A Raven in the Hand

CHAPTER 2

Kayla couldn't remember if she had shook so many hands before, David had introduced her to everyone who was in the VIP lounge in a private box overseeing the ring. She had met Matt Hardy, Paul London, Brian Kendrick, Jamie Noble and more. She even met a few divas such as Ashley and Layla, two of the Diva Search winners..

As David began to share some of their childhood antics, Kayla slowly moved over to the large window and starred down at the ring, it was dark, the only light came above the ring, illuminating only the centre of the arena. The sound checks were done, the ring was ready for tonight's show, which would start in only a few hours.

"Hey Kay!" David shouted to her, "I have to go get ready, are you going to be OK here?"

"She smiled, "Yeah, don't worry. I'll be good."

I'll see you in an hour or so, I have the last match tonight."

"Sure." She turned back at the stage, "I'll be just fine."

Kayla waited a half hour until she was sure that David was busy with photos and interviews, not to mention some time with back stage winners. She crept out of the room, hopefully unnoticed by the occupants. She looked around the hallway, she knew where to get back below, where the wrestlers had changed. The trick was to get there and back without anyone noticing her, especially Dave.

The first thing she did was walk over to a back door and opened it, turning to her feathered friend. Without a word from her lips, the animal opened his wings and leaped into the open air. One less thing to notice. She pulled out of the pocket of her coat and pulled out a head set. She slipped off her coat and installed the set on her head, now she looked like just another stage hand. She threw her coat out a open window, caught by the raven in flight.

After rearranging her hair to almost cover her face, she walked down to the lower levels and began to retrace her steps to where she spotted the door. It didn't take her long to find their dressing and change rooms, none of the wrestlers and divas noticed her as she walked past them, they were too busy with getting into their characters and buffing out before going on. Kayla was happy that Dave wasn't down here, he's be the only one who would notice her, after all, no one here had seen her before so it was easy for them to forget her.

She stopped at the door, to the dressing room at the rear, the farthest away from everyone. She could tell that this one like his privacy, she was going to find out why. After all, that was her job.

She touched the door lightly and began to search the room with her thoughts, there seemed to be no one in there, at least not human. She tried her search again, the results were negative for others. Kayla tried to turn the door handle but found it locked, she smiled to herself as she touched the lock with the tip of her index finger.

Her eyes seemed to run black, it happened every time she called forth the power, "Derah…norah…" She whispered, the door handle unlocked.

She opened the door and closed it quite quickly but quietly behind her and looked around, it seemed that this room was not in use, at least not yet. She slowly began to look around, the long leather couch against the far wall, a dressing table where a bottle of rye and two upright glasses a little of the liquor in the bottom sat on ice. She walked into the shower room and flicked on the light, there was no costume hanging from the empty hook. She came back out to the main room and looked again, her brother's dressing room was filled with his clothes and some work out equipment. In this room, there was nothing.

Kayla closed her eyes and began to concentrate, she could feel the rise inside of herself as the room began to glow in a soft blue light. As she looked around, she could feel was the walls were telling her. There was something of great power here, not too long ago…

The hairs on her neck began to stand up, the monster would be coming back soon. She crept back out and looked around, no one was there. She crept out and closed the door, locking it as she had unlocked it. She walked quickly around to the stairs that would take her back up to the VIP room, until she spotted the office door with Theodore Long's name on it.

As two wrestlers approached, Kayla began to pretend she was talking on her radio. They walked by without notice. She tuned back as the door and sensed within, luck was on her side as she sensed nothing. Again, the door was locked, but a lock was nothing to her as she crept inside and looked around. There were a few filling cabinet that seemed reinforced and on rollers, for easy transport she guessed.

She smiled as she saw the laptop that sat on the desk, she was good with computers. She moved to the desk and grabbed the notebook and lipped open the screen as she tuned it on. It took a moment for it to boot up, too much time for her.

She waved her hand over the screen, "Curdo momenta shill…"

The main screen popped up, listing all the files that were kept inside. She raced through the names of the characters until she came to his, she was almost shaking as she clicked the mouse over the name. His file came to view, she grinned as she gabbed a piece of paper and pen from the desk top and began to jot down all the information.

She closed everything and placed it all in their proper spot, she had little time before she had to meet David, and she was feeling like she was wearing her luck thin. As with the same stealth, she got out of the manager's office and ran back up the stairs while dodging a small entourage of fans following Finley to the change rooms.

As she came close to the room, she opened the back door again, Reaper flew in, her coat in his talons.

"Good boy…" She whispered as she removed the head set and placed it back into her coat before putting it one.

She rearranged her hair again, just as a hand touched her shoulder. She jumped a little as she turned around, David was trying to hold his laugh but couldn't.

"You should see your face!" He laughed.

"Very funny." She tried to smile as Reaper landed on her shoulder.

"Why are you so jumpy?"

"I got lost trying to find a confection stand. I was in the mood for a hot dog."

"Well, come on. We'll stop at one on our way to the ring. I just have to do two more shots before I got into the ring. I thought you'd like to see in action." He grinned.

"Sure, I would love that."

David wrapped his arm around and they began to walk down the hall, but Kayla couldn't help get a feeling of being watched. She looked behind her and spotted a giant of a shadow down in the far end of the hall, but it was gone in a moment. She felt his presence very strongly, they had become aware of each other. She hadn't much time.

To be continued….