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 Eight - Under Old Management
The Jerichos, 11am:
Stephanie had just gotten off the phone with Mr. Applebee from Waterside and explained that Cameron, Cheyenne and LC would not be at school because of a family crisis. Mr. Applebee told her to keep him posted but Stephanie didn't know exactly how to explain that the likelihood of the ARK Angels coming back to Connecticut anytime soon was slim to none. Her family was about to re-enter their old home and throw all of DX's stuff out, it was not her father's desire that DX or their children should live there anymore. Stephanie put her head on the wall behind her bed and sighed while LC came in with a glass of orange juice for her. Stephanie smiled when she saw her, LC had been up with Carla all night and had been so considerate and attentive, she had no idea Hunter had raised such a kind and loving little girl, this certainly wasn't the LC that had resented her for so long.
"How are you doing?" LC asked Stephanie as she took the glass of orange juice from her gratefully.
"My appetite still hasn't come back," Stephanie said, she had lost it when she found out what her husband had been doing behind her back.
LC squeezed her leg re-assuringly, "It'll come back," she said with a smile and Stephanie smiled back.
"How's Carla?" she asked.
"Sleeping, no school for her today," LC replied and Stephanie nodded.
"I'm sure she appreciates you being here," Stephanie said.
"I don't know how much longer I can be here though, I have to go back to Cameron and Cheyenne so we can go and find our family," LC said.
"Why don't you take Carla with you?" Stephanie said and LC crossed her legs with a thoughtful expression on her face.
"The thing is Cam, Chey and I move pretty quickly and in the state of mind she's in I don't know if Carla will be able to keep up," LC said, "Then again I don't want to leave her alone, to be honest I don't want either of you to be here alone - with him,"
Judging from the tone of her voice the "him" LC was referring to was Chris Jericho.
"She'll be fine here with me while you guys go get DX back," Stephanie said but LC wasn't convinced.
"He deceived you Aunt Steph and in the space of a month he convinced two girls to cast spells on CM Punk and Batista, put Charlotte and Dan to sleep and kidnap my family. To say you'll be fine here alone with Chris Jericho is like saying you'll be alright in a room with a starving cannibal," LC said.
"He still hasn't done anything to me and he wouldn't hurt Carla," Stephanie said.
"Wasn't he really mad at you for going to Aunt Trish and Uncle Randy's wedding in Fiji?" LC asked.
"Yeah?" Stephanie replied.
"Then he just cooled off out of nowhere right?" LC said and Stephanie nodded.
"Yeah he did," Stephanie said.
"Well that cooling off was nothing more than a smokescreen, what he was really doing was devising a plan to stop you from getting closer to DX," LC said.
"Well he said he did it because he wants to be closer to you," Stephanie said and LC laughed.
"Well he's got a fat chance of that happening," LC said defiantly and Stephanie's bedroom door creaked open and Chris Jericho entered the room with a confident look on his face.
"Well if it isn't two of my three favorite women in the whole world," he said coming over to the bed and he planted a kiss on Stephanie's cheek and went to do the same to LC but she moved away from him and went to sit on the other side of Stephanie.
"What have you and my family been scheming this time?" Stephanie said disdainfully and Chris Jericho chuckled.
"Honey we haven't been scheming anything, we've just been putting things back in their proper place that's all," Jericho replied.
"Everything was fine the way it was, I had my family and Carla had hers," LC replied.
"But I didn't have you," Jericho replied and LC felt very uncomfortable at the way he said that like she was his now.
"You still don't have me," LC replied but Jericho shook his head.
"Yes I do, or at least I will in a few weeks or so," Jericho replied and LC narrowed her eyes at him.
"What do you mean?" she asked him.
"Well currently I'm the only relative of yours that isn't missing which makes me your sole guardian. After the legal papers have been drawn up, you and Carla will be my daughters both legally and biologically," Jericho said and LC laughed.
"I may be your daughter biologically but there's only one person I call my dad and his name is Hunter Hurst Helmsley," LC replied proudly and Jericho came across and bed and smiled at her.
"In a few days, the man you call your father will be dead and you will be mine forever," he said coldly and Stephanie gasped.
"What did you do to him?" Stephanie demanded getting up and throwing angry fists at Jericho but her grabbed her arms and threw her back down onto the bed.
"It doesn't matter what I did, all that matters is that its done," Jericho hissed, "Finally that man is out of our lives for good and I can finally be free to enjoy my life without his presence casting a shadow over it,"
"You're insane you know that? You're completely insane!" Stephanie yelled at Jericho who nodded in agreement.
"Yes I am insane - insanely happy!" he laughed and LC scowled at him, "By the way LC you might want to call your boyfriend and let him know that you won't be seeing him for awhile because you'll be spending time with your real family,"
"What?" LC cried.
"You heard me, princess," Jericho said then he left the two angry women on the bed and LC got to her feet staring holes through the door that had just closed.
"If I had my Ax of Judgment I'd cut that man's head off and maybe a few other appendages too!" LC said then she jumped off the bed to go and get her cell-phone, "Don't worry Aunt Steph, I'm gonna get the three of us outta here,"
LC ran to her guest bedroom while Stephanie looked down at her pregnant stomach, in just three months she was going to give birth to Jericho's twin children but now she would have to decide if she could do it with him or without him.
DX Inc, Stamford, Connecticut at 12pm:
Vince entered the huge building formerly known as Titan Tower with his family and his eyes widened at how different it now looked. Most notably of all was the black paint job on the outside and the black and green flag saying 'DX' from the top. The building also had flashes of purple, pink and blue indicating that the Hardys had also had a hand in redecorating Vince's workplace and like everything else, DX Inc was about to return to its previous owner.
"I want this place redecorated from top to bottom, I don't want even the slightest suggestion that DX or the Hardys were ever here," Vince said to Shane who nodded while Linda attended to the legal side of things. Soon the whole world would know that The McMahon family were back in the wrestling business but first it was time for the WWE roster to be brought up to speed, or as much so as The McMahons planned to update them.
"Wow look at these numbers," Shane said looking at the returns DX had made since taking over. Vince took a look for himself and was taken aback by the staggering improvements in the ratings and business in general.
"Well we can beat that, after all this is our business we know how to make it work," Vince said confidently and Shane nodded.
"Absolutely dad, things are going to get even better now that we're back in business," Shane said and they heard the voices of wrestlers in the hallway.
"Looks like the boys and girls are here, let's go and break the news to them," Vince said and he and Shane left his old office to meet the WWE Superstars in the hallway. When the wrestlers saw The McMahons standing there with smiles on their faces they all wondered what was up.
"Well-well-well, long time no-see huh?" Vince said with a big smile but the wrestlers just looked at him strangely, "Is this the way you greet the founder of this company?" Vince asked taken back by the stand-offish way the wrestlers were responding to him and Shane.
"They're obviously used to conducting themselves anyway they see fit since DX have been running things," Shane told his old man and Vince nodded.
"Well that'll be the first thing to change, from now on when I address you individually or collectively you will respond by saying "Hello Mr. McMahon,"" Vince said and the wrestlers exchanged confused glances with each other.
"Why would we do that?" Jeff Hardy asked.
"Yeah we don't work for you anymore we work for DX," Shelton Benjamin said and Shane and Vince looked at each other and laughed.
"Correction - you used to work for DX, now you work for me. Once again Vince McMahon is back in control of the WWE," Vince said proudly and the wrestlers gasped and started talking amongst each other.
"What are you talking about old man where's DX?" John Cena said and Vince raised his eyebrow at John Cena's comment.
"Old man did you call me? Well somebody just lost out on their PPV royalties," Vince said and Cena frowned at him.
"You can't do that," Edge said.
"Oh yes I can do that and if you keep mouthing off to me you'll find out just what I can and can't do Edge," Vince said and the wrestlers fell silent, they were completely lost as to what was going on, "Now Shane and I have drawn out the plans for tonight's show, read over the run sheet and be at the Mohegan Sun arena at 7pm later tonight,"
Shane handed out copies of the run sheet for Monday Night RAW to the RAW roster and the wrestlers looked at it like it was written in gibberish and it wasn't that far off from that.
"This run sheet doesn't make any sense, where's my match against Beth?" Mickie James said.
"Yeah why am I in a match against JBL, I'm feuding with Randy Orton?" John Cena said.
"Correction - you were feuding with Randy Orton now you're feuding with JBL," Shane McMahon said and the RAW wrestlers couldn't believe what they were hearing.
"With all due respect Mr. McMahon Cena and Mickie James have been feuding with The Ortons for awhile now and it's the hottest thing going, if John starts feuding with me its gonna mess the whole thing up and we're only a week away from Cyber Sunday," JBL said and the other wrestlers agreed.
"Well the last time I checked JBL, we are the ones who decide what's hot and what's not, not you and not the fans," Shane said firmly.
"So you're just gonna kill the feud?" Mickie James said, "Do Trish and Randy know about this?"
"Well if they were here they would know but it seems that the newlyweds are Hell bent on doing things their way, well they're going to learn that its our way or the highway from now on," Vince McMahon said and Kofi Kingston rolled his eyes.
"That highway sounds good to me," he said and Carlito gasped.
"Look at this, it says here that Trish and Randy are going to join forces with The McMahons! We need to talk to Trish and find out what happened to DX before Vince McMahon ruins Cyber Sunday," he said and Kingston nodded.
"Well that's all the announcements we have for today, we'll see you tonight in our first RAW back in business," Vince said smiling from ear-to-ear while the WWE Superstars were still picking up their jaws from off the ground after reading the run sheet for RAW.
"Come on guys let's go," Rey Mysterio said and the WWE Superstars left the building and headed for The Ortons to get some answers from The Truth and TKO.
When the wrestlers reached Boca Vista and made their way to Trish's house they saw a big moving truck outside the house and it was loaded with furniture and stuff that belonged to Trish.
"Careful with that picture its very special to me," Trish called out to the movers who were putting the picture Carlito had drawn of Trish into the moving van, then she saw the wrestlers approaching and waved them over, "come around back you guys I was expecting you,"
The wrestlers followed Trish around to the back garden and she could tell from their faces that they had just had their meeting with The McMahons; they looked as though they had just had the rug pulled from under them.
"Trish what is going on?" Edge asked as the wrestlers crowded around the picnic table.
"Well quite a lot is going on; Randy and me are moving to New York City and Vince McMahon has taken back control of the WWE," Trish said.
"You're moving to New York?" Mickie James asked and Trish nodded.
"Why?" Edge asked.
"Let's just say there's someone there I have to keep an eye on," Trish said, "but I'm sure it's the second thing that you guys really want to know about,"
"Are you really gonna join The McMahons?" Carlito asked.
"I think you guys know the answer to that and its HELL NO!" Trish replied adamantly
The wrestlers nodded, "How are The McMahons back in business and where are DX?" Jeff Hardy asked.
"Chris Jericho had them kidnapped and taken to a cave in the Sonoran Desert," Trish replied and the wrestlers gasped.
"What?" Jeff Hardy said in disbelief.
"Why didn't Shawn fight back?" Edge asked.
"He couldn't, his Righteous Indignation would have killed Punk and Batista," Trish said.
"Punk and Batista did this!" Shelton said in shock and Trish nodded.
"Jericho was the mastermind behind their demonic possession, he chose them specifically because he knew their tattoos were exactly what he needed to help The McMahons get back at DX, among other things," Trish explained.
"So they're in some cave somewhere?" John Cena asked in shock.
"Yeah and the plan was to keep them down there long enough to take over," Trish said.
"Well what are we waiting for let's go and get them!" Jeff Hardy said excitedly and Rey shook his head.
"I'm afraid that won't be possible," he said and everyone turned to face him wondering what he meant by that, "I know this cave, it's the Lechuguilla - the fifth deepest cave in the whole world. We couldn't get them out of there if we tried," Rey said and the wrestlers' enthusiasm for a rescue suddenly died.
"So they're just gonna die down there?" Victoria asked horrified by what she was hearing.
"So DX is dead?" Shelton Benjamin said emotionally but Trish shook her head.
"No DX is not dead," came the calm and reassuring voice of the Amazing Cameron and he appeared at the kitchen door with Randy Orton and his little sister GPS, "We're gonna find my father and bring him back along with Aunt Joanie and Uncle Hunter,"
The wrestlers suddenly found themselves smiling, Cameron had resurrected their faith with his victorious words and they knew when the ARK Angels of DX worked together nothing could stop them.
"Well I feel better now knowing that the ARK Angels are involved," John Cena said and he turned to the rest of the locker room, "whadya say we stick it to The McMahons by not showing up for tonight's show in respect to the true owners of the company Degeneration X?"
The wrestlers liked that idea but Trish didn't, "But if we don't do the show the fans suffer and we don't want to punish them by not performing for them do we?" she said and the wrestlers realized she was right.
"I got an idea, why don't we do Smackdown and RAW as tribute shows to DX?" Shelton suggested, "We'll wear DX colors and make fun of The McMahons all week long!"
The wrestlers really liked that idea, after all they were the show and there was nothing Vince could do to change that.
"So what's this business about you two moving to New York to keep an eye on somebody? Doesn't Chris Jericho live in New York?" Carlito asked Randy and the Legend Killer nodded, "Why would you want to be any closer to him?"
"Its like Trish said Carlito, to keep an eye on him," Randy said and Cameron and Cheyenne nodded, they knew Jericho wanted to keep LC away from them but he was going to have a hard time doing that when The Ortons were living right next door.