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The song for this chapter is "Family Comes First" by Whitney Houston
Monday Night RAW emanated the next night from Miami, FL, with Triple H opening the show. Joe had brought Galina and Jojo to the show with him, the girls were currently playing together on the floor. Joe, Jon and Tasha were getting suited up, while Galina and Renee swapped recipes on the couch.
Suddenly Jojo came running over to her dad. "Daddy, can we go see Uncle Colby?"
Tasha saw Joe sigh, "Jojo, sweetie we've talked about this. He's not Uncle Colby anymore and you're not going to see him."
"But daddy…"
"Jojo, I said no. Now that's the end of discussion." Joe snapped.
Tasha saw her Goddaughter's face fall, tears brimming in her brown eyes, and that was what set her off. "Lee, can I speak to you outside for a moment."
She walked outside and leaned against the wall waiting for Joe, he came out a moment later and shut the door behind him. "What is the matter with you? How could you talk to her like that?"
Joe frowned, "Look, you may be willing to let Kailynn be around him, but I'm not letting my daughter."
Tasha shook her head, "You know I expected this from Jon, but not from you. When are you gonna learn to separate Lee from Roman? I know you hate Colby for lying to you, but you know he didn't have a choice."
"There's always a choice, Tasha."
"Yeah, there is and right now you're making a bad one. Our children don't see things the way that we do, Lee. You see a traitor, a liar, a guy who called you his brother and stabbed you in the back. Jojo sees her Uncle, her dad's best friend. They don't understand our jobs, but they are smart enough to know, it's just a show. It's not real to them. What is real is this, backstage, where they see that behind the cameras, we're all still friends. I know you're angry with him, but we can't punish our kids for our choices."
Tasha patted Joe's shoulder before she went back into the locker room. Joe followed her in a few moments later, sighing he called to his daughter. "Jojo, come with me." The little girl got up and walked over taking her father's hand. "You comin' Tash?"
She smiled, "Yep. Kailynn, come on." Her daughter got up and took her mother's hand.
Galina and Renee looked up from the couch, Galina smiling at her husband knowing he was doing the right thing. Joe nodded back before the four left the locker room, walking down the hallways. Rounding a corner Joe told Jojo to wait there with Tasha and Kailynn.
Walking around the corner Joe hollered at the man he had been looking for. "Colby!"
Colby looked up from his conversation with Jericho, saw Joe stalking down the hallway towards him and internally groaned. However, he stood his ground as Jericho walked away, knowing this was a conversation that wasn't meant for his ears.
Joe stopped in front of his former teammate, pursing his lips he locked eyes with Colby. Joe could see the regret and sadness in Colby's eyes, he knew that Tasha was right. This was their job, and they needed to learn how to separate personal from professional.
"Tell me you're sorry."
Colby sighed as he shoved his hands into his jean pockets. "I am sorry, Joe. I'm sorry I lied to you guys. I never meant to betray you personally, I was just doing my job. I know I'm a traitorous, lying, two-faced sonofabitch, and I'd give anything to take it all back."
"You forgot one thing." Joe said making Colby drop his head as he waited to see what Joe would call him now. "You're also my brother."
Colby's head shot up quickly, he was sure he hadn't heard that right, but as he saw the smile grow on Joe's face, he knew he had. "I am?"
Joe nodded, "Yeah man, you are. Seth Rollins may be a traitor, but Colby Lopez is my brother. Someone told me we needed to start learning how to separate who we are from the character we play. So, while Roman still wants to spear Seth into next year, Joe just wants his brother back."
Colby let out a deep breath as Joe held out his hand, he immediately took it, Joe pulling him in for a bro-hug. "Thank you, Joe."
The pulled back as Joe nodded, "One more thing, no more lies. Whatever happens, we tell each other the truth and we face it together. Agreed?"
"Agreed." Colby nodded.
Joe still sensed Colby's apprehension, so he decided to prove that he meant what he said. "And just to prove, that we're all good." Joe looked over his shoulder, back to where the girls were standing. "Jojo."
The girl looked down to where her father stood, he stepped to the side revealing Colby and Jojo's eyes lit up. "Uncle Colby!" She ran down the hallway jumping into Colby's arms as he lifted her up and hugged her tight.
As Colby set her down he was grabbed around the leg by Kailynn, he leaned down hugging both little girls. Tasha and Joe stood there smiling, this was what they had been missing, this is what life is all about, family. Now all they had to do was deal with Jon.
"Um, do you guys mind if I take the girls with me?" Colby asked. "I got them each a gift."
Joe smiled, "Sure. Just bring 'em back to the locker room when you're done."
"Thanks, bro." Colby smiled as he took the girls' hands and walked down the hall to his locker room.
Tasha nudged Joe's arm as they turned back and started for their locker room. "See, feels good don't it?"
Joe chuckled wrapping his left arm around her shoulder's and squeezing her. "Yeah, it's good to have him back."
"One down. One to go." She said.
"This ought to be fun." Joe groaned as they both knew it would take more for Jon to be so forgiving.
The two walked back into the locker room, Galina and Renee smiled over at them. "Where's the girls?" Galina asked, though she already had an idea.
"With Colby." Joe said.
The two women smiled, it was nice to see them working out their issues. However there was a bang from the lockers as Jon all but threw his boots down on the floor. "Are you kidding me? What, it's all forgive and forget now? Just like that?"
"Shut up, Jon." Tasha and Joe replied together.
"Look man, this is going to happen whether you like it or not." Joe flat out told him. "You can be pissed at all of us, but this needs to end. If we can't get past this, then we were never brother's to begin with."
"Families fight, Jon." Tasha said placing her hand on his shoulder. "They hurt one another sometimes, but the ones that truly care and love each other, learn how to forgive."
Triple H kicked off the show by coming out to announce John Cena's opponent for Summerslam. That is until Randy Orton comes out to voice his opinion as well as Kane who follows him out next. However their argument is cut short when Roman and Siren show up at the top of the staircase.
"And there is the big dog, Roman Reigns. Lead by his manager, Siren, who is carrying what she has deemed as her "Seth be good stick". Of course she's talking about their former partner in The Shield, Seth Rollins, who Siren has been on a war path with over the last few weeks."
As the announcers speak, Roman and Siren make their way down the stairs and climb up onto the ring apron, Siren making sure to hold her equalizer at her side so it can be seen by the other three men.
Roman picks up a mic and leans on the ropes, staring down the men across the ring from him. "If you're gonna have a conversation about the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, I think my name belongs in it. Because last time I checked, nobody wants to see John Cena vs. Kane. And don't nobody want to see Randy Orton vs. John Cena again. It sounds to me like everybody wants to see John Cena vs. Roman Reigns." Roman climbs into the ring. "Believe that!"
Roman throws down his mic and immediately superman punches Kane, as Triple H and Randy Orton scurry out of the ring.
Triple H stands on the bottom of the ramp with his mic, looking up at Roman he makes an announcement. "I'll tell you what I believe. I believe that right now, Roman Reigns is gonna have a match. I believe that Roman Reigns is gonna face Kane and Randy Orton. And I believe that is gonna take place right now."
Siren takes her place at ringside as they come back from commercial to start the handicap match. Kane and Randy take advantage of their numbers, overpowering Roman and punishing him for most of the match. Siren stands by cheering Roman on, the kendo stick gripped in her right hand, looking for her opportunity to unleash it.
Roman knocks Kane to his knees, his head hanging over the bottom rope. Sliding out of the ring Roman runs around and gives a running dropkick to Kane on the apron. Sliding back under the ropes, Roman sets Kane up for a superman punch, but instead hits Randy with a right cross as he tries to interfere from the apron. Kane then hits Roman with a boot to the face knocking in onto the mat. As Roman lies on the mat Kane holds out his hand to Randy for a tag, but the Viper refuses to tag in, so Kane grabs him by the throat.
Roman sees his opening and shoves himself to his feet, hitting Kane with a superman punch to the jaw. He then backs himself up into the corner and delivers a spear to Kane, pinning him for the win. Siren hops up into the ring, raising Roman's hand as they both watch Randy walk up the ramp, leaving his partner lying in the ring.
Roman and Siren return back to the locker room, they find Seth inside with the girls. Jojo jumps up and runs over to her father, a giant stuffed turtle nearly as big as her in her arms. "Daddy, look what Uncle Colby got me."
"That's awesome Babygirl." Roman smiled at Seth, giving him an approving nod.
"Momma, look what Cole got me." Kailynn said walking over to her mother, a giant white tiger in her arms as tall as she is.
"Awe, how sweet." Siren said giving Seth a wink. "Did you both say thank you?"
"Yes." The girls reply in unison.
Seth bids the group goodbye, he has a promo to film with Triple H, he sends Siren a wink before he leaves. Siren sits down on the couch to watch the promo alongside of Roman.
Triple H shows up on the monitor in his office, he's talking to someone out of frame. "I understand that, man, but there just really is no reason for you to face John Cena at Summerslam."
The camera pans over to show Seth Rollins standing beside Triple H, looking disheartened.
"You have the Money In The Bank contract, guaranteed opportunity anytime you want it. When you have all the cards, you don't put them on the table all at once. You put them out when you wanna put them out. You play 'em, when you wanna play 'em."
"Yeah. I know. I understand. I get all of that, but I mean, what's the point? Every time I put a hand together and try to play it, Dean Ambrose and Siren are there to screw it up for us. And I'm telling you he's not gonna stop. He's not gonna stop until we stop him and I mean, permanently. We got to shut him down for good."
Seth is interrupted by Cesaro who walks in, shaking Triple H's hand. "If there's anybody that should face John Cena at Summerslam, it should be me. I mean, I'm like a walking Money In The Bank contract. Anytime you put me in a championship match, I'll get the job done. You're all about what's best for business. Well, I made a business decision. As of right now, I'm no longer a Heyman guy. I want to be your guy."
Seth cackles, moving Triple H to the side. "Hey, look, he already has a guy, all right?"
"You?"
"Yeah. Me. We don't want you around here, okay?"
"Okay, all right, this is uncomfortable." Triple H says placing himself between the two men. "Here's the thing, this little bit of unfinished business running around here named Dean Ambrose. You wanna finish that business for me in a match, say tonight, I can let you know that that would be something that would impress me."
"Consider it done." Cesaro said shaking Triple H's hand before leaving the office.
"What's his deal?" Seth asks.
"I don't know, but let's see what he can do."
"Why not." Seth shrugs.
Siren chills out on the couch watching Paige and AJ team up to take on Emma and Natalya. She smirks as the crowd starts chanting CM Punk, knowing that AJ and he were now married, AJ sporting her wedding band on her finger.
She claps for Paige and AJ as they win the match, but she's even more enthused as Paige attacks AJ, retaliation for stealing the championship from her.
Siren excuses herself to go grab a water from catering, she finds Paige walking her way as she leaves catering. "You are one vindictive bitch, Paige."
The young woman smirks, "I learned from the best."
The two are laughing when AJ walks up to them, a scowl on her face as she glares at Paige. But it only lasts a moment before she breaks into a smile. "Geez Paige, could you be a little more gentle next time? I feel like a ragdoll."
"Sorry, love." Paige says before the two women hug.
AJ notices the sparkle in Siren's eyes, "You're happy. Things getting better with Seth?"
Siren shakes her head, "With Seth, no. With Colby, yes. He mended things with Joe today."
"That's awesome." Paige tells her friend. "What about Jon?"
"Jon's gonna take a little more convincing, but now that we have Joe on our side, it should make it easier."
"I'm glad things are working out. So are you and Colby gonna try to date now?" AJ asked smirking.
"We agreed to give it a try after we fixed things with the guys. So after Jon and Colby work things out, then Colby and I can work on us."
"That's great." Paige says nodding. "I'm really happy for you both."
"I'm happy for you too." AJ says. "So, I'm expecting to be included in your wedding, as you were my bridesmaid. And you did catch my bouquet."
"Only cause you threw it right at me." Siren laughs shaking her head. "Let's not get carried away. But believe me if it ever comes to that day, you both will be there. I would never get married without my two best friends by my side. Besides, people around here need to stop getting engaged, I've been in three weddings already this year, anymore and I'm gonna start looking like the girl from "27 Dresses."
The three women laugh sharing a hug before Siren heads back to the locker room in time to see Flo Rida, their special guest, take the stage for a performance. She dances and sings along with song, alongside Galina and Renee.
However the highlight of the night came when two officers came out to arrest Stephanie for assaulting Brie earlier on in the night. Siren nearly cheered as they placed Stephanie's hands behind her back and placed their handcuffs on her wrists. It got even better when Brie appeared in front of Stephanie to watch her being lead away in cuffs.
As Siren walked out of the locker room to meet up with Dean at the curtain, she spotted Nikki down the hallway. The two looked at one another before bursting into laughter, Siren hugging Nikki.
"That was amazing. Your sister is my hero." Siren laughed.
"Oh, I haven't felt this good in awhile." Nikki replied.
"Well, I got to go, but when you talk to Brie, give her my love."
"I will. Be careful out there."
Siren then walked to the gorilla position, she found Dean there taping up his wrists. As she stood beside him stretching her arms she noticed he wouldn't look at her. She knew he was upset with her and honestly she didn't blame him. She knew where he was coming from, now she just had to make him see where she was coming from.
"I don't have to go out there if you don't want me too." She said quietly.
Dean looked up from his wrist, "I want you too. I need my manager." He noticed how her shoulders dropped when he said manager, he knew she thought it was only Dean talking, so he lifted her chin up with his finger. "And my friend."
Her bright smile lit up her face as she gave him a light hug and a kiss on the cheek. He sighed, "I can't promise it'll be tonight, but I'll try to forgive him."
"I understand. Thank you for trying."
Dean's music hit and the two made their way out onto the stage, the crowd cheering as Siren held up her kendo stick, she now took it everywhere with her.
"This contest is set for one fall, approaching the ring being lead by Siren, from Cincinnati, Ohio, weighing 225 pounds, Dean Ambrose."
Once Cesaro makes his way down to the ring the match gets underway, the two immediately going after one another. Siren stays vigilant knowing that Dean is still not 100% and that Seth, Randy Orton or Kane could come down and interfere in the match at any time. She cringes as Cesaro suplex' Dean onto the floor outside of the ring. He then picks up Dean and drags him back into the ring and targets Dean's injured left shoulder.
Ambrose retaliates back, head-butting Cesaro and hitting him with a dropkick from the top rope. He then hits a tornado DDT from the top rope and covers Cesaro, but he only garners a two count as Cesaro kicks out. He knocks Cesaro out of the ring and then launches himself out of the ring in a suicide dive, taking Cesaro to the ground.
The two men roll back into the ring where Cesaro hits Dean in the face with an elbow, but Dean rebounds off of the ropes and nails Cesaro with a vicious clothes-line. He again goes for the cover, but surprisingly Cesaro kicks out again at 2. The two men get to their feet, Cesaro then delivers a clothes-line of his own, nearly taking Dean's head off.
"Come on Dean! Kick out!" Siren yells slapping the mat as Cesaro goes for the cover, and she is rewarded when the lunatic kicks out at 2.
Cesaro gets Dean in the corner, hammering him with boots to the gut as the referee, Mike Chioda, warns him to break if off or he'll disqualify him. Cesaro pulls Dean out of the corner, he moves to throw Dean into the corner, but Dean counters, tossing Cesaro's shoulder into the steel ring post. Dean then pulls Cesaro back and does it twice more. Rolling out of the ring Dean looks to Siren before pointing over at a steel chair.
Seeing no big deal for getting disqualified, Siren nods, walking over she shoves the tech off of the chair and folds it up. Handing it to Dean, he slams it into Cesaro's shoulder, the ref immediately ringing the bell giving the win to Cesaro via disqualification.
As Cesaro rolls out of the ring clutching his arm, Dean tosses two steel chairs into the ring. Both he and Siren roll into the ring, setting up the chairs they sit down, egging The Authority to come down and pick a fight with them.
As Dean and Siren walk through the curtain they are faced by Triple H, feeling like being a bitch, Siren smirks as he passes her. "Oh, hey Hunter, make sure you tell Steph not to drop the soap, and if she does, tell her to breathe out, it makes it less painful." She winks at him before he rips open the curtain and walks down to the ring.
"We are SO gonna get fired." Dean laughs, high-fiving her as they head to the locker room to see Triple H's announcement.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to John Cena's opponent and the challenger for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Summerslam."
The entrance music cues up and the Viper, Randy Orton walks out on stage. But just as Randy gets to the ring he is blindsided by Roman who comes out of nowhere. The two brawl through the crowd as Roman chases Randy to the backstage area.
In the ring Hunter pinches the bridge of his nose, he's growing irritated with the way things have gone tonight. However his irritation grows as Paul Heyman comes out on the stage, raising a microphone and proceeding to tell Hunter that both his plan A and plan B scenarios have failed. He then says that The Authority needs to make the tough decision to implement plan C. Pointing to the entrance, the crowd goes crazy as Brock Lesnar's music comes on and the Beast Incarnate himself walks out onto the stage.
However, while many people are celebrating his return, there is one person that is having a panic attack over Lesnar being in the building. Siren is sitting on the couch, her head between her knees, her breathing heavy and erratic. She hasn't had much contact with Brock since the incident that landed her in the hospital back in 2005. She had managed to keep her distance from the beast, but now being Cena's manager, if Triple H agreed to this, she would be right where Brock could get her. And that thought alone, terrified her.
She was hoping that somewhere there was a God that was listening to her prayers, but as she looked up to the TV she saw Triple H shake hands with Brock, sealing the deal. And perhaps sealing her fate as well.
After RAW went off the air Tasha went to go grab Renee, so that she could go back to Joe's house with them for the last night. When she and the blonde returned to the room, they were both surprised to see Colby standing inside talking to Joe.
"Hey." Tasha smiled as he looked up to see her standing by the couch.
"Hey. Joe asked me to come along with you. Is that okay?" He asked hesitantly.
"That's great. Um, where's Jon?"
"Sulking in the parking lot." Joe said with a smirk. "I told him this was happening, whether he liked it or not, so he grabbed his stuff and walked outside."
Tasha sighed, looking over at the two-tone haired man to her left. "Colby, you're gonna have to be the one to go to him, cause he's not gonna come to you."
"I know, I tried when I got here, but he just cut me off, screamed and tried to punch me, then he walked out like Joe said."
Tasha groaned rubbing her forehead, this was gonna call for drastic measures. "I'll think of something. Let's get outta here."
The whole group walked out to the rig together, as they were piling in Jon walked up to Tasha. "Mind if I catch a ride?"
"Is there gonna be bloodshed and yelling? Cause I really don't wanna deal with that shit."
"Nope, I won't say a word." Jon said clearly not ready to work things out.
"Fine, let's go." Tasha said shoving him from behind up the steps. "You're a stubborn ass, Good, you know that?"
"Part of my charm, darlin'." He said poking his butt back at her with a smile.
Tasha laughed, smacking his butt out of her face as she laughed. "Charm my ass."
The group minus Jon who stayed back in the bedroom, reminisced on old times as they drove to Joe's house. They would spend a few days there before heading out together for Smackdown.