In the previous installment, the troops had been rallied. Ted and Kaitlyn have been with the group all week, hoping to do everything they could to find Marcus, as well as keeping Mary calm. This, of course, hasn't been an easy task, but I'm sure that I can leave Mary's many rants and tantrums to the imagination. Now, our conclusion...

A week later, Mary was pacing in the special locker room Stephanie had arranged for her and all of her friends. Ted hadn't left her side the entire time, and AJ, Kaitlyn, and Alex were on the hunt non-stop. There had been no sign of Bray, nor his followers. In addition to holding a small child captive, they were in breach of contract for not showing up to multiple shows. Many of the members of the WWE Universe believed that it was all part of the script, and that the young boy had been safe with his parents the entire time. It wasn't until a backstage segment was shown with Mary crying in Ted's arms that a few tweets began to circulate that the kidnapping may had, in fact, been real. There were others, of course, stating that the line was created to bring Ted back into the company. This being despite the fact that there hadn't been news of him being signed.

About an hour into RAW, Alex pulled Cody out of the room while Mary was going on another one of her paranoid rants. After kissing his girlfriend softly, Cody took a deep breath as the door shut behind him. "Any news?"

Alex nodded, biting her lip. "They're here."

Cody's eyes lit up. "Really? Where?" He paused, momentarily realizing that Marcus wasn't with her, nor did Alex seem to be in a celebratory mood. "Wait..."

"We only know where the Wyatts are," Alex sighed. "There's been no sign of Marcus yet."

Cody nodded, "well, at least that's something."

Just then, the glitching sound that had became familiar with the presence of the Wyatt family sounded through the arena. Cody's and Alex's eyes both went wide as they dashed back into the locker room, just as Bray Wyatt appeared on the screen in a dark room. Much like he had for many promos before.

"Mary had a little lamb... little lamb... little lamb. Mary had a little lamb..." Bray suddenly stopped, looking into her camera. "But Mary lost her little lamb to the wolves. Bet you didn't see that one coming, did you, dear Maryanne? All those years, we used to play together. We were friends once, Mary."

"What the hell is he..." Cody began to question Bray's actions, but Mary stood up, slapping his hand over his mouth, staring intently at the screen.

"But we all grow up, don't we Mary?" Bray continued. "You always knew what you wanted. The way I see it, I'm doing you a favor." He moved off of the screen.

Next Erick Rowan's sheep mask came into view, along with the sound of him whistling "Mary Had a Little Lamb". After a few moments, Luke Harper shoved him aside, his eyes extremely wide. "Come find us while you still can."

As the monitor went back to the action in the ring, Mary began to seethe. Instinctively, everyone in the room began to slowly back away as she screamed in frustration. After she began panting, Ted took a cautious step toward his wife, slowly placing his hand on her shoulder. She quickly batted him away, darting into the hall. "Where is he?" she began screaming as she intently searched for where Bray was.

"What she always wanted?" Ted hung his head.

"You, Ted," Goldust nodded from across the room.

"So she doesn't regret having Marcus?" Ted looked to the older man, tilting his head.

"Is this really the time to have this conversation?" Goldust started for the door.

Ted took a deep breath, heading out of the room after Goldust, everyone else behind them, spreading out.

Nearly a half hour later, Mary sat down next to Jerry Lawler. The older man patted her shoulder, knowing that she just needed a rest. Ten minutes later, just as Mary was getting up to start looking again, her sister shot up in the time keeper's area, phone in hand. "They've found him!" Chelsea took her older sister's hand, quickly making her way backstage where she was told to meet them.

The Rhodes brothers were holding Bray as Ted was screaming in the man's face. The other members of the Wyatt family completely subdued. Mary calmly walked up, taking her husband's hand. "How could you?"

Bray chuckled, "well hello Miss Mary."

"This is not the time for small talk, and you know it, Windham," tears streamed down Mary's face.

"Is this not what you wanted, Mary?" Bray tilted his head.

"It's not," Mary shook her head. "I want both of my men in my life. I'm happy. I couldn't possibly be happier."

After a few moments of suspenseful silence, while they looked into one another's eyes, Bray finally gave in, realizing that he was wrong. He hung his head in shame, giving up the location where Marcus was being held. "In the parking garage. You'll know which one."

Mary began pulling away, still holding onto Ted's hand. "Let him go. I'll make him pay later."

The friends reluctantly pulled away from the Wyatt family and followed Mary out to the parking garage. As she walked up to an old van, she laughed to herself, shaking her head. "Someone call Stephanie. Let her know." She opened the door to see her son bound and gagged. She began crying once more as she and Ted climbed into the back of the van, freeing Marcus. She held her frightened son in her arms as tears of joy streamed down her cheeks, smiling at the sounds of cheering from her friends.

That week Monday Night RAW ended with Mary walking up to Bray, while holding her son, and punching him right in the nose. After the show went off the air, the local police handcuffed Bray and his family, taking him to be held until they were tried in federal court. Not only did they kidnap a small child, but they took him out of the state of the original abduction, in order to get to the next show. They would be going away for a long time.

Later that night, Ted and Mary laid in each other's arms in their hotel room, while Marcus was sound asleep, merely a couple of feet away from them. Ted looked into his wife's eyes, brushing her hair away from her eyes. "Can you tell me now? What did Windham believe he was doing for you?"

Mary smiled softly, her eyes glistening with tears in the moonlight. "When we were younger, I wanted nothing more than the life Nattie and TJ have had. It's just that, that's not our life."

"That's my fault," Ted looked down with a sigh.

"Teddy Bear, I don't care that we spent all of that time apart. We're together now. That's all that matters," Mary paused for a moment. "Well, that and the fact that you accept him."

"Mare Bear, I love you more than anything on God's green Earth. Marcus is a part of who you are now. I am proud to call him my son. Nothing will ever change that," Ted smiled, kissing his wife softly.

For Mary, the week-long nightmare was over. After serving their prison sentence and going through much psychiatric counseling, the Wyatt family returned to the WWE six months later. Ted and Kaitlyn got special one night contracts for the special beat down at the TLC pay-per-view event. It was similar to the massively lopsided handicap matches that the Shield had been subjected to earlier in the year, but this was obviously way more personal. The injuries sustained only kept them out for a few weeks, but the message was beyond well received. Upon returning to the WWE, The Wyatt Family stuck to the scripts. Balance had been restored among Mary and her friends, and there was a feeling of happiness all around.

THE END.

I hope that you enjoyed this story. Please R&R! This was just a small break from "And Then There's You". That will be continued shortly.