A/N: Hey guys! So, I rewrote more of this than I thought I would. I actually did my research and rewatched whole shows instead of just segments. I forgot about how some things were done so changed it a bit. This is also now a slow build for Jade and Kane. One of the issues I had with it was how fast they got together. BUT I wrote an honest to goodness sex scene. I never do, but I did and hope I don't disappoint. I'll toss up a warning before hand. Also...I'm lazy and not going to divide this into chapters like the other one. Don't forget to R&R! As always, stay safe in these crazy times. Much love guys! ENJOY!

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Monday night Raw is underway. It's going strong for about an hour now. A woman's made her way to the guard rail. A pair of jeans with the knees torn up, a black tank, and combat boots makes her up. She doesn't say anything, just stands silently with her hands on the guard rail, close to the announcer's table. Hazel eyes watch the matches, paying close attention to the superstars. Until Drop the Bombshell goes off. Her eyes narrow and her nose flares.

The Dudleys are out, making rounds to the fans, til they get to her. Bubba stops dead.

"What the hell are you doing here Jade?"

Jade flashes a ticket, but still doesn't say a word. Bubba watches her til Here Comes the Money plays. Shane McMahon makes his way out to join the Dudleys in the ring. Jade can only shake her head at it and crosses her arms. She wasn't here for him, HOPED he would ignore her, but of course not. The six man tag was under way against La RĂ©sistance with Rob Conway. The match has barely started when pyros go off at the ramp. All three members of La Resistance were running, and the Dudleys were giving chase through the fans. This left Shane in the ring on his own as Kane comes out. They meet halfway and pummel each other. They work their way around the outside of the ring, until finally Kane's putting Shane through the announce table.

When Kane turns around from the destruction, he notices Jade. She's leaning against the guard rail on her forearms looking up at him.

"I think you and I need to have a conversation."

Kane tilts his head at her and narrows his eyes. He doesn't say anything, just watches her. At his silence, she continues.

"There's a pub across the street. Meet me there after the show. If you're not there by midnight, I'm just gonna assume you ain't showin."

At that Jade turns on her heel and walks away.

THE PUB ACROSS THE STREET

Kane walks into the pub and scans the room. He spots Jade in the far corner. He studies her a moment. She's alone and is checking her watch as she takes a sip of her drink. He debated on showing up, she didn't exactly say WHY she wanted to meet with him. He smirks at her sigh as she's standing from the table. He approaches Jade, standing behind her. As she turns to leave, she runs right into him. She startles and looks up at him. He's looking down at her with his head tilted. She was a small little thing, not even coming to his chest. He could break her easily, if he didn't like what she had to say. He sits and tells the approaching waitress his drink order. Jade looks around awkward a moment, before she sits back down.

"I didn't think you were gonna show."

"What conversation do we need to have?"

Jade blinks at Kane. Okay so we're cutting right to the chase. She leans on her arms on the table.

"I could use your help."

He studies her a moment.

"You want me to take out Bubba?"

Jade's face scrunches. Was that all she was gonna be known for, dating that asshole?

"What? No! I need help getting Raven back in."

They both quiet when the waitress comes back with Kane's drink order and a refill for Jade. When she's walking away, Kane's leaning on the table, his face inches from Jade's.

"What makes you think I would help you?"

Jade sighs and sits back.

"Look, I'm not stupid. I know some kinda deal's gonna have to be made. You're feuding with Shane right now, and he's the plan. I don't want my brother to wind up in the hospital for buttin in on one of your matches. So what's it gonna take?"

"The title."

Jade nods as she take a sip of her drink.

"Okay, we might be able manage that...a shot at the title..."

Kane sneers at her and leans forward practically in her face.

"No! Not a 'shot' at the title. I want the title! And there's no 'might', if I help you, you WILL help me."

Jade blinks at the large man in front of her and takes another long sip. She's attempting to keep her face neutral, but she really thought he was gonna hit her that time.

"Ok, I gotcha. That's gonna take a little bit of time to get situated. Raven and I need to get back first."

Kane glares at her, but she holds her hands up before he can yell at her again.

"Look, I can't do anything on the outside. I have to get in, get MY contract in order to even try with your title shot. I understand, you don't know me, you don't trust me, I get it. Kane, I'm taking a chance myself here. How do I know you're not gonna turn on me? That as soon as I walk outta here my ass is a pile of ash somewhere."

Kane settles back in his seat placated for now. The girl had a point. He cocks his head at her trying to get a read on her, to study her. Jade starts fidgeting under the scrutiny, feeling like a bug under a telescope, but she never breaks eye contact. Kane leans back with his drink taking a sip.

"I have a match next week with Shane McMahon. Have him come then, BUT if he throws a punch at me don't blame me if he winds up at the hospital."

After that statement, he leaves. Jade watches him and thinks for a moment. She pulls out her cellphone and dials her brother's number.

"Hey! Don't plan anything for next week...the plan's a go. Kay...Later."

She hangs up the phone and looks across the table at Kane's half empty glass. She rakes her fingers through her hair with a sigh. That was stressful as hell. They were still gonna have to watch their back, loose cannon that Kane is. She takes a last gulp of her drink, throws money down on the table and also leaves.

MONDAY NIGHT RAW- KANE VS SHANE

Jade's at ringside once again. She stands at the guardrail, just watching the matches. It's time for the Kane and Shane McMahon match. The bell rings and Kane stalks Shane around the ring. Shane jumps out of the ring and runs around it, Kane giving chase. As Kane rounds the corner Shane hits him in the face with a steel chair making him stagger. All at once the crowd erupts. A man had been sitting behind Jade the whole time wearing jeans, beat up combat boots and a flannel hoodie with the hood up. The hood falls when he gets up and jumps the guardrail. Shane smiles thinking the cheers are for him. Shane jumps up on the announcer's table and dropkicks Kane, knocking the big man down. He stands up listening to the crowd's cheers. Out of the nowhere he's knocked down, being hit in the back of the head with something. He struggles to get up thinking it was Kane, but when he's able to get up he stares into the sadistic face of Raven. He gasps as Raven grins. Raven grabs Shane, gets up on the announcer's table, and hits him with the Raven Effect. Raven gets up , looks down at Shane's unconscious form, and does the crucifiction pose grinning manically. The crowd goes crazy, and then suddenly they start to boo. Raven looks around and sees Eric Bishoff at the entranceway.

"Who the hell do you think you are?! You come onto my show with NO approval and do THAT to one of my Superstars?! I oughta...who the hell are you?"

Jade's hopped over the guardrail and is now standing in the ring. She grabbed a mic on her way and grins at Bishoff up on the ramp.

"Oh, I'm Jade. Raven's sister."

"Sister... I don't care. Security! Escort Raven and his sister off of my show!"

As security approaches the ring they never make it. Kane and Raven, being on either side of the ring, knock them out before they can get in. Jade looks around at the scattered bodies and smiles at Eric.

"Look, I ain't got nothin against you...but your boss on the other hand...you should get him on the phone."

"One problem. You don't work here!"

"No...but he does..."

Kane's making his way to Bishoff. Bishoff's scrambling back up the ramp.

"No! Wait, hold on!"

Kane's in front of Bishoff with a smirk. Jade's leaning on the ropes watching. She's grinning at Bishoff.

"I made a deal with the devil, Eric. For your sake sweety, you should REALLY get ahold of Vince ."

Jade drops the mic and gets out of the ring. She and her brother both stand with Kane in front of Bishoff. He scurries off much to Jade's amusement.

IN THE BACK

Kane's gone off to do whatever and Raven's bailed. Jade didn't want to leave yet. Not til she finds Lita. She walks in without knocking. Lita startles, but grins seeing Jade. She runs up and squeezes her.

"I didn't dream ya'll would do it this way."

"Me either."

Both snap their heads up at the door way. Bubba stands there with his arms crossed. Jade's shoulders slump. She hoped to get outta there without running into him.

"Whaddya want Bubba?"

"I wanna know what the hell you're doin back here."

"You lost the right to know shit a long time ago."

He glares at her as she rolls her eyes. She turns back to Lita.

"I'm outta here. Call me later."

She shoves past Bubba and doesn't look back. Lita watches with a smirk. He narrows his eyes at Lita.

"What?"

"Better watch yourself Bubba. She's teamin up with Kane now. Probably won't take much convincing to have him take you out."

NEXT RAW

Jade parked her truck in the back parking lot of the arena and now she and Raven are sitting on the tail gate, waiting. None of the talent has shown up yet, just ring crew and the like. Nobody that would pay any attention to the siblings. Kane finally shows up and notices the the truck with the siblings in it. He admires the truck. It was a big, black, king cab. Jade watches him curiously, twirling her keys on her finger. He's amused, great big truck built more for his size owned by the little woman. His attention is finally, fully on them.

"There is another way to get McMahon's attention."

Kane walks into the building as the duo follows him.

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Raw opens up with the titantron showing the backstage area and medics are tending to Jonathan Coachman who was bleeding and knocked unconscious. 'No Chance' fills the arena and McMahon gets into the ring grabbing a mic.

"Raven! I'm tired of you already! First you attack my only begotten son, and then you attack my assistant! Well, lucky for you I'm ready to offer you a contract for the WWE thanks to my son. You see the attack from last week made him demand that I give you a contract so he can fight you. I know you're here Raven! Come out here and sign this contract!"

The crowd cheers and McMahon looks around waiting for him. Out of nowhere Raven hits the ring, does the Raveneffect, signs the contract, throws it on top of the fallen McMahon and leaves.

IN THE BACK

Raven picks Jade up, spinning her.

"We did it! Jade you're brilliant! I'm back in!"

"Told ya so."

"Yea, you did. I'm gonna head back. I appreciate the help."

Raven leaves and Kane looks at Jade. Her mouth's open watching him leave.

"What about your contract? The title!"

Kane's getting worked up, clenching his fist at his side. Jade winces as Kane's grabbing her by the hair. His teeth are clenched.

"We had a deal!"

He's breathing hard and in Jade's face. An eyebrow's raised looking at him.

"Austin's here tonight, so I planned on talkin to him. Now let go. Threatenin me with a good time ain't gonna get shit done."

Kane lets go of her like she burned him. She's walking away, and she pauses. She looks at him from over her shoulder.

"You comin or not?"

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Lillian Garcia is standing backstage smiling at the camera.

"Hi! I'm standing here today with Randy Orton..."

"What the hell do you think you're doing!"

The interview is interrupted as the camera pans over to an adjoining hallway. Vince McMahon is wincing holding his neck, but practically snarling. The camera pans wider revealing Jade and Kane.

"First, your brother pulls his stunt in the middle of the ring and now he's nowhere to be found. Now YOU are walking around here, with no contract, hell, with no negotiations with HIM!"

The crowd goes wild as Steve Austin walks up behind Vince.

"What's goin on Vince?"

"She's with HIM..."

"What's wrong with that?"

Vince huffs at the general manager of Raw.

"She's has no contract!"

"Oh, is that all? I woulda thought you would've done gave her one. Hell Vince, you just gave Raven one."

"Why the hell would I give HER one?"

"Well, why not? WHAT! Why not Vince? Don't ya think she's talented enough? 'WHAT' Isn't she pretty enough? 'WHAT'"

Vince and Austin stare each other down. Austin glances over at Jade.

"Come on Jade follow me to MY office. We'll get you that contract."

Vince steps up to Austin.

"You may be the general manager, but I'm Vincent Kennedy McMahon dammit!"

Austin smirks at Vince.

"Oh don't worry. I have Linda on speed dial. See ya later Vince."

LATER ON THE SHOW

Austin, Kane, and Jade leave the office. Jade's grinning at Austin.

"I really appreciate this."

Austin waves her off.

"Anything that's gonna piss that mealy mouthed sumbitch off I'm on board with. Like I said I'll do what I can about gettin the ball rollin on that shot at the title for the big man here. BUT ya'll gonna have to put some work in on it too. Get that bastard Hunter til he has no choice but to give up the title to ya."

With a final wave, Kane and Jade make their way to the locker room. Kane studies her as she's in such deep thought. They make it to the locker room and Kane grabs his stuff, getting ready to go to the showers.

"I'm gonna head out, unless you want a ride?"

The question catches Kane off guard and stops him in his tracks. He glances at her, expecting nervousness or fidgeting hoping he says no. Not her casually leaning against the doorway patiently waiting on his response.

"Sure?"

"Alright, I'll meet ya out at the truck."

Jade leaves and Kane grabs his stuff heading for the shower. He couldn't wrap his head around Jade. She treated him civilly, not like a freak show attraction like everyone else. She tried to keep her word, not out of fear, but because she gave it. She didn't fear him, much anyway. He was almost certain he was misreading her earlier. If he didn't know better he'd almost swear she was flirting. He shakes his head and finishes up.

Kane's heading for the truck, almost certain it would be gone. His bags are tossed in the back and he gets in. Jade pulls out of the parking lot. He was still suspicious of her, and wasn't certain she wouldn't back out of the deal.

"Hey are you too tired? You could come up and we could work on how we're gonna go after Hunter."

After no answer, she glances at Kane. He's looking at her like she's crazy. She rolls her eyes at him.

"That wasn't an innuendo...we need to figure out our move against Hunter. Forget I said anything."

Jade's embarrassed, now that she thought about it, it did sound like a come on. She could feel her face turn red, dammit.

"I don't have anything else to do tonight."

"Oh gee, thanks for your time."

And she was sassing him again. Some people would think she had a death wish with how she spoke to him. They finally get to the hotel and go to Jade's room. She's throwing her stuff down and goes to the mini fridge. He quietly gets behind her. He's produced a rag and a small bottle from his pockets. The rag's doused as she turns, Kane's grabbing her pinning her to him and covering her mouth and nose with the rag. She doesn't have a chance to act or defend herself.

Kane gently lays her on the bed, quickly grabs her stuff and takes it out to her truck. He then goes to his own room grabbing his own things taking them out there. He gets back to Jade's room carefully picking her up and taking her out to the truck easily buckling her in. Kane runs back inside quickly turning in both sets of keys, comes back out jumping in the truck, driving away.

NEXT MORNING

Raven frantically knocks on Lita's door. She finally answers half asleep.

"Have you talked to Jade?"

"No, why?"

"She's gone! Truck and all."

"Go ask Kane."

"He's gone too! The clerk said he turned in both sets of keys last night."

"Maybe they ran off together?"

"She always picks up her cell for me and she's NOT answering."

Lita narrows her eyes at Raven.

"NOW you're worried about her bein around Kane? Christ! Maybe if you had stuck around and maybe help her figure out a way for her to get a contract you'd know where she was!"

She proceeds to slam the door in his face, going back to bed.

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Jade wakes up blinking, her mouth dry, and having NO idea of where she is. She tries to slowly stand and her head starts pounding. A deep southern drawl startles her.

"Sit back down and take this."

A glass full of water and a couple of aspirin is thrust in her face. Jade takes them and chugs the water. She hands the glass back looking up. The Undertaker is standing over her.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. You can stay here as long as ya need."

"Where IS here?"

Kane enters the room.

"My ranch. I'll let him fill ya in on the rest."

Jade stands up as Taker leaves. She narrows her eyes hatefully at him.

"What the hell's goin on?"

"Making sure you keep your end of the bargain."

She blinks at him.

"So.. you... abduct me? The hell Kane! I've done NOTHING to you! Hell, I even got Austin to help us with your damned title."

Kane doesn't answer her, he didn't have any. It was so she could keep her end of the deal, at least that's what he keeps telling himself. He's tossing her phone and cigarettes into her lap.

"You're brother's called several times this morning."

"Okay, so should I tell him you're keeping me a prisoner or what?"

Kane glares at her. She glares back.

"You're not a prisoner."

Kane stalks off and a door slams. Jade sighs and scrapes her fingers through her hair. She's stepping outside, as she calls her brother. She lights a cigarette and he answers almost immediately. She's got it on speaker.

"Where the hell are you? Why haven't you answered your phone?"

"I just got up. Me and Kane went to his brother's. I'm gonna need some help in keeping up my end of the deal."

"What about me? We had a plan!"

"To get you back in was the plan. Thanks for helpin me by the way."

"With what?"

"In NOT gettin my contract!"

"Don't you give me none of your lip Jade Marie!"

She huffs.

"You still coulda stuck around. You left, you got your contract and left."

"Yes, I did, before McMahon could send people after me!"

"You left me there to take the goddamn fall!"

Silence. Jade makes sure he hasn't hung up.

"We were suppose to be a team. I'm your sister, not one of the flock."

"You're right, they actually listened when I gave a order. So are you fuckin Kane too? Only reason I can think of as to WHY you're bending over backwards for him. Hell, it only took Bubba three weeks to get you in bed."

Jade hangs up on him. Tears fall silently as she finishes her cigarette. She shakes her head, he went too far that time. A cup of coffee is shoved in her hands. She grasps the cup to keep from dropping it and looks up. Taker stands there with one of his own.

"Thank you. I'm, um...I'm sorry for all of this."

She waves vaguely around. She felt lost.

"First door on the right has your bags. There's a bathroom attached."

"Thank you."

She's walking away sipping at the coffee. She slips past Kane in the living room without a word and softly shuts the door. He's walking out onto the deck and Taker doesn't even turn around.

"You really didn't tell me WHY you brought her here last night. All I know is you show up on my front step carryin some woman you put chloroform to."

Kane huffs irritated at the questions, but relents.

"In return for helpin get her brother back in, she's SUPPOSE to help me get the title off Hunter."

"So she refused or what? I'm tryin to figure out why you'd use chloroform someone helpin ya."

Taker gets a glare, but smirks. He wasn't stupid, Kane was growing attached to the girl. Using the title as an excuse was bullshit, if he didn't care he'd choke her out and be done with it. He's also caught her checkin out Kane when she thinks noone's payin attention. Yeah, Kane wouldn't have to beg shit from her.

"How much of the conversation did you hear?"

"All of it? You?"

"The last half."

Taker looks over his brother. He was reeking with guilt. He smirks.

"I like her, she's better than that last piece of trash you brought home. She apologized AND she covered your dumbass talkin to her brother."

He's getting another glare. Jade's out, fully showered and dressed. She's got her bags and tossing them in the back of the truck. She looks at Kane with a hand on her hip.

"Get your shit."

Kane's crossing his arms over his chest.

"For what?"

"I've been so graciously given a match Monday by Eric Bishoff. A bra and panties match with a mystery opponent."

"So."

Jade glares. She was so damn done with men and their attitudes. Kane glares back and she was stepping right up to him, one of her bags still on her shoulder and the back truck door still open.

"I'm in no damn mood for your 'I'm a big monster' bullshit. So you either get your shit and we hit the road, because we still have to figure out how you're gonna get the title off of Hunter. OR, I can leave your ass here and consider us square for you smotherin me with goddamn chloroform! So figure it out fast, cause it don't make a damned difference to me!"

She turns to Taker pulling a travel cup from the bag.

"Do you mind if I grab coffee for the road?"

"Help yourself."

"Thanks."

She shoots him a big smile and is back in the house. The door barely shuts and he's laughing. He fought hard not to in front of her, but now it's gut wrenching. He can feel Kane glaring at him, but he don't care. The door slams shut, making him laugh harder.

Jade's back out, glances at Taker curiously, and heads for her truck. She's adjusting the seat, cursing Kane's ass to hell. She gets it fixed and she's back on the deck. She's lighting a cigarette and looks up at Taker.

"I really am sorry for this mess."

He's waving her off. She walks back down a couple of steps, when she pauses.

"Thanks for everything."

"Anytime Darlin."

She gives a wave and hops in the truck. She sits a minute, finishing her smoke. She gives Taker a grin, and starts the engine. She's shoving a CD in and cranks it. Marilyn Manson blares from the speakers. The front door bursts open as Kane stalks to the truck. His bags are tossed in and he barely gets his door shut when she's backing out. Taker chuckles watching them leave. He liked Jade a lot.

MONDAY NIGHT

Kane and Jade walk into the arena together. Jade stops, seeing Raven with Lita. They were arguing, both very animated.

"What's goin on?"

Both stop hearing Jade. Raven turns to her fully.

"You've not answered your phone all damn week!"

Jade sighs heavily, shaking her head.

"No, I'm not doing this right now."

She starts to walk away, but Raven grabs her arm stopping her. She shakes him off with a glare.

"You really expect me to forgive and forget? That shit was low, even for you."

"Look, I'm sorry, but the plan..."

"...was for me to help you get in! You didn't tell me ANYTHING other than that! You can't get mad at me over shit I had no clue over."

"I just wish you'd take this seriously Jade!"

"Serious...why in the hell would I have made a goddamn deal with Kane of all people if I didn't take this seriously!"

"Why did you go to Kane for help?"

Raven's looking at her suspiciously. Like she had an ulterior motive.

"You seriously askin why I went to the guy everyone's scared of?"

"I just don't think that's your only reason... Shit Jade!"

Raven's rubbing a hand where Jade slapped him.

"That is the last damn time you're gonna talk to me that way!"

Raven slaps her back and before anyone realizes it they're fist fighting in the middle of the hallway. It gets enough attention, security's called. The fight's being broke up and both are in handcuffs. The sibling glare at each other til Bishoff finally makes it to them.

"What caused this?"

The two are talking at the same time. Then they're yelling at each other again. Hands still cuffed Jade's running at Raven. Kane grabs her around the middle in mid run and picks her up. She's kicking her legs in the air trying to get away screaming.

"Put me the hell down dammit!"

Lita sighs. This is the worse fight she'd ever seen them get into. She's standing beside Bishoff.

"Honestly Eric. I think Raven's jealous. Jealous because with all of his contacts, he couldn't get anyone to help him. Jade walks in, even pulls one of his old tactics, and gets someone to help them."

"Jealous hell! We were going to run this! Win the titles and get some changes made."

Raven glares at Bishoff.

"The first one being getting your ass out of here."

Jade's quieted down, so Kane's putting her on her feet. She can only blink at her brother.

"You were using me to get revenge on your old boss."

"No! We..."

"My first ever match is tonight. AND it's a bra and panties match. How would I get the women's title like that? What kind of game are you trying to play here?"

"Uncuff them."

At Bishoff's orders, both siblings have the handcuffs removed. Jade's rubbing her wrists as she takes a step back to stand beside Kane. Bishoff looks between the two shaking his head, before walking away.

Lita's hooking her arm through Jade's and leads her off to the locker room. She shut and locks the door. Jade sits heavily down on a bench. She's raking her fingers through her hair with a sigh.

"I'm so damn done."

Lita looks at Jade curiously.

"How is it you and Kane get along so well? I mean he goes crazy on everybody else."

"We don't. More we tolerate each other I think."

Jade's recounting events. The hair pulling, the chloroform and abduction. Lita looks horrified. Jade's shaking her head at her.

"THAT, that right there is what he wants. I'm not scared of him. Been through too much to be."

Lita sighs.

"I can't believe he took you!"

"He didn't touch me Li. Claims he was makin sure I kept my end of the deal. I think it was scare tactic. Kane's a lot of things, but I don't think he's rapist."

"But..."

"The hair pullin thing, I told him threatenin me with a good time wasn't gonna get shit done. He let go and stepped away so fast you'd have thought I smacked him."

Lita's cocked an eyebrow at that. Before she can respond, there's a bang on the door with someone yelling Jade's match was next. This had Jade up and running out of the door.

BRA AND PAINTIES MATCH

Jade looks at the entrance way expectantly. Lillian Garcia raises the mic to her lips.

"And her opponent...Lita!"

Jade's jaw drops. Lita comes out grinning. She slides into the ring and shrugs at Jade.

"Noone else would do it."

The bell rings and the two women square off. Jade quickly grabs Lita's shirt and jerks it off of her. Jade laughs hysterically at the shocked look on Lita's face, until she feels tugging at her pants. She twirls away, but Lita trips her, pulling her pants off. Jade gapes at Lita stunned, and then starts laughing again. Lita leans down to help Jade up, but Jade pulls her down, trying to pants her. Lita struggles.

"Hey! I was told it was easier than this to get you outta your pants."

Lita gasps at her in shock. Jade jerks Lita's pants the rest of the way off quickly. The bell rings signaling that Jade wins. The girls are still laying on the mat when Lita lifts her leg up and slams it down Jade's bare thigh digging in her heel.

"Ah! Ow! You bitch! Charlie horse!"

Lita laughs and then helps Jade up, raising her arm in victory. I'm Back blares through the arena, making the girls pause. Bishoff comes out to the ramp.

"Wasn't that a great performance! Really, thank you ladies for that. Now, we need to address something. There was an altercation between Jade and Raven earlier. Roll the footage."

The footage is shown of Jade and Raven fighting all the way to Lita and Jade walking away.

"I thought of suspending you two, but that wouldn't do any good. I even thought about FIRING the both of you, but even I have to admit the ratings went up after Raven knocked Vince McMahon out in the middle of the ring. And you Jade, just the fact you're WILLINGLY hanging around Kane...people want to see what's going to come of that! So, I came up with a solution. Kane versus Raven in a match. The winner gets you, Jade. Oh, and that match? Happens now!"

The pyros in the ring explode as the girls jump out of the ring and Kane's music hits. After Kane comes out and climbs into the ring, the caws of ravens echo through the loudspeakers. Raven makes his way into the ring, and the bell rings. The girls watch, but then look at each other nodding. Lita runs to the opposite side of the ring, and jumps up on the ring apron distracting the ref. Jade jumps in the ring, while the referee is distracted, with a steel chair. She clocks Raven with it, throws it out of the ring, and jumps out. Lita jumps down as well and runs to stand beside Jade watching Kane pin Raven for the three count. Lita and Jade stand as Kane exits the ring. He's staring down at Jade.

"You chose me."

Jade can only nod as she bites her lip. After a moment she turns and walks away with Lita. Lita follows her to the locker room. Jade plops down on a bench and sighs heavily. Lita sits beside her.

"So what now?"

"I don't know, Li. I really don't."

Lita flings an arm over Jade's shoulders as she leans on Lita.

"I should've figured something different out."

Lita sighs.

"JJ, listen, him bein jealous doesn't make how he was talkin to you right. I don't know what changed with you guys, but you two haven't been on the same page since ya'll got here from what I've seen. I mean yea I've seen you two get into a few fist fights, but this has been different."

Jade sighs scrubbing a hand down her face.

"Ever since me and Bubba broke up, ever since I walked away from this place, he's hovered. I was starting to dread answering the phone, he kept trying to set me up with guys."

Lita snorts and rolls her eyes.

"Except Kane."

"Yea, which, now I think about it...it was all these normal guys. 9-5 jobs, home in time for supper types. Watch football on Sunday..."

"Sounds boring...so why didn't you try on your own?"

"Because, I'm fine. I figure if somebody were to come along, I'd feel it. I've let go of the shit with Bubba a long time ago. I just hadn't felt a connection to anybody..."

Lita smirks.

"Til Kane."

Jade gets up rolling her eyes and grabs her bag.

"Hey don't you roll your eyes at me! I was right there with you when you two had your little moment. Besides, I don't know how many times I've caught you starin at his ass."

Jade doesn't answer and heads for the shower. She emerges a bit later showered and changed. Lita's done the same and waits for her. She watches her as she goes to leave.

"Are you headin back to the hotel?'

Jade shakes her head with a sigh.

"I'm goin to find my brother and try to talk to him."

"Jay..."

"I'll call ya later, Li..."

Jade starts walking to Raven's locker room. Dread fills her belly knowing this could go south fast. She arrives and notices the door's cracked open. She knocks and pushes it open further. Raven's sitting on a bench tying his boot. He looks up as she leans against the doorframe and glares.

"What do you want?"

She flinches internally at his tone, but doesn't let her gaze waver.

"I wanted to talk to you."

"We have nothing to talk about Jade, now get out."

"I want to know why you're actin this way."

"You used me to get back in!"

Raven's in her face now, a finger poking her on her chest.

"You got back in and hopped the first dick you could. Was that part of the so called deal with Kane? Or is that your plan? Find the one that will tolerate you enough to marry you? Because the ones back home aren't good enough...don't make enough money? I never thought you'd be a whore."

"You seriously...I've not been with ANYONE! Not in a long time. The deal with Kane is to help him get the title. That's all. If you had came to me with your big ideas, I would've done something different."

Raven's silent looking down at her.

"Lita's right, you are jealous, but not like she said. You thought I was bailin on ya. I love my brother, would do anything in the world for him. This hateful, spiteful...THING in front of me right now...I don't want anything to do with. I helped you get in, and really that's all you wanted wasn't it?"

Raven's quiet, seemingly deflated. Jade rolls her eyes and walks away. Some days she wishes she hadn't tried to find him. Their relationship has went downhill for awhile now and she hates it. Yes, she broke down after the breakup. Yes, she hadn't tried to find anyone, cause frankly people sucked. But dammit, why did that make Raven pull from her. They started out pretty close and then every time he tried to play match maker, every time she said no, he'd pull away. Did he see too much of him in her now?

Jade shakes her head mentally drained. She looks up as she approaches her truck noticing Kane leaning against it. She quirks an eyebrow at him.

"Hey."

"Hey."

"Everything okay?"

"I thought I could catch a ride with you instead of a cab, but was startin to think I was gonna have to go lookin for you."

She smirks and nods her head toward her truck.

"Sorry, I decided to try to talk to Raven. C'mon I'll give ya lift."

They get settled in the truck and Kane watches her. He's tried to figure her out, but was having a damned hard time doing it. She was polar opposite of just about everyone else. She even acted like she enjoyed his company. He was leery, having been played for a fool before.

"Your jaw's swollen."

She nods never taking her eyes off of the road. Normally, in the truck, she talked his ear off.

"Was that from the fight, or you trying to talk to him?"

She sighs.

"The fight. Um, he hasn't hit me again. He called me a whore."

Jade huffs and glares out of the windshield. The tension was thick around her as Kane cocked an eyebrow at the statement.

"He said that that was part of the deal I made with you."

"He thinks we were..."

"He thinks I've been fuckin you the whole time."

Kane blinks at her bluntness, and then smirks.

"I'll keep that in mind."

He's rewarded with a glare which only makes him laugh. The sound is menacing, most of the time it sends grown men running, but she doesn't even flinch. She keeps side eyeing him still glowering. They finally get to the hotel and she pulls up front to drop him off. He looks at her questioningly.

"My brother's already called me a whore, I don't need you addin to it. Get out."

Kane nods and grabs his bags. He gets out and slams the truck door shut. He was fed up with her bullshit. She didn't realize who she was dealing with, but he was about to make her.

Jade stares after him as he slams the door and walks into the hotel. She huffs and drives away. She needed to think and driving helped with that. As she stops at a red light she lights a cigarette and rolls all the windows down. The night air was soothing and she already felt herself calming down.

A COUPLE HOURS LATER

Jade walks through the hotel texting Lita letting her know what was going on and apologizing for basically walking out on her. The drive did wonders for clearing her head and made her realize she made some mistakes. There was nothing else to do about Raven. The ball was in his court now, she wasn't going to beg him to talk to her. Now she was on her way to Kane's room to talk to him.

After a shaky elevator ride and a couple wrong turns she's finally in front of his door. She takes a deep breath and knocks. She waits a minute and starts to knock again when it opens. Kane stands in the doorway filling it. He was obviously going to bed dressed only in a pair of shorts. Jade has the audacity to blush, so she stares down at her feet.

"Um, hey."

Kane crosses his arms over his chest and looks down at Jade. He was still pissed off from earlier.

"Hi."

Jade glances up at him sheepishly, embarrassed of her reaction. She shakes her head drawing in another deep breath. This time the smell of body wash comes with it. This doesn't help matters...at all.

"So, I wanted to apologize for earlier. I get now you were kidding and my bitchiness was rude. I'm really sorry, you didn't deserve it."

Kane watches Jade carefully. The apology struck him hard though. Kane suddenly grabs her and shoves her against the nearest wall. He has an arm on either side of her head caging her between him and the wall. He leans toward her using the wall for support.

"You're right, I didn't. I've been extremely patient with you. I've let you slide too many times with how you speak to me. How you've treated me."

Jade's breathing hard and he smirks. She was finally scared of him, or so he thought. She's flushed and her pupils were dilated. He cocks his head to the side studying her. She watches his every move, but hasn't screamed or tried to get away.

"Why then? Why have I gotten away with what most people burn for?"

Kane grabs her face. He was misreading her...had to be. He bends his head down to hers and barely presses his lips to hers. She wasn't trying to escape, not trying to pull away. He lifts up and her eyes were shut. Not feeling him, her eyes flutter open.

"Goodnight Jade."

Kane smirks watching her walk away in a daze. Jade gets to her room and shuts the door gently. She leans against it raking her fingers through her hair. What the fuck?

NEXT MORNING

Jade's woken up to the hotel phone ringing. She groggily answers it.

"Hello? Yes, this is she. Yes, that's my truck. What are you talking about? I wasn't in an accident last night! I'll come down to the desk, just gimme a minute."

She blearily stumbles around changing her clothes. As she brushes her teeth, she tries to wrap her head around the phone call. The front desk called saying an accident was reported involving her truck. She shakes her head as she finishes and hastily makes her way to the desk.

"Can I help you?"

"Yes, I'm Jade Livingston. I received a call a few minutes ago saying there was an accident involving my truck."

The clerk nods and makes a phone call. Jade's antsy as she waits. The manager finally comes out.

"Ms Livingston? If you'll come with me please."

Jade follows him to an office. Inside the office a television is set up on a stand. The manager has a remote control.

"If you'll have a seat."

He clicks the TV on showing security footage.

"Early this morning someone anonymously contacted the front desk reporting an accident in the parking lot. Since this was done anonymously we investigated it ourselves. This is what we found."

The timestamp read 330 AM. A figure can barely be made out walking around Jade's truck. The figure is covered from head to toe in black baggy clothes. Something, maybe a crow bar, is brought up and smashed against the truck. Not an inch of the truck isn't touched. All windows are busted, the rest dented and crushed. The TV is turned off and the manager clears their throat.

"I'm sorry Ms Livingston there's nothing more to go on."

Jade's up and out of the office before anymore can be said. The truck is still there and Jade just gapes at it.

"My poor truck..."

Jade starts taking pictures with her phone of the damage. She notices Kane coming out of the hotel, and walking toward her. He's already convinced himself she was avoiding him when he went to her room this morning. Worry laces her features as she looks up at him. He internally winces. He's gonna blow it before they even have a chance if he keeps it up.

"What happened?"

"Somebody, took a crowbar to my poor truck."

Kane helps her pry the door open when a glint among the glass catches his eye.

"Did you lose an earring?"

He holds it up for her to inspect and her face drops.

"No, that's Raven's eyebrow ring. It's the one I got him for his birthday a couple years ago."

With a sigh she starts dialing on her phone. She reports the accident to her insurance company and then calls for a tow truck to haul it off. Her shoulders are slumped. Kane looks at her, REALLY looks at her and saw the anxiety. The fidgeting from foot to foot, the stiffness in her shoulders, the quiver of her chin...she was scared, but not of him. Kane sighs.

"Does Raven have a key to your place?"

"Well yea..."

"Go get your bags, you can stay with me."

"But..."

Kane's phone's ringing. As he listens his fists clench tighter and tighter. He looks like he's about to crush his phone and Jade looks up in concern.

"What's wrong?"

"I was just suspended for two weeks. Triple H was found attacked last night and there are witnesses saying I was the one who did it."

Before Jade can say anything her phone rings. After a couple minutes she hangs her phone up.

"Apparently we were in it together. I just got suspended for helping you attack him."

"Exactly where DID you go last night?"

"I drove around town. I needed to clear my head. Christ it's too early for all of this!"

"Go get your shit Jade. We leave in an hour."

He's storming away. She huffs watching him, muttering to herself.

"At least he ain't usin chloroform this time."

ONE HOUR LATER

Kane enters the lobby and notices Jade sitting on a bench with her bags and coffees. She smiles as he approaches and she hands him a coffee. He raises an eyebrow at her as he accepts it. He looks down at it skeptically. She snorts and grins at him.

"I promise it's just coffee."

She's taking a large drink of hers, eyeing him over her cup.

"I don't think I'd have to put anything in yours to get with you."

Kane's head snaps up. She's grinning at him. His eyes narrow.

"No, you wouldn't, but it doesn't look like I have to try too hard with you either."

He smirks and glances down at her. She's red as a tomato when she looks up at him. She clears her throat.

"Alright seriously, what's the plan?"

"Airport, get my car, and then home. The cab should get here any minute."

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The whole trip was uneventful. Jade slept the entire flight using Kane's shoulder as a pillow. After retreiving his so called car from the airport, which was a big ass, dark blue SUV with third row seating, they were on their way to Kane's house. The more they drove, the further from the city they were, the more antsy Jade became. She started realizing how stupid it was to leave like she did. Another glance at her phone showed no service. She felt really stupid, she knew better than this. They turn onto a gravel road and approach an old farm house with a wrap around porch. The closer they got, the more she fell in love with it.

Kane had been sneaking glances at her the whole drive. Jade had been strangely quiet the entire ride. He kept seeing her fidget and stare out of the window. He could feel the anxiety roll off of her. He smirks. NOW she was worried. Then her demeanor changed the closer they got to the house. Her head was practically hanging out of the window taking it in. No sooner than he's pulled up front and stopped, she's out. He watches her from the car as she stretches the kinks out of her back. She walks in circles, a smile plastered to her face. He gets out then, looking at her over the hood. She grins at him.

"It's beautiful out here. Show me around?"

Kane smirks at her then. He opens the latch pulling their bags out.

"Maybe tomorrow I'll show you around the property."

"I'll hold ya to it. Why don't you let me make dinner? My way of saying thank you for letting me crash here."

"You want to thank me?"

"By making dinner."

Jade emphasizes what she means, so the meaning isn't misunderstood. She smiles and turns to help with the bags. He unlocks the door letting her in ahead of him. After a quick tour of the house he shows her the spare bedroom. Right across from his.

Kane vanishes into his bedroom and shuts the door. She enters her room and quietly shuts it. After thinking about it for a moment she locks it, still battling herself. She runs a hand through her hair with a sigh.

"What the fuck am I doing?"

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Kane hears the lock click and smirks. He tosses his bags in a corner and scrubs a hand down his face. Jade ran so hot and cold, he couldn't get a good read on her. Oh, she was interested in him alright, but she was fighting herself, hard. He sat on the edge of his bed piecing together the information he knew.

It was very obvious she had trust issues. Hell, the whole company got to see the destruction of her relationship with the Dudley. Now, everything that was going on with Raven. He sighs and lays back on the bed. Trust issues was an understatement.

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Kane wakes to the smell of bleach and...soup? He doesn't remember falling asleep and quickly gets up following the smell. He follows it to the kitchen. It's spotless, and there's a pot of soup on the stove. Jade was squatting in front of the open fridge wiping it out.

"What are you doing?"

She startles and grins up at him.

"Hey! Stew should be ready in about 20 minutes."

He leans against the doorway and looks at her. She starts turning red.

"I, uh, clean when I can't sleep. Sorry if I overstepped, I shoulda asked first."

He shrugs and walks up to her.

"It probably needed it. It's a good thing we left Taker's when we did. If you'd done this there, he'd be ready to marry you."

Jade snorts.

"I'm not into necrophilia."

Kane laughs. It wasn't the sinister laugh he usually does. No, this was a deep belly laugh. Hell, his whole demeanor changed the moment they stepped in the door. She smiles, she liked it. Liked this more chilled out Kane.

Kane reaches out and grasps her chin making her look at him. She looks up at him through her lashes. Christ, patience was suppose to be a virtue, but when she looked at him like that, so vulnerable, he wasn't feeling so virtuous. He watches her as she backs away nodding.

"I'm gonna grab a quick shower, get the bleach smell off of me. Like I said stew should be ready in bout 20."

She dashes away taking deep breaths. Her heart was still pounding when she makes it to the bathroom. She wasn't a bit scared of him, not like everyone else. No, she was scared of what he made her feel. Holy hell, he looked like he was gonna devour her! She shook her head trying to clear it, damn if she wasn't ready to let him.

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Raven tries for the hundredth time to call Jade. It has been several days since he heard about the suspension and knew it wasn't right. He knows how she thinks, she wouldn't have planned an attack this fast even with Kane. As he walks the hallway to his room he bumps into Lita. The glare he recieves catches him off guard.

"Hey."

"Hey."

"Are you alright?"

"Oh, I'm fine."

"That's good then."

They stand in awkward silence in the hallway both having something to say to the other. Raven finally speaks up.

"You haven't happened to hear from Jade have you?"

"Yea."

"I can't get ahold of her."

"Why would you expect her to talk to you after what you did?"

Raven steps back from her.

"What I did?"

"Yea, what you did! Why would you fuck her truck up like that?"

He was confused, and Lita noticed.

"You didn't do it did you?"

He shakes his head.

"This is the first I'm hearing of anything happening to her truck. Why would she think I did it?"

Lita quirks an eyebrow at him.

"Really? After all the shit you said? You have NO clue on why?"

Raven rolls his eyes.

"Yea, but not to the point I would fuck up her truck!"

"She found your eyebrow ring in the seat, Raven."

"So?"

"Among the broken glass. It wasn't buried in the seat."

"Lita, I didn't do it."

"I'm startin to get that."

"I guess I'll have to go by her place and try to talk to her. Hell I wouldn't pick the phone up either."

"She's not there."

"Where the hell's she at then?"

Lita shrugs. Raven looks at her skeptically.

"You know."

"Look she told me she doesn't want you knowin anything right now, but I'll talk to her. That's all I can do."

Raven sighs in aggravation.

SEVERAL DAYS LATER

Taker bangs on the front door of Kane's house. The door opens and he walks past Kane.

"I looked into that bullshit with Hunter. Where's Jade? She's gonna want to hear this too."

"She should be back soon, she went to the store."

"She's already got a car?"

Kane nods with a snort.

"I took her to the dealership a couple days ago. She got the new version of the truck she had."

"She has a slight obsession with trucks don't she."

"You have no idea."

Music catches their attention. Kane smirks shaking his head. He goes out on the porch with Taker following him. Jade's parked out front in her new truck with Meredith Brooks' 'Bitch' blaring out of the rolled down windows. She hops out of the truck and opens the back door, pulling out bags, dancing around the whole time. She's mouthing the words as she bops her way to the porch. It takes a second for her to register Taker's there. She smiles at him.

"Hey! You stayin for supper?"

She doesn't wait for his answer just makes her way to the kitchen putting everything away. Taker watches her and then watches his brother as he starts helping her. They had settled into an easy rhythm. He had NEVER seen Kane this calm before. That's when he starts noticing everything. The kitchen was super clean, hell the whole house looked like you could eat off of the floor. The house itself had a smell of home to it that it didn't have before. Taker snorts.

"Hell Kane, she cooks, she cleans, you better snatch her up before someone else does."

THAT earned him a glare from his brother. There's the Kane he knows. A snort caught both of their attention. Jade stares him down with her hands on her hips.

"Cause that's important qualities, right."

"Yea, but that lip needs to go."

"Good thing dead men ain't my type, huh?"

"You're just full of sass today."

After he found out Kane took her home with him, he had to admit, he was a little concerned. He called, initially to check on her. His mistake, the woman was a chatter box. He did find out everything that was going on and why she was even staying with Kane. He told her he'd help her find out about the suspension. Now, seeing them together, he didn't need to worry bout anything. Kane chuckles, bringing his attention back to them.

"It's funny when it's at someone else."

Jade shoots him a wicked grin.

"He's gotta leave sometime."

Kane's grabbing Jade and putting his hand over her mouth as he looks up at Taker.

"What was it you found out?"

Kane's moved his hand. He looks at his hand where Jade licked it and says something in her ear. She's turning pink and moving away from him. Taker shakes his head at the two and pulls a chair out from the kitchen table. He flops with a sigh.

"I called in a couple favors to get ahold of the security footage from where Hunter was attacked."

Taker reaches inside of his vest pocket and lays a disc on the table.

"It's obvious it wasn't either of you two."

Jade rushes away to the bedroom. She returns moments later with a bag. She pulls out a laptop, and sets it up on the table. After it boots up, she grabs the disc. The brothers watch her set everything up. With a deep breath she hits play. The footage starts to play and it's grainy. Hunter is spotted with a group of people. The footage rolls with not much happening until Hunter's knocked over. The group flees. A large figure stands over Hunter, but he's not nearly as tall, or built like Kane. A smaller figure is seen coming up behind the bigger one handing them a crowbar. Both figures are in baggy clothes and hard to make out any details. As the larger figure raises the crowbar the footage cuts out.

Jade sits back still staring at the blank screen. Kane leans toward her.

"That doesn't seem like Raven."

"I've ruled him out already. He didn't do that to the truck either. That ring was planted in my truck to make me think he did."

"What?"

"I've been talkin to Lita. She's done some snoopin for me. Raven was already in the next city."

She was still staring at the screen. Finally blinking she looks at Kane.

"I'm sorry you've gotten mixed up in my mess."

Kane studies her. Her eyes were narrowed and she was biting her lip again. She was fighting with herself. Taker turns the laptop towards himself and replays the footage, studying it. He does so a couple more times and glances at Jade with a sigh.

"Do you know who it could be?"

Jade shakes her head.

"It could be any number of people honestly. Someone with grudge...son of a bitch."

Jade's jumping up out of her seat and heading for the door, pulling out her cell phone as she walks out. They follow her outside and she's pacing the porch smoking a cigarette.

"It's not Raven, he already left town. That's who I thought at first too. Yeah, just maybe ask around. Thanks Chris, I'll talk to ya later."

She hangs up with a sigh and takes another hit off of her cigarette. Kane crosses his arms across his chest.

"Chris?"

"Jericho. He's gonna do some snoopin, to see if my hunch might even remotely be right. I'm gonna need some help if it is. I'm not doubting either of you or what ya'll can do, but whose to say Hunter ain't in on it."

Taker squints at her.

"You may be on to somethin. That video was full of his little groupies, all it would take would be suggesting your name..."

Jade rubs her eyes.

"...and maybe flash some cash..."

Taker points at her.

"...instant witnesses."

Kane leans down on the railing shaking his head.

"But why Jericho?"

"We've hung out for a long time. When Raven was chasin his flavor of the night, or Matt and Lita had a date night, or Jeff was workin on the music, he and I would hang out. We have the same taste in music and movies. Ended up gettin pretty close."

Jade stubs out her cigarette in the ash try she got for out there. Taker shakes his head and starts edging closer to Jade. Kane looked like he was about to explode. If Jericho was there right now he'd be dead in the ground. Kane stood to his full height to tower over Jade. Jade stood toe to toe with her hands on her hips. Crazy bitch wasn't a bit scared of Kane, that was for sure, and that's what worried him. Kane grits his teeth when he finally speaks to her.

"Got pretty close did ya?"

"Yea, he's another brother."

Kane instantly and visibly relaxed, but Jade hadn't. She was pissed. Taker winced at the look on her face. He knew that look on a woman's face, so he's shoving Kane toward the SUV as Jade marches into the house. Kane practically growls at him. Taker chuckles.

"C'mon, let's go for a beer. I'll pay."

Taker ducks his head back inside to grab the door.

"Jade! We'll be back later!"

Jade makes her way to the spare bedroom. She paces the room raking her fingers through her hair. She pauses hearing Taker, and sighs. There was nothing official between she and Kane yet, but damn he had a jealous streak. Every male in her general vicinity was gonna be put in the hospital. Speaking of, she still had some calls to make about help with Hunter.

It's not like she hasn't been working on gettin him the title shot. When the suspension was over, they were planning on actually going after Hunter. Maybe even attack him like he already accused them of, but that would probably end up with them suspended for longer. Send out a helluva message though. She rakes her fingers through her hair, grabs a few things and goes out on the porch.

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The bar was a hole in the wall place Kane and Taker sometimes came to. It was known when the brothers walked in they were not to be bothered. If they wanted anything they would let you know. Currently, Kane was on his third or forth drink, while Taker was still nursing his first already knowing he was going to have to drive back. They discussed the situation with Hunter, and discussed Jade.

Taker could only shake his head. Jesus, saying Kane had it bad for Jade was an understatement. He couldn't believe nothing's came of it. Kane claims she's skittish, and pulls away. Hell, after everything she's been through, and the conversation he heard, he got why she did. He gave his brother some advice and checked the time. They'd been gone a few hours by now. He figured that was enough time for her to cool down, so he motioned for the bill.

"What we're gonna do is take you home and hope she forgives you for being an idiot. Now let's go."

Kane glares at him, but follows him.

When they pulled up to the house Kane fully expected the truck to be gone, but it wasn't. When they get out they see Jade on the porch.

Jade abandoned the idea of trying to get ahold of anyone. It was getting to the point of noone was picking up. She even called Austin to pick his brain, but he didn't answer either. So she sat in the lounge chair with a book. The light starts to dim the later it gets making her turn the porch light on. She's lightly dozing in the chair when the SUV pulling in wakes her up. She stretches as the brothers step onto the porch. She watches Kane approach her and he flops into the chair beside her. She looks at him as he stretches out and then at Taker.

"Drunk?"

"A little bit. I'm outta here. Don't forget to make a copy of that disc."

"I will, be careful."

Jade's standing up and moving past Kane. She pauses before she walks inside.

"There's no reason for you to be gettin jealous."

He looks at her with his eyes narrowed. She's smiling softly at him.

"I'm very fond of the devil's favorite demon."

He snorts and she grins.

"Good night Kane."

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The rest of the suspension was spent with them plotting and planning. They had an idea going, but were going to need some help to pull it off. Jade was leaving a couple of days early. She was finishing getting her things gathered up and loaded in the truck. Kane leans against the truck, arms crossed over his chest.

"I don't like you bein by yourself."

"I won't be, I'm pickin Lita up not even half way there."

Kane rolls his eyes. She glances up at him.

"You know the plan won't work if we show up together."

Jade gets in the truck and rolls the window down.

"I'll see ya in a few days."

MONDAY

Jade puts her phone away after texting Kane. She glances up when Lita comes around from the shower. Lita's shaking her head at her.

"Textin Kane again?"

Jade rolls her eyes.

"Don't start."

"I still don't believe ya'll did nothing that whole time. Two full weeks, just you and him."

"Shit Lita, it's too soon. Between shit movin way too fast with Bubba, and Raven callin me a whore, I'm just..."

"It's okay JJ. I'm only teasin."

Jade kicks on the monitor and checks the time. They watch as Raven's in the ring cutting a promo and Shane McMahon comes out. Jade sighs deeply and looks at her feet. Lita nudges her with her shoulder.

"He's been askin about you ya know. I never told him where you were, but he wants to talk to you face to face."

"We'll see."

Nothing comes of the yelling match between Raven and Shane. The refs get in between them before there can be. Lita checks the clock on the wall and gets up.

"Bout time for my match. Catch ya in a bit."

"Good luck."

Jade half way watches Lita's match, too much on her mind. Her phone goes off. She doesn't fully recognize the number, and after debating a second she answers it.

"Hello?"

"I'm on my way to the arena. Kane told me your plan for tonight. I'm comin in case shit heads south."

How the hell did Taker get her number?

"Thanks..."

The dead silence let her know he's already hung up. A glance at her phone shows he was no longer there. She takes the liberty of saving his number into her phone.

Later on throughout the night, Jade made an appearance here and there in the back. Talk to some of the guys, walk with Lita to get refreshments, make it known she was there and hanging out with Lita. The girls kept the monitor on in the locker room, or kept an eye out for one when they were out and about. They were sitting in the locker room when JR's voice catches their attention.

"Somebody needs to put a stop to that monster, he's destroying everything in his path!"

The cameras cut to the back hallways where Kane is stomping through the area throwing boxes and crates. He comes up on the refreshment stand where some wrestlers are hanging out.

"Where's Jade? Where the hell is she!"

He flips a table and grabs the closest one. Maven shakes in Kane's grasp.

"Have YOU seen her?"

"S-she was around e-ea-earlier...with L-Li-Lita."

Maven's shoved away and Kane stalks toward the dressing room. The girls look at each other. Time to act. The door bangs open making them both jump. They both stare wide eyed up at Kane as he practically growls looking at Jade. He snatches her up and gets in her face sneering.

"You got me suspended! I thought we had a deal!"

"K-Kane, you're hurting me. We still do have a deal."

He lets go of her and steps closer. Lita's out the door to get 'help'.

"You got me suspended! You and Raven went behind my back!"

Jade shakes her head.

"No, Kane! I haven't spoken to him since the night of the match. I had nothing to do with the stuff with Hunter! I was suspended too!"

Kane makes a lunge at Jade, but she ducks and runs out the door. Kane gives chase and Jade wracks her brain. A glance at a monitor she passes shows HHH is in the ring on the mic. Ring it is. She glances behind her and Kane's not far behind her, stalking her every step. Before she realizes it, she's running down the aisle toward the ring. HHH looks perplexed as she slides into the ring.

"What the hell is going on? Why are you interrupting my segment?"

"Please! Tell him I didn't do it! It wasn't me that attacked you."

When Kane gets into the ring she squeals and cowers behind Hunter. Hunter holds his hands out to placate the large man.

"Look man, after I was able to look at the security footage, I saw it wasn't you two. I tried to get the suspensions reversed, I really did."

Jade tried to keep her face neutral, but he was lying. Kane could tell it too, cause he towered over him sneering. He snatches the microphone out of his hand.

"I don't believe you. I think you were in on the attack. I think you're SCARED of me coming after you!"

With each word he says, he gets louder and louder. HHH steps up to Kane.

"I'm not scared of ANYONE in this damn company!"

The crowd is mixed with boos and cheers. Raven hits the ring and tries to get Jade out of there. She's struggling against him. She finally gets to his ear to whisper.

"Stop! I've got a plan!"

She 'struggles' free as he lets go of her. She scurries away from Raven and is acting paranoid. She starts yelling at him.

"How do I know you ain't a part of it? After everything that's happened with you? How am I suppose to know?!"

Drop the Bombshell explodes across the arena speakers and all three Dudleys walk down the aisle. Bubba has a mic of his own and glares down the aisle.

"Jade, did you REALLY think you could waltz back in and there wouldn't be consequences. Now look at you, don't even trust your own brother!"

Jade glares at Bubba and straightens her shoulders. The façade of her acting scared and paranoid melts away. Bubba brings the mic back to his lips.

"Your precious truck? Planting the eyebrow ring? ALL me! The attack on Hunter? Us! Oh, and Kane? You're right."

HHH attacks Kane out of nowhere. Raven looks conflicted. Jade rolls her eyes and motions for him to help Kane. He just shakes his head, but jumps into the fight. Jade picks up the dropped mic HHH had. She sneers at the Dudleys as she brings the mic to her lips.

"NOW!"

She watches the Dudleys as they look at her confused. That is until all three are attacked. Lita, Chris Jericho, and Jeff Hardy has came from the back and was attacking the Dudleys. There's commotion from the side and Shane McMahon has came from the fans to attack Raven. Jade slides out of the ring and grabs a chair. She runs smacking McMahon in the back with it knocking him down. The siblings nod to each other as they hear the commentators having a fit. HHH has Kane up on the commentators table signaling for a Pedigree. Jade runs as fast as she can before Hunter can pick him up, but she doesn't make it.

FUCK! This went sideways. Another looks shows Lita's been put through a table, Spike's busted open, Jericho, Jeff and the other two Dudley's are fist fighting, with Dudley's starting to get the upper hand. SHIT!

HHH was still gloating, but Kane was starting to stir. Jade notices, so decides to buy time. She smacks him with the chair. He winces and turns looking at her. He hops off the table and walks toward her. Jade backs up yelling at him., calling him every name she can think of. He's getting madder and madder with every name. He yanks the chair away from her, tossing it away. He then grabs her arm and yanks her toward him sneering down at her. He's jerked away from her, to look into the very angry face of Kane. Kane wraps his hand around HHH's neck and hoists him off of his feet. He let's him hang there for a second, before choke slamming him through the announcer's table. Kane looks up, and sees Jade attempting to help Jericho and Hardy. She's picked up the discarded chair and cracked Bubba over the head with it. Shane and Raven are both semi conscious, both going through a table at some point.

Kane shakes his head and starts over to the Dudley's when the Dudley's start going nuts. Lita's conscious and has Spike laid out on a table on the outside. Jade's standing on top of it, mocks the Dudley's 3D sign, flips them off, and does the Raven Effect through the table. Lita's instantly at her side helping Jade up and Jade's grinning like an idiot.

The crowd starts going nuts making everyone pause in their attacks. The Undertaker has made his way out and stands glaring at the chaos. The tension breaks when Taker grabs the nearest Dudley and Tombstone's him on the ramp. Bubba looks out in shock as both of his brothers are down. HHH was still down. This was not how this was suppose to go! He takes off after Jade where she and Lita were setting up another table. He doesn't make it very far, he's grabbed by the throat. He looks bug eyed up at Kane. He knew what was coming. He feels himself in the air when the girls are screaming 'no!'.

Jade's found a bottle of lighter fluid under the ring and has doused the table down in it. She motions at Kane. Kane grins up at Bubba and drags him to the table. Jade produces a lighter from her bra and grins at Kane. She lights a corner and flames instantly engulf the table. Kane has Bubba's hoisted up in the air and damn near throws him through the table. That's when referees start coming out. They've crawled out of the wood work, some carrying fire extinguishers, others trying to seperate everybody. The whole thing was a clusterfuck and the announcers had given up on trying to call any kind of moves.

'No Chance' fills the arena as Vince McMahon charges out of the back. He already has a mic.

"That is enough dammit! Acting like a bunch of degenerates and ruining my show! I outta fire all of you!"

The superstars are glaring at McMahon. Jade has acquired a mic and is walking slow circles around the fallen son, flicking her lighter.

"Fire us? Funny term that is, fire. I'm pretty sure I saw another bottle of lighter fluid under that ring, and Shane's not gettin up anytime soon. I think your son's got a concussion Vince. He's knocked out cold and I'm seein a little blood by his head. It would be a shame if he was FIRED as well."

McMahon sneers at Jade.

"You're bluffing! You won't do it. Bubba, I can see, but Shane's done nothing to you."

Jade arches a brow at the senior McMahon. She glances over at the ring where a few people were actually looking under the ring. Kane's the one that finds it and brings it to her. She smiles at him as he stands beside her. She pops the cap of the bottle and starts to squirt it on Shane. She holds her hand out to Kane with the lighter in her palm.

"You wanna do the honors? I know this is your favorite part."

Kane takes the lighter with a grin. Now Vince was scared.

"Now wait just a damn minute! Kane...Kane, what are you doin with Jade, huh? She's a deliquent just like her brother. What is she promising you? What do YOU want Kane?"

Kane grins and accepts the mic from Jade.

"What do I want? I want Hunter's head on a platter and that title around my waist!"

HHH is now standing by Vince and has the mic. He glares at Kane.

"You don't deserve MY title! You don't even deserve a shot..."

Glass shattering echoes the arena and the fans go crazy. Austin makes his way to the ring with a mic.

"Now that's enough of that bull crap Hunter! Who in the hell do you think you are? You think just because you're the champ that you think you're the main man 'WHAT' that you call the shots 'WHAT' that you make the decisions? UH-UH! Vince! What do you have to say about it? Your son's getting ready to be set on fire by Kane and you're gonna let Hunter stand in the way. Hell, it's a reasonable request Vince."

The two heads stare each other down. Vince still hasn't replied and Austin shakes his head.

"What the hell...Kane! Jade! Do me a favor and light that little bastard up!"

Kane's flicking the lighter when Vince speaks up making him hesitate.

"Kane! No, stop! Alright! I'm making the match right now! HHH and Kane for the title at Vengence!"

"See, that wasn't so hard Vince!"

Kane picks Jade up and she's grinning down at him.

"Ha! We did it!"

Kane's nodding as he picks up a mic and setting her on a table. He's breathing heavy and pacing in front of Jade.

"You let me put Bubba through a table that YOU set on fire."

He steps closer to her with every word. She felt like she was being stalked by a lion. He was tensed and coiled, ready to strike. His movement slow, calculating, and controlled. She was frozen in place.

"Yes I did."

Her breathing was rapid as he leaned forward. Holy hell he was close. She bit her lip as he looks in her eyes. That wasn't fear he saw.

"You were gonna help me set Shane McMahon on fire."

All she could do was nod. At her confirmation, he grabs her face and smashes his mouth to hers. The mic's dropped in process. Jade's picked up, her legs are wrapping around his waist and her arms around his neck. The break for air and Jade's dazed. A now conscious Bubba gawks at them. Kane grins at him.

"She's mine!"

Kane's holding her up with one arm and uses the other hand to bring Jade's face back to his. Austin's on the mic.

"Hey! Hey! Excuse me, if you two can cut that out for a minute, I need you to join me in the ring here."

Kane sits her on feet and both enter the ring.

"Now I watched this whole fiasco from start til now. I'm gonna go on a limb here and say the chase was fake, right? I'm gonna take another guess that this was all planned."

At Jade's confirmation to both Austin nods his head.

"I thought so. I'm not gonna lie, I enjoyed every damn minute of this. BUT, between the crap in the back from Kane and all of this out here, you caused a helluva lotta damage. I did receive a call from Linda right before I came out here. As long as you agree to pay for the damages, there will be no consequences for ANYBODY involved."

Jade nods at Austin.

"That's fair. I agree, I'll take care of the damages."

She shakes Austin's hand. She turns to leave, but Austin stops her.

"Now hang on, keep your little ass right there a minute. Hey! I need a couple cold ones in here!"

The beer's tossed to Austin, and he tosses one to Kane and one to Jade. He looks around at the remnants left of the catastrophe.

"THAT'S how you take care of business! "

The crowd responds and cheers. Austin's music hits as all three drink.

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It's been about thirty minutes since the spectacle. Lita's already showered and changed. She's sitting on the bench shoving her things into her bag when Jade walks in. She was grinning. Lita narrows her eyes at her and then grins.

"So where've you been?"

"Talkin to Austin. The match is official for Vengeance. Everything's signed. "

Lita nods with a grin.

"Finally! Oh, you're brother's lookin for ya."

Jade nods and gathers her stuff up.

"I'm gonna shower and change, then I'll go look for him."

Lita nods.

"Good luck with that. I'm headin out, I've got a date tonight. See ya later!"

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The show's ended and Jade's walking the halls. She's not seen any sign of Raven. She gives up and stops by Kane's dressing room. She peeks in and doesn't see anybody. She sighs and makes her way to the truck. As she gets to the parking garage she hears yelling. She's found them both, Kane has Raven up by his throat, next to her truck. Christ she was too tired for this. She stops with her hands on her hips.

"Do I even want to know?"

Kane let's Raven drop.

"After everything he's still runnin his mouth."

"That's smart Raven...talkin shit to the one who has no problem setting your ass on fire."

"I've tried contacting you, not finding out til after the fact about the truck. Noone had either heard from you or wasn't talkin only to find out you were shackin up with him! You come runnin when he says, but won't give me, your own brother the time of day."

"Drop the martyr act Raven. I wasn't for sure if you didn't have a hand in it."

"Me? You're actually accusing me of that bullshit!"

"Raven, I've seen you do way more for lesser reasons."

"Alright, you made your point. Your talkin to me, so what changed?"

"When you came out there tonight. I'm still pissed at you though."

There was silence and Jade runs her fingers through her hair. She hops in the truck and waits for Kane to do the same before she starts it. They take off and head to the hotel. After they get there, Kane gets out and grabs the bags from the back. When Jade gets out, he shifts the bags to one shoulder and picks her up flinging her over the other one. She squeals and then hangs there as he walks into the hotel.

"Gee Kane, ya really know how to sweep a girl off her feet."

He rolls his eyes at the corny joke. The lobby's full of superstars to witness the spectacle. Jade just grins and waves at their gawking. Noone dared to interfere. It was nice to know if something WERE wrong how screwed she was. He finally lets her down when they get to the elevator. When they step in Jade smirks up at Kane.

"Had to show your dominance huh?"

Kane grins down at her.

"Dominance? I showed them you are mine, and NOBODY touches what's mine."

Jade chews her lip thoughtfully.

"I don't know whether to be insulted or flattered."

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(Heres the warning. If you don't like adult themes, turn back now. Ya need to be a certain age to ride this ride. Consider yourself warned.)

"Had to show your dominance huh?"

Kane grins down at her.

"Dominance? I showed them you are mine, and NOBODY touches what's mine."

Jade chews her lip thoughtfully.

"I don't know whether to be insulted or flattered."

"Insulted?"

The elevator dings her floor and he's chasing her to the room. Jade rushes to get it open, but Kane gets to her first. He's flinging her over his shoulder, again. He slams the door shut behind them, dropping the bags and lays her on the bed. He hovers over her, but shes grabbing at him pulling him to her. He's attacking her neck, sucking and biting, marking her. She's moaning in his ear. He licks the marks, soothing them. Her moans drive him. He's rubbing against her, already hard. She squirms under him. Too many clothes and too much friction makes her push him away.

Kane raises off of her, but before he can question it, she grabs the hem of her shirt and flings it off. He growls at the sight of the lace bra. Her nipples are visible through the thin material, and his mouth is covering the hard, cloth covered nub. Between the fabric scraping and his hot breath she's arching into him. Her hands are behind her trying to undo the clasp. He chuckles and with one harsh pull, it's ripped away.

Jade gasps, feeling the material tear away. Kane's grabbed her wrists in one hand, holding them above her head as his mouth moves over her bare breasts. His hot tongue laves over one nipple as his hand massages the other. He rolls the peak between fingers, as she pants. She's fighting against his grip, so he nips and pinches simultaneously. Her hips buck at the pleasure/ pain sensations. She fights harder, needing to touch.

Kane chuckles. He had his suspicions, and damn if he wasn't right. He's still holding her wrist with one hand, with the other he's unbuttoning her pants and jerking them down her legs. He finally lets her go and pulls away from her. She raises on her elbows to see why, only for him to grab her hips. He's running his tongue over her satin covered center. She falls back on the bed with a groan. He can only grin, she was already soaked and could taste her through the panties. He had every intention of dragging this out, but his cock was throbbing. He's ripping the panties away, tearing them off of her and buries his face between her legs. He licks her dripping pussy as his name rips from her throat. He's throwing her legs over his shoulder and her heals dig into his back as she practically humps his face. He turns his head to lick and suck at her thigh. Two fingers replace his tongue and his thumb is working her clit. She's close and can feel her wall start to tighten. He bites down, hard on her thigh as he hooks his fingers inside of her. She screams his name and cums over his hand.

Jade lays back on the bed panting. She watches him through her lashes, trying to catch her breath, as he stands. He was still fully clothed, much to her disappointment. It didn't last long, his clothes are stripped and tossed into a corner. She bites her lip watching him, as she sits up she scoots closer to the edge. When he turns, he's erect and damn near in her face. She grabs the base of his cock and looks up at him with a grin. Her warm mouth engulfs him and he has a hand in her hair. Her hand works the the shaft as she sucks the head. His grip in her hair is getting tighter, til he pulls her off of him.

Kane's panting looking down at her. She blinks up at him and stands, his hand still in her hair. He moves from her and she watches curiously. He grabs his pants and pulls out a foil wrapper. Jade crosses the room to him, tugs the packet from his fingers, tears it open and rolls the condom onto him. His hand is back in her hair, tugging, angling her head to kiss her. Their tongues battle for dominance, as Kane presses her into the closest wall. Her arms are around his neck and he's picking her up holding her up by her thighs.

Kane impales Jade on his cock. One hard thrust, and he's fully sheathed. He let's out a long moan. She was hot, wet, and so damn tight. She was squirming, becoming impatient. He grins into her mouth. She sucks his bottom lip into her mouth and bites down. He groans and slams into her again. She gasps and her legs wrap around his waist her heels digging into his back. She uses his shoulders for balance, and raises herself to repeatedly impale herself in short hard thrusts. They're both panting, but he's tired of playing.

Kane pulls out of her and carries her to the bed. She bounces when she's tossed on the bed, but before she settles she's flipped onto her stomach. Kane's grabs her hips and has her on her knees. He enters her in one hard thrust. He pulls out almost all the way, only to slam into her again. The pace quickens and he slams into her harder. Loud moans tear from her throat and she grips the edge of the mattress to give her balance. She meets his every thrust, til he wraps an arm around her middle, pulling her up. He's adjusted and now they're chest to chest. She's bouncing in his lap, her head flung back moaning. He works a hand between them, so with every bounce his finger's rubbing her clit. He feels her start to come again, so he moves his hand and grabs her hips. He lifts her up and shoves her onto her back. Her legs are on his shoulders. The brutal pace is back, her pussy's already clenching around his throbbing cock sending him over the edge. Her name comes out as a groan from his lips.

Kane pulls out of her and pulls the condom off. He ties it off and throws it in the trash before looking down at Jade. She's limp, and marked in various places. She looks at him through half-lidded eyes and a lazy smile on her face. He smirks and leans over her. With a kiss on the forehead, she's out.

RAW

Raw opens with HHH on the mic.

"Last week saw a travesty. I'm being FORCED to defend my title against Kane. The maniac that's going around and trying to destroy everyone that comes near him. Now, I know for a fact NOBODY wants to see that happen with me. The ONLY reason this match is even happening is because..."

HHH is interrupted by Just Got Wicked blaring through the speakers. Jade comes out grinning with a mic of her own and stops at the ramp. A good look at her shows something on her shirt and on her hands. HHH is watching her carefully, eyeing her up and down.

"Gee Hunter, you sound a little...scared. I thought you said you weren't scared of 'anybody in this damn company'?"

He's out of the ring and Jade's back peddaling.

"Wait a sec, ya might want to think before you act."

Now that he was closer he could see blood was smeared all over her. She sees that it's finally clicked and she smirks.

"How come you're out here by yourself? Where's the rest of Evolution?"

HHH narrows his eyes at her. She grins as the titantron flairs to life. It shows the locker room area, the other Evolution members are out and bloody. He sneers at her.

"You couldn't have done that."

"Nope, you're right."

Jade's moving out of his way. The titantron flickers again showing Kane coming out of a locker room holding a gas can. He lights a matchbook on fire and tosses it into the room. He shuts the door and walks away. The camera zooms in on the door, smoke is billowing out. The placard on the door says Evolution. HHH bolts to the back. Jade takes her time following along with a camera man. There's already people busting the door down by the time they get back there. The flames are being extinguished and Hunter's going crazy. Evolution's not there. He turns seeing Jade and starts yelling at her. She only grins.

"You didn't let me finish. I only helped move the bodies."

Kane comes from nowhere and attacks Hunter. He's being bounced off of the lockers and then grabbed again by Kane. His hand's wrapped around his throat and Hunter's choke slammed through a catering table. He's busted open and bleeding as food rolls off the broken table on top of him. The two walk away and Jade looks down at herself in disgust.

"I'm gonna have to bathe in bleach. Damn Flair and his free bleedin ass."

They don't get far as Austin's standing in the doorway.

"Didn't we just go through this last week about the damage you two are causin? What? Ya'll are lucky Linda booted Bishoff's ass off or you'd be in deep! I know the sumbitch deserves it, but can't ya'll do it WITHOUT damaging everything?"

Jade holds out a finger and goes over to the still unconscious Hunter and pats him down. She finds his wallet and pulls it out. There's a wade of bills inside and she takes some out, tosses the wallet on HHH, and puts the bills in Austin's hand. She nods with a smile.

"That outta cover it. See ya later!"

Jade squeezes past Austin as he shakes his head at her. Kane stands in front of him waiting to pass. They stare each other down for a moment, and Austin moves to the side letting Kane pass. By the time he gets to the locker room, Jade's already in the shower. He chuckles at her. Jade emerges dressed and scrubbing her hair with a towel when there's a knock on the door. Kane answers it and Chris Jericho walks in.

"Hey Kane, where's...Jade! Come quick!"

Jade and Kane look at each other curiously before following Jericho out. After a couple of turns they find Raven sprawled out in the middle of the hallway unconscious. Paramedics are already tending to him as Jade runs to his side. Jericho stands watching with his hands on his hips.

"Who did this?"

Jade narrows her eyes at him.

"You know damn good and well who did this. Kane, I'm goin to the hospital with him."

Kane nods.

"Go, I'll take care of it."

"Thank you."

Kane turns and stalks down the hallway. As Jade starts walking away with the paramedics, Jericho wedges beside her to walk with her.

"What do you need me to do JJ?"

"Help Kane, and make sure its them. Get Austin involved if you have to."

"On it."

"Thank you."

Jericho walks away as Jade hops into the ambulance.

Jericho barges into Austin's office.

"Raven's just been took away in an ambulance."

"Why do you think I'm on the phone? I'm tryin to get the feed from the damn security cameras to see who did it!"

"Austin, you know it was the Dudleys."

"Sure about that, huh?"

"Jade is, and I trust her."

"Where is she? I'd figure her little ass would be in here hollerin at me not you."

"She went in the ambulance with her brother."

Austin nods, but stops and eyes Jericho.

"So where the hell is Kane?"

Jericho smirks.

"Searching for evidence."

Austin sighs and rubs his eyes.

"Alright, since ya'll are so sure, I'm makin the match for tonight. You and Kane against D'von and Bubba. That way it's in the ring. By the way, a little bit of information for ya, Evolution's already patched up. So watch your asses."

Jericho nods and leaves the office as Austin's phone rings.

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Break the Walls blares through the arena. Jericho comes out playing to the crowd and hops into the ring. Slow Chemical starts and Kane stalks to the ring. The two stand in the ring anxiously waiting for their opponents. Drop the Bombshell starts, but no sign of the Dudleys. Jericho turns around searching for them through the crowd. Kane and Jericho are back to back looking out for the Dudleys when they finally come out taking their time. Bubba has a mic grinning into the ring.

"Sorry boys, this match ain't happenin."

Jericho's yelling at him and motioning for them to get inside the ring. Bubba shakes his head.

"No, ya see we don't have to. Ya wanna know why? Patch them through!"

The titantron comes to life showing an ambulance pulled into a ditch. A black Escalade is pulled up a little bit behind it. Evolution exits the vehicle and they walk up to the camera. It focuses on Hunter.

"Spike, are we connected?"

"Yep, roll it."

"Ya see, we don't appreciate the mind games, or being attacked. So what better way to get even than to take out those closest to you Kane. So say goodbye to your little girlfriend."

Hunter goes up to the ambulance with the rest of Evolution behind him. He flings open the door only to get kicked in the face for his efforts. He drops and Raven hops out of the ambulance on top of him. Orton and Batista gather at the door to help, but Jade has the gurney rolling it out of the back with all she has to mow the two over. She grabs an IV pole before she hops out and hits the two repeatedly with it til it breaks. Flairs on Raven dragging him off of HHH and has him against the ambulance chopping him multiple times.

The cameras set down gently, still getting the full view of everything going on from a lower point of view. Spikes running up to the chaos, and runs up to Flair with a double ax handle to the back to get him off of Raven and then elbow drops HHH who's starting to stir. Jade's busted the other two back open with the IV pole, but while Orton's still down holding his head, Batista's up and has ahold of her. Spike quickly runs over to him and low blows him from behind making him let her go. Jade hops out of the way as Spike grabs Batista and uses the gurney as steps to run up to the back inside of the ambulance and Acid Drops him to the pavement. He looks over to see Jade's using medical tape to tie HHH's hands and feet together. When she's finished they both grab Orton and toss him inside the ambulance slamming the doors shut, and then using the straps from the gurney to weave through the handles multiple times before being secured through the buckles of the straps.

They talk to Raven a moment before they walk to the almost forgotten camera. Spike picks it up making sure both he and Jade are in the shot.

"Sorry the plan backfired! When the person who put you through the table calls and checks on you with no hard feelings and your own brothers haven't even bothered with you from the time you've been put through said table...it kinda puts things in perspective. Besides I always liked her better than you two assholes anyway."

"Yep, no hard feelings toward him at all. He was bullied by his brothers, as usual, to go along with the plan. Ya know...the plan to abduct me and Raven and have Evolution do who knows what with us? I know all about it."

Jingling is heard from behind them. Both turn and Raven's standing there dangling keys in his fingers.

"Found'em!"

"Awesome! We're on our way back."

The feed statics and Kane and Jericho are already out of the ring attacking the Dudleys. The ref's calling for the bell to throw out the match when the glass shatters. Austin comes out and stands by the entrance.

"Why the hell is the match being thrown out? Make this damn thing a no disqualification!

The bell rings as Austin leaves. The Dudleys are unable to bring up any kind of defense as the attack continues. Jericho gets D'Von down and slaps him in the Walls of Jericho locking it in making him quickly tap out.

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The trio finally make it back to the arena, but it's almost the end of the show. The three split going their separate ways. Jade finds Kane. He smirks at her.

"You pulled off another one."

"Yea, everything ok on this end?"

"Austin wants us in his office."

"Shit. Let's go then."

They enter the office without knocking. Austin looks up smirks at Jade.

"Nice to see you're alright."

"Thanks, so what's goin on?"

"Well that little stunt ya'll pulled earlier with Evolution ain't sittin too well, even with Linda. I tried to talk her out of it but she wouldn't hear any of it."

Jade sighs.

"So what's the damage?"

"You two are suspended for a week, meaning ya won't be on Raw next week."

Kane's livid, but Jade just nods.

"Okay, I get it. Now what about Evolution?"

"Oh, don't worry they won't be here either."

"Alright."

"Hell, Vegas is only an hours drive from here. Make the most of your time off."

Jade grins.

"That's not a bad idea actually. Night Austin."

The two leave Austin's office. Kane stops her.

"You seriously want to go to Vegas?"

Jade shrugs and reaches into her back pocket pulling out a large wade of bills.

"Why not? Trips on me...well Evolution."

Kane chuckles shaking his head.

"You're a damn pickpocket. Let's go, but I'm drivin."

Jade shoves the money back into her pocket with a grin. As they walk the halls to get back to gather their stuff up they hear yelling. The closer they get to a door they can distinct Lita's voice. Jade barges in without knocking, revealing Lita and Jeff Hardy in a heated argument. When they realize Jade and Kane are in the doorway they both stop and look down at their feet looking guilty. Jade raises an eyebrow at them.

"Heard the yelling from down the hall. I wanted to make sure Evolution wasn't tryin to start anything else."

Jeff motions at Jade.

"See! Even Jade's worried about them, not to mention the Dudley's!"

Jade glances at Lita.

"What's goin on?"

Lita rakes a hand through her hair with a sigh.

"Jeff wants me to back out, especially after goin through a table."

"Okay? So why didn't ya'll come to us with it?"

"Because I don't need to! I'm fine from it, sure as hell isn't the first time I've been put through a table, and probably not the last!"

"Lita...honey it's fine. You like a sister to me and Jeff and we don't want you messin your neck up, again. I was gonna call ya later if I didn't run into you anyways."

"Wait, why?"

Jade sighs rubbing her hands down her pants leg.

"Spike, on the way back from the shit show on the highway, was telling me more things the other two were plottin. Lita, they were targeting you, with full intent of breaking your neck again. That's why you were the one that went through the table. They wanted to take you out, apparently the plan is to take out everybody involved."

Lita sits down heavily with Jeff beside her putting his arm around her shoulders. Jade stands in front of them with her arms folded. Lita glances up at Jade and Kane.

"I'm sorry."

"It's fine. It's still ok if it comes down to just us, and everybody else backs out. We'll figure somethin out. Everybody SHOULD be in the clear for now though. Us and Evolution got suspended for a week. So only one's to worry about is the two Dudleys."

Jeff looks at her suspiciously.

"Suspended? Before Vengence?"

"Yep, we're off suspension the Tuesday before."

"So, what are ya gonna do til then?"

"Vegas."

"Waddya gonna do, go get hitched by an Elvis impersonator?"

Jeff cackles, but sombers up as he gets glared at by the other three people in the room. Lita shakes her head at Jeff, but turns to Kane extremely serious.

"Keep her ass away from the card tables. She can't play for shit and she'll lose her ass...probably yours too."

"Hey! I'm responsible! I wouldn't spend THAT much."

Kane drags her out before she and Lita can start arguing. They'll be there all night each trying to one up the other and he wanted to get there and settled before at least three in the morning.

"So it's okay if it just comes down to us huh?"

Jade stops and turns and looks at him.

"Yea, are you okay if it comes to that?"

He picks her up, carrying her bridal style, as he starts walking again.

"I'm okay with that."

DAYS LATER

Jade's sleeping as Kane lays beside her tracing her tattoos with a finger, a habit he recently picked up. It was well after noon, but he's content watching her sleep and contemplating the last couple of months. She entered his life, turned everything upside down, all with a smile on her face. And he was surprisingly alright with that. The last few days had been interesting, as they really took the time to get to know each other. Each talking of their past and such. He's going to have to remember to thank Austin for suggesting this trip. They've done the touristy things like going to shows, hitting the strip, and going to the casino. He did take Lita's advice and kept Jade away from the poker table. Instead, he tested her playing cards with her in their room. She really was bad at it and would get so excited when she did have a hand she couldn't sit still. They started sticking with rummy.

He smirks as she shifts in her sleep. She scoots closer to him til her face is in his chest and snuggles closer to him. He drapes an arm around her waist, pulling her close to him and she settles. His eyebrows furrow as he tries to remember last night. They went out to dinner and a show. They drank, a lot...and that's the last he remembers. He doesn't remember coming back to the room, or even leaving. His thoughts are interrupted when his phone rings. He quickly answers, and speaks low.

"Hello? Yea, hi Steve. She's asleep. I'm sure, I'll let her know. Okay."

Jade shifts and squints up at him groggily.

"Everything okay?"

She's slurring her words like she's still drunk.

"That was Austin. He wants us on standby for a video conference on Monday."

"Oh, okay."

She blinks and looks up and around.

"When did we come back to the room?"

"I was gonna ask you the same thing."

She shrugs and snuggles back down, passing back out.

RAW

The Dudleys are in the ring. Bubba has the mic.

"Last week was the biggest load of bullcrap. We want a rematch, but since Kane's suspended this week it looks like we won't get it. We won't be taken by surprise this time. Last week shouldn't have happened!"

The glass shatters and Austin's making his way to the ring.

"Is that all you sumbitches know how to do is come out here and bitch? What? I said is that all you know how to do? You're damn right last week shouldn't have happened! Evolution shouldn't be trying to take out my damn superstars!"

"We had nothing to do with that!"

"That's bullcrap! I know it, the fans know it, you know it. Don't worry though, you're gonna get your match."

"How's that when Kane's suspended huh?"

Austin smirks.

"Well hell, ask him yourself."

The Dudleys flip out, looking around for him as Austin shakes his head. He motions to roll it, and the titantron flairs to life. Kane's larger than life on the screen. It looks like he's sitting at a table.

"What's goin on Austin?"

"These two want a rematch with you and Jericho."

"Oh, I'd be more than happy to, if I was there. Funny, that they make a challenge when I'm NOT there."

There's movement behind Kane. Jade's coming out of the bathroom putting an earring in her ear. She's in a black strapless dress and high heeled combat boots. Her hair's down with black lined eyes and wine red lips. She notices the screen and grins. She plops herself in Kane's lap and waves.

"Hi Steve! How's it goin?"

"You clean up nice Jade. Boys, when you see a lady you're suppose to give her a complement."

Bubba sneers.

"I would if there was one."

"No need to be hateful, I'm not even there. What's up?"

"We want the rematch!"

"Oh, well that's a problem, being suspended and all. Jericho's there, but I'm sure there's SOMEONE there that'll gladly take Kane's place for the night."

The caw of Ravens echo throughout the arena. Raven comes out with Jericho not far behind. Austin watches with a smirk.

"I'll take that as he accepts."

Jade grins.

"Night boys. See ya at Vengence!"

Austin motions to the back.

"Let's get a ref out here and get this sumbitch started. The Dudleys against Raven and Jericho. No disqualification."

The fans cheer wildly with approval. Austin exits the ring as a referee comes out and gets the match started. Raven's already under the ring searching for something. As Bubba comes up on him to attack him, Raven's whirls around and clocks him with a kendo stick. Bubba backs up, but is struck again and again til it's broken over his head. With Bubba down, Raven runs to help Jericho with D'von. The two beat him down and Jericho helps set him up on Raven's shoulder's. Jericho's on the top rope and launches off. They perfectly rip off the Dudley Death Drop. Jericho's pinning D'von for the three count as Bubba finally comes to. Raven's flips him off as they leave. Raven starts off on his own when Jericho stops him.

"Listen, I think we need to come up with something for Vengeance?"

"Like what?"

"I mean with Jade. Cover all bases, including Kane."

Raven nods rubbing a hand over his mouth.

"You're right. There's too many variables and my dear sister is in the middle of all of them."

VENGEANCE

The pay per view opens showing backstage footage. Paramedics were loading Flair and Orton into ambulances. Austin's storming the halls and runs across Lita.

"Where the hell are they?"

"Who?"

"You damn well know who. Where's Kane and Jade?"

"They aren't here yet. They're stuck in that mess on the interstate. Jade was suppose to call you."

Austin feels his pockets for his cell and sighs. He's left it in the office...again.

"Then who the hell took out half of Evolution?"

Lita scrunches her brows together in confusion. Austin sighs.

"Flair and Orton are being taken to the hospital RIGHT NOW."

"Oh...good thing they don't have matches tonight huh? Excuse me, but I have to get ready for my match with Trish."

Lita walks away and Austin scrubs a hand down his face as he makes his way to his office.

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Lita's just finished her match coming out on the losing end. She sighs as she opens the door to her dressing room, but hesitates when she sees movement.

"Hello?"

"It's just me."

She sighs with relief and walks in. Jade's sitting on a bench.

"Are you alright?"

"Yea, I'm kinda on my toes with everything goin on."

"I noticed everybody's kinda jazzed up. What's goin on?"

"Orton and Flair was attacked and sent to the hospital. Everyone thought it was you and Kane at first, but ya'll weren't here yet. Nobody saw anything, and nobody knows what's goin on now."

"Damn. Yea, we just got here."

"Speakin of, why are you in here and not with him."

"He's gearin up for his match with Hunter. I left him to do his thing."

Jade and Lita were at the refreshment stand, just standing and talking. Jericho and Raven come up to them. Jericho grabs Jade putting her in a headlock making her squeal.

"Nope, not gettin out of it. Ya know what happens when you're late. NOOGY!"

His fist is scrubbing the top of her head as she squirms to get away. He finally lets her go, and she punches him in the arm. She rakes her fingers through her hair and glares at him.

"What are you, twelve? Damn jackass. What are you two up to?"

Raven grabs a can of soda and points at her.

"We've been gettin people gathered up. With everything goin on and especially after the attack on Evolution, you could use the back up. Batista will be taken care of shortly as well."

Jade narrows her eyes at him.

"How?"

"He's got the match with Big Show, and he owes me one."

"Gotcha."

Jade glances up at a clock.

"Shit, I gotta go. Wish us luck!"

Jade's practically running to the locker room. She flings door open, and skids in. Kane watches her with a smirk.

"My match is next."

"I know, I'm hurrying."

The monitor is on and she's half way watching Big Show beat the hell out of Batista. She snorts as the announcers comment on where this was coming from. Why was Big Show being so brutal. She's changed as Big Show's disqualified. She grabs her brush and rakes it through her hair as a stagehand knocks on the door motioning for them to get in position.

KANE VS HHH

Kane and Jade are already out. Jade's pacing the outside of the ring. She thought Raven and Jericho was coming out with them, but no sign of them so far. She had a bad feeling about this. HHH finally comes out and charges the ring. He's instantly attacking Kane, the ref barely having time to ring the bell. The two go back and forth, taking hit after hit from the other, but neither giving up. There was too much on the line. Jade's still pacing, keeping out of it, scared she'll distract the wrong person. The fight's been taken outside of the ring and she's rushing out of the way. HHH has gotten ahold of a sledge hammer and the ref's yelling at him. He doesn't care about a disqualification, he'll still keep the title. He just wants done with this match. Kane uppercuts Hunter, making him drop the sledge hammer.

There's a small ruckus coming from the fans on one side, but no one's paying attention. The two opponents are too focused on each other and Jade's too busy paying attention to the match. They're back in the ring and Kane's setting up for a tombstone. Jade screams and there's a crash. He looks over and she's knocked out. Bubba snuck through the fans and got to Jade, putting her through the announcer's table. She's knocked out.

"Jade!"

The ref's yelling directions to get help out for Jade. HHH uses the distraction, and low blows Kane from behind. He sets it up and Pedigrees Kane. The ring shaking catches the ref's attention and is sliding to the mat as Hunter pins Kane for the three count. His music blares signaling he's won, but he doesn't leave. He paces the ring around Kane, and as expected Kane sits up. HHH snatches the mic from the announcer.

"Kane, did you really expect to beat me? Did you REALLY think you could have the title? You've shown your weakness, and as long as you have Jade around you won't get anywhere."

Kane looks around, but Jade's already been taken to the back. Bubba's made his way into the ring smirking. He takes the mic from HHH.

"Really Kane, I did you a favor. She'll use you and toss you to the side. Look what she did to me. Hell, you didn't win, see how long she stays since you didn't get the title."

Kane's losing his mind. He's clenching his fists at his side and gritting his teeth. They were getting inside his head, revealing his fears to the world. He yells and grabs Bubba by the throat. HHH backs up and is jumping out of the ring as Kane chokeslams Bubba to the mat. They went too far, pushed the monster too far, and now he was after blood.

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Jade's finally awake, she's in the training room and Austin's talking to one of the trainers.

"Hey."

"There she is. Jade we're trying to get you to the hospital, but it's taking time for an ambulance to get here."

"I don't need one, I'll be fine."

She sits up squinting and rubbing the back of her head. She had a knot on the back of her head. She winces when she gets up. She starts to leave, but Austin stops her.

"Jade, you should really go to the hospital."

"I don't need a damn hospital, I've had worse than this. Where's Kane? Hell where's my brother at?"

"Jericho and Raven were attacked before Kane's match and sent to the hospital. Everybody's getting attacked in the back and leaving not one goddamn paramedic here."

Lita's rushing into the room. She see's Jade's up and rushes up hugging her.

"Are you alright?"

"Yea, I need to find Kane and get to the hospital to check on Raven."

"Jade, maybe you should just go to the hospital."

"Lita..."

"Jade, Kane's losin his shit back there. He lost the match."

"Fuck."

Jade's rushing out of the room. She gets to the locker room and opens the door. It's obliterated. The lockers are dented and punched in. Things were flung around and the bench was upside down. Standing in the middle of it all was Kane, breathing hard and clenching his fists. Kane sneers at her.

"Kane?"

"You! You cost me the title! If it wasn't for you and your ex boyfriend, I'd have MY title!"

"I didn't ask to go through the damn table! Hell, I didn't even know Bubba came out! I'm not to blame for you losing the title!"

"Ever since I got around you, I've had nothing but trouble! Your brother, your ex boyfriend, hell even your attempted murderer! I helped you get you and your brother back in and this is my payback? I'm suppose to have that title!"

Kane's yelling at her louder and louder with every breath. She takes a deep breath, walks around him snatching up her bag. She's glaring at him.

"Noone told you to care. That's ALL on you."

Jade's walking out the door, but Kane's yelling again.

"Where the hell do you think you're going?"

"I'm not gonna stand here, get screamed at, and blamed for you not winning the title. My brother's in the goddamned hospital, THAT'S where I need to be."

She's out the door slamming it behind her.

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Lita drives Jade's truck to the hospital. Lita drops her off and she's practically running to the desk.

"I need information. My brothers are in here somewhere."

Jade was breathing hard, she looked crazy not bothering to straighten herself up, and was on the verge of crying. The desk nurse looks at her skeptically.

"Are you alright ma'am? Do you need help?"

"I need help findin my damn brothers!"

"Excuse me! You need to back up from the desk."

"Seriously! You're..."

Raven and Jericho's entering the lobby of the hospital through a set of double doors. Both are limping, but holding their own. Jade runs to them hugging them both. They groan, but pat her back.

"Christ, I was worried sick when you two didn't come out. What the hell happened?"

They're walking out to where Lita's parked the truck when Jericho snorts.

"The fuckin Dudleys. Came up on us in the back right after you and Lita left. They had something, I don't know what, and clocked us both."

The three get in the truck, Jade up front and the other two in the back. Raven watches Jade and narrows his eyes.

"What happened to you?"

"Bubba came out during the match, and put me throught a damn table. I didn't even see the bastard come up on me. I was too busy watchin the match."

"Jade!"

"I know! I feel stupid enough for letting him sneak up on me like that."

Jericho's on the edge of the seat sticking his head between Jade and Lita.

"So, how'd the match go? We have a new champ?"

Jade sighs rubbing her eyes.

"No, he lost the match. Apparently, he got distracted with me goin through the table. What I'm gathering anyway. He's pissed, oh and it's my fault."

Jericho huffs and slouches back. Raven narrow's his eyes at Jade.

"Your fault? What's your fault?"

"He doesn't have the title. I've done gave him hell over all that. By the way, I'm stayin with Lita tonight. Give him the night to cool off."

"To cool off? What the hell Jade?"

"He wasn't threatening me, hell he didn't even try to intimidate me. He was yellin, and called me trouble. YOU'VE said worse than that to me when you're mad."

Raven flops back with a sigh.

"Can't let nothin go can ya?"

Even Lita smirks at that. They get to the hotel, and Jade's going the opposite way.

"I thought you were crashin with me?"

"Clothes, unless you want me naked."

Lita rolls her eyes at her as Jade grins being silly.

"I'd find you somethin of mine ya dumbass."

Jade stops and looks down at her feet.

"That's probably a better idea."

She follows Lita to her room, pulling out her phone. She sends Kane a text telling him she's staying with Lita tonight and puts her phone away.

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Kane's pacing the hotel room. He looks around at the wreckage clenching his fist. After he was able to get a cab back to the hotel, he showered, changed, and waited. Then, he got the text from Jade saying she was staying with Lita. What Bubba said started running through his mind and he lost it. Destroying everything that wasn't nailed down. Now, he's looking around.

"Fuck this."

He grabs his bags and leaves.

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MONDAY NIGHT RAW

Jade enters the arena with Lita. Jade's on her phone again and Lita sighs. Jade's tried all day to reach Kane after discovering the empty and destroyed hotel room. She's called, she's texted, and left numerous voicemails. Jade sighs and puts her phone up. They get to Lita's dressing room and both start getting their things organized as Lita switches on the monitor. Highlights from Vengeance is being shown along with clips. A clip is shown of Bubba taunting Kane. Jade throws the bag down.

"Son of a bitch!"

Jade's out of the door before Lita can stop her. She's searching the doors, looking for Kane's. She finally finds it and barges in. He's not in there. After looking around, he's not even been there yet. She stands there a minute raking her fingers through her hair.

"Get out."

Jade turns around. Kane's just entered the room.

"Kane..."

"I said get out Jade."

She takes a deep breath and looks him square in the eyes.

"I saw what happened with the clips. Why are you listening to Bubba? I..."

"I said get out!"

Kane grabs her and shoves her out, slamming the door in her face. She stands there a minute, contemplating what to do. The more she stands there the madder she gets. Kane wasn't going to talk to her, he was still pissed off. Apparently still blamed her for last night. She walks away from the door and storms down the hallway. Several superstars try to speak to her, but she ignores them. She's stopped when crews are moving a load of hardware. She watches and looks over what's in the bin, when something catches her eye. She yanks a lead pipe out of the bin and keeps walking, ignoring the yells of the workers.

The hallway opens up to an area with tables holding snacks and refreshments. A few superstars are standing around and talking. She looks around a moment til she spots who she's looking for. She's taking off in a run, the pipe being held like a ball bat. When she gets close enough she drops to her knees as she swings. Bubba Dudley drops with a yell, the pipe cracking him across the back of the knees. Jade is quickly up and bringing the pipe down on his knee again. She grins at his scream. She bends down pushing the tip of the pipe on his throat.

"This is your final warning to stay the hell out of my damn business!"

Jade's being shoved out of the way as paramedics are rushing to help. She tosses the pipe away. When she turns to walk away Austin's standing there with his hands on his hips. He motions for her to follow him. She does and they walk the short distance to his office. She heavily plops in the chair with a sigh. Austin sits behind his desk and looks at Jade a moment. He folds his hands on top of the desk with a sigh.

"I'm not even gonna ask why ya did it. I know why. The bastard deserved it honestly. But..."

Jade's phone's going off in her pocket.

"Sorry, I'll turn it off."

She goes to turn it off, but the number confuses her.

"What is it?"

"I don't know, but it's a Kentucky area code."

Austin sighs.

"That's where you're from right? Answer it, but on speaker if ya don't mind."

Jade nods and does as he asks.

"Hello?"

"Yes, I'm looking for a Jade Livingston."

"This is she..."

"Hi, I'm Michelle from Greenup General. Do you know a Frank Livingston?"

"Unfortunately...why?"

"I'm sorry to have to tell you this over the phone Ms Livingston, but he's passed away. Your name and number was under his emergency contacts. You're also the only person listed as next of kin. Ms Livingston, we need you here to sign off on documents pertaining to Mr Livingston. When can you come in to do so?"

"I'm really not sure. I'm several states away at the moment. It'll be a couple days at least."

"I understand Ms Livingston, just understand the faster you get here the faster we can get him taken care of so you can lay his body to rest."

"Yea, I get it. I'll get there when I can."

Jade hangs up the phone with a huff.

"Frank, as in..."

"As in the asshat that raised, and I use that loosely, me and left me on my own when momma died. All cause he found out for sure I wasn't his."

"Hell, that wasn't your fault."

Jade snorts.

"Yea, tends to go that way. I get the blame."

"So why you?"

"One last, great big middle finger Steve."

Austin nods.

"I already emailed Linda that you're gonna be needin time off. Now we can play this as it is, or use it as part of your suspension and that's all anybody needs to know if you want is you're suspended."

"Let's go with that. I'm suspended."

"I'm doin the standard two weeks, BUT if you need more time let me know ahead of time. Hell, ya may get it if you want it or not. Depends how Bubba fairs."

Jade chuckles and Austin shakes his head.

"When you're able to come back, no more of that. You got issues, take them to the ring. Come to ME and I'll set somethin up. You got me?"

"Yea."

"Good. Now get the hell outta here and get home."

Jade leaves his office and is texting as she walks.

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Lita's searching the hallways looking for Jade. A noise behind her catches her attention. As she glances behind her to see what it is she runs into someone. She stumbles back and looks up into the face of Kane. He sneers down at her.

"Sorry Kane. Is Jade with you?"

"Why would she be with me?"

Lita rolls her eyes.

"You're still blaming her for last night?"

Austin strolls down the hallway and sees the two.

"What's goin on here?"

Lita turns to Austin.

"I'm lookin for Jade."

"She's gone. She's suspended after that stunt with Bubba."

Now both Lita and Kane are confused. Kane's squeezing his eyes shut, a dozen scenarios running through his head. He's gritting his teeth as he speaks to Austin.

"What stunt?"

Austin looks at them in disbelief. He thought it would've spread through everyone by now.

"She took him out. Took a lead pipe to his knee. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. She came outta nowhere with it, clocked the sumbitch twice and told him to stay outta her damn business. No one knows how long he's gonna be out. Hell, don't know how long she's gonna be out, depends on how much damage there is to Bubba's knee."

Austin leaves and Lita glares at Kane.

"I don't know what your deal is, but you're messin up big time. Ya know, the ONLY reason she stayed with me last night was because she knew how upset you were. Hell, she even validated you had the right to be upset, so she wanted to give you a night to cool off. NOW she's got herself suspended, indefinitely from the sounds of it, over the whole STUPID incident!"

Before Kane can even try to respond, Lita's whirled away, storming down the hallway. She pulls out her phone to call Jade when she see's she's got a text message from her. 'Just got suspended. Call me later."

A COUPLE DAYS LATER

Seether's playing as Jade starts the truck. She's just made her last stop at the post office before she heads to Kentucky. She's already got arrangements for her house taken care of, so that was out of the way. She sits in the parking lot as she sorts through the mail, a thick manila envelope catching her attention. She glances at the address before she rips it open. Her brows furrow as she looks at the contents.

"Oh what the fuck."

She sits it down on her lap and stares out of the windshield. She chews her lip absently, while she drums the steering wheel. She picks up her phone staring at it. After not getting an answer from Kane, she gave up. She wasn't gonna stay where she wasn't wanted, but this? He probably needed to know about.

"Fuck it."

Jade's dialing his number before she can talk herself out of it. It rings once before going to voicemail. She shakes her head.

"Look I know you're pissed at me, but something's came up. You REALLY need to call me back ASAP."

She clicks end with a sigh. The asshole. She tosses the phone into the passenger seat and pulls out of the parking lot.

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When Kane's phone rings he instantly hits the reject button. His phone dings showing he has ANOTHER voicemail.

"When you gonna talk to her again?"

Kane glares at his brother sitting across from him at the kitchen table uninvited and unwanted. He came by a few minutes ago hearing about Jade's suspension expecting to find her there. After Kane yelled at him over her costing him the title, all Taker could do is shake his head.

"You're a special kind of idiot ain't ya? You had a woman that loved your crazy ass for what it was and your worried about a damn title."

"That's funny comin from you and she didn't love me."

Taker nods with a sigh.

"Yea, I've messed up, I'll own up to that, but I've learned a few things too. I can't believe you can sit there and look me in the face tellin me she didn't. If she didn't she wouldn't have done half of what she did for you."

Kane snorts.

"We had a deal, and she hated Hunter as much as I do."

Taker stands up, shaking his head as he paces the kitchen.

"I'm not talkin about that. Hell, I'm not even talkin about the company at all! She cooked for you, making sure you ate right daily, she cleaned, hell Kane she turned this house into a goddamned home for you! That first argument ya'll had, over Jericho? If she didn't give a shit, she woulda marched her ass out that damn door and not looked back. No, where was she? Sittin her little ass on that front porch waitin on you to get home. If she didn't care, she wouldn't STILL be tryin to get ahold of you! You're a ignorant dumbass for even remotely listening to what that dumbfuck has to say. If you had a lick of sense in that head of yours, you'd answer that damn phone."

Taker storms out of the house shaking his head.

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Jade's been in Kentucky for a few days now. She signed off on everything that needed it, and buried Frank in his family's cemetery. She was now leaving his lawyer's office, and she wanted to pull her hair out. The man was in debt up to his ears, and the house, the one she grew up in, had several leans against it. That didn't even matter, it was so dilapidated it was falling in on itself. She raises her phone for hundredth time it seemed, and still couldn't get a signal. This town was twenty years behind everyone else, she had to go to the next town in order to make a phone call. It was a blip on the radar. She shakes her head, no wonder she got out as fast as she could.

The rumor now was she was indefinitely suspended. Keep it that way, cause no one knew how long it was going to take to get this mess cleaned up. She was able to fill Austin in on what was going on, and a few texts to Raven and Lita letting them know, but swearing them to secrecy except for where Kane was concerned. She was gonna be busy for awhile.

A COUPLE MONTHS LATER

RAW

A knock on the dressing room door has Lita jumping up to open it. She didn't expect to see Kane. He didn't look angry, as a matter of fact he was calm.

"Have you talked to Jade?"

She arches an eyebrow at him, and moves to the side so he could come in. She stands in front of him with her arms folded over her chest.

"Yea, have you?"

He sits heavily on the bench.

"No, I've tried for the last few weeks to get ahold of her. If anyone's talked to her, it'd be you."

"She went back home Kane."

"I went to her house, no one's been there in a long time. Don't bullshit me!"

Now he was getting mad. Who did she think she was?

"No Kane, home home. That little podunk town she was raised in. That little town you have to go to the next town over in order to use a cell phone. "

He deflated quickly. He'd never been there, but heard many stories of it. A little backwards, blink and you miss it kind of town. Explained a lot.

"Oh."

Lita snorts and throws her hands in the air.

"Oh he says. Ya know, if you hadn't been such an asshole to her you'd know where she was. No, you had to blame her for everything and ignore her. She tried for over a week Kane, to get in contact with you. What do you expect? For her to wait holdin her breath for you to decide what you wanted to do? It doesn't work like that Kane!"

Lita was practically on top of him yelling at him. He bolts up and shoves her away from him. His hand was around her throat and sneers down at her.

"Who the hell do you think you are? I tolerated you, ONLY because of Jade. Do NOT think I won't take your ass to hell!"

There it was. The fear. The fear that had been missing from everyone's face lately. That was about to change.

RAW

The following Raw opens with Kane on the titantron. He's sweating and breathing hard. Hate covers his face.

"There's been a problem. A problem eating away at me from the inside out. I've become weak. I've shown HUMAN compassion, and it has weakened me. But no more. Tonight, I will once again feast on fear and suffering. My appetite for agony will be awakened. I will once again taste the pain of others. I will feast on fear of the innocence. For that is the sweetest taste of all. Tonight, I hunger for a sacrifice!"

Lita watches the monitor from the back shaking her head. After last week when she got the call from Jade, she told her what was going on. Jade's actual suspension was up a month ago, but everything was taking longer than expected. She hoped she could be here this week, but it's not working out that way. Jade was actually elated to hear Kane had tried to contact her. Then the next phone call was Jade couldn't get ahold of him...again. Lita startles as there's a knock on the door and a stagehand pops his head in telling her to get in position.

Lita's made it to the ring and is waiting with Val Venis. She can't help but sneer as Matt Hardy comes out. He's done nothing but try to humiliate her since they broke up. Then Kane's pyro's go off. She watches him walk past Matt and get in the ring. She's frozen as she watches Val get choke slammed. Her flight instincts finally kick in when Kane turns to her. She scrambles to get out of the ring, but Kane's grabbed her and tosses her to the middle of the ring. She's terrified and can do nothing but await the feel of being choke slammed, but it doesn't come. Matt's in the ring attacking Kane. Her eyes are wide in disbelief. Matt's attack is short lived. Kane is brutal in his attack against Matt Hardy, practically destroying him.

Lita can't do anything but cower in the corner. She mouthed off one too many times to Kane, forgetting how evil and vicious he could be. She got to see the more human side of him, and let herself believe he wouldn't touch her. She's frozen as Kane comes near her, laughing at the destruction. His pyros go off in the ring and he flips over the rope. As she watches him walk away, she scrambles to check on Matt. She had to try to get ahold of Jade, NOW.

FOLLOWING WEEK

RAW

Lita's hiding in the locker room, with the door locked. She left Matt with the trainers, hoping for the best. She begged him not to do the match with Kane tonight after Kane beat the living hell out of him in the back, but he wasn't listening. Shaky hands run through her hair. She had no idea what was going on and definitely couldn't wrap her head around the fact that Kane was trying to kiss her. It was revenge, it had to be. She couldn't think of no other reason why he'd be after her.

Lita turns on the monitor and sits down trying to calm down. She's jumping at every noise, her nerves couldn't take much more. Kane's pyros makes her jump and she actually has handfuls of hair waiting with bated breath. Matt Hardy's music hits and she prays to whoever's listening that he doesn't go out. Apparently noone's listening tonight. She groans as he limps his way to the ring. It was a mess, Matt couldn't put up any defense against Kane, he was getting destroyed.

She's finally had enough. She couldn't sit back and watch this anymore. Lita's running, as fast as her legs would carry her to the ring. She slides inside the ring and is begging. Begging Kane to leave Matt alone. She tries to check on Matt, but the next thing she knows Kane has her by the hair and shoving her in a corner. She's terrified and feels like she's gone deaf. Kane's saying something to her, but she can't make it out. Then he's grabbing her face.

'Just Got Wicked' blares throughout the arena. Kane's jaw drops in disbelief, not even turning around yet. Lita uses the distraction to drop and roll out of the ring. Jade comes out in a cut up band tshirt, blue jeans, and her trusty combat boots. If it wasn't for the hair and the boobs she'd be a replica of her brother. She's grinning and has a mic as Lita meets her at the ramp.

"So, what...you get pissed off at me and go after my best friend?"

Kane's glaring at Jade. He's pissed off she's back and pissed that his pulse jumped at the sight of her. She was smirking at him, as he finds his own mic.

"Where in the hell have you been?!"

Kane's sneering at her as she walks into the ring, the grin still plastered to her face. She's strolling right up to him, not an etch of fear on her face. He notices a roll of papers tucked under her arm and narrows his eyes at her.

"I had to go home Kane. While I was suspended, I had to take care of some things. I've told you the stories Kane."

She was calm, and that made him nervous. He kept eyeing the papers.

"Exactly what were these 'things' you had to take care of huh? What was so damn important that you stayed gone so long and couldn't talk to me!"

Jade backed up and the grin was officially off her face.

"Not talk to you? You actually have the balls to stand there and say that? I tried, way longer than I probably should've to contact you. So I gave up. Why the hell would I try when I wasn't wanted? When all you actually cared about was that damned title!"

Jade was taking deep breaths. She was on the verge of losing it. That hit the wrong nerve and could feel herself tearing up. She's turning away from him, trying to calm down.

"You still didn't answer my question."

Jade whirls around glaring at him.

"The jackass who raised me died Kane! In one, last screw you I was listed as next of kin. Ya know what that means? I had to take care of EVERYTHING. The best part? He was in so much debt, that I'm surprised he wasn't in jail. My suspension was up almost a month ago, but I still couldn't come back."

Kane watches her curiously and waves vaguely at the papers tucked under her arm.

"So what's that? Proof?"

Jade looks up at Kane as she hands the papers to him.

"No, not that. Remember that vacation we took in Vegas? That night neither of us remember even goin back to the room? Well..."

Kane's looking over the documents, his mouth dropping open further with each word. He finally looks at Jade.

"You've got to be jokin! We're married?"

Matt and Lita's mouths drop at the announcement. They've been outside of the ring watching the exchange quietly. Jade can only shrug.

"Apparently, yea."

Kane laughs. He laughs that deep, menacing sound that raises the hairs on the back of the neck. Jade raises an eyebrow at it.

"I wanted a sacrifice. Someone's soul to devour, but it looks like I just needed to be a little more patience."

He grasps her chin with a hateful smirk. Jade jerks out of his grasp with a glare.

"Sacrifices have nothing to do with you trying to kiss Lita! What the hell Kane?"

"That was of her own doing. She ran her mouth, forgetting who I am! Then, I saw an opportunity. An opportunity when Matt came runnin to her aide. An opportunity to make her miserable, to make her pay!"

"What did she do so terrible that you'd do that? Ya know what? Nevermind...you never need a reason do you?"

Jade throws the mic down and starts to exit the ring. She's at the ramp with Lita and Matt when Kane starts to speak.

"The kiss, or what would've been, was a taunt. The smell of her fear was too sweet. To petrify her with a kiss, and then choke slam her to hell as she screamed and begged for mercy was too much to resist. Her price to pay for keeping you from me."

Jade looks at him like he's crazy. She glances at Lita, but does a double take. Lita's looking down at her feet, not making eye contact with her. Jade's squints at her suspiciously and finds a mic.

"What are you not tellin Lita?"

Lita accepts the mic from Jade.

"I..I, uh...didn't give him the other numbers."

Jade's face goes through a series of emotions, surprise, anger, and betrayal, all at once. She snatches the mic back from Lita.

"You mean you let me believe he wanted NOTHING to do with me? That he honestly WOULDN'T even attempt to reach me?"

"Jade! I thought it'd be best. The way he just let you walk out, blamed you, hell you were suspended over him!"

"That wasn't your decision to make! And really, that's rich comin from you!"

Jade points at Matt and narrows her eyes as he pulls Lita closer to him.

"He humiliated you in the middle of that ring! He did a fake proposal all to make you look like a fool. Oh, but he saves your ass one damn time, and everything's okay now?"

Jade tosses the mic at Matt and Lita and shoves past them. Jade only manages a couple steps til Lita grabs her arm stopping her. Jade pulls free from her grasp, not really even looking at her, and makes her way to the back. She's in the dressing room and barely has time to sit down when the door flings open. Lita marches in shutting the door behind her.

"Jade, you have every right to be mad. I'm really sorry, I am, but that doesn't give you the right to throw Matt under the bus like that. We've talked since last week and he's changed. Changed back to the Matt I fell in love with. Hell, never stopped really."

"And I don't Kane? I didn't throw Matt under the bus, I stated facts!"

Jade digs through her bag and pulls out a card shoving it Lita's hand.

"You had no right Lita. I found this along with a bundle of dead flowers that had been there for who knows how long when I finally made it home."

Lita glances at the card, mumbling the words. She slumps the further she reads. She sits heavily on the bench, handing the card back to Jade.

"At least Kane had the balls to apologize for bein a asshat and admit that he was wrong. At least he didn't leave me lookin like a damn fool in the middle of the ring. If you had just given Kane the damn motel phone number, you'd have avoided ALL of this."

Lita huffs and glances up at Jade.

"I didn't want you breakin down. Not like you did before."

Jade shrugs.

"My skins a little a thicker than it use to be. I can take the rejection. It hurts like hell, but I'll deal with it."

Lita grabs Jade and hugs her.

"Please forgive me."

"Yea, yea, no more of that bullshit. I expect that outta Raven, not you."

Lita grins.

"I stepped up since he left."

"Yea, no. Plase don't."

The door swings open and Kane fills the doorway. Lita gasps and clutches Jade a little tighter. Jade pries her off of her person.

"Go on, I'll be fine."

Lita watches Kane warily as she leaves. Kane shuts the door behind her and locks it. Jade folds her arms over her chest and cocks her head to the side. Kane steps toward her, but she doesn't budge. She narrows her eyes at him watching his every move. He smirks at her, she was livid. The way her eyes were narrowed, the flared nostrils, the deep controlled breathing, she was trying HARD to keep herself in check. She finally huffs and she flings her hands up in the air.

"I can't believe you! First, you blame me for losing to Hunter. Then, you ignore me and don't return any phone calls. Now you have the balls to be mad that I didn't return YOUR calls? I'm not doin this Kane! You big asshole, I love you, but I can't do this! You can't blame me for..."

Kane winces at her yelling. She was beyond pissed at him. He's trying to keep his cool, cause he really was a ass for blaming her. He shouldn't have done that, he knows that. His head jerks up, did he just hear her right? He grabs her and crushes his mouth to hers, effectively cutting off her rant. He pulls away and looks down at her. She's looking up at him through her lashes. He presses his forehead to hers, calming down his breathing.

"I'm sorry Jade. I'm a bastard, I know that. I can't do much to change it. I shouldn't have ignored you, but dammit I was so pissed I..."

He closes his eyes. He reminds himself it's just them in the room and the doors locked. Noone else will know any of this.

"...you're the last one that deserves my anger. Hell, I don't deserve YOU..."

"You're damn right I don't! I always..."

He's kissing her again, the most effective way he's found in shutting her up. He pulls away a moment.

"Yell at me later."

He's kissing her again and she's much less resistant. She still pulls away after a minute. She looks up at him with her hands on her hips. Her eyes are narrowed watching him.

"How serious are you?"

"What?"

"About us. How serious are you?"

"Serious enough to marry you, even when I'm black out drunk."

Kane reaches for Jade, but she dodges his grip and steps out of the way.

"I'm still pissed at you."

He sighs and scrubs a hand down his face. She's about to make him pay, he can feel it. He's fully expecting her to tell him to fuck off. Her gaze levels on him.

"You put me through a lotta shit Kane. I could be a bitch and blame you for the suspension, but I'm not like that. Hell, it was worth it to hear Bubba scream. But then, you went after Lita. Put your lips on her!"

She's worked up again and is practically screeching.

"I wouldn't even be that mad if it didn't feel so much like you cheated on me! So..."

He knew it, she's was going to walk out the door. He fucked up too much, and she wasn't going to forgive him.

"...I want a wedding."

Kane blinks. Wait...

"What?"

"You heard me. I want an honest to god wedding. Not some bullshit that neither of us remember."

Her arms were crossed and she looks at him, almost daring him to deny her.

"You're serious?"

"As a heart attack."

Kane's laughing. It was the belly laugh that made her warm. She wasn't so sure about it right now though. She felt it was at her expense, until his arms are around her.

"We'll do whatever you wanna do."

"So what the hell's so funny?"

"I thought you were gonna tell me to fuck off, not demand a wedding."

"Still half tempted to."

He grins and crushes his mouth to hers in a toe curling kiss.

EPILOGUE

2012

Kane eyes AJ Lee warily. He knew her type, and after being rejected by Daniel Bryan AND CM Punk, he was next. What he didn't expect was for the short woman to climb him like a tree and kiss him. He kept his mouth as shut as possible and his hands off of her. He was NOT getting blamed for this. The match was over and no sooner than he entered the lockerroom his phone was ringing.

"Hey..."

He pulls the phone away from his ear and winces.

"Honey..."

He sighs as the phone call ends on the other side.

FOLLOWING MONDAY

Kane, Daniel Bryan, and CM Punk are in the middle of the ring. All three become distracted as AJ Lee skips to the ring in a Kane mask. She's just starting to make her lap around the ring when the fans cheer. She makes her way up the aisle when she's greeted by a woman standing there in tight blue jeans, cut off band shirt, dark hair in a french braid, and leaning on a kendo stick. Hazel eyes that are holding so much malice that it makes AJ stop in her tracks. Kane smirks as the other two comment on what Raven's sister doing here. He's leaving the ring as he glances over his shoulder.

"My wife actually."

They sputter at him as he makes his way toward the two women. People still think that it was all just a messed up story line. He shakes his head as Jade's already swung on the smaller woman. He knows damn good and well he's going to have to bail Jade's ass outta jail for this, but it was worth it to keep that damned nuisance out of his matches. He reaches Jade before she can swing again and pulls her away from AJ, who was in a heap holding her stomach.

Kane takes the stick and chucks it away. He chuckles at Jade's huff. Now he's being grabbed. He looks down and Jade's grabbing the straps of his attire and pulling him to her. He can't help but smirk. He knows what she's doing, and is more than happy to oblige. Her mouth crushes onto his and he happily reciprocates. His arms are around her waist pulling her tightly to him. They pull apart and Jade nods her head toward the ring.

"Go finish your match."

AJ watches in stunned amazement as she groans. She was bruised and would be surprised if there wasn't a busted rib, that's how hard she was hit. It was only suppose to be a distraction, nothing serious. She had nothing for Kane! She watches as the two separate and Jade starts walking away. As Jade passes AJ she kicks her for good measure and spits at her. AJ screams in pain and barely makes out the muttered 'bitch' from Jade as she makes her way to the back.

!END!