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12/12/11
Jade & Randy where hanging with John back stage during the show.
"What's wrong babe?" Randy asked as Jade seemed jumpy.
"I don't know, something just seems off with the Kane vignettes we been running. I been told they were sent in already finished, like Glenn has been staying out of contact with everyone till now."
"Hey relax I'm not sweating it." Commented John. "We already know he is more then likely going to come after Henry, now if it is before , during or after my match that is the question. If it is during I know to steer clear."
"Yeah I guess so."
"Babe relax, remember Kane is just a character, Glenn is quite, reserved but a softy when you get to know him." Randy tried to reassure her.
The show started & the all watched from the back including the clip about Kane's return tonight, Jade just couldn't understand why it wasn't on the flow board. Everything was fine & quite up to John's match, the match was near the end when fire erupted on the stage. Randy & Jade were still near the locker rooms watching the monitors. They just watched as Kane stepped out in the full black mask. "What the…a full mask again?" Commented Jade.
"Looks like a wielders mask." Joked Randy walking him stalk the ring John & Henry separated with Henry getting on guard also thinking he would be the target since he was the one that placed him on the shelf the last few months.
Kane stood at the ring looking between the two before grabbing the ropes climbing up & into the ring itself. Moving closer to the two men it looked like he was going to go for Henry as he flexed his gloved hand but he quickly turned last moment grabbing John by the neck instead. "WHAT THE HELL!" Yelled both Jade & Randy. They say the chock slam & quickly made their way towards the gorilla spot. Randy couldn't go out if he wanted to & Jade was not dressed for ring work so she was stuck as well at least till the show went off the air. The monitors showed as Kane set off the ring pyros & removed the mask, only to show the more sinister one under it. The look to him made her shiver just trying to repeat in her head 'it's just an act, it's just an act.' Kane moved towards their direction not seeming to pay attention to anyone as he passed them. The moment she knew it was clear she ran out there sliding into the ring checking on John who the trainer was already checking.
Once they were sure he was physically ok they helped him stand & out of the ring. It was slow but he insisted on doing it under his own power saying he has gotten worse. Once behind the curtain Jade & Randy both walked back toward the locker room.
"OK Jadie, what the hell happened?" Asked John when it was just the three of them.
"I honestly don't know…I told you I wasn't crazy about the last few weeks. It made no sense him coming after you, something is off with him. Just be careful ok?"
"Hey I'm tough."
"I don't doubt that, just watch your back ok?"
"I will sorry I snapped, I know you wouldn't leave me in the dark like that."
"No problem…just stress…I think we are gonna take off for our bus, you ok John?"
"Yeah I'll be fine. Catch you guys over the weekend?" They nod before leaving. One the bus Jade tried placing calls to her sister, Paul or their dad & all three were as baffled as she was.
Next week Randy & Jade watched the same thing happening again and the same reports that Kane just blew right past anyone who tried to stop him to find out why. At Smackdown that week Jade was talking to some of the girls when Beth showed up nearly in tears, making her way to an empty locker punching it. The outburst made a lot of the girls jump including Jade. Nattie was the first one over being like her best friend.
"Beth? What's wrong girl."
"That no good snake…he had everyone duped…he made us all freak over nothing…If Vince don't kill him I will."
"Whoa…what? Who?"
"PUNK THAT"S WHO!" She snapped reaching in her bag pulling out a large envelope tossing it on the bench. Her yelling Punk's name drew more focus including Jade who was talking to Tamina. She excused herself heading for where Beth was who had broken into tears.
"What's going on?" Jade asked & Nattie handed her the envelope.
"These were delivered to her room today." Jade pulled out the top one she tried not to furrow her brow feeling a hint of bile seeing Punk in a major clinch with an unknown woman. Why was it as she looked at it something wasn't sitting right. It looked like they were in a nice fancy room somewhere, but something about it didn't look right. Jade slid it back in the envelope.
"Beth can I take these?"
"I don't know why…bu-but sure I want noth-nothing to do with that asshole if he has the never to show up again. He ditched ever-everything thing for that chick…ran..ran off." Jade defiantly knew that didn't sound right & she left the locker room passing the trainers' room she asked for a few pairs of the gloves, she shrugged giving them to her before she found Paul's office. Knocking she heard her sister tell her to enter.
"Jade what is it?" Paul asked seeing her.
"We got a problem & a hunch you guys may ant these." She tosses two pairs of the gloves on the desk.
"OK why?" Paul asked as she sets the envelope down.
"These was sent to Beth at the hotel today, now as far as I know only she handled the contents inside except the top photo which myself & maybe Natalie handled. They are supposedly from Phil."
Paul looked puzzled but decide to humor Jade & put the gloves on before grabbing the envelope carefully pulling out the contents including his letter. Paul tried not to look mildly disturbed at the photos. "A crummy way to break with someone." He then took the letter reading it. "This doesn't remotely sound like him. He is brash, arrogant, in your face, not to fully bash the guy, but this is too…sophisticated. So what you think the girl in the photos sent it to get Beth to break it with him?"
"No…that doesn't explain why he would itch his bag & title to just leave. Plus I don't know, something in the photos doesn't sit right with me…altered somehow."
"OK so do we get one of our guys to check them out or contact the police in New York?"
"I don't know Paul I'll leave that to the two of you. I have a match to prep for, but either way I don't suggest more people handle it then need be." Paul agreed with her before she left. She headed for Shadow's locker room seeing Randy in there waiting. He could read the look on her face.
"What happened now?"
"Someone sent a bunch of photos to Beth of Phil with some woman. God almost feels like Déjà vu." She rubs her head feeling a headache coming on. "There was a letter supposedly from him, but Paul & I both saw through that it didn't sound like he talks. I only looked at one photo & something seemed wrong about it I just couldn't tell what. I left it in Paul & Stephy's hands to deicide who they go to next." Randy nodded walking over to her just offering to hold her a few moments to calm herself back down before needing to change into Shadow. The show luckily went off as planned.
It took a few days for one of Titan's effect guys to fully analyze the one photo they held onto, the top one that Jade already admitted more people touched then the rest. The rest were turned over to police forwarded through proper channels to New York. The tech agreed the photo was altered, the people in it were real, but not the location.