Chapter 9- The double life
Lee was forced to change in the hotel before heading to the arena. Kane was kind enough to let her use his room. She had yet to see the finished suit, but the moment her eyes came upon it, it was utterly amazing! Bright colors that glistened, scales and images of various dragons were all along the body. Lee leaped right into the suit which fitted to her like a glove, but one other detail remained. A mask, she then noticed something hidden at the bottom of her bag. Gently she took it out and was stunned to see what it was. A dragon mask with horns! She recognized the face mask… Taker's back when he broke his eye socket! There was a note attached to it. 'I had too many of these Deadman'
Lee smiled as she placed on the mask and stared in the mirror, Kane knocked asking if he could come in. Lee opened the door as he smiled down at her. "Not bad… but… you kinda look… I don't know… naked" he explained. The suit was tight to the body and the more Lee looked at it, she had to agree.
"What do you suggest?" she asked.
In another compartment of her bag, Kane pulled out tattered jeans, wrestling boots and a shirt. He tossed them to her as she slipped them on. She looked more rigged than before, and clothed.
"You need one other thing… just to clench it" Kane whispered as he went into his bag. He pulled out a contact lens case and passed them to her. "These are a pain in the ass to put in, but give it time and it will come. But these will clench it for your gimmick here"
Lee took off the mask and the gloved before she tried to put the contacts in. Kane gave her instructions as he tried to stick in the damn things. It took over an hour but when she successed, she couldn't help but stare into the mirror… Serpent like eyes stared back at her, black eyes with a red slit down the middle that moved when she turned to look. "They're perfect!" she said.
"Damn right, now, when you get to the arena, no speaking, none. Got it!" he demanded of her.
Lee nodded as she put back on the mask and the gloves; she was ready for her début. Kane escorted her through the lobby, not before placing a trench coat over her body and a black towel over her head. "Surprised are everything" he whispered. They got through the rush of fans at the hotel and then again at the arena. The moment she was back stage, Lee took off the hood and coat. Then a booming voice called out. "THAT'S HIM?"
Lee turned and faced Vince McMahon. "This guy? Oh yeah it is, Vince, meet Jake. Jake, Vince!" Kane announced.
Lee's hand extended to Vince's, who shook it full heartedly. "Not really a mask man myself… My god you're all bright and color full… I hope you're not embarrassed to wear that!"
Lee's head shook no. It wasn't long before Taker appeared. "Hey Jake!" he called and gave a firm slap on Lee's back.
"Ah, well acquainted with the Undertaker, good… I hope you know that means a lot!" McMahon announced.
Lee nodded her head once more. Vince then looked about. "Where the hell is Lee? She was supposed to be back tonight!"
The two men began to try and think of a quick lie until Kane announced. "Cramps"
"What?" Vince and Taker demanded.
"Cramps, you know… cramps" Kane then gave a serious look, Vince clued in.
"OH! Well… no need for that… she can talk to me later then" Vince walked off as Taker and Lee stared oddly at Kane.
"Cramps?" Taker demanded.
"I'm outnumbered at my house by four women… that excuse is used all the time against me to get out of house work." He snapped back.
"And you believe it?" Taker asked with a grin.
"I don't have much of a choice, outnumbered, remember?" Kane snapped back.
Lee only rolled her eyes as she was introduced to Bam Neely. The man she would be taking down tonight, they went to the ring to rehearse what was going to happen. Lee was going to come from under the ring and knock Bam off the apron when he is about to deck Kane.
They went over the plan three times; Lee was still having difficulty executing the move properly. "Well… what else can we do?" Neely asked. "He's not quite ready for that attempt…"
Taker was observing from afar when he questioned Lee. "Jake, what can you do?"
Lee remembered a move she and Rob tried, it was a modified 619 yet with a twist, Lee was able to contort her body upward to bring a person over the top rope as they stood. It would force both wrestlers from the ring, she tried it on Neely and it was done perfectly. The Deadman nodded. "Jake, you stick with that! Neely, are you cool?"
"Cool as can be, we got ourselves a great system!" he announced back.
Lee tried to hide her excited smile, but then the butterflies in her stomach came, she just remembered one other fear she had… the fear of performing before a large crowd….
To Be Continued!
PS, I took creative liberties here for some of the wrestler's like Kane, to be explain in the next story as to why… hopefully :P
