Well here it is! Chapter 45! The big turn. I hope you like it.
Monday Night Raw: March 17, 2014
Edited: 8/18/19
Chapter Forty Five
"And your winners...the Shield." The words of their victory rang over the arena as the fan cheered loudly. It was almost deafening as the Shield did their first pump in the middle of the ring.
Angel smiled as she stood on the apron, clapping her hands. They did it. They won! She cheered as she tried to look down at their opponents but couldn't see their faces; couldn't tell who they were. Although somehow, she knew that they were out cold.
There was what seemed like a flash of light and she was backstage with the boys, celebrating their win.
"There you go!" Seth yelled as he gave a smack on Roman's vest.
"That's why you don't mess with the Shield." Roman hollered.
She couldn't help but laugh as she turned her attention towards Dean. Though the laugh died as she noticed the look that he was giving her. It was one that she knew right away. She wasn't sure why she knew it; she just did and it made her blush. Even as she turned away from his gaze, she didn't hesitate to nod her head.
A chuckle come from the man as they walked down the hallway. When they got to the locker room, Roman and Seth made their way in already taking off their gear, while her and Dean didn't.
Shoulder to shoulder, they continued their way down hallway until Dean reached out and pulled her into a small darkened area.
As her back hit the wall, it seemed to melt into a bed in a room that she didn't quite recognize though she didn't care. The only thing she care about was the man over top of her, leaving trails of butterfly kisses down her neck.
"Dean." She giggled as his hair trickled over her skin. "Dean."
"Huh?" He mumbled against her skin.
"Come on, we have to get up early tomorrow." She tried to push against his shoulders. "Dean." She whined.
Letting out a sigh, he stopped and rolled over so that he was lying next to her in the bed. "Fine." He turned so that he was facing her. She saw that there was a small smirk on his face. As she stared at the smirk, the room they were in grew darker and darker until she couldn't tell if her eyes were open anymore…
Beep. Beep. Beep.
Letting out a yawn, Angel reached her arm out and smacked the alarm clock that sat on the end table next to the bed. After the blaring noise stopped, she gave her arms little stretch and rolled over to the far side of the bed. Though when she opened her eyes, instead of seeing the man that she remembered falling asleep with, she saw the empty cold side of the oversized hotel bed. Disappointment washed over her, followed by confusion as she realized that it was all a dream.
"You ok over there?"
Instantly her face grew warm as she turned towards Renee who was getting ready for the day. Great, now on top of the confusion and disappointment was a layer of embarrassment that she knew wasn't going to go away any time soon.
"Yeah." She answered as she sat up against the headboard. "Just a weird dream."
That was an understatement.
"About Dean?"
Her eyes widened as the man's name came from Renee. How on Earth did she always know everything? "Um. I. Um. Well."
"You said his name in your sleep." Renee snickered.
"I did?"
Renee nodded. "Yep, very sweet like." The woman dropped her voice down to a lullabyish tone.
Letting out a groan, Angel quickly buried herself under the covers and hid her face with her pillow.
"So, it was one of those dreams." Renee laughed loudly.
"No!" Angel blurted through the pillow. "Oh, God no."
She heard as Renee tried to stifle her laughter as the edge of the bed moved and slanted down. "Well if it once like that, then what was so 'weird' about it?"
Slowly, she pulled the pillow down a bit so that she could see Renee sitting on the edge of the bed. "It really wasn't the dream itself that was weird." She tried to gather her words. "The last thing I can remember from the dream is that we ended up sleeping in the same bed… Then when I woke up… I was kind of upset to find out that it was just a dream."
"So?"
"So?" She sighed. "I've only known the man for about two months and yet I was perfectly comfortable with the thought of Dean sleeping in the same bed as me. In fact, I was upset when he wasn't."
"That just means you like him."
"I..I'm not denying that." She cleared her throat. "But isn't it weird that I feel that comfortable with a man that I only met two months ago?"
"Angel." Renee laughed. "You've been spending almost every day and night with him for the last two months. That's more than some people who have been together for years see each other."
Angel let out another groan as she threw her hands up over her head; smashing the pillow against the headboard. "I know. I just never been in a relationship that happened this fast."
"You've had two boyfriends. One in high school and one in college. I wouldn't say you're exactly an expert on the whole dating thing." Renee sighed. "Every relationship is different and as long as you're comfortable, then who cares about how long it's been."
"And if you're worried about not 'really' knowing him then there are ways to fix that." She pointed out. "One, ask him on date, like a normal couple."
Angel almost choked as she gave a fake laugh. "Yeah right, can you see Dean Ambrose on a date? He'll laugh in my face."
"No. No, he won't." Renee stood up and put her hands on her hips. "I've known Dean for a while now and I've never seen him look at someone the same way he looks at you. If you ask, I'm sure he'll go." Her heart gave a flutter at Renee's words. "Or you know, he's been an indie wrestler since he was like seventeen, so I'm sure his life is on the internet. You could always look up what you wanna know." Renee said as she walked across the room and into the bathroom.
As the bathroom door closed, Angel grabbed the pillow again and smashed into her face. Some part of her wanted to take the easy way out and just look up everything that she wanted to know up on the internet, she was sure the information was out there; but she wanted to get to know him in a genuine way. Which either meant that she was going to be stuck in this weird limbo state of a relationship for a while, or she was going to have to suck it up and do as Renee said and ask him on a date.
She was knocked from her thoughts as her phone suddenly went off next to her.
Giving a hard shake of her head, she rolled over and picked the thing up to see that she had gotten a text from Roman tell her which gym they were heading to. Giving the man a quick answer and she let out a huge sigh; before rolling back onto her back and locking her eyes onto the ceiling.
"Me on a date with Dean…." Her brain couldn't process the thought.
D.D.D.
"So, what are we going to do about Kane?" Dean asked between swigs of water.
Seth looked up from untying his sneakers. "Well, I believe that Kane is going to have us punish Lawler, for helping with 'Yes Movement,'" He answered as he kicked off his shoes. "Because you know, the Director of Operations can't get his hands dirty."
"Wait?" Angel's head suddenly peeked up from her laptop. "What do you mean, Kane's having you punish Jerry for helping with the Yes Movement?"
"The Authority thinks that Jerry was the one that helped Daniel pull of the Occupy Raw movement last week." Seth sighed. "You know since he lives in Memphis. They think he was the reason the police didn't show."
"Yeah, because Lawler has any pull with the police." Roman snorted.
"Well it doesn't matter if he does or not." Seth pointed out. "Kane's sending us out there to take care of him."
She blinked rapidly. "And are we?"
"Yeah." Seth smirked as her eyes went widened. "Just maybe not quite the way that Kane hopes."
"Unless our manager has something to say against it?" Dean said as he turned completely towards her. There was a moment where she paused, and her hand fluttered over the top of her computer.
He could see as her chest rose with a hefty breath. "What do you have in mind?" She asked as she slammed the laptop shut.
"I say that we make Kane believe that were going to do what he wants, go out to the ring and intimidate Jerry a bit, then we turn our attack on Kane." As Seth spoke, the oh to familiar smile of the 'Architect' appeared on his face. "We show Kane that the Shield is not owned by the Authority and that we do what we want."
"Jerry won't be hurt?" Angel's small voice perked up.
"Not by our hands, I can't say what Kane will do." Seth told her.
There was a slight moment of hesitation before she agreed. "What do you need me to do?"
A weird since of pride came to Dean as he looked at his brothers who were both chuckling. "We just need you to act like the plan is to take out Jerry, right down until the moment we turn on Kane. Think you can do that?"
"I'll try." She gave a small smile as she pulled out her phone. "Shit!" She yelled, practically jumping from her spot on the floor. A small blush appeared on her face as she glanced up from the phone. "I'm going to be late for my meeting." She cleared her throat.
"Well." Dean said as he stood up. "We can't have that. Let's get our manager to her meeting."
…
After arriving at the AT&T center and getting Angel to her meeting; the three of them walked back to the locker room to stash their things and get ready for the show.
"You think this is going to work?" Roman asked in a hushed voice that even he almost didn't hear. "I mean he might be waiting for something like this."
"If he apologized to Angel and practically begged her for our help, I don't think he's worried." Seth pointed out. "He thinks that we're still on his side. Though I do wonder if Angel's going to be able to keep a straight face at the meeting." He chuckled.
A smile came to Dean's face as he thought about Angel sitting the meeting room right in front of the Authority, trying her hardest to not give any indication that they were going to betray them in mere hours. He could practically invasion her sitting in one of the chairs, holding her notebook as close to herself as possible trying to use it to hide, as she bit her lip and refused to make eye contact.
God why did she have to be so cute. He internally groaned as he quickly dug into his bag trying to find his black jeans that fit him looser then the pair he was wearing now.
After getting dressed he quickly made his way out of the locker room to find quiet space away from all the hustle and bustle.
When he finally found a spot, he took a deep breath and placed the United States title on one of the travel cases before giving his neck a crack and dropping down to start his warmups. A mix of pushups, sit ups, and crunches that always got his body warmed up and got his heart rate going.
As he went to do another set of pushups, a hand landing on his shoulder. Glancing back, he saw Seth and Roman standing behind him all dressed and ready to go.
"Warmed up?" Roman asked.
"For now." He jumped to his feet and turned towards his brothers-in-arms. "Is Angel out of her meeting?"
"Not that we know." Roman sighed. "Haven't seen her."
Nodding his head, he snatched his title off the travel crate and strapped it on. And it was a good thing he did, out of the corner of his eye he noticed Kane making his way towards them looking less than happy as a camera crew followed behind him.
"Wow, wow, wow." Seth nodded towards Kane.
All three of them stood at attention as Kane pursued his lips together.
"Things go out of hand Friday night and we both made some… regrettable decisions. Decisions that could have detrimental long-term consequences…"
Was Kane trying to threaten them? That wasn't going to go very well.
"Yeah…. Of course" Dean gave a smirk as he tried to sound like he was playing nice. "For you." He dropped his voice down as both Roman and Seth snickered behind him.
Kane nodded his head. "This is no time for pettiness, Dean."
Pettiness? If anyone was being petty it was the guy threatening them into doing what he wanted.
"The Authority has given us a mission and I need a united Shield by my side." Kane stated. "You see if I can't count on you, that means the Authority can't count on you… and if the Authority can't count of you then you cease being an asset and you become a liability. So, I'm only going to ask this once… can I count on you?"
Dean looked back at Seth and Roman, who both looked as amused as he was by the whole idea of Kane trying to play tough. They could lay the man out right here, right now.
"Yeah, we're united." Seth stated as Roman stepped forward into Kane's face.
"Believe that."
Dean had to stop the smirk that was trying to work its way up onto his face as he watched Kane to see his reaction.
"I believe you'll do what's right when asked. Or you'll find out just how replaceable you are."
A.A.A.
Angel let out a yawn as she walked out of the meeting room. The show had already started, and she wasn't even dressed in her gear which was bad, seeing that Kane could call out the Shield at any time to his dirty work.
Holding her bag close to her, she booked it down to the locker room, weaseling her way through the busy and crowded hallway. When she finally made it to the locker room, much to her surprise the boys were nowhere to be found. Which just meant she was going to have to go find them. That just meant yet another thing for her to do. Sighing, she made her way over to her things and pulled out Dean's old vest.
Her eyes ran over the thing. Never in her life did she think that she would ever be wearing Dean's vest for shows, nor did she think that the higher ups would commission the costuming team to make her something.
Though she was excited that she was going to have her own gear that wasn't just a shirt that she puled off the rack at Walmart or JCPenney's, she was really nervous to see what the design team was going to come up with.
She just hoped it fit the Shield's theme.
Trying to block the fear of whatever the costuming team was making for her, she quickly got dressed in the stall of the male's locker room due to not having time to go down to the locker room.
Once she was satisfied with how much she was able to get the oversized vest to cover, she walked out of the stall and stopped in front of the mirror.
"This is going to have to do."
Making her way out of the locker room, she tried to figure out where to start looking for her boys.
After deciding that catering was the best place to start looking. She started down the hallway, keeping her eyes open for dark corners and staircases since the boys liked to hang out in them.
With no signs of the boys she walked right into catering and her eyes landed straight on the three men she was looking for: Seth, Roman, and Dean were all sitting a table a little out of the way, all dressed up and ready to go. Which she was thankful for.
"Hey guys." She smiled at them as she plopped down in one of the open seats at the table.
"Well that answers that." Seth said munching on a carrot stick.
"That answers what?" She cocked her head.
"We were wondering if that meeting was ever going to end." Roman smiled at her.
"You and me both." She nodded her head. "Vickie Guerrero just kept droning on and on about getting ready for WrestleMania."
All the boy's eyes widened. "Shit, that is coming up isn't it." Seth scratched his beard.
"Just a few weeks."
"Time flies." Roman mumbled.
Seth agreed. "Alright then, after we take care of our big demon sized problem, we'll focus on WrestleMania."
Now it was her turn to go wide eyed. She just remembered that it was her job to make sure the boys had things to do for WrestleMania. Who were they going to pick as an opponent? Was someone going to come after them? Was someone going to try to come for the United States Championship? Should Seth and Roman go after some titles, maybe get the Tag Team belts again?
"I got to piss." Seth suddenly stood up, knocking her from her thoughts.
"Hey, I'll head back with you." Roman stated getting up as well. "I wanna give Galina a call." Quickly both men walked away from the table, making sure to take their trash with them as they went. Leaving just her and Dean sitting there by themselves.
You got this. She cleared her throat as she started to play with a small wad of what looked like Dean's tape, that was sitting on the table. "Are you ready for this?"
"Yeah, are you?" He asked. "I mean are you really ok with our plan? Defying the Authority?"
"If you're ok with it them I am." She nodded. "I trust you guys and I stand behind you hundred and ten percent…. Well hundred and nine." She was happy when Dean let out a small chuckle. "Though are you ready for the repercussions that are going to come from this."
He nodded his head as he popped the last couple of chips in his mouth. "The Shield can handle anything that they throw at us."
"I'm sure you can." She giggled.
Though as soon as she stopped, a strange silence filled the area between them. She could hear her heartbeat echoing inside of herself and she wondered if Dean could hear it too.
Ask him on a date. Angel heard Renee yell in her head. Her eyes drifted from the wad of tape that she was playing with to the man sitting across the way. Dean had pulled out a new roll of tape out of somewhere and was reapplying it.
She opened her mouth to ask, but her voice got caught in her throat and those beetterflies came racing back in full force to the point that they were more bees than butterflies. Do it! She yelled at herself. All she had to so was open her mouth and mutter the words 'hey wanna go on a date?' Why was that so hard?
"Hey…"
"Dean!" She was cut off by Roman's voice as the man made his way back through the room. "Someone wants to talk to you." Dean glanced up from wrapping his hand and raised an eyebrow at Roman until he held out his phone for him.
"Ah." He smiled as he took the phone. "Hey JoJo."
She watched as Dean's demeanor changed as he talked to Roman's daughter. It was like she could watch the hardness in his eyes drain.
"JoJo loves talking to her Uncle Deano." Roman smirked as he leaned on the back of the chair next to her. She could see the proud dad radiating from Roman's face.
"Oh?" She looked back at Dean to see a goofy little smile on his face. "It looks like he likes talking to JoJo, as well."
"Did you lose that tooth? You did!" Dean said sounded overly excited. "I told you it would come out. You didn't force it did you? No, I haven't lost a tooth in a long time."
Angel couldn't help but smile at the man as he went on and on about JoJo's lost tooth. God, it was strange to see the rough and tough 'Lunatic Fringe' like this, but for some reason it fit him to a T.
"We need the Shield!" Angel's eyes widened as she heard someone calling for them.
"We'll be right there!" She answered as she quickly stood from her seat. As she gathered all of the trashed that was still on the table, she locked eyes with Dean and almost instantly the normal hard look of the fighter was back.
"Hey, JoJo I'm going to give you back to your dad. We're needed for the show." He stood up. "Yeah, I'll come visit soon. I promise. Bye now." He quickly handed the phone to Roman before helping her clean up. By the time they were done, Roman finished saying his goodbyes and was waiting for them near the entrance of catering.
"Ready for this, man?" He clapped Dean on the shoulder.
"Oh, hell yeah, I've been ready for this for a while."
…
Angel felt like she was in a tunnel as she stood outside of the arena's doors. She couldn't seem to focus on one thing for longer than a few seconds before something else caught her attention.
However, she couldn't seem to register anything that was going on. All she knew was that Dean, Roman, and Seth were lined up, not saying a word to each other.
Taking a deep breath, she tired her hardest to get out of her head, but that was easier said then done. After their theme music hit, there was no going back. They were about to defy the Authority's wishes in a big way. And she knew that their careers were about to change. For better or worse.
Sierra. Hotel. India. Echo. Lima. Delta. Shield.
The music started, and she froze. It was like it turned off her brain. She didn't even notice Seth and Dean walking past her.
"Babygirl?" Roman startled her as he put a hand on her shoulder. "You alright?"
"Uh huh." She said absentmindedly.
"It's time to go."
"Yeah." She nodded as she took one out of Dean's books and gave herself a couple of good claps to the cheeks before walking through the doors to the arena.
The screaming of the fans seemed to wake her slightly. Taking a deep breath and double timed it down the stairs, she did her best to ignore the fans and focus on the on the two men that were heading towards the ring in front of her.
It wasn't until she reached the bottom of the stairs that she caught up with Seth and Dean. When she got to the bottom, Dean had already turned around to find her.
"Breath." He told her as he helped her over the barricade.
Nodding, she quickly jumped down off the barricade and moved out of the way so both him and Roman could make their way over as well. Standing so she was almost against the apron of the ring, she watched as Dean and Seth circled around the announcers' table, both of them getting right into Jerry Lawler's face.
When their music finally came to an end, Dean leaned into Jerry and pointed from him to the ring. "Are you going to get into the ring? Or are we going to have to make you?" She heard him ask Jerry.
When Jerry just sat there and looked up at him dumbfounded, Dean's eyes snapped up towards Seth as he gave his shoulder a roll. As a unit, Seth pulled his chair back while Dean screamed in the poor man's face. "Get into the ring!"
Just an act. Just an act. She told herself over and over as the crowd cheered for Jerry as he slowly took his headset off and placed it down on the table. Even though it was an act that didn't mean that Dean and Seth were going to go easy on the man. In fact, it seemed like they were being rougher than normal just to keep up the act.
"Here's what's going to happen, you're going to get into that ring, you're going to listen to Kane."
As Dean yelled, she just kept reminding herself that this wasn't real, that they weren't going to hurt Jerry; however, the longer she watched the scene play out the more she didn't believe herself.
When for the second time tonight a heavy hand on her shoulder made her jump, she looked over at Roman. He didn't say anything, just winked and gave her a little squeeze. And for some reason it made her feel better. That was until Jerry passed her with Dean following one step behind, growling in the man's ear.
The intimidating wave that rushed off of him was enough to make even her step back. This is just an act, right? She questioned as she wonders where all this anger was coming from. Were they channeling the anger for Kane into this?
She watched carefully as all the boys lead Jerry up into the ring, only looking away to give a glance over to JBL and Michael Cole, who looked absolutely confused and freaked out at the same time. Which she couldn't blame them.
Looking back at what was going on in the ring, she noticed the United States title sitting on the floor in front. With slow deliberate steps she scooped up the title and made her way around the ring just in time to see the boys cornering Jerry.
"Now we've known each other..." Kane started. "We've known each other for a long time Jerry. And we both know that you're not exactly in fighting shape. So, I'm not going to enjoy what I have to do…" A sick look came to Kane's face. "Well maybe a little."
Biting her lips, she looked towards the boys to see that they were just standing their staring Jerry down, not making a signal move.
"But I guess I should ask you, if you have anything to say for yourself?"
"Jerry…." Seth spoke, which took her back. He must have grabbed a mic from the announcers table when she wasn't paying attention. "I see that look in your eyes, but I've got a good feeling that Daniel Bryan is not coming to save you." The crowd went deafening with the 'yes chant.'
"Because the Shield always does what's best for business…" Seth dropped the mic at Jerry's feet as he stepped back into formation with Roman and Dean.
There was a moment that she knew the entire world thought that they were about to watch a legend get the Shield beat down, but then with an eerily slow pace, the three men dressed in all black turned towards Kane.
Once the attention was off of him, Angel called for Jerry to get out of the ring. "Jerry, come one!" She waved hoping to get him out of harms way before anything started.
Not needing another hint, Jerry jumped down from the ring and met her on the side lines. "What…?"
"Just go back to your seat." She told him as she glanced back up at the bigger issue.
"What are you doing?" Kane asked shaking his head. "What are you doing?" The confusion turned into anger and Kane stepped forward. "You listen to me! You're about to become a liability! You don't know enough about this business to do what you're doing. Do you understand me? Huh?" As he spoke Dean and Seth slowly started to move around him; circling him like the pray that he was.
"Angel! What are you doing?" She was shocked when Kane turned towards her. "Your job is to make them do as I say…."
Not listening to the last of Kane's yells, she glanced at the three members of the Shield to see they were all looking at her. Just like Seth had done on Friday, waiting for her order.
Locking her eyes on Kane's she clenched onto the US title that was draped over her arms. "Sic him."
And like that the Shield attacked and her heart seemed to stop. She stood there in awe as they triple teamed Kane knocking him into the corner. The beatdown went from one side of the ring to the other and even though Kane did manage to get a few good hits in, the Shield decimated him.
Using all his might, Kane pushed all three boys away and got out of the corner. She gasped as he was able to hit Roman with a huge right hand that knocked the man down before setting in on Seth. Grabbing him for a chokeslam.
Quickly looking around, Angel tried to find anything to help Seth, when she noticed Dean was getting up to his feet. "Dean!" She called making the man's head snap up.
"No, you don't!" He took off, racing across the ring. He plowed himself right into Kane's arm, knocking Seth free. As soon as he was able to get stable, Seth dropped Kane with a drop kick before Roman hit him with a spear.
The boys cheered and gathered around Kane. Here is comes. She placed the US title on the steel steps and quickly made her way up into the ring, as the boys set up for the Triple Powerbomb.
"What's best for business!" Dean screamed in the man's face as he and Seth grabbed Kane by the arms.
Roman's battle cry rang out and quickly Seth and Dean lifted Kane up onto the Samoan's shoulders.
As all three men adjusted their hold on Kane, Angel quickly grabbed hold of the ropes. Which she was happy she did because when they sent Kane smashing onto the mat, she bounced up off the mat.
Eyes locked on Kane, she realized what this meant. Realized what was going to happen next. Though she had no time to worry.
As Seth and Dean stomped around the ring, celebrating what they just did, Dean made his way over to her and placed a hand on top of her head, ruffing up her hair a bit.
She looked up at him and couldn't help to smile as she felt the emotions pouring from the man. He didn't say anything, just gave her a wink before taking off to finish his lap around the ring.
"You wanna try and tell us what to do?" Dean yelled as the Shield's music started up loud and proud as all three men once against gathered around Kane who laid flat in the middle of the ring.
Taking a deep breath, Angel tried to clear her head of all the anxieties and threw herself into the moment. She pushed herself from the ropes and quickly joined the boys as they lined up for their fist bump. She stood off to the side to allow the boys to have their moment. She cheered; clapped ad jumped around.
She smiled as Roman and Seth put their fists together but when it was Dean's turn, instead of adding his hand to the mix; he turned towards her.
Her eyes widened as he quickly stepped over to her, scooped her up onto his shoulder. She gasped as she grabbed on his arm for support as the man rapidly moved around to throw his fist into the pile. When she finally got herself setting on top of the six-foot four man's shoulder, she looked down at the three men and let out a small laugh. Although as they stood there for the crowd and camera's her eyes fell to Kane. No turning back.
Skovko: Yes the famous Shield face turn! I hope you liked it!
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