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 Four - Lionheartbreak and Triumph
Jeff ran after CM Punk and Velvet Sky with Angelina Love while Hunter and Cameron chased Jericho and LC into the House of Blues. There were hundreds of fans who were there to see Jericho and Fozzy play, Jericho didn't even care he was running for his life. Hunter had almost caught up with him when he crashed into Cheyenne who had somehow Phenomenally blocked him with her body holding out her hands so that Jericho couldn't move passed her.
"Get out of my way little girl!" Jericho snapped at GPS who shook her head and LC smiled down at her.
"That's my future sister-in-law!" LC said and Hunter pounced on Jericho who dropped LC right on top of GPS who was more than happy to cushion the blow because it didn't hurt one bit.
"Get off me!" Jericho screamed as Hunter pulled him by his silk white shirt ripping it with his sharp canine teeth. "Somebody call animal control!" Jericho yelled out and Cameron rolled his eyes.
"Animal control? This isn't an animal it's Triple H!" he said and LC's eyes widened with joy.
"Daddy!" she cried and Hunter's ears pricked up, he let Jericho go and ran over to his daughter and licked her face with his big lion-sized tongue, "I knew it was you!" LC said throwing her arms around the lion.
Jericho got to his feet with a scowl on his face so deep it looked like his face was caving in, "LC what are you doing?" he snapped at his daughter.
"Hugging my father what does it look like?" LC replied indignantly and Hunter roared at Jericho.
"You sonofabitch how did you turn into a lion?" Jericho asked furious that his plan to win LC's heart had been thwarted yet again by the Cerebral Assassin.
"It doesn't matter Jericho, its over," Cameron said.
"It isn't over until I say it's over!" Jericho yelled.
"If you wanna live you'll end this feud with Hunter right now!" Cameron warned him.
"Or what God will punish me? Take it to the altar God boy," Jericho said mockingly.
"The only thing I'm taking to the altar is LC, we're gonna get married in 2028," Cameron said.
"Over my dead body!" Jericho said and knocked Cameron to one side with a violent strike and the Amazing one hit the side of Jericho's car.
"Exactly," Cameron said holding the side of his head and he saw blood and he wasn't the only one who saw the blood.
LC and Cheyenne ran over to Cameron and helped him up while Hunter pounced on Jericho and ripped him to shreds. There was blood everywhere, Jericho was covered in it from head to toe until finally Hunter stopped mauling him and left him bleeding on the ground.
Shawn, Amy and Melina approached the horrific scene and saw Hunter gnashing his bloodied teeth and Batista and Edge looked down at the bloodied mass of muscle, bones and eviscerated body parts that Chris Jericho had become. LC came over to Hunter and stroked his long blond mane, then she looked down at Jericho who was most certainly about to die.
"See what happens when you mess with the Helmsleys?" she told him, "If you weren't so stubborn you could have lived but now you're going to die right here outside the House of Blues, so not only have you disappointed me you've disappointed all your fans," LC knelt down next to Jericho's mangled body and looked him earnestly in the eye, "But your soul doesn't have to die, you can still get to Heaven if you just end this hatred you have of my father and accept Jesus Christ into your heart, you know what they say in the music business Chris "the show must go on." You can go on living if you want to, I can ask Aunt Amy to intercede on your behalf, you just have to decide how you want to live the rest of your life - with Stephanie and your unborn twin babies, or in Hell with the prince of darkness and his band of evil worshippers. The choice is yours,"
Jericho shocked everyone by actually managing to reach out and stroking LC's face, "You really do care about me don't you, my little warrior bride?" Jericho said almost inaudibly and LC nodded.
"I am your blood I can't deny that so I'm not going to let you die without giving you the opportunity to let Jesus Christ cover you with His Blood that washes all sin away," LC said and she squeezed Jericho's hand caringly, "Please Chris, stop this madness once and for all and get on with your life,"
Jericho looked up at LC then he looked over into the copper prisms of the Cerebral Assassin representing God in lion form, a man who had been his arch nemesis for almost a decade and now he had taken the one thing that really, truly did belong to him and God allowed it to happen at the expense of his body once again.
"God doesn't care about me, look what he let happen to me, he didn't care when Hunter ripped my left eye out and he doesn't care that I'm about to die here with my insides on the outside. This isn't over until I say it's over princess," he said to LC then he looked up at Hunter one last time, "death is only the beginning," he said menacingly his only working eye was dark with hate.
Jericho didn't say another word after that, his hand went limp in LC's and he died right in front of her and the other ARK Angels of DX. Hunter turned back into human form and picked LC up hugging her tightly to himself and she hugged him back.
"He called you his warrior bride, if I didn't know better I'd say Jericho already had someone else in mind for you to marry," Hunter said.
"But who?" Shawn said as they all circled Jericho's maimed body until the subject of who was going to tell Stephanie her husband was dead finally came up.
"She's gonna ask you to bring him back to life," Melina said to Amy and the Anointed one shook her head.
"There's no way that's gonna happen, he died the minute he put his hands on Cameron," Amy said and Shawn nodded, "The only thing that could have saved Jericho was confession and he truly believed he had reason to do everything he did - the witchcraft, the kidnapping, everything. The man was a total psychopath and now he's gone,"
"Hey guys I just got away with murder," Triple H said and LC slapped him around the head.
"You didn't murder Jericho dad," she said.
"Yes I did I assassinated his ass!" Hunter said victoriously.
"You performed God's will there's a difference than being a murderer and a warrior - a warrior fights for righteousness, a murderer is what Chris Jericho became because of how much he hated you," Cameron said, "actually he still hates you,"
"And all I did was take out his left eye, marry his true love, give her a baby with awesome weather power then fall in love with my true love who was carrying my firstborn who it turns out is a cherubic being with an Ax of Judgment and a kick- ass musician too boot who absolutely loves me," Hunter said throwing up his hands, "Why would he possibly hate me?"
"Seriously Jericho's feelings about you became skewed when he lost his left eye, after that he couldn't stand to see you live a day longer - he just threw in Joanie and Shawn because Vince McMahon wanted to get back at DX for taking the WWE away from them," Cameron explained.
"Speaking of which we have to get our company back," Shawn said to Hunter.
"Dad we're not finished here yet," Cameron said.
"Why what else needs to be put right?" Shawn said.
"CM Punk," Matt and Edge replied and they ran into the House of Blues to see what happened to Jeff and Angelina who were still looking for the deeply disturbed Superstar.
"Do we need to go with them?" Shawn asked Cameron.
"No you can't go in there after Punk like that," Cameron replied looking his father up and down.
"Oh you mean I have to turn into a snake, what do I do then?" Shawn said.
"You wrap yourself around his neck and put him to sleep, then you bite him on his left arm but instead of venom you'll inject his skin with healing water," Cameron said.
"So I'm gonna make Punk Go to Sleep?" Shawn said liking the irony, "Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor?"
"Right now, I'd say Stephanie thinks God sucks," Hunter said and Shawn nodded sympathetically, he could certainly see why the Billion Dollar Princess would think that.
"Hello?" Amy said answering her cell-phone and her face crumbled when she heard the sound of Stephanie crying on the other end.
"I had to tell her Ames, I couldn't wait for her to find out from you guys or at the morgue," Trish said as Randy comforted a hysterical Stephanie McMahon the best way he could.
"LC asked him to repent and move past his grudge but he refused, he said "death was only the beginning" can you believe that?" Amy said and Trish nodded.
"Yes unfortunately I can," she said sadly, "Tell DX to get everybody down to Titan Tower after you're done with Punk,"
"You mean DX Inc?" Amy corrected Trish.
"That's not what's its being called right now, this thing with the McMahons is about to go into third gear tell DX to get to Stamford immediately after Punk's been delivered from that demon," Trish said.
"What about Jericho?" Amy asked.
"Just tell the police he was mauled by a lion and he died from his injuries, it may not be the whole Truth but it's not a lie," Trish said and Amy nodded, Trish hung up and stroked Stephanie's head. "Stephanie look at me," she said turning Stephanie head to face hers, her eyes were drowning in deep pools of tears and her face was trembling in Trish's hands, "I know you're mourning now but deep down inside you know this was inevitable, promise me you won't begrudge Hunter for what happened to your husband,"
Stephanie's face was caving in from the copious tears falling down her face and into Trish's hands, "Trish, you said something about my husband going to Hell before Hunter and I got divorced, is it because of LC?"
Trish's face grew solemn she didn't want Stephanie to go there even though she knew she would, "Partly yes, she is his daughter too but Stephanie I need you to focus okay? You're only three months away from giving birth to your twin boy and girl, don't let this thing with Jericho get in the way of that,"
"So it was LC, I knew it from the moment I set eyes on that little girl I knew she was going to ruin my life!" Stephanie snapped angrily.
"LC is a child she had nothing to do with this and she gave Jericho a choice!" Trish said in LC's defense and Stephanie was suddenly quiet.
"She gave Chris a choice to do what?" Stephanie asked.
"A choice to live and be with you for the rest of his life or to die and burn in Hell for all eternity - he chose the latter," Trish said and Stephanie broke down in tears again, she couldn't believe that with a choice between life and death Jericho chose death, that's how much he hated Hunter.
"Chris you had a choice, why didn't you make the right one?" she said to herself, "He chose death over me and the children, why is this happening to me what did I do to deserve this? Tell me Trish you must know what I did wrong!" Stephanie asked Trish rocking her back and forth aggressively but Trish remained sober in her words and actions and she squeezed Stephanie's hands lovingly against her chest.
"I know you don't see it right now but this is all gonna work out for your good Stephanie McMahon Helmsley," Trish said and Stephanie resented being called by her prior married name.
"It's Jericho - Stephanie Marie Jericho," she said firmly with her lip still quivering from the news about her husband's violent death at the hands of her ex-husband.
"You were never a Jericho," Randy said and Stephanie looked at him in shock.
"What do you mean by that?" Stephanie said offended by his comment.
"You're not a Jericho," Randy said again.
"Then what am I, just a McMahon?" Stephanie said furiously, "I hate my family Jericho was all I had and you took him away from me - all of you did!"
Trish quickly comforted Stephanie who sunk into Trish's arms completely devastated, the weight of her body indicating the weight of her grief which was heavier than her pregnancy weight made her.
"Its gonna be alright Stephanie," Trish said, "I promise,"
She looked up at Randy who was silently pleading for her permission to show Stephanie the picture he had of her in the future but Trish said no and quietly said it just wasn't the right time. From where Randy was standing it looked like such a waste of a revelation but he trusted his wife's judgment and slipped the oracle in his back pocket. He asked his wife when he could show Stephanie the picture.
"Just three more months," Trish replied and Randy hoped he could keep his mouth shut for that long.
House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA:
Meanwhile backstage at the House of Blues Jeff Hardy and Angelina Love were closing in on CM Punk who had finally run out of places to run. The police had come and the Fozzy band members were finding out what happened to their lead singer and had no idea what had been going on behind the scenes. All they knew what that Jericho wanted to do a gig in L.A, when the paramedics pulled back the sheet to reveal the mangled corpse of Chris Jericho there was little point in trying to explain the horror, the lifeless body spoke for itself.
"Velvet kill Angelina!" Punk said hypnotizing his girlfriend and Velvet charged for her best friend and tag team partner grabbing her by the neck and shaking her back and forth with supernatural strength before locking on a sleeper hold.
"Velvet stop you don't know what you're doing!" Jeff said pulling Velvet back but she banged him in the jaw with her elbow and he keeled over wincing in pain.
"Ha-ha not so tough now are you Jeff," Punk said, "you wait to Batista gets here he's gonna tear you apart!"
"I don't think so Pepsi boy," Matt Hardy said coming backstage with Edge and Batista who was totally back to normal now.
Punk looked at Batista in shock, "You're helping them?" he said furiously, "You betrayed me Big Dave I thought we were a team!"
"I don't team up with magicians they're so lame, putting people to sleep is so third rate what are you gonna do next pull a bunny out of a hat?" Batista said mocking Punk and he scowled at Batista.
"It's not a trick it's the greatest power in the world, I find it mostly works best when people are pissing me off!" Punk said, "You know what I think I don't need you anymore I've got Velvet and she's more animal than you ever were!"
"My God this guy is totally delusional," Edge said to Matt Hardy.
"Shut up Adam, in fact why don't the three of you just take a nap? Punk said coming closer to them and he was about to tell Batista, Edge and Matt Hardy to "Go to Sleep" when a familiar form approached him from the side and put her hand over his mouth and looked at everyone and everyone was now looking at her.
"Brie!" Angelina cried out.
"He can't control Velvet anymore, I've taken the power of hypnosis away from him by controlling his thoughts," Brie said and Angelina felt Velvet's grip loosening from around her neck.
"How did you do that?" Jeff asked Brie.
"The Anointed Couple gave me the gift of Discernment, I can turn evil thoughts to good ones," Brie said.
"How come you didn't use your gift of Discernment on Chris Jericho?" Batista asked Brie.
"It only works if you are a good person, that man's heart was rotten to the core," Brie said and she took her hand away from Punk's mouth and he couldn't talk.
"What's wrong with him?" Matt Hardy asked as Punk struggled to speak but no words came out.
"The demon can't get him to speak anymore because I bound it," Brie said and everyone applauded her.
"Wait-a-go Brie!" Jeff Hardy said, "I guess I was wrong about you,"
"Wake up," she said to Velvet Sky and the TNA Knockout blinked back into reality and hugged Angelina warmly to herself.
"Oh Velvet I'm so glad you're okay!" Angelina said relieved.
"What about you huh?" Velvet said coming over to Punk, "Aren't you going to tell me to Go to Sleep?"
"He couldn't even if he wanted to," Brie said and Velvet turned her nose up at her.
"What are you doing here?" she asked resentfully.
"I'm trying to make amends for what I did to your boyfriend," Brie explained as Shawn Michaels slithered into the backstage area heading towards Punk.
"Urgh a snake!" Velvet said and she started to take her boot off to hit the snake with it but Shawn rose up and kissed her on the cheek. She looked closer at the snake and noticed that its eyes were blue-grey, "Angelina, how long was I asleep and how much of my brain function have I lost?" she asked her best friend, "I swear this snake just kissed me,"
"That's no ordinary snake honey," came the warm voice of Anointed Amy, "come on Shawn wrap this thing up so we can go home and kick the McMahons out of our house," she said to her husband who set his slatted eyes on Punk whose eyes were wide with terror now that he knew who the snake really was.
"HBK!" he said horrified and started to run but Shawn struck catching him by the throat and he wrapped his coils around him and constricted his neck until Punk was passed out.
"What have you done?" Velvet said coming over to Punk's limp body as he passed out onto the floor.
"Don't worry he's saving his life," Batista assured her and Velvet along with everybody else watched as Shawn bit into Punk's left arm where the Pepsi tattoo was and he filled his burned arm with living water. The celestial healing fluid ran through Punk's tired body re-energized him and purified his contaminated blood. The dark circles around his eyes disappeared and color came back to his face. Eventually Shawn unwrapped his coils and Velvet cradled Punk in her arms, his chest was going up and down steadily, he was in a deep sleep.
Shawn turned back into human form and everyone came over to him, "Is Punk okay now?" Batista asked him and Shawn nodded.
"He's gonna be just fine, he just needs a little shut eye, the kid is overdue for a good night's sleep. Why don't you guys stay here for the night before you go back to Orlando?" he said to The Beautiful People who exchanged questioning glances.
"Where would we stay?" Angelina asked.
"How about with me?" Brie asked gently and Angelina snarled at her.
"With you, what you think just because you stop Punk from making us all Go to Sleep that makes us friends?" Angelina said coarsely and Brie's face fell.
"You still hate me," she said sadly.
"Why do you hate her so much?" Jeff Hardy asked Angelina Love.
"It's a long story okay?" Angelina Love said defensively.
"She cast a spell and made Angelina's hair fall out," Velvet Sky said, "then she stole her boyfriend who refused to date a bald chick and it broke Angie's heart,"
Edge laughed and Angelina looked at him annoyed, "What's so funny I loved him?"
"He stole my girlfriend that's what's so funny," Matt Hardy said and Edge rolled his eyes.
"Oh come on that was so '05 Matt, I'm laughing because you're the second woman I've been with that's been bald!" Edge said and Angelina looked at Amy who nodded.
"Yep, I was bald," she said and Angelina couldn't help but join in the laughter with Edge.
"I guess it is kinda funny," Angelina said, "but I'm sure there were no witches involved,"
"Actually there were - three of them," Amy said and now everyone started laughing as they remembered when ATM had to take on the three witches who tried to frame them for murder earlier in the year.
"Wow we really do have a lot in common," Angelina said to Amy as everyone calmed down.
"Yes we do but there's one thing you have to do if you really wanna mirror me, you have to give Brie another chance to be your friend. We wouldn't have anointed her head with oil and given her the Gift of Discernment if God's Hand wasn't on her life. She's already lost one friend this year, maybe 2007 won't be so bad if she gains an old one," Amy said sweetly.
"Okay I'll give you another chance, just don't blow it okay?" Angelina said and Brie hugged her gratefully.
"I won't," Brie said grateful that she had her old friend back, "Did you guys save Jericho?" Brie asked the ARK Angels who looked at the ground at the mention of Chris Jericho's name.
"He's dead," LC said and The Beautiful People, Brie, Edge and the Hardys couldn't believe what they just heard.
"He's dead?" Edge said in shock.
"I gave him a chance to save his soul and he chose to be damned for all eternity," LC said.
"So no more Fozzy?" Brie said disappointed that her favorite band was no more but LC didn't see why the Fozzy fans had to be disappointed because the lead singer screwed up. "Well Brianna will be happy now that Jericho's in Hell with her, she can finally have him all to herself just like she always wanted,"
LC huffed at that statement, "There's no happiness in Hell Brie but you're right the show should go on, only with me and the other ARK Angels of DX instead. Come on guys," she said to Cameron and Chey as she picked up one of the guitars backstage and headed out front to break the news to the Fozzy fans in L.A that the King of the World was dead and she would be singing the best song he ever wrote as a tribute to his little warrior bride. Cameron got on the drums and Cheyenne got another guitar which she managed to hold up Phenomenally well considering how small she was.
"Hello everybody my name is LC Helmsley and I'm the firstborn daughter of the greatest wrestler this world has ever known Triple H," LC said and the Fozzy fans booed knowing how much Jericho hated Triple H, "I know you were expecting Chris Jericho to come out here and rock this place tonight but that ain't gonna happen - because he's dead,"
The fans couldn't believe it and some of them started to cry others didn't believe it at all, "Is this a stunt, did your dad put you up to this?" one of the fans asked.
"I assure you this is not a stunt, Chris Jericho is dead and despite what he says he is not coming back," LC said and that confused the fans even more, "Anyway he wrote a song about me that I really like and me and the other ARK Angels want to play it for you now. On drums we have the ultra smart and ultra sexy future husband-to-be Cameron Cade Michaels and on second guitar we have my Phenomenally talented future sister-in-law Cheyenne Michelle Michaels,"
"LC I don't know what I'm doing back here," Cameron said.
"Just play like you did in music class," LC said, "Chey follow my lead,"
"Okay," Cheyenne said and LC started to play and Cameron and Cheyenne chimed in along with her.
I never knew such a thing could be as beautiful as me
Until I found out I had a daughter and her name was LC
She kicks ass, she's bad at math but she plays a mean guitar
In a lot of ways she's like me if I could tell her one thing it would be
"LC you're gonna be a star,"
She's a warrior bride
No-one tells her where to go or what to do
Get in her face and she'll deal with you
She's a warrior bride
She makes me smile inside
On her wedding day her man will say
"Nothing compares to my beautiful warrior bride"
LC played solo and the crowd as well as her family and everyone listening backstage where blown away by her amazing performance. Edge smiled but it made him sad to see what Jericho had lost out on too; he was right, LC certainly did inherit the best of both worlds from Hunter and Jericho. What a shame he said to himself and he hoped he'd be the kind of father a girl like LC could be proud of one day.
When we hung out I knew God was saying
"Teach that girl to play like you"
When she played everything else went away
Lisa I'll always be proud of you
No matter what The Game will say
We'll see each other again someday
That part of the song sent chills down Hunter's spine until LC made a few last minute changes, "I'd just like to change the last verse a little bit," she said to the Fozzy fans who were loving the song so far despite the news that Jericho was dead.
No matter what I heard you say
HHH is better than Y2J
You can curse The Game all day
But he's still better than Y2J
That's right I said it you heard me right
And I'm gonna be singing it all through the night
I ain't got time for Y2J
and I'm gonna marry Cameron Cade someday!
Its all about The Game
Its all about The Game
The next line is the same
Because it's all about the Game
"Join in everybody - sing "Its all about The Game, sing it out - its all about The Game, the next line is the same because it's all about The Game! I can't hear you come on!" LC said rocking her guitar in a power stance and banging her head wildly back and forth.
The Fozzy fans booed LC's loudly for her blatant love for Hunter and her blatant hatred of Chris Jericho but she didn't care, "Thank you and goodnight!" she said with one final riff of the guitar and Cameron quickly dragged her off the stage with Cheyenne following close behind as things started being thrown at them.
"That was awesome!" Hunter said picking up LC and swinging her around.
"It was straight from the heart, its all about you dad," LC said and she embraced her father lovingly while Cameron looked on adoringly, Cheyenne picked her nose and everyone else wondered who out of LC and Hunter was the most happy that Chris Jericho was dead but it was too close to call.
"Hello?" Amy said answering her phone and the angry voice of Trish Stratus bellowed down her ear.
"Stephanie just saw the live broadcast of Fozzy Live from the House of Blues!" Trish yelled.
"Oops," Amy said then she questioned The Truth's indignation, "How come you let her watch it, you must have known The ARK Angels were gonna be on and LC was gonna do her own personal tribute to Chris Jericho?"
"What can I say I'm a fan, LC was awesome!" Trish said then she saw the scowl on Stephanie's face and quickly changed the subject, "I have some news but it can wait until after the funeral," Trish said.
"What is it about, please tell me its something good," Amy said.
"It's good its just like your husband, it's a showstopper," Trish said, "Remember tell DX to go to Titan Tower when ya'll leave L.A,"
"I remember," Amy said and she hung up and looked at Melina, "Trish has got some really good news but she won't tell me what it is,"
"We could really do with some good news right about now," Melina said and LC frowned.
"You had some good news, didn't you hear the song?" LC said, "I'll sing it again,"
"No LC really that's fine," Melina said putting her hands up, "I find it hard to take pleasure in the misfortunes of others,"
"Losing Jericho is the best thing that happened to Aunt Steph, trust me on that," LC told Melina and everyone else and Cameron nodded.
"She's right," he said, "You guys are feeling sorry for Stephanie when you really should be rejoicing,"
"She's gonna have two children with no father, what's so good about that?" Melina said and Cameron and LC exchanged knowing glances which Shawn and Amy picked up on.
"Do you guys know something that we don't know?" Amy asked the two affianced cherubs.
"You'll be surprised how easy it is to get information from Randy Orton when Chey's got him in a headlock, a Phenomenally painful headlock," LC said patting Cheyenne on the back and Shawn, Amy, Hunter and Melina realized the ARK Angels were keeping something from them and if they knew Trish she had sworn them to secrecy until she told them herself.
"Cheyenne I'll give you a piggy back ride if you tell me what Trish told you about Stephanie," Shawn said to his baby girl.
"Sorry dad I'm sworn to secrecy," Cheyenne replied.
"What happened to your No More Secrets policy?" Shawn asked.
"That was a verbal policy and it'll never hold up in court," Cheyenne replied and Shawn and Amy exchanged glances and everything seemed to be going in another direction as they all headed out of the House of Blues to address the media who were now aware that Chris Jericho had died just moments before he was scheduled to perform at the House of Blues. Before that a titanic battle had taken place between two monsters that had now mysteriously disappeared, when the associated press contacted Vince McMahon for comment he had to be physically restrained from throwing the reporters out of Titan Tower, or DX lnc and The McMahons couldn't believe DX had beaten them once again.