Title: ATM and the ARK Angels of DX: Best in the World
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, Rebecca and Cheyenne Michaels, Amy 'Lita' Dumas Michaels, Hunter Hurst Helmsley, LC Helmsley, Aurora Rose Helmsley, Chyna Helmsley, Trish, Randy and Randy Orton Jr, Melina, Johnny and Romeo Hennigan, Jeff, Stephanie and Elizabeth Hardy, Angelo and Angela Jericho, Vince and Linda McMahon, Kevin, Tamara and Tristen Nash, Adam "Edge", Angelina and Angelica Copeland, Phil "CM Punk", Jamie "Velvet Sky" and Ravine Brooks, Marion Cena, the Undertaker, Garrett Calloway, Sting and Steven Borden, Batista, Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, Kelly Kelly, Brie and Justin Danner, Alannah Pirelli and Charlotte, Dan and Carla McCool.
Summary: Tristen Nash buys out Ring of Honor and creates a new promotion called BTW (Best in the World).Cheyenne Michelle has to decide between Tristen and her family.
Chapter Eight – Boneheads and Newlyweds
Michaels' home, San Antonio, TX 11pm
Cameron ran down towards his old home where Kevin Nash and Batista were fighting and Roderick Strong was laying pummeled on the floor while Romeo tried to reason with Cheyenne. Things were way out of control but he couldn't stop his sister from marrying Tristen, all he could do was get Roderick Strong out of the line of fire as he was in way over his head. Tristen Nash had beaten him black and blue, Strong was a great wrestler but he didn't have that raw Nash strength. It was a good thing Batista had been there to stop the beating from going any further.
"Come on I'm getting you outta here," Cameron said picking up Roderick.
"No I'm not done fighting as long as that big thug is still standing," Roderick Strong said.
He could barely stand and he needed to be looked at by a doctor, "You did good Roderick and you will be rewarded for your efforts I promise but right now we gotta go," Cameron said taking him over to Batista's red corvette.
"What about Cheyenne? I think I still might have a chance with her," he said and Cameron smiled at his fondness for his sister and he liked him right away.
"Live to fight another day Roderick, I'm sure you'd rather date my sister with all your vital parts working," Cameron said and he walked over to the Nashes who were not happy to see him.
"Are you here for the wedding?" Kevin Nash asked him.
"I am Tristen's best man but I never thought I'd be so wrong about something that could have been a blessing to both our families, instead it's turned into a bloody mess and innocent people have been hurt," Cameron said and he looked at his sister in her wedding dress. "I just wanted to raise my objection to this wedding one more time, so you know when it all goes south I warned you not to go through with it,"
"Cameron please stay; don't leave like this I never wanted this to come between us. I know this is all going to work out just trust me I know what I'm doing," Cheyenne said.
"You're asking me to trust you? Chey I'm the Amazing Cameron, I know when something's right and when something's wrong and you're telling me to trust your judgment instead of the Gift that God gave me?" Cameron said.
"Please don't go Cameron, I'd like at least one member of our family to be here for my wedding," Cheyenne said and Cameron's heart softened, her words touched him and he felt like it wouldn't be right to leave his sister at the most critical point in her life.
"Okay I'll stay, I'll stay and watch this train wreck take place if it'll make you feel better," Cameron said and he turned to Batista. "Please take Roderick to the airport with you, my dad wants to see him,"
"You got it, I wanna see DX too," Batista said.
"Tell them I said hi," Kevin Nash said sarcastically but Batista ignored him and drove to San Antonio International airport with Romeo and Roderick who thought he was going to the hospital.
"Come on best man smile, your best friend is getting married to your little sister, our families are uniting just like your dad always wanted," Tristen Nash said.
"Did you ever wonder why that changed Tristen? My father would have loved to have been here right now, my mom was buried here this is where Chey and I grew up," Cameron said.
"And what better place to start a new chapter of this family's legacy than with me marrying Cheyenne here," Tristen said.
"You don't care about my family or our legacy, all you care about is starting a legacy of your own at my father's expense," Cameron said. "I wanted to stand up for you Tristen, I wanted to believe that you had changed and that this rivalry between us was finally dead and buried and yet here you are resurrecting it and using my sister to do it,"
"Cameron that's enough please let it be. I'm marrying Tristen get over it!" Cheyenne cried and Cameron covered his face as his sister and former best friend exchanged vows, vows that he knew they couldn't keep but once the wedding was over, those vows were going to establish a new order, one that would put the Nash family against the Michaels family and Cheyenne wouldn't have anyone to go to for help because the bylaws would make it impossible for her to do that.
When the minister pronounced them man and wife Cameron called his father and told him that Tristen and Cheyenne were married. The silence on the other end of the line spoke volumes as did the sound of Hunter throwing things around in the background.
"Congratulations son!" Kevin Nash said hugging his son while Cheyenne walked over to Cameron. Cameron approached her but Tristen went to pull her back, only she was too strong and he ended up being pulled by her.
"I'm married now Cameron, I'm Mrs. Tristen Nash," she said.
"Yes you are and that means you're no longer an ARK Angel of DX," Cameron said and Cheyenne frowned.
"What?" she said and suddenly she felt her Phenomenal Strength leave her. "What's happening, I'm losing my Gift from God!"
"You disobeyed your father and married against your family's wishes, not just dad's but mine and LC's as-well. God can't use you if you're disobedient Cheyenne but Tristen will use you and you're not gonna like it when he does," Cameron said and he hugged his sister. "I'm sorry Cheyenne but I did warn you and I'll still be there for you if he lets you see me that is,"
Cheyenne frowned, "What do you mean, I can see you whenever I want?" she argued but Cameron couldn't get through to her that she had given up everything she had when she was an ARK Angel of DX to be with Tristen and he left her and went back to the Sandbox to be with LC and Rebecca Michelle who like his father had just gotten the bad news that Cheyenne had actually gone through with the wedding to Tristen.
"He's finally gone, I thought he'd never leave," Tristen said. "Come on honey we have to go on our honeymoon!"
"Okay," Cheyenne said but she wasn't as excited about it as Tristen had hoped. Kevin Nash noticed and he encouraged his son.
"Don't worry you'll have a great time, congratulations again my son," he said and he hugged Tristen and kissed Cheyenne's hand. As he drove the newlyweds to the airport it dawned on Tristen that he still hadn't heard from Garrett Calloway.
"I wonder what happened to him?" he thought to himself unaware that Garrett's mind was about to be permanently changed when it came to taking down DX.
Meanwhile in Jamaica, Shawn had apparently come to terms with the fact that his daughter was now a Nash, Hunter responded to the news with several threats against the Nash family and the new BTW promotion while Shawn remained noticeably quiet on the matter.
"She went through with it, Tristen accomplished his goal and got my daughter to change her mind about waiting to marry him and Cheyenne still believes that she made the right decision. Well instead of fighting my daughter I've decided that I'm going to support her decision to marry Tristen," Shawn said and Amy smiled while Hunter frowned.
"What?" Hunter exclaimed. "You're okay with Tristen being with Cheyenne now, after the crap he's pulled with us?"
Shawn laid back on his bed while Amy caressed his face lovingly, "I have held the belief that the only reason Tristen wants to marry my daughter is so that he can sleep with her, that's why he's gone behind my back and schemed his way into "holy matrimony"," Shawn said coolly as Amy stroked his lips which were hot.
"What are you saying Shawnie, it sounds like you're up to something?" Hunter asked his best friend. Amy clearly knew what Shawn was talking about and Hunter needed to know what they had come up with.
"Remember it the courthouse when Jericho tried to pull Cheyenne into Hell and some lava splashed up on her face and burned her?" Shawn asked Hunter.
"Yeah I remember, then you applied the Balm of Gilead to her face and her burns were healed," Hunter said.
"Well that got me thinking and I asked God if I still had the right to stop things from getting too hot between Tristen and my daughter and he said only if Tristen forced himself on her," Shawn explained and Hunter's face dropped. He suddenly understood why Shawn had been so upset when he found out Cheyenne and Tristen were going to get married.
"Tristen's going to force Cheyenne to have sex with him on their honeymoon," he said appalled.
"As her husband he had every right to expect her to give it up that's why he wanted to get married regardless of how much Chey's family and friends were against it but I know my daughter and she is not ready to have sex with anyone let alone a Nash," Shawn said. "And since she no longer has her Phenomenal Strength she can't defend herself against that jacked up beefcake,"
Hunter lowered his head, he couldn't stand the idea of anyone hurting his god daughter even if Tristen was killed with Righteous Indignation afterwards, "So what are you gonna do, are you gonna kill Tristen with Righteous Indignation? Looks like we're going back to jail, I'll start packing my things,"
"Hunter get back here, I'm not going to kill Tristen but I am going to make sure he doesn't want to sleep with Cheyenne," Shawn replied and Hunter frowned.
"How are you going to do that?" he asked curiously. "Come on God boy what you got planned for that sleazy 6ft 8 inch stud?"
"When Cheyenne goes to fight him off after he advances on her, the minute his lips touch hers her mouth will start to burn, then a huge scab will appear across her mouth and then it will spread and cover her entire face so he won't be able to look at her without wanting to vomit, I call it the Kane Reaction," Shawn said.
"That's brilliant! So he demands they get their marriage annulled and she realizes that he was only interested in sex," Hunter said and Shawn nodded. "Shawn that's a fool-proof plan, I had no idea you were so smart, how did you come up with that?"
"I had a little help from Big Red, she told me how she felt when she was forced to marry Kane on RAW which is exactly how Tristen is going to feel when he tries to have sex with my daughter," Shawn said squeezing his wife's leg fondly and Hunter kissed Amy in appreciation.
"So why were you so mad at Shawn if you knew he was right about Tristen?" Hunter asked her.
"I was mad because originally Shawn wanted to kill Tristen with Righteous Indignation and that would have ruined our whole lives if anyone ever found out, I mean look what happened with Jericho," Amy said.
"Right, so at least this way nobody goes to Hell, unless they really, really, really want to," Hunter said remembering how many times Jericho refused to repent for what he had done to him and his family.
"The best part is that from then on Cheyenne will recognize true love and she'll know when it's the real thing and when it's not. Another good thing that's gonna come out of this mess with Tristen is that her CM Melody persona will improve; everytime she wears that mask she'll remember what it feels like to be rejected and that will give her character more depth. She was right when she said Tristen was going to help her career, this experience is going to make her one of the best in the world," Shawn said. "And of course I'll have my baby girl back which is what I really want,"
Hunter was delighted by what Shawn and Amy had come up with together to stop Tristen from ruining Cheyenne's life.
"You love your daughter so much Shawn, she couldn't ask for a better father," Hunter said admiringly.
"I love her too much to watch her throw her life away on some guy who thinks she's just there for him to lie on instead of rely on," Shawn said and Amy smiled.
"Kudos to you too Big Red, I'm sorry I don't give you enough respect for the good you do in Shawn's life which of course affects my life, this idea would never have come about if it wasn't for you," Hunter said to Amy.
"That's why I'm the best in the world," she replied and Hunter suddenly missed Joanie.
"Okay I can tell you two wanna be alone, I'ma call Kelly and ask her how things are going with Garrett, you really are the best in the world guys, I'm glad you're not fighting anymore the world needs the best," Hunter said and he left Shawn and Amy kissing on the bed that they shared as a team that the devil just could not beat, no matter how good looking he thought he was.
DX Inc, Stamford, Connecticut 10am
Kelly Kelly answered her cell-phone, it was Hunter and he sounded sad.
"We need to talk Kelly," Hunter said and Stephanie walked into the office where Kelly Kelly was waiting for her.
"Can we talk later boss? I gotta talk to Stephanie about what to do when Garrett Calloway gets here," Kelly Kelly replied.
"Okay, please call me back when you're done this is important," Hunter said and he hung up leaving Kelly Kelly looking at her cell-phone concerned.
"Who was that?" Stephanie asked her.
"Oh just Hunter, he sounded kinda upset but I'll call him back when we're done talking about Garrett Calloway," Kelly Kelly said.
Stephanie sighed, "Taker's on his way over with Garrett, they'll be here in a minute so let's go over this one more time," she said and Kelly Kelly nodded. It bothered Stephanie that Kelly still thought Hunter was interested in her romantically but now wasn't the time to tell her that her so-called feelings for Hunter were not mutual and that Hunter would go back to Joanie sooner than she realized.
"So this is the plan. Undertaker comes to see you about offering Garrett a try out for the roster, after the try out you bring him back to the office and I come in and demand to see DX to talk about my contract. We get into an argument and you threaten to fire me if I don't leave. I refuse to leave and then you fire me and I threaten to tell Hunter that you fired me for no good reason and that I'd get him to replace you as interim CEO," Kelly said and Stephanie nodded.
"Yeah and because Garrett knows Hunter would never let him work in the WWE, he tries to talk you out of calling DX and then you ask me to reconsider firing you. I listen to you and I offer him a contract with the WWE, then you two get close, close enough for you to make him forget about working with Tristen Nash to take down the WWE," Stephanie added.
"Got it okay I'll get outta here and come back in about an hour," Kelly Kelly said and she pulled out her cell-phone to call back Hunter and find out why he sounded so sad.
Stephanie called her back into the office, "Kelly wait-a-minute," she said and Kelly turned to face her by the door.
"What's up?" Kelly asked.
"Before you go I just wanted to warn you not to get too excited about Hunter's "interest" in you. I made that mistake and the result is always the same," Stephanie said and Kelly frowned.
"And what mistake is that?" she asked Stephanie puzzled.
"The mistake of thinking that he loves you when he doesn't; there's only one woman that he'll ever love and that's Joanie. It would bother me greatly to see you get hurt by him, especially when you're doing so well here in the WWE, the last thing I want is a repeat of the past and I would hate for Hunter to be this year's Randy Orton for you," Stephanie said and Kelly's face fell.
"Well don't worry because that's never gonna happen to me again, it's a new year Mrs. Hardy and my last name is about to change to what yours used to be when you were with him," Kelly replied and she left leaving Stephanie unconvinced by her words. She waited for Hunter to pick up and when he answered her face lit up. "Hey there boss man, you okay? You sounded a little down earlier," she asked concerned.
"I've been thinking about what happened while you were here in Jamaica with me and my friends and there's a lot of things that were said that shouldn't have been said," Hunter said.
"What things, what are you talking about?" Kelly asked confused.
"Things like me wanting you to be the new lady in my life when the thing is Kelly I don't think that could ever happen," Hunter replied and Kelly suddenly felt faint, "I just don't think I could ever have what I have with Joanie with you,"
"No you wouldn't have what you have with Joanie you'd have something better," Kelly cried out but Hunter didn't feel that way anymore.
"I think we should just go back to how things were, with me as your boss and nothing more," Hunter said and Kelly's mouth fell open in disbelief.
"You mean you don't want me in the Kliq anymore?" she said in shock.
"Well that's the thing Kelly, you never really were in the Kliq and I'm sorry that I even made you feel like you could ever be a part of it. That spot has and always will belong to Joanie," Hunter said confidently.
"Even if she left you to go work for TNA?" Kelly said. "That doesn't sound like she loves you at all Hunter,"
"She does love me, you could never understand if I had a million years to explain it to you but since I have a few minutes I'll try my best; I love Joanie and I don't love you, do you understand me now?" Hunter said and tears ran down from Kelly's face as she had heard those words before.
"Yes I do," she said nodding.
"I'm glad you understand and I apologize for the confusion, see you later Kelly," Hunter said and he hung up while Kelly stared into space by the elevator her face wet with tears. Stephanie was right, Hunter didn't love her and he broke up with her over the phone.
"Okay DX the time for fun and games is over; if you think you can mess with me like Randy did you got another thing coming. The Deadman's plan is now null and void, Kelly Kelly's got a new plan and that plan is to help Tristen and Garrett destroy this company from the inside out," Kelly vowed in vengeance and she took the elevator to the ground floor. Instead of going for lunch she waited for Garrett's meeting with Stephanie to end and approached him as he went to the bathroom. On the way out Garrett bumped into her.
"Hanging outside the men's room, you Divas sure are desperate to meet guys," Garrett said to Kelly.
"I've got some inside information for you lil' man, this whole thing is a setup. Your father doesn't really want you working here, he just said that so that he can keep his job and the minute DX come back from Jamaica Hunter's gonna fire you," she told him and Garrett's face sank.
"I knew it," he said. "My dad would never do something so nice for me,"
Kelly nodded, "Just play along Garrett, pretend like I didn't tell you and together we'll make sure DX pay for all the evil they've done," she said and Garrett nodded.
Kelly disappeared out of sight while Garrett tried his best not to let his true feeling show. He would soon have to call Tristen and let him know what DX had done and that he was more determined than ever to take them and the WWE down.
After the meeting Stephanie called DX to let them know how it had gone with Garrett and that Kelly Kelly had played her part really well.
"Wow even after I broke up with her? That's incredible," Hunter said and Shawn frowned at him.
"Did you just say you broke up with Kelly Kelly today?" Stephanie asked her ex-husband.
"Yeah, I broke up with her over the phone before your meeting with Garrett Calloway," Hunter said and Shawn and Amy gasped.
"Hunter!" they cried at the same-time.
"You guys inspired me, how could I leave Joanie after seeing how great you guys are together?" he said to Shawn and Amy while Stephanie was concerned that Kelly hadn't mentioned the break-up to her.
"I think we got a problem guys thanks to you bonehead," Stephanie said to Hunter.
"She'll be fine, she got over Randy dumping her," Hunter said.
"Are you kidding, she still talks about it to this day," Shawn replied.
"Hunter why couldn't you have waited until we'd executed the Deadman's plan before you broke up with her?" Stephanie said.
"What's the difference? The plan is still going ahead, Garrett's got a contract just like he wanted, as long as Kelly does her part everything will be just fine," Hunter said.
"What if she doesn't do her part Hunter? What if the last thing she wants to do is stop you from losing the company to the competition and she decides to help Garrett and Tristen instead?" Stephanie said.
"Ooops, I never thought of that. Kelly's so loyal I never saw her as the betraying type," Hunter said.
"Have you ever been involved with a woman that didn't betray you?" Stephanie said.
"Oh boy we're in trouble, if history is anything to go by Kelly Kelly could do some serious damage," Hunter said.
"So what are you gonna do about it?" Amy asked Hunter and he shrugged.
"Let the kids figure it out, I'm sure they'll come up with something," Hunter said and Stephanie hung up and called Jeff and told him what her bonehead ex-husband had done while Hunter called LC and told her Kelly Kelly was out of the picture and Joanie was back in.