Chapter 5- The reward.
As the week passed, Shannon Lee was shocked to see how the wrestlers were impressed with the comic book series. But many wanted the rare ones she had. She explained that the rare comic books were all hand drawn by the artist who did her novel cover. They are rare since only a limited number were printed. A thousand sets to be exact. "The series is broken up into a set of comics, there are a thousand complete set of those." She said with a smile.
"So how many do you have?" asked Kane.
"I got 20 of them" she replied with a grin.
The boys had read the series that was mass produced, yet they were more drawn to the work of the artist Alexandre Tuis, the way he drew them and the blood as well as the details was something to behold. She was very proud of her work. "So, why else are you here?" asked Cody.
She only smiled and said she will reveal the answer in due time. "But I think you will like the concept" she said.
Kane could only imagine that the Undertaker was right, after all she hasn't mentioned her book to any of the locker room. But she was content with shooting the breeze.
She talked to Kane a lot as he helped her practice her scared face and to emit the right tone of emotion. It worked out for their next encounter was a face to face conversation.
Raw a week later.
The cameraman was following Shannon Lee for her promo with Kane, she was searching about for the Big Red Monster and they even had clips of her asking around earlier. So the natural place she began to look for him was in any dark places of the arena. To add to humor for the fans, she walked into one area but then remembered her secret weapon. She pulled out an industrial flashlight and began to search the shadows. "Hello… Kane?" she would whisper at first. But her voice grew stronger and stronger as her determination to find him grew.
Unbeknown to her, Kane was lingering right behind her. Shannon Lee was about to give up until she turned around, her flashlight came onto the large set of boots and slowly, the light went upward and shinned under the face of the monstrous man. "What do you want!" Kane demanded of her.
She backed away and tried to find her words, stuttering fearfully before the large man. "I… Didn't get a chance to properly thank you"
"I don't want your thanks, I want to be left alone!"
Kane turned to leave, just as Miss. Lee grew braver. "I want you to have something!" she called to him. Slowly, Kane turned back around as he watched her reach into the briefcase she carried. She pulled out a book and reached out for him to take. Kane snapped it out of her grasp before staring over the book.
"Forever Night?" he asked.
"It's… the second novel of mine, continued from Mythic Blood. The editor has looked it over and it's the finished product awaiting my approval. I want you to have it. It's not due out for another six months anyway at least"
Kane stared between the book and her he snorted out a laugh as he tried to hand it back to her. "What makes you think I want it?"
Miss. Lee explained it was what he said last week. "You told me, you respected a person who had as twisted of a mind as you do. How would you know if you never read the book?" She walked past him and began to leave the room. But she paused and turned around promising Kane he would like that story. "Have you ever heard of a man getting crushed to death so badly, it turned them into a fleshy soup?" she asked.
The moment she left the cameraman focused on Kane who stared at the book, he looked like he was going to toss it to the side until he kept looking at the door to make sure Shannon Lee was gone. He turned to the first page and began to read.
When the scene cut, she returned and found that Kane really was reading the second novel! She tried to get his attention a few times but he was too entranced with the novel, Shannon didn't see the likes of the Undertaker sneaking up behind her. "So where's my copy!"
She screamed aloud and jumped, snapping Kane from his reading trance. "GOD! Don't do that!" she demanded. Yet the Undertaker merely laughed and announced he still had it.
"Do you mind? I am trying to read… this really the next novel?" Kane asked.
She nodded to him and explained that it was, the editor's copy is just a few minor adjustments to the novel that has other wise been edited by friends and family of hers. "I like to get people's opinion, the better they are at English…"
"Kane has a degree" Taker announced.
"I read that fact in WWE Unscripted." She paused and smiled to the Big Red Monster. "Perhaps, I need such a talent for assistance?"
Kane was rather stunned to the idea, him, an editor. "I'll think about it," he said aloud.
Taker however looked like his eyes were going to bug out of his head, Miss. Lee left as Taker turned to Kane and demanded if he was nuts. "You could have a chance where you can READ all the stories before everyone else! What gives?" demanded Taker.
"Half the fun is hunting down the book though." Kane explained. However the more he read, the more he got into the story, not to mention found errors that even the editor missed. He thought of it throughout most of the night, until the story began where he was confronted by Legacy who accused him of going soft.
"Why does someone like you show an interested in a no talent writer?" questioned Orton.
"Why are you wasting your time with her?" Kane snapped back. "You got bigger fish to fry,"
"Yeah, and you're the fish!" Orton smiled. "You know, I may not have been able to end the legacy of the Undertaker, but it doesn't mean I can't hack away at his family tree. I took down the McMahons one by one… I suggest you watch your back!"
Orton stared Kane down until he retreated with Legacy, Kane stared on with a sneer on his face as the camera faded out.
"You know this is going better than I assumed. I thought I would have to constantly be saving her" Kane said aloud to the camera man.
"Yeah, it's one of the better storylines they have put you in."
Kane just wondered when Miss. Lee would make the announcement, the whole reason why she was here, perhaps it will revealed in time…