Sanctuary

Chapter Twenty Five - Target

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Tar•get

1. a person, object, or place selected as the aim of an attack.

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One week later

Saturday, Santa Monica - 1:55am

Dolph and I were sitting cross legged on the hood of his truck, staring at the water as it crashed against the sand of the beach.

It had been seven days of pure relaxation with him, Sage, Frankie, Dean, Roman, Seth and Alex and now sadly it was all coming to an end. Tomorrow, The Shield and I would have to hit the road to be in Vegas for RAW and Zigg and Sage would go to a house show in LA then drive on Monday to the arena together.

"You know this is nice," He said quietly, handing me a fresh beer. "Seems like we never get this time alone anymore."

I sighed, taking it. "We don't."

"That's because you've got a crazy boyfriend watching your every move and trying to kill anyone that talks to you."

"Yeah well, he's sleep now." I raised my bottle. "Therefore a toast to us, together once again."

He smirked, clinking mine with his and we both took a long drink and sat it down. "So, how long has it been for you and Dean?"

"Two months on screen, a month off screen." That sentence made me raise an eyebrow, it didn't seem like it'd been that long.

"So that's about eight weeks you've been working with this fucker," He said slowly. "Why do I feel like you've done nothing that you promised will destroy him?"

"He thinks I'm in love with him!" I shrieked back. "That's so, so, so important! If I don't do anything else on my list, that's the one I really care about crossing him on!"

"That's not going to break him though! That's not breaking anyone!"

"Of course it'll break him. I've been studying him, all of them actually." I said and he raised an eyebrow, "Okay, check this out, Seth's biggest weakness is he's insecure. I could easily get in his ear and make him my evil little puppet that turns on them. Ronan's biggest weakness is that he wants more than he lets on. You dangle some gold or a chance to jump ahead and he'll abandon those boys. H's biggest weakness is dependence. He depends on us and the McMahons far too much. I take either The Shield or his little extended family from him and he'll collapse. Dean, well so far all I can see is me. I'm his only weakness, I've got to get closer first and find a stronger one."

Dolph nodded, clearly impressed. "That's amazing. You've got this all figured out."

"Yup, it only took a few weeks to figure out everyone else. All I need is a few more weeks to figure out Dean."

"I hope you're right, but hey, I have a question."

"Shoot."

"If your plan is to disband The Shield anyways, why even bother to stop them from fighting?"

"Because you know I'm possessive! They weren't fighting because of me, they were fighting because of Punk and I'm not letting that fucking happen! This is my shit, my goal, my accomplishment to have at the end of the day not his!" I angrily took a sip, pouting my lips afterwards. "Every time he causes a rift, I have to put them back together."