"What do you mean you don't think she has a place to go?" Cena asked, getting a little nervous.
"I think she's homeless." Rey's eyes flicked to the direction she'd seen Alix running, getting a little peeved that the guys had to ask so many questions.
Chris Jericho laughed at Mysterio's response. "She was at a live show in floor seats. How could she afford a ticket like that if she's homeless? Nevermind it being a pay-per view!"
"I don't know!" Rey shouted again, getting more and more anxious and more and more mad. "All I know is she didn't get into a parent's or a friend's car; she ran towards that patch of trees that – " he pointed to the direction Alix had gone. " – way. That's away from all the main roads and even any towns. For Dios' sake I think there are damn cornfields back there!"
Everyone paused again. R-Truth and Kofi looked ready to run back there and find her. Edge was a little edgy, and even Swagger had a hint of worry in his eyes.
"What if it's nothing…?" Orton asked, a lot softer than any of the guys had heard him speak in a very long time. "Like maybe…"
Rey shook his head with frustration. "There is nothing back there. No houses for miles. There's nothing and no reason she should be going back there." Rey swore under his breath at the fact that he cared this much. He couldn't believe what he was about to say. "…I'm gonna go try and find her; and if it's nothing we'll go on our way. I wanna make sure she's okay."
The other wrestlers looked at him with mixed looks of, 'impressive; be an ass to her and then help her' or 'where's the catch?'
Rey sighed, noticing this. "Is anyone comin' to help me or am I on my own?"
"I'm comin with you Rey." John was the first to say it. Rey offered a small and quick friendly smile as he looked over the rest of them.
"I'm not leavin her out there." Truth nodded.
"Same." Kofi smiled.
"I'll go!" Evan Bourne piped up. The smaller man hadn't said anything to Alix or anyone else, but that was only from fear of being pounded if he distracted Alix's attention from any of the bigger men.
Rey looked a little impatiently at Edge. He had noticed that the psychopath had taken a liking to the kid and he knew that he wasn't gonna let the babyfaces do all the work.
"Edge?" he said. "I know you. Are you coming?"
"…I guess I'll go." He replied, rolling his eyes a little, but secretly he was happy that Rey was letting him come along.
"Alright." Rey nodded in approval. "Come on, she can't have gotten that far."
"Not with us running after her!" Cena shouted as he raced out of the locker room and towards the trees that Rey as gestured towards. Rey let a smile slip and raced after Cena, the rest of his recruits following closely behind him.
As the pack neared the forest Cena let out a call.
"ALIX!" he shouted, that big mouth of his opening wide.
Deeper within the forest, sitting against an oak tree, Alix tensed. She would know that voice anywhere. John Cena. I am in deep shit, aren't I…
Alix bolted up and raced away from the voice of John Cena. Tears started flowing down her face; never before had she thought that she would be running from one of her favorite WWE superstars.
"Alix!" Evan Bourne shouted. Alix froze again. Evan Bourne…? No friggin' way.
Can't stop. She reminded herself, running as fast as she could.
"Alix, it's okay! We just have to ask you something!" Evan really was starting to get worried. He liked the little spunky kid, even if he had only seen her for a short time. He didn't want her to get hurt, especially back here.
Alix looked down, wanting to answer Evan's calls. But she knew that couldn't happen.
"Alix! Girl!" Truth tried. "Come out, it's cool!"
Truth too…?
"Alix!" Kofi shouted, loud as he could. The rest of the search party looked at him wide-eyed when they realized that his call was louder than Cena's.
Oh my god it's everybody…
Except for…
Alix ran. Mysterio wasn't with them. Wasn't with the pack that came to help her. Help… It doesn't matter. I've lived fine for almost four years now, I don't need the help of these blundering morons.
"Alix Mercier!" Edge barked, and everyone was shocked that he had remembered her last name. "Just come out! I thought you liked us!"
I do…more than you know…
Everyone in the search party turned to Rey. He looked to the ground, not wanting Alix to hear from him.
"Alix." He called softly. "I'm here. Come out. We just want to talk to you…"
Alix's heart stopped. Rey was there. Rey had come to find her.
"I don't even have my mask on, chica…" Rey called again, silently hoping that she would come out without many more problems.
"You idiot." Cena hissed. "She couldn't have heard you, who knows how far she's gotten."
"We're not here to fight…" Bourne said warily. "We came to find Alix…no fighting…"
Cena nodded at Bourne, and turned his attention back to the patch of trees. Alix…in here? He thought. No way, Mysterio must be on something…
When Alix had heard the voice of Rey Mysterio she had begun to race back to where the search party was.
She burst through the trees and into the waiting eyes of the search party. A small smile played across Rey's lips, and everyone else was beaming. Even Edge.
"I thought you were pissed at me." Alix stared Mysterio down. She loved the Mexican tan, and the mousy-brown hair that always seemed perfect on him. She was lost in his chocolate-brown eyes, but managed to stay focused on being slightly mad.
"Yeah." Rey nodded. "But I can't let a fan starve in the woods."
A fan. Alix thought, her heart cracking into two. I thought I showed him…not even a friend…? I really am nothing.
"Kid." Cena barked. "Ya don't have a place to stay. A place to live. How'd you get into our show?"
Alix slowly looked from Mysterio to Cena.
"Snuck in." she shrugged. "Floor seats are easier to sneak into than any of the others. And have a better view. I…uh…you guys are gonna leave me alone now right? I mean I can pretty much disappear…"
"Oh hell no." Truth grinned.
"You're staying with us." Bourne smiled a little. Alix had to smile, she loved Evan's face.
The smile faded quickly when no-one took it back.
"Guys, I'm cool really. I been doing this for something like four years now. Just because I meet you guys doesn't mean that should stop."
"Well it does." Cena grinned a big toothy grin, grabbing Alix's wrist. "Let's go, you're comin back to the hotel with us."
Alix didn't fight back, she knew that she wouldn't have to be there for long. Just sneak out in the middle of the night.
The pack soon got back to the arena, where the most of the rest of both of the rosters where standing worried.
"Where the hell were you?" Randy Orton growled, glaring one by one at each of them.
Rey held his hand up.
"Look, it's a really long story but Alix is homeless and we refused to let her live out here any longer. She's coming to the hotel with us and rooming with one of us. I refuse to let her room with Edge, Orton, Morrison, McIntyre, Rhodes, either of the Russians, the Miz, any of the Nexus, or any of the SES. Oh, and no present, past, or future DX members. We all have our suspicions about the Raw GM." Rey stared down the named few. "Any takers for letting her room with them? Preferably someone with a roommate already so she can't get away?"
"Wait, why not me?" Morrison and Orton both asked.
"Because girls find you both extremely attractive and I don't trust either of you." Rey said matter-of-factly.
Alix stood, both a little embarrassed and a little happy at Mysterio's leadership role.
"What about me?" Big Show asked, approaching the smaller man.
"I don't see any problem with it." Rey shrugged. Alix beamed as she looked up at Big Show. "As long if you promise to sit on her if she tries to run off."
Big Show laughed. "No problem. C'mere kid."
Alix ran up to Big Show who picked her up and placed her on his shoulders. She laughed and hugged the much bigger man around his neck.
"Alright, hotel time." MVP announced.
"I'm tired." Cena randomly said as everyone moved to their cars.
The entirety of the WWE roster was quietly buzzing as everyone moved to whichever car they came in. Most of it, Alix found, was about her. That didn't make her feel any better.
Big Show put Alix back down on the ground and she climbed in the passenger seat to his huge Hummer.
"Thanks for letting me room with you, Show…" she said awkwardly, staring out the window.
"No problem, kid." He said, following everyone else out. "I think you're gonna have a big deal in the WWE. I just know it."