… Just as we left off, Monday Night RAW finished with the reveal of Bray Wyatt kidnapping Mary Williams's son, and Mary, the Rhodes Brother, and Cody's girlfriend Alexis Hardy, has all ran backstage. We continue later that night in the hotel...

"Elijah's going to kill me," Mary paced back and forth in her hotel room.

AJ Lee tilted her head, opening her mouth to say something, only to have Natalya cut her off by placing her hand on the younger girl's shoulder and shaking her head.

"Elijah is going to come back from the dead, track me down, and murder me for losing our son," Mary fell over dramatically onto the bed.

"Mare Bear, deep breaths," Ted DiBiase's voice could be heard on speaker from Cody's phone.

"That's easy for you to say, Ted. You're sitting at home while I let someone steal my son right out from under me," Mary snapped.

"Maryanne, don't you dare go and pull the 'my' thing right now. He's my son, as well. I'm worried too, you know," Ted snapped back.

Mary was about to say something just as she heard Stephanie McMahon yelling into her phone as she walked into the room.

"Goddamn it, Windham! Where the hell are you? This was not approved in the scripts. Did you really think that you could get away with kidnapping the child of one of your co-workers? I suggest that you return Marcus immediately. The sooner he is returned to his mother, the less severe the consequences will be," Stephanie hung up her phone, sighing as she walked over to Mary. "I am so sorry."

Mary took a deep breath, sitting up slowly. "It's not your fault. You're not going to fire him, right?"

"Mary, that's your son we're talking about," AJ walked over to her friend, sitting down.

"I get where Mary is going with this," Stephanie smiled softly. She quietly excused herself as her phone rang.

Mary nodded, "he's going to pay for this. It's just that I still really like the character."

Cody sat down on the other side of Mary, "I think we can figure out a few ways after the legal side is handled."

Mary looked at Cody's phone, "you still there, Teddy Bear?"

"Right here, babe," Ted responded from Cody's phone.

"I'm sorry. You are very much Marcus's daddy," Mary cooed as she leaned into Cody.

"Have you started packing, Ted?" Stephanie asked as she walked back to the group.

"Of course, Steph. I'm on the next flight to where you will be tomorrow," Ted confirmed. "I know my wife."

"Good," Stephanie nodded. "I just talked to Bo. He hasn't heard from his brother, but their whole family is looking."

"You know, you probably should have just had Bo join the Wyatt's back on NXT," Mary chuckled.

"In hindsight, yes," Stephanie smirked. "We just didn't know that the fans would be turning on him at the time."

"I guess you have a point there," Mary chuckled. "At the same time, it was just silly to have Dave come back as a mega face after the way he left."

"Possibly," Stephanie shrugged. "But look where that lead us."

"Mary joining The Shield and kicking your ass up and down the entrance ramp?" Alex smirked as she sat on the other bed.

"You gotta admit, my wife does look good in black," Ted laughed.

"OK, you've got me there," Stephanie sighed. "I will actually be happy when I can go back to being behind the scenes."

"Not much longer, right?" Mary looked up to her long time friend.

Stephanie nodded. "We'll still be in charge. It's just a matter of finally getting that damn husband of mine out of the ring."

"Is that all it's really going to take?" Dustin tilted his head.

"Yes, he believes that he is still young enough to run around with the new guys, who are still in their twenties," Stephanie shrugged.

"Look, we can make that happen," Mary nodded. "However, there are much more pressing matters at hand here."

AJ looked up, "it's okay if Celeste comes to help, right?" She set her phone down.

"Well, duh!" Mary laughed. "I need the three of you together," she looked from AJ to Alex. "If anyone can track them down, it's the Chickbusters."

…

The next morning Mary was awoken on the bus by the feeling on Ted's lips upon hers. She had been sleeping so heavily in her hotel room that the Rhodes brothers were able to carry her out without her even noticing. She slowly opened her eyes, moaning sleepily. "What time is it?"

"It's nearly noon, my love," Ted smiled. "You tend to sleep extra heavy when you are under stress."

"Nothing yet?" Mary pouted.

Ted shook his head as he picked up his wife and sat down, pulling her onto his lap. "No, but you know that everyone is looking."

Mary nodded, laying her head on her husband's shoulder. "This sucks. I mean... I've known Windham a long time. I know that he's a good guy. It's just that..."

"Who knows why he's doing this, Mare," Cody looked up from across the aisle. "Look at everything he's done in storyline thus far. Maybe it got to him, and he slipped."

"So he's gone Heath Ledger on us," Mary shook her head with a sigh.

"Pretty much," Goldust nodded.

"Let's just hope that it's not full-blown," Alex looked up from her strategizing with AJ.

"I'm sure that's not the case," Daniel Bryan walked over to them with his wife, Brie Bella by his side.

Mary smiled, "I would hope that someone would have noticed something sooner if it were."

Brie reached out, taking Mary's free hand. "We just wanted to see how you're doing."

"As good as I can be," Mary nodded. "I'm holding on. Helps that Ted got here as quickly as he did."

Daniel nodded with a grin, "well, we are keeping our eyes and ear open. If we find anything, we'll let one of you know right away."

"Thank you," Mary smiled as the couple walked back to their seats.

"You've got a lot of friends here," Natalya grinned.

"Oh like you're surprised," Mary laughed. "I've always been a very likable person."

"Mom... mom... Mother please," Mary's brother, Levi sighed into his phone. "We've got many people combing the area. We'll find him."

Mary over heard her brother talking to their mother and groaned, grabbing Levi's phone. "Mom, can you please calm down? … I know that he's your only grandchild. … Yes, there will be more," she turned to Ted, smirking as he blushed. "We will find him, though. We have to. I'd be lost without him." She kissed her husband softly as she listened to her mother wind down. "Yes, mom. We love you, too. … Yes, of course we'll call you right away. My gut says to watch RAW. … Just do it. Bye." She sighed as she hung up the phone, handing it over to her brother.

"Mary, I love you, but I hope that you two aren't planning on having more children any time soon," Cody looked over to her.

"I know what you mean, bud," Ted chuckled.

"Why's that?" AJ looked up.

"It took forever to get her out of the ring when she first found out that she was pregnant with Marcus," Cody sighed. "Granted, the rage from losing Elijah didn't help."

Ted kissed Mary's cheek with a grin, "I think he is watching. He is watching over Marcus as we speak."

Mary nodded with a smile. "Elijah was a good guy. He was no Teddy Bear, but he was good. He would have been a great father."

"We'll find him, Mare Bear," Ted smiled, kissing her forehead. "Soon."

... To be concluded.