OFFERED A NEW LIFE

Chapter 1 - The Challenge



A dark haired young man quietly stalked down the dimly lit hall of the gym, he spotted the figure he was looking for at the end of the hall. As he got closer he could see the blue and purple dye in her black hair, he smiled evilly as he crept closer to her.

"Well hello Wolf, it's been awhile since I last saw you." He sneered.

The young woman turned to face the young man. "Whatever Daemon. What the hell do you want?!" Kaytana growled.

"Easy there Wolf, I came to challenge you for the Karate world title, you stole from me!" he snapped.

"I stole from you?! You never had the damn thing! And in case you forgot, I beat your ass fair and square! So face it Daemon not only did you lose, but you lost for a third time against a girl!" She yelled.

"Hmph. Well that may be so, but this challenge will determine if you really do deserve the title of Karate world champion!

"Daemon I've told you I'm through with the fights, and the tournaments! I have been for almost a year, not to mention I'm going to college now. So I'm not fighting you got it!"

"Oh come on Wolf, what's one more fight, it can be our very last fight. You can go out with a bang! What do you say?"

Kaytana narrowed her eyes at Daemon, she knew he was up to something he always was she just didn't know what. She also knew that if she didn't agree to this fight now, he'd find a way to threaten her into it.

"FINE!" She growled frustrated.

"Excellent! I knew you'd agree to fight me one last time! I'll let you have a month to train, I don't want to beat you to easily." Daemon said sarcastically as he began to walk away from her.

"Oh and Wolf I hear you're REAL close with two of the toughest and biggest guys in the WWF…The Undertaker and Kane. I wonder what their reactions will be when they see you being beaten to a pulp." Daemon called over his shoulder.

"WHAT?!" Tana screamed.

Daemon slowly turned to face the Wolf again before answering her. "Oh I have my ways, you should know by know that I know everything about you Wolf! So once I found out about those two wrestlers being like big brothers to you, I decided I'd inform them about you, and I didn't want to be rude so I took the liberty of inviting them to our fight."

With that, said Daemon turned and left the gym, leaving a very shocked and angry Wolf in the hallway.

***

Vince McMahon sat at his large oak desk reading over a letter that just arrived. He decided to read it before summoning the other individuals the letter was also addressed to.

Vince was very confused as well as very interested at what the letter said, he quickly reached for the phone, and demanded to have all of the WWF superstars in his office right away.

About twenty minutes later, all the WWF wrestlers were gathered in Vince's office/conference room. They were all seated around a large table, those in attendance were… The Undertaker, Kane, The Rock, Jeff and Matt Hardy, Lita, Edge, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Rob Van Dam, Booker T and Test.

"All right everyone shut up and pay attention!" Vince yelled as some of the members began arguing.

"I received this letter today, and it's brought up many questions, but it's also peeked my interest, and I'm thinking about possibly offering this individual a job here in the WWF. But we're not going there right now, first I'm going to read a bit of the letter to you."

"…I have discovered that this young fighter named Kaytana, better known as the Wolf is very close with two of the wrestlers there, I believe their names are…The Undertaker and Kane. I heard just recently that she is scheduled to fight her long time rival Daemon in a month, and apparently, neither of these wrestlers knew about her karate history. I strongly believe that The Wolf will need as many people to encourage her as possible, seeing as how this is her very first competition in almost a year. So, I am inviting all of you to come cheer her on. The competition will be in New York, at the Town Square Arena, and she'll be training there for the next month you should maybe stop by and give her words of encouragement. I have been a huge fan of the Wolf's for a long time now, and I know that you may not believe me so I have send a tape of her last competition…The World Championship.

Sincerely…Anonymous."

Once Vince looked up from the letter, he noticed Kane looking at his brother, and Taker had a very surprised expression on his face.

"It can't be…it can't be her…can it?" Taker whispered to his brother.

Kane shrugged his shoulders in confusion.

"So do you two know who this young woman is?" Vince asked.

Kane nodded and Taker answered verbally. "Yeah we know her, we've known her since she was about fourteen. But we haven't seen her since she was sixteen, so it's been about six years. I can't figure out why she would keep this a secret though." The last sentence came out as a frustrated growl clearly showing Taker's confusion and frustration.

"Well I suggest you two go see her while she's here in New York, you know we're performing around here for the next month, so that gives you all time to meet her. Now lets take a look at this video."

***

Kaytana stormed into her coach's office, and slammed the door closed behind her. Mike looked up from some papers he was looking over and sighed as he noticed how upset his student was.

"Tana." He said in greeting. "I take it you ran into Daemon."

"How'd you know?" she answered sarcastically.

"Well because he came in here and told me what he was planning, you know challenging you to one last fight for the World Title. Not to mention we need to sign this form saying you've agreed to the match, and by your reaction here, I'm guessing he's managed to get you to agree."

"Yeah he did, the jerk is giving me a month to train. Apparently, I have to train in New York, in the stadium where we're having the competition. And to make matters worse he's found out about Kane and Taker!!!"

"Well if he tried to threaten their safety I'm sure you have nothing to worry about, I mean think about it Tana they're two of the toughest guys in the WWF, and big too, I'm sure they can take care of themselves." Mike offered.

"I know that! I can handle him trying to threaten their safety because I know they can take care of themselves, but he didn't threaten them. He said he told them about me being the Wolf, and the Karate World Champion, and he decided to invite them to the fight!! I didn't want them to know, because you know how protective they are of me, they're gonna freak out…well Taker is anyway. Plus the less people who know about me being the Wolf the better…but no Daemon just had to tell them!" Tana cried as she flopped down in a chair opposite Mike.

"Well I guess we're gonna have to try and deal with it then Tana, are you sure he'd really tell them? He could just be trying to get to ya, maybe he's using this as a distraction."

"No you know Daemon as well as I do, if he's said he told them then he's told them. What am I going to do Mike? I'm not sure I can beat him again…"

"Well don't worry about Kane and Taker right now, ok. We're going to concentrate on your training, because this fight is going to be even harder for you. Because not only is it your first fight in almost a year, but Daemon's chosen to fight you in freestyle. So you know there's no rules in that, which means you have to work your ass off this next month!"

"WHAT! What do you mean I have to fight him freestyle?!" Tana yelled.

"He's the challenger so he got to pick the style you two fight in. Don't worry Tana I know you can do this. Now let's go get packed we leave in five hours."

***

The next morning in New York…

Tana slowly opened her eyes and groaned she turned her head to glance at the clock beside her hotel bed. 6:30am.

"Tana come on hurry up and get your ass out of that bed! We have a lot of training to do!" Mike called as he continued to bang on her door.

Tana threw her covers off and tiredly pulled herself out of bed, she stumbled over to the door and opened it.

"Mike it's six thirty in the flippin' morning! Can't we start at like oh I don't know 8?!" Tana growled.

"Nope, incase you have forgotten we only have the arena for a short while today, because the wrestlers have to run through some of their matches remember?"

Upon seeing the Wolf's confused expression Mike sighed and quickly reminded her.

"Today's Monday, so that means tonight is Raw, and it just happens to be taking place in this stadium tonight. So hurry up and get dressed you have ten minutes!" Mike said walking into her room and sitting down on the couch.

"Great." She muttered as she grabbed her training clothes and walked into the bathroom.

***

Lita walked into the hotel restaurant and looked around, she smiled as she spotted the Hardyz, Edge, The Rock, Austin, and RVD all sitting at one of the tables in the back. She noticed how Jeff, Matt and Edge were sitting in between the three other men, acting as the peacekeepers.

As She walked towards their table, she noticed that she'd have to walk past the table Booker T and Test were sitting at, as she neared that table she veered off to her right to keep her distance from them. She sighed in relief as she finally stopped at her friend's table.

"Hey guys." She greeted them with a smile.

"Hey Lita, how are ya?" Matt said smiling at his girlfriend.

"Pull up a chair, we haven't ordered yet." Edge offered.

Jeff turned around in his chair and noticed that Kane and Taker were sitting at the table behind him; he smiled nervously as Taker looked at him.

"Umm…Good mornin' guys, uh…would it be alright if we borrowed one of your chairs for Lita?" Jeff asked quietly.

Taker didn't reply he just slightly nodded his head, and used his hand to gesture to the extra chairs at the end of their table.

Lita slowly approached their table and took hold of one of the chairs, "Thank you."

Kane and Taker both nodded to her.

"So what's everyone doing after this?" Lita asked as she sat down.

"Well I know that Vince is goin' down to the arena today to meet that girl, and I was thinking about going there to." Edge said not looking up from his menu.

"Yeah I was thinkin' about going there to watch her train, plus we get the ring at 11 and I'm too tired to try and find something else to do for the next four hours." Jeff said laughing.

"Well then I think I'll tag along with you guys if ya don't mind." She teased.

***

Vince was just about to enter the main stadium when he heard a bunch of footsteps approaching; he turned to see all of the WWF superstars. As it turns out, they all had the same idea.

"Well I'm glad you all decided to come. Shall we?" He asked as he opened the doors to the backstage area.

The group quietly walked down the hall towards the curtain, it appeared almost everything was all set up for Raw. As they got closer to the curtain, they could hear a man trying to encourage his student.

***

"Come on Wolf! You can hit harder than that!"

Tana growled in frustration as she lunged at Mike, only to have his foot connect with her jaw.

"What the Hell was That?! You should have been able to block that!" Mike yelled in surprise. He then smiled as he noticed the look she was giving him. "Come on lets try it again." He offered his hand to help her up.

Tana gingerly took Mike's offered hand only to pull him into an attack. She quickly pulled him over her head, and managed to land a couple of punches before he could block them. Wolf quickly rolled out to the way and crouched into a ready position as she watched her coach slowly rise to his feet.

"Nice work, I wasn't expecting that." Mike then turned to his right. "Hey" He greeted.

***

They all followed Vince through the curtain and down the ramp so they could continue to watch this young woman train.

"That had to hurt!" Edge whispered to Jeff as they watched her go flying backwards after having her coach's foot connect with her jaw.

"Yeah, and hopefully it wont leave a mark!" He said still watching the two in the ring.

Taker and Kane both froze in mid stride down the ramp, as they caught their first glance of the young woman. She was clad in black pants that were a little loose but still showed the shape of her legs, and a tight black top. The brothers watched in shock as the petite girl managed to toss the older man over her head. They still had yet to see her face, all this time she had kept her back to all of them, and only the man who she was fighting with noticed all of them.

"Hey" he greeted.

Only then did Tana slowly turn to her left. She gasped as she saw the wrestlers she's been watching for the last year and a half. The Wolf let her gaze wonder over each of the wrestlers, her eyes widened in shock as her gaze finally landed on the two still frozen on the ramp.

"Kaytana!" The Undertaker breathed. Kane remained silent as he continued to stare at the young woman in the ring. 'She's really matured and grown up…she's beautiful.'

"TAKER, KANE!!" Tana yelled happily as she leapt over the top rope and ran up to the brothers of destruction.

She ran up to Taker first and jumped into his open arms giggling as he lifted her up so she could wrap her arms around his neck.

"How are ya darlin'?"

"I'm good." She said as she kissed his check. Taker gently set her down and she turned to Kane.

Everyone watched in shock as the big red machine slowly dropped to one knee and opened his arms to the girl, who happily stepped into his strong embrace.

"I missed you Kane." She whispered in his ear, and then she placed a soft kiss on the side of his mask just as she did with Taker.

"I've never seen Undertaker and Kane this…this…uh…human…"Matt said to no one in particular.

"Yeah and you had all better just forget you ever saw this or I'll just have to personally erase it from your memories GOT IT?!" Taker growled.

Everyone nodded not wanting to deal with the Undertaker's wrath right now.

Taker then turned his attention back on Tana, who blushed at the attention she was receiving from the brothers. Both of them looked her over, taking notice of her new hair do, and her out fit.

'The blue and purple hair is gonna take some gettin' use to.' Taker thought.

"Well little one it looks like you've really grown up on us."

Tana laughed. "Yeah it does seem to happen, I mean look at you two! I feel like a little hobbit, standing next to two giants…but that's how it's always been hasn't it?" She teased.

"Yeah I guess you're just stuck at 5 feet 2 inches there little one."

Tana turned and looked at her coach who was now standing next to Vince.

"Did ya hear that he thinks I'm 5,2!"

"Yeah but you're cheating with those damn shoes again." Mike shot back.

"Hey he said it not me, I mean if they wanna think I'm taller then who am I to complain!"

"Ok little one how tall are ya really?" Taker asked a little amused.

"Umm…five feet." She mumbled.

Kane titled his head to the side indicating he didn't hear her, he slipped a finger under her chin and tilted her head up so he could look into her eyes.

Tana understood what Kane was asking, "I'm five feet."

Booker T burst out laughing and cracking jokes at her. Tana whipped around and glared at him.

"Careful Monkey boy or I just may use you as my practice dummy. You do have the personality, and brains to pull it off!" She hissed.

Booker T stopped laughing when he heard her comments it was now Stone Cold who was laughing. The rest of the group tried there hardest to keep from laughing but they couldn't help smiling.

'Yup same old Tana, she's still got that wild spirit, and don't mess with me attitude.'

"Well everyone I'd like you to meet Kaytana. Kaytana this is Steve Austin, Matt, and Jeff Hardy, Lita, The Rock, Edge, Rob Van Dam, Test, Booker T, and Chris Jericho."

Vince waited until after everyone shook hands, and said hello before he began talking again.

"Tana I'd like to invite you and Mike to watch tonight's show, I have two ring side tickets for you if you'd like to come tonight."

"Oh my gosh! Thank you so much, and of course I'll be there!" Tana said enthusiastically.

***