A/N: READ LAST CHAPTER! Hey guys I know I put out two chapters back to back last time so I want to make sure everyone read that chapter before reading this otherwise you're gonna be hella confused. Anyone hope you enjoy.
Chapter 22
Charlotte groaned as a light was shined in her face causing her head to throb, even more than it already was. The blonde slowly squinted at the three figures who stood not too far away from her while she tried to get her eyes to adjust to the change in light. She was in an interrogation room. She had seen it once before on TV, when WWE had captured her father. He of course managed to escape, breaking the far wall of the building to get out, but it looks like it had been upgraded since. The room seemed to be flowing with electricity as the all white walls were all padded and had a strip along the top of each wall that lit the room with a light blue glow. Also, the right wall was all a one way mirror and there was also a long metal table with three chairs around it and the one which Charlotte was in was positioned over a small drain in the middle of the room. That's where the blonde was currently strapped down.
Her legs were cuffed to her chair which was bolted down to the ground and her hands were cuffed, even her broken arm was bent in a painful manner to be handcuffed to the table. The blonde also had the cold metal inhibitor collar that hurt her if she tried to use her powers.
"I'm glad you're awake Charlotte" Hunter Helmsley said seriously as he stepped forward with Stephanie and Natalya closely following behind, "I apologize for Natalya's...aggressive actions"
Charlotte slowly looked over at Hunter as he moved to stand at the end of the table with his wife while Natalya stood close by in case anything happened. The blonde didn't respond. She just looked at the man before looking down at her hands. Stephanie slowly walked over to Charlotte and sat down in the chair to her left before saying, "Tell us Charlotte...why? Why did you do this?"
Charlotte slowly rolled her eyes and looked over at the woman, "I didn't do anything"
"Where are the others?" Hunter asked as he leaned on the right side of the table
Charlotte shrugged, "I don't know"
Hunter frowned and touched the metal table causing a hologram screen to appear, showing multiple pictures and videos of Class 1A. Hunter tapped the table and pulled up the video of Charlotte and her classmates breaking into TNA and beating up the guards, "You and your classmates broke into TNA...destroyed millions of dollars worth of security. For what?"
"Our classmates...Jimmy and Jey Uso, Paige and Baron were wrongfully imprisoned there. They were taken and replaced by the villains that your staff was supposed to deliver to TNA. We freed them" Charlotte explained.
"My brother released those prisoners into a rehabilitation program that he was working on" Stephanie said seriously before she tapped the screen and pulled up pictures of Jey, Jimmy, Baron and Paige in class, "And your classmates were here before they all abandoned their work."
Charlotte shook her head, "They were in TNA. Those people were my siblings and members of SAnity in disguise. Rebecca figured out that they had these hologram things that disguised them from everyone else. Look this is all hard to explain..."
Hunter and Stephanie looked at her in disbelief and Natalya ever scoffed before Hunter pulled up pictures of half of their class at the mall today...or yesterday, Charlotte didn't know how long she had been knocked out before she woke up here, "Your classmates created quite the ruckus at the Creekside mall, care to explain why."
"The Bludgeon Brothers...well robot versions of them were attacking the mall. My classmates were helping." Charlotte stated but Stephanie just stared at her confused before Hunter replayed the footage to show that there were no robots instead the video just showed Sasha, Bayley and the others throwing and destroying things. Charlotte raised an eyebrow confused at the footage, "That's not what happened. That footage was edited"
"We got this straight from the mall. No one tampered with them." Stephanie stated with her hands clasped in front of her, "From what we saw here your classmates destroyed property and endangered the lives of hundreds of civilians."
Charlotte shook her head, "I can't explain why the videos show that...but we are the good guys here. We're being set up."
Natalya rolled her eyes at this while Hunter looked over to his wife before he taped on the hologram table and pulled up footage of Becky killing Megan in front of Charlotte's family home. Charlotte's eyes widened at the video. She hadn't seen it done but the gruesome images of Becky bashing Megan's face in with a staff made Charlotte nauseous. Hunter paused the video on a still of Becky...well The Man standing over Megan's dead body with red eyes, "Do you know where Becky is?"
Charlotte stared at the frozen video as flashbacks of their encounter at the mall played back in her head, "That's not Becky"
Hunter looked between Charlotte and the picture before zooming in on it, "Are you sure...because that looks a lot like her"
Charlotte sighed, "Something is controlling her. That girl from SAnity messed with her head and turned her into...The Man"
"The Man?" Stephanie repeated confused
Charlotte nodded her head and looked at her hands as she spoke, "The Man is a personality...an entity...completely different from Becky. It has control of her body right now"
Hunter looked at his wife skeptically before saying, "Uh huh...and what does...The Man want?"
Charlotte paused and thought before mumbling, "To be the only person in her own God damn head"
Natalya stepped forward and looked at Hunter, "Sir this is bullshit! Flair is a liar and traitor just like the rest of Class 1A!"
"Natalya!" Stephanie reprimanded
Charlotte shook her head before saying, "Everything I say is true...an-and I have a lot more to say if you'll listen."
"We're listening" Stephanie said seriously while Natalya rolled her eyes
"You're not gonna believe me" Charlotte said as she thought, licking her lips as she chose her words carefully, "For what I'm going to tell you I'd like to make a request."
"You don't get requests. You're the prisoner!" Natalya snapped but Hunter waved her off and nodded
"Go on"
"I wish for the Bella Twins."
Hunter, Stephanie and even Natalya's eyes widened at this. The Bella Twins were main roster legacies that were praised for their work a while back. However, they had taken time off to have families, but they were called back every once and a while for big things. They had the ability to sense if people were telling the truth or not. One could make people feel things...compel them to bring their rawest emotions to the front and the other could sense those emotions. Pick them apart and dissect them so that they could find out if you were telling the truth or not. Charlotte calling on them was her life line. This was the only way she could prove that she was telling the truth about Shane and Becky without everyone thinking she was lying. The Bellas backing her would prove her words.
"The Bella twins?" Hunter asked to make sure Charlotte was sure
The blonde nodded and sat up straighter as she held her head high, "I have nothing to hide. We were framed and the Bellas will prove our innocence."
Hunter and Stephanie looked at each other as if speaking through a telepathic link before Stephanie turned back to Charlotte and nodded, "Alright. We'll get them down here as soon as possible."
Charlotte nodded at this and continued to hold herself up as Hunter, Stephanie and Natalya slowly exited the interrogation room. Once they were gone Charlotte refused to slouch or deflate. She knew they would be watching her through the glass and she couldn't let them see any cracks in her armor. She had nothing to hide. She and the rest of Class 1A were being set up, and soon Hunter, Stephanie and everyone else will see that.
With Bayley
"So what? We just stick Bayley's blood in Becky and she goes back to normal?" Kofi asked as he stuffed his mouth with food while the group sat around the dining room table at the guerrero home. Vickie had allowed the young girls to eat in the living room and watch TV so the heroes could have some privacy while they figure out their next steps.
Sasha sighed, "I'm not exactly sure. I think we'd have to get a sample of Nikki's blood and do some tests to see how her and Bayley's cells interact."
"No! No way are you guys testing on her!" Carmella argued seriously, "That girl's been through enough"
"That girl is also a villian who is part of the key to fixing Becky" Sasha stated to which Xavier and Bayley nodded while Carmella shook her head.
"No, I don't care! She's still a human being and your friend already did enough to her...I won't let you test on her" Carmella said strongly as she sent glares at Sasha who rolled her eyes but sighed
"Fine...fine" Sasha thought for a second before Xavier spoke up
"The Man was brought out because of Nikki's powers on Becky right? So what if we tested Bayley's blood on someone else who was infected by Nikki's powers" the boy suggested
"But nobody else was infected" Bayley said confused
"Not yet" Xavier said before he leaned into the table, "What if we got her to mess with one of us so we could test out Bayley's blood. That way no tests will be done on Nikki and we can find out if it works"
"But what if it doesn't?" Bayley said before looking around at her classmates, "Then one of us will be infected and possibly die. Nikki's powers on the right person can cause your brain to literally melt. We can't risk that"
"What other choice do we have?" Xavier asked seriously, "If Sasha is right about this then your blood can get Becky back to normal...but we only have one shot when we find her. I doubt The Man will willingly let us stab her with a syringe again if we mess up. So we can't be wrong about this...we have to see first hand that this will work."
"Xavier's right" Sasha sighed as she flipped through the files from Becky's notes, "If we could possibly isolate your white blood cells Bay...then maybe we could inject them into one of our blood streams and see what happens."
"Okay...but who are we gonna test this out on?" Big E asked, "Cause ya'll are NOT sticking any needles in me!"
Everyone looked around at each other as everyone thought about who they could possibly offer up for this task. Carmella shook her head, "No one would willingly offer themself up to possibly get their brain melted"
"Well we should pick someone strong enough to withstand it" Bayley said seriously
"Or someone weak enough to fight off when Nikki takes control of them...that way it'll be easier to get the antidote in them" Xavier suggested causing everyone to keep thinking.
"None of that matters yet" Sasha said as she tapped her fingers on the table, "Nikki is still out cold. She couldn't infect us if she tried...we have to get her to wake up somehow"
"Vickie says that it'll take time for her body to fully recover let alone for her to wake up" Carmella said sadly causing everyone to nod before Xavier shot up in his seat and looked to his friends
"You know in the X-men comic when they go inside Rogue's mind and they-" Xavier blurted before Sasha stopped them
"Whatever you're about to reference the rest of us have never read it or seen it so please...just say it" the purple haired girl stated causing Carmella and Bayley to nod.
Xavier sighed and slumped down in his chair, a little disappointed that he couldn't make his comic book reference before he said, "Basically we get Sasha to go into Nikki's mind and help her wake up."
Bayley looked at Sasha with a raised eyebrow, "could you do that?"
Sasha thought about it. When she went into people's head it was hard to explain. She would see them in this front control room and she had full control over them. She could make them say or do whatever she wanted and that's how she controlled the person from the inside out. However, when she went into Charlotte's head for information the figure of the blonde led Sasha to a door that held all of her information, thoughts, feelings stuff like that and Sasha walked up to the door and placed her hand on it, allowing her see into the blonde's mind.
It was a weird process that didn't happen often but even if she did go into Nikki's mind the girl was unconscious, there would probably be no one in there to guide her. She would have to wander around the crazy villain's mind until she found her.
"Sasha?" Xavier asked causing the girl to look up at him from across the table, "Can you do it?"
Sasha frowned but nodded, "Yeah...but it would be difficult"
"Well I'll come with you" Bayley said seriously as she grabbed Sasha hand under the table.
"No. You stay out here with everyone else." Sasha said seriously, she didn't know how dangerous this trip would be and she didn't want Bayley anywhere near one of SAnity's freak again. Not after what Eric and the others did to her mind.
"I'll come with you" Carmella said with a straight face causing Sasha to turn her head to look at her, "I'm not letting you go into her mind alone. I don't trust you"
Sasha rolled her eyes, "Wow thanks...but I don't need a babysitter"
"Well I don't care. I'm not letting you go anywhere near her without me. So either I go with you or we wait for her to wake up on her own"
"We don't have time for that" Sasha snapped causing Carmella to tilt her head expectantly while Sasha groaned and rolled her eyes, "Fine...jesus, you can come."
"So it's settled then?" Xavier asked just to be sure causing everyone to nod
"Yeah...me and Carmella will go into Nikki's mind and wake her up. You guys will stay out here and try to track down Becky...maybe even Shane too." Sasha said seriously
"What about Charlotte?" Bayley asked suddenly causing everyone to look between her and Sasha who frowned in thought.
"Uh...She plans to tell them the truth...about Shane, her brother...everything." Sasha said as she tried to hold on to the memories and thoughts she got from the blonde which were sadly starting to fade.
"They won't believe her" Kofi said seriously and Carmella nodded
"She's gonna have to find a way to prove herself...we can't do anythin about her right now. We have to focus on the mission at hand." Sasha said with her hands clasped together in front of her, "Understood?"
"Understood" Everyone repeated
With Charlotte
"Hello" The blonde looked up at the sound of a familiar voice. Charlotte's eyes widened when she saw Andrade standing at the door holding a tray of food and water. She remembered him vividly from the fake world her brother put her in before, but she didn't think he was real. She had never seen him before then and she had never seen him after.
"A-are you real?" Charlotte asked confused
"Is that how Americans greet people?" Andrade asked as he raised an eyebrow at the girl before entering the room a little further, "why wouldn't I be?"
"Are you working with my brother?" Charlotte asked as Andrade set the tray of food down on the table in front of her
"Sorry. I don't know your brother. I'm not sure who you are either" he said in a thick accent causing Charlotte to look at him confused
"You don't know who I am?"
Andrade shook his head no, "No. I was just told to give this to holding cell 3B. That's you, yes?"
"Yes" Charlotte said as she looked down at the food and nodded before looking back to Andrade. He was wearing a little denim jacket over his white shirt and light blue jeans and he had a tan beanie covering his black hair, "So you don't...know me or remember me from...anything?"
Andrade chuckled to himself and scratched the back of his head before saying, "No...I don't think so. Besides, I think I would remember someone like you."
"Someone like me? Is that an insult or…"
"A compliment. It's not often your first job is to deliver food to a beautiful woman"
Charlotte blushed quietly and looked down at the table as a small smile crept on her face, "you flirt with all the prisoners?"
"Only the pretty ones...Andrade." He said, introducing himself with a smile causing Charlotte to smile back at him and stare, "Do I get a name from you? Or is it just Prisoner 3B?"
"Charlotte...I'm Charlotte" the blonde said with a small smile causing Andrade to nod in acknowledgment
"Well Charlotte...it is very nice to meet you" Andrade said smoothly before pointing at the collar around Charlotte's neck, "Is that fashion around here or…"
Charlotte tilted her head slightly, feeling the cold metal press against her neck, "No its uh...it's to keep me from using my powers...you really know nothing about this place"
Andrade shook his head, "I just moved here a while ago. WWE recruited me and my sister Zelina from our home in Mexico"
Charlotte looked at him confused, if he just moved here how come she met him in that dream world. Was it some kind of trick from her brother? Had Eric seen Andrade once in passing and put him in the world? Or was Andrade lying to her and actually working with her brother and SAnity? But her brother never mentioned him, and he froze and disappeared like all the rest of the made up guest, so he couldn't have been working with them. Charlotte didn't know she was just confused but she quickly spoke when she noticed he was staring at her, "uh so...WWE recruited you to just be an errand boy?"
"Errand...boy?" Andrade repeated confused, "No...I am-" Just before he could finish the door opened and Natalya entered quickly.
"Are you supposed to be in here?" The blonde asked seriously causing Andrade to point at himself as if asking if she was talking to him.
"I'm delivering food" Andrade explained as he pointed to the tray of food and water.
"Well you delivered it. Now go!" Natalya snapped causing Andrade to raise his hands in defense before slowly backing out of the room, sparing Charlotte a small look before he left. Natalya closed the door behind him before she slowly moved to sit at the table with Charlotte, sitting right across from her, "Well, well, well"
"Jesus Natalya are you just gonna sit here and rant at me, because I already know what you're gonna say. I mean you practically spit on me the first training session we had together...I bet you've dreamed about this day since you met me." Charlotte said tiredly while Natalya took her tray of food so Charlotte couldn't reach it.
Natalya smirked at Charlotte before she said, "I wouldn't say that I dreamt about it...I just had a hunch...and my hunch was right"
"Your hunch huh?" Charlotte asked sarcastically, "I wonder how you're gonna feel when I'm proven innocent by the Bellas?"
Natalya nodded slowly and began to poke the sliced turkey that was on the tray for Charlotte to eat, "Pulling the Bellas was a cute move. You think that calling on them will change Hunter and Stephanie's mind about you...but not mine."
Charlotte watched as Natalya began to eat her food, "The Bellas will prove that I'm telling the truth"
Natalya gave a sarcastic laugh with her mouth full, "You Flairs don't know what the truth is."
Charlotte leaned forward slightly and whispered, "I'm curious...what exactly did Shane tell you about me...because from what I heard, he said that he was rehabilitating my family and I didn't like it. So I attacked him and my father. If I was anything like them...like my father...then why would I attack him?"
Natalya paused for a second and pointed her fork at Charlotte, "That's what I want to know? Why did you attack your family?"
"Because my family is evil...I understand that. You understand that too" Charlotte said pointing at Natalya, "Even if Shane wasn't lying and he was really rehabilitating my family...then I would think that you of all people would be against it. Against his idea."
"I, unlike you, understand loyalty...and I am loyal to the McMahon family and to WWE" Natalya practically spit out, "Just like my father and his father before him"
"If you were loyal to WWE then you would be against Shane. He is evil. He's been working with my family to get rid of all powers and kill Vince. He's going to do it at HeroMania" Charlotte insisted but Natalya only laughed in her face as she began to open the fruit cup on the tray.
"Shane McMahon plans to kill his father and get rid of all powers? That's quite a story you got there Flair. Where did you get it from?"
"It's the truth" Charlotte said, practically begging Natalya to believe her, "Shane, my father, my sister, my brothers...all of them. They used Becky...made her make them some kind of serum that will get rid of everyone's powers!"
"Your brothers? Are you including the dead one whose grave you dug up?" Natalya asked sarcastically as she ate Charlotte's fruit cup.
"He's not dead" Charlotte shouted, "He's alive. Shane saved him when that building fell and the two have been working together. Look Shane has all of the engineering students in on it and they are creating something big to disperse the serum at HeroMania. He was jealous of his father giving over part of the company to Hunter instead of him after his accident. He knew that Vince loved powers and abilities more than him so he's been working on this plan to get rid of them for good and get rid of Vince too. You have to believe me."
Natalya looked Charlotte in her eyes for a second, searching for the truth before frowning, "You really believe this? Don't you?"
"It's the truth," Charlotte said tiredly. Natalya thought for a second and looked Charlotte in her eyes before standing. She slowly grabbed the tray of food and looked down at the blonde.
"That's a pretty smart way of getting the Bellas to believe you Flair"
"What are you talking about?" Charlotte asked confused
"You tricked yourself into believing this dumb fantasy of yours. It'll be the truth only because you believe it is...not because it's reality" Natalya said seriously as she turned to leave only stopping to add, "I'll be sure to let Hunter and Stephanie know"
Charlotte's eyes widened as Natalya left, "IT'S THE TRUTH! NATALYA! I'M NOT LYING!"
The door slammed shut behind the blonde and Charlotte stopped yelling, tiredly panting from her energy practically being drained from the conversation. Charlotte groaned and pulled on her hand cuffs before looking around the room to find the camera. Once she found it she looked right into it and said, "I'm telling the truth!"
With Sasha
"Are you sure about this?" Bayley asked as she wrapped her arms around Sasha's neck as the two sat on the guest bed in Vickie's house.
Sasha sighed as Bayley leaned her head on Sasha's shoulder as she sat behind her, "Yeah...I'm sure. This is the only way"
Bayley slowly pulled her arms back until her hands were on Sasha's shoulders before she began massaging the girl, "We could find another way. We could wait for her to wake up on her own"
"We don't have that kind of time. HeroMania is coming up in what...a couple weeks? We can't wait." Sasha said before she took Bayley's hands to stop her from massaging her shoulders. Sasha sighed and slowly stood before she turned to look Bayley in the eyes, "Going into Nikki's mind will be...difficult. She's different from anyone else and trying to make my way through her mind to even find her may be...challenging."
"Well...if anyone could do it I think it's you" Bayley said seriously, "You're one of the strongest people I know. You can handle this."
Sasha sighed and looked down at the bed while she ran her fingers over Bayley's hands which she held in her's. Bayley looked over Sasha confused for a second before whispering, "That's not all...what...what is it?"
Sasha slowly looked at Bayley and said, "I don't know what will be in her head...but I know that if I stay in there too long I may get...lost."
"Lost? What are you talking about?" Bayley asked confused
"Minds are like mazes...it's easy to get distracted while in there...but from my understanding of my powers...It's like a virus that I put into someone's mind. When I'm controlling someone it's simple...I can attack and take control of their central nervous system and I have a hold on it until I let go, the virus completely covers the nervous system and stops the body from fighting back completely...but entering someone's head...it gives the body time to fight back. I'll only have a small amount of time to get what I need before her body rejects me and tries to push me out." Sasha explained
"Well then you can just come back, rest and then go back in right?" Bayley asked
"No...not exactly. If her body fights me it might kill me or...absorb me into her system completely" Sasha said causing Bayley's eyes to widen, "It's like if she was sick her cells would fight off the virus by stopping it from reproducing and try to kill the virus an-"
"Are you saying that you might die?"
"...yes?"
"YOU'RE NOT GOING!"
"Babe we have to do this we-"
"No, no don't pull that we crap Sash. If there was a we then you would let me come with you. I mean you promised that we would do this together from now on."
"Bay of course there's a we I just..I don't want you to get hurt"
"And how do you think I feel? Sasha you're still hurt from going off on that 'secret' mission that you went on without me and now you wanna go on another mission without me? No, no way. I'm coming with you two" Bayley snapped
"Bayley I-"
"End of discussion"
"But babe-"
"END...of discussion"
"Bayl-"
"So..Bayley is coming with us" Sasha said to Carmella as she scratched the back of her head, nervous under Bayley's glare as the taller girl stood beside her. Carmella was sitting at Nikki's bedside while Xavier, Kofi and Big E stood further away from the bed. Sasha slowly walked to the other side of Nikki's bed and sat down where two chairs had been pulled up for her and Bayley, "We'll be under for a while. It depends on how long it takes to find Nikki and reason with her, but...if we're not awake in 3 days then-"
"3 days?" Carmella asked confused
"Time moves differently in your head. What happens out here in 3 days may be months or years in your mind...so I'm giving us 3 days to get her. While we're under you guys have to find Becky. Don't engage just keep an eye on her."
"What about Shane?" Kofi asked
"Monitor him and the news as well. His plans are to do this at HeroMania...so it will be all over the news. Just...watch for now." Sasha said seriously causing the guys to nod
"What about you three? Are your bodies gonna be like…" Xavier trailed off as he motioned to the room causing the girls to look at him confused
"He means what will happen to your bodies...will it just be like you're asleep?" Kofi explained
"Uh...yeah. It'll be like we're asleep. Vickie said she'll watch over us so you guys can go back with the others and tell them what's going on" Sasha instructued causing the boys to nod
"Alright then...let's do this" Big E said as he clapped his hands together
Sasha nodded and took a deep breath before holding her hand for Bayley and Carmella to take. Bayley looked to Sasha for confirmation before slowly taking her hand while Carmella looked at Sasha unsure before taking the girl's hand as she rolled her eyes. Sasha looked at both girls before closing her eyes, "Alright...clear your minds. Don't fight me or our connection could be severed."
"Are you sure you can do this?" Carmella asked unsure of the purple haired girl
"Are you sure you wanna come?" Sasha snapped back as she opened her eyes causing Bayley to elbow her while Carmella just rolled her eyes, "Clear your minds...and shut up"
Carmella rolled her eyes before closing them, then Sasha did the same and began to focus.
With Charlotte
Three blonde quietly sat as the Bella Twins, two Latina girls with long dark hair, stared at her. The room was quiet as none of the three girls talked and Hunter, Stephanie and Natalya were not allowed inside while the Bellas were "working".
The blonde slowly looked around the room, it was still the same, the only thing in the room was the half full glass of water taht Natalya left earlier. Charlotte stared at it for a while, watching the condensation slide down the side of the glass as she found the silence awkward as neither twin spoke or removed their gaze from her. Charlotte has seen the twins on TV for years using their twin magic to beat hundreds of villains. They would convince villains that they were crazy or make them feel such powerful emotions that they practically turned themselves in. Sometimes, when the case called for it, the bellas would use their powers and make villains spill all of their secrets, similar to Sasha and her powers, but she had never seen them in an interrogation. She didn't know they would be this...quiet.
"Are you two gonna ask me any questions or…" Charlotte tried but got no response. She slowly looked to the mirror where she was sure Hunter and the others were watching her, "Is there any reason why they couldn't be in here?"
Still no response, they just continued to stare. Charlotte slowly began to tap her fingers before she stared back at the twins. She pointed to the one with slight highlights in her hair and said, "Nikki…"
Charlotte then pointed to the other girl, "Brie...or is it the other way around?"
They still didn't answer and the blonde began to grow bored, she had seen on TV situations where Hunter has convinced some villain to confess everything just by staring at him for three hours. She wondered if that's what this was. If the twins were gonna try and make her confess to something she and the others didn't do. She wondered what Natalya had told them after she left their previous conversation. Suddenly, before the blonde could think of anything else she felt a presence in her head. It was like something was holding her brain and she could suddenly feel everything, every thought, every emotion, every feeling she had ever felt before. Everything was rushing to the surface, it was like she needed to tell people everything.
After a while one of the twins, Nikki, finally spoke, "where are your friends?"
Charlotte was startled by the sudden voice of the twins but she quickly regained her composure and thought, "I don't know…. we were at this cabin in the woods that Becky and Dean used to live in. I don't know if they're still there though"
"Who all is with you?" Brie asked
"Uh... just class 1A...well Dean was with us...but he left. We think someone took him" Charlotte answered honestly, practically biting her tongue to keep from rambling.
"What is your relationship with this girl?" Brie asked while Nikki tapped on the hologram table and pulled up an image of The Man and Charlotte standing on the roof of the mall talking.
Charlotte stared at the picture as thoughts from that interaction flooded into her mind. Charlotte found herself having trouble speaking as every experience with Becky and Rebecca and The Man all flooded into her head giving her a sharp headache. The twins looked at each other confused before Nikki spoke, "You see her as a...friend...a sister?"
Charlotte squinted her eyes at them before nodding, "Ye-yes...yeah...but she's...she's different. Complicated. She has these personalities...sides of her that are all...so different. Becky...Rebecca...The Man"
"Who is The Man?" Nikki asked
Charlotte frowned but spoke honestly, "an entity inside Becky that was created by Nikki Cross, a villain and member of SAnity when we fought them at the bank. The Man's been after my brother for a while...she believes that his blood will be the key to getting rid of the other personalities in her head...Becky and Rebecca."
The twins gave each other a look before Brie asked, "What brother?"
"Reid"
"Your brother was reported dead over a year ago" Nikki smirked to herself, more in disbelief than anything else, "But you still believe that he's alive."
Charlotte frowned in thought, "He is alive...for now. With The Man after him I'm not sure...but what I am sure of is that he worked with SAnity, my father and my siblings to trick me...convince me to come home with them. He attacked my friends and planned to work with Shane to get rid of all powers."
"Shane?" Brie asked confused, "Shane McMahon?"
Charlotte nodded, "Yes. Shane McMahon has been angry at Vince...Hunter and Stephanie ever since his accident. He thinks that his father abandoned him after he lost his abilities. Vince gave Shane's part of the company to Hunter and then gave Shane the engineering department instead to keep him busy. He's been using the department and all the students to create something big for HeroMania. Something that will get rid of everyone's powers."
"How?" Nikki questioned seriously
"Rebecca. Shane used her to make a serum for him. Something that could get rid of powers. Whatever he's planning for HeroMania will have something to do with that." Charlotte said seriously, "My friends...my classmates are trying to find a way to get rid of The Man and get Becky back to normal so she can reverse the serum and find a way to stop Shane."
Nikki and Brie gave each other a look causing Charlotte to frown, "You don't believe me?"
"No...we believe that you think this is real. That you think this all happened but we believe that your encounter with SAnity might have alter your thou-"
Before Nikki could finish Charlotte shot up, "NO! I'm serious...this all happened. Everything I said was true, you felt it. You can see my thoughts, my memories, my emotional tie to this...you know that I'm telling the truth."
"There is no evidence of what you have told us today." Brie said with a shrug, "All of your thoughts have too much emotion tied to it and frankly it's a little disturbing."
Charlotte stared at them in shock, "Wha-what are you talking about? You two are supposed to be able to see everything in my head. You both know what I'm saying is true"
"We're sorry Charlotte...but we just can't take your word for it." Nikki said
"Wait what?" Charlotte went to protest but Nikki just sighed and slowly stood from her seat before walking over to the glass where she began talking to whoever was behind it. Charlotte looked to Brie who still sat across from her before whispering, "I am telling you the truth...Shane will get rid of everyone's powers including yours and your sister's"
Brie paused for a second before she leaned into the table so she could whisper to Charlotte, "We know...you know...Shane says you talk too much...but he'll be glad to know that your friends are looking to reverse his serum. I'm sure he'll take a great interest in that"
Charlotte stared at Brie in shock while the twin just smirked before she slowly stood. She eyed the glass of water before taking the glass with her as she walked over to where her sister was standing. She carefully placed her hand on Nikki's shoulder causing the twin to look back at Charlotte and smirk before the two slowly exited. Once they were gone the hold on Charlotte's brain melted away leaving her nauseous and disoriented. The blonde groaned in pain at the headache she had and placed her head on the table, letting the cool metal soothe her. Slowly, Charlotte began to realize what happened. She just gave all this information to Shane. The twins were working with him...and she told them where her friends might be and what their plans were.
Charlotte groaned, she was screwed. She needed to get out of here. She couldn't trust anyone else here, for all she knew Shane had gotten to almost everyone. She slowly looked over to see a ring of water on the table beside her left from the glass of water. Charlotte carefully reached her hand over, the cuffs on her wrists had enough slack that she could just hover her fingers over the pool of water. Charlotte knew that she still had the inhibitor collar around her neck but that didn't stop her from trying. Charlotte focused on the water and tried to control it, tried to turn it to ice but every time she tried she felt a sharp pain and shock to run through her body.
"Uh...fuck" Charlotte groaned in pain as she continued to try. Her mind filled with thoughts of her friends...Sasha, Bayley and Becky. She had to help them. She had to get to them, to her brother. She had to stop Shane, "Shit"
Charlotte sighed and let her fingers drop in the small pool of water as she continued to rest her head on the table and slowly closed her eyes, "I can't do this"
"Jesus you're just gonna give up like that?"
Charlotte looked up to see Sasha sitting in the chair across from her with a raised eyebrow. The blonde rolled her eyes and groaned, "You're not really here...go away"
"You're right...I'm not here. I'm out there with Bayley trying to find Becky and save the world. I thought you'd be by our side when we did it...but looking at you now is a little...pathetic" Sasha said seriously
Charlotte glared at the purple haired girl, "Are you supposed to be here to give me a pep talk or just bash me? How are you even here anyway"
Sasha looked around and shrugged, "I'm that little part left over from when I went inside your head at the mall. I'd like to think I'm the last rational part of your brain left...and I'm here to tell you to get your shit together"
"Oh gee thanks"
"I'm serious Flair!"
"Don't call me that"
Sasha sat up straighter and clasped her hands together on the table as she spoke, "Why? That's what you are...who you are. You're a Flair. You're stronger than this, stronger than that collar."
"Becky made these...they're practically indestructible." Charlotte said slightly defeated
Sasha suddenly disappeared and reappeared right beside Charlotte as she lifted her hand to the blonde's neck and inspected the collar, "Becky didn't make these. This is factory made, you can tell by how they feel. How light they are, how...fake they are. They took her design but she herself didn't make it."
"So?"
"So...you know the thing about factory made items?" Sasha suddenly appeared back in the chair across from her with her legs kicked up on the table, "They always break. You just gotta be strong enough."
"But I'm not-"
"I don't have time for your excuses Flair." Sasha said as she quickly stood and made her way to the door, "I've got places to be, things to do...and so do you. You got people out there that need you. I need you...Bayley needs you. So get your ass up and get out of here"
With that Sasha walked out the door and once it slammed shut Charlotte's head shot up from the table and her eyes opened to see that nothing in the room had changed and she was alone. The blonde's mind began to wander on what Sasha had told her. She had so much she needed to do, so many people that needed her. She couldn't stay here. She had to get out...she had to get to her friends. The blonde focused on her powers. She imagined the power flowing through her, the water moving under her fingertips, the ice forming. She focused on that feeling as electricity began to sting her neck. Charlotte thought about her friends, she had to get back to them, she had to. She promised that she would come back to them and honestly...she missed them. She missed being with the other three four horsewomen. She loved them, even if she didn't say it. They were her family. They made her happy, they made her feel important...wanted. Charlotte felt a small smile creep on her face as flashes of them all shot through her head.
Flashback
"Sasha said earlier that we are all each other has...and as much as I don't want it to be true...it is. We need to be there for each other, through thick and thin. So Charlotte...right now and as long as you need or want us, we'll be here for you" Bayley said seriously.
Charlotte looked at Becky and Sasha who nodded at Bayley's words before Becky held her hand out, "Forever"
Sasha and Bayley smiled before placing their hands on top of Becky's and saying forever as well, while Charlotte smiled and fought tears as she placed her hand on top, "Forever"
"Alright, now that all that is out the way," Sasha said with a smile, "Charlotte...I think you were about to light a candle"
The blonde laughed and wiped a few tears before turning to the grave with the three other girl's following suit and sitting beside her. Charlotte picked up the cupcake and held it out to Becky causing the girl to look confused while the others looked at her expectantly before she sighed and snapped her fingers above the candle, lighting it quickly. Charlotte quietly thanked her before holding the cupcake up as she looked at the three girls beside her, "This is for my brother. He was kind, just like you Bayley, and he was smart like Becky and stubborn sometimes like Sasha"
"Hey-" Sasha said but Bayley hit her, silencing the girl
"And he wanted to be a hero. He wanted to change the world, and I plan to carry on that goal" Charlotte said with a sad smile
"To changing the world," Bayley said with a smile causing Sasha and Becky to repeat it softly before Charlotte blew out the candle and set the cupcake down.
End of Flashback
Charlotte suddenly opened her eyes to see the room was completely frozen. It was like a layer of ice that completely blanketed the whole room. The walls were covered in ice and so was the table, chairs and her handcuffs and collar. Charlotte smiled in disbelief before she tugged on the chains which were much easier to break frozen and then proceeded to do the same with the collar.
Once the blonde was fully free she stood and carefully held her injured arm, which felt a lot better now as ice flowed through it. Charlotte slowly looked around the iced room before walking up to one of the walls where the ice acted as a mirror allowing her to see herself. Her blonde hair was much lighter and her eyes were a piercing blue color and the veins in her arms were bright blue. Charlotte tilted her head as she inspected herself before she her thumping on the door. It sounded like WWE was trying to get in.
Charlotte stepped away from the wall and moved to the center of the room. If she had to fight her way out of this she would. She had to get out of here, it was the only way to help stop Shane and if that meant knocking out a few people along the way then she had to be okay with that.
The blonde slowly got into a fighting stance with ice slowly covering her hands like gloves as the door almost broke open, "To changing the world."
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