The Architect or The Lunatic Fringe

Lexus' Protectors

**Next Week**

Dean Ambrose

I was walking down the hall with Joe for catering when we heard the divas talking and someone crying.

"He was yelling and screaming and I just...." Sob.

I turn and see... Lexus. I turn to Joe and we rushed over.

"Lex?" I ask.

She turns to us and I saw a healing bruise on her eye.

"Jesus!" Joe says as I look at her eye.

"What happened?" I ask.

Wait a minute...

I close my eyes as my temper builds up.

"Was it Seth?" I ask, opening my eyes.

She looked down.

"Alexis. Tell me now or I'm gonna call Ashley." I say.

"He's in LA." She tries.

"Nope. They're here tonight. I invited them." I say.

She looks up at me.

"Holy shit! Lex, what happened?!" Ashley suddenly appears out of no where with the other member of the Black Veil Brides crew following in suit.

She looks from her brother to her friends to me.

"Now are you gonna tell me?" I ask.

She looked down.

"Alexis Purdy, tell me who did this to you or I will have Andy call Ronnie who will call Max, Craig, TJ, Robert, Chris, and Ricky. Who are all on their way." Ashley says.

She sighs.

"He got mad at me.... when I said he was the one that broke his friendship with you guys... when he slammed that chair into your backs and... he pushed me against the wall and slapped me... I got up and slapped him back then he punched me.... I fell... He kicked me in the ribs.... Then he left... He came back and apologized.... I didn't feel safe... When he fell asleep I got my things and left..." She sobs.

I make her look at me.

"Was it Colby?" I ask.

She sobs and nods, going to Ashley.

"Ashes." She whimpers.

Ashley holds her close as Ronnie, Max, Craig, TJ, Robert, Chris, and Ricky walk up. One look at her eye and they were ready to murder someone.

"Ok.... I'm going back to jail. Who did it?" Ronnie asks.

"Colby." Ashley seethed.

"That scumbag piece of shit. I knew that morherfucker couldn't be trusted the minute he turned his back on Dean and Roman." Ricky says.

"I'm kicking that bastards ass as soon as I see him alone." Chris says.

"He's so fucking dead." Max says.

"That piece of shit needs to get his ass handed to him." Craig says.

"That son of a bitch is getting his ass the minute he's alone." Andy says.

"That's later... I'm kicking his ass now." I seethe through my teeth before storming off.

"Jon!" I heard and paused.

I look and see a terrified Lexus. I walk back and did something I've been wanting to do since the moment I laid eyes on her... I gently cup her face and kiss Lexus on her lips.

A sweet, loving, and passionate filled kiss.

I pull away then storm off again.

With one thing on my mind:

....

I'm gonna kick Colby Lopez's teeth down his throat.