Chapter Fifty Eight. I hope you enjoy this chapter! Thanks for all the lovely comments, favorites and follows it means everything to me and even after all this time and after all these chapters we're still going strong.
Monday Night Raw: April 7, 2014 / Main Event: April 8, 2014
Edited: 11/15/19
Chapter Fifty Eight
"What the hell is he doing here?" Dean asked as they walked into Stephanie McMahon's makeshift office. Across the room talking to Stephanie, was the 'Devil's Favorite Demon', Kane himself.
"I'm a member of The Authority, what are you doing here, lover boy." Kane returned Dean's glare.
Angel looked up at Dean to see him running his tongue around on the inside of his mouth as his body tensed. Though before he could say or do anything. Stephanie to step in-between the two of them. "I invited all of you." She sighed as she pushed them away from each other.
Angel heard as Dean cursed under his breath as he brought his hands up and grabbed the collar of his tactical hoodie, and she found herself praying that this didn't break down into a fight right here.
"I don't care what happened between you at WrestleMania." She said gesturing between them and Kane. "And I don't care what happened to your brother at WrestleMania." She said turning towards Kane. "Ok because what really matters, what's really important, is that Triple H becomes the fourteenth time WWE Heavy Weight Champion, tonight. And all of you, are going to make sure that it happens."
Angel let out a sigh. So, she wants us to cheat for the boss. She should have known, that this was going to be about Hunter's feud with Daniel and the fact that he had challenged him to a match later tonight, but for some reason she didn't think that Stephanie was going to come out and tell them do anything possible to make sure Hunter won. At least not with the camera's on. Angel glanced over to see the little red light on the camera that was being maned by a one-man crew.
"That all sounds great, but I…" Seth said with a small smile on his face. "I really feel like Kane, you're missing some buddies over there." All three of the boys let out a chuckle. "Where are the New Age Outlaws, pal?"
"Come on man." Dean shook head. "Come on, we already know. As long as we're around I don't think we'll ever see them again." He looked right into Kane's eyes as he spoke.
"And I'll see to that personally." Roman added.
Angel sighed as she saw the anger boiling up in Kane's face. "You four don't realized that you're on thin ice, do you?"
"Kane." Stephanie sighed.
"Cause, Triple H see you for what you are, nameless, faceless, expendable pawns!" Kane's voice grew louder with each word.
Though it wasn't Kane what she was worried about, Angel glanced up to the man beside her and sighed as she watched his jaw tick from him clenching his jaw closed so hard.
"You think you can just go around and beat up Triple H's friends?" Kane asked. "He thought that you learned your lesson…"
"Kane." Stephanie tried to quiet the man again.
"In fact, when I had you decimated on Smackdown a couple of weeks ago, he was the one who told me do so."
As Stephanie screamed for Kane to shut up, Angel felt a drop-in temperature in the room. And rightfully so. Kane had just told them that Triple H was the one that had them attacked on Smackdown during Dean and Seth's match against 3MB, RybAxel, and The Real Americans. Triple H, their own boss had betrayed them. Had thought to 'teach them a lesson' with a brutal beatdown.
"Listen." Stephanie quickly whipped around towards them. "There is an injustice here…" Big time. But it wasn't the one that Stephanie was talking about. "And nobody understands that better than the three of you." She pointed at the boys. "That's what you stand for. The 'yes movement', Daniel Bryan, it's disrespectful. It is an injustice in itself that he is the WWE Heavy Weight Champion."
As Stephanie talked, Angel couldn't help but notice as the man beside her started to twitch, started to sway. She knew that Dean was no longer listening to Stephanie, in fact none of the Shield was.
"You know that, you want it. You all know what it means to be champion. So, tonight you are all going to be on the same page, because what Triple H, the boss, what he wants, he gets." She turned and looked back at Kane. "Do I make myself clear?"
"Absolutely." The man said in a hushed voice before walking away.
Slowly Stephanie turned back towards them, and she ran her eyes over each and every one of them. "Do I make myself clear."
"Crystal." Roman answered.
D.D.D
"Son of a…" Seth said as he smacked on of the large orange cones that were sitting backstage. "I can't fucking believe it."
"Believe it." Dean gritted through his teeth. He was seething. Kane had just let it slip out that Triple H was the one that ordered their attack, not Kane. He knew it, he fucking knew it. There was no way that the New Age Outlaws were going to side with Kane without their buddy Triple H giving them the nudge to do so. But until now there wasn't anything that pointed directly to Hunter Hearst Helmsley. But now…
"Well what are we going to do about it?" Seth asked as he paced.
"I'll tell you what we're not going to do." Angel spoke up from where she was sitting on one of the road cases. "We're not going to just let him get away with it." She shook her head. "You guys already took care of the ones who were part of the attack, now it's time to take out the one who planned it."
"Are you sure about that, Babygirl?" Roman asked carefully.
"I said it before, no one gets away with hurting my boys. No one." Dean raised a brow as he looked down at the girl. There was a serious, dark look on her face. One that fit in quite well with theirs, one that had him swaying on his feet.
"You heard the lady!" He shouted. "Time to go hunting."
Seth and Roman nodded their heads as he gritted his teeth and pounded his fist together. Let's get it on. He rolled his shoulders as they started towards the public entrance. Fans cheered and clapped for them, but none of them not even Angel paid them any attention. They had a job to do.
"Shield is in place." A crew member called through his radio. "Get ready to play the Shield's theme…."
"Don't you dare play that music." Everyone stopped as Angel's head whipped around towards the man.
The crew member blinked as he looked down at her. "What? Hunter said that he wanted the Shield to come down…"
"I don't care what Hunter wants." She barked at him. "We'll tell you when to play our music."
Even though the was slightly taken back, Dean leaned over Angel's shoulder and gave a dark glare at the crew member. "You heard the girl." He watched as the man started to panic.
"Um…I…" The man started to fidget around. With a heavy sigh the man grabbed his radio and brought to his lip. "Scratch that, Shield isn't ready." The man said as with his eyes locked on them as if to make sure they knew he did what he was told to.
As he heard someone complain over the radio, Dean turned toward Angel. "Where did this new attitude come from?" He nipped at her ear, making her shudder. "I like it."
"Maybe it's rubbing off from you." She said as she crossed her arms and stared down the crew member.
"You best do what she asks." He turned back to the crew member. "Trust me you don't want to know what happens when you make her mad." The man almost looked confused as his eyes ran from him, to Angel and back. Make her mad and you'll have to deal with me.
"What's the plan?" Roman spoke up.
Seth pulled back from the open-doorway and sighed. "Kane, Randy, and Batista just laid Daniel out."
"That was probably supposed to be your job." Angel sighed.
It's time to play the game. Time to play the game!
Triple H's theme ran through the arena loud and clear, and anger poured through Dean like a waterfall. The man that had set them up, the man who has ordered the attack against them, the man who betrayed them was coming down the ramp right now. And his body was itching to get ahold of him.
Glancing up at his brothers, he knew that they felt the same. Angel was right, no one got away with betraying them. No one. Not even the boss.
"Play our music." Dean ordered as he unclipped his mask from his belt loop and put it on. The other followed suit as they lined up at the door.
As soon as their music hit and the four of them made their way down the steps, not giving a care in the world about the upset and confused looks that they were getting from The Authority. The whole way down the ramp, Dean just glared at Triple H and his hands started to clench and unclench on their own accord as he imagined what he was going to do to the man.
Without a word to each other, they lined up in front of the announcers' table, with Angel standing just behind them. And across the ring, Dean could see Randy, Batista, and Kane slowly getting up onto the apron.
"No, no." Hunter tried to calm them down. "Come guys just calm down."
The crowd chanted "Hounds of Justice," over and over, adding to that already tense air. They knew what was coming, everything one did. Even the man who was still trying to stop it knew.
Out of the corner of his eyes, Dean saw Roman reach up to take off his mask. Following the man's actions, he reached up and took his own, taking his hood off at the same time.
"Angel, tell the boys to settle down!" Hunter yelled.
Dean glanced over his shoulders to see Angel cross her arms over her chest. Even though she was still wearing her mask, he could see the hard look that she was giving Hunter. "Boys."
Without hesitation they quickly moved to step up on the apron, and Hunter suddenly looked really uncomfortable about being in the middle of them and Kane, Randy, and Batista. "This is not going to happen. No!" He told them before he walked over to the far side of the ring. "This is not going to happen, we are not doing this."
Someone walking around the backside of the ring brought his attention over to see Angel was making her way towards the side where Daniel Bryan way laying, still down and out from the attack.
However, his wasn't the only one who's attention was grabbed by her. He watched as Hunters head turned towards her. "Get away from him!" He ordered.
Oh no, keep your eyes on us. Dean snarled as he quickly made the move for them to get into the ring.
Instantly Hunter's eyes snapped back towards them. "Stand down." He said getting right into their faces. "You understand me. Stand down."
Stand down? Dean cocked his head. Did he really thing that they were going to listen to him, surly his wife told him that Kane let the cat out of the bag. Standing down, wasn't what they were here to do.
"No!" Hunter yelled again as he turned towards his group of goonies. "Guys, hey!" Dean couldn't help but smirk as Hunter tired his hardest to rein everyone in.
"I don't trust them." Kane said stepping forwards. "You shouldn't trust them."
Don't trust us? Dean raised a brow as his eyes ran over the group of Neanderthals that stood in front of him. None of them were trustworthy, all of them had betrayed their friends, family, and bosses. And they were the ones not to trust.
"Back up! You got to back up!"
"I don't trust them!"
"This is not happening, I am telling you we are not breaking this down into a war!"
A.A.A.
War apparently the boys trigger word, because when Hunter turned back around, Roman speared him hard. Which gave Seth and Dean the ok to start their attacks. Dean went after Batista and Seth after Randy, while Kane tried to take revenge for his boss by going after Roman.
Chaos filled the ring as Seth and Dean knocked both Batista and Randy out onto the floor on one side.
She could see as Dean's eyes lit up as he turned towards Seth. "Let's do it!" Dean called as both of them took off cross the ring, bounced off the ropes, and Suicide Dived right onto the two men on the outside.
"Angel." Daniel Bryan called quietly to her. "Help me get to the corner."
"Yeah, sure." She nodded as she slowly helped the bearded man as she watched Roman deliver a Superman Punch onto Kane.
"Thanks, I'm good from here." Daniel told her as they reached the corner. He slowly used both sets of ropes to help him sit up, while the Shield fathered around Hunter who was still holding his stomach and rolling around. They were setting up for the Triple Powerbomb.
The crowd when nuts with 'yes' chants.
"Guys, think about this." Hunter said in a very low voice. "I'm your boss." He told them. "Think about what you are doing." Hunter turned around only to run right into a high knee from Daniel Bryan who had pushed himself out of the corner with all his might.
Though before anyone could react, Kane and Randy grabbed onto Hunter and pulled him from the ring.
"Look at the cowards you are!" Seth yelled as the Shield gathered at the ropes and looked down at the men who they had just decimated.
Realizing that the fight was over, Angel jumped into the ring and made her way quickly over the Daniel who was laying in the middle of the ring, holding himself up with one arm. "Are you ok?" She asked as he looked up at her.
"Yeah, thanks." She saw a small smile through his beard. Using her as a crutch Daniel got to his feet and made his way over to the corner of the ring facing the ramp. Only once he was within reach of the ropes did Angel let the man go and made her way over to her team.
Staring down at the men who stood at the end of the ramp, the they put their fists together all while Daniel started another 'yes chant' while his music played.
"You just started a war, you cannot win!" Hunter screamed at them.
Angel let out snicker as she walked up in front of the boys. "We started the war? You started it back in March!"
"The moment you gave your order to teach us a lesson." She heard Dean walked up behind her. "That's when this war started."
"Yeah!" You wanted this war! You got it!" Seth climbed up onto the ropes to her left and Roman moved up to her right.
"Keep walking!" Roman yelled as Hunter, Batista, Randy, Kane and Stephanie all walked backwards up the ramp and to the stage. "Cowards!"
As she felt two hands grip her shoulders, she looked back to see Dean who was still mumbling some choice words under his breath as he rocked back and forth. Her eyes then traveled to Seth who was bouncing on the ropes before going to Roman who was just glaring at the people retreating. The boys were fired up that was for sure. Though they weren't the only ones, she looked to her right to see Daniel carefully making his way down the steel steps and over to the crowd, where he gave them high fives, hugs, and took pictures.
Another war was starting and in this one they seemed to have an ally.
"I have all four members of the Shield here!" Renee came running up into the ring holding a mic. "Guys, I have to get right to the point here with you. Why did you come down to the ring tonight?"
Dean stepped up to her. "You should be asking a different question and you should be asking that question to a different person! You should be asking it to Triple H!" Dean yelled into the mic. "You should walk up to Triple H, with that little walk like you just did and you should say 'Triple H, do you believe in the Shield?'" Dean ripped himself away from the woman and started to pace the ring behind Roman and Seth who were still carrying on the interview.
"Hey." Angel stepped into his path and put out her hands to try and stop him. Dean walked up to her so that he pressed his chest right against her palms. Their eyes met and he gave her a wink before starting back on his path around the back side of the ring.
"You know what, after that spear that my man gave him…" Seth pointed at Roman. "I think he believes in the Shield!" Seth said as the crowd went while again.
It was Roman's turn. "I know, he believes in the Shield!" Roman yelled into the mic that he ripped out of Renee's hands.
"Angel?" Renee called her.
Stepped up to the woman. "What's up Renee?"
"Any comments to follow up them." She nodded back to the men clowning around behind her.
"Nope!" She smiled. "Just that I guess a new war has started."
"You coming?" Dean shouted over the roar of the fans.
She guessed that the interview is over. "Thanks Renee." She patted the woman's shoulder as she walked over to where the boys were standing. When she got there, Dean handed her, her mask.
"Ready to head out?" She asked him.
"Yeah." He nodded as he slid out of the ring before turning around to help her down. "After tonight, I could really use another shower." He winked.
Trying to hide the blush on her face, she followed the boy up the ramp. It felt really strange not to go up through the crowd, but she guessed that they wanted to get out of the arena fast as they could and going through the public area would just slow them down. Which she didn't mind, after the last couple of days she was all for getting back to the hotel quickly for some well-earned rest.
"Hello boys." Angel froze in her spot as a familiar airy voice hit her, though before she could even turn towards the owner the voice, she was grabbed and pushed behind three black covered backs.
"What do you want, Wyatt?" Dean snapped.
Through the small gaps between the men in front of her she watched as Bray stepped up towards them, laughing. "Oh, I just wanted to say that I'm looking forwards to our match tomorrow." Those eerie eyes shot through her barricade of men and landed right on her.
Dean stepped to the side, closing the gap. "Yeah? Well, we are too." His breathing grew ragged. "We're looking forward to beating your faces in, again."
Bray laughed even louder, making it echo off the stone walls. And for some reason not seeing where that laugh was coming from, made it even creepier. It was like his voice surrendered her. "See you tomorrow." Bray's voice dropped. "Oh, and Dean, give Angel a kiss goodnight for me."
She felt Dean tense in front of her as if he was going to attack, but both Roman and Seth stopped him. "Stop, he's just trying to get into your head." Seth warned him. "He's just playing mind games."
…
Angel let out a sigh as she leaned back against the back seat of the car and let her eyes close. After the adrenaline wash away, all her energy drained and their little meeting with Bray didn't help.
"Hey," Dean spoke up. "So, I've been thinking. I don't think that Angel should come out with us tomorrow."
"What?" Her head shot forward, and she looked at the back of Dean's seat, just barely seeing the top of his messy brown hair from over the top of the headrest.
"Dude, if it's because of what just happened…" Seth sighed. "He's trying to get into your head."
"Yeah." Dean nodded his head. "And we know what happened last time." She let out a sigh as she thought back to the Elimination Chamber. "Bray, has shown us time and time again that he's not afraid to use her against us."
"Maybe he's right." Roman sighed from beside her.
"Wait!" Angel shook her head. "Don't I get a say in this?"
A resounding sigh filled the car. "You know you do." Roman said putting his arm around her. "But you have to consider what will happen if Bray tries to use you against us, just like last time"
"Last time, Bray grabbed me before I even was near the ring." She reminded them. "And don't think that I didn't noticed that you haven't let me go last in the lineup since."
"Angel." Dean sighed. "It's not safe for you to go out there with the Wyatts around."
"It probably wasn't safe for me to go out there tonight, but I did." She said. "I mean come on at least the Wyatts didn't hurt me, but you know who has, Randy." She exhaled. "Dean, I'm not going to just sit backstage and do nothing. Aren't I part of this team?"
Silence filled the car. She knew that Seth and Roman were waiting to see what Dean said. She didn't want to fight with the man, but she didn't want to stand backstage like a coward, watching the fight on a TV screen. She wanted to be with her team, cheering them on.
"Fine." Dean finally said as he gritted his teeth. "But you have to follow WrestleMania rules, you stay in our corner and make sure you're always near one of us."
"Deal!"
D.D.D
Dean grunted as he gave his neck a crack, they had just arrived at the Cajundome and he hadn't been able to do a proper workout today to get his muscles loose, in fact he only had enough time for a few pushups and a couple stretches before they had been whisked away to the public entrance.
"Are you going to be ok there." Seth chuckled a little a bit as he put on his mask. "You seem a little stiff."
"A few good hits and I'll be alright." He answered the man as he dumped of the water from his bottle over his head before putting on his mask that was dangling around his neck.
Shaking out his arms, he looked over at Angel who was leaning against the wall next to Roman. She was ready to go, mask on and everything as she stared down at her feet.
She must have felt him looking at her, because she looked up and cocked her head at him. "What?"
"Nothing."
Their music hit.
Here we go. Dean gave his neck another crack as they walked over to the open doors. Seth was the first one in and normally he would follow but this time as an add precaution, he pulled Angel in front of him and gave her a little push. Much to her credit, the girl didn't even look back at him as she started down the stairs after Seth.
He knew that he said Angel could come out with them for the match, but there was some part of him that was already regretting that choice. His eyes were locked on her as she used the chair that was waiting for them to get up and over the barricade.
Following her, he reached out and grabbed her arm making her look at him. "Remember…"
"Stay in the Shield's corner and make sure to stay with one of you at all times." She finished for him. "I know." Even though he couldn't see her mouth, he knew she was smiling at him judging by the way her eyes lit up and her cheeks squished.
"You ready for this?" He asked her as he pulled his mask off.
"Are you?" She did the same.
The lights when out.
"Here they come, man." He heard Seth call out.
"Cajundome, we're here." Bray called on the titantron before the lights cut out again and their them music started.
Reacting without thinking, Dean keep his eyes on the stage where he saw small light from the lantern come from as he walked Angel over to their starting corner. He felt her hand on his shoulder and she walked in step just behind him.
When the lights came back on, he realized that his brothers had gotten in front of him sometime during the lights out, though he didn't care about that. What he did care about were the three raving hillbillies who were making their way around ring to the far corner.
"Have we done this before!" Bray called as he walked. "Have we been here before, Shield." He yelled turning towards them.
"Will you shut up!" Dean growled as he stepped towards Bray, though the ref held him back.
"Get on the steps." Dean called over his shoulder to Angel as the Wyatts started to climb up onto the apron and in the ring. He wanted to turn to see if she was listing to him, but he didn't want to turn away from Wyatt. He knew that as long as he was watching Bray couldn't get to her.
"Get into your corners so we can start." The ref called.
"Did you give Angel that kiss like I asked?" Bray asked in a low voice.
"Motherfuc…"
"He's trying to get into your head." Seth told him. "Don't let him do that."
Fuck, not letting him get into his head. They were way passed that. He needed to get his hands-on Bray and punch him until that beard of his was matted in his own blood. "Let me go first." Dean told his brothers.
Much to his surprise, Roman nodded his head. "Fine, don't lose your cool."
Nodding his head, he turned to see that both Luke Harper and Bray were getting out of the ring, leaving just him and Erick Rowan. "Well it's you and me, big guy." He said as he walked up to the man that was still wearing that damn sheep mask. "Are you going to fight like that?" He asked getting closer. "Can you even see out of the mask?" No answer. Not like he expected one. He didn't know the last time he really heard Rowan speak.
"You know, I don't like being ignored, why don't you take the mask off and look me in the eyes like a man." Again, Rowan didn't even move a muscle. "Alright…" Dean said as he slapped him hard cross the face, making the mask go flying. "Come to think about it, I liked you better with the mask on."
Rowan let out a huge roar like scream as he reached forward and grabbed Dean by the neck. Tossing into the corner. Dean quickly moved of the way as he saw the ginger bearded man running at him. Was it something I said?
When Rowan turned around, he started in on the man trying not to give him a moment to catch his breath. Though as if the man didn't even need to breath, he reached out grabbed his head again and tossed back once more.
Keeping his momentum going, Dean rolled through the toss and got right back on his feet, just in time to duck under a swing that was coming right at him. Eyeing up the corner, while Rowan was stumbling from the miss, he hopped up onto the second rope. Rowan turned around and Dean pushed himself off the ropes, spinning his body at last moment so that the back of his elbow and forearm smashed right into Rowan's face.
As he landed on the mat, he felt his body finally relax slight, the stiffness from the three-hour car ride that they had this morning was finally washing from.
Casting a glance over to the Shield's corner, where Rowan had ended up, he let out a sigh. Quick tags. He reminded himself of the Shield's winning strategies. Keep the opponent in the corner and make quick tags.
Walking over the corner, her grabbed Rowan by the head, tucked it under his arm and held his hand out to Seth who was ready to go. Walking Rowan out a few steps, he turned around and waited for Seth to take his place on the other side of the man.
"Ready?" Dean called through the green jumpsuit wearing man.
"Yep."
As a unit he and Seth lifted Rowan off his feet and suplexed him down onto the mat. Quickly trying not to get counted out, Dean rolled over and made his way out of the ring.
"Well, I'm surprised." Roman said as he took Seth's spot on the apron.
"What?" Dean asked as he adjusted his belt and watched Rowan kick out of the cover.
"You're tagging out already."
"We always do quick tags?"
"Yeah but you looked pretty worked up, thought you would want to kick some more ass than that."
Dean shrugged his shoulders and cringed as Seth was thrown in the corner. Rowan came charging in, but Seth was able to jump up at the last second, making the big guy run right into his boots. A few chops and punches later and Seth had backed Rowan back into their corner. Though the man wasn't ready to tag out Seth
Seth went to go for an Irish Whip, but it was countered, and Seth was sent across the ring. However, as Seth bounced off the ropes and ran back towards Rowan, the man jumped up and twisted his body around Rowan so that he was almost on his back, only to wrap his arms around Rowan's neck
"What the…" Dean heard Angel call from behind him.
"I have no idea." He answered as he watched Seth use his leg to apply more pressure to Rowan's neck. As strange as the hold was, it was effective. Soon Seth had Rowan down on the mat, with the ref asking him if he gave up.
"What are you doing!" Bray called from across the ring. "Get up!"
Like the order was all he needed, Rowan slowly made his way up to his feet, though Seth didn't let go. No, he just tried to pull him back to the ground.
When the yelling from the leader of the Wyatt's stopped, Dean's eyes ran over to see that Bray was no whispering something to Luke Harper.
"Man, be on your toes." He said to Roman who nodded his head as they watched Seth and Rowan drop one more. The impact of hitting the mat, forced Seth to let go of Rowan and just as Dean suspected, Bray made the move to duck into the ring.
Giving a quickly smack to Roman's chest, he ducked into the ring and quickly stood in front of Seth who rolled back and stood up. "Good try." Dean smirked at Bray who just laughed.
"I told you, Dean." The smile just grew larger. "I told you."
He didn't even have to think about what Bray was talking about, he knew. He knew that Bray was talking about him and Angel, and how he somehow knew that Dean liked her, even before he knew himself.
"Keep talking." Dean warned. "I'm going to knock your teeth down your throat."
…
Dean gritted his teeth together and smacked his hands on the ropes as he watched Rowan grind Seth's head into the mat with his foot. The urge to jump in and punch the man was way too strong, in fact the only thing that stopped him from doing just that was the fact that the ref pulled Rowan off.
Though Dean could tell that the damage had already been done. Seth looked completely dazed and confused as he crawled his way towards their corner. Rowan easily caught him and hit him with a back suplex that had the man screaming out with pain. Rowan covered.
"Shit."
"He's got this."
Seth kicked out.
"Tag out!" Bray ordered, not seeming to like that Rowan couldn't pin Seth, so now it was Harper's turn. Harper came in with a huge swing to Seth's stomach before, dragging him over to the corner. The man Irish Whipped Seth across the ring before hitting him with a huge elbow that knocked Seth right down onto the mat.
A weird, creepy noise came from Harper as he stood over Seth. Come on, Seth. Dean sighed as he bit the edge of the tape on his hands, trying to stop himself from losing control. Though after what happened yesterday on Raw, control wasn't something that he had very much of.
Seth flipped out of a move, grabbed Rowan and threw him into the turnbuckles. Finally, Seth had some time to make a tag and both he and Roman knew it. "Seth!" Roman called as Seth crawled around looking slightly out of it.
"Seth!" Dean started to clap his hands to draw Seth in. He knew just how hard it was to find the corner when your head was spinning. "Come on, man!"
Clarity came into Seth's eyes as he turned and looked right at Roman who was holding his hand out wide for the tag. Giving a small yell, Seth launched himself at Roman, landing a tag right before rolling out of the ring.
Holding onto the ropes, Dean leaned down to check on his brother; only to make eye contact with Angel who was scrambling her way over to the man. "You alright." She asked him.
"My head is a little fuzzy, but yeah I'm ok." Seth answered as big hit sounded form the ring.
Dean turned quickly to see Roman standing tall over Harper. "That's my boy!" He yelled as Roman pumped himself up. Harper stumbled his way over to into the corner and Roman charged after him, smashing the man back into the turnbuckles.
For a split-second Dean caught Roman looking at him and he knew that Roman was setting up a double team. Grabbing Harpers arm, Roman indeed reached over for a tag which Dean made happily.
Only being able to figure out what Roman had planned in a split second, he set up to for a RKO. As Roman threw Harper backwards, Dean jumped and landed the move. Not wasting a second he went for the cover but Harper kicked out.
Letting out a frustrated yell, he got to his feet quickly, his eyes ran around the ring for something to take his frustration out on and they landed on Rowan who was the only one of the Wyatt's on the apron. Quickly he ran over and elbowed the man in the face, knocking him to the floor.
Now to finish this. Dean turned around and walked back for Harper only to suddenly knocked off his feet so hard that he flipped onto his stomach.
What the hell just hit me? He questioned as his head was sent spinning. Was it a boot, or a forearm, or many it was Harpers ugly face; he didn't know. All he knew was it hurt like hell. As he felt himself being turned over, he recognized the pin that was coming and kicked out, but that only sent his head reeling even more. The momentum of his kick out sent him flopping over the bottom rope.
"Put him in the corner!"
Put who in the corner? Me? Him? I have stars spinning around my head you have to be more specific. Dean groaned as he got ripped from the ropes. Though before he even had a change to get his feet under him, he felt his body being tossed backwards, his head smashing into what he knew was a turnbuckle.
Using the ropes, he pulled himself up onto his feet and have his head a shake to clear his vision only to see a speeding Bray Wyatt making his way towards him. Not able to register that he needed to move in time, Bray hit him full force and threw him out of the corner.
"Dean." Bray yelled at him. "Come on. Get up! Get up!" The madman slapped him over and over until Dean picked his head up. Looking up he saw two people in the corner, though he couldn't tell who it was; so he reached out towards them only to realize that it was the wrong corner.
Bray grabbed his arm before tagging in Rowan. "Finish him." Bray ordered as Dean felt his body being picked up.
Pain rippled through his stomach as Rowan hit him with a huge kick, that sent him stumbling only to be caught by his hair. Not having the strength to get away, Rowan picked him up, spun him around and hit him with a body slam to the ground.
A.A.A.
Angel gasped as she heard Dean cry out in pain as Rowan dug his knuckles into Dean's temples. She looked up at the big screens above the ring as it showed a close up of his face and all she could see was anger and pain.
"Come on, Ambrose!" Seth yelled as he bounced up and down on the ropes.
"You got this!" Roman walked halfway down the apron as he clapped.
"Dean!" She joined in as she fought with herself to stay in the one spot like she told Dean she would. Right as she was about to step away from the steel steps, Dean worked his way to his feet. And then Rowan yelled in pain?
Giving another glance up at the titiantron, she realized that Dean was biting Rowan's hand. And though she had to shake her head at him, she felt relief hit her as Dean broke free form Rowan's grasp and took off towards the ropes. Though when he tried to hit Rowan with a clothesline, the man ducked down and scooped Dean up, spun him around and slammed him down on the mat, again.
Rowan covered and Dean basically just crawled his way out from under the man, before flopping right down to the mat like he couldn't hold himself up.
"He needs out!" She cried.
"Don't worry, Babygirl. He's got this." Roman tried to reassure her. But as Harper who had tagged in hit Dean with an uppercut that sent him into the ropes, she didn't believe him. Yes, Dean was tough. Real tough. But how much could one man take?
She watched with bated breaths as Harper and Rowan picked Dean apart. The crowd cheered as Dean finally was able to get back into the fight, however it didn't last long. Rowan caught Dean and tossed him towards the ropes.
Angel gasped as she watched Dean flip over the top rope, but just as she thought his body was going to go smashing into the floor, he caught himself.
Taking a deep breath, she watched as he pulled himself back up and over the ropes, only to be hit in the head by Rowan and knocked right to the floor. Covering her mouth, she ran toward the front of the ring, where she saw Dean lying face down on the floor not moving.
"Oh god."
"Get me in!" Bray yelled at Rowan, who almost instantly tagged in his leader. All three members of the Wyatts were suddenly around Dean, staring down at him.
"Leave him alone!" She cried out as Bray picked him off the floor.
"Look Deanie, your love is worried about you." Bray said as he forced Dean to look up at her. Those blue eyes landed on her, but they looked more like they were looking through her then at her.
"Leave him…" She went to yell at Bray again, but an evil smirk came to the man's face as he spun Dean around and smashed him into the barricade in front of the timekeeper's area.
"Angel!" Seth called for her. "Angel, get over here."
Her eyes flickered from Dean laying on the ground to Bray who was staring at her. "You want him?" Bray asked her, pointing down at Dean "Come and get him." He held out his arms. Her body tensed to move but Harper and Rowan moved to stand between Bray and her.
"A-Angel." Dean's voice rasped out so low. "Get back to the corner!" He yelled at her as he slowly got to his hands and knees.
Bray laughed as he finally turned away from her, only to grab Dean by the head and toss him back into the ring. Dean tried to crawl across the ring only to fall back on his back. Bray grabbed onto Dean's foot and dragged him back into their corner and tagged in Harper.
"Come on." She felt an arm drape around her shoulders. She looked up to see Seth standing there. "He's strong." He told her as he led her back to their corner.
I know that! She yelled in her head. She knew that Dean was strong and that he had a high pain tolerance, but she couldn't help but feel like they were doing all this to Dean for a reason. That Bray had this planned all along, that Dean is the one he wants to punish.
Angel watched as Harper put him into a headlock, which Dean didn't seem too happy about. At first it was just a few swings of his legs, then his arms then he started to trash about wildly, hitting himself more than Harper. That was until he got to his feet. Dean reach behind him, grabbed Harpers head and then dropped to his butt, smashing Harper's chin into his head.
"Yes!" She cried out and smacking the apron as she watched Dean go after Harper, but the celebration didn't last as Dean went for a kick only for Harper to grab his foot. With what looked like all the man's might, Harper threw Dean's foot down so hard that it threw Dean off his other leg and sent him smashing into the mat so hard that he bounced back up and fell on his back.
Yet somehow Dean still managed to kick out of the cover.
Now it was Bray's turn to manhandle Dean and with each new kick, she could see that Roman and Seth were starting to waver. Which only got worse when Rowan was tagged in.
How much more could Dean take? She asked as Rowan scooped Dean up into his arms. Pain hit Dean's face faster than she had ever seen, as Rowan grinded and squeezed Dean's ribs.
Tears started to well in her eyes as Dean tried to fight out of Rowan's hold, the pain that was plastered on his face was hurting her. Then to make matters worse, Rowan picked Dean up like he was going for a body slam.
Only at last second, Dean was able to flip around so that he was on the man's back, with his legs wrapped around Rowan's stomach and his arms around his head and neck. A sleeper hold.
"Yes!" She cheered as the entire crowd joined her.
"Dean pull him back!" Seth cried as both Roman and him reached as far out as they could.
Just when Angel thought she could breathe, Rowan let himself fall backwards, smashing Dean under his body forcing him to let go. A pin, a kick out, a tag. Some more hits, another tag….
God, she was going to have a heart attack because of this match, every time she thought that Dean was done, he showed that he had a bit more fight in him only to be knocked back down. These constant up and down of emotions couldn't be good for her.
Bray had caught Dean who was trying to do an arm drop off the ropes and threw him down against the mat. This time when the cover came, there wasn't any fight left in Dean's face.
"He's not going to be able…" Seth didn't finish what he was saying before he ran in and broke the tag. Though before she could register that the match had been indeed saved by Seth, he was blasted out of the ring and onto the floor by Rowan.
"No, you don't" Roman said running in to kick Rowan out of the ring, only to dump both of them over the top rope. However Roman was able to keep himself from falling to the floor, that was until Harper came in, kicking the man off the apron and into the announcers' table.
D.D.D
Some huge commotion was going on around him, but he couldn't tell what it was. The fans were screaming, and he could hear a lot of movement, but that was all. It wasn't until the entire world flipped upside down and someone let out a yell that he even realized that he was still in the ring and now looking up at the lights.
"Pass this along to the little lamb." Bray whispered into his ear before he kissed him on the forehead. Sister Abigail.
Bray tense to pull him up and over his back to finish the move but before he could, Dean let himself fall back, catching his arms around Bray's legs dragging the man down with him into a roll up pin.
Please! He prayed for the end of the match, though when he was kicked across the ring, he knew he didn't get his wish. Frustration and anger filled him to the brim as he ignored all the pain that ripped through his body and pushed himself up to his feet, just in time to kick Bray in the gut, grab him and land a DDT.
Though as soon as his back hit the mat, all the pain came rushing right back to him. Need out, now!
"Come on, Ambrose!" Seth's voice ran over the cheering, yelling and pounding that echoed through the arena.
"Dean!" He heard Angel call for him as well.
Trying to focus only on the what he thought looked like a hand stretched out to him, he crawled his way over to the corner of the ring. Groaning in pain, he reached up and smacked what he hoped what Seth's hand before rolling out onto the floor.
Almost immediately he was met with soft touches to the arm and face. "Dean."
"Hey there." He groaned. His ribs were killing him. "How long was I in for?"
"I don't know, but it felt like forever."
Tell me about it. He sighed as he tried to keep his attention on what was going on in the ring. But where was Roman? He looked around but couldn't find the big lug, which mean that when Harper grabbed Seth for a powerbomb, he was the one what was going to have to stop it.
Somehow pushing himself through the pain, he raced into the ring and right into Harper. Swinging and kicking at anything he could until Harper rolled out of the ring. "Oh, no." He shook his head. He wasn't getting away that easy.
Hyping himself up, Dean went to go bounce off the ropes to gain some momentum for the Suicide Dive he had planned, only to run right into a tattooed forearm.
Trying to catch his breath from the hit, Dean rolled himself right out of the ring. "I've got you." Angel's voice hit him as she forced him to drape and arm over her shoulders.
"What the hell are you doing over here?" He gritted through the pain.
"You said to stay with someone at all times." She said guiding him toward the back of the ring. "How and I'm supposed to do that if there's no one in the corner."
Dean's eyes widened as he glanced up to see that Seth was lying flat on the apron and that Roman was making his way from behind the announcers' table. When did he get there?
When they finally got to their corner, Angel tried to make him sit down on the steps, but he gave a shake of his head and turned back towards the ring.
"Dean you're hurt…"
"Yep." He said still pulling himself up onto the apron.
As soon as he was up on his feet, Seth and him locked eyes and as if acting on instinct, Dean put out his hand and Seth tagged. One last go. He told his body as he jumped into the ring and hit Rowan, who he guessed what the legal man, with a drop kick.
Turning around on his knees to keep his eyes on the man, he saw Seth as Seth landed a huge knee to the back of Rowan's head from the ropes. Knowing not to let up on Rowan, he rushed in, grabbed the man around the head and hit him frontwards DDT.
Rolling the big ginger man over onto his back, he covered.
And the next thing he realized the bell had rung and they had won.
A.A.A
Angel's eyes widened as she ran into the ring. They had won! They had won! She didn't know how, but they had done it. Running over, she saw Roman hugging Dean's head while Dean hugged the man's legs. Though when Roman pulled back, Dean didn't let go. It was like he was using Roman to even stay up on his knees, which she realized what a hundred percent what he was doing when he did finally let go only to fall to his hands and knees.
"Your title." The ref said handing Dean the United States title, which Dean took in his hands and pushed himself to his feet, only to fall over instantly.
"Dean!" She rushed over to him to check if he was ok.
"Huh?" Dean asked as he pushed himself back up again, grabbing the ropes.
"Are you ok?" She asked truly concerned never had she seen this man so spent, he couldn't even stand up.
"I might have a broken rib." He said rubbing his hand against his stomach. "Nah, it's just out of place." He said like that made everything better.
"Can I get an interview?" Renee said asked making her way to the middle of the ring. "Sorry." She mouthed as her eyes shot down to Dean. Something told Angel that Renee had to at least temp to get this interview.
Sighing, she didn't want her friend to get in trouble, but Dean needed to see a medic. "Do it." Dean rasped as he pushed himself up once more. "I'm alright."
Knowing just how stubborn Dean was, Angel let out a huge sigh, turned towards Renee and nodded her head. She then quickly went to help Dean the best she could as he hobbled his way to the middle of the ring to gather around Renee.
"Guys, and incredible victory tonight, against the Wyatt family." Renee started the interview
"That's what I'm talking about right there!" Seth yelled into the mic. How the man had any more energy she had no idea. "Defeating the Wyatt family, man that feels good because it was a long time coming but it's proof that no one can stop a Shield united!"
Much to Angel's surprise Dean reached out for Renee's mic. "I got some…." Dean coughed. "I got something…" Another cough as he bent over.
"Are you alright?" Everyone asked as his face turned green and he looked as if he was going to be sick.
"You guys do the promo, I gotta…" He bent completely over and hacked.
Angel bent down to look at his face, his eyes were clenched shut, his mouth was open with his tongue handing out. The man looked at if he was three seconds away from throwing up. "Dean, if you that hurt; then let's get you to the backstage so the medics can look at you."
"No…" He shook his head very slowly. "Finish the interview." Angel sighed as she rubbed the man's back and looked up at Renee.
"Look, I have to take you guys back to Monday Night Raw. The entire WWE Universe is talking about this…"
Angel felt Dean's body tense under her hand as he let out a small grunt that turned quickly into a yell of pain as he stood up holding his side. "Mother…" Dean stumbled over to the ropes, where Seth stopped him.
"…you turned on Triple H and came to the aid of Daniel Bryan." The crowd cheered at the mention of Daniel's name.
"You sure you're alright?" Seth asked. Dean nodded his head. "Just say the word man and we'll head out."
"What did she say?" Dean asked as he turned away from the ropes.
"That we helped Daniel Bryan." Seth answered him.
Dean shook his head again and moved towards Renee, bending towards the mic. "The Shield does the what Shield wan…what the Sh….that rib really hurts. Because the Wyatts are one of our toughest tests that we ever had to face, but any te…any test we get we face it head on alright." Dean rambled through his pain. "And the Authority found that out because the A-Authority tried to test us…And they found out what happens when you test the Shield!"
Seth gave an awkward chuckle as he pushed Dean back to the ropes. Where she quickly met him. "Dean…"
"Angel."
"Let's get you some help, Roman and Seth can handle the interview."
Once again, Dean shook his head. "I've been worse."
"That may be true, but that is then and this is now." She sighed as Seth walked about how The Authority called them faceless and nameless.
"Don't worry, I just got to work the rib back into place and I'll be good to go." Dean grunted as he started to pace around the ring.
"…we are not anonymous; do you understand that?" Seth's voice caught her attention. The crowd went nuts as Renee made her way up to Roman. "Tell them, big man." Seth gave Roman a pat on the arm.
"Renee, do I look like I'm faceless baby?" Roman asked and Angel couldn't help but roll her eyes and the coy smile that Renee gave him as she shook her head. "Cajundome, do I have a name?"
"Yes!" The entire crowd answered him.
"What's my name?"
"Roman Reigns." The fan's started to chant.
"Fucking flirt." Angel heard Dean grumble as he stopped his pacing and leaned up against her. "Look at him." He gestured towards his best friend. "He has the crowd eating out the pump of his hands." That he did.
"Triple H, my name is Roman Reigns and I'm the guy that speared you on Monday night and I'm standing right here." Roman handed the mic back to Renee.
"I mean is there any fear of retribution? I mean Roman you speared the COO of the company." Renee took control of the interview again.
"Look," Seth stepped back up. "We know exactly what we did on Monday night and we understand that there will be consequence. Let me tell you something, we are prepared for war! From the moment that we've stepped foot in WWE our cause has been to fight injustice and there is no greater injustice in the WWE then the Authority." She could hear Seth trying to control himself with labored breathing. "Triple H fired the first shot, he put out a hit on us. We are going to fire the final shot; we are going to own this war..."
Renee gave a chuckle as Seth put his arms up and mad his way over to where Roman and Dean were paling around in the corner. "Angel." She called to get her attention. "As their manager you must have some concern…"
Angel shook her head. "It's just as Seth said, we know that The Authority is going to throw something back at us, but we are ready for it…" I hope. "The boys are marching into battle and I'm marching in right behind them. You can believe that."
Seth reached between the two of them and grabbed the mic from Renee. "And you. Can. Believe. In. The. Shield!"
Remislady: I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter! The shower scene was so hard for me to write because I want it to be hot and steamy but at the same time I wanted to show their relationship getting closer.
Skovko: Lol, I thought about that when I was writing the scene. I went 'wow, they are using up a lot of water'.
ClariLpz: Angel's going to stay a manager, but I'm not going to say that she'll never get some ring time. :P
Labinnacslove: I'm glad you liked their shower! And yeah meeting AJ can't be the fun.
Silentmayhem: I'm so glad you liked the shower scene. I had fun writing the meeting with Vince, I would picture the lawyer sitting there under their glares, sweating to make sure that he didn't do something to make them mad. And about the call from home, I'll say this...Soon
Katara Melody Cullen: I'm so happy that you liked it! Thanks for letting me know!
BrookeWorm3: I'm glad that you like the one off chapter, people asked to see the moment between Dean and Angel when Angel work up after their night of bliss and I thought you know what I should write it. I'm also glad that you liked the update, wonder if we'll see anymore of AJ Lee?
Canadice: Don't have a panic attack! I'm not going to stop writing for a while. I got years to even catch up to what's going on right now. I mean like we're in 2014 and it's 2019 we got five years to write and who knows Dean might be back by then.
Cxtscxtscxts: I hope I wrote your name down right. Lol. Thank you for the review! I'm so happy to hear that you're enjoying the story. It's my guilty little pleasure in my life, and it's nice to to see people really like the story.
MissMoxy: Captain cutie? Huh maybe some day. He is really cute with her but i mean have you seen him with his real wife...AWWWWW so cute! lol. I'm dreading the split up too. I mean I watch each episode like five times to make sure I got all the important parts and I'm going to be out of tears when I'm done writing that chapter...