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 Twenty Four - Words of Discouragement
CM Punk's house, Philadelphia, PA at 3pm:
Trembling and shuddering in the cold outside CM Punk and Batista continued to wait out the bad weather but their patience was growing thin.
"How much longer do you think this storm is going to last?" Batista asked Punk.
"As long as that little weather girl wants it to," Punk replied angrily and Batista kicked the snow in frustration; in this weather he couldn't fly and that meant Punk couldn't go through with the next stage of his plan to get back at DX, "My plans will be wasted all because of Aurora Rose Helmsley! Well as soon as this weather eases down I'll do something about that,"
Batista looked down the road and saw three people getting out of a car, "Somebody's coming," he said to Punk and the suspended WWE Superstar looked down at the three figures coming towards them and he recognized two of them right away.
"Well-well-well, look who's come to apologize," he said cockily as Samoa Joe, Homicide and Angelina Love approached him.
"Apologize? I should ring your little neck Phil!" Samoa Joe said reaching for Punk's neck but Batista pushed him down into the snow with such force Joe had to shake off the impact.
"Easy Big Dave these are my friends, well at least they used to be," CM Punk said looking at Joe and Homicide as if he was disappointed in them.
"We used to feel the same way about you, truth is we don't even know who you are these days but the evidence against you is piling up," Homicide said, "First you put the TNA roster to sleep, then you put a spell on your girlfriend so that she can never wake up. Now I don't know if its drugs or some kind of brain injury but we want answers Phil and we want them now,"
"I wouldn't have put Velvet to sleep if everybody wasn't trying to take her away from me, at least now I don't have to worry about that," Punk said.
"Yeah like you're really gonna go to the Sandbox and rescue her after what happened to you the last time you were there," Angelina Love said and Punk looked at her coldly.
"You say one more word and you're going to regret it," Punk said and Angelina gulped.
"Get behind us Angie," Joe said and he stood in front of her with Homicide, "Why don't you leave Angelina alone and tell us what's going on with you?"
"Joe I'm fine okay," Punk said.
"No you are not fine because if you were you wouldn't have big black rings around your eyes and DX wouldn't have suspended you for 90 days! You are a lot of things right now but fine isn't one of them!" Joe roared and Batista got up in Joe's face again.
"You better calm down little man," Batista threatened Joe and the TNA World Champion looked at him like he was crazy.
"Who you calling "little man" you oversized muscle head?" Samoa Joe replied and Batista grabbed him and lifted him high into the air.
"Dave don't, put him down!" Punk said and Batista did as he asked and Joe and Homicide exchanged glances with Angelina.
"Why are you hanging out with Batista anyway, the man's a monster?" Homicide asked, "Don't you know what he tried to do to Angelina?"
"Its nothing I haven't wanted to do to Angelina since she took sides against me with DX," Punk said looking at Angelina menacingly, "but you two still have a choice - you're either with me or you're with DX the choice is yours,"
"DX were just trying to help you, they're just as worried about you as we are," Homicide said.
"I told you there's nothing to worry about," Punk said casually.
"But you don't even have a job anymore," Joe said and Punk looked at Batista and laughed.
"Who needs a job when I've got this," Punk said lifting up his old Money in the Bank briefcase and his friends looked at it confused.
"What's your point?" Joe asked him.
"You see this Money in the Bank briefcase is a little different from all the others because it actually has money in it," Punk said and he opened the briefcase to show Joe and Homicide the $5 million dollars inside and they gasped in shock at all the money.
"Where did you get all this money?" Homicide asked him and he closed the briefcase.
"You'll be amazed at what you can get away with when everyone around you is asleep," Punk replied and Joe, Homicide and Angelina Love shook their heads in disbelief.
"You stole that money didn't you? It was you that robbed all those banks in Charlotte!" Joe said in shock and Punk laughed.
"Yeah but let's just keep it between you and me and Big Dave okay?" Punk said coolly and his friends started to freak out.
"Oh man you've lost it Punk you've totally lost it," Joe said grabbing his hair overwhelmed by what his old friend had done.
"No Joe I've made it I've finally made it and you two could make it too if you want to. Just join up with me and Dave here and you'll make more money in a day than you'll ever make wrestling for a whole year," CM Punk said and Joe and Homicide couldn't believe what they were hearing.
"Since when was money so important to you Punk? The only thing you ever cared about was being a great wrestler now you've thrown all that away to be a thief?" Homicide said in complete shock at the 180 Punk had done.
"I told you the man needs help!" Angelina Love said and Punk scowled at her.
"That's it I've heard enough of you Angelina - Don't Speak!" Punk said and Angelina suddenly found herself unable to say a word.
Joe and Homicide looked at her concerned as she fought to get words out of her mouth, "Are you alright Angelina?" Joe asked but she couldn't talk and Punk and Batista started to laugh.
"There now that's much better," Punk said rubbing his hands together as Joe and Homicide looked at him in horror, "So what's it going to be guys, are you with me or against me?" he asked them and Angelina kicked him in the nuts, at least her legs were still working, "ARGH!" Punk cried out and Batista reached for Angelina but Joe and Homicide tackled him the best they could before he threw them both to the ground at the same-time. They looked up at him and saw that his skin had grown scaly and his face had tightened, his eyes were like slits and he didn't look like Batista anymore. Still Samoa Joe raked his eyes, wiggled free and then kicked Batista in the back of the head then Homicide applied the Gringo Killer. Neither move did much damage, even Angelina Love's bicycle kick didn't drop Dave like she hoped it would, "Are you through?" CM Punk said unimpressed with the TNA wrestlers attempt to take The Animal down, "Now I'm gonna ask you one more time, are you in or are you out?"
Joe and Homicide looked at each and folded their arms defiantly, "OUT!" they said together and Punk shook his head pitifully.
"I'm so sorry to hear that boys," he said and Angelina Love tried to get Joe and Homicide to cover their ears but they didn't understand what she was saying until it was too late, "Go To Sleep," Punk said and the former ROH stars fell to the ground at his feet fast asleep. Punk looked up at Angelina who had covered her ears, Batista grabbed her and pulled her hands away from her ears and Punk smiled at her cruelly, "Allow me to repeat myself," he said and he was about to tell Angelina to Go to Sleep when something in the air caught his eye, "What the Hell is that?" he said looking up while Angelina smiled recognizing who it was right away. Batista scowled when he recognized Jeff Hardy and Aurora heading towards them and he threw Angelina to one side and she angrily kicked him in the leg. Batista grabbed her by the hair but Shawn jumped off of Jeff onto Batista and he tried to get Shawn off his back while Jeff and Aurora landed on the ground.
"Shawn!" Jeff said pulling HBK off Batista's back, "Don't get too close to him,"
"You three are really getting on my nerves, you're freaking stalkers man why can't you leave me and Dave alone?" Punk said pulling Batista over to him and Shawn looked at the sleeping forms of Samoa Joe and Homicide on the ground and looked back at Punk angrily. He grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him right up to his face ignoring the pale colorless voodoo mask that his face had become.
"I know I can't cast you out demon but you mark my words when I do get the go-ahead, I'm gonna cast you into the fiery pits of Hell!" Shawn said and pushed Punk away his eyes burning with Righteous Indignation.
Punk suddenly looked afraid and Batista didn't like that and he got up in Shawn's face, "Take your best shot I dare you," Batista growled at him and Shawn smiled.
"Why don't you take the first shot big man? Oh that's right I forgot, you're nothing but a yellow-bellied coward," Shawn said.
"You hear that Dave he called you a coward, kill him!" Punk said but Batista wouldn't touch Shawn, the demon inside him knew if he did it would mean instant death.
"Just like I thought," Shawn said derisively, "You enjoy causing chaos while you can boys because it won't last much longer,"
"Oh it won't will it?" Punk said arrogantly and he looked up at the sky, the weather was starting to clear and the sun was starting to come out, "Ha, looks like weather girl couldn't get the job done, come on Batista let's go, dragon form now!"
Batista turned into a dragon right in front of Shawn, Jeff and Angelina and Punk got on his back with his Money in the Bank briefcase and he soared up to the sky, "So long losers!" he called down to them all and Aurora took exception to that remark and hit Punk and Batista with a bolt of lightning and they fell from the sky to the hard concrete ground.
"Nice one Ro-Ro," Jeff said as the three wrestlers went over to see if Punk and Batista were still alive. They were fine, the truth was a bolt of lightning would have killed them if they were in their natural bodies but that wasn't Aurora's intention so the lighting only stunned them. Seeing Batista up close in dragon form in the light of day was startling and Shawn noticed the intricate details of the tattoo come to life. Punk's skin was as white as snow with the exception of the severe burn marks on his left arm and the ashy residue from the bolt of lightning, his hair was longer than usual, he looked like a hideous play on Snow White and the circles around his eyes seemed to grow darker as the days went by. It was no wonder the police in Charlotte thought he was wearing a mask; he was a monster.
"If only there was some way we could bind Batista then we could take them both back to the Sandbox and keep them out of trouble," Shawn said as Batista started to stir.
"Well when you rubbed that Balm of Gilead on Edge's tattoo it came to life, why don't you see what'll happen if you rub some on mine?" Jeff said and Shawn looked over at Jeff Hardy's right arm where a long vine tattoo went from the top of his shoulder to his wrist.
"Hmmm that could come in handy, let's see what happens," Shawn said and he got the Balm of Gilead out of his shirt pocket and rubbed some on Jeff's arm. Moments later nothing had happened and Punk and Batista were both starting to wake up.
"My arm itches," Jeff said scratching at the vine tattoo, as he scratched it he felt something coming from out of his arm and he pulled at it: it was the vine and it was coming off his skin and into his hands!
"Pull Jeff pull!" Shawn said excitedly and Jeff pulled the whole vine off his arm and Shawn tied Batista and Punk up with it. When the troublesome twosome came to and saw that they were all tied up they started to freak out and demanded for Shawn and Jeff to untie them, "Yeah right, you're coming home with me," Shawn said tying some vine around Punk's mouth before sprinkling some water over Joe and Homicide and waking them up. Angelina Love gestured to her throat, "What's wrong?" Shawn asked her and she was moving her mouth but no words were coming out.
"I don't think she can speak," Jeff Hardy said.
"No she can't, Punk put a spell on her so she couldn't talk," Samoa Joe explained.
"Yeah he said "Don't Speak!" and she stopped talking," Homicide added and Shawn turned to Punk and slapped him hard around the face. The pain hurt so much that Punk started to cry.
"Not so tough now are we?" Homicide said to Punk who couldn't say much anymore, the tears were the only sign that he was human.
"Drink this," Shawn said to Angelina handing her his water bottle and she took it and drank it. Seconds later she felt her throat loosen.
"That's better," she said and gave Shawn a kiss on the cheek, "How did you know the water would cure me?" she asked him.
"I figured since the water wakes people up it would undo whatever other spell Punk cast," Shawn said and Angelina sighed.
"It's a shame we can't try that with Velvet," she said sadly and Shawn turned to Punk with a warning glare.
"Maybe we won't have to if you come to your senses," Shawn said to Punk whose face was wet with tears and his cheek was red because of the slap of Righteous Indignation Shawn had applied to it.
"Can we go and see her?" Angelina asked Shawn.
"Sure we can, your TNA buddies are expecting you let me just call the car around," Shawn said calling the DX Machine.
"You have one of those in Philly?" Jeff Hardy asked.
"DX is everywhere man," Shawn replied, "the driver will be here in 10 minutes,"
"What are we gonna do with this money?" Joe said handing nodding to Punk's Money in the Bank briefcase.
"We'll just have to return it to the police anonymously," Shawn replied and Punk fumed from under his gag, "SHUT UP!" Shawn ordered and Punk was suddenly silent.
"Who's your daddy Punk?" Joe said pushing Punk's head with a smile.
"You told him," Homicide added.
"Its not Punk I'm talking to it's the demon inside the poor kid," Shawn said eager to cast the demon out of Batista and Punk.
"Do you think you can help him HBK?" Samoa Joe asked the co-founder of DX.
"I know I can Joe, I just have to wait," Shawn replied and Joe and Homicide frowned.
"Wait for what?" Homicide asked and Shawn looked up at the sky.
"For my angel," he replied and Joe, Homicide and Angelina looked up to the sky with him hoping that the angel would come down too.
Two hours later the DX Machine pulled up to the Sandbox and the wrestlers took the fighting bodies of Batista who had transformed back into human form and Punk to the basement and locked them in there. The evening quickly turned into night and Batista and Punk were still struggling to get out of their bonds but with no luck, the vine was bound tight around them and they could struggle all they wanted there was no way they were getting out of them. Hours later they heard the TNA wrestlers leaving and the DX family saying goodbye to them. There was one TNA wrestler who was still upstairs and Punk was relying on her to save them but it would have to wait a few more hours. Punk looked over at Batista and gave him a look like he had an idea, Batista didn't know what he meant as it looked like their chances of getting out of the DX basement was slim and none. Punk wasn't that easily dissuaded, at midnight he closed his eyes and called Velvet Sky through the power of telepathy. It was a part of his hypnotic power that he hadn't used before but if it worked he could use her to get out of the bonds and out of the basement and back to work screwing DX. Velvet he called, Velvet.
Upstairs in her guest bedroom Velvet Sky rose from her bed still asleep but she wasn't there alone, Angelina was asleep next to her. As Velvet rose from her bed Angelina stirred and she eventually awoke to see Velvet moving.
"Velvet you're awake!" she cried and flung her hands around her best friend only to realize she wasn't awake at all, "Vel what's wrong with you?" she asked.
"What if she's not alone up there?" Batista said and it occurred to Punk that Angelina might have stayed over.
Put Angelina in a sleeper Punk said and Velvet slapped her arms around Angelina's neck executing the legendary wrestling move. Angelina struggled but she couldn't get out of it, Velvet had it locked on tight. A few moments later she was out like a light and her unconscious body fell onto the bed where her best friend slept only a few minutes ago. Velvet Punk called and Velvet moved towards where she could hear Punk calling her, out of her guest bedroom in the West Wing of the Sandbox and down the stairs to the main floor of the house. She could hear him calling from down below and turned to where the basement was. She walked towards it her eyes still closed; she was going on the sound of CM Punk's voice and she was getting closer to it. Punk heard a sound and saw a shadow on the wall of the basement on his left side, it was Velvet and he saw that she was about to bump into something. Stop don't take another step, he told her and she stopped instantly. Pick up that gas lighter on the shelf next to you he told her and Velvet moved her hand up and felt the gas lighter there and picked it up. Now come towards me Punk said and Velvet started to move towards him. Turn the lighter on he said and Velvet pushed the switch to make the flame come out but it didn't flick. Punk realized that the safety was on, stupid child-friendly family he said cursing DX, turn the safety switch off he told Velvet and she did. Now turn the lighter on Punk said and a flame appeared in front of his eyes. Okay now I want you to carefully put the flame towards me Punk said pushing himself towards Velvet's hands and the flame burnt the vine tying his hands together. Good Velvet Punk exclaimed as his hands came free and he started to take the rest of the vine off, then he took the gas lighter from Velvet and used it to sever the vine around Batista. "We're free!" he cried quietly and he turned around to Velvet who was still asleep, "You are the best girlfriend in the whole wide world!" he said and he kissed her passionately on the lips. As soon as his lips touched hers the curse keeping her asleep was broken and she woke up.
"ARGHHHH!" she screamed and Punk quickly covered her mouth.
"Go to sleep!" he told her and she fell asleep in his arms, "At a girl," he said with a smile.
Amy shot up suddenly in her bed and Shawn's eyes opened to see his wife panting furiously, "I think Velvet's in trouble," she said.
"Okay stay here, I'll go check on her," Shawn said and he went to Velvet Sky's room only to find Angelina slumped over in her bed fast asleep.
"Come on let's go," Batista said as Punk picked up his sleeping girlfriend. They headed for the basement door but froze when it opened seemingly of its own accord. The moonlight revealed a smiling Shane McMahon was standing there.
"Come with me fellas I've got a limousine waiting," Shane said and Punk and Batista frowned at him.
"Why should we come with you?" Punk asked, "we can take care of ourselves,"
"Until Shawn Michaels comes running down those steps to stop you from leaving," Shane McMahon said.
"He must have heard Velvet scream," Punk said looking behind him terrified.
"Hey don't worry about it if you boys want revenge on DX I'm just the man you should be talking to," Shane said.
"I don't want revenge I just want to hurt people," Batista said and Shane watched as Batista's human form started to change right in front of him.
"Well I would like to do both, hop on," Punk said to Shane McMahon jumping on Batista's back with the sleeping Velvet in his arms. Shane jumped on and Batista tore through the basement door shattering it on exit and he flew high into the air far away from Shawn and Hunter who were watching them go from the ground below.
"Is it just me or were there two guys on that dragon?" Hunter asked.
"You guys are gonna pay for what you did to my family and you are going to pay dearly!" Shane McMahon hollered down to them before disappearing into the night sky with Punk and Batista.
"I think the demonic alliance just turned into a billion dollar assault," Hunter said and Shawn rubbed his head not even wanting to think of the kind of Hell about to be raised now that The McMahons had Batista and Punk at their disposal.