woke up?" Shawn asked.
"A little pre-occupied like something was on his mind and he sure was in a hurry to leave," Rey replied.
"I don't think your church cloth was enough I'm gonna have to lay hands on him, I just hope he shows up for the Supershow this weekend," Shawn said.
"Are the police still looking for him?" Rey asked and Shawn nodded, "There's no way Dave attacked Candice or those other people,"
"Well the police won't rule it out until they find him and from what you told me the evidence is not in Dave's favor," Shawn said.
"Oh you mean the blood on his teeth and on his hands?" Rey asked.
"Yeah, even after a couple of days the police can still retrieve it," Shawn said then he had a thought, "Unless an old friend of his destroys the evidence,"
Rey frowned then he realized who Shawn was talking about, "You mean Melina?" he asked.
"Yeah, after all she specializes in miracles," Shawn said.
"But she doesn't cast out demons," Rey said.
"No and that's why I gotta get to L.A right away," Shawn said.
"I'll go with you, L.A 's just a 40 minute flight from here," Rey said and Shawn's eyes beamed as Rey got into the low-rider.
"All my life I always wanted to ride in one of these," Shawn said getting into the passenger seat.
"Well you're in for a treat, let's ride!" Rey said turning the key in the ignition and the low-rider immediately started to bob up and down.
"Awesome!" Shawn said as Rey bobbed down the street and headed for San Diego airport, "Wait, don't you want to tell your wife you're leaving?" Shawn asked Rey.
"Oh yeah," Rey said and turned the low-rider around, headed back to his house and hollered up to the top window outside the house, "Angie i' el ll esté detrás adentro un poco mientras que / Angie I'll be back in a little while!" he said and Angie stuck her head out of the bedroom window.
"Okay, coja un poco de aceite de oliva i' m que hace spaghetti / pick up some olive oil I'm making spaghetti," Angie replied.
"Spaghetti, pensé usted dijo que usted iba a hacer el chile? / spaghetti, I thought you said you were going to make chili?" Rey complained.
"tenemos siempre pensamiento i' del chile i; intento de d algo diferente para un cambio / We always have chili I thought we'd try something different for a change," Angie said.
"Okay cómo sobre el calamari / how about calamari?" Rey suggested.
"Cómo sobre nosotros continúe esta discusión de Melina' casa de s / how about we continue this discussion from Melina's house?" Shawn suggested.
"Melina's, porqué es usted que va a Melina' casa de s? / Why are you going to Melina's house?" Angie asked.
"para encontrar Batista / to find Batista," Rey replied.
"Okay, cuando usted lo encuentra si él quiere el espagueti o el calamari / okay when you find him ask him if he wants spaghetti or calamari," Angie said and Rey drove off after waving goodbye to his wife and she waved back and blew him a kiss.
On the way to LAX Shawn and Rey Mysterio learned that flights to Los Angeles had been suspended for the whole day. When they asked the helpdesk why they could give no logical answer, only stating that "There was nothing they could do."
"We'll have to drive to L.A, its only 2 hours away from here," Rey said.
"Okay let's go," Shawn said and they ran back to the airport parking lot to retrieve the low-rider and head for the San Diego Freeway.
About half an hour into their journey Shawn and Rey were accompanied by some very aggressive speedsters who seemed intent on catching up to them.
"What do these two mamacitas want?" Rey said as the drove up real close to the low-rider, "Do you think they could be wrestling fans?"
Shawn got a good look at the driver and her travel buddy in the rear-view mirror, they were two young women with long black hair, they might have been sisters as they bore a striking resemblance to each other. They pulled right up to the low-rider smiling beguilingly at HBK before ramming the side of Rey's car.
"They are definitely not fans!" Shawn yelled, "Speed up Rey let's get outta here!"
"I'm way ahead of you partner!" Rey said going even faster down the freeway but the two women weren't far behind.
They rammed Shawn and Rey again from behind and the brightly colored metal cracked from the impact on the boot.
"These girls are trying to kill us!" Shawn cried as the women continued to ram the sides of Rey's low-rider.
"Who are they?" Rey asked trying to dodge the girls who were intent on totally re-working the construction of the vehicle.
Shawn looked over at them again, both dark haired, both evil, both trying to kill him - then he remembered Punk's story about the two girls from Venom in L.A, "They're those two girls from the club that you guys went to!" Shawn told Rey.
"Those scary girls that tried to hit on Dave and Punk?" Rey asked trying to keep ahead of the psychotic girls, "Pare el golpear de mi coche!" Rey said yelling from the driver's seat.
"That's Spanish for stop hitting my car!" Shawn yelled then one of the girls threw something at him, it was a gasoline can and she had a match.
"What is that smell?" Rey Mysterio asked picking up a flammable scent.
"That's the smell of our fiery death!" Shawn replied and he jammed his foot down on the break and pulled Rey from the low-rider and ran off the road. Seconds later the low-rider exploded in a ball of fire that could be seen from the Hollywood sign in L.A.
Shawn and Rey looked up at it from the ground below but they didn't have time to thank God for their lives because the two women who had tried to kill them realized that they hadn't finished the job and were making their way over to them.
"These girls are perfectionists," Rey said, "that's not a good quality if you're a homicidal maniac,"
Shawn got to his feet and looked straight at the women walking towards him, "Stay back," he told them firmly but they kept on walking towards him, "Stay back before you get hurt!" Shawn warned them again but they wouldn't listen.
Suddenly the air around them started to warm up to the point where it almost became impossible to breathe, "The explosion's gonna make us suffocate," Rey said.
"That heat's not coming from the low-rider," Shawn said as the two women better known as Brie and Brianna started to get hot, real hot. "You've got one more chance to turn back or feel God's wrath!" Shawn warned the girls one more time and Brie stopped and didn't come one step closer.
"What are you doing?" Brianna asked her.
"Maybe we should go back," Brie said obeying the Voice in her head telling her she was in serious danger.
"Come on," Brianna said pulling Brie's arm but Brie pulled it back.
"No," she said refusing to take one step further but Brianna continued to approach Shawn and Rey Mysterio intending to curse them the way she cursed Punk and Batista, "Brianna stop!" Brie called but Brianna wouldn't listen. Eventually Brianna got so hot her skin started to peel and she finally exploded into a ball of ash.
"ARGHHH!" Brie screamed not believing what just happened to her best friend, a victim of Anointed Amy's Righteous Indignation.
"That doesn't have to happen to you, if you repent of your sins I can save you from my wife's fiery wrath," Shawn said and Brie fell to her knees with tears in her eyes.
"I repent, I repent!" she cried frightened for her life, "I'm sorry Father please forgive me!" she said raising her eyes to the Heavens and clasping her hands together as a sign of submission.
"That'll do," Shawn said going over to Brie and pulling her to her feet and Amy's Righteous Indignation subsided, "Now tell me why you just tried to kill me and my friend Rey here,"
Brie was shaking so much she could barely stand but Shawn held her firmly, he wasn't about to let her get away without telling him what was going on, "He just said make sure they don't make it to Melina's house," she stammered.
"Who told you that?" Rey Mysterio asked.
"A devil," Brie replied.
"Otherwise known as?" Shawn asked.
"Chris Jericho," Brie said and Rey's mouth dropped but Shawn wasn't surprised in the slightest, "I'm scared, what do I do now?" Brie asked Shawn.
"Go and sin no more," Shawn said quoting Jesus and he let Brie go and she stood looking at him not knowing where to go or what to do, so she ran away down the freeway hoping her problems wouldn't follow her wherever she ended up.
"Chris Jericho tried to kill us, I can't believe it," Rey Mysterio said in shock.
"Believe it, we gotta get to Melina's house but how?" Shawn said thinking and Rey tapped him on the shoulder and pointed to the low-rider that was standing in mint condition, the fire long put out.
Shawn and Rey looked at each other then they looked up at the sky and smiled, "Thank you Eddie," they said at the same-time and Eddie smiled at them from Heaven, he wasn't about to let two of his amigos get stuck on the San Diego Freeway without a ride.
The Hennigans, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA at 6pm:
Rey and Shawn finally arrived at Melina and Johnny's house to find Melina and Johnny on the outside of their house as if they were expecting their arrival.
Melina greeted Shawn with a kiss and Rey with a hug, "You will not believe what just happened here just before you came," Melina said to them both and Shawn frowned morbidly.
"Why do I think it has something to do with Batista?" Shawn said and Melina and Johnny nodded.
"He came here demanding to see Melina because he needed her help. I've never seen him so desperate," Johnny said and Melina rubbed his back supportively.
"I was asleep at the time I'm still pretty tired from my time in Fiji, I had no idea Batista was even here," Melina said and Shawn and Rey listened attentively, it was obvious that the couple had been through a lot.
"I tried to find out why he wanted to see her, after everything I heard about Candice being attacked and Batista being missing I didn't want him anywhere near Melina," Johnny explained and Shawn nodded compassionately he totally understood how Johnny felt.
"I woke up when I heard yelling, I recognized Batista's voice and he sounded really mad," Melina said.
"What happened?" Shawn asked Johnny.
"He kept on demanding to see Melina but I wouldn't let him. Then he started throwing stuff and I tried to get him out of the house but I could barely move him, I had no idea Batista was that strong. He finally lost it and grabbed me by the throat and that's when I realized I wasn't dealing with a human, I was dealing with an animal," Johnny said with a gulp, "Something in his eyes changed, they got hard and his skin got tight, then I looked at his hands and they looked like claws. I could feel his sharp nails piercing my skin and just when I thought he was going to squeeze the life out of me he threw me through the door and I landed outside in a heap," Johnny took a breath before finishing his account of what happened, "Then as I turned on my side I looked up from the ground and saw a dragon-like creature fly into the air and when I looked around for Batista he was nowhere to be found,"
"When I came downstairs I saw Johnny and healed him up real quick. When he described the dragon-like creature I thought it sounded a lot like the tattoo on Batista's back but how could that be?" Melina asked.
"Because Chris Jericho paid two girls to put a curse on Batista and bring his tattoo to life. One of those girls is now dead because she just tried to kill Rey-Rey and me on the San Diego Freeway," Shawn explained and Melina and Johnny couldn't believe what Shawn just said.
"Chris Jericho paid two girls to kill you?" Melina asked in shock and Shawn nodded.
"I don't think he meant to kill Rey," Shawn said.
"I'm nobody's accident Holmes," Rey said, "I'm involved, as far as I'm concerned this is personal,"
"I agree, Batista tried to kill me because of him. He could have cost me everything," Johnny said putting his arm around Melina and touching her pregnant stomach, "everything," he repeated emphatically, like Amy Melina's expected delivery date was only three months away.
"Poor Stephanie, does she even realize what she's married into?" Melina asked Shawn.
"I wonder that myself but I'm sure he's doing a pretty good job of convincing her there's nothing going on," Shawn said and Rey's cell-phone rang.
"Hello, Dominic? What's wrong why is Aaliyah screaming like that?" Rey asked and he suddenly went still and said nothing, "mother' s atacado por un monstruo? / Angie's been attacked by a monster?"
"Batista," Shawn said his heart skipping a beat.
"Don't go anywhere I'll be right there!" Rey Mysterio said then he hung up and grabbed Shawn, "Batista attacked Angie, she's lying on the floor and she's not moving!"
Melina covered her mouth and Johnny ran his fingers through his hair in frustration, "Dear God he's on the rampage," he said.
"I gotta get back to San Diego now!" Rey yelled and Melina grabbed him by the arm.
"You need a miracle Rey and here it is - say 6-1-9," Melina said touching Rey's 619 tattoo.
"What?" Rey said confused.
"Trust me, say 619," Melina said, "Johnny hold onto me, Shawn grab Rey's hand,"
Johnny and Shawn obeyed and Rey shrugged, "619," he said and instantly Rey, Shawn, Melina and Johnny left Santa Monica and found themselves in Rey-Rey's house in San Diego, CA.
On the floor Rey saw his wife and tears welled up in his eyes and he fell beside her cradling her head in his hands while Dominic and Aaliyah spoke to her trying to wake her up.
"Sus bien niños / it's alright children," Melina said to Aaliyah and Dominic as Johnny helped her down to their mother's side. She put her hands on Angie's shoulders, "Por sus rayas le curan / By His stripes you are healed," she said and Angie's body began to regenerate to its God given state and she eventually sat up looking into the faces of her husband, children and dinner guests.
"The dinner's ready, I hope you all like spaghetti!" she said with a big smile and Rey looked at Melina for an explanation.
"I healed her thoughts too with a little supernatural amnesia, she doesn't need to remember Batista attacking her," Melina said and she touched Dominic and Aaliyah and soon they had miraculously forgotten what happened to their mother. "At least now they'd be able to sleep at night," she said to Rey who hugged her gratefully.
"Baby are you crying?" Angie said wiping the tears from Mysterio's eyes.
"I'm just so happy to see you mami," Rey said which was more true than pure fabrication, "Go help your mother set the table guys," Rey said to his children and they went with Angie to the kitchen while Rey spoke to Shawn, Johnny and Melina.
"We got a big problem on our hands," Melina said to HBK.
"No you don't you go home and look after yourself and your unborn child," Shawn said to Melina.
"We'll deal with Batista won't we Shawn?" Johnny said to HBK putting his arm around Shawn and HBK took his arm off his shoulder.
"No you are going to spend time with your pregnant wife," Shawn said, "And so are you," Shawn said to Rey.
"My wife's not pregnant," Rey said.
"Well maybe if you spend some more time with her she will be, you're gonna take care of her anyway," Shawn said as Melina laughed at his comment, "This is not your problem you guys its mine and I'll deal with it,"
"Shawn you maybe the boss of us in the ring but outside the ring I do what I want and I'm gonna make sure this never happens to any of the other boys' girlfriends or wives," Rey said, "Batista has to be stopped,"
"Yes he does but not by you, stay home with your wife Rey I wouldn't know what to do if Angie nearly lost you again," Shawn said, "My responsibility for you goes way beyond a WWE pay check," he added and Rey gave a deep sigh.
"Okay I'll stay home with Angie tonight," Rey said.
"So what are you gonna do Shawn?" Melina asked HBK as he headed out the door.
"Go home and figure out how to stop one of nicest men I've ever met from getting arrested for murder," Shawn said and he waved goodbye to his friends who waved right back.
"Its tough being the boss ain't it?" Johnny said and Melina and Rey nodded before Angie called them into the kitchen for dinner.
"So Rey did you find Batista?" Angie asked her husband and Melina and Johnny exchanged supportive glances with Mysterio.
"No I didn't," Rey replied, "I honestly have no idea when I'll see Batista again,"
"That's a shame I miss Big Dave," Dominic said and Rey Mysterio nodded, he missed him too.