Next match!
'Taker walked stiffly backstage, rubbing his head, one hand against the wall to steady himself. Wisely, the other wrestlers had avoided the clearly unhappy Deadman, and he made it to the backroom without having to deal with any annoyances.
He grabbed his bag, not bothering to change since he could do it at the hotel anyway, and started to walk out. More importantly, he wanted to get out of the arena as quickly as possible, having just awakened in a dark room that appeared to be the boiler room. The last thing he remembered clearly was getting pinned.
But he had a pretty good idea of what had happened in the interim, and it wasn't comforting.
"I need a drink," he mumbled to himself, rubbing his head, pushing this new concern behind him. "And sleep. Lots of sleep."
As he walked past the monitor, however, he noticed that the Women's Title match had just ended--and a lot quicker than anyone expected, with Beth victorious--and remembered that Shawn's match was next.
Looking around once, he closed the door to the room, locked it, and sat down cross-legged on the bench.
'It won't hurt if I stay a little longer,' he reasoned. 'And besides… I want to see him.'
Soon enough, Shawn's music hit, and a smile brightened Mark's grim expression .
The Heartbreak Kid went to the ring with all his usual flamboyance, smiling at every camera that came his way. He posed and postured with all the energy in the world, as he always did, and climbed between the ropes with a shake of his hips and a toss of his hair. His expression became serious, however, when Randy's music hit, and he stared the younger man down as he approached the ring.
'Taker sat forwards slightly as the bell rung, and the two men locked up. Shawn was a bit smaller than Randy, but seemed just as strong, neither of them moving.
Thinking quickly, Shawn put Randy into a side headlock in one fluid motion, wrenching the Legend Killer's neck. Orton pushed Shawn off into the ropes, but got knocked down hard, for the first cover of the match.
Randy kicked out at one, but Shawn easily moved into another hold, this time applying a simple-but-painful hammerlock. Orton made it to the ropes fairly quickly, and the ref forced the break.
Both men stood apart, staring at one another. Randy began to talk trash, but Shawn merely smiled cockily…and slapped the younger man hard in the face. 'Taker grinned at that, and watched, interested, as Shawn ducked two wild punches and returned them with his own. HBK caught the staggering Orton in a drop-toe hold, immediately climbing on his back and applying the Crossface.
"Damn, good move," the Undertaker mumbled to himself. He had to give it to Shawn--the man was fantastic in the ring. As he came out of his thoughts, he saw that there had been another rope break, and Shawn was chopping away at Randy's chest, leaving red marks where ever he hit.
But Orton suddenly ducked and went right for Shawn's bad knee, knocking the Heartbreak Kid down with a chop block.
"Damn," Mark growled, realizing that he was really enjoying the match, and had almost forgotten that he was supposed to be sleeping right now. Randy began to stomp on Shawn, hard kicks to his knee and head, before lifting him by the hair and Irish whipping the man into a corner, sending him over the rope and out of the ring, hard onto the floor. The 3rd generation Superstar followed him out, posing slightly to the booing crowd before running Shawn into the steel post.
With a smile, Randy rolled him back into the ring and went for a cover. At two, Shawn kicked out, and Orton growled audibly.
"Kick his ass," 'Taker whispered, watching intently as Shawn rose slowly. The two men exchanged punches and chops, with HBK getting the advantage with a huge DDT when Orton tried for an back body drop after throwing Shawn into the ropes.
Shawn Michaels, the Showstopper, kipped up and began to tune up the band, and Mark smiled and leaned forwards even more, resisting the urge to tune up the band too.
But the moment Shawn went for the Sweet Chin Music, Randy ducked under his leg, and nailed Shawn right in the groin, causing everyone in the arena watching to wince. 'Taker groaned too, remembering his own recent trauma.
"Whooooooo! Nice move, Kid!" Flair yelled loudly from behind 'Taker, causing him to turn around way too quickly, falling right out of the chair and onto his ass. "I taught them boys well, that's the way you play the game," he continued, as though the Undertaker hadn't just fallen completely out of his seat. "Whooooo!"
Mark watched him strut out of the room with a puzzled look before turning back to the screen.
"Not even gonna bother to ask," he said to himself, shaking his head as he sat back down. The ref was surprised that Randy would cheat so blatantly, and motioned for the bell to be rung. Shawn writhed on the ground as Randy stood over him, laughing for a while before his expression became serious. He took the mic and kicked Shawn in the side.
"And now," he said between breaths, looking out at the crowd and down to Shawn. "I'm gonna show you why I'm the Legend Killer." The Undertaker felt his fists clench when he saw Randy preparing for an RKO, and a low growl escapes his lips. But he was able to sigh with relief when he saw Shawn counter the RKO, pushing Randy away, and then hitting the Legend Killer square in the jaw with some Sweet Chin Music. He took the mic that Randy had dropped and lifted it to his lips.
"And I'm gonna show you why Sweet Chin Music is the most requested song in the WWE!"
The Heartbreak Kid posed in the ring as he tossed down the mic, soaking in the light and applause as the ref held up his arm, even though he wasn't the winner.
'Taker smiled as he gathered his bag, turning to finally leave, reluctantly parting with the image on the screen. He wanted so much to go talk to Shawn…but…
He saw the monitor in front of him flicker once before shutting completely off, the smell of burnt wires filling the room.
"Shit," he whispered, looking at his reflection on the black glass, and a crack appeared down the middle.
Kane all-but-ran to the RAW locker room the moment Shawn's match ended. He burst into the room, again nearly scaring Shawn out of his skin.
"Where's my brother?" he asked, somewhat breathless from the trek. "Where's Mark?"
Shawn shrugged. "I haven't seen him at all tonight besides his match…I still want to talk to him, though. He's not in the SmackDown locker room?"
"No," the Big Red Machine said with a growl. "He's not there. I don't think he's in the building anymore…" He walked over to Shawn and took the smaller man by the shoulders. "Shawn, see if he's at the hotel… I'll look around here again."
"Sure," HBK said uneasily. "But, Kane, you seem a bit worried…"
" I am worried," Glen said simply, releasing Shawn. "Look, if you find him… Just be careful." He walked quickly out of the room, leaving Shawn standing there, wondering just what on earth was going on, and why he felt like he had something to do with it.
Review? The next chapter is one of three chapters I built this story around... So, basically, it's super important. XD (The first one being the first scene, and the third one being a scene that comes later on).