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: M
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.
A/N: This chapter is rated M as it contains graphic content that is not suitable for all readers.
Chapter Ten – Post Honeymoon Stress Disorder
Honolulu, Hawaii
"That's great Garrett, keep up the good work!" Tristen said before ending his call with his partner in crime. He was well pleased with what Garrett had accomplished while he was on his honeymoon with Cheyenne. They had spent the last few days in Hawaii and they would be returning to Texas for the next episode of Best in the World soon. They had talked about family and what it was gonna be like when they returned home to the U.S. Tristen encouraged Cheyenne not to worry about her family but there was one thing he couldn't seem to comfort her on and that was the loss of her Gift from God.
"It's one thing for my family to be mad at me but for God to do this means something else entirely," Cheyenne said as they sat on the king size bed of their honeymoon suite.
"What do you think it means?" Tristen asked. He wasn't at all interested in hearing Cheyenne's talk about God or her Gift, all he could think about was how beautiful she looked in the Hawaiian sunlight.
"The Bible says that God chastises the ones He loves. Tristen I've been a Christian my whole life and I never thought that He would object to us being together," Cheyenne said and Tristen touched her shoulder.
"That's because He doesn't, it's your family that doesn't like what we've got together. Your father is insanely protective over you, LC and Cameron are jealous because you got married before they did, that's what all this is about. God has nothing to do with it," Tristen said and he kissed her shoulder again. Her raven hair fell over her left shoulder leaving her right shoulder bare. He touched her there and when she didn't bat him way he pressed his lips to her skin. Her skin was very soft and she didn't seem to mind when he touched it so he continued to kiss her until he felt her pull away from him. "What's wrong?"
Cheyenne realized that even though they had been kissing and touching each other a lot more than usual nothing happened to stop them from getting too intense. God had given Shawn Michaels license to strike Tristen's mouth with blisters if they got too excited when they made out so that they wouldn't take it too far but now that was gone and Tristen seemed to be able to kiss her as much as he wanted to. There was no more Divine Interruption.
"I think we should slow down," Cheyenne said and she moved away from Tristen to the edge of the bed.
"Cheyenne we're on our honeymoon, we're supposed to be doing a lot more than kiss right now," Tristen said and Cheyenne suddenly felt nauseous.
"Tris I'm not feeling very well, can we go home?" she said. "I want to see my father,"
Tristen leaned over to Cheyenne and wrapped his arm around her, "Cheyenne you are home, you don't have anywhere else to go. I'm your husband you have to stay with me,"
Cheyenne felt her stomach churning but Tristen didn't seem concerned that she was unwell; he seemed more concerned about touching her. "Can you please open a window and get me some water?" she asked him.
"Sure thing," Tristen said and he got up to open the window and when he did Cheyenne ran to the bathroom and locked herself in. When Tristen realized what she had done he grew angry but remained sensitive to her in his tone of voice. "Cheyenne what's wrong? Let me in so I can help you,"
"If you want to help me you'll take me home right now," Cheyenne said. She heard the glass of water that Tristen had picked up to bring her smash and she wondered if Tristen was going to take her home or not. "Tristen will you take me home?"
Suddenly the bathroom door flew open and on the other side of it was a furious Tristen Nash. "I told you Cheyenne, you are home!" Tristen snapped and Cheyenne's eyes widened in horror.
"Don't you talk to me like that!" she said and she went to walk away from Tristen and as she got to the bathroom door he picked her up and flung her onto the bed. "What are you doing?" Cheyenne said as Tristen ran his hands up her linen white dress. She tried to restrain him but she wasn't strong enough anymore now that she was no longer the Girl with Phenomenal Strength. He touched her lady parts and she cried out.
"Come on you know you've been waiting for me to do that," Tristen said to her and Cheyenne recoiled at the lust in his eyes. Now she understood why her father had stopped them from getting too serious too fast and suddenly she realized that she had been wrong about Tristen and her family had been right.
"I've made a terrible mistake, you don't love me Tristen, you just want to sleep with me so you can brag about it," Cheyenne said and Tristen lay on top of her pressing all his weight down on her.
"The only mistake would be trying to get away from me," Tristen said and he pulled her legs apart like a straight edge razor and wrapped them around his waist. As her underwear slid down from her waist towards her knees Cheyenne closed her eyes and prayed for God to help her. Tristen laughed in response, "Aw isn't that cute, you're praying to God to help you. That's your problem Cheyenne, you keep waiting for someone to rescue you, like your some kind of damsel in distress but you're not a damsel in distress, you're a whore just like your dead mother and I'm going to do to you what my father did to her before she died,"
Cheyenne's eyes and ears opened wide at Tristen's evil comments and it was now clear that he had been lying to her this whole time. He didn't love her he hated her! He kissed her lips and she felt something pressing against her inner thigh, she screamed out for help and suddenly her face because to itch.
"What the Hell is happening to your face?" Tristen said and he got off of her in revulsion. Cheyenne quickly pulled her underwear back up and she felt her Phenomenal Strength returning. What she didn't know was that her face was turning into a massive scab and it eventually covered her entire head like a mask. All Cheyenne knew was that her new husband had forced himself on her and when she cried out he kept on going.
"You evil no-good, dirty liar! How dare you force yourself on me like that!" Cheyenne said and Tristen began to tremble in fear at the monster that his wife had suddenly become but Cheyenne was unaware of what had happened to her face, now that she had gotten her Phenomenal Strength back she was going to inflict pain that Tristen had never felt before in his life.
"I'm a liar? You're a monster, go look at yourself in the mirror!" Tristen yelled.
"After you," Cheyenne replied and she grabbed him and threw him against the mirror and it smashed into pieces. She picked up a shard of the broken glass and saw that her face had turned into a giant scab.
"You're so disgusting I can't believe I ever wanted to sleep with you," Tristen said trying to get back up but he was in serious pain; Cheyenne had thrown him like she was Godzilla and he was a New York City pedestrian.
Cheyenne dropped the shard of broken glass, searched through her belongings, found her velvet mask and pulled it on. She quickly packed up her clothes and put them by the door, she was going home now.
Tristen couldn't be more relieved as he couldn't stand to look at her anymore but she wasn't letting him off that easily and she picked him up one more time and Power bombed him on top of the television set. The electricity from the TV burned Tristen's skin as it electrocuted him and Cheyenne ran down to the lobby and asked for a cab to take her to the airport.
Tristen went to the local hospital in Honolulu to have his burns treated. He told the doctor that his wife had tried to kill him and that she was on her way back to the U.S. When Cheyenne got to the airport she found police there waiting for her. Tristen had told the police that she was wearing a white linen dress but Cheyenne had thrown that dress away and now she was dressed as CM Melody so the police didn't recognize her, in fact they asked her for her autograph and told her she was the best in the world. She said thank you and boarded a plane to Jamaica to see her father and tell him that God had saved her from the honeymoon from Hell.
Meanwhile Tristen was trying to explain to the cops that it was CM Melody who assaulted him but given the size difference between Cheyenne and Tristen the cops didn't believe him; they didn't know that Cheyenne wasn't a normal person, they didn't know that she was the Girl with Phenomenal Strength again and that because of that strength Tristen would have burns across seventy five percent of his body for the rest of his life.
On the flight to Jamaica Cheyenne asked God to forgive her and to wash her clean of the experience she had just gone through. As the plane drew close to the gate she felt her face soften and when she removed her velvet mask her face had gone back to normal. She wept as she exited the plane and people walking out with her couldn't understand why such a beautiful girl would be crying on her way to Jamaica. Shawn, LC and Cameron knew why she was crying and Cheyenne's face lit up when she saw them waiting for her at the arrivals lounge. Amy was there too and for some reason it was Amy that she hugged first. Shawn still refused to be outshone by his Mrs. He took Cheyenne into his arms and gave her a big hug and in that moment all the anger and resentment she felt towards him melted away in a sea of tears that never seemed to stop falling.
"All this time you've tried to stop Tristen and me from burning too hot for each other. I burned him real good daddy, so good he'll never mess with me again," Cheyenne said but she was trembling because of the post honeymoon trauma. LC and Cameron rubbed her shoulders and walked her back to Randy's Hummer with Amy and Shawn. Even though she was safe now Cheyenne still needed to be healed of the attempted rape, that's why her family had Melina the Miraculous on standby and the loving Latina was waiting at Patrick's house to make sure that Cheyenne got over something no woman should ever have to go through.
Before Cheyenne went to talk to Melina she turned to Shawn and Amy and asked them about the scab on her face, "Who came up with the idea to turn my face into a hideous scab?" she said.
"It was a team effort," Amy replied and Cheyenne hugged them both again.
"Thank you for always being right, you guys are the best in the world," Cheyenne said and Melina touched her shoulder and she flinched.
"It's okay Cheyenne he'll never touch you like that again," Shawn said and Cheyenne hugged her father.
"Thanks daddy," she said and Melina took her over to the pool where she would be immersed for the washing away of the cruelty, brutality and depravity from her spirit, soul and body forever.
As the Holy Spirit fell down Shawn and Amy squeezed each other rejoicing while LC and Cameron looked on at them proudly. If they hadn't come up with the Kane Reaction Cheyenne's honeymoon would have been a lot worse, Tristen Nash would be a dead man and all their lives would be ruined because of what happened. Amy and Shawn were a model couple for them as a model couple but this wasn't about their future marriage right now, it was about being there for Cheyenne, a fellow ARK Angel of DX and future wrestling superstar CM Melody aka the Girl with the Velvet Mask.
When Cheyenne was healed the first thing she asked for was her piano but it was in California and she didn't want to leave Jamaica right now.
"Patrick's got a piano you can play on," Shawn said and Cheyenne walked over to the large white grand piano and began to play. Melina told Shawn that his daughter was totally healed and that he had nothing to worry about but the Ortons didn't have such good news. As Cheyenne played sweet piano music to the Lord Shawn followed Trish and Randy back outside the house to hear what they had to say.
"Tristen still in love with her Shawn and when he sees her he's going to try and get her back," Randy said.
"Well that's not going to happen, she sees him for who he really is now and she won't go anywhere near him," Shawn said confidently.
"That's true but since she still intends to wrestle she'll have to go back to BTW," Trish added.
"No she won't she can work for the WWE," Shawn countered and Randy and Trish exchanged glances.
"This is going to be hard to hear Shawn but your daughter is not going to work for WWE, she is going to stay at BTW despite what happened to her in Honolulu," Randy said.
"Why would she do that?" Shawn asked confused.
"Because she's got friends there, all of her Ring of Honor buddies are there she's not gonna leave them now," Trish said.
"But I don't want here there Trish, I don't want her anywhere near Tristen Nash!" Shawn said firmly.
"But she's not afraid of him anymore, God gave her back her Phenomenal Strength and she will not be in danger if Tristen is around," Randy said but Shawn didn't like it one bit.
"Shawn we understand how you feel but BTW needs Cheyenne, the company won't last six months without her and Tristen knows that," Trish said.
"He'd be a fool to put the company at risk by making Cheyenne uncomfortable, so he'll have no choice eventually he will back off," Randy said.
"But in the meantime you have to let Cheyenne wrestle for BTW," Trish said and Shawn sighed.
"You're asking a real hard thing guys," Shawn said to Trish and Randy.
"Its not us whose asking you to do this Shawn, its God. He wants you to see that your daughter is stronger than you realize and you will finally see her as the Phenomenal Girl He called her to be instead of the little girl you always have to protect," Trish said.
"Okay I believe you two as I know you speak as Oracles of God," Shawn said and he smiled at the sound of the music coming from inside the house. "Its so good to have her here where I can keep an eye on her but God wants to share her Gift with the world and I'm not going to stop that from happening,"
Trish wanted to tell Shawn that he couldn't stop God if he tried but he didn't need to hear that right now, all he needed to hear was his daughter play piano.
Shawn's reverie was suddenly broken by the angry voice of Hunter who was yelling at someone on his cell-phone.
"You come here and I'll send you back to Florida via my boot to your ass!" Hunter yelled and Shawn turned to him as he came over to him.
"Who were you talking to?" Shawn asked him.
"That was Kevin Nash. Tristen told him that Cheyenne left him in Hawaii and now he's coming here to take her back to him, he said she's in violation of the Kliq bylaws by being here," Hunter said.
"Well let him come in fact his timing is perfect. I think its time we dealt with this Kliq bylaws issue once and for all," Shawn said.
"What does that mean, what are you going to say to them?" Hunter asked Shawn.
"Its not what I'm gonna say to them we're gonna say it together Hunter," Shawn said and Hunter knew what he was talking about.
"No I'm not doing it I'm not leaving the Kliq," Hunter said.
"Would you rather they take Cheyenne away from us again?" Shawn replied and Hunter sighed. "We have to leave or we're gonna lose our family,"
"The Kliq is family Shawn, we're gonna have to find another way to deal with this because leaving the Kliq is not and never will be an option for either of us," Hunter said and Shawn sighed while Amy listened close by. Shawn wanted out and she was gonna help him get out of the Kliq once and for all but she would need Edge's help to do it.
LC and Cameron sat by Cheyenne as she played the piano. They hugged her and she stopped playing and hugged them back.
"Thank God for both of you," she said stroking Cameron's face and squeezing LC's hand. "If you had heard the things Tristen said to me, about me and about our mom in Heaven, you would not believe it Cameron. You guys were right I shouldn't have married him and first thing tomorrow I'm getting our so-called marriage annulled. I've never been prouder to have you both in my life. You are an example and you set the standard for what all relationships should be built on; Faith, Hope and Love, the greatest of which is Love,"
"Who are you John Cena?" LC quipped.
"No that's Hustle, Loyalty and Respect," Cameron said and they all burst out laughing just like old times. There was nothing that the ARK Angels of DX couldn't handle and they were able to overcome every evil thing that came their way when they were together.
"How do you feel?" Cameron asked his sister and Cheyenne smiled.
"I feel like if I can get through something like that I can get through anything," Cheyenne said and Cameron and LC kissed her on either side of her face.
"Maybe you should talk to Kelly Kelly, she's still carrying a pretty big chip on her shoulder because of what happened with my dad," LC said. "You could tell her that heartbreak is not love's final destination if you fall in love with a member of the Kliq,"
"Did she not react well when she found out Uncle Hunter isn't in love with her?" Cheyenne asked.
"She's working with Garrett Calloway now, she wants to bring the WWE down," LC replied. "All because of a broken heart,"
"I'll talk to her when I go to BTW, Garrett's definitely gonna be there," Cheyenne said and she realized that Roderick Strong was gonna be there as-well and for some reason that made her a little nervous. She eventually remembered why, "I owe Roderick Strong an apology for slapping him in the face," she said and LC and Cameron smiled.
"I think he'll be willing to forgive you," Cameron said knowing that Roderick Strong was about to have a very good day when Cheyenne came back to work.
Cheyenne left her fellow ARK Angels to go over to her father who had come back inside; he looked quite upset. "Daddy I hope you don't mind me staying with Best in the World after what Tristen did to me," she asked him concerned and Shawn smiled at her.
"You're the Girl with Phenomenal Strength, I have nothing to be worried about," he replied before leaving to go to his bedroom. Cheyenne frowned, her father looked troubled and it wasn't because of her. Or was it? She went to find the Ortons who were amazed at her radiance as she approached them.
"Cheyenne you look Phenomenal," Trish said to Shawn's firstborn girl.
"I know isn't God great? He turns the worst situations into wonderful testimonies. Do you guys know what's up with my dad? He looked so upset when he came into the house," Cheyenne asked the Ortons.
"He's fed up with the Kliq and he wants to leave it but Hunter doesn't want to and he's giving your father a hard time about it," Randy explained.
"The Kliq means so much to daddy but I remember my mom in Heaven always used to say that he was better than the Kliq. Uncle Hunter, Kevin, Scotty and Sean are like brothers in one sense but in another way they're a ravenous pack of wolves," Cheyenne said and the Ortons nodded.
"That's very true Chey and you know what the Bible says about sheep and wolves," Trish said.
"That they don't get along?" Cheyenne asked.
"That's right. Your father stopped being a wolf a long, long time ago. The problem is that the Kliq won't become sheep like he and Hunter did. Shawn's a sheep and now he lets the Lord lead him instead of his friends," Randy said.
"Is Uncle Hunter a sheep too?" Cheyenne asked.
"No he's a bonehead," Randy replied and Trish nudged him while Cheyenne laughed. The sound of her laughter rang out over the Jamaican parish where they were living and it brought a smile to the face of everyone that heard it. It was melodic and beautiful, just like Cheyenne.
"Hunter is a sheep too but he acts like he's not. Shawn's been leading him for years, Shawn even led him to the Lord and whatever Shawn does, eventually Hunter will do it too," Trish said.
"So what you're saying that even if Uncle Hunter doesn't leave the Kliq with my dad, he will leave the Kliq eventually?" Cheyenne asked and Randy and Trish looked at each other impressed with Cheyenne's wisdom.
"Man who got the Gift of Wisdom, you or your brother?" Randy asked.
"That's easy, it was definitely Cameron; if I was wise I would never have married Tristen Nash," Cheyenne said.
"That's true but some wisdom comes from experience, now you'll always remember to listen to your brother when making important decisions. That's what brothers are for," Trish said.
"That right," Hunter said coming over to them. "Brothers are important Cheyenne. Your father is like a brother to me and I always listen to him but not this time, this time Shawn's wrong and I'm the one he should be listening to,"
"Sometimes brothers fight, that's all this is Uncle Hunter. You'll shake hands and hug it out eventually," Cheyenne said.
"If your father leaves the Kliq I'll leave the WWE and go join Joanie, Kevin, Scotty and Shawn down south at TNA and your father can run the company by himself," Hunter said.
"You mean that Uncle Hunter, you'd walk out on my father and join up with Kevin Nash and your Kliq buddies, even after what happened to me in Hawaii?" Cheyenne said in disbelief. "I can't believe you'd do that,"
"Believe it Cheyenne, the Kliq runs deep, deeper than even family," Hunter said but Cheyenne was unconvinced.
"I don't believe you, you would never leave my father's side," Cheyenne said and Hunter hugged her.
"Even if I did I would always be your Uncle Hunter," he said lovingly.
"And you would always be a bonehead," Cheyenne replied and she returned the hug while Shawn and Amy looked on from their bedroom window.
In their room they talked about what to do about Hunter and his loyalty to the Kliq. Amy had come up with a solution but if Shawn went along with it Hunter would be furious.
"Shawn this is the only option you have, if you join Edge, Christian, Randy, Jeff, Stephanie and me," Amy said.
"But isn't that like creating a new Kliq?" Shawn said.
"Not a little bit, we're all friends there are no bylaws and no penalties for breaking any rules, we just look out for each other that's all," Amy said.
"But my Kliq does that too," Shawn said and Amy furrowed her brow.
"Are you for real Shawn? All you guys do is stab each other in the back and sleep with each other's wives, that is not being friends that's being enemies. Join up with us and show Hunter that there's more to life than the Kliq," Amy pleaded.
"I don't know," Shawn said, he was really struggling with making this decision.
"Shawn listen to me," Amy said taking his hand in her own, "If you don't do this your so called friends are going to snatch the world that you and Hunter created away from you right before your pretty eyes. You need me and my friends to back you up because Nash, Hall and Waltman are planning to take over the wrestling world again and they're using the Kliq to keep you from fighting back, while Garrett and Tristen carve up the WWE locker room and leave you sitting in the dust."
"But what about Hunter?" Shawn said.
"What about him?" Amy replied nonchalantly. "He follows whatever you do because you're the best in the world and without you he's nothing,"
Shawn gasped at Amy's words, "I had no idea you felt that way about my best friend,"
"Hunter always used to say that he was good, he never ever said he was great because he knew what real greatness was when he became friends with you. He's always been your shadow and he will do what you tell him to, eventually," Amy said and Shawn went to ask his wife another question but she kissed him so deeply he lost his breath, before he knew it they were locked together at the mouth and it took all of Shawn's strength to pull away from her.
"Wow," Shawn said panting. "What's up Amy you don't usually kiss me like that?"
"Sorry that was the Lita in me, I'll back off," Amy said bashfully and Shawn pulled himself into the bathroom and turned on the faucet. He soaked his face in the water as is gushed out into the sink. Amy came in after him and she watched as he looked at himself in the mirror contemplating his future without Hunter by his side.
"Let's do it, call Edge and Christian and tell them I'm all in," Shawn said and Amy smiled.
"You will not regret this Shawn and I'm sure Hunter won't either when he wakes up and sees the Kliq for what it is; a powerful lie," Amy said and she caressed Shawn's waist with her hands as he leant back on the sink with his mind focused on his best friend. "I'll come back when the kids are gone and you're not so distracted," she said and she left the bathroom and Shawn alone with his thoughts on Hunter and Amy both of whom brought him great happiness and he couldn't imagine his life without either of them. Still there was something in Amy's kiss that he didn't like and he wondered why the idea of him leaving the Kliq and Hunter turned her on so much?
"Amy come back here a second we need to talk about this some more," Shawn said but when he came out of the bathroom she was gone. Suddenly Shawn had second thoughts about leaving Hunter and the Kliq, after all they were there to protect him from other people in the wresting business who wanted what the Kliq had but couldn't get it without resorting to less than noble tactics and he wondered just how noble his wife's intentions were towards him and the people he called his friends.