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 Thirty - Escape from Coral Ridge
Chris Jericho looked out of the kitchen window at the moving truck that had been sitting there all morning, with everything going on he didn't even realize that the house next door was vacant. Speaking of vacant Stephanie hadn't said a word to him since yesterday, she was obviously still mad at him but he was sure she would come around. Velvet Sky had come around, Jericho was very impressed that she saw things his way and she was full of compliments last night. She was one last person to worry about now all he had to do was wait for the papers granting him full custody of Carla and LC to come through and he would truly be the happiest man on the planet.
Jericho headed back up to his bedroom when he saw Velvet Sky on the stairs, she had stayed over while CM Punk and Batista went with Vince and Shane McMahon to take care of the mutiny in the WWE locker room against them.
"Good morning sunshine," Velvet said to Jericho and he smiled back at her.
"Well good morning yourself, it sure is nice to see a smiling face first thing in the morning," Jericho said drinking his coffee.
"Now why wouldn't I be smiling? Punk is rich and set for life, now all I need is for him to marry me and I'll be set, just like you and Stephanie," Velvet said.
"Exactly, I like the way you think Velvet," Jericho said.
"And I like the way you think Chris, it must be really cool to not care about anything or anyone except yourself. I mean to talk two misleaded girls like Brie and Brianna into putting a curse on Punk and Batista so that you could use them to get rid of DX really takes some brain power," Velvet said coming closer to Jericho, "I mean you didn't even think how your actions might affect Punk and Batista in the long run or the ones that care about them,"
"I tend not to let human emotion get in the way of my decision making," Jericho replied.
"Wow, how can one man be so heartless?" Velvet said and she put her hand on Jericho's chest, "No I was wrong you still have a heart," she said and she balled up Jericho's t shirt in her hands, "How would you like for me to rip it out of your chest and show it to you before you die?" she said through gritted teeth her voice now reflecting how she truly felt about what Jericho had done.
Jericho's face went hard, "You sure you want to threaten a man holding a hot cup of coffee?" Jericho asked her.
"You mean this cup?" Velvet said and she knocked the cup of coffee into Jericho's face and he cried out in pain. Stephanie flew out of her bedroom at the sound of Jericho screaming and she saw Velvet Sky on top of him with her knee in his throat.
"Velvet what are you doing?" Stephanie cried out.
"What you should have done a long time ago," Velvet replied pushing her knee even deeper into Jericho's throat, "Now are you gonna fix what you screwed up or not?" she asked Jericho but he could barely talk her knee was so deep against his throat.
"Velvet you're gonna kill him!" Stephanie said pulling Velvet back but Velvet wouldn't move.
"I'll crush your throat I swear I will!" Velvet threatened Jericho and he flipped up from underneath her and slammed her against the wall putting his hand across her throat and crushing it.
"Not if I don't crush yours first," Jericho warned her and Stephanie's eyes went wide as Velvet's face grew purple and her feet kicked wildly at Jericho.
"Chris please let her go!" Stephanie said pulling at Jericho's arm but Jericho shrugged her off while Velvet clawed at his face.
LC came out of her room and saw what Jericho was doing and she ran up to him and kicked him in the stomach and Velvet grabbed her throat gasping for air.
"You got a real problem dealing with women you know that, you should thank God that I don't have my Ax of Judgment with me," LC said and Carla came over looking at Jericho with a terrified look on her face.
"She attacked me first, I acted in self defense," Jericho replied.
"You were gonna kill her," LC said and she turned to Stephanie, "I told you we weren't safe in this house,"
"LC!" a very familiar voice called out and LC ran to the window and saw Cameron waving to her from downstairs. She opened the window and stuck her head out.
"Cameron!" she cried in delight then she saw Cheyenne, Aurora, Trish and Randy Orton standing in front of the house next door that had been for sale.
"Say hello to your new neighbors!" Cameron said and LC was ecstatic.
"The Ortons' are moving in next door?" she gasped and Trish and Randy waved at her, "Great we're coming down!"
LC turned and grabbed Carla and Stephanie, "Come on let's go!" she said heading for the stairs but Jericho blocked her path, grabbed her by the arm and carried her upstairs to the attic and locked her in there. Then he turned to Stephanie and Carla with a look so dark light could not permeate it.
"Nobody's going anywhere," he said coldly then he looked down at Velvet who was still holding her throat, "Except for you, you can leave right now,"
Jericho picked up Velvet Sky and pulled her through the open window beneath which Cameron and Cheyenne were standing, "Catch!" he said and dropped her and she fell into their arms, "And you can forget about seeing LC because she's never leaving this house!" Jericho told them and he closed the window in the horrified faces of The Michaels and The Ortons.
"LC!" Cameron cried and he ran over to The Jerichos' front door and kicked on it furiously but Trish held him back.
"Even if you bash the door down, Jericho will kill you before he let you see LC and that would be the end of him," Trish said and Cameron couldn't believe it; Jericho had succeeded in not only separating him from his father but his girlfriend too.
"Trish I have to get LC out of there," Cameron said.
"I know, we will we just have to wait for your mother," Trish said.
"Will mommy be here soon?" Cheyenne asked Trish who nodded.
"Yeah she will," Trish said and she kissed Cameron's head, "Until then calm down and count down the hours til LC is in your arms,"
While Trish and Randy attended to Velvet Cameron closed his eyes and thought of that moment and it calmed him down long enough for Trish and Randy to bring him back over to their new house which would be their lookout point for keeping an eye on the increasingly dangerous Chris Jericho.
Meanwhile at Coral Ridge Psychiatric Hospital in Fort. Lauderdale Amy had convinced the nice hospital carer to let her outside for a little fresh air. She certainly looked a lot brighter than she did yesterday and the hospital staff no longer saw her as a threat and she wasn't but the same couldn't be said for the tattoo on her arm.
"Okay Gash, time to come out and play," Amy said to her tattoo and the hospital carer turned to her thinking she was talking to him.
"I'm sorry Amy did you say something?" he asked her.
"Yes I did but not to you," Amy replied and the carer frowned at her.
"Do you want some lemonade?" he asked her and she nodded, "Okay I'll be right back,"
"Hey doc what's your name?" Amy asked the carer as he walked away.
He turned back to face her with a smile, "Myles," he replied and Amy smiled at him.
"Thanks for everything Myles," Amy said and Myles nodded that it was no problem not knowing that this was the last time he would ever talk to the pregnant red-head. When he was gone a little green monster jumped out of Amy's right arm and seconds later the monster started to grow and grow and grow and grow until it was standing 50k ft tall in the air. Amy smiled up at Gash impressed, "Wow, great job growing up," she said and Gash lowered his hand down to her and she jumped into his hand and he put her on his shoulder.
"Now I believe our first stop is New York," Gash said, "to pick up the ARK Angels,"
"Actually I think we should stop over in North Carolina, I know Jeff would get a kick out of you Gash," Amy said.
"Okay, first stop Cameron, North Carolina, next stop - Cameron and Cheyenne, New York City," Gash said and he headed in that direction trying not to crush any cars or people on the way over. It was pretty hard when there were so many people staring and screaming at him.
Myles came back out with lemonade for Amy and saw the huge green monster walking away from Coral Ridge and Amy was nowhere to be found.
"Myles!" Amy called back to him and Myles looked over at where the monster was and saw it turning back around. It came towards Myles and knelt down to him, Myles shook so much the ice in the glass of lemonade was rattling in his hands and he saw Amy sat on the monster's shoulder.
"The Anointed one would like that glass of lemonade please," the monster said and Myles handed the monster the glass which he passed up to Amy and she drank it down gratefully and handed it back to Gash who handed it back to Myles, "Many thanks," Gash said and Amy waved goodbye to Myles while Gash got back up and headed towards Cameron to go see Jeff Hardy.
Myles scratched his head, "The Anointed one?" he said wondering who Amy really was, she seemed right at home on top of the monster's shoulder but that didn't stop him from calling the police to say that Amy had been kidnapped by a monster from Coral Ridge. They told him he was crazy and hung up.
Lechuguilla, Sonoran Desert:
Shawn looked up at the single stream of light coming from the mouth of the cave way high above in the air indicating the sun was up, it was time to start climbing again. DX had tried to climb out several times but the higher up they got the more rocks seemed to come apart from the cave and they fell back down to the bottom of the cave, hitting the ground harder and harder each time.
"Okay guys come on let's climb," Shawn said and she turned to Hunter and Chyna but they were asleep, "What the?" he said jumping off the side of the cave and attending to his friends. They were definitely asleep and Shawn realized that his saliva hadn't been enough to keep them awake from the Go To Sleep, he needed water if they were going to climb all the way to the top of the cave. The climbing and the Go To Sleep from Punk had totally exhausted them. On top of that they hadn't eaten in nearly two days and would need food and water soon to stay alive. Shawn knew he would have to get out of there without Hunter and Chyna but he didn't want to leave them. If only there was another way out of the cave, he turned and saw a small hole in the side of the cave that seemed to lead all the way through on the other side but there was no way he could get through it. He sat next to Hunter and Chyna and put his head in his hands, "God please tell me how I can save my friends' lives," Shawn prayed on his knees. A light soon filled the cave but Shawn was too busy praying to notice it at first.
"Hey there stranger," said a warm and familiar voice and Shawn looked up and saw the angelic apparition of Rebecca floating over him. She lit up the whole cave just like she had lit up his whole life.
"Rebecca!" he said getting to his feet, "I'm so happy to see you!"
"I see you all the time," Rebecca said with a warm smile, "It still a buzz everytime I do,"
Shawn walked towards Rebecca, "Can you help us get out of here?" Shawn asked her.
"The first one to get out of here will be you but not in human form," Rebecca said and Shawn remembered what Trish had told him.
"Okay then how?" Shawn asked her and Rebecca touched his arm.
"As a snake," Rebecca said and Shawn looked at her surprised, "Yes, your tattoo is a part of you, transform into a snake to get out of here through those rocks,"
"But then how do I get food and water to Hunter and Joanie?" Shawn asked Rebecca.
"You'll have help out there, now get going," Rebecca said and she disappeared with a big smile on her face, a smile that had re-assured Shawn for years and that's exactly what it had done once again.
"Okay think snake," Shawn said and he touched his tattoo, he hissed and seconds later he changed into a long green snake with a heart shaped pattern on its head, "Man I'm so low to the ground," he said looking at the dirt below his eyes, "Now I know why snakes were cursed," Shawn was thin enough to slither through the rocks and through the hole in the cave out to the desert. What he was going to do when he was out there he wasn't sure but he was on his way that much he knew.
An hour later Shawn was on the outside, the heat beating down on him on the outside was intense and he changed back into human form and the sun hit him in the face like a laser beam. So did the pangs of hunger but he ignored those for now and he headed back to the entrance of the cave and looked down.
"Man that's a long way down," he said and he didn't want his friend down there a moment longer, "Okay think Shawn think," HBK looked over at some rocks near the entrance of the cave, he went over to them and saw a throng of snakes there. He turned back into a snake and spoke to them, it turned out that he could communicate with them the same way that Jeff Hardy could communicate with the creatures of the sea. He explained to them that he needed their help and told them what he wanted them to do, to his surprise they listened and Shawn slithered back around to the hole he had come out from all the way back to Hunter and Joanie.
Back down in the cave Shawn turned back into human form, spat on their faces and woke them up again. They were so tired and hungry but they were able to stand which was important because time was a factor in Shawn's rescue mission.
"Guys listen to me, this is going to sound crazy but I need you to grab hold of these snakes and together we're going to pull you out of here," Shawn said and Hunter and Joanie looked at him like he was crazy.
"What was that?" Hunter asked Shawn groggily and HBK rolled his eyes.
"Okay watch this," he said and he turned back into a snake and Joanie screamed.
"Argh, kill it kill it!" Hunter said trying to stamp on HBK but Shawn dodged his feet and turned back into a human.
"What are you doing I'm your best friend?" he protested.
"But you were a snake?" Hunter replied.
"Yes I turned into the snake on my tattoo!" Shawn explained.
"Your tattoo came to life?" Hunter asked in shock.
"Yes, I got a visitation from Rebecca and she touched my arm and my snake tattoo came to life," Shawn said, "I escaped out of a hole in the cave and went to the top and I talked to these snakes and told them I needed help getting you out of here and they're going to help us,"
Hunter and Joanie looked at each other then they looked back at Shawn, "You talked to some snakes?" Joanie said in disbelief.
"Look guys we don't have time for your unbelief I have to get back up there and tell the snakes to pull you up, just grab onto them and don't let go okay? Don't worry they won't bite you," Shawn said to Hunter and Joanie who both scratched their heads wondering what on Earth Shawn was talking about. Shawn slithered back up to the top of the cave and headed back over to the snakes and told them his friends were ready. The snakes linked with each other in a long chain and slithered down through the mouth of the cave in the blackness. Hunter and Joanie looked up and saw the snakes heading down towards them and recoiled out of instinct. As the snakes came closer it was obvious that they didn't mean them any harm.
"Shawn's never steered us wrong before," Hunter said to Joanie who nodded and they moved towards the snakes and the snakes coiled around them individually and they climbed up with the snakes while the other snakes up top and Shawn held on so that they could support their weight. Hunter was the first to come up then Joanie followed behind him.
"We did it we escaped the cave of death!" Hunter said grabbing Shawn and Joanie and spinning them around then he stopped because he hadn't eaten in two days and he was very weak. The light was starting to disappear; they had just made it up in time.
"Thanks guys," Shawn said to the snakes, creatures he used to hate more than a bad wrestling match but God had given him power over them to save him and his friends. He remembered Luke 10:19 "I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you." At last demons knew who Shawn was and he knew Amy was going to love this when he told her.
"Okay so where do we go now?" Joanie said.
"Rebecca said we wouldn't be alone out here, let's keep walking I'm sure we'll bump into our rescuers on the way," Shawn said.
"I don't know how far I can walk I barely have any energy," Hunter said and Shawn put Hunter's arm around his shoulder.
"Don't worry buddy I got you," Shawn said and he helped carry Hunter and Joanie further into the desert and away from the cave that had imprisoned them. The question of whether they were out of danger yet still hadn't been answered but they were much closer to getting back to their family now and that's all that mattered.