Let the Chase Begin

I didn't speak to Rey or the others for nearly a week after that night. The Undertaker never showed up on Smackdown that following Friday and on top of that, I didn't have any dreams of him. Sure I was thankful all of that but still, I felt as though this wasn't over. I knew he was still out there somewhere watching me and plotting his next move. It was only a matter of time before I saw him again. For now, I had to focus on the other important things in my life…like prom for instance.

"Wow girl you look marvelous." Serena said. She had come back into town to see me go to prom and man was she excited.

I smiled as she finished pinning up some of my curls and letting the rest fall over my shoulders. I felt so much like a princess and I couldn't wait to go to prom and possibly be crowned the queen.

"Thanks so much for helping me out Serena; I'm so happy you're here." I told her.

"Awe it's no problem girl…how have you been since Unforgiven?" she asked as she fluffed my dress for me.

I shrugged, "You know what…I'm not sure how to feel really. I mean I'm glad that my brother and Edge helped me out, but at the same time…I think I was getting use to seeing him around."

She nodded, "I understand girl,"

I sighed, "Well…I don't want to worry about that today. I just want to focus on prom and celebrating my upcoming graduation."

"I hear you loud and clear," she said, "Now let's go downstairs so we can show everyone how beautiful you look."

I nodded with a smile and then followed her down to the living room. I wasn't expecting to see my aunt Vickie there with her camera phone out. How fake. I couldn't believe she was pretending to care about me still after all this time. However, she wasn't the only one in the room I was shocked to see. Standing just behind her was The Big Show. He had a slight grin on his face and was dressed in a suit.

"Oh my look at you, that dress looks so gorgeous on you." Vickie said with her normal sarcastic grin. "What do you think Show?"

He nodded, "Most definitely. It will be nice chaperoning her to the prom."

I looked at him, "What? I thought Edge was doing that?"

Vickie's eyes narrowed, "No, he chose not to go through with it at the last second….anyways where is your date?"

"I don't have one and why do you care?" I snapped.

Rey glared at me, "Play nice Rachel."

I rolled my eyes and then came completely off the steps, "Sorry."

Vickie rolled her eyes and then snapped a few pictures of me. I tried hard to make my smile believable, but the sight of her ugly face made that hard to pull off.

After taking many pictures Big Show escorted me outside to the stretch hummer limo he was driving me in. It was pretty long for one person and a wonderful shade of white. However, I did feel real weird about all this. I had just gotten use to Edge and now they were switching things up on me.

"Remember Show, bring her straight home when the dance is over. I don't want to have to break your neck." My brother told The Big Show.

He chuckled, "Don't you worry about Rachel, I'm going to take real good care of her. In fact, I'll make sure this is a night she'll never forget."

Something about the way he said those words made me think that something else was going on here than what meets the eye. I didn't really feel like doing any investigating though so ignored his remark and then hugged my brother.

"Be safe sweetie." He whispered in my ear.

I smiled at him, "I'll try. It is prom night you know."

He laughed, "Great, now I'm really worried."

I shook my head and then turned my attention to Serena. She smiled at me and then hugged me. "You look awesome, have a nice time at the prom."

"I will girl, and remember to text or call me ok?" I told her.

"No problem." She said.

I then waved at the rest of the gang and headed for the limo. Big Show gladly opened up the door for me and then helped me inside of it. Once I was seated, he shut the door and headed for the driver seat. I rolled down my window and waved at them all, blowing a kiss at Rey.

He smiled and waved back to me while Vickie smiled deviously. I so didn't trust that woman and I had no reason to. As I rode off towards the prom, I couldn't help but feel like I was making a huge mistake.

We pulled up to the hotel almost ten minutes later. Big Show once again helped me out of the limo smiling at me as I hopped out of the limo and a bunch of my friends gasped in surprise.

"Oh my goodness Rachel! You look so beautiful!" Josh said as he ran up to me and hugged me.

I smiled at him, "Thanks…uh Big Show, I'll be out around midnight."

He nodded and then waved as I walked off arm in arm with Josh.

"So are you ready for the vote?" Josh asked as we walked through the entrance to the hotel.

I sighed, "I guess so."

"How are you holding up by the way? I was really worried about you after all that stuff happened.'

"I'm good. I just hope that this is all over and done with." I told him.

He nodded and then escorted me into the elevator. While we stood in there, the lights flickered, making me slightly nervous.

"You ok?" Josh asked.

I nodded, "Yea, I was just caught off guard when that light flickered."

"Oh."

When we went to step off the elevator I thought I heard someone whisper my name. I turned around and looked into the elevator, but there was no one there.

"Are you ok?" Josh asked.

I nodded and then walked with Josh to the ballroom. The minute I entered the room, my mind was completely taken off of the Undertaker. The room was so gorgeous with many candlelit tables set up draped in white linen. The dance floor was in the middle with a huge stage in front of it. I smiled at a few people before finding my table with Josh and the rest of my friends.

The entire night was fabulous, from the chocolate fountain, to the crazy rock band that played for us...it was perfect.

"This is so much fun. I'm so glad I came." I said before they did the announcing of the queen and king.

"I'm glad you came too Rachel." Josh said.

We then turned our attention to the stage where this unfamiliar man came up to do the announcement. He was very tall with broad shoulders and long brown hair that was pulled back into a low ponytail. His face looked weird, and he had two different color eyes…that I swore I had seen before.

"Good evening everyone. I'm here to announce the voting of this year's King and Queen of prom. First, our King is, Josh Peterson!"

Everyone clapped as Josh jumped up and down before hugging me. He then went up on stage and accepted his crown.

"Alright next up…our new queen is, Rachel Gutierrez!" he said with a smirk.

The girls cheered as I climbed the stage and accepted my flowers and crown. The entire time I was up there I was trying to figure out where I had seen this guy before. He definitely wasn't from the school board and he wasn't a teacher. So where in the heck was he from?

"Alright now it's time for the new king and queen to dance." The guy said.

Josh turned to me and bowed while I handed my flowers off to a teacher to hold. I then took Josh's hand and followed him to the cleared out dance floor.

"Can you believe we both won?" he asked.

I sighed, "Actually I can, and we always win everything Josh."

He laughed, "That's true…you know what that means right?"

I shrugged, and he chuckled as his hand moved down to my butt and he pulled me closer.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

He smiled, "Come on Rachel…don't tell me you've never thought about being with me."

I blinked several times, "No I haven't…I like being your friend Josh,"

He spun me around so that my back was facing him. He then placed his arms around me holding me in a very familiar way.

"Josh…you're scaring me." I said.

He chuckled and brought his lips close to my neck, "I thought you liked being held like this?"

I narrowed my eyes wondering just how in the hell he knew that. I then stepped away from him and looked into his eyes…they had turned from their normal blue color to a light emerald green.

"Uh…Josh, I'm real thirsty…I'll meet you back at the table." I said before turning to go get some punch. I was so freaked out that my hands were starting to shake. When I made it to the drink table, that guy who gave me my crown was standing there pouring punch.

"You thirsty?" he asked.

I nodded, "Yea…"

I watched as he poured some juice into my cup and then handed it to me. "There you are, you look like you could use a drink."

I nodded and drank down the drink fast. "Can I have another? I think I'm losing my mind."

He laughed, "You never know, you just might be."

I chuckled and drank down another cup of juice. I wasn't sure what it was about that juice, but I felt like I needed to keep drinking more of it. Soon I had drank nearly eight cups of the stuff and soon, I had began to feel drowsy.

"Hey are you alright?" the guy asked me.

I nodded and then rubbed my head, "Yea…I just need to go to the restroom real fast."

I walked away from the table and headed to the bathroom down the hall. I stumbled a few times on the way there since my vision was getting blurry, but I made it there. I grabbed a hold of the sink and looked at myself in the mirror.

"What in the world is going on?" I said.

Just then, I heard someone whisper my name from the last stall. I turned and looked slowly at it, not seeing any feet from under it. I walked slowly up to it and gently pushed the door open. There was no one there, but on the floor…was a black rose. I backed up quickly, running into the sink that was behind me.

"Rachel…come to me…"

I wasn't sure where the voice was coming from so I stood there and started to cry. "Go away!"

"Don't fight it Rachel…you know you want to come with me." He said his voice a lot louder now.

I screamed and ran from the bathroom only to run into the man who served me the drinks.

"Hey, are you ok?" he asked.

I shook my head, "no...someone is after me."

He smirked, "Of course someone is…and you should really let him take you from this place."

I backed away from the guy, "What are you talking about?"

He laughed deeply and then his appearance began to change. His black suit was now a high red wrestling outfit and a red and black mask covered his face. My heart began to race knowing who this man was…

"Oh no…" I said.

He laughed, "Don't make this harder than it has to be Rachel. Come with me and I'll deliver you to my brother."

I backed away and then dashed down the hall, kicking my heels off as I ran. Kane chased me not really doing a great job of keeping up. When I got to the end of the hall I went through the side door and ran down a flight of stairs. I didn't look back at all but I knew he was still back there. When I got to the bottom of the steps, I went through another door that led to the back of the hotel. I started running for the parking lot where Big Show had the limo parked. On my way there, I saw Josh's car and he was sitting in it…sleeping? His head was down on the wheel and his eyes were closed. His face was very pale as well and I saw something sticking out of his neck. When I got closer, I gasped when I saw a small needle lodged into his neck.

I backed away from him and then ran towards the limousine.

"Big Show! Big Show I'm ready to go!" I told him when I reached the driver side. I was really upset to find that he wasn't there.

I looked back over my shoulder and saw Kane coming towards me. I picked up some of my gown and ran like hell towards town, not stopping until I reached my house….