Welcome to Chapter Thirty! Holy Crap! I hope you guys like this one and I want to thank you for all your support! It makes me so happy! Thank you, Thank you!

Monday Night Raw: February 24, 2014

Edited: 8/6/19

Chapter Thirty

Dean rubbed the back of his neck as he walked up through the hallways of the Resch Center. He had just left Seth and Roman who were chowing down on some food at catering.

Now that Bray seemed to step up his game, they were on an even greater alert then before and it was his turn to escort Angel through the halls.

There was a great chance that with the Elimination Chamber being over that he wouldn't try anything; since he got what he wanted in the first place, but one could never be too careful with Bray Wyatt. The man was a sick, sadistic, brainwashing cult leader there was no logic with him.

As the door to the room that Stephanie McMahon was using for her office came into view he slowed down and leaned against the wall a few feet away. Unlike Roman and Seth, he hated that he had to babysit her, she was a grown adult and shouldn't have to be guarded at work. Welcome to the WWE. He sighed as the door opened.

"Well then Angel, I will see you over at the meeting in just a few minutes, got to go talk to production really quick." Stephanie said as her and Angel made their way out of the office.

Angel gave her signature smile. "See you there." She waved as Stephanie walked away.

He watched as she scanned the hallway that was until her eyes landed on him. As soon as their eyes met, her smile fell; which at first confused him. Was she upset that it was him waiting for her instead of Roman and or Seth or was it just because someone was waiting for her?

However, all his questions were answered when a shadow filled the doorway behind her. Anger instantly filled him from head to toe as he found himself looking at the last person that he wanted to see.

"What the fuck!" He yelled as he pushed himself away from the wall. "You have some big balls showing your face around her." He marched his was so that he was standing between her and Bray Wyatt.

"Dean…" He heard Angel sigh behind him.

Bray's eyes widened and a smile appeared on his face. "Oh Dean!' He said as he spread his arms out wide like he was going to for a hug. "How are you today? How's the head?"

"A lot better than yours is about to be."

"Dean."

"Well I'm sure I won't be as bad as poor Seth, going through that table must have done a number to his back."

"You motherfu…"

"Dean!" Angel yelled as she grabbed his arm tried to pull him back slightly. "Dean, stop."

Stop? Was she serious? "What…."

"Stephanie brought him in to talk about what happened." She said in that firm voice that she had used when she flipped on him.

"Stephanie brought him in?"

"She did indeed." Bray smirk grew and Dean had to stop himself from attacking Bray right then and there.

"I wasn't talking to you."

"Shame." He laughed. "Well I can tell that I'm not wanted around here." Bray stepped backwards before turning down the hallway.

Dean watched as Bray made his way down the hall, not moving until he disappeared out vision. "Fucking bastard."

Angel let out a sigh as she let go of his arm. "He didn't do anything."

"I don't care if he did anything or not. What the fuck was Stephanie thinking bringing in the man that kidnapped you?"

"She wanted him to apologize."

"Fuck apologizing, I want him to stay the fuck away."

"I might share the same feeling." She laughed slightly. Dean couldn't help but grin as Angel tried hardest not to sound mean. But if there was one person that had the leeway to be mean right now, it was her.

The two of them stood there for a few moment's without saying anything or making a move. "Shall we get you to that meeting?" He finally spoke up, not like the awkward silence between them.

"That sounds like a plan." She smiled at her.

The two of them walked down the hallway towards the conference room that was made from a few curtains that separated a small area. About half way there they ran into Renee.

"I got her from here." Renee winked as she placed her arm around Angel's shoulder.

Angel let out a sigh and looked at the floor as her friend pulled her close. "Man I hate this, I feel like a child."

Renee leaned down and gave her a hug. "You are my child."

"I'm not that young."

"You're younger than me."

"Twenty eight and Twenty three are only five years apart."

"Five years is five years." Renee said as she pulled Angel away.

Dean shook his head at the two bickering woman as they walked behind the curtains. I will never get women. He sighed as he turned to head back to Seth and Roman.

"What a good guard dog, running to protect their master." He froze in his spot as he heard Bray's airy voice hit him from behind.

Keep your head. He told himself as he heard Bray give a creepy chuckle. "You really want to do this?"

"Do what? I'm just trying to have a nice chat."

Dean let his eyes close as he tried to figure out what Bray was playing at. "You really think I'm going to have a nice chat with you after what you did last night."

Another chuckle came from the man. "You know I understand why you're so protective of her." Bray sounded like he was getting closer. "Oh, I understand perfectly, I do"

Dean shook his head as he glanced over his shoulder to see Bray pacing back and forth while looking at the ceiling. "You know nothing."

Bray's eyes snapped down and the smile on his face grew. "But I do. I know you Dean. I'm not as blind as everyone else around you."

"You don't know me." He could feel his body heat up as he had to force himself to stay in his spot.

"I do know you. I'm in your head." Bray tapped his temple. "I know you better than your own brothers."

Letting out a snicker, Dean turned away from the man. This had gone too far, he wasn't going to let Bray get into his head. Wasn't going to let him manipulate him. "Whatever." He waved the man away.

"So, you don't dream about her at night?" Once again Dean stopped dead, his jaw clench and the air in his lungs turned cold. "You don't dream about what it would be like to kiss her? To taste those lips? To feel her skin against your own?" Dean's body started to shake as he heard Bray practically read his mind. The secret that he had been keeping to himself for the last couple of weeks was flowing over the man's lips, like it was nothing.

"You don't push away that foolish human need and want to the back of your head. Like it was never there. That attraction you feel from your very core." Bray's voice felt like it was ringing in his ear though he knew that the man hadn't moved. "See Dean, I know you."

Defiant to the last drop, Dean shook his head.

"Just admit it." He laughed.

"You. Know. Nothing."

"Keep lying to yourself." Bray taunted. "It's easier that way, trust me." That was the last thing he was going to do. "I will let you know, Dean; I don't blame you. That little lamb is something special."

"Shut up!" Dean huffed as he felt himself breaking down.

"She reminds me of my Abigail."

"Shut your fucking mouth!"

"Soft and sweet on the outside…" Bray voice dropped low. "But. But on the inside, there is a fire! A dark deep fire…."

"I said shut the fuck up!" Dean whipped around, but Bray was somehow nowhere to be found. Running his eyes around the hallway. His head was pounding and his lungs felt like they were on fire as he tried to catch his breath. Where the fuck did he go?

"Fuck!" He couldn't believe that Bray did it again. He got under his skin and in his head. How in the world could Bray know what he hadn't even told Roman and Seth? How did Bray know about this stupid little infatuation that he was going through? How? How? How?

"Dean, there you are man."

"What!' Dean barked at whoever was coming up the hallway.

"Hey man, you need to chill."

When Dean's vision finally focused on the two figures making their way towards him with their hands up in the air, he let out a huge sigh, it was only Roman and Seth. "Sorry." He mumbled under his breath as he shifted back and forth on his feet, trying to work out the energy that had built up.

"What's got you all worked up?" Roman asked.

"Stephanie decided that it was a great idea to have Bray show up to her and Angel's little talk."

Both men looked dumbfounded as they walked up to him. "That's messed up."

"You're telling me."

"Did he try to pull anything?"

"Nah." Dean gritted his teeth, as much as he hated to lie to his brothers-in-arms he wasn't about to tell him that Bray got to him again. Or how he managed doing it. Nope that was never going to happen.

A.A.A

Making her way down the hallway, Angel let out a sigh. The before show meeting went like it always did, long and full of information that they already knew. Though during the meeting Stephanie had asked that the Shield do a promo for tonight that talked about what happened at the end of their match last night, and why Dean ended up disappearing…. without telling the fans what really happened.

Which didn't bother her. She would rather the whole world not know that she was tied up and thrown into a closet with a lamb mask on her head. But she knew right away that the boys weren't going to be happy about it.

"Angel?"

She stopped and turned towards where her name was called from. Her eyes widened when she saw the men that she was looking for, leaning against some of the moving crates. "Hey." She smiled as she made her way over. "What's up?"

"Locker room was crowded." Seth sighed as he leaned his head back against the wall. "How was the meeting?"

"You know, same old same." She stopped in front of them. "We're supposed to do about promo about what happened last night."

"Figured." Roman nodded his head.

"Only thing is we're not allowed to say the real reason why Dean didn't come back." She said as she played with her hair.

"Wait what!?" Dean sat up and looked at her with a frown on his face. "I should have fucking known that they would do this." Here it was, the reaction that she was dreading. "They're covering up what Bray did."

"So, they want us to come up with a lie?"

"Fuck that!" Dean shook his head. "I doubt they scan the prerecord promo's before they play them, we should just fuck them over."

"Well actually." She chimed in. "I'm ok with not telling the world that I was basically kidnapped. It's kind of…." She glanced down at the floor, feeling her cheeks warm up.

"I got you Babygirl" Roman nodded his head as he pushed himself from the crate that he and Dean were leaning on. "I got you."

"Thank you." She smiled up at the man as he walked over to her with a warm smile.

"Hey, I understand sometimes it's better to keep things under wraps." He told her as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "So, how are we going to explain what happened?" Roman looked up at Seth and Dean.

"We don't." Dean said plainly.

"We don't?" She blinked at the man who was half laying against the crate. "Won't we get in trouble, if we don't come with a reason?"

A groan came from the man as he pushed himself up. "We might, but I think we'll end up in more trouble if we make up some bullshit story." He explained. "What happens if down the road we slip up and the fans find out that we lied to them."

"Yeah but if we say nothing, Stephanie will rip us a new one." Seth argued.

"I'm not saying we say nothing, we just don't give a reason." Dean turned to the man beside him. "We let the fans' minds run wild."

"And how do we do that?" She crossed her arms.

That mischievous smirk appeared on Dean's face. "Leave it to me."

And just like that, the four of them were standing off in a corner somewhere in the arena, readying up for their prerecord promo that Stephanie wanted them to do.

"You ready?" Angel asked as she stood next to the crew member that they dragged over to help film, since Dean wanted her to be part of the promo instead of behind it. So that it was less like the handheld ones that they liked to do and more like the camera just so happened to catch a conversation between the four of them.

"Yeah I think so." Roman sighed as he looked at Dean. "Are you sure about this? You're going to look like an asshole."

"That's fine." Dean nodded his head as he got into position. "I'm used to it."

"Alright man." Seth cracked his knuckles. "Then let's do this."

They set up so that there were two sides, Roman and Seth on one and Dean on the other, before she took her spot in between Seth and Roman.

"Starting in three….two…" The camera man called as the red light appeared on top of the camera.

"So, walk me through this one more time." Seth started the promo. "So I…."

"I've been repeating myself…"

"…where were you last night?"

Dean looked up from the ground. "I've been repeating myself for the last twenty-four hours now, alright. And I'm getting a little sick, quite frankly, of you three ganging up on me…"

"We're not ganging up on you."

Angel had to bite her tongue as Seth and Dean went back and forth. She couldn't stand to see them fight even if it was just acting.

"And I'm getting a little sick of explaining myself." Dean started to yell, his voice echoing in the small hallway. Its fake. It just acting. She had to remind herself over and over. "So, if all of that's not good enough for you three, and if you don't trust me, then whatever."

Taking a deep breath, she felt as Roman reached out and placed a hand on her back. She looked up to see him still staring at Dean pretty hard but judging by the way he was rubbing her back; she knew that he could tell how she was feeling.

"That's not it…"

"Then whatever, I'm out of here." Dean gave his neck a crack, look down at her and walked off screen, stopping a few feet away. From where she stood, she could see him taking deep breathes as if the fake fight really got him worked up.

"I don't know if I believe him." Seth said not ending the promo.

"How can you not believe him?" She asked not being able to stop the words coming from her mouth.

She could tell that Seth was taken back slightly but like the pro that he was, he didn't show it on his face as he shook his head. "I want to, it makes a lot of sense, but so many times now…"

Seth words were drowned out as she caught movement coming from behind the camera man. Her eyes widened as she realized who it was. Seeming to come from the darkness was the Wyatt family. Roman must have saw them too as he used the hand that he was rubbing her back with to push her behind him and towards where Dean was standing.

As she stumbled out of the camera frame, Dean grabbed her arm and pulled her over so that she was standing behind him.

"Please boys." Bray called out to them as he stepped up to Roman. "Don't allow us to interrupt."

"You already did interrupt and that's a big problem." Roman stated as he squared up with Bray. "We can settle this here right now, or you can man up and you can fight me in the ring one on one."

Angel cocked her head. There was already going to be a match between him and Bray why was he taunting him.

"You leave the family behind; I'll leave the hounds behind."

Realization hit her, and her eyes widened. Had Roman really just said that he wasn't going to bring Seth and Dean out to ringside with him? Surly not.

Bray gave a glance over to her, those eyes seeming to pierce her to the bone, before turning back to Roman. "You're an interesting creature. I accept."

"I knew you would." Roman said as he and Seth walked away.

"Let's go."

Dean instantly turned away from the three men and pushed her forward, making sure that she was walking in front of him as Bray just chuckled behind him.

"Uhhhh…that's a wrap." The camera man called as he slowly backed away from the Wyatts.

"What a shame…" Bray called after them. "I won't get to see my favorite little lamb at ringside."

Her body chilled at the words. However, before she could focus on herself, she felt the man behind her tense as they walked. She thought that Dean was going to turn around and go after Bray but much to her surprise, he didn't. He just kept walking right behind her, though she could hear both how hard he was breathing and that he was gritting his teeth with each step.

D.D.D

Dean couldn't stop himself from pacing as he, Seth, and Angel gathered around one of the TVs backstage. Roman had made a deal to keep Seth and him back if Luke Harper and Erick Rowan stayed back as well. He knew that Roman only did that to keep Angel away from the match, but it was killing him. He wanted to be out there, wanted to back up his brother.

"Should we have walked Roman to the top entrance?" Angel asked as she tapped her foot on the floor.

"Don't worry, he's got this." Seth shook his head as he handed her a bottle of water.

Sierra. Hotel. India. Echo. Lima. Delta. Shield.

The Shield's theme blasted over the TV as the camera panned up to show Roman coming out into the crowd. We should be with him. Dean sighed as he watched Roman start down the stairs, while Michael Cole and JBL commenting about how Roman was coming to the ring alone.

He wanted to groan as the show went to a commercial about WrestleMania. He had never hating hearing about WrestleMania more than he did right now. And it seemed like Angel was feeling the same way as she started to tap her foot quicker and purse her lips.

"Can't we just watch the match?" She yelled as the TV went to replays of what happened between John Cena and the Wyatts earlier.

"Easy there." Seth chuckled from his spot next to her before looking up at him. It was strange to see her worked up like this, though after the night she had, he couldn't blame her. She probably wanted to see Bray get the shit beaten out of him as much as they wanted to.

"Roman hasn't moved." Dean heard JBL point out over Cole who just wouldn't shut up.

"That's because he's pissed." He said as if JBL could hear him. "He's pissed and ready to go."

As soon as Bray got into the ring, the bell rang. And Roman slowly made his way up into the middle of the ring. Get him.

Gritting his teeth, Dean tried to tune out JBL and Cole as they 'explained' what happened during the promo that they had filmed. Like they really knew. He wouldn't have been surprised if Stephanie and Hunter left them in the dark as well, so they wouldn't accidentally slip up and tell the truth. Which could very well happen, due to the fact that Cole and JBL weren't the brightest.

When Bray started to circle around Roman, Dean's body went nuts. Every muscle, every nerve triggered. I should be out there. His body twitched and tingled with the need to be part of the match.

Which only got worse when Bray gave Roman a right hook, that Roman answered with one of his own; knocking Bray to the ropes.

"What the?" Angel pointed at the screen as Bray rolled out under the ropes.

"He's up to something." Seth sighed, shaking his head.

Dean had to agree. Bray wasn't known to run away unless he had something up his sleeve. Though after pacing for a bit on the ramp, the ref called Bray back in.

Slowly he made his way back up the stairs and into the ring, and Dean had to give it to Roman. If this was him, he would have instantly gone after the man, but Roman was standing his ground.

Again, Bray started to circle around Roman. Though he only went half way around the ring before charging in and going for a lock up with Roman. Which didn't last long as Roman pushed Bray backwards into the corner. However, Bray was able to quickly get back control of the fight by kicking Roman in the stomach before headbutting him down on the mat.

"Damn it." Dean sighed as Bray grabbed Roman by the hair and hit him with a nice uppercut.

"Come on Roman." Angel pleased as Bray hit him again.

The camera followed Bray over towards the rope and Dean found himself wanting to rip the damn thing out of whoever was filming. He forgot how annoying it was not to be able to see the entire ring. He couldn't see that Roman was getting up until he rammed right into Bray, knocking him to the ground.

While Bray was on the mat, Roman went for a jumping arm drop that looked beautiful before going for a pin that Bray kicked out of at one. As Bray tried to make it to his feet, Roman grabbed him by the head and held him up to give him a nice punch to the stomach, making Bray stumble over to the ropes.

"There you go." Seth nodded his head.

Roman stalked Bray over to the ropes, making Dean smirk as he watched his best friend reached down, grab Bray's head and force him backwards. As if reading his mind, Roman then smashed his hand against the side of Bray's face, knocking him off the apron and onto the floor.

Though the hit wasn't enough to keep Bray down for long. When the man got back into the ring, the match continued with Bray and Roman going back and forth with each other. Bray would get a few good hits in and then Roman would. This continued until Bray got Roman into a head lock.

It then seemed like the match was leaning more into Bray's favor as he dealt hit after hit on Roman. Though as Bray went to give him an Irish Whip across the ring, Dean caught the look his buddy's eyes. And just like that, at the last possible moment, Roman reversed the hit and was right back in on the attack.

Tossing Bray out of the ring, Roman quickly dropped down and slid out, to meet Bray with a wicked clothesline that sent Bray right down to the floor. Out of the corner of his eye Dean could see both Angel and Seth nodding their heads and cheering for Roman.

"Come on Roman!" Angel said as she bounced in her spot.

"He's got this." Seth gave her a little pat on the arm.

Dean was glad that both his teammates were getting into the match. But he suddenly got a bad feeling about what was going on. "Something up." He said making Seth and Angel look up at him.

"What do you mean?"

Dean shook his head as he looked at Seth. "I have a bad feeling that Bray is up to something." He sighed. "I mean when's the last time that you've seen Bray without his goons?"

"Bray agreed to keep them away from the match, as long as we stay away."

"And Bray has always been a man of his word." Dean said sarcastically.

Seth eyes widened slightly as he nodded his head. "I'll head to a side entrance and keep an eye on things."

"You mean, we will."

Dean was almost stunned when Seth shook his head. "You can't. You 'left' remember."

"Shit." He cursed. He had forgotten the promo already and how he said he was leaving…

"Hey, leave it to me." Seth clapped him on the shoulder. "I'll get the job done."

"Fine." With that Seth went racing down the hallway leaving him and Angel standing there in front of the TV.

"Do you really think Bray's going to pull something over on Roman."

Dean raised a brow at her. "Would you put it past him?"

"Definitely not."

A.A.A

Angel sighed as she watched Roman and Bray exchange blows back and forth. Each hit seemed to be harder than the last and yet both men were getting back up for more. JBL and Cole were right as they talked about wondering what it took to keep these men down.

Well that might. Angel gave a little smirk as Roman got himself into a corner. She knew the set-up way to well. Roman was going for his signature Spear. She watched him ready up but just as he did his battle cry….the lights went out and the Wyatt's creepy video played.

"Damn it." Dean cursed as he clenched his hands by his side.

This was it. Dean had said that the Wyatts were going to try something, and here it was. As the lights came back on Luke Harper and Erick Rowan were standing right outside the ring, looking ready to go.

Angel's eyes snapped toward Dean who was glaring at the TV like tomorrow as the camera zoomed into Roman's face. "There Seth!" She pointed as she noticed Seth climbing into the ring.

She watched as Seth landed a Suicide Dive on both men; though as Roman praised him, Bray came up behind him for a roll up pin. Roman kicked out just in time.

After a big right hook, Roman went to hit Bray who was in the corner of the ring but Bray moved out of the way just in time sending Roman smashing into the steel pole.

"Ouch…." Angel hissed as the camera pulled out to show Roman falling out of the ring and Seth being manhandled by Harper and Rowan.

She felt what seemed like a gust of wind fly passed her, making her turn around just in time to see Dean booking it down the hallway towards the gorilla. Nodding her head, she turned back to the TV, cringing as she watched Seth being double teamed. Come one Dean. She prayed that he got there before any real damage was done.

"The problem is that Reigns is out on the other side, it's two on one on Rollins and Dean Ambrose the third member of the Shield is nowhere to be found." Her heart raced as she listened to Cole.

As Harper and Rowan both grabbed Seth the crowd started to cheer and a smile came to her face. Not even seconds later, Dean came rushing into the fey plowing over all three of the men.

As the brawl started between all six men, she turned and started down the hallway to meet up with her boys. Without second thought or hesitation, she pushed passed the crew members that were gathered around in gorilla and made her way through the curtains. Though, as soon as she stepped foot on the stage the ref called for the bell. And that was when she noticed Dean was in the ring and was beating up Bray Wyatt.

Crap. She sighed as she slowly made her way down the ramp. Dean had DQed Roman, which meant another loss for the Shield.

Although Roman and Seth didn't seem to mind as they got into an all-out war with the Wyatts in the ring.

Trying her best to stay out of the way, she made her way around the ring, stepping over the steel steps that were knocked over due to Roman being thrown into them during the match. As soon as she got onto the far side of the ring, Bray Wyatt spilled out onto the floor next to her.

She looked up to see Dean looking at her through the ropes. "Be careful." He called out to her as he went straight after Harper while Roman and Seth took care of Rowan.

After all three of the Wyatt family members were tossed out of the ring, she quickly pulled herself up onto the apron and ducked under the ropes. Instantly she felt the shift in the air around her. The anger, the fury, the pure alpha dominance that spilled from Seth, Roman, and Dean was almost suffocating. Though at the same time she felt safe.

She watched as the boys paced around the ring, with their eyes locked on the Wyatts. It was almost as if three wolves were standing inf front of her. Three alpha wolves that were stalking their pray. They were truly the Hounds of Justice.

Skovko: Yeah but that's the Authority for you. Lol

Lissa003: We'll never know with that one, there's no reasoning with him.

Wolviegurl: I'm glad that you liked the chapter! I'm sure this isn't the last of Dean coming to the rescue!