Ted was on the move. He stuck to the shadows, scratching absently at his skin, which was becoming blotchy and covered in sores. He hadn't even noticed though. Not like he had been looking in any mirrors lately. The hunger was consuming him. Both his own and Kelly. Hers was worse than his and she was the reason he was out here now. He had been giving her raw steaks and hamburger meat but that wasn't doing much for her anymore. She needed something fresher, which was why he was there. He needed to get her food and these were his most familiar stomping grounds. He could have gone anywhere really for this; Kelly wasn't going to be picky at this point. But something drew him there and he was just going with it. No need to question why or anything. Instinct was instinct at this point and he was following it.

He watched the arena parking lot carefully, not even daring to blink. He needed to get someone that was coming in alone. Several people had arrived already but they had come in pairs or groups so he hadn't been able to make a move. He needed one stray to sneak up on and take. Not all of them would be as dumb and easy as Kelly had been. No way he could try anything with anyone else around. Not now anyway. Soon. Very soon.

His eyes caught sight of a car pulling up just a few feet away from him. He stepped further back into the shadows to ensure he wasn't seen. Was it someone alone? Fuck how he needed it to be….yes. Jinder Mahal. Thank Christ. Jinder had like no friends backstage. Nothing about him rubbed anyone the right way. Nobody would miss him for a single second. Glancing around first to make sure the coast was clear, Ted emerged from the shadows and crept up on Jinder as he walked past. Jinder almost stopped when he heard something behind him but by then it was too late. Ted wrapped an arm around his neck and began to squeeze tightly, taking him down with a sleeper hold and dragging him into the shadows. Jinder kicked his feet and tried to get loose but Ted had none of it. He kept up the pressure until he felt Jinder's body go limp and then let go, double checking to make sure he hadn't gone too far and accidentally strangled him to death. When that wasn't the case, he threw Jinder over his shoulder and took off before another car could pull up.

…

Unbeknownst to Ted, he had in fact been watched the entire time. Connor had managed to escape Cooper and had been going outside to play even though he wasn't supposed to. He had been about to go start running around when he had spotted Ted attacking the cranky foreign guy that was always scowling and yelling on TV. At first he thought it was supposed to be part of the show but then he realized there were no cameras…and Ted was supposed to be dead. What in the world was he doing walking around? He certainly didn't look very alive….Connor's eyes widened as the realization hit him. Cooper told him it couldn't ever be but that was clearly a big fat lie. Not surprising. Cooper was full of lies. This was just another one and Connor was going to make sure he damn well knew it.

…

"Cody and Dusty found the bodies?"

John Cena's question snapped Randy out of his thoughts and he nodded. "Nobody was getting any answer from them so Cody and Dusty went there themselves. They found them and then when the cops came they checked the answering machine and that was how they found out about Ted's body.

"Shit." John shook his head. "How a hell does a thing like this happen?"

Randy shrugged. He had no idea. All he knew was that this was a mess and he had this gut feeling it was going to get even worse before it was all over.

…

"So what the fuck happened to your guys' women division?" Cooper asked Beth and Natalya as they got ready for their match. Technically speaking, he wasn't supposed to be in the women's locker room and really should be finding Connor because he had run off and was doing god knows what. But he had no urge to actually get up and do that so he was just sitting there, watching the girls get ready. "I mean, I don't really watch that much anymore but every time I see you guys on TV you only get what? Two minutes at the most to wrestle?"

Natalya shook her head unhappily. "Don't remind us. We're all too well of our limitations these days. At least Beth here has been able to have great showings at the past few pay per views. I'm the one that's getting rolled up in about a minute even when I dominate the other fifty seven seconds."

Cooper shook his head. It amazed him how little respect the girls got these days. He wasn't a fan of wrestling really but it was just retarded to him to have that many girls on the roster and waste them all so badly. "You guys should like…rise up and rebel or something. Demand more time and shit."

"What good will it do?" Beth asked. "Most likely we'll all be fired and they'll just bring up all the FCW girls. Rebelling won't do any good when they think we're expenda-"

"Cooper! Cooper Cooper Cooper Cooper!"

Cooper groaned as he, Beth and Natalya turned back towards the door. Connor came running in through it just seconds later, his eyes wide and his entire body just ready to bounce off the walls. "Guess what guess what guess what?"

"Bubble butt," Cooper guessed the usual answer when Connor asked that question.

"Nooooooo." Connor bounced up and down eagerly, giggling loudly as he did so. "I saw a ZOMBIE! Ted's a ZOMBIE now!"

That didn't get the reaction he was looking for. Beth just stared at him incredulously while Natalya and Cooper sighed in exasperation. "It's TRUE! I saw him I did!"

"Yeah I'm sure," Cooper muttered sarcastically.

"I did!" Connor insisted. "I did I did I did! I saw him outside. He took the foreign guy away to EAT him!"

"Connor sweetie, you think you see a lot of things," Natalya said gently. "And it's not always real. Your imagination-"

"It was NOT my imagination!" Connor yelled, balling up his fists and stamping his foot angrily. "I saw Ted I did! He was a zombie-"

"Connor that's enough," Cooper said sharply. "There's no such things as zombies. Ted's dead-JUST dead. He's not here eating people so just shut up."

"Yes he-"

"No he's not. Now stop it."

"But-"

"This conversation is over."

"MEAN!"

…

Kelly was so hungry. Sooo hungry. She could hardly stand it. The constant gnawing in her stomach was driving her insane. All she had been doing was eating the raw meat Ted had left her when he was gone. It wasn't enough though. She needed more. So much more.

"Honey, I'm hooooome." Ted's voice was raspier now. He didn't even sound like himself anymore. Not that really mattered. What mattered was that he was carrying the now bound and gagged Jinder Mahal over his shoulder. "Look what I brought." He dumped Jinder down unceremoniously on the floor. "Dinner."

Kelly barely even heard him. She just lunged forward, sinking her teeth into Jinder's flesh and began ripping away at it. Jinder let out a muffled scream but she didn't care. She just kept ripping away, eagerly eating the flesh and meat that filled her mouth and lapping his blood up like dog to wash it all down.