Daughter of the Deadman
Phew. That was a long gap between updates. Been playing a lot of video games in general lately. Also, I'm going to be moving again soon because our landlord sold the house we live in, so if updates disappear again, life happened and I will be back.
Thanks to: Cena's baby doll, nattiebroskette(who literally left a review for every chapter which totally made me feel awesome) any anyone else who has left reviews in the past not just here but on all my stories. Also HUGE HUGE HUGE thanks goes to Vader23A for helping me out with this and thinking up a great punishment for Angel.
Chapter 24: The Consequences
It was the next week's Raw and everyone sat in the locker room, waiting. Roman and Dean weren't there. They were with Seth in The Shield's locker room, but even so they were watching too. Angel watched nervously as Triple H made his way to the ring. He asked for a microphone.
"Last week…last week…well, rather than explain what happened, I'll just show you. Roll the footage." Hunter said.
Everyone watched as the Titan-Tron showed what Angel had done last week, snapping and nearly killing Jennifer and her friends. When the footage ended, Angel was shocked that the fans were cheering for her. She hadn't expected that. She also knew that she was going to be out in the ring in a few minutes, so she stood up and left the locker room. Out in the ring, Triple H was completely livid about the fact that Angel was being cheered.
"You think that's awesome?! You cheer that?! Jennifer, Kel, and Cher could have all been killed! Angel, you're going to get your sorry ass out to this ring and you're going to do it now! Otherwise, I am going to come back there looking for you, and when I find you, it won't be pretty." Hunter snapped.
He waited. The fans began chanting for Angel in an effort to make her hurry up a little. Even they knew that last week's rage was completely out of character and that she wouldn't be Angel if she didn't come out and explain just what it was that happened with her. They didn't have to wait long.
Pretty soon, Angel's music hit and she walked to the ring as quickly as she could, thinking that the faster she got there, the faster she could get this over with. She stepped through the ropes and asked for a microphone before turning around and locking eyes with Triple H. Something in her head told her that something was going to happen to her. However, she shook it off.
"Are you aware of what you did? You put three very talented Divas out of action for who knows how long." Hunter told her.
"Yes, Hunter. I'm well aware of what I did, trust me." Angel answered, calmly.
"And? What do you have to say for yourself?"
"Well, first of all, I want everyone to know that what I did was completely out of character for me. However, Jennifer and her little cronies have had that beating coming for years. I'm not proud of what I did last week, but it was well deserved. Then there's the fact that I've been bullied my whole life, not just by your Goddaughter and her friends, but by a so called Father who took it upon himself to beat me day in and day out for fourteen years of my life even though I can only remember twelve of them. Lastly, there's being rendered legally blind. It really doesn't help. In fact, it makes doing what I love a million times harder than it is for your average Diva."
"Get to the point, Angel. I didn't come out here to hear your sorry excuses."
"Not making excuses, just stating facts, Hunter. But anyway, I let it all my frustrations over all that aforementioned stuff boil over. Last week, it hit its boiling point and I lost it. Unfortunately, Jen and company just happened to be the ones that took the beating."
"Fine. But you do know that—as the Chief Operating Officer of WWE—it is my job to ensure the safety of the Superstars and Divas that are under contract to me. It's my responsibility to look after the Roster."
Angel rolled her eyes. She knew that too. She had been working there long enough to know that it was Hunter's job to ensure the safety of everyone on the Roster, including Angel herself.
"Now, I originally thought of sending you back down to NXT until you were no longer a danger to the roster. However, since you and Xander Darke—who runs that for me in case you didn't know—are good friends, that wouldn't be much of a punishment. Besides, I've had a week to think about it and I've thought of something better."
Before Hunter could fully explain what he was talking about, a gong sounded and the lights went out. Angel wondered what was going on. When the lights came back on, Taker stood in between Hunter and Angel. He was livid at the way Hunter was talking down to his daughter. Angel could literally feel the anger coming from him. He took the microphone from Hunter's hand.
"I suggest you back off now, Mister Businessman, or else you're gonna suffer a wrath that no human mind can fathom. You may be the Chief Operating Officer of WWE, but Vince McMahon is still the Chairman and therefore still the owner until the day comes that he decides to step down and give that position up. Need I remind you what happens when you mess with my family? Need I remind you that you took me on three times at Wrestlemania—three chances at doing what no one has managed to yet—and you failed…all three times?" Taker growled.
He handed the microphone back to Hunter, still glaring at him. Hunter realized that he was in a lot of trouble and it would be worse if he separated Angel and her family. He got nose to nose with Taker.
"I'm not sending her to NXT, Deadman. It wouldn't be much of a punishment for her anyway. I've got a better idea. At the Over the Limit Pay-Per-View, I'm going to put Angel in two matches. One will be a two-on-one handicap match and the other will be a singles match. In the handicap match, your daughter is going to face your brother Kane…and you, Deadman. If she's lucky enough to put down the Brothers of Destruction, she will compete in a singles match. Her opponent for that match will be the Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar." Hunter stated with a smirk.
"No way! Has Triple H lost his mind?!" Byron Saxton asked.
"Facing the Brothers of Destruction is bad enough, but having to face Brock Lesnar on the same night is going to be even worse for Angel!" King said.
"This is a power trip. That's all this is." Cole said.
Angel backed right up until she felt her back collide with the turnbuckle. She was horrified and she could feel tears threatening to roll down her face. She had never thought in a million years that she would have to face her father in a match, but adding her Uncle into it was even worse. Then there was Brock Lesnar, who scared the hell out of her. She always did her best to steer clear of him. Now, there was the possibility of her being stuck in the ring with the ruthless monster.
"You son of a bitch!" Angel heard her father say loud and clear.
Then he reached out and grabbed Hunter by the throat. He choke slammed Hunter so hard that Angel felt the ring shake under her feet. Taker whipped around and stared at her. He relaxed slightly when he saw that his daughter was standing there, shaking in fear. Tears started rolling down her face as she looked at him. Taker didn't say a word. He just walked over and picked Angel up. Angel buried her face in Taker's chest and sobbed. He rolled his eyes back and the lights went out again. When they came back on, Taker and Angel were gone.
Back in the back, Taker walked back to the locker room, still holding Angel. He was livid, thinking that Triple H had gone way too far this time. All over the arena, everyone was having different reactions. Nearly everyone thought this was completely unfair and Angel was essentially being punished for losing her temper, which was something that happened to everyone. Dean and Roman were staring at each other, completely shocked and angry. Seth was smirking, thinking that Angel got exactly what she had coming to her. Stephanie and Kane stood there in the Authority's office, looking shocked and disgusted.
"Stephanie…" Kane started.
"I'll talk to him if he ever picks himself up off the canvas and makes his way back here. I'll see if I can get him to reconsider. Now, go be with your family." Stephanie interrupted.
"Thanks." Kane said.
He left the office. On the way to the locker room, he bumped into his brother, who was still holding a shaking and sobbing Angel. He didn't say anything to his brother, knowing that if he did, he was going to get his head ripped off. The two of them just walked back to the locker room. Kane braced himself before he opened the door. When he opened it, Kristy's voice met their ears.
"THAT SON OF A BITCH IS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!" she shouted.
This caused Angel to jump and go back to burying her face in Taker's chest. She was still shaking like a leaf and Taker didn't dare set her down for fear she would fall down. He stepped forward and felt something crunch underneath his feet. When he looked around, Bret pointed up. Taker looked up and saw that the glass in the lights was shattered.
"It was Lea, Papa Taker. She completely snapped when he said what he did. She broke the lights and then took off." Wyatt said.
"You mean….my baby sister is loose in the arena with her powers out of control?" Angel asked quietly.
"Yes. She left. She said something about making him pay and then left here." Bret said.
"We'd better go find her before she hurts someone. There's no telling what Lea will do, Daddy. She's never had this happen." Angel said.
"If Angel and Kane are any sort of indication of what Lea is like right now, you three had better find her before she finds Triple H." Bret said.
Taker nodded. He left the room, still carrying Angel. When he tried to set her down, she wouldn't let go of him. Taker felt his temper flare again. With one announcement, Hunter had managed to scare Angel like no one had managed to do since she had been with him. He wasn't the only one who was angry. Kane was too. Angel sighed.
"I'm sorry, Daddy." She whispered.
"It's alright, Baby Girl. Let's just find your sister before something bad happens." Taker said.
Angel nodded. She closed her eyes. If there was ever a time to use the mental link she had with her sister, it was now. She had to find Lea before someone got hurt.
"Lea, can you hear me, sweetheart? Where are you?"
"Don't come find me, Angel. You'll just get yourself hurt." Lea snapped at her.
"Baby Lea, listen to me. You're angry. I understand that, but your powers are out of control and if Daddy, Uncle, and I don't find you, you're going to hurt innocent people."
"I don't care. I'm going to make him pay!"
"Lea Ann Calaway, you listen to me. Wherever you are right now, you had better stop walking! I'm not going to let you hurt anyone! Daddy already choke slammed Hunter to hell!"
"I'm going to make him pay for this! He has no right to do this to you."
Angel sighed and opened her eyes again. She could tell that she had a worried look on her face by the way her father spoke. He sounded concerned.
"What happened, Baby Girl?" Taker asked.
"She's utterly pissed off. I tried to talk her down, but she won't listen." Angel said.
"That's not good." Kane said.
"We've got to figure out where she is." Taker said.
"She was walking. It'll take us forever to find her." Angel said.
"Aunt Angel!" Wyatt's voice yelled.
Taker and Kane turned and looked. Wyatt was running toward them at a high rate of speed. They were shocked. Kristy never let Wyatt leave the locker room for fear of Wade Barrett getting hold of him and taking him away and given that Barrett had been following them around, staring at Wyatt avidly, Angel understood it.
"Wyatt, what are you doing here? You know you're not supposed to leave the locker room!" Angel said.
"I know, but I asked Mom if I could come and find you guys. Maybe I can help." Wyatt said.
"How?" Taker asked.
"Maybe I can talk to her. She might listen to me." Wyatt said.
"That's not a bad idea. Same age group same mind set." Kane said.
"Not really. Lea's livid." Taker said.
"Let the kid try, big brother. I certainly wouldn't have to take her on." Kane said.
"Alright, fine. Wyatt, just remember that Lea's really mad so don't get upset by what she says, okay?" Taker said.
"And be careful about what you say." Angel advised.
"Right." Wyatt said.
He closed his eyes. It was a second later when he heard Lea's angry voice ask him what he was doing there and that he couldn't stop her either so there was no point in trying.
"Lea, you're mad and we all get it, but this will work itself out just like everything else does." Wyatt said.
"Mad? Mad doesn't even begin to describe it, Wyatt. That man has pretty much signed my sister's order of execution!" Lea snapped at him.
"But what does hurting him do? Your Daddy is smart. He'll think of something. You're worrying everyone. Come on, Lea. You're my best friend. Don't do anything rash, please." Wyatt said.
"Shut up!" Lea said.
"Lea, stop it. Let Stephanie talk to him. Well, if he ever peels himself off the canvas that is." Kane chimed in.
"What good can she do?" Lea snapped.
"Lea, she's a McMahon. Therefore Hunter has to listen to her. Not only that, but I've suspected for a while that she wears the pants in the relationship." Taker added.
Kane looked at Taker with wide eyes and a look that clearly said he was creeped out by what his brother had just said. Taker laughed and Angel just grinned. She could tell that her Uncle was weirded out, even if she couldn't see it.
"Don't look at me like that, Little Brother, you know it's true." Taker said.
"You're right." Kane said.
"Lea, if Stephanie can't fix this, we'll work something out, alright? Just calm down and come back to the locker room." Angel said.
"No!" Lea snapped.
Angel sighed. Their only option now was to walk around the arena, trying to find Lea. They walked around for a long time, checking other locker rooms and offices and still no Lea. Not only that, but she wasn't talking to them anymore. Angel suggested that they check the stairwells. Taker agreed, figuring that Angel and Lea were alike in nearly every other way too so that might not be so different. They checked the first stairwell which lead to one of the emergency exits, but Lea wasn't there. The second one they tried lead to the roof. They got lucky. When Kane opened the door, Lea was lying face down at the bottom of the stairwell.
Losing control over her powers had drained her strength, much like it did to Angel. Taker looked down at Angel. She just nodded, saying that it was alright to set her down now and that she was okay. He set her down and picked Lea up. She stirred and opened her eyes. A smile crossed her face when she saw everyone there.
"I knew you'd find me if I went into a stairwell" she told them in a whisper.
"Shush, Little One, you need to rest now" Taker said.
"But…Daddy, what are we gonna do? You and Uncle can't do this. You'll have to hurt Angel and I know you don't wanna" Lea said.
"You're right, Lea. We don't want to hurt Angel and we're not going to. But if we don't do this…well, I don't even want to imagine what will happen" Taker said.
"You have a choice here, Little Lea. Have the two of us fight Angel and have her maybe get hurt a teeny tiny bit or have Hunter do it and have her get brutalized" Kane said.
"But she's gonna get brutalized anyway if she manages to get past you guys! That Brock guy is so…so…." Lea said.
We know, Baby Lea, but if I don't do this, things will be a whole lot worse for me than they are now" Angel said.
"So what are you gonna do, Aunt Angel?" Wyatt asked.
"Well, Wyatt, I think it's time for me to go back to my roots. It's the only way I have a hope of surviving this one" Angel said.
"You mean the Dead Girl is coming back again?" Lea asked her sister, her eyes lighting up.
"Yep. No more…well, I won't say no more Angel because if I can, I'll blend the two together the way Daddy has. He's taken bits from all his gimmicks over the years and mixed them together and made it awesome. It's time for me to do that. Now, we just need to find a way to get me off TV so I can make the transformation" Angel said.
"Leave that one to me, Little Angel. I'll talk to Stephanie and see if she can come up with something" Kane said.
"Alright then. Thanks, Uncle" Angel said.
"No problem" Kane said.
"I'm glad the Dead Girl is coming back…but what about the match with Papa Taker and Kane?" Wyatt asked.
"I don't know, Wyatt" Angel said.
"Little Angel, just think of it as a training exercise if that will help. I mean, you have trained with the two of us for a while now. Just put yourself in that mindset" Kane said.
"I never would have thought to do that" Angel said.
"Whatever happens, please be careful, Angel" Lea said.
"Of course, Baby Lea, but right now you need to rest and we need to get back to the locker room" Angel said.
Lea nodded. She closed her eyes and fell asleep within seconds. Angel and the others started walking back to the locker room. Suddenly, Angel stopped dead in her tracks. Kane and Taker stopped too. Angel pushed Wyatt behind her just as Wade Barrett stepped from the shadows. Angel felt Wyatt squeeze her hand tighter. Wyatt had been scared of Barrett since he was small even though he knew the truth. The reason was that he had first appeared in the little boy's dreams as nothing but a shadow and had told him lies about his Mom and the rest of the people that he considered family.
"What do you want?" Angel asked.
"The boy of course" Barrett answered her.
"Not on your life" Angel snapped.
"Hand over the boy and I won't have to hurt you" Barrett said.
Angel just smirked and raised her free hand in the air, telling Barrett that if he wanted Wyatt, he'd have to go through her to get to him. Barrett laughed. Angel turned around and knelt down. She pulled her hand free from his. She could tell that Wyatt was scared even though she couldn't see him. She hugged him.
"Aunt Angel, what are you going to do?" Wyatt asked.
"I want you to go with Papa Taker and Kane, alright? I'll be fine. I promise. Just go with them and be with your Mom, got it?" Angel asked.
"But…Aunt Angel…" Wyatt said.
"Please, Little Man, go with them. It would kill your Mom if something happened to you. Now go."
"But…if something happens to you…it'll hurt her just as much."
"I'll be fine."
Wyatt looked from Angel to Taker and back a few times before giving Angel a hug and telling her that he loved her and he would keep his Mom away so she didn't get hurt. Angel nodded. Taker looked at Angel. Even though she couldn't see him in the conventional way, she could tell that he wanted her to be careful. She just nodded again. Wyatt ran to Taker and the four of them left. Angel didn't waste time after that. She rolled her eyes back into her head and a white glow surrounded her. She had fully activated her powers.
"I suggest you back off now. Go back to whatever hole you managed to worm your way out of and keep your disgusting, vile hands off my Godson. If you do not, I can assure you that you will pay dearly" Angel snapped.
"Like you could do anything to me" Barrett snapped, smirking.
Angel laughed. She held her hand out in front of her and Barrett was sent flying backwards into the wall. Then Angel blinked. She went back to normal. Then she turned on her heel and walked back to the locker room. When she walked in, Wyatt was hugging Dean and crying. Angel walked over to Roman and gave him a hug and a kiss. Then she walked over and knelt down. She tapped Wyatt on the shoulder.
"Go away" Wyatt said.
"Come on, Little Man. Don't ignore me like that" Angel said.
Wyatt stopped crying and turned around. He threw his arms around Angel's neck. Then he looked Angel up and down making sure that she didn't look hurt. When he saw that she was fine, he hugged her tighter and kissed her cheek.
"Aw, Wyatt…" Angel said.
"Ang…thank you" Kristy said.
"Don't mention it, girl. I know what it would do to you if something happened to him" Angel said.
Kristy nodded. Angel stood up and Kristy gave her a hug. Angel looked at Roman and Dean. They both looked concerned about her. She wasn't the only one. She could feel everyone looking at her with the same worried look.
"Do you have a plan, Angel?" Dean asked.
"I'm going through with this" Angel told them.
"What?!" Bret said.
"No way! You can't!" Roman said.
"Have you lost…?" Dean started.
"No, Dean, my mind is perfectly intact. But think about what could happen to me if I don't do this" Angel said.
"You know…she has a point" Roman said.
"If she doesn't do it, she could be put through worse" Dean said.
"Angel Marie Calaway, you have lost it! They're your family for goodness sake. And what happens if you manage to get past them? What are you going to do against Lesnar?! They don't call him the Beast for nothing! What are you thinking? Or are you thinking?" Bret said.
"Bret, shut up. You know as well as I do that if I don't do this, Hunter will just come up with something that could potentially do to me what I did to Jen and her friends last week. Right now, I'm worried about getting by Uncle and Daddy. I'll worry about Lesnar if I have to" Angel said.
Bret went silent. Everyone knew that Angel was right. If she wiggled her way out of this somehow, Hunter would just come up with something worse to do to her later. They also knew that looking past Taker and Kane was a bad idea and that worrying about Lesnar would have to wait. Then Angel walked over and hugged Roman and gave him another kiss.
"What was that for?" Roman asked.
"That might be the last time I ever get to do that" Angel said.
"Angel, what are you talking about?" Owen asked.
"I'm…going to have to go back to full Dead Girl for this otherwise I'm going to get killed. And Roman might not…" Angel started.
"Hey, you listen to me, Angel Calaway, I love you for you. I don't care if you're yourself or the Dead Girl when you get into that ring as long as you come back safe every night" Roman said, giving Angel a kiss.
Angel flung her arms around his neck, grinning. Then he kissed her again and Dean hugged Kristy and kissed her. The two of them had to head back to The Shield's locker room before Seth got suspicious about where they were. They left. Angel was grinning. Her Grandpa Dean and Uncle Liam—who were still there visiting and were determined to stay until after this whole thing played out and they knew for sure that Angel would be alright—spoke up for the first time that night.
"I gotta hand it to that kid, every time he's around, Angel is all smiles" Liam said.
"I told you that he makes our Angel Baby happy and that it'd be fine" Grandpa Dean said.
"Yeah, well…" Liam said.
"You don't trust him, do you?" Angel asked.
"Not particularly" Liam said.
Angel just shook her head. She grabbed her bag and left the locker room. Grandpa Dean, Liam, and Taker—who was carrying the still sleeping Lea—followed her. Angel didn't say much. She was lost in thought. She'd need a miracle to get through this next Pay-Per-View and the buildup for it.
Well, that's it. The point is to punish Angel by making her do one of two things that she doesn't want to do. One being face Taker and Kane and the other being facing Kristy, although given that I'm gonna incorporate the new WWE Women's Title into this ASAP, that might just happen. I'm also gonna be mixing it up a bit and throwing Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, Paige and Charlotte in here at some point because I like them...although Charlotte a lot less since she became Champ, so look out for that. Alright, leave a review and I will see you all later. Bye for now!~Love Taker's Soul Girl