A/N: Shane is really getting on Chase ' s nerves now , but this next chapter will be a little bit happier .
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 33 : Official
Next Morning - Court House
" You ready to do this , Katie ? " Chase asked her as they arrived at the court house the following morning .
" Yes , daddy , " Katie said .
" Time to make it official , baby girl . " Traci smiled .
" Yeah , " Katie said as they got out of Chase ' s car .
Chase looked around until he spot Andy and Chris knowing they were going to be their witnesses to the whole thing .
" Come on , lets get everything finalized . " Chris said .
" Yeah , " Chase said taking a deep breath as Andy looked at him seeing the nervousness on his partner ' s face .
" Chase , " Andy said as they walked into the court house and Andy pulled Chase to the side making the others look at them .
" Guys ? " Chris asked .
" Go on ahead and let me talk to Chase for a minute . " Andy said .
" Sure , come on girls , " Chris said as they walked on ahead of the Naturals .
" What ? " Chase asked .
" You seem anxious . " Andy said .
" I ' m a little worried that they will say I haven ' t done enough . " Chase said .
" Chase , you have done everything to make sure Katie is well taken care of bro and anyone who doesn ' t see that is either blind or stupid , besides Chris and I are there to back you up , plus Traci has seen you through this as well . So , come on and lets make it official that she is your daughter . " Andy said .
" Okay , " Chase said as they caught up to the others .
" Everything okay ? " Katie hugging Chase .
" Yeah , I ' m just a little worried . " Chase said .
" About what ? " Katie asked .
" That these people won ' t like me , " Chase said .
" I love you , so , why shouldn ' t they ? " Katie asked .
" Do you really love me ? " Chase asked .
" Of course , you ' re my dad and you ' ve really taken care of me . " Katie said putting her hand in Chase ' s .
" Do you need anything else from Traci and me that we haven ' t given you , sweetheart ? " Chase asked making Traci look at the two .
" You have given me everything , " Katie answered .
" You ' re healthy ? " Chase asked .
" Yep , " Katie said .
" As her doctor , I have to agree with her . " Chris said making Andy look at the Wildcat .
" What about safe ? " Chase asked .
" You guys have always kept me safe . " Katie said .
" Happy ? " Chase asked .
" Of course , " Katie giggled .
" Loved ? " Chase asked .
" Dad , you were the one who taught me the difference between being loved and being hurt , and you have loved me from the moment I came to live with you . " Katie said .
" Chase , I ' m going to tell you like you ' ve done me all of those years , quit worrying , bro , you ' ve done your job and now its time to make it official . " Chris said .
" I love you so much for being as loving and caring as you are and I know someone else is , too . " Traci looked at Katie who giggled .
" My sweet , Giggles . " Chase hugged her .
" Only a matter of time , " Andy said .
Soon they went in to talk to the judge and have everything finalized and when they came out Chase , Traci , and Katie were all smiles as Chris and Andy looked at each other knowing that everything would be okay with them .
" So , is it official ? " Katie asked .
" Yes , Katie , you are now officially our daughter . " Traci hugged her and kissed her on the check making Katie giggle .
" And I will be safe from those bad people now ? " Katie asked.
" Giggles , " Chase picked Katie up holding her in his arms .
" Yes daddy ? " Katie asked .
" Miss Katie Stevens , as long as there is pulse in my body and breath still left in these lungs you will always be safe in our family . " Chase hugged her .
" Katie Stevens ? " Katie asked .
" Yeah , since its official , you are now Katie Stevens . " Traci said .
" I love it , " Katie smiled .
" Our sweet girl , " Chase said .
" Alright , lets go celebrate with the others . " Andy said .
" Yeah , " Chris said .
Chase ' s New House
Since the recent discovery of Biohazard and Trifecta knowing the location of both of AMW ' s houses in Orlando , Florida , one of the last get togethers before the final battle against the enemies was taking place at Chase and Traci ' s new house .
" After this , it will be official . " Grace said .
" What will ? " Rosie asked .
" The peace that Katie should have gotten along time ago will finally be guaranteed when Chase and Traci finalizes the adoption . " Grace said .
" Grace , before you start blaming yourself , know it wasn ' t your fault that it took this long . " Devine said .
" Yeah , I ' m sure if you had known that she was still in trouble you would have told somebody and you know that if this family had known about she was being hurt then we would have stopped it along time ago . " James said .
" And no more worrying about her cause we all know that Katie will be okay now that Chase and Traci will be her parents . " Cassidy said .
" I know , I ' m just happy that its finally done , " Grace said .
" Good , " Jessie said .
Just then Chase , Traci , and Katie walked in with smiles on their faces as Chris and Andy walked in behind them .
" It ' s official ? " Petey asked .
" Yeah , it ' s official , Katie is now a Stevens . " Traci said .
" Which means we have another Natural on our hands . " Eric said .
" Of course , " Andy and Chase both said .
" When something is as good as the Naturals , you might as well get it in bulks . " Andy Jr. said making the others look at him as Andy and Chase laughed .
" That ' s my boy , " Andy said as Debra and Traci looked at each other as Katie started giggling and Talia started laughing .
" That Harris family comes in bulks , too , and we are still waiting on Maria to have her baby to add another one . " James pointed out .
" We ' re good , " Grace and Rosie said .
" Harris family take over , " The Twins said .
" Duh , " Chris and Jessie said as Edward and Maria laughed .
" Yeah , but , Edward and Leia are also part Kazarian giving them an added status to the X-Division family , too . " Daniels pointed out .
" True , " Kazarian said .
" Hey , what about me , first of all I ' m the future of Team Canada , second of all I am the future of the Tag Team Division with Fangs as the Dynamic Duo , and third of all my dad is member of the X-Division giving me another bonus as well . " Dakota said .
" You ' re one of a kind , son . " Petey said .
" Ay , " Dakota said .
" My partner is kind of funny even if he does speak the truth about that future of the tag team deal . " Andy Jr. said .
Talia who was now eating from the bottle Debra was giving her looked at her brother smiling .
" Awe , she must be a good baby with how happy she is . " Jessie said .
" She likes to scream in the morning . " Debra said .
" And any other time she wakes up . " Andy said as Talia looked at him now .
" Who do you see , Talia ? " Debra asked as Andy smiled at her watching him .
Talia continued to drink her bottle as she watched Andy .
" My little , vampire princess , " Andy kissed her on the forehead .
" Hey , don ' t make me spank you , " Debra looked at her husband as Andy ' s mouth fell open surprised and slightly amused at what she said .
" What ?! " Chase and James both asked .
" And I ' m pretty sure either Chase or Traci has a belt around here that I can use . " Debra said jokingly .
" Can she do it ? " Dakota asked Andy Jr.
" I wouldn ' t put it passed my mom , " Andy Jr. said .
" Except I don ' t want my partner ' s ass to touch my belt , it would be to weird . " Chase said .
" Hey , don ' t curse in front of your niece or I will use that belt on you as well . " Debra warned making Chase hide behind Cassidy .
" No , Debra , I get to deal with Chase . " Traci said .
" Okay , and I got Andy . " Debra agreed .
" Would you spanking me actually be a bad thing ? " Andy asked making Chase gag .
" Andy ? " Chris and James asked .
" Aw , do parents really like to creep out their kids ? " Andy Jr. asked Dakota making Andy and Debra look at them .
" My dad doesn ' t with me , but I guess some parents do . " Dakota said .
" Ha , " Petey said .
" Damn , " Andy Jr . said before he could catch himself .
" Son , " Andy said a little shocked as Chase and Cassidy tried to hold back laughter .
" Andy , before you start scolding him do remember that he spends a lot of time around the guy ' s locker room and I have heard worse words coming from in there . " Jessie said .
" Yeah , my dad always said you can ' t get onto your kids for something you do yourself . " AJ said .
" Just watch your language around your sister , son . " Andy shook his head winking at him .
" And his mother . " Debra said .
" Yes ma ' am , " Andy Jr. said with an innocent smile Chase and Cassidy finally laughing .
" I have to say Andy is pretty good with kids . " Rosie said to Grace .
" Yeah , he is and he ' s come along way since that meltdown months ago at the clinic when Andy Jr. ran off to Shane ' s . " Grace looking at the Franchise who seemed to be deep in thought as he watched both Andy and Chase with their families before stepping out .
" Grace ? " Katie asked when she got quiet .
" Wait , here , I want to talk to Shane . " Grace whispered to Rosie and Katie as she followed Shane out of the house wondering what was going on with him .
" What was that about ? " Chase asked sitting in between Rosie and Katie .
" Shane , " Katie said making Chase look at her and then the door curiously .
" You and Shane haven ' t exactly been seeing eye to eye lately . " Rosie said .
" Personal issues , Rosie . " Chase said .
" Yeah , well , it was just an observation . " Rosie said .
Chase looked at the door again wondering what Shane and Grace were talking about , but deciding to leave it alone until later .
Outside
Grace walked outside looking around spotting Shane a little ways off still looking like he was deep in thought about something .
" Shane , " Grace said walking over to the Franchise .
" What do you want , Grace ? " Shane asked .
" I want to know why you are so hard on , Chase , " Grace said .
" Because I see what no one else sees . " Shane said .
" And that is ? " Grace asked .
" Who I use to be in Chase , " Shane said .
" Huh ? " Grace asked confused neither one of them noticing Andy listening to them.
" Careless , " Shane said .
" You think Chase is careless ? Why ? " Grace asked .
" Everything that ' s happened since I last saw him is because he ' s been to careless with what he does . " Shane said .
" Everything ? " Grace still trying to understand what Shane was getting at with Chase .
" The incident three years ago with Trifecta that nearly got him and Petey killed or everytime Biohazard has shown up and he ' s rushed in recklessly , just like at the Impact Zone when he got cornered alone in the locker room by Biohazard , if Chase had thought everything through properly and waited for backup then he wouldn ' t have end up in the hospital . " Shane said .
" Everything that Chase has done since I met him has been for the family , Shane and before you start talking about Chase being reckless when all of that happened then maybe you should think again about the situations. What happened three years ago with Chase and Petey was not Chase ' s fault and both of them were sure that going straight to Dallas was the best option to take in order to keep Trifecta off of the family ' s tail . Plus , they both ended up rescuing my dad from Trifecta that night and if anything Chase has become stronger since then because of it. If Chase hadn ' t fought of Biohazard that day at the Impact Zone , then Sanders and Biohazard would have taken Fangs and I can guarantee you wouldn ' t have been good . And before you start trying to blame or criticize Chase for something else let me remind you that without both Naturals I wouldn ' t be here today . So , enough with the bullshit answers and tell me the truth , what do you really have against Chase ? " Grace getting to the point where she was about to go off .
" Chase was the last one to see my best friend alive . " Shane snapped .
" Shane , enough . " Andy said revealing that he had been listening to them as Chase cleared his throat making all three of them realize that he had also been listening to Grace and Shane .
" Guys , I . . . " Grace started before Chase held his hand up for her to stop .
" Is that really what you are still holding over me , Shane ? " Chase asked .
" If you hadn ' t been careless that night when you took him home then he would still be here . " Shane said making Andy look at both of them knowing what was goingg on between Shane and Chase .
" Shane , that wasn ' t Chase ' s fault , " Andy said .
" I don ' t understand ? " Grace said looking at the three confused .
" Grace , go inside , " Chase said .
" What ? Why ? " Grace asked confused .
" We need to speak to Shane alone , now go in , " Chase ordered .
" Yeah , sure , " Grace said going back inside .
" Shane , you know good in well that if I had known anything was wrong that night then I would have made it a point to go straight to hospital , but everything happened after I left him . " Chase said .
" Because you don ' t think , you are still the same class clown you were back then and with no sense of responsibility , Chase . " Shane glared .
" You have no idea what I am , " Chase said .
" Earlier you said Chase was careless when he was protecting my son and just now you said that Chase doesn ' t have any sense of responsibility . But , what you never realized about that night is that those BIohazard Agents were between the door and Chase and if he hadn ' t fought the way he did then they would have hurt my son as well and there wasn ' t one scratch on little man that day , so , if anything Chase is the most responsible one here and he is definitely careful even in combat . " Andy said .
" Why are you enabling him ? " Shane asked .
" Shane , I named him the godfather of my children for a reason and that ' s because I knew they would always be safe and well cared for by Chase . " Andy said .
" Shane , you constantly wanting me to change who I am completely , but what you don ' t know is that Chris told me that night on the way home for me to not change in a way that would turn me into the others that allowed our world to change them into someone they ' re not . Candido liked the way I was , a little goofy at times , fun loving , party animal at times , hard worker , protecting my family and friends , taking care of what wrestling meant to those that came before us and being myself instead of what the business wanted me to be . He never wanted me to change that part of me , he never wanted me to change what was in my heart , my mind , or my soul , and its not what he would have wanted for Andy as well . If you really thought that what happened was my fault then why did you decide to finish what Chris started years ago , Shane . You could have taken Andy in and completely left me behind and you didn ' t , so , what is it you want from me ? " Chase asked .
" My best friend back , " Shane snapped making Chase look at him and then walk away .
" That ' s not fair to Chase . " Andy said .
" What are you talking about ? " Shane asked .
" Blaming him and making all of this sound like he had something to do with losing Chris and you make it sound like we don ' t miss him anymore than you do . " Andy said .
" Andy , " Shane said .
" No , you don ' t realize how much Chase beats himself up knowing that we lost him and that he was the last one to see Chris . Through everything he ' s done in wrestling , fighting for the family , his relationship with Traci , and helping Katie , he still has to remember that he was the last one with Candido and for you to hold it over him like you have and not realize that its not his fault is wrong and a poor memory of Chris , because I know that he wouldn ' t want Chase blaming himself and would want you to help him deal with it instead of putting more burden on Chase ' s shoulders . " Andy said making Shane look at him before Andy went back inside leaving Shane to his thoughts .
Shane wondered if Andy could be telling the truth about Chase and also what Chris would want for both of the Naturals and himself .
Inside
Grace was sitting inside deep in thought about who Shane was talking about when she saw Chase and then Andy walk back inside . Chase actually looked past hurt , but wasn ' t really showing it to anyone keeping a brave face . Andy on the other hand looked pissed and concerned also not showing it to anyone .
" Grace , you okay ? " Chris asked her .
" Yes sir , daddy , any luck on the new house ? " Grace asked .
" Not yet baby , but with everything else going on its gotten harder for me to focus on the house and not the final battle against the problems . " Chris said .
" We are almost there . " Grace sighed .
" Yeah , and I heard Shane was planning on one more training session with you before the fight . " Chris said .
" He mentioned something about the other day in the locker room , but really didn ' t say what we would be going over , dad . " Grace said wondering how the last training session would be with the animosity between Shane and Chase with Andy caught in the middle of them .
" Okay , " Chris said .
" Dad , do you know who Shane ' s best friend is in wrestling ? " Grace asked where only her dad could hear her making Chris look at her knowing who Shane ' s best friend had been for years .
" Yeah , I do , " Chris said .
" Dad ? " Grace looked at him .
" Candido was his best friend . " Chris said making Grace look at Chase over in the corner of the room still trying to hide how hurt he was at the moment .
" I didn ' t realize , what exactly happened that night ? " Grace said .
" You should ask Chase about it , not me , " Chris said .
" Chase , doesn ' t exactly look like he is in the mood to talk . " Grace said .
" I figured Shane was still making it difficult for Chase to deal with all of the issues , but I wasn ' t aware of how bad it was getting . Chase had to dig deep enough to ask Shane to help train you , Grace . " Chris sighed .
" I don ' t regret the training and if anything I am grateful to both of them for helping me , but I don ' t like how Shane is accusing Chase of something he didn ' t do and for making Chase miserable . " Grace said .
" Which is why I think you need to talk to Chase , with the way you two have been helping each other out lately its best that you two talk everything out . " Chris said .
" He has been helping me a lot lately especially with the flashbacks of that house , but have I really been helping Chase , too ? " Grace asked .
" In more ways than you know , " Andy said sitting next to her .
" I didn ' t mean for the conversation with Shane to get out of hand , I just wanted the issues resolved , Andy . " Grace said .
" I know and Chase knows , but he ' s dealt with these issues for long than you know and they are finally getting to him , so , don ' t worry about it . " Andy said .
" How much haven ' t you told me about TNA , dad ? " Grace asked .
" I ' ve told you everything about the history of TNA , but left out small details that I felt was personal to some of the family include this with Chase and Shane . You got to understand Grace that these guys are my friends and I felt like it was best to avoid certain topics in respect to them . Which I have to ask how did you find out about Candido managing the Naturals ? " Chris said making Andy look at him and then Grace .
" Chase told me at the beach when I was having a hard time dealing with losing mom . " Grace said as Chase approached them making all three look at him .
" I know what you guys are talking about has something to do with me . " Chase said sitting with them .
" Chase , I ' m sorry if anything I said to Shane may have started something that was never my intentions , I was just trying to resolve the situation . " Grace said hoping he wasn ' t pissed at her .
" Its not your fault , Grace , " Chase said hugging her .
" Neither is what happened your fault , Chase . " Chris said .
" Tell Shane that , " Chase said .
" We have countless times , bro , its just going to take Shane getting it through his own head that he can ' t blame people for something they had no fault in . " Andy said .
" Yeah , " Chase said .
Grace looked at her dad and as their eyes met , Chris knew she was going to wait and ask Chase when he was feeling better .
" Andy , " Debra said coming over with Talia .
" Yes dear ? " Andy asked .
" Here , " Debra giving Talia to Andy .
" What are you doing ? " Andy asked .
" I need to talk over some important stuff with the Knockouts , so , hold your daughter . " Debra said .
" Okay , " Andy said as Debra went over to the ladies to talk about something suspicious .
" Hmm , that seems suspiciously interesting . " Grace said .
" Dynamic Duo , " Traci said making Andy Jr. bump his head on the table behind the girls they had been hiding under .
" Ouch , Aunt Traci , " Andy Jr. rubbed his head making Talia laugh .
" You think its funny that your brother bumped his head ? " Andy asked .
Andy Jr. and Dakota walked away from the girls .
" Stealth didn ' t work , " Dakota said .
" Yeah , well , that ' s because the Knockouts are like bloodhounds . " Chase said .
" Yeah , " Andy Jr. said .
" Ahh , " Talia screamed .
" Don ' t start with her . " Andy looked at his son .
" Yes sir , " Andy Jr. said .
" Ahh , " Talia screamed and then laughed .
" She ' s happy . " Grace said .
" Babies are suppose to be happy , isn ' t that right vampire princess , " Andy said looking at Talia who laughed at her dad .
" Or maybe she just thinks that you are funny looking . " Dakota said .
" Hey , " Andy said looking at Dakota .
" Just joking , " Dakota said .
" Yeah , " Andy said making Chase and Chris laugh .