A/N: Something is going on between Chase and Shane , but it also seems that Chase has become protective over both Katie and Grace .
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the wrestlers that appear in this story. I do own all of my OCs that may appear in this story and the story itself . I also own the Biohazard , Trifecta , and anything to do with them .
Chapter 31 : Beach Trouble
Orlando Beach
The following day , Chase and Traci brought Katie and Grace to the beach for a day of relaxation and fun . Grace had been to the beach before , but because of her belief of not wanting to show off the scar on her leg , now was a bit different thanks to Andy , Chase , and Devine encouraging her to not worry about what others thought about her and she started living in freedom from doubt and fear . For Katie , though this was her first time at the beach and her first time seeing so much water in one place , as she looked at Chase .
" What ? " Chase asked hugging Katie .
" How did they get so much water in one place ? " Katie asked .
" That ' s a mystery that no one has solved yet , but you can be sure that its safe . " Chase said kissing Katie on the forehead .
" Alright girls , you two have fun but stay where we can see the both of you . " Traci said .
" Okay , " Grace and Katie said .
Both swam in the ocean for awhile and played happy to have a day of fun , but also thankful to be cooled off from the summer heat by the cool water of the ocean .
" This was a good idea , " Chase said pulling his shirt off and stretching out in the sun to get a tan .
" Yeah , " Traci looked at Chase admiring the muscles on her fiancé knowing how hard he worked to be the wrestler and athlete he has become over the years .
" Got something you want to say , babe ? " Chase asked .
" What is there to say that I haven ' t said already ? " Traci smiled deviously .
" You are being mysterious . " Chase realized .
" Would you want me to have on a business suit ? " Traci asked .
" You would put on a business suit at the beach ? " Chase asked confused .
" No , I was being sarcastic , " Traci laughed .
" Oh , hey , " Chase said making Traci laugh harder .
" I love you , " Traci kissed Chase .
" I love you , too , " Chase said .
" You guys like to do that , too . " Grace said shaking off the water .
" Hush , " Chase laughed .
Katie giggled making Chase look at her .
" What so funny , Giggles ? " Chase asked her .
Katie laughed even more as Grace glanced at her .
" So , I thought you two were playing in the ocean ? " Traci asked .
" We were , but we decided to take a break , " Grace said .
" Uh huh , " Chase said leaning back in the sun .
" Are you and Storm having a competition ? " Grace asked .
" A competition ? " Chase asked .
" Yeah , who can become the most tan at the end of the summer , because I ' ve noticed he ' s been getting darker lately , " Grace said .
" Girl , with us there isn ' t any competition . " Chase said .
" Yeah , right , you guys maybe friends and apart of the extended family , but AMW and the Naturals have been competing since the beginning of TNA . " Grace said closing her eyes as she laid on her beach towel .
" She has a point . " Traci said .
" Maybe , but now who is trying to get a tan ? " Chase asked .
" It won ' t take that long for me , according to my dad I got my ability to get a tan from my mom . " Grace said as she opened her eyes looking at the ocean thinking about the lullaby her mom sang to her as a kid .
" Grace , " Katie said .
" Yeah , " Grace said looking at Katie .
" What are you thinking about ? " Katie asked .
" Nothing , " Grace said as Chase looked at her wondering if she was having another flashback and didn ' t want to scare Katie with them .
Grace stood up and walked back to the ocean watching the waves and thinking about the words in her mother ' s lullaby to her . It was almost like the song was about Grace , full of life and adventure , peaceful at times , but fierce when her family and friends were being hurt , ever changing , steadly rocking back and forth with the waves and tide , sometimes tossed around and blown in strange directions when she was lost in the fierce hurricanes and tropical storms she had to deal with , but also a mystery to everyone who didn ' t fully understand her and even a little to those who had always been apart of her life . Did her mother know that Grace would become like the words in that song , or like the ocean in the song or did Aubrey Harris just sing it to give her daughter , Grace , peace when she was upset ?
" Grace , " Chase said as he walked up to her .
" Yeah ? " Grace asked looking at him .
" Something , you want to talk about ? " Chase asked .
" The song my mom use to sing to me was about the ocean and sometimes I wonder , especially , now if it wasn ' t also about me . " Grace said .
" How do you know about this song since you were so little when your mom died ? " Chase asked .
" It was on a tape I found of her not too long ago . " Grace said .
" I see , " Chase said .
" Do you believe that people who have already passed away can still help us from the other side ? " Grace asked .
" I would like , too . " Chase said looking out at the ocean thinking about the conversation he had with Traci the night before about Candido .
" Do you think they can still communicate and speak to us ? " Grace asked .
" Grace , why are you asking this ? " Chase asked confused .
" She spoke to me , " Grace said .
" What ?! " Chase looked at her .
" The day Talia was born , at my dad ' s house in the attic , I heard my mom telling me not to give up and it gave me the extra strength I needed to keep Debra from falling out of the window . I also saw her that day at the hospital , in the mirror , in my dad ' s office , she talked to me and to dad , but I don ' t know if it helped or made things worse . " Grace said .
" Worse ? " Chase asked .
" Yeah , there ' s so much I want to talk to my mom about and I wonder if just the little bit of time I had in my dad ' s office made it that much worse on me wanting to talk to her . " Grace said looking at Chase .
" Uhm , " Chase said wondering what was going on with Grace .
" You don ' t believe me ? " Grace asked in disbelief .
" Grace , I do believe you , " Chase said .
" Then why do you sound skeptic ? " Grace asked .
" Come on , lets walk , okay . " Chase said looking at Traci and Katie not wanting to get into a fight or argument with Grace in front of them .
" Fine , " Grace said as they started walking down the beach .
" Grace , I don ' t know what to tell you about your mother or anything else you ' ve told me about that happened lately , because I don ' t know how to explain it . " Chase said .
" I guess you ' ve never lost anyone close to you , so , you wouldn ' t understand what I ' m going through . " Grace shrugged as Chase now looked at her in disbelief .
" Grace , you ' re wrong , I have lost someone close to me . " Chase said getting frustrated .
Grace looked at him curiously for a moment .
" Grace , I lost a mentor who helped Andy and myself in TNA . " Chase said .
" But , Shane ' s still . . . " Grace started before Chase stopped her .
" Not Shane , this was before Shane started helping us , besides Andy was always a little bit closer to Shane than I was . " Chase said .
" Huh ? " Grace asked confused .
" While I ' ve always appreciated what Shane did for us , me and him always was a bit in conflict about the way he was trying to change who we were and by that time I was happy with the way I was personality wise . " Chase said .
" I ' ve noticed , but I ' ve been in a situation where people tried to change me personality wise , so , I can sort of deal with the training and advice on fighting and ignore the rest . But , who are you talking about was mentor to you and Andy ? " Grace asked .
" Chris Candido . " Chase said making Grace look at him .
Grace knew who Candido was by some of the story her dad had told of TNA and knew he had been lost while working for TNA from talking to Jarrett , but nothing had been said about him mentoring the Naturals .
" We were close . " Chase said .
" Dad never mentioned anything about Candido mentoring you and Andy . " Grace said .
" That ' s probably because of me , losing him hurt quite a bit , especially how soon we lost him . But , I have always be grateful for what he taught me , so , before you think that I don ' t know what you are going through just know that I do . " Chase said .
" So , you do know what I ' m going through then , " Grace realized .
" Yeah , " Chase said .
" And you believe me about seeing my mom ? " Grace asked .
" I believe you , " Chase said .
" Chase , does it get any easier , losing them ? " Grace asked .
" It gets easier , but it never fully goes away . " Chase said .
" Thank you , " Grace said .
" For what ? " Chase asked .
" For helping me and all of the training even though you didn ' t have to do any of this . " Grace said .
" No problem , Grace , " Chase said .
" How do you do it ? How do you always find a way to stay strong and never faulter and always find someway to laugh and make jokes ? " Grace asked .
" By take everything one day at a time and not forgetting to remain myself , getting stronger is one thing , but staying strong doesn ' t mean losing yourself in the process . " Chase said .
Grace looked out at the ocean still wondering if she would be okay , but knowing that she wouldn ' t give up or back out on her promises and who she was anytime soon .
" Come on , lets go back to Traci and Katie . " Chase said .
" Okay , " Grace said as they walked back to the others .
When they got back to where Traci and Katie were at they noticed Kash was standing there .
" I ' m gonna strangle him . " Chase said as he and Grace ran to them .
" Kash , get away from them . " Grace said .
" I would stop unless you want the cops to get you guys for fighting . " Kash looked around at the cop car close to the beach .
" Convenient , " Chase said .
" Chase ? " Traci asked as Chase looked at her and she knew what to do whispering in Katie ' s ear to pack her stuff up and to help Traci take it to the car .
" Kash , I ' m kind of curious , what exactly happened to your friend Derek and Gayda ' s sisters Renea and Crystal ? I mean wasn ' t Renea , your girl ? " Grace asked knowing that they had to distract Kash from trying to follow them to Chase and Traci ' s new house .
" None of your business , brat . " Kash growled .
" Seems kind of weird that you never mention him seeing as you got two got my partner hurt one time . " Chase said .
" Maybe Andy should of minded his own business , Chase . " Kash said .
Chase went to lunge forward on top of Kash , but Grace stopped him .
" Not here , Chase , you don ' t want to get into trouble . " Grace said .
" Yeah , right , " Chase remembered .
" I heard that Andy has a new baby girl , maybe I should find out where they are so I can visit the brat child and that brother of her ' s you Naturals love so much . " Kash said .
" You stay away from them . " Chase said .
" Come on , lets go Chase . " Grace noticing that Traci and Katie was in the car .
" Yeah , " Chase said as they picked up what was left of their stuff and ran as fast as they could to the car .
" What do we do ? " Traci asked looking at Chase and Grace .
Grace pulled on her normal clothes over her beach clothes and then grabbed her bag pulling her new cell phone that her dad had given out and dialing his number .
" Dad , " Grace said and then told him the problem .
Chase looked at her wondering what was going on with the conversation .
" Okay , that ' s what I wanted to know , we will head there . " Grace said and then hung up from her dad .
" What ' s the plan ? " Chase asked .
" Head to the Impact Zone , " Grace said .
" Whose there to help us ? " Chase asked .
" Dad said Team Canada should be there for sure , but he didn ' t know of anyone else . " Grace said .
" Alright , lets hope they follow us there . " Chase said causing Grace to look behind them .
" They are definitely following us , Chase , lets not make this a repeat of what happened when someone was tailing you and Petey three years ago . " Grace advised .
" Well , three years ago , Petey was driving and there ' s not any drop - offs between here and the Impact Zone . " Chase said .
" Right , " Grace said .
" Huh ? " Katie asked a little frightened .
" Ask about it , later . " Grace advised her .
" Okay , " Katie said .
" Impact Zone is up ahead , " Traci said .
Grace reached in the back and pulled her stick out just incase she needed it .
" Katie , as soon as we stop , you need to run to the building as fast as you can , okay , " Chase said .
" Alright , " Katie said she also had her own normal clothes back on now over her beach clothes .
Impact Zone
As soon as Chase stopped at the Impact Zone , they got out of the car , Traci and Katie taking off for the closest door into the arena . While , Chase and Grace began to fight with Kash , the Trifecta Goons and Biohazard Agents keeping them from following Traci and Katie into the arena .
" Hang on , guys , " Devine said as Team Canada joined the fight .
They fought them off one by one , getting even more help as the Motorcity Machine Guns and Cassidy showed up helping them with the fight until Kash and his lackeys left not wanting anymore punishment .
" That took care of them . " Cassidy said .
" If only we could pull the trigger on them for good . " Grace said .
" All in good time , Grace . " Bobby said .
" Nice team work , guys and Grace . " Petey said .
" Hmm , I got a little extra without Fangs here , but I will deal with it while he ' s dealing with being a big brother . " Dakota said .
" Yeah , " Grace said as Chase turned to go into the building to check on Traci and Katie .
The others followed Chase into the building just in time to find Sanders and Cledus taking Katie from Traci and running with her .
" Katie , " Traci panicking .
" We ' ll stop them , " Chase said running after the creeps who had Katie with Cassidy and Team Canada following .
" I have an idea , " Grace whispered to Dakota who figure out what the plan was as the two took the walk way that lead to them using the way to get up to rafters to get around Sanders and Cledus .
The two arrived just in time to see Sanders and Cledus take Katie into an unused locker room and lock the door as they closed it .
" Katie , " Grace yelled as she banged on the door .
" Grace , " Katie yelled back as the others got there to find AMW , Andy , Andy Jr. and Shane meeting them to help .
" Grace , where ' s Katie ? " Chase asked .
" They took her into the unused locker room , but the door is locked , so , hang on , guys . " Grace said taking out her lockpick and unlocking the door for the family allowing the adults to go in first .
" Get away from her , " Chase grabbed Sanders by the throat tossing him out the door allowing Team Canada beat him up .
" You dare to hurt children around us so that means you are deserving of a beating , dumbass . " Devine said .
" Child abuser , " Eric Young piledriving Sanders to the floor only for Petey to follow it up with the Canadian Destroyer and Bobby with a Roode Bomb .
" Next , " Grace said staring down Cledus .
" Well if it isn ' t little Miss Grace , how ' s the memories doing ? " Cledus smirked .
" A lot better now that you ' re not in them , " Grace said first smacking Cledus in the face with her stick then tossing it aside preferring to use her hands as she punched the evil man in the face for hurting her and Katie .
" Grace , enough , let us finish him . " Storm said .
" Okay , " Grace said moving out of the way .
Storm gave him a Last Call and Chris gave him a Catatonic to the floor as Chase looked at Katie who seemed shaken up , but otherwise okay despite the bruise on her arm .
" Katie , which one of them left the bruise on you ? " Chase asked her .
Katie pointed at Cledus making Chase turn and glare at him .
" Andy , " Chase said .
" Lets do it , " Andy agreed .
The two finished Cledus off with a Natural Disaster and then allowed the cops to come and take both of them away .
" To bad they never stayed locked up , " A1 said .
" Yeah , " Eric agreed .
" Katie , " Chase picked her up hugging her .
" I ' m sorry , " Katie said .
" For what ? " Chase asked .
" Sanders told me it was him who left me on the side of the road that night and the only reason he did so was so he could find you . He wanted payback on you and your friends for taking Grace from them , so , he hoped that he could use me to track you down . So , all of this mess with him and Biohazard was started because of me and you and your friends got hurt because of me . " Katie cried on Chase ' s shoulder .
" Katie , none of this is your fault , Sanders , Cledus , Kash , Gayda , those creeps that are with them , they are all evil and they caused all of this . But , don ' t ever , ever think that any of this was done because of you , sweetheart . " Chase hugged her .
" But , they used me to trick you and to get to you . " Katie said .
" If they did then all of them are stupid because I would do everything again in a heart beat and that includes you coming to live with Traci and me . I love you , too , much and you have made my life a whole lot better because you are not apart of it , so , please don ' t think I have any regret or have any doubt that you belong in my family , in mine and Traci ' s family . You ' re my daughter now and nothings going to change that , Katie . " Chase said .
" But , what about the paperwork ? " Katie asked .
" Paperwork or no paperwork , you are still mine and Traci ' s daughter , all the paperwork is , is just legal proof you are our daughter , but our hearts and what we feel doesn ' t need all of that to make us family baby . You are my daughter , because I love you for you and that ' s all that matter ' s me and that ' s all that matters to Traci is that you remain yourself baby and be free and happy away from those bad people . I want you to remain my Giggles , can you do that for me ? " Chase hugged her .
" As long as you remain my daddy , " Katie said .
" Always , little one , always . " Chase kissed her on the forehead as Traci came to them hugging both Chase and Katie .
" Mommy , " Katie said .
" Its okay baby , its okay . " Traci hugged them .
" So , I ' m about ready to pull the trigger on both Biohazard and Trifecta for good , how about anyone else ? " Grace asked .
" I do think its about time for all of oursakes to finally be done with this , " Storm agreed .
" Then what do we do ? " Andy asked .
" I think we need everyone involved with this mess and able to fight in a group meeting including the kids that way we can talk everything out and show our hands that way we can end this mess for good . " Chris said .
" I ' ll go , let Raven and his crew know , " Shane said going to find Raven .
" I ' ve got Aries , " Cassidy said walking off .
" Should I let Aces & Eights know about this or are we wanting to keep everything in house ? " A1 asked .
" I don ' t necessarily like including them , but they could always act as a way to enclose Biohazard and Trifecta in if we need them and with the numbers advantage I say yeah , go ahead and call them cause we may need the help . " Chris said .
" Alright , I ' ll go let Team 3D know , " A1 said leaving .
" I will contact AJ and the rest of our family , " Bobby said .
" I ' ve got Jessie , " Chris said .
" Snow Leopard needs new prey anyways . " Grace said .
" Yeah , " Andy agreed .
" Dynamic Duo , all set ? " Dakota asked looking at Andy Jr.
" Dynamic Duo , ready and willing , " Andy Jr. agreed .
" Chest Bump , " Dakote and Andy Jr. bump each other ' s chest landing on their feet this time .
" At least , you guys landed on your feet that time . " Grace said .
" Yep , and while we ' re at , Dakota , me and you , my partner , needs to talk about adding protection detail on the list of Dynamic Duo assignments , bro . " Andy Jr. said .
" Protection detail , for who , Fangs ? " Dakota asked .
" For that sweet and adorable , baby sister of mine . " Andy Jr . said .
" List of assignments will be updated , dude . " Dakota agreed .
" He makes me so proud , " Andy said .
" Yep , and he becomes more like you everyday , brother , " Grace said .
" Brother ? " Andy asked .
" Yeah , meaning you and Chase since this whole mess started with Biohazard and the return of Trifecta have become more than just my friends , but my brothers who I would willingly fight beside and protect with everything I am from all who would want to do them and their families harm . " Grace said .
" Happy to have you apart of the family , sis . " Andy said hugging Grace .
" The lets go help the rest of the family . " Grace said .
" Come on , Dynamic Duo , we need you on this as well . " Andy looked at the boys .
" Yeah , " Andy Jr. and Dakota said as they left the area .