Chapter 8- Shipped up and shipped out- Kane.
It wasn't one of Vince's more brilliant plans, yet it got us out of the arena nonetheless. McMahon got trench coats for those who could hide their animal form well, the excuse was they were going to a costume party. Those that could fly flew… like me. And those that were too strange to travel… were boarded up in crates. Yeah, you read right, crates. He hid a few of the guys in the equipment boxes, Masters fit in one of those quite easily. I obliged him with making some air holes so he could breath. Tajiri fit in one of those too, he's been really creeping me out as of late, ever since those extra eyes grew out of his forehead… Creepy.
Well John and I weren't the only ones taking flight without getting on an airplane. Shelton was joining us as he had a Griffin inner beast. His back legs and tail was that of a lion, his hands bared sharp talons like my own, he had long pointed ears yet didn't have a beak. "I would look like a freak if I had that" he told me when I brought up the idea on the roof.
"Yeah, a beak doesn't suit him right" Cena replied. We were looking up at the sky, corny I know. But hey, you see things in different perspectives when you're something else.
"You think we can do this all the time?" Sheldon asked.
I shrugged. "Sure, why not?"
We were silent; the nighttime was so different in my eyes. You see things so crisp and clear, and not to mention see things that couldn't before. It's hard to explain since the sensation of sight and sound is so different and divers from my regular mortal senses. I could see the purity of someone's heart and soul just by looking into their eyes.
"Hey is this a private party?" We turned to see RVD… he WAS a dragon too!
"Whoa man, welcome to the scale club!" John smirked.
"Yeah, I thought I was becoming a tiger. You know the whole martial arts thing… But I guess we got too many of the guys becoming cats" he smirked as he sat next to John. "So why are you up here?"
"No reason, just looking at the sky" Sheldon said.
"Ah… cool" Rob lay down on his back like us and looked up. "It's amazing huh? Becoming a creature so suddenly like this?"
"Yeah, I was freaked out" I laughed.
"Me too!" Sheldon said. "I man look, I'm half of everything, and some of the guys don't even know what they are becoming. You see Kurt Angle? He's grown feathered wings and that's it!"
"Cool" John grinned.
"So when shall we head off? I understand we are heading off to Texas" RVD explained.
"We'll go soon enough… how's everyone getting out ok?" I asked.
Rob said the arena was officially empty; Vince has some of the cable crew going to the hotels to gather our stuff. Hunter and Jericho were going to have fun at the airport since they really are looking like lions. "Hunter has really taken a liking to his. Have you seen what he's done?" Rob asked of me.
I shook my head no. "Oh man, it's cool!" John butted in. "He takes a running start, leaps into the air, flips lands on the wall jumps, flips off and lands over ten feet away from where he leaped! Awesome! And his roar, dude, he's like this too much!" John laughed.
"Yeah, and Jericho isn't taking it lying down" Sheldon smirked.
"Oh haha, Lying, lion" I smirked. "What's Jericho doing?"
"Oh he's litterly bouncing off the walls, he went down three hallways just my leaping from wall to wall without touching the ground!" Sheldon smirked. "That's Impressive!"
Sure it's is impressive; the problem is I hope the two don't go too far in showing off one another. Lions are competitive.
"Well then, shall we go?" I asked everyone.
Sheldon nodded. "Yeah, might as well before we lose out on the locker space and backstage fun"
"Yeah, let's roll!" I called out as we got off the roof and took flight.
Man, I LOVE to fly. John Cena was enjoying himself too as he twisted and turned in the wind, back and forth. Sheldon had to flap constantly to keep up; his feather wings were rather strenuous. I taught him to glide in the strong wind so he wouldn't be tired out before we get to Texas, it's a long flight. It was a more relaxing one then the normal way to travel. RVD got caught in an updraft and twisted in the wind. "WOO!" he called out as he flew higher and higher
"You know, I don't miss the security checks… but aren't we in a no fly zone?" John asked.
"Probably" I replied. "So let's hurry up and get on out of here!" I called out. We picked up speed; I could sense something or someone watching us. And it wasn't a good feeling. John felt it too as his eyes looked downward. I could see people looking up, perhaps we stick out. My eyes caught mortals with video camera shooting up at us in the air, maybe putting us on TV. I don't really, nor if they can really get a good shot of us. I'm mainly black. Sheldon is dark; Rob was quite dark yet Cena… has that silver glow to his scales.
"Go on a head!" John called out, he turned about to try and go another way. But I went after him grabbing his tail.
"You aren't parting from the group, it's too dangerous!" I called out.
"Kane, they know we're up here!" he shot back.
"They can call the president for all I care, you're staying with the group!" What stunned me next was this, a black cloud have engulfed us both, blocking any sight from the people below.
"You boys are in a heap of trouble aren't you?" I was stunned, was that Taker? He came into the darkness of the cloud and looked at us with his arms crossed. "Yep, trouble"
"What the hell are you doing out here?" I demanded of him.
"You were taking too damn long to get to the Arena! McMahon sent me to get you guys to move it!" he shot back. He told us to follow him, and not to worry about the black cloud we were in. "It's mine so just leave it" he stated.
This confused Cena and myself. John pulled his tail from my gasp as we followed Taker; we were still concealed in the cloud. "I learned this somehow… I can't really remember. But I raised my arms like I do when I 'turn the lights' on at the arena for practicing. And yeah this came from the floor" he explained.
"Weird, what the hell is it though?" RVD asked.
"Darkness" was his answer, plain and simple. So… does this mean as dragons we have powers over a single element? Now this was getting weird for me. Taker told me he would explain the rest to John, RVD and I when we got to the arena. Good idea, I am so confused right now.