Chapter 4- The call.
Jessica was just walking out of Vicky's office. It was decreed that next week on Raw it would be a three-person tag match. She was to team up with John Morrison and Batista to take on Legacy. Vicky had paper work to file not to mention a yelling match to win against Teddy Long who had since sent notice that Kane can remain on Raw. Kane was in on the whole meeting, once they left he turned to his daughter and announced. "This is what happens when a couple gets divorced and there's a child involved… in this case the child is me" he explained with a slight twist of humor.
She giggled to his joke just as her phone rang. "Hello?"
"Jessica…"
"How the hell did you get my number!"
"Jessica please! It's Colin!"
Kane looked to his daughter oddly, she looked to him and mouthed it was Matt Hardy on the phone. "What the hell do you want?"
"Colin's been shot" Matt explained. "You have to go to the hospital now, he's seriously hurt. He would be dead if he wasn't wearing the title belt. Please tell your dad, he's getting a blood transfusion now"
Jessica shook her head in disbelief, she couldn't make heads or tails of Matt was lying to her or not. And why on earth was he on Smackdown? Kane took the phone from her and spoke to Matt himself. "What sick joke are you pulling Hardy!" he demanded.
He heard the phone pass to another hand. "Dad…." Whispered Colin. "He's telling the truth"
Kane couldn't believe his own ears as he heard his son's weak voice over the phone. Colin begged him to get to the hospital as soon as possible, Kane promised and hung up. "We have to go to the hospital," he said.
Jessica nodded yet grabbed something before she left. In the back, there was a guitar she always carried around yet never played. This time I would come with her. Climbing into the closest rental car, Kane sped off to the hospital where Matt announced he was. Once they arrived, there was a nurse that pegged Kane instantly and took him to one of the rooms. The moment he arrived with Jessica, Kane was stunned. Lying on a bed was Matt Hardy. He was doing the blood transfusion for Colin.
"My God" whispered Jessica.
"If you think that's bad, I don't think you would like the title belt" Off in the corner of the room Colin stared at what remained of the championship belt. Full of bullet holes Kane stared at it as it was tarnished with his son's blood. Four bullets were caught in the gold. Two only managed to break through. "I was lucky to be wearing it"
"Who!" Kane demanded. "WHO shot you!" Kane demanded.
Colin shook his head, he didn't know. "All he said was my full name… my real full name. Colin Malcolm Vicktor. And then… he said… tell your mom I said hi" Colin began to cry, the man knew him and yet how?
Kane's face however looked like it drained of color. He stared at Colin before he glared off into the distance. "That son of a bitch" he whispered.
"Dad?" Jessica asked.
"I know who the hell did this, and I'll be damned if I let him get away with it"
Before Jessica could question her father any farther, Kelly came rushing through the door. She was crying aloud as she rushed to Colin's side. "Oh my God, Colin! I'm so sorry!" she whispered.
She had nothing to be sorry for. But she felt if she had been there, she could have called for help sooner. Kane knew if she were there, she would be dead.
Taker came into the room as well. He announced the police were on the case. "They found the bullet casings, not to mention the gun, but the bastard wore gloves."
"How did you find out?" Kane asked.
Taker turned to Matt who had since rested up from the blood transfusion. Apparently Matt was O positive, a universal donor. Colin had rare blood AB Positive, yet was lucky enough that Matt's could go to anyone. Taker turned to Kane and brought him outside of the hospital door. Colin was just falling asleep as Vince McMahon came rushing down the hall. Kane filled him in, yet mentioned he knew he was behind the attack. "If it's anyone in the locker room, so help me!" Vince hissed venomously.
"No, it's Katie's ex. Berry" Kane muttered.
Taker and Vince stared at one another before turning to Kane. "How would you know?" Taker asked.
Kane told them that he knew Berry was the reason why Katie changed her last name. Her father had friends high up in the police force. They altered their identity to Vick when they moved. "She told me on the third date, the one where I beat the hell out of Berry. He vowed revenge against me, no matter what he said I would pay. I remember he was the one that tried to drive us off the road…" Kane paused as his head throbbed to the thought of dealing with a man who is more twisted than he.
Vince kept looking into the room. "You're going to take the belt off of him?" Taker asked.
Shockingly enough, Vince shook his head no. "Those that want it, need to see what he went through. He remains champion, until then, we will establish a series of matches to determine the new number one contender after Triple H's rematch." It was agreed. Kane however was conflicted.
He wanted to go out and hunt down the bastard that tried to kill his son, yet worried if he left. Colin is left in the open. Jessica has her own life to manage as well. He can't be in two places at once.