Chapter 6: Jealously
April 26, 1999
Author's note: just to not get in trouble, I should remind everyone that I don't own anything that has to do with WWE. Also, be kind with this chapter; I got into wrestling last year and everything in the story that happened before last year, especially this chapter, is from what I could unearth
The Undertaker stayed in Hell for a while, leading Hell's chapter of the Ministry with Pandora by his side. But his presence was known in the human world, thanks to the Acolytes. They spoke of being the henchmen to an unknown leader. Undertaker was revealed to be that leader when the Acolytes kidnapped a wrestler and Undertaker baptized him into evil, creating Mideon. But Undertaker decided that three disciples were not enough. With help from the three, Undertaker forcibly inducted Mabel, creating the half-demon Viscera, and recruited the trio known as the Brood. Now satisfied, Undertaker set his eyes on taking over the entire company. Vince McMahon tried to reason with Undertaker by calling him by his human name; when that did not work, he created many matches to try and destroy the Undertaker. However, Undertaker won each match and made an example of his intentions either during or after the match: he revealed that Stephanie was the next victim during his match with Kane, hanged Big Bossman from the Cell, sacrificed Ken Shamrock's sister and eventually tried to sacrifice Ken himself. During this time, Undertaker lost the Brood because Christian was forced to reveal information to Ken and Christian's comrades decided they were more loyal to each other. But, at Backlash, Undertaker kidnapped something more valuable than the Brood…Stephanie herself.
Hell's chapter of the Ministry was going through changes as well. When Undertaker returned to the human world, Pandora took his words about weakness to heart. She still pretended to be a good demoness to her teachers and Lacti. But she drove all of what she thought was weakness from herself once she put on her priestess robe, letting her other side take over. She showed her dedication to Undertaker during his time of terror in the human world, even when he did horrible things. This dedication and Undertaker's cruelty scared a lot of those in the Ministry; to their surprise, the demons started to feel sorry for and worry about Stephanie because of how evil Undertaker was and how innocent she was. Because of that, they lost a lot of members. Pandora did not care, however; she dismissed those who left as being weak and should not have been in the Ministry if they just planned to leave in the end. As for Stephanie, Pandora criticized her for being so afraid of the Minister of Darkness.
That night after Undertaker kidnapped Stephanie, Pandora had the meeting start later than usual. She wanted to wait until the very end, where she sensed that the Undertaker would reveal what he intended to do with Stephanie. Ever since the young woman was taken, Pandora's evil mind had been running down the things that Undertaker would do to the weak human. She grinned as she entered but her grin faded when she saw that the group was smaller than the night before. Battle came forward. "High Priestess…"
Pandora hissed, "Where are Mist and Ell?"
Battle sighed. "They couldn't handle what happened last night with Stephanie. They send their apologies."
Pandora growled and pushed past Battle. Battle followed her as she hissed, "They can't take the kidnapping of a single human? How weak can one get?"
Battle swallowed, knowing that this was Pandora's other side talking. "Well…she has been through a lot."
Pandora slowly turned her head and showed a very icy glare. "Are you feeling sorry for her?"
Battle quickly shook his head. "No, no! I'm not!" In reality, he was but he wanted to stay in the Ministry. Pandora smirked coldly and turned her head, going to the altar. "Good."
Battle sighed and joined Sally. Once they knew that Pandora was absorbed in mixing the drink for the opening ritual, Sally murmured, "When will you do it?"
Battle shrugged. "I don't know. I need to find the perfect time to do so."
Sally nodded as Pandora started to speak. "Fellow creatures of the night…welcome. Tonight is a special night. Tonight, our master will reveal to us what he will do with the beloved Stephanie. Whatever he will do, I know that we will rejoice in his decision."
The other members barely nodded. They were nervous about what Stephanie would go through. Because they started late, Pandora had Battle pass around the drink as she made the screen appear. They tuned in at the perfect time. The earthly-disciples of the Ministry were coming to the ring, carrying a large Undertaker symbol and tied to that symbol…was Stephanie, dressed in a black dress and terrified. The creatures of the night paled at what was happening. They enjoyed the sacrifices in the past but there was something different about Stephanie. Pandora, on the other hand, grinned evilly and licked her lips. "A tasty sacrifice."
Battle looked at Pandora as Stephanie was propped up against the ropes and Undertaker and Paul Bearer came into the ring. The Ministry did not bow to him this time; they wanted to see what would happen before they decided their feelings for Undertaker. Undertaker first spoke to Stephanie's Father, saying that it was all Vince's fault that this ceremony was about to happen. Pandora smirked. "Makes sense."
Battle glared at her. "How does it make sense? Undertaker did the kidnapping."
Pandora glared back at him. "Keep your mouth shut. He's about to begin."
Battle growled at the younger demoness as Paul revealed with his words what the ceremony was: it was a forced wedding. Everyone paled at this revelation. The rest of the Ministry could not believe that this was happening; forced marriages were against Hell's practices because the enemy religion had prearranged marriages. Since the Devil said that those were "forced by God," he said that such marriages would not be allowed since they would be mirror marriages in the enemy religion. For Undertaker to do this…it was a high offense, especially since the "bride" was a human. Sally had to sit down from shock and Battle attended to her. Sally looked up at the screen and focused on the terrified woman. "Forced marriage? How could he?"
Pandora then uttered shocking words: "I'm jealous."
Battle looked at Pandora in horror and disgust. "You're what?"
Pandora nodded, keeping her eyes on the screen. "She's marrying Undertaker…I want to do that." Stephanie then adamantly denied Paul when he asked for her vow. Pandora was shocked. "How could she deny him?"
Sally looked like she was going to throw up. Battle was ready to knock some sense into Pandora when Ken Shamrock appeared to rescue Stephanie. Pandora gave a surprise squeak at his appearance but quickly settled down when the Acolytes and Viscera quickly did away with him. Pandora chuckled lowly. "Foolish human."
Battle grimaced at what she said as Paul asked Undertaker for his vow and Undertaker agreed. Pandora whined. "Why can't I be in Stephanie's place?"
An anonymous creature gagged at that comment. Pandora would have had the creature punished but was too distracted by Big Show appearing and blowing through all the earthly disciples. Sally and Battle secretly smiled, thinking that this was over. However, Pandora grinned evilly. "Not smart, human."
Undertaker had a baseball bat and he used it to take care of Big Show. With that taken care of, the ceremony drew to a close with Paul announcing them as a married couple and told them to kiss. The creatures of the night became frightened by what happening; if Undertaker was willing to break a high law, what else was he capable of? Pandora, however, was excited and jealous of Stephanie, believing her to be the luckiest female ever. But her emotions were interrupted by a familiar sound of shattering glass. She straightened up and screamed in shock and fury as Steve Austin came into the ring. He battled Undertaker briefly before the disciples came in and took the punishments from the Rattlesnake. The Ministry was shocked as well but not as much as Pandora. She was going crazy with fury as Undertaker called his disciples back and Steve Austin untied Stephanie. The rest of the Ministry did not know how to react to both what happened on screen and Pandora's reaction; they just stood frozen.
When the show ended, Pandora was still furious, growling and hissing like a pure, vengeful demon. Her dark side was in full control and seemingly stronger than ever. Feeling better, Sally gingerly approached her. "Pandora…it's over. It's okay."
Pandora viciously hissed at Sally. "Okay? Okay? The ceremony was interrupted! The Minister lost out on having the perfect human bride! And you think that's okay?"
Sally shrunk back a little. "Well…yes. She was pretty traumatized."
Pandora growled and glared daggers at Sally. "She would have gotten over it."
Battle looked at Pandora in shock. "Gotten over it? Pandora, she was kidnapped!"
Pandora glared at Battle. "She was a human! Who cares about them? Who cares about her? They should have stayed out of it and let her—" She was interrupted by Battle slapping her extra hard across the face, knocking her to the ground. That slap woke up Pandora's real personality. Clutching her cheek, she looked up at Battle. "Battle…"
Battle looked down at her. He knew that this was the perfect time to execute his plan. "Pandora…get out."
Pandora was shocked and confused. "Get out? What…?"
Sally sighed. "We're telling you that we're kicking you out of the Ministry."
Pandora paled and stood up. "No…no, you can't! This chapter needs me! I'm the high priestess!"
Battle picked Pandora up by the neck and walked her to the door. "We don't need you anymore." With that, he threw her out on the ground and slammed the door.
Pandora looked back at the door, near tears. She ripped off her cloak and threw it against the door. She then ran away, struggling to keep her tears in.
When Pandora got home, she hoped to just go to her room and sulk. But Lacti was waiting for her and saw the tears. "Pandora, what happened?"
Pandora told Lacti a half-truth. "My friends…kicked me out."
That got Lacti's attention. "What? Why did they do that?"
Pandora now understood why they kicked her out. But she couldn't tell Lacti the truth without revealing her involvement in the Ministry. So Pandora just said, "Got tired…of having a little kid."
Lacti sighed and patted Pandora's head. "I'm sorry, kid."
Pandora sighed and wiped her eyes. But more came down. In response, Lacti got up and hugged her daughter. "It's all right. Let it out."
Pandora cried for a few more minutes and finally settled down. Lacti looked at Pandora. "You okay?"
Pandora nodded. "Yeah…" She pulled away and headed upstairs to her room. Once there, she contacted Hornesta to apologize and invite her to watch the new wrestling show.
