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 Six - Grand Theft Jericho
The DX Machine pulled up to The Jerichos' apartment in Lower Manhattan at around 4pm and Joanie and the ARK Angels were greeted by Chris Jericho and a very solemn looking Carla McCool. The ARK Angels got out of the Hummer limousine and Carla flew into their arms.
"What happened?" Joanie said concerned and Jericho put his arm around her and led her towards the apartment.
"Carla why don't you sit in the DX Machine with the ARK Angels while I talk to Aunt Joanie?" Jericho said compassionately and Carla nodded and the ARK Angels got back into the DX Machine while Jericho led Joanie around the back of the apartment. Cameron watched them go thinking something was off.
"What happened Carla?" LC asked her sister who was sobbing heavily and LC put her arms around her, "Its okay, take your time," she said compassionately stroking her head, it was a side of LC Cameron hadn't seen before and he liked it a lot, he wouldn't like what Carla had to say though.
"I came home from school and my mom and dad were lying on their bed. Jericho said they were asleep and I said how can that be? He said it was some kind of spell and DX did everything they could do but they couldn't break it. He said Charlotte and Dan are never gonna wake up," Carla said and she burst into tears and LC couldn't believe what she just heard as Carla cried over her arms.
"DX couldn't wake up Charlotte and Dan?" she repeated to herself thinking that didn't sound right.
Nothing about this sounded right to Cameron and he had a heavy feeling in his spirit, "I need to talk to my father," he said getting out of the DX Machine but Carla pulled him back.
"Please Cameron don't leave, stay here with me for a little bit longer," Carla said her eyes red with tears.
"Carla I think something really bad is going on I have to talk to my father right now," Cameron said urgently.
"Jericho said that he left to go to Trish's house to see Aunt Amy," Carla said and Cameron frowned.
"Mom didn't come over?" he asked and Carla shook her head and she squeezed Cameron's hand tighter than she ever had before.
"Please guys don't go, stay with me," she begged and Cameron nodded and hugged her along with LC and Cheyenne inside the DX Machine even though Cameron's mind was racing as to what was going on around here.
Around the back of the apartment Chris Jericho told Joanie about Charlotte and Dan saying that Carla was devastated.
"She really needs me right now you know?" Jericho said emotionally and Chyna nodded noticing that they seemed to be walking away from the apartment and over to a shed.
"I can't believe Shawn couldn't wake Charlotte and Dan up, CM Punk must have put a spell on them, why would he do that though? He has no beef with Charlotte and Dan, how did he even know where they lived?" Chyna wondered furrowing her brow.
"Who knows Chyna, all I know is there a little girl who needs two parents as its highly unlikely Charlotte and Dan will ever wake up," Jericho said sorrowfully and Chyna turned to him.
"Don't say that Jericho, DX will get to the bottom of this and if they don't the ARK Angels will, let me go talk to them," Chyna said turning back the way they came but Jericho stopped her.
"You know what I really need from you Chyna is to finish this conversation," Jericho said and Chyna turned back to him attentively.
"Okay," she said listening.
"I've gotten really close to Carla over the past month and I'm finally starting to feel that bond that parents are supposed to have with their children for the first time in my life. Now this is my opportunity to cement that bond and I'd like you to make it a permanent thing," Jericho said and the color drained from Chyna's face.
"What are you saying Jericho?" she asked bemused thinking Jericho couldn't possibly be saying what she thought he was saying.
"I'm asking you as Carla's biological mother to permit me to have full custody of Carla if Charlotte and Dan never wake up," Jericho said and Chyna's heart started to beat really fast.
"You unconscionable bastard," she said and Jericho tried to calm her down, "You did this, it was your plan all along to have sole custody of Carla!"
"I said if Charlotte and Dan don't wake up and let's face it if Shawn can't wake them up its pretty likely that they'll never wake up," Jericho said.
"Yeah and I bet you used Punk to put them to sleep so that they'll never wake up!" Chyna yelled and she slapped Jericho hard across the face, "Where's DX?" she demanded and Jericho's concerned face turned into an evil scowl as he walked towards the shed on knocked on the door.
"Bring 'em out boys," he said and CM Punk and Batista came out of the shed with Shawn and a sleeping Triple H. Chyna covered her mouth in shock as Batista turned into a dragon and Punk jumped on his back.
"Would you like me to put you to sleep or are you going to come of your own free will?" Punk asked her.
"Come with you where?" she said holding Hunter's face in her hands making sure that Batista didn't crush him with his claws.
"Tell her Shawn," Jericho said as HBK scowled at him. He turned to Chyna trying to keep his Righteous Indignation under control but it was hard considering the evil that was surrounding him.
"We have to go Joanie, do as he says," he said and Joanie looked at him terrified.
"Go where Shawn what's going on?" Joanie said scared.
"What's going on is DX are finally getting what they've had coming to them for years and since you're part of the Kliq you get to go with them," Jericho said and Joanie looked up at Shawn desperately.
"Where are we going?" she asked him and Shawn squeezed her hand trying to assure her that everything was going to be alright even though that was the exact opposite of how things looked right now.
"You're going far, far, far away from here," Jericho said, "and since you're not going to sign Carla over to me there's no point in me keeping you around,"
Panic suddenly overtook Joanie and she lunged for Jericho but Batista swept her up onto his back next to Punk and he grabbed Shawn in his claws and ascended high into the air.
"Bye-bye!" Jericho said waving at them with a big smile on his face.
The McMahons waved goodbye from Stephanie's bedroom window they had watched the whole thing from her room while Stephanie looked at the wall in disbelief about what her family had done and were planning to do.
"Goodbye DX!" Vince McMahon yelled popping open a bottle of Cristal and then he broke into maniacal laughter along with Shane and Linda who had their glasses raised high in the air. After awhile they stopped laughing and wiped the tears of laughter away from their eyes, "Now let us go comfort the children," Vince said and Linda and Shane followed him outside to the DX Machine while Stephanie watched them go with a look of absolute disgust on her face.
"Aren't you coming Steph?" Shane McMahon asked his little sister and she threw a picture of her and Jericho at him and he laughed at her while ducking the heavy object, "You'll come around, here have some champagne its time to celebrate. DX are gone for good!" he said leaving the Cristal on the nightstand before closing her bedroom door behind him, he'd totally forgotten that she was six months pregnant but being mentally imbalanced has that effect. Stephanie crashed onto her bed praying that she could do something to save DX before it was too late. The only reason Shawn hadn't stopped the whole thing from going down was because he cared about her happiness and didn't want to kill Chris Jericho, Punk or Batista with Righteous Indignation. By holding back Shawn had enabled Jericho and The McMahons to execute their plan with total precision, a plan that had been in the works for months. Stephanie thought about how graceful Shawn had been but she knew she would never be able to forgive her husband and family for what they had just done to the DX family and this was just the beginning.
Sonoran Desert, Mexico-U.S Border:
Batista flew DX over the Baja and the northern end of the Gulf of California to the Sonoran Desert. There he flew low down into the Lechuguilla cave, the fifth longest cave in the world.
"Okay everybody off," CM Punk said and he pushed Chyna off of Batista's back and Batista let go of Shawn and a sleeping Triple H, "I hope you like it here guys," he said.
"You're just gonna leave us here?" Chyna panicked.
"Hey its not too bad, just move that rock out of the way there and you can see all the way down into well, into your gloomy deaths I guess," Punk said and he noticed that Shawn wasn't fazed in the slightest that he and Batista had brought them to one of the deepest caves in the world to die.
"See you real soon Punk," Shawn said confidently and Punk scowled at him hating him even more for not being afraid.
"Go to sleep," Punk said to Chyna and she dropped to the ground fast asleep, "There, now you'll have no-one to keep you company except yourself but that's just fine with you I'm sure," Punk said laughing, "Let's go Dave, so long DX!"
Batista took to the air and Shawn attended to Chyna and Hunter as they left.
"I hope you can forgive me for this guys," he said and she spat on them both and rubbed his saliva on their faces reviving them. Hunter got up groggily and looked around.
"Where the Hell are we?" Hunter said.
"In a cave somewhere in Mexico," Shawn said as Hunter helped Joanie up.
"I had this dream that Jericho had told Punk and Batista to put me to sleep and take LC away from me," Hunter said.
"That wasn't a dream, he wants full custody of Carla, that's why he got Punk to put the McCools to sleep," Joanie said.
"Well let's get out of here and stop him," Hunter said and DX began to climb the rocks but as soon as they did rocks started to fall from above.
"That maybe easier said than done," Shawn said and the three Degenerates looked up from down below wondering how on Earth they were going to get out of there and back to their family.
"What's this on my face, it feels like human saliva?" Hunter said rubbing his face and Shawn tried not to laugh.
"It is I'm sorry I didn't have any water," he said.
"No that's okay, now I know how the blind man felt when Jesus spat on his eyes so he could see," Hunter replied hugging Shawn and Joanie hugged him as-well. DX was in a pit and they had been in pits before but none this deep, still it was their love for each other and their family that was going to give them the energy to get out of yet another sticky situation but it was going to take an angel to put things right with Punk and Batista once and for all.
The Ortons, 6pm:
Trish came over to Amy who was sitting on her bed with her legs under her chin and one hand on her stomach with an earnest look on her face. Trish put a hand on her knee and smiled at her.
"How could they do this?" Amy said.
"I told you, Jericho's hatred of Hunter runs deeper than the dimple in Vince McMahon's chin," Trish said.
"But to put Carla in the middle of it all, that poor girl has been through so much in her young life. Do you know what I'd do to Jericho if it wasn't for Stephanie Trish?" Amy said and Trish nodded.
"Yes I do, why do you think I made you stay over? I wasn't going to risk you going to Jericho's after what he just pulled today," Trish said.
"Stephanie deserves so much better, how could he do this to her after how many times she stuck up for him, her heart must be broken into a million pieces," Amy said.
Trish smiled at Amy, "I gotta say you're handling all this so well," she said impressed at the way Amy had kept it all together after what Trish told her had happened in New York today.
"I know where my husband is and I'll have our children with me tomorrow, together we'll get DX back and sort this whole mess out I have no doubt of that," Amy said and Trish nodded.
"After you get out of the mental institution," Trish said and Amy frowned at her.
"Do I really have to be committed to a mental institution?" Amy asked.
"You'll see after the McMahons come over tomorrow," Trish said and Amy sighed and closed her eyes while Trish hugged her on the bed.
My love I'm in trouble she heard Shawn say to her through the Holy Spirit and she smiled. I'll see you real soon Shawn she replied, not even the Gulf of California can separate us.
"I can feel him smiling back at me," Amy told Trish and The Truth nodded.
"That's because he is," she replied and Amy closed her eyes imagining Shawn smiling at her and it was all she needed to fall asleep right there in the comforting arms of the woman who had saved her from taking Chris Jericho's life for committing Grand Theft Family.