Chapter 21: The New Persona
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Sister of Darkness
The Raw is War after the Royal Rumble takes place in Fresno, California.
Jim Ross greeted, "Hello, everyone and welcome to WWF Raw! We are live in the sold out arena in Fresno, California!" The lights go out when Funeral Dirge plays.
Paul Bearer walks out of the curtain beaming from ear to ear as heads to the ring despite the anomalies that struck during the day like the lights flickering of his hotel bedroom.
Michael Cole said, "Paul Bearer, the Devil personified. Last night was perhaps the most heinous act in the history of the World Wrestling Federation when he and Kane set the casket on fire, a casket containing the Undertaker! He fooled all of us! It was a plan from the beginning. The reuniting of brothers? Hardly."
Jim Ross agreed, "It was no doubt a premeditated plan by Paul Bearer and Kane to eliminate the Undertaker from the WWF once and for all. It was vile, it was heinous."
Michael Cole added, "It was diabolical. It was sickening! They had an ax and gasoline. Paul Bearer and Kane have apparently planned it for weeks and now we will hear from Paul Bearer." The fat man takes in the crowd's booing with satisfaction.
He laughed into the microphone, "I got ya, didn't I?"
JR shook his head, "Paul Bearer is a hideous human being." The crowd chants "You Suck" at Paul Bearer.
The heartless man said, "Is that so? Well, if I knew then I must be good. You gotta admit it, I had each and every one of you here and sitting at home around the world in the palm of my hand. That interview I did 2 weeks ago was set up. Damn I'm good! And then last week on Monday Night Raw in this very ring and up there on that platform, the two brothers got down and saluted each other. That's when I had to hook, line and sinker. You too, Undertaker! And for the first time in 7 years you saw the Undertaker smile. You saw that smile come on his face because he knew Kane had return to the fold but I got ya, didn't I Deadman? Then last night, oh what a beautiful night it was, just when you thought Kane was going to come down and help big brother, Kane picked him up and chokeslammed him into the casket. And then I came down with the 3 locks and one by one, Kane and myself locked the Undertaker inside then rolled him down the isle where everyone could see. Kane took the ax and started chopping you could see the splinters flying, I saw a little girl sitting on the side crying, 'Momma! Momma! What are they doing to the Undertaker?' What were we doing? Kane took that 5-gallon gas can and poured the liquid all over the Undertaker's casket and finally I reached into my pocket, pulled out a book of matches, all it took was one match, handed it to Kane and there it was the towering inferno! It felt so good! So what now? The plan that I concocted over the past 6 months has now come to pass, the Undertaker is gone and never to return." He is interrupted by the Bells and Thunder theme and druids rolling a casket down to ringside then flames erupt from the ring posts as Kane emerges from it and Burned plays.
Jim Ross said, "That's not the Undertaker! That's his ghastly brother Kane!"
Paul Bearer declared, "Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the last surviving member of the Undertaker's family, Kane! That's the way I like because I'm Paul Bearer and you are not." Little do the two know that someone watched them from a TV monitor.
The camera cuts to D-Generation X's locker room.
The Oklahoma cowboy said, "The Royal Rumble was a special night as I'm sure everyone can agree even you, Mr. Helmsley."
Triple H replied, "Yeah, what a night it was. Owen Hart, last night at the Royal Rumble I proved that you are a loser when Chyna and I eliminated you from the 30-man Royal Rumble event. You can't cut it at the big dance, my friend. Maybe you should pack your bags and head south, too because you can't cut it here and I'm proving it once and for all. And this man next to me proved once again why he is the Showstopper, the Icon, the Main Event as Shawn Michaels laid to rest the Undertaker."
Shawn said, "You know Hunter, as much as I appreciate those things you said about me but you know I was in my bed last night tossing and turning. Here I was after my successful title defense, I toss and turn, I toss and turn. It was crazy then I woke up guilt-ridden over what happened to the Undertaker. I'm bad enough to beat him but his poor casket caught on fire, it was touching. The fact of the matter is that I want the fans of the World Wrestling Federation to know that D-Generation X is not all bad. So as a favor to all the fans and Creatures of the Night, D-Generation X is gonna go out and find the Undertaker no matter what, we are not going to leave a single stone untouched. We are going to bring the Undertaker back tonight and you got to thank D-Generation X for all of it. One more thing. We heard on the news this morning that Joan, Angel's adoptive mother, died last night due to potassium cyanide poisoning. Angel, wherever you may be we just want you to know that you have our sympathy." They jump when they a loud crashing noise coming from outside of their locker room.
Shawn and Triple H open the door to see technicians picking up a bunch of metal objects that somehow fell to the ground. Shawn looks at Hunter to see if he had an answer but Triple H simply shrugs.
Out in the arena, Tony Chimel said, "The following 6-Man Tag-Team match is scheduled for one fall with a 20 minute time limit. Making their way to the ring at a combined weight of 898 pounds, Chainz, Skull and 8-ball, the Disciples of Apocalypse!" The trio gets off their motorcycles and enter the ring when the Nation of Domination theme hit, "And their opponents at a combined weight of 872 pounds, Faarooq, Kama Mustufa and D-Lo Brown, the Nation of Domination!" They step into the squared circle and exchange a few words with the DOA before doing the Nation of Domination salute.
D-Lo Brown and 8-ball start the match with a kick to the leg and right hands before 8-ball knocks the man down with an elbow to the face after D-Lo ducks a clothesline. Picking himself up in a turnbuckle corner, D-Lo Brown gets hit by a clothesline from the Disciple of Apocalypse member then assaulted with right hands until he counters, driving his knee into 8-ball's tailbone in an inverted atomic drop. Reversing and avoiding a clothesline, 8-ball almost kicks Brown's head off via big boot to the face.
D-Lo tags in Kama Mustufa and 8-ball brings in Chainz.
They lock up in the middle of the ring and running off the ropes, Kama sends Chainz to the canvas using a shoulder takedown followed up by reversing a hip toss. Using the ropes to stop himself from running into a high kick, Chainz knocks Kama down with his boot and chains the attack with 3 elbows to the sternum.
The match soon turns into a brawl as all three members of both teams duke it out in the ring. The WWF Intercontinental Champion The Rock and newest member of the Nation of Domination Mark Henry join in, Ken Shamrock and Ahmed Johnson are right behind them.
The brawl stops when a lighting bolt strikes all four corners of the ring, spooking everyone.
Jim Ross wondered, "What the hell is going on here?"
A hearse drives into the back of the building.
Tom Brandi and "Marvelous" Marc Mero battle it out in the ring with Sable at ringside in Mero's corner when all of a sudden a bell tolls commanding the lights to go out, when they come back up a tall figure dressed in a black and gray hooded overcoat lays both of them out before vanishing again under the cover of darkness.
Up next is a Singles match pitting Diesel against The Rock.
Out in the arena, Diesel's music plays as Tony Chimel said, "The following contest is scheduled for one fall with a 20 minute time limit. Making his way to the ring from Detroit, Michigan, weighing 317 pounds, Big Daddy 'Cool' Diesel!" The big man returns high-fives to the fans and steps into the ring and raises his arm this in turn signals for his pyro to go off then the Nation of Domination theme hit, "And his opponent from Miami, Florida, weighing 275 pounds, he is the World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Champion, 'The Rock' Rocky Maivia!" The cocky Nation of Domination member enters the squared circle berated by the usual "Rocky Sucks" chants. He hands his IC title to referee Tim White before the official signals for the bell.
The two do a stare down. Even though he's 6'5, the Intercontinental Champion looks like a child compared to the 6'11 Diesel.
Rocky pushes his opponent and Diesel returns the favor, they lock up and Diesel uses his strength by Irish Whipping Rocky into the ropes and then catapults him almost 7 feet into the air with a back body drop. Rocky groans in pain after he came down.
Diesel is upset that he couldn't participate in the 30-man Royal Rumble so he decides to take out that frustration on the Intercontinental Champion.
The native of the Motor City drives his elbow into Rocky's chest with authority. Diesel hooks the leg for a count of 2. Pinning Maivia into a corner, Diesel uses his boot to choke him till the count of 4.
While Diesel is busy dishing out punishment on his opponent, Owen searches backstage for Angel he hasn't seen her since the Royal Rumble and is getting worried. He fears that the combination of the demise of the Undertaker and Joan may have driven Angel off the deep end. He reaches Sunny.
He asked, "Have you seen Angel?"
Sunny shook her head, "I'm sorry, Owen but I haven't. She hasn't been seen since the show started! I'm praying that she didn't commit suicide though I part of me feels like she has."
Owen lowered his head, "I see."
The blonde said, "There has been anomalies for the past few hours. I mean a lightning bolt struck the ring posts, now a hooded figure destroyed both Marc Mero and Tom Brandi. I am starting to think that those two events are not coincidence, rather the work of someone."
Back with the match, Diesel just got done doing the walking sidewalk slam and signals for his finisher. Placing Rocky between his legs, Diesel raises his arm into the air before doing the Jackknife Powerbomb on the WWF Intercontinental Champion. Hooking the leg again, the big man wins by pin fall.
Mark Henry, who walked down to ringside sometime during the match, steps through the ropes with a chair in his hand ready to crack Diesel's skull with it. Diesel spots him in time and uses the chair against Mark Henry's back before doing the Jackknife Powerbomb on him. A smirk appears on his face after laying two members of the Nation of Domination.
Sometime later, a figure descends from the rafters. Initially it's assumed that it is the Undertaker but it turns out to be Shawn Michaels mocking the Phenom by wearing his overcoat.
Triple H and Chyna come out carrying stuff for a barbecue.
Chyna hands Shawn the barbecue grill then both she and Hunter enter.
Shawn places the Undertaker's overcoat onto the grill and puts on a cooking hat and Triple H pulls out marshmallows and hot dogs.
Hunter said, "You know, Shawn and I both got jumbo weenies but Chyna show us what you're bringing to the barbecue, girl?" The Ninth Wonder of the World reached into the paper bag to retrieve frozen salami, "Now that's a big stick! Hey Shawn, did you get those clothes at a fire sale?"
Shawn replied, "Chyna, Triple H, how do you like your Undertaker? Rare, medium or well done? Because that's what he is thanks to D-Generation X and yours truly, the 'Heart Break Kid' Shawn Michaels."
Triple H stated, "Now before we get to that, I wanna talk to Owen Hart. Owen, I hope you enjoyed your royal...stumble last night because I did. But I tell you what I'm going to give you an opportunity at revenge next week on Raw when you defend the WWF European Championship. Let's face it, even with a torn MCL I got one leg Owen but it's not going to matter much, now it is? Because I can beat you just like that anytime I want and end it for good. As for you California girls out there, there's no need to ride Space Mountain because it's old and broken down besides it's bleach blonde. If you girls want to see the stars, call Triple H because I got the rocket if you want the ride."
Shawn chuckled, "Oh, I wish I could tell those jokes. Now everybody saw the Heart Break Kid be as gracious as he could and give the Undertaker one more chance in becoming World Wrestling Federation Champion but alas the Heart Break Kid defeated him without help and is still the Icon, the Showstopper, the Main Event and most importantly still the World Wrestling Federation Champion! Now it's time to look at the list. Who's next in line for the Heart Break Kid?"
Jim Ross offered, "Figure it out, Einstein. Who won the Royal Rumble?"
The WWF Champion said, "If you watched the Royal Rumble, you know that the winner of the 30-man Royal Rumble event earns a shot at the World Wrestling Federation Champion. So, Stone Cold Steve Austin. A former World Wrestling Federation Tag-Team Champion. Been there done that, Stone Cold. A former Intercontinental Champion, been there done that, Stone Cold. It seems there is one more mountain for Stone Cold Steve Austin to climb. Not only is Shawn Michaels on top of that mountain, he owns that mountain because the Heart Break Kid says so. Stone Cold Steve Austin, you got quite a winning streak going but why don't you ask around in the WWF locker room and they say the same thing I am about to tell you. Stone Cold Steve Austin, the Heart Break Kid lays down to nobody!"
Owen Hart picks up the victory for his team against the Los Boricuas with the Sharpshooter on Jesus Castillo.
After the rolling out of the ring, Michael Cole said, "Owen, you heard him a few moments ago. Triple H challenges you next week for your WWF European title. Will you accept?"
Owen replied, "I don't know what the hell he's up to but anytime I get my hands on Triple H, I know I'm gonna accept I'll see him next week for the title defense." The Canadian walked up the ramp, looking into the camera, "I'm gonna break the other leg, Degenerate!" When he wanders through the hallway, Owen crosses paths with the hooded figure. The two pass by and Owen feels goosebumps form on his skin, he feels like he just walked past the Grim Reaper. The air was that cold around it yet at the same time, the figure had a wonderful scent like roses.
'Is that...?' Owen thought.
Remembering that Kane is about to face a mystery opponent, the young Canadian hurries to his locker room. He arrives in time to see the lights go out and Kane's eerie music playing.
Flames erupt from the entrance ramp and the arena is bathed in red light as the big monster comes out.
Tony Chimel said, "The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first being accompanied by Paul Bearer, he weighs in at 326 pounds, Kane!" Kane steps over the ropes for his in-ring pyro then waits. That same bell from before tolls, making the arena plunge into darkness again and the distinct rumbling of thunder can be heard. The Bells and Thunder theme sounds again.
On the ramp, a flash of lightning reveals the hooded figure standing in the pitch blackness. It slowly and methodically heads to the ring leaving the crowd to wonder who could it be. The figure momentarily stops near the ring to glare at Kane before walking up the steel steps, parting the sides of its hooded overcoat as it did. It lifts its arms slowly bringing the lights back up. Entering through the second rope, the mystery opponent undoes the sash to the overcoat then throws its hood back, rolling its eyes back. Thunder clashes loudly.
Jim Ross exclaimed, "That's Angel! So she was the one responsible for all the anomalies that has been happening all night!" Angel removes the entrance attire to reveal her new ring gear.
It was an exact copy of the Undertaker's Lord of Darkness gear though one difference was that there's an image of a fallen angel on one pant leg and the Grim Reaper on the other. Her sclera were black and another thing that Kane found most disturbing was the look in her eyes. They no longer held the warm kindness they once had.
Angel glares at Paul Bearer and the fat man felt a chill run all the way down to his bones just from the malicious intent held in her green eyes.
Referee Earl Hebner calls for the bell and that acts like a switch for Angel.
She immediately attacks her brother with ferocity that Kane had never witnessed though he receives little damage thanks to his high threshold of pain. Kane reverses an Irish Whip but after bouncing off the turnbuckle, Angel grabs him and throws the crimson red demon into it assaulting Kane with punches to his masked face followed by a blatant choke. She breaks it to intimidate Hebner who stands his ground against Angel even though he can be a victim of the newly born Deadgirl. This allows Kane to nail her with a clothesline off the top rope and earning a 2 count from a pin attempt. Not allowing his sister a chance to get up he wraps his massive arms around her neck in a headlock. Driven by anger and revenge, Angel battles her way to her feet and pushes Kane into the ropes when he rebounds off of them drives him to the canvas with a powerslam. Going for a pin of her own, Kane throws Angel off at 2. Restoring his vertical base Kane throws her hard against the turnbuckle and runs at her but Angel thwarts it with her boot, Angel knocks the Big Red Machine down using a hard clothesline though Kane just gets back up. Angel drives her knees into Kane's gut then walks on the top rope for Old School but when she comes down, Kane catches her. Utilizing his incredible strength, the masked demon delivers the Chokeslam from Hell on Angel. Running a thumb across his throat, Kane scoops Angel up for a Tombstone but the black-haired teen escapes and counters with a DDT and leg drop. Kane sits up and catches his sister in the tilt-a-whirl back breaker, running off the ropes he misses an elbow drop though Kane hardly feels it. He sends Angel into the ropes and lowers his head for a back body drop but Angel turns it into a swinging neck breaker climbing the top rope, she connects an elbow drop right into Kane's chest.
Angel grabbed his masked face and said, "I showed you compassion, even sibling love and this is how you repay me? By padlocking our oldest brother in a burning casket?" For a brief moment Kane saw Angel's facial expression turn to one of sadness and betrayal, "Was that payback for the funeral home fire? Kane, that was 20 years ago get over it!" Her face dons the look of malicious intent again. Picking her brother up by the throat, Angel chokeslams him. After Kane sits up, she Irish Whips him into the ropes and brutally drives her boot into his face that makes Kane stumble against the ropes and is sent over them to outside of the ring but he lands on his feet like a cat. He is able to sidestep his sister when he spots Angel doing a suicidal dive over the top rope and she crashes through the announce table. Seizing the opportunity, Kane throws Angel back first into the steel steps hard enough to make them detach. Picking her up, Kane adds further pain to her back by having it collide with the ring post. The crimson red demon rolls Angel into the ring before throwing a steel chair in. Back inside, Kane grabs the chair and approaches his sibling with intent on splitting her head open but Angel thwarts it via kick to the gut before obtaining the weapon. Lifting it, the black-haired teen swings the chair against Kane's back sending him to the canvas. She next places it on his face and does a leg drop on it despite the fact that Kane's mask softened the blow. Angel scoops her opponent up for the Tombstone but Kane counters with a Tombstone of his own. Holding her arms, Kane wins by pin fall.
This makes a smile appear on Paul Bearer's face after his instrument of destruction defeated Angel.
Kane walks up the ramp with the fat man in tow.
Inside the ring, Angel sits up. While she didn't win the match she succeeded in putting everyone in the locker room of both divisions on notice with her Deadgirl persona. She steps out of the ring, rolling her eyes back as she walks up the ramp. While she did she remembers something that Undertaker told her the day prior to the Royal Rumble.
He said, "There is no shame in going out fighting and getting your ass kicked, but there is no honor in not fighting at all."
With the show over, Angel showers and changes into street clothes and head for her hotel room. Climbing into her bed she reads Rain of Fire for a while. She's halfway through the story and safe to say, Angel likes the story a lot. Turning the lights off, the 18-year old closes her eyes to sleep however, the true reason is to begin her mind games with a certain someone.
A few floors below her, Paul Bearer tosses and turns in his sleep.
He finds himself tied to a roulette in some graveyard. Fog hugs the ground, a purple moon shines in the clear night sky and an icy cold breeze blows through.
He called out, "Kane! Kane!"
A voice said, "Kane isn't here to save you, Paul Bearer." Angel rises up from the ground wearing a long leather trench coat and black hat.
Paul Bearer seethed, "You!"
Angel feigned innocence, "What's wrong? Don't tell me you are scared of a measly 18 year old female teenager?"
Bearer retorted, "A girl who tried to make Kane a human being!"
Angel glared at the obese man with pure contempt, "It's because of you that I lost two people who were important to me! You trapped the Undertaker inside a casket, padlocked it then set it on fire! You next had the nerve to kill the woman that raised me since I was a little girl by contaminating her water with potassium cyanide! It's absolutely unforgivable! You thought it would break me enough to quit the WWF but in fact what it did was awaken a side of me that's been dormant since birth." The roulette starts spinning as knives appear out of thin air to land in Angel's hand.
Paul Bearer asked, "What are you planning, brat?"
Angel stated, "This is my world that we're in and my will dominates everything in it including your life. Do you feel like playing a game?" She throws the first knife that lands in the gap between Paul Bearer's left arm and leg, the second knife wedges itself into the gap between his right arm and leg, the fourth and fifth land inches above his shoulders, the sixth strikes below in-between his legs. The final knife removes a few strands of hair on Paul's head. The roulette rights itself and it, along with the knives, vanishes.
Paul wondered, "Is that all?"
The 18-year old flashes a sinister smile, "That was just the beginning, foolish man. I have supernatural powers just like the Undertaker and Kane."
The fat man narrowed his eyes, "What do you mean?"
Angel laughed, "I thought you'd figure it out by now, Paul Bearer. It's true that Kane is Undertaker's younger brother but what nobody knows is that there's a third sibling. Unfortunately for you, you will have to wait until next week to find out." She lifts her right arm up causing the ground to shake, a moment later skeletal warriors armed with swords rise up. Angel releases an evil laughter that would make the Undertaker proud as she watches Paul Bearer being chased by skeletons. An hour passes before Angel walks to where the chase ended and she spots the corpses holding Paul Bearer down. The fat man's face is black and blue plus wincing from suffering a broken femur.
Paul Bearer looks up at the Deadgirl who is staring down at him with a blank but bloodthirsty look on her face.
He said, "This is nothing!" A sword materializes in Angel's hand and uses it to slice off his right arm, the obese man's scream of sheer pain is like music to her ears.
She asked, "Does it hurt now?" Paul Bearer shakes his head and Angel nods, cutting off his other arm, blood sprays everywhere. Paul begs her to stop but it falls upon deaf as Angel removes his legs. The skeletal warriors return to where they came from as the black-haired teen lifts Bearer into the air.
A blood chilling laughter echoes across the sky then the Grim Reaper appears, sickle and all.
He informed, "Do you now see the sin you committed, mortal? This is revenge on Angel's part because you took her adoptive mother away from her."
Angel added, "And these mind games will continue as long as I desire. Don't think for one minute that your torment will end because upon your death, the Grim Reaper will enjoy torturing your soul. Hahahahaha, now I see why the Undertaker loved playing psychological warfare with his opponents." She finally beheads the heartless man allowing blood to land on her beautiful face.
Paul Bearer bolts up from his nightmare. The first thing he does is check to make that all of his limbs are attached to his body. Wiping the sweat off his face, he sinks back to the sweat soaked bed sheets.
A/N: Chapter 21 done. Here, we see the debut of Angel in her Deadgirl persona. I used the hooded overcoat that Undertaker wore in 2010 for this chapter only.
Well, Christmas is tomorrow. I know I've said this already but I'll say it again. Merry Christmas, everyone.
In case for those of you who don't know, Funeral Dirge is the Undertaker used from November 19, 1990-August 19, 1991.
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