The next afternoon she was heading out to do some shopping. Before she could reach to door though she was stopped by Jason, one of the last people she wanted to see.

"Hey Jade...Busy?"

"Actually yes...so excuse me?"

"Want some company?"

"No...I really have to get going." She began to start to leave gain when Jason said.

"What I ever do to you?" She slowly turned to look at him not even removing her glasses.

"Maybe being a cowardly prick."

"Hey now, the names aren't needed. You don't even know me."

"Your right...I don't...I thought I did but I was wrong. Bye." With that she turned walking out leaving Jason standing in the lobby realizing he hadn't learned a single thing about her or how she knows Rose, if she even does.

"Yo Bro..."

Jason shakes his head faintly looking over his shoulder then turning Seeing Adam, guessing being in the lobby where fan can be they try to stick to ring names.

"Yea what you want?"

"Why didn't you tell me you got the unlucky draw?"

"What the hell you talking about?"

"I thought that's why you were trying to talk to her."

"What? Stop the riddles."

"Man your match tonight...It's against her guy."

"Yea so?"

"You clueless twit. I heard man don't play games. Many underestimate him by looks. Not overly tall or muscular by looks. Tough as they come though."

"Lets go back to the room to talk."

"Good idea." They both head off back to their room. Once in the room they both sit.

"Ok Adam...why you so worried...it's just a match, & he is just a guy. You sure about this?"

"Yep heard the buzz from some of the sources. Over heard a couple of the trainers. They're talking worried you may take a bruising if your not careful. Seems Bischoff likes using this guy as 'clean up' for troublesome wrestlers."

"Oh come on...me troublesome?"

"Well may be an example?"

"You have no faith in me?"

"It's not that Jas...it's more that we hardly know anything about this guy."

"I'm sure he's not all that bad. If it will make you feel better call Chris."

"What's he got to do with this?"

"Well he was from WCW, maybe he knows a few things about this Shadow."

"Good point...fine if I can even reach him." Adam pulls out his cell phone & begins going through the phone book before finding the number dialing it. "hey Chris?...You free...I don't care if your cheap, you busy?...Jas & I need to talk to you...good see you in a few." Handing up the phone he looks over at Jason. "He said give him about 10."

Almost on cue there was a knock getting up Adam answered it letting Jericho in.

"Ok what you ass clowns want?"

"We want to know about the shadow."

Jericho let out a slow low whistle. Raising a faint eyebrow. "Why you ask?"

"I got a match against him tonight."

"What? Shit man your in trouble."

"WHAT! Come on not Chris...look who you're talking to."

"Yea I know & I still say you're screwed. They gave you as his debut match here."

"Oh come on now, what can you tell us?"

"Sorry to say guys not much. The only people that seem to know anything bout him was management & his manager JadeRose."

"Ok even if it isn't much what can you tell us?"

"He is very much like his name at times. He seem to come from nowhere & returns to nowhere afterwards. Rarely if ever is he seen anywhere except the ring. Not the hotels, not backstage. When they say Jade is his eyes, ears, & voice they mean it, because there is no other way to reach him it seems. People assumed he was friends with Bordon because he first showed up when the NWO came up with their fake Sting. The night Steven came back as The Crow, The Shadow was a no show, found out the next week NWO Jumped him before he was set to come out. They even had the nerve to video tape the attack. He some how got them back though. He was a master of mind games. His voice alone sent cold shivers down many if the guys backs. Had a few matches mainly a thorn in their side. That was until the feud Steven had with Ian."

"Ian?"

"Yea, Vampiro...the whole blood feud thing. No one knows for sure what started it, but it was rumored it escalated one night when he actually attacked Jade in Steven's locker room. Now that guy was unstable. A blood match with Steven, then the match where he burned Steven's legs. That one freaked a lot of us out, we hoped he would of gotten fired, but it didn't happen. He was just suspended for a few weeks, until Halloween Havoc when he had a match against The Shadow. Something happened, but no one is really sure what when about 5-10 minutes into the match Ian threw some sort of liquid in The Shadow's face. Many thought he was blinded, but guess his mask help protect him as he seemed to shrug it off & win the match. He just seemed to vanish after that."

"His Mask? How would that protect him?"

"The mask even covered the eyes...added to the freak out factor. This creepy voice & no eyes."

"Whatcha know about Jade?"

"Not much, I know she first came in as a rigger & Writer part time while she was still in High School. During the School year she worked mostly in ECW Training. The Owners were sorta bent out of shape that Eric already snatched her, that she was only there for training. She was a natural or so that say."

"How a girl in high school get such a break?"

"Something with Bordon is all I know sorry. I heard she wasn't even that good looking back then. Don' get me wrong she wasn't ugly, but she didn't look like she does now either."

"What you mean."

"I heard she was...well...fat, but moved like it was nothing."

"Well she isn't exactly skinny."

"Ok I mean fat as in FAT. As in you couldn't miss it. Now she just looks a little built, nice curves."

"Thanks Chris."

"No Problem man...good luck. I got stuff to take care of."

"K later man." With that Chris headed out trying not to shake his head over Jason's situation.

"So what you gonna do?"

"Guess just hope for the best."