Chapter 21: Everyone (Finale)

"Hands up; I'm calling it." The doctor kicked a nearby table. "Time?"

"Eleven fifteen."

"Fuck, fifteen years of this and it never gets any easier."

"I'm sorry, doctor."

The doctor waved his hand. "It's not your fault, Mackenzie, it was her time to join God; Even I can't argue that."

"Yes, doctor."

A fire burned in the heart of AJ Styles; whether it was the fear of the unknown fate of his best friends Paige and Bayley or the anger of having to leave Eva and Alexa when they needed him most, he knew this was it, his last rodeo... No matter what. AJ stared out the window and watched as the populated city diminished into the rural outskirts; instead of buildings stacked on top of each other and a large number of businesses, the city turned into a countryside with very little homes and buildings. It didn't surprise AJ that Kenny preferred the isolation of the outskirts of town. Hell, it's what AJ wanted for his future family. But that wasn't happening until this was over once and for all.

"When we get there," Brock spoke as he drove. "I'm gonna let you do all the talking; You got the meeting to happen, you can seal the deal."

"I don't care," AJ snapped. "I'm out no matter what happens. Whether or not I have to die, my family is out of this forever."

"No one has to die, AJ," Brock glanced at AJ. "If all goes well, we will be very wealthy men."

AJ shook his head. "Whatever."

"Everything is in order, she is ready to be moved to a regular room to rest."

"Yes, doctor."

"She's lucky, not a lot of people survive this kind of thing." The doctor sighed. "I'm sure her family will be excited to hear she's going to be ok."

"Of course, doctor."

"But remember that time when ya stole Bray Wyatt's car cause he called me a whore?" Becky tried speaking to Finn but barely could due to the fact that she was laughing so hard.

Finn laughed and wiped the tears from his eyes. "He left his keys in Chemistry and I figured it'd be funny if I drove it into the creek," Finn shook his head and laughed. "He never found out it was me."

Becky calmed down and shook her head. "Those were good times, lad; Damn good times."

Finn smirked. "I know, high school was bearable cause I had good friends."

"Yeah, AJ and Bayley."

Finn shrugged. "You too; you kept my ass from failing Biology and Physics."

Becky rolled her eyes. "I'm so glad I helped ya."

There was a pause between the two old friends. Seeing Becky again made Finn recall old memories; some good, some bad. Either way, it was good to see his old friend again.

"Why did we break up?" Finn asked. "All I remember is that you were headed off to college and I wanted to stay home."

Becky nodded her head. "That was ta reason; ya wanted sometin' and I wanted sometin' else," Becky shrugged her shoulders. "It was good while it lasted, though."

Finn chuckled. "I'm glad I wasn't a complete disappointment."

Becky smiled. "Not completely."

Finn gazed into Becky's eyes; for a moment, the feelings he used to have for his old friend came back. Finn smiled to himself and mentally pushed them aside. He was happy with Paige, and now they had a kid together. Maybe if things didn't work out, he could ask Becky for another chance.

"Mr. Balor?" A nurse entered the waiting room.

Finn quickly sat up in his chair. "That's me." He exclaimed.

The nurse smiled at him. "Would you like to meet your son?"

Finn felt like his heart swelled three times its size; A mixture of happiness and pride rushed into his veins, causing him to tear up. "Yes," Finn spoke just above a whisper. "Yes, please." Finn began chuckling to himself as more tears flowed from his eyes.

"I'll help you." Becky said, standing behind Finn's chair and pushing it out the door.

As Finn and Becky continued down the hall, the anticipation grew more and more inside Finn. A wave of worry suddenly washed over him: What if it was Alberto's? Would he still love him regardless? What did Paige think of all this?

The nurse stopped outside a hospital room and gently knocked on the door. "Wait here." She said to Finn and Becky.

Finn watched as the nurse disappeared into the room. "Is it weird we're not allowed in the room?" He glanced over his shoulder at Becky.

"Yeah, it kinda is." Becky shrugged her shoulders.

The nurse returned with a bundle of blankets in her arms. "Finn," She handed the baby to him. "Meet Finn."

Finn held out his arms and gently took the baby from the nurses arms. Finn glanced down at the baby and nearly burst into tears: the baby has the same jet black hair and distinctive facial features Finn had; if he didn't know, this baby could possibly be his twin. "Hey, little guy." Finn whispered to his son. "Do you know who I am?" Finn felt gentle tears run down his cheeks. "I'm your daddy."

"I don' tink ya need tha paternity test, boyo." Becky chuckled.

Finn Jr. slowly opened his eyes to reveal piercing blue eyes similar to his father's. Finn let out a laugh of relief as he gazed into the eyes of his son.

"Good lord, he's got yer eyes."

Finn nodded his head. "I know," He glanced up at the nurse. "Can-can I see Paige?"

The nurse dropped her head and said nothing.

Finn, feeling a knot tighten in his chest, began to shake slightly. "What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry Mr. Balo-"

"No, sorry isn't gonna cut it," Finn raised his voice. "I want to see her."

The nurse shook her head. "I'm afraid you can't; The doctors did everything they could."

Finn felt like he'd taken a knife to the chest. He held Finn Jr. closer to his body as he began to cry harder, but it wasn't tears of joy this time.

"Finn?" Becky knelt beside Finn's chair and gently placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I wanted to marry her." Finn whispered through his tears. "I wanted her to be mine forever." Finn held his son close to him. "Her and I were meant to be together forever."

"I'm so sorry, Finn." The nurse knelt in front of him. "I can't imagine what this feels like."

"Can-can I see her? I just want to say goodbye."

The nurse sighed and nodded her head. Becky pushed Finn into the room; Finn gazed at Paige's body. Somehow, she seemed more pale than she already was. Finn stared at her closed eyes, hoping they would flutter open and this was a mistake on the hospitals part. But they didn't. Finn held Finn Jr. in his left arm and gently took Paige's hand in his right.

"I love you," He whispered. "Wait for me." He kissed the back of her hand before placing it back by her side. "I'll always love you."

Becky pulled Finn back out of the room into the hallway. Finn kept his eyes locked on his sleeping son, never looking away.

"You are able to take him home if you want." The nurse spoke gently to Finn.

Finn chuckled slightly. "I think I have to regardless."

The nurse gave Finn a sad smile. "It'll get better," She sighed. "It hurts now, but time will pass. And she'll always be with you."

Finn nodded his head and fought back more tears. "Yeah, I know." Finn's voice cracked as more tears fell down his face.

Eva and Alexa made their way back to Lita, hoping for an answer. "Anything?" Alexa asked.

Lita slowly shook her head. "I don't have anything yet on a Bayley."

Alexa groaned in frustration and sat behind Eva. "What about your Jane Does?" Eva asked. "Any nameless people in surgery or rooms?"

Lita rolled her eyes. "You watch too much Law and Order." Lita typed on her computer. "Uh, I got one Jane and one John, I'm gonna assume you don't care about John?"

Eva shook her head.

"Ok, Jane Doe came in a little while ago: Car accident, described as five-six, a hundred and nineteen pounds, black hair, black eyes, that's unusual."

Alexa picked her head up and listened closer to Lita.

"Was wearing a purple sweatshirt, blue jeans, and had her hair in a sideways ponytail."

"Oh, fu-"

"Where is she?" Alexa cut Eva off and nearly jumped Lita's desk.

"Uh, she just got moved to room three twelve from surg-"

Lita watched as Alexa flew down the hallway towards the elevators. "Thank you so much." Eva said to Lita and hurried after Alexa.

Brock pulled into a long and winding driveway; it was shielded by trees, but eventually cleared once they reached the front yard.

"Wow." AJ muttered as he gazed upon the colossal house before him.

"Keep your cool." Brock shut off the car and exited it.

AJ slid out of his car and looked around the premises; it was huge: giant house, large front yard. AJ's eyes shifted around to the various guards turning their attention to him and Brock.

"Brock Lesnar!" A man with curly blonde hair shouted from the front porch. "You finally arrived!"

"Mr. Omega," Brock approached Kenny with his hand outstretched. "Pleasure is all mine."

"Nah, put that away," Kenny hugged Brock like they were old friends. "I hug my business partners."

"Explains why Shinsuke pulled out."

"Haha, you're a funny guy." Kenny shifted his ficus to AJ. "And this must be AJ; My associate DOC says you can be very persuasive."

AJ smirked. "I just want to see what kind of shit we can pull as partners."

Kenny laughed. "I love this guy," He motioned for AJ and Brock to follow him. "Come on in, the Mrs. just put a casserole in the oven and it is," Kenny kissed his finger tips. "Exquisite."

AJ shot a look at Brock, who just shook his head. AJ snapped his head to the left; He thought he saw a few people running up to the house but he didn't see anyone.

"Problem?" DOC asked AJ.

AJ shook his head and continued into the house. The inside was bigger than the outside, it seemed like; several wonderful paintings hung on the walls as well as many stuffed animal heads. AJ looked around and saw all the guards talking amongst each other and grip tight to large firearms.

"You hunt a lot, Mr. Omega?" AJ asked.

"Please, call me Kenny," Kenny smiled at AJ. "And yes, my most prize possesstion," Kenny pointed at a stuffed gorilla. "The silver back gorilla."

"I thought those were endangered."

"They were," Kenny chuckled. "After I was done with them."

AJ nodded his head and forced a laugh.

"Anyway, let's cut the brace tacks." Kenny motioned for AJ and Brock to sit across from him. "You want a merger with the Bullet Club, Lesnar?"

Brock nodded his head. "That's right."

Kenny furrowed his brow. "Why should I?"

Brock nodded his head at AJ. "He's the one that took down Mysterio and Del Rio."

Kenny's eyes went wide. "That was you, AJ?"

AJ saw movement outside from the corner of his eye. "Yeah, that was me."

Kenny burst out laughing. "Goddamn, it would be foolish of me not to work with you," Kenny shrugged his shoulders. "I would, too. If I didn't think you were working with the NYPD."

AJ chuckled. "The fuck makes you think that?"

"DOC tells me things," Kenny raised his hand. "And my new friend tells me things."

A few of Kenny's men dragged a battered person with a sack over his head into the room. The men pulled off the sack to reveal Det. Cassidy.

"Son of a bitch." AJ muttered.

"AJ, I'm sorry," Det. Cassidy said. "They had my family, I had to."

Kenny smirked at AJ. "You see? How can I trust someone who wants to betray me before we even meet?"

Brock glared at Kenny. "Now listen here," Brock jumped to his feet but stopped when a few guards locked their weapons on him.

"Tsk tsk tsk," Kenny smirked at AJ. "Did you really think this would work?"

AJ shook his head and began laughing.

"The fuck is so funny?"

"Nothin'," AJ stopped laughing and glared at Kenny. "But can I ask one more question, since I'm gonna die anyway?"

Kenny shrugged his shoulders. "Sure, I'll humor you."

AJ tilted his head. "What time do the birds sing?"

Kenny narrowed his eyes. "What?"

"Two hours before dawn." One of the guards yelled as he opened fire on the other guards.

Kenny, AJ, and Brock dove to the ground as three of the guards opened fire on the others. Kenny slowly stood up when the gunfire stopped. "What the fuck are you three doing?"

One of the guards pulled off his mask. "Just fuckin' around." Dean Ambrose smirked as he raised his gun and shot Kenny in the face.

"The hell?" Brock slowly stood up as Roman and Seth also pulled of their masks.

"You gotta be fuckin' me." Det. Cassidy said with a nervous laugh. "How in the hell did you pull this off, Styles?"

AJ shrugged his shoulders and tapped the side of his head. "Always have a back up plan."

Seth pointed at AJ. "Four hundred thousand."

AJ nodded his head. "Damn straight."

"Well, I'll be headin' out," Seth walked towards the door. "Gonna go home and bang my ex-wife."

"Yeah, Sasha's gonna freak if I don't show up soon." Roman followed Seth.

"Wassup!?" Dean stuck out his tongue and exclaimed as he followed his brothers.

Det. Cassidy rose to his feet and stared at the body of Kenny Omega. "That's one pain in the ass I don't gotta deal with."

"What happens now?" AJ asked.

"How about you two were never here and I didn't see who attacked Kenny and his men?"

AJ glanced at Brock. "You serious?"

"Get the fuck outta here before I change my mind."

AJ and Brock hurried out of Kenny's house, jumped in Brock's car, and sped off.

"How the fu-"

"No words." Brock interrupted.

Alexa reached for the door handle.

"Lex." Eva said.

Alexa gave Eva a worried look.

"No matter what, we're still a family."

Alexa smiled and slowly opened the door. When Alexa stepped into the room, her heart nearly dropped; Bayley's entire face was wrapped in bandages and she was hooked up to a respirator.

"Oh, shit." Alexa muttered as she hurried over to Bayley.

Finn and Becky arrived at the apartment. The car ride was silent; Finn forgot a car seat so he had to hold onto Finn Jr. Finn sat in the middle of the living room and locked his eyes on his son.

"Do ya need anyting?" Becky asked.

"Could you do me a weird favor?" Finn asked.

"Of course."

"Could you clean out Paige's clothes? I just can't." Finn lowered his head.

"No problem." Becky said with a sad smile.

Finn gazed at his son and only worried about his future. How would life without a mother morph him? Can he raise this baby on his own? So many factors played their part in this game.

"Oh, shit." Finn whispered as he began to cry.

Brock stopped in front of the hospital to let AJ out.

"Is it over?" AJ asked one last time.

Brock nodded his head and drove off. AJ felt a great weight lifted off his shoulders as he entered the hospital. AJ smiled to Lita when he approached the desk.

"Where's Lex and Eva?" AJ asked.

Lita raised her eyebrow. "They didn't tell you; Bayley is here, she just got out of surgery, room three twelve."

"Oh, shit." AJ exclaimed as he ran for the elevator.

A/N: Ya'll already know there's going to be another sequel ;)

"Ignite This House We Built" coming soon...