"She's here because I asked her to be, Hunter. She says she has some information to share with the audience tonight," Eric tried to calm down the angry champion. "Now, what do you want?"
"Kane's demanding a rematch. I'm not giving some murdering son of a bitch a rematch! I shouldn't have to fear for my life in the ring!"
Eric paused and thought for a moment. "Hunter, I can see where you're coming from. But if I'm going to get ratings out of a rematch.and enough ratings to out do Stephanie."
Tori interrupted. "Mr. Bischoff? Why don't you wait until later tonight to make any kind of decision? I mean, there may be a few things that become clearer tonight. And besides, I don't think you should make Hunter fight if he's going to fear for his life in the ring. The only way I see to solve that problem is to prove Kane's not a murderer." She smirked.
Hunter smirked back. "Are you sure you want to do that Tori? I mean, what if the public finds out what I know about you?"
"What if they do? What makes you think I care anymore Hunter? I lived under the tyranny of DX for longer than I should have all because you had a little bit of evidence on me. I let you blackmail me into hurting people. Now, I honestly don't care if people find out what you know. It's over. It ends, tonight. As soon as Kane gets here."
The RAW intro cued up and the fans went wild. But, instead of hearing any kind of rousing entrance music right off the bat, the arena went black and a video began to air on the Titantron.
"Jericho, listen, I'm glad you agreed to do this," Hunter said to Jericho. "I need her taken care of, and now. And I'm will to compensate well for your troubles."
"I really don't know," Jericho replied. "Can't I just take her belt off of her?"
"No, Chris. Chyna's getting dangerous. She's the first female to ever win the IC belt. That kind of thing can go to your head. I don't want her ego getting out of control."
"You don't ever want her to be better than you?" Jericho asked, smugly. "I understand, but I don't see why I have to.hurt her."
"Not just hurt her, Jericho! I want her dissected, piece-by-piece! I want her broken open, destroyed! I don't want you to let one part of her body recognizable when you're done. Go as slowly as you want, I don't care. But the further you're willing to go, the further you're going to get in this company. Understood?"
Jericho tentatively reached out and shook Hunter's hand, sealing the deal.
The video ended and the crowd began to boo loudly. The lights came back up to reveal Chris Jericho, mike in hand, beard shaved.
"What you just saw happened quite awhile ago," Jericho began. "Triple H asked me to destroy his ex-girlfriend Chyna in order to keep her from every reaching the heights he had. You may be wondering why, if that tape is real, Chyna is even still alive. Well, it's for the same reason every single chance I've had in this federation has been taken away from me.
"I chickened out and couldn't finish the job. I destroyed her thumb and part of her hand, but that was all I could ever do. Chyna was one in a million. I don't regret backing out. But the important thing is that Hunter doesn't even regret hiring me to destroy her. That's your champion, a sick, twisted, bastard. I'd fear for my life if I got into the ring against him."
That was when Hunter attacked him from behind.
Later that night, Hunter went to Bischoff and begged for a chance to fight Jericho, and Bischoff agreed, saying that Kane had already declined a rematch for that night.
Besides, Kane was headed to meet Tori in the ring after she'd called him out.
Standing face to face with her ex-boyfriend, Tori felt nausea in the pit of her stomach. What she was about to do was possibly the greatest and the cruelest thing she'd ever done in her life.
"Hi Kane. Long time," she started out. He huffed and started to come towards her, but she threw her hands up to stop him. "Please, Kane, I'm not here to try and hurt you anymore than I already have. Actually, I'm here to try and clear up a few things about Katie Fick." The crowd went wild at the mention of the name. "Just a few details from the night of the accident. First off, Katie.that night.did she.have her hair done like this?"
Tori pulled off the cap to show her hair pulled back into an elaborate twist. Kane's eyes widened in shock and then narrowed at her, as if he thought she were trying to embarrass him.
"Kane, please.did she?"
Kane nodded.
"Okay.well, then.the night of the accident.was Katie wearing something like this?" She dropped the jacket to show she was wearing a tight white blouse with the jeans. There was a thin silver chain around her neck, but Kane couldn't quite make out what was hanging from it.
Once more, Kane nodded. Then he wiggled his fingers as if he were looking for a chokeslam.
"Kane, one last thing.well, actually, several things all leading up to one question. When Katie 'died', did they give you any of her jewelry.something you'd bought her? I dunno.a charm bracelet maybe? Because anywhere she'd go to see you wrestle she'd buy a charm, but never bought a charm bracelet? So you gave in and bought her the nicest one you could afford and gave it to her the Christmas before she went away?
"But there was something else they never gave you Kane. The gift you gave Katie the night of the accident. The ring with the engraving inside of it."
Kane's eyes suddenly widened in complete and total shock. "Nobody..." he choked, "knew about that."
"Except you and Katie. Now Kane, last time we dated you told me NOTHING about Katie Fick. You wouldn't talk about her because you thought you'd killed her. Kane...you didn't. I have a file, the same one Triple H has, that proves Katie did not die on impact. She didn't die in the hospital. They released her, Kane, as cut up as she was they released her. She's alive, Kane."
The crowd roared in shock.
Kane shook his head. "You're lying. He brought you here." Kane charged her and grabbed her by the throat. Then, realizing what he was doing, he let her go. "He brought you here to prove he was right. I'm an animal. But I'm not." Kane turned to leave.
Tori slowly pulled on the chain around her neck until a simple silver ring showed at the end. Then, slowly she said into the mike "Our fire will always burn."
Kane stopped halfway up the ramp. He turned around slowly, as if not wanting to believe what he'd just heard. Deliberately, he walked back into the ring to face Tori, who was frozen in position, holding the chain with the ring at the end of it.
Kane faced her, then simply choked out.
"Katie?"
Tori, tears in her own eyes, grinned at him. "Surprise."