Chapter 12
Lily awoke early the morning of Wrestlemania, her nerves on end. She glanced at John, who was still sleeping and smiled. Slowly, Lily leaned over him, placing a gentle kiss on his lips, trying to wake him up. His eyes flickered open and she grinned.
"Good morning," she muttered, kissing him again.
"Hey," John replied, sitting up and stretching. "Today's the big day."
"I know," Lily breathed, brushing a few locks of hair from her face, "I'm nervous."
John laughed, hugging her to him, "You're nervous, I can barely thing straight!"
"I so hope you win, I don't think I'd be able to handle anything if you lost," Lily sighed, her fingers moving up John's shirt as she traced his abs.
"Did your dad saw anything to you about tonight?" John asked suddenly, changing the subject.
"No," she shrugged, her gaze turning curious.
John nodded, "I though he would… Well, you have to meet with Vince when we get to the arena."
"Why?" Lily asked, her brow furrowed. "Teddy already spoke to me about the jokes and he told me he wouldn't get McMahon involved…"
"It's not about your jokes with Randy, it's better," he assured her.
"Tell me!" she whined, pouting her lips and batting her eyelashes comically.
John laughed, pulling her on top of him so their faces where inches apart, "I'm not allowed to tell, sweetie, but I can tell you you'll be overjoyed."
He kissed the tip of her nose and she rolled off him, stretching from head to toe. As John moved to get out of bed Lily raced to the bathroom, closing the door quickly. She heard John groan and peeked her head around the door.
"You snooze, you lose!" she smiled, sticking her tongue out at him and disappearing behind the door.
An hour later Lily and John arrived at the arena, Lily laden with a small messenger bag filled with the makeup she, Trish and Ashley were going to use on Candice Michelle.
"Lily, your dad should be waiting with Vince at catering. I'm gonna hit the gym," John said as they stopped in front of Mr. McMahon's office.
Lily nodded and John pecked her quickly on the mouth before making his way down the hall and through a doorway leading up to the fitness center. Lily watched him go before turning the opposite way and heading to catering to find her father and Vince.
"There you are, Lily," Vince greeted her as she walked into catering.
"Mr. McMahon," Lily replied, shaking his hand and taking a seat next to her father. "Hey Dad."
Glen nodded, his arms crossed over his chest. Vince looked from father to daughter before opening his mouth to address the two.
"You're probably curious as to the reason you're here, Lily," he began.
Lily nodded, not knowing what to expect.
"There have been various requests that you appear on camera during a Raw or SmackDown broadcast. Since Wrestlemania is a combination event, I though you could appear tonight to appease both sides. What do you say?"
"Umm, I dunno," Lily started, her eyes darting around the room nervously. "I guess I could, I mean, it's only one night."
"Excellent," Vince smiled. "You'll appear first with your father. Both Randy Orton and John Cena would like you to accompany them to the ring as well. You can decide who you want to go with."
"Okay," Lily nodded, running her fingers through her long chestnut brown hair. "Am I wearing anything special, Kane?" she then asked her father sweetly.
"Yes, and I'd appreciate it if you didn't call me Kane, you're my daughter," he replied and got to his feet. "I don't really like what you're wearing, but I can't do anything about it now. It's in my locker room.
At that he led her to his locker room after bidding Vince goodbye. When they walked in the room Glen pulled out a long black dry-cleaning bag and handed it to his daughter. Lily took it curiously and ripped the bag off. She grinned at what she saw.
The outfit was black, the top a tight black belly shirt the design similar to Kane's ring attire. The bottom was a miniskirt, also with the black and red barbed design of Kane's attire. Along with the outfit came a pair of wrestling boots and a black fingerless glove to match her father's.
"I like it, nice touch with the glove," Lily grinned.
"Just get changed will ya," Glen said, pointing his daughter to the bathroom.
"Fine," Lily replied, slight attitude in her tone.
She changed into the outfit and checked herself in the mirror before bounding out of the bathroom. She grabbed her messenger bag of makeup and left the locker room without a word to her father.
Lily made her way to the Diva's locker room, pushing the door open and finding Trish and Ashley ready and waiting for her. They gave her curious looks when they noticed Lily's attire.
"Why are you wearing wrestling wear?" Trish questioned, eyeing the skirt curiously. "And why does it match you father?"
"Because he wants me to go to the ring with him to be introduced and then I get yo go out with Randy and John too!"
The two blondes glanced at each other and shrugged before turning back to Lily, who's ice blue eyes had settled on Candice Michelle.
"She's staking out her prey," Ashley whispered, snapping Lily out of her hate filled glaring.
"What?" she asked.
Trish laughed and took the bag of makeup from Lily and motioned for the two to follow her as she flounced over to Candice, tapping her on the shoulder roughly.
"What do you want, Trish?" Candice snapped, spinning around in annoyance.
"I was just wondering if you'd give me the honor of letting me do your makeup tonight. I've been taking classes and I wanted to try some of the products," Trish lied, looking hopefully at Candice.
Lily and Ashley fought gallantly to stifle snorts of laughter at Candice's bewildered face. Lily stepped forward, placing a hand on Trish's shoulder.
"She's good, trust me. She's done my makeup before and now I'm dating John Cena, so there are great results," Lily lied mockingly.
"Right," Candice rolled her eyes, every inch of her showing how much she hated Lily.
"She is dating John," Ashley put in quickly, cracking her knuckles threateningly.
Candice did not look convinced but shrugged anyway. "I'll let you do my makeup just this once, but only because I know you'll glare me down if I don't."
Trish beamed and dragged Candice away from her locker and into a bathroom. While Trish and Ashley set to work, Lily draped a black cloth over the mirror so Candice could not see what she looked like. When that was done Lily left the bathroom to let Randy into the locker room.
"Is everything going as planned?" Randy questioned as Lily pulled him into the Diva's locker room.
"Yep. Do you have the chocolate syrup?" she replied, eyeing the bag in his hand.
Randy grinned and nodded holding the bag out to her proudly.
"I don't know what I'd do without you, Randy," Lily beamed excitedly. She then set to getting Candice's outfit ready for her 'meeting' with Vince. Randy kept watch as Lily worked, unable to keep a straight face as squelching noises came from Candice's locker.
Fifteen minutes later Lily finished, licking chocolate syrup from her fingers just as Trish brought Candice out from the bathroom. When Randy saw her he had to quickly turn his snort of laughter into a sneeze. Ashley gave the two a thumb up from behind Trish and Lily nodded, setting part two of their plan in motion.
"Vince is going to be mortified," Randy chuckled as he and Lily made their way to Vince's office to let him know Candice wanted to see him.
"I can't wait to see his face," Lily snickered.
The two arrived at Vince's door and recomposed themselves. Randy knocked lightly before opening the door. Vince waved them in and Lily closed the door behind them.
"I hear Candice got a makeover for me," he said excitedly.
Lily did her best to keep a straight face as she answered, "You'll be thrilled to see her, sir. She's something else, Candice is."
"Is her here? Can I see her now?" Vince asked eagerly.
Randy looked uneasy but there was another soft knock on the door, "Yes, yes you can," he said, the quaver of laughter in his voice prominent. He motioned for the cameraman to start rolling as Vince answered the door.
Lily could not help but snort at the look on Vince's face as Candice Michelle strode into the room. Randy pressed his hand over her mouth as she almost collapsed into a fit of giggles at Candice's appearance.
Her face was plastered with orange foundation and puke green lipstick caked on her lips. Her eye lashes were clumped together with inexpensive mascara and Trish had piled on then different shades of eye shadow. To top it all off her out fit was covered in smears of chocolate syrup, courtesy of Lily. She even added a few smears to look like skid marks and blood stains.
"Vince, do you like the new look?" she asked, pressing her chest against his arm.
Vince looked absolutely repulsed and pushed her away, "What did you do? You look hideous!"
Candice looked hurt and Lily shook with laughter against Randy, who was trying his hardest to calm her.
"Excuse us Mr. McMahon, I think Lily's having a coughing spell," Randy piped up, edging Lily out of the room, closely followed by Trish and Ashley.
The four made their was to John's locker room and all burst into peals of laughter as the y entered the room. John was zoned out on the couch watching the broadcast. He looked up at the noise.
"That was so priceless!" Lily gasped, clutching the couch arm for support as she laughed.
"You did that to Candice?" John asked accusingly, pointing to the screen.
Lily glanced at the screen, which displayed a picture of Candice's face and broke down into another fit of laughter. She nodded, answering John's question and collapsed on the floor laughing.
"Lil, take a breath, you're gonna pass out!" John scolded as Lily began wheezing for air.
Randy took a seat in a folding chair next to the couch, his laughter dying down as well. To his surprise Trish and Ashley took a seat on his lap. John raised his eyebrows at this and Lily got up from the floor, suddenly serious.
"Randy Keith Orton, I want an annulment, you're cheating on your queen!" she said in mock despair.
"No, Lily, they mean nothing, just loyal subject. You are the only queen," Randy played along, bouncing Trish and Ashley off his legs and pulling Lily onto his lap and wrapping his arms around her middle. "I'm sorry, my queen."
"You better be," she muttered, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Okay guys, fun's over, Randy get of my girl," John interrupted.
Randy let Lily go and she hopped of his lap and ran to John, planting a long kiss on his lips. When they broke apart Lily waved to her friends and moved to the door, swinging it open.
"I shall return, I must accompany my father to the ring," she announced. She waved like a queen and disappeared behind the door.
Lily made her way to the curtain where her father was waiting and beamed up at him as his music started. He nodded silently at her, holding the curtain back for her to step through.
"Thanks Daddy," she smiled sweetly, stepping out onto the ramp and setting her face in a n angry scowl.
Kane followed behind looking menacing as ever. Big Show was already waiting in the ring for his partner, his eyebrows shot up when he saw Lily. The girl climbed into the ring and stood next to her father for the pyros. At the same time, they raised their arms, bringing them down to spawn a shower of flames from the pyros.
"Lily, stand outside the ring, after we win Paul will introduce you, alright?" Glen muttered as Carlito and Chris Masters made their was to the ring.
Lily nodded and jumped off the apron onto the padded floor to watch the match.
Of course, Kane and Big Show won. After the match ended and the two held up with Tag Team Championships, Paul grabbed a mic and Lily got back in the ring.
"Kane, are you going to introduce me to this young lady?" he asked, pointing a meaty finger at Lily.
"That's my daughter, she's the very source of Hell fire. I call her Phoenix," Kane replied.
Lily moved into the middle of the ring where Chris Masters still lay. She placed her foot on his chest and , imitating her father, raised her arms, bringing them down to a rage of flames.
After the pyros died down Paul, Glen and Lily left the ring to head to the locker room. Lily turned to her father as they moved back through the curtain into the back.
"Phoenix, huh?" she smiled, looking up into her father's evil but loving eyes.
"I dunno, that's what the writers told me to call you. They said Lily was too happy to be Kane's offspring."
Lily opened her mouth to say more but Trish rushed up to her, a mischievous-yet-proud gleam in her eyes, "Come on, Phoenix, Vince is breaking it off with Candice, you can't miss this!"
Leaving Paul and Glen, Trish grabbed Lily's hand and broke into a run down the hall and around the corner. Glen turned to Paul and the two shook their heads in mutual agreement. The next four months were going to be quite interesting.