Chapter 8: Phase
May 7, 2000

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, don't complain; this story is written about Pandora and this is her view on this part of his history. One more thing: this is my version of why he changed personas so please don't tell me the real reason

While Undertaker was in Hell after leaving WWE, he did two things. He spent time with Pandora (simply because she kept finding him) and he became the reaper of damned souls. Being the reaper gave him something to do and kept him from thinking about the wrestling company. He wanted to go back but he did not feel ready as of yet. But he found a way to come back in an unexpected place.

That day, the barely thirteen year old Pandora was waiting by the gate. She saw Undertaker leave to get the latest damned soul and she wanted to be there when he came back. She annoyed Undertaker at first but he grew to like her. But he refused to let her join him when he led the souls to their place in Hell; he said it was too dangerous for someone her age and it was not on her shoulders to do. But she continued to watch him, saying that she could still do that because watching was not getting involved. She also kept Lacti in the dark about being around him since Lacti said many times that she liked Undertaker as a wrestler but did not like him outside of the ring for some reason.

Minutes later, Undertaker came through the gate with a bloody biker soul next to him. Pandora stood up and looked at the biker. "Who is this?"

Undertaker looked at the soul. "A defiant one."

The biker glared up at Undertaker. "Shut up! It's not my time!"

That caught Pandora's attention. "What do you mean?"

Without looking at her, the biker said, "Someone rigged my motorcycle! Made me crash!"

Pandora looked at the Undertaker. "He sounds pretty adamant."

Undertaker looked at her. "They all do, kid."

The biker looked at Undertaker and grabbed his coat. "Please…don't send me to Hell yet."

Figuring that Undertaker was used to this, Pandora smirked at the biker. "And why shouldn't he?"

Undertaker touched her shoulder, silently telling her to simmer, as the biker said, "I need to find who murdered me. Give me time to find him and I'll willingly go to Hell. I just need more time!"

Undertaker sharply took his coat back and pulled Pandora aside. "You should leave. This last part is for my eyes only."

Pandora whined and took her shoulder back. "Damn…you were more fun in wrestling."

Undertaker did not react to her statement since she was young and did not fully understand his job. He looked at the biker and an idea started to form in his head. He did want to go back to wrestling and this soul said that he would go to Hell willingly if he had time to find the culprits of his accident. The wheels started to turn in his head and Pandora say this. "What's on your mind?"

Undertaker did not answer her. Instead he went to the biker and looked at him. "How long do you need?"

The biker smiled, thinking he would be resurrected. "However long you can give me. You'll help me with this?"

Undertaker silently held out his hand. Thinking nothing of it, Mark took his hand. Then, to his and Pandora's surprise, Undertaker started to absorb the soul into his body. The biker panicked and tried to get away but Undertaker had his arm already absorbed and kept him still. Pandora stood with wide eyes as she watched the biker soul become fully absorbed in Undertaker's body. When it was done, Pandora asked, "What…just…?"

Undertaker looked at her with calm eyes. "You both get your wish." He gently patted her head and headed towards the gate. Pandora stopped him with, "Where are you going? You just got here."

Undertaker turned his head a little. "I absorbed a human soul. I can't be in hell as long as I have him." With that, he left, Pandora still surprised by what happened.

Three weeks later, Undertaker returned to WWE…as a human biker. Everyone in both Hell and the human world was stunned by this change.

Pandora was the only one who understood why this happened but she kept it to herself. Revealing what happened would tell her Mother that she had been around Undertaker and she could not do that. However, because Undertaker was now a human, Pandora did not fully follow his career like before; she explained to her friends that he was a different person now and was not the Undertaker she knew and loved, calling this persona "the phase." She still cheered for him whenever she watched wrestling with her mother but he was not singled out.

Undertaker held onto the biker soul for a little more than three years until Kane interfered in a match and buried his older brother alive. But he did not come back to Hell, much to the disappointment of now 18 year old Pandora. He had one more thing to do…