The following morning before Raw, Dean, Roman, and Seth had hit the gym and worked out for a good few hours. Sarah sat on the floor of the gym with some of her toys to keep herself occupied.
After the workout, they went to a nearby diner for some food before going to the arena. Dean still couldn't help himself but keep his guard up around his sister. Sarah had been looking at the kid's menu she was given, Dean was smoothing her hair back making a mental note to fix it once at the arena.
He had been so far in his thoughts he hadn't heard either of his friends until Seth had pinched his arm. "Ow, what the hel-" The dirty blonde stopped remembering his sister was beside him. "What was that for?" He sent a small glare at his friend.
"Ease up man, you're uptight. What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong"
"Dude you look like you're bodyguarding Sarah" Roman pointed out.
"I am, nothing wrong with it" He ran a hand over her head in a soothing manner.
"You've gotta be by far the most overprotective brother we know" The other two chuckled.
"You got that right, can't let anything happen to my baby"
The two men chuckled at their friend, after the group ate and paid they headed to the arena to start getting ready for the show. Sarah would look and see all the other superstars and divas, her brother almost always kept her close for safety reasons. Dean wasn't gonna let anyone on the roster hurt or use his kid sister against him.
"De, everyone is so big and tall," Sarah tells her brother softly.
"That's probably because you're short," He teased a bit. "Come on, I gotta fix your hair"
He had sat her in a chair and started to fix her frizzy hair. He reached into her bag and pulled out a pink brush and brushed her hair out, smoothing it back out then started to braid it and tied it with her ponytail.
"All done sweetheart" He kissed her head.
"Dean, can I come out and help you tonight? Please" She looked at him with her puppy dog eyes and pouty lip.
"I'm sorry sweetheart, you can't. It'll be too dangerous and you're too little to be out there. I don't want you to get hurt"
She nodded and pecked his cheek with a smile. Dean smiled and held her close for a minute then let her go and started to grab his gear from his bag, as his back was turned Sarah was bored and slipped out of the room to explore around. If it was one trait Sarah took after her brother, it was being mischievous.
The young girl started to walk around the arena looking at all the different posters on the wall, passing by all the superstars and divas. She started skipping around bored trying to find her way back to her brother's locker room but eventually got lost.
Running through the hallways was Dean, he was in full panic mode. When he finished getting his gear out he turned back and saw his sister wasn't in the locker room he ran like a bat outta hell of the room looking for her. He texted his friends that his sister was gone and to look for her.
He remembered how she would sneak off and explore when he first took her on the road. He was afraid if Ryback, Heyman, got to her they may not hesitate in using her against him. That thought alone fueled him, someone hurting his baby sister to get at him. The last time someone tried that he broke their hand and damn near broke the person's fingers.
He stopped for a moment to catch his breath and saw his friends. "Tell me you guys found her or know where she is"
"Sorry man, no luck yet," Roman told him.
"We're still looking," Seth added.
The dirty blonde leaned back against the wall trying to calm himself, Roman put a gentle hand on his shoulder. "We'll find her. She couldn't have gotten but so far"
"I hope you're right, Rome"
Sarah had continued her way around still trying to find her brother or surrogate uncles but she had zero luck. She hadn't known the superstars just yet, she didn't know which ones to trust. Something had then come to her mind, she had remembered Jimmy and Jey.
The young girl had gone to find them but not knowing where to go she just walked around trying to find them. As she walked she crashed into a pair of legs the person turned to see the young girl thankfully it had been Jey she bumped into.
"Sarah? Kiddo, what are you doing out here by yourself? Where's your brother?" Jey asked, bending down to her level.
"I went exploring and tried to find him but I got lost" She sniffed a bit, as if she was holding back tears.
"Let's get you back to him"
The Samoan man took her hand and started to make his way to find Dean, it hadn't taken long to find The Shield's locker room. Dean was back hoping his sister was back but she wasn't, this was killing him. Jey knocked on the door and the dirty blonde shot up, opening it to see Jey.
"Lose something Uce?" Jey asked.
He revealed Sarah, Dean dropped to his knees and pulled his sister into his arms hoisting her up with ease. He had looked at Jey with a thankful look.
"Thanks, man, I owe you," He told his friend's cousin.
"Not a problem, if you need us to watch her later we got her" Jey replied.
"Thanks, man"
He nodded and left to get ready for the show. Dean just held his sister for a couple more seconds before setting her on the couch and then taking a seat next to her.
"Sweetheart, where did you go? I was looking all over for you" He tried to keep his voice calm.
"I got bored and went exploring, when I tried to find you I got lost" She gave a soft explanation.
"Sarah you know you're not supposed to go anywhere without me, Seth, or Roman"
"I'm sorry De"
"Next time you wanna walk around I'll take you. But never go off by yourself again otherwise I'm taking the iPad away for 3 days. Understand?"
She nodded. "I understand. I'm sorry for scaring you De, I only wanted to explore"
"I understand that sweetheart but just next time I'll take you, capiche?" He held out his pinky finger to hers.
She wrapped her finger into his. "Capiche"
"That's my girl"
"Can I come out with you, Uncle Seth, and Uncle Roman?"
"I'm sorry kiddo, not tonight. You're still too young to come out, I'm gonna leave you with Jimmy and Jey again"
She nodded. "Okay Dean"
"And no exploring by yourself, if you wanna go somewhere ask Jimmy or Jey to take you. No going anywhere by yourself. Capiche"
"Capiche"
He had taken her to his friend's cousins and advised them about her new sneaking-out habits. The two assured the slightly worried brother his sister would be fine.
"Thanks, guys" He bro hugged them, then bent down to his sister's level. "Remember what we talked about sweetheart. No going off by yourself. Other than that be good and behave"
She nodded understandingly. "I understand De"
"That's my girl" He kissed her head a couple of times.
Once he made sure she was good he ran off to meet his friends as the final part of Raw came on. In the ring CM Punk was celebrating his one-year title reign then Ryback came out to break it up but before he could Dean, Roman, and Seth came running out and started to attack the bigger wrestler. During the attack, Ryback ended up getting the upper hand on the new trio, and Roman ended up getting him out of the ring. They got him down again and cleared off the announce table.
Once the table was cleared off the trio had power bombed him through the table and once again had taken off, CM Punk then stood reigning supreme.
Once backstage the trio briefly split so Dean can briefly retrieve his sister from The Usos. When he had gotten there Sarah was knocked out and he carefully picked her up, then looked to the twins.
"Thanks, guys, I really appreciate it" Dean told them gratefully.
"Anytime Uce," Jimmy told him.
"Yeah, we got her anytime" Jey agreed.
After wishing them a good night Dean took her back to the hideout. He kept a watchful eye on his sleeping sister, she curled into her brother's hold burying her face into his neck. A smile appeared on his face as he kissed her head.
"That's a cute sight" Came a voice, it belonged to CM Punk. "I didn't know you had a kid"
Dean stopped seeing the Chicago native champion. He brought his guard up as he held his sister protectively, he narrowed his eyes at the champion in front of him.
"I don't and who she is, is none of your business," Dean told him firmly.
"Easy man, just relax"
"What do you want Punk?"
"Just wanna thank you guys for your help out there"
"You're welcome, now if you don't mind" He tried to bypass the champion only to be stopped in his tracks. He then viciously glared at him. "I ask again what do you want?"
"Just wanted you to be sure what's at stake, with you guys and me we'll own that locker room. Besides you'll do what's right" He lowered his eyes to Sarah's sleeping form as she continued to sleep in her brother's arms.
When the dirty blonde caught his eyes he glared at them and adjusted her so he could hold her with one arm. As Punk reached out to the young girl Dean used his free hand to grab his hand.
"I suggest if you wanna keep that hand, lower it down" Dean growled. "Don't piss me off Punk"
Dean loosened his grip on the Champion as Punk lowered his hand, he rubbed his sore wrist. "If your eyes ever come near her again and if you ever try to touch her again, it'll take more than that locker room to pull me off you. Just like I told that walrus of a manager you got, she stays out of it. If you wanna test me go ahead, Ryback will be the very least of your worries"
He then hit the other man's shoulder as he forced his way by him, as he walked Sarah had slightly stirred in his arms. She had felt her brother tense, she blindly woke up raising her head up off his shoulder.
"De?" She spoke softly, her voice full of sleep.
The dirty blonde looked down and his anger melted, his eyes softened. "It's alright sweetheart, go back to sleep. I've gotcha"
She had settled back down in his hold, he softly smiled and kissed her head. "I'll never let anyone hurt you"