It had been a couple of days since The Undertaker reverse or attempted to reverse the curse upon all of himself and returned most of them back to who they once were. He had figured out the three members of the Shield remained unaffected by the spell he had cast, as had Konnor and Viktor and of course the woman he wanted to remember her past life. Paige. He knew if he could work out how to reverse the magic on the bracelets in which Seth, Dean, Roman, Viktor and Konnor wore then he knew he would be a step close to working out what as stopping Paige from remembering who she once was, what she meant to him. Over those few days, the Shield and the Wyatt's had been working together, in hopes they could prevent Paige from feeling the pain she would be forced to endure if The Undertaker happened to succeed.
At this moment the Wyatt's were in the middle of the ring, the WWE Universe had been convinced the sudden change in everyone was part of the upcoming Halloween special, where they would act like they were from a different time and their was a war between Vince's kingdom of light and the Undertaker's kingdom of darkness. They were none the wiser that they weren't actually acting. Bray sat in his rocking chair a smile upon his lips, with Luke and Erick either side of him, both of them staring our into the distance of the WWE Universe before them, Bray of course holding onto a microphone. He smiled at what he was about to reveal, and knew there would be consequences, especially from the Undertaker, Kane and Daniel Bryan, what no one was aware of, that's what they wanted, to get the attention of the trio, to give the Shield time to find the two who were Paige's brothers in their previous life, Konnor and Viktor.
"The Raven Queen" spoke Bray, hearing as the WWE Universe and commentary went into silence. "A child of beauty and one of great power here in WWE, she went missing and has yet to be found" added Bray, knowing the wrestlers or talent were the only ones to know who he was referring to. Bray was all to aware to everyone who didn't know the truth, he was speaking in riddles like always. "But she is not just that, she is also an angel, a dark angel. She is the one who holds the key to mass destruction and the one who will never be returned. Our angel, can never go back and neither shall we let her, a child that is forever bound by an uncertain future" added Bray before laughing like a maniac, in his own way revealing to the Undertaker, Kane and Daniel Bryan that he was the one who had taken Paige, he knew that he would be the target, and both Luke and Erick would also be targets.
It was then that the funeral bells rang through the arena, the lights dimmed down as the lighting flashed across the titration, the flames came from the floor in neat bursts and the mist started to accumulate across the floor, giving the arena an eerily feel, the Wyatt's were all to aware of who it was, that was on their way down to the ring, like they knew Kane and Daniel Bryan were either with him or likely to do as surprise attack on them. Either way they were prepared for it, they knew their sacrifice to the former king was worth it as it would allow the Shield time to find Konnor and Viktor if they hadn't been found already. It wasn't long before Kane and Daniel Bryan appeared near the commentators table, each one of them had hold of the two that the Shield boys had been looking for, much to the horror of the Wyatt's, as it meant their plan had failed, and it also meant that The Undertaker had everything he needed to force Paige to remember who she once was, that also meant that Dean, Seth and Roman would also be forced to remember.
"I have everything I need now Bray, my power if so much strong that it was then, I can reverse the magic you put on her and the Shield. Her brothers have already remembered. There is nothing stopping me from retrieving what is mine" came the echoing voice of the Undertaker, Bray did even move from his rocking chair instead decided to wait, he knew that the only way for the Undertaker to realise there was no getting her back, was to let him get on with it and fail, let him see the pain he caused his so called beloved queen. He had to accept that she the Paige that was there was not his lost queen. That is lost queen was not meant to be found. It wasn't long before the Undertaker made his appearance, walking slowly down the entrance ramp, looking right at the three men in the ring, he wanted to know where she was, where they had been hiding her, then again he wanted to know why the three known as the Hounds or the Shield weren't out there trying to get her back.
"She is lost. The Paige we have is not the same person you want her to be. She isn't the same one you loved all those years ago, that Paige is gone and never coming back. You can not change what is any more than I can, she is just a doppelgänger, nothing more" replied Bray, now standing in the ring. He knew there was a small chance that she would remember but it was a very slim chance, The Undertaker was more likely to hurt her than get her to remember. "Look around you Undertaker, you claim to be a great legend yet here you are trying to get something that no longer is, she is gone. Paige is innocent yet here you are bent on getting back the woman who was your wife and queen, to reclaim a life that no longer exists. Why can you not let her live peacefully. Your Paige is dead, you can not force a life onto the one here because she looks identical to your beloved queen" added Bray, he knew he was unlikely to succeed but he had to try, he didn't want to see Paige suffer just because The Undertaker wanted his queen back.
"Hoc in hac nocte . Invocabo proprium. Per tempus et spatium . Revertere reginae ad partem meam, quæ perierat" chanted the Undertaker, from his spot at the bottom of the ramp, as he did the fire became constant, as the wind once again blew around the arena, the Undertaker's eyes went pure white as he could feel the magic of his spell worked. In mere seconds it went back to normal, all Bray, Luke and Erick could do was hope that it didn't work, they knew the pain they would course to Paige wouldn't be worth it. And it would leave the man in question in a dilemma, the one thing they had tried to stop by helping the Shield hide Paige. The Undertaker smiled once his eyes had gone back to normal, he had done what he wanted to do, he just wanted to know if it worked. It was then that an ear piecing scream could be heard, one of a female sounding like she was in agony, The Wyatt's looked up to the screen seeing it was somewhere backstage.
"Stop this" shouted Dean, coming into view of the camera along with Roman, both of them looked worried, it was then that the screaming was once again heard, this time much louder. "Please reverse your spell, Paige is the one screaming. Please stop, you are hurting her" again shouted Dean this time with what appeared to be tears in his eyes at hearing her in so much pain, he knew he couldn't do anything to stop it other than beg with the Undertaker to reverse what he had done. It was after that that Dean gave the camera to Roman and went over to help Seth with trying to calm Paige as best they could, neither of them could begin to imagine the pain she was feeling. Roman turned the camera to where they trio were, showing Seth sat on the floor, his back against the wall with Paige leaning against him, she looked tired and weak, yet there was pain stretched across her pale features, Dean was willing her to hold on, just to keep fighting until they could find away to stop it.
"The curse wasn't just on your Undertaker, there was one on her too" suddenly said Roman, it was clear to Bray and the other two Wyatt's that he had not considered that. That he had not thought about the possibility of their being a curse on Paige as well as himself. "She would be forced to relive her death over and over again, feel as if there is a veil between her and the rest of the world. Forced to feel like she doesn't belong, forced to endure the excruciating pain of being impaled a thousand times" added Roman before switching the camera off. He just want the pain Paige was feeling to stop. He knew like Seth and Dean the only thing they could do for her was make her as comfortable as possible and hope there was some way of reversing it, as well as will her to carry on even when she said she couldn't. The Undertaker, could still hear Paige's pained screams ringing in his ears, as well as the concern spread across the features of Viktor and Konnor.
"I tried to warn you, they tried to warn you. Your queen and Paige are not the same person. She was never meant to be revived now Paige suffers because you could not let go off the past" said Bray before turning to face Erick and Luke. As normal Erick in his lamb's mask, Luke with his normal far away look sparkling in his eyes. The Undertaker, looked at both Kane and Daniel Bryan unsure of what he was going to do now, considering the last person he wanted to hurt was the one who was screaming out in pain. To make matters worse he had never gave it much thought, he only thought the curse was on him. Kane and Daniel Bryan looked as shocked as he did, and felt like idiots for not realising that Paige too could be cursed.
"Two lives forever at odds, double the pain, double the suffering" spoke Erick for the first time that night, revealing just how bad her curse was compared to the one The Undertaker had. He was curse to live knowing everyone there had been once before, forced to remember his past life while others were none the wiser, forced to watch his lost queen be with another. Yet Paige's was much worse, not only would she feel the pain of her original death of being impaled a thousand times over, if she should ever remember who she once was, but her past and present lives would forever be at odds, she would remember both of them at the same time. Two lives in her head. A curse worse than ever.
"There is only two ways to end her pain" added Luke still not looking at the Undertaker, instead looking up at the screen above the entrance way. "You can either take away the memories of her past life or end her life" continued Luke revealing there was only two options to ending Paige's pain, he knew the Shield wouldn't even let the Undertaker near Paige if he chose to end her life. So that only left the options of erasing the memories and the life of the person he wanted her to be, his beloved queen. The Undertaker looked down, he knew what he had to do and that he would eventually have to explain to her, why he had wanted her to remember, amongst other things. He bowed his head, sighing in defeat. He raised his hands to his sides so they were level with his shoulders, once again chanting in Latin.
"Audite verba exaudi vocem meam . spiritus ex alia parte . Post immanem memoriae cernuntur . Delere et cogitationes cordis ejus. Nexosque ex dictis" chanted the Undertaker, he wished it didn't have to be this way, but he could not bear to see her suffer because of his own greed. Like before the lighting struck, thunder clattered and the fire came in one burst. After that he returned to the backstage area, in an attempt to find Paige. He wanted to apologise to her. To explain why he had done what he had. He also wanted to explain to Seth, Dean and Roman, since it was highly unlikely they would allow him near her alone, just like 500 years ago, they were always there to protect her. In a way it brought a smile to his ageing features that they never really left her. Even if the trio of Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns never remembered their past lives either.
In this night and in this hour. I call upon the ancient power. Through space and time. Return my lost queen to thy side. (first Undertaker spell).
Hear these words, hear my cry. spirits of the other side. After the cruel memories are seen. Erase the thoughts from her heart and head. Release her from what has been. (second Undertaker spell)
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