Sanitorium (Roman Reigns Story)

Chapter 22: The Den

"Follow me." I tell Aaron while he is taking his hand wraps off.

"So explain to me why you want me to start keeping an eye on Roman." He says, putting his gym bag in his locker in the back.

"Because he's a liar and I dont trust him." I say simply.

"Good enough for me." he says.

He follows me to the Simulation Room with my guard and the guard knocks on the door. Ivy opens it and has a confused look on her face when she sees Aaron standing next to me.

"Aaron." She says.

"Ivy." He responds, nodding at her.

She looks at me and I fold my arms. "I invited him. As backup." I say.

She nods and lets us in. I know that she's gonna pull me to the side to try and figure out why Im conspiring with Aaron, but its none of her business. I need to watch my own back. I stand in the corner of the room and Aaron stands next to me. Roman looks up from the blueprint that he layed out on a table and he just stares at Aaron.

"Aaron." Roman says.

"Roman." Aaron nods at him.

"What are you doing here?" He asks.

"Helping." He says, looking at me.

I fight the urge to smile and Roman looks at me. "I told him to cover us. I highly doubt any of our own guards would volunteer to betray their leaders." I explain.

Ivy nods, understanding my plan. It makes a lot of sense and he actually can help us, but thats obviously not why I want him here with us. Roman just continues staring at Aaron and Aaron returns the gaze.

"I dont think staring at me will give you any answers Rome." Aaron tells him.

Roman drops his gaze for a moment to search the blueprint. "Where do you wanna go? This was your idea." He looks at me.

I walk over to the table and look at the blueprint. Everything is labeled, so its easy to know where you're going and how everything is laid out. I point to the part in the blueprint labeled "DEN". 

"We can visit your den. See what else we can find." I say, looking at him.

"Great!" Ivy says, picking up some flashlights. "Are we ready?" She asks, handing all of us one.

We nod and walk out of the Simulation Room, Ivy reading the blueprint and guiding us through the maze that is this building. I walk beside Aaron and Roman is walking in front of us. He looks back occassionally to see what we're doing. He must really be suspicious, since we're just walking. We get to an intersection and Ivy looks at the blueprint and makes a face. She shines a light on Roman.

"This thing is kinda confusing. Which way do I go? You've been there before." She says.

He points to his right and we follow that direction.

"Aaron I need you to flank me. Just in case someone pops up." Ivy says to him.

Aaron obliges, walking up to the front where she is. Roman drops back where I am and I ignore him, shining my flashlight in front of me.

"So why is he here?" Roman asks.

"You're asking me why a combat trainer is walking with us during our 'sneaking around the prison' mission? You're definitely asking the wrong questions." I say.

He shines his light on me. "You're lying." He says.

"No Roman. Im not. He's gonna give us an advantage. Just because you're a liar, doesnt mean we all have to be. I didnt lose my dignity and self-respect when I got in here like the rest of you. So no. Im not lying. I dont have to." I say to him, giving him a dirty look.