Chapter 4- Rules.

The weeks before the network launch began to take its toll on Kane's nerves. He found himself bending over backwards for Stephanie and Hunter, he was put in charge of all the paper work as negotiations began with Punk. He took notice as to how Stephanie and Hunter were acting, they blindly signed any sheet of paper placed in front of them as they scolded Kane for bothering them in the middle of something important. Needless to explained, he kept silent and moved along as ordered.

The job wasn't anything that he anticipated it to be, the locker room fears him, that is a given, but they have done so long before he put on a suit and tie. There are far different looks he has been given. Mainly, no one looks at him anymore. Whenever Kane walked down the hall, he see the faces of the superstars turn, their backs aimed at him as they pretended to have a conversation among themselves below a whisper. Kane knew the look, they weren't fearful anymore, just disgusted.

In return, it made Kane feel disgusted as well. A veteran of the locker room turned away and shunned upon by all. Before, it didn't bother him, as of late, it is starting to find its way under his skin. Kane was about to head to his office when he heard the familiar shriek of Vicky Guerrero called aloud from down the halls. "EXCUSE ME, KANE?!"

"Gah, her voice is like nails on a chalk board." He muttered before braving a professional face and turning to Vicky. "Yes?" he asked.

"I need to speak with Stephanie and Hunter." She said. Her hands went onto her hips as she stared him in the eye. She felt entitled to a meeting with the Authority after all. She is the Smackdown GM.

"Vicky, you know they are busy. I cannot allow you to speak with them, they won't even talk to me right now."

"But this has to do with business!" she protested. "It has to be spoken about!"

"What is it?"

"I am not telling you!"

"Vicky, I am director of operations, if you haven't noticed…"

"Oh, I noticed, I saw how you pry apart superstars when they get in a fight. I don't have to do anything but yell at them." She said.

'No kidding, anyone would stop just so you would shut up' Kane thought. The idea made him smile for a moment.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing." Kane replied, however he was cursing himself for breaking a grin. "Vicky, I have been running Raw and Smackdown as Stephanie and Hunter address other important issues, tell me, what is it that you want?"

She sighed aloud. "Never mind, it can wait!" and stormed off.

Kane rolled his eyes to it all once more. "How the hell do McMahons do this!" He walked into the office and set up the papers for the night. Smackdown was going rather smoothly when a fierce knock came on to the door. "Come in." he called.

Batista walked in.

Kane looked up and saw him standing there, Batista slowly reached for his sunglasses and took them off. "What the hell happened to you?"

"Dave, what is it?" Kane asked, he already grew annoyed to Batista's odd stare. "And incase you forgot, you use to wear suits too."

"Yeah." He said with a laugh. "But that was because I had to look classy. This is just plain wrong!"

"DAVE!" snapped Kane. "What… do you want?"

Batista smirked. "I heard the Wyatts just attacked Cena…"

"What?!"

"Yeah, I thought that's why Vicky was going to speak to Stephanie and Hunter about."

"Damn it!"

Kane got up and out of his office chair and went down the halls. He found Vicky who was trying to talk to Brad Maddox when Kane bellowed out her name. "Vicky! What the hell is going on!" She jumped to his tone.

"Don't yell at me!"

"You didn't tell me Cena got jumped, let alone two weeks before the elimination chamber. Why didn't you say anything?"

"Because, I wanted to ask the authority if I could change the main event since Cena was taken down."

Kane began to rub his face in anger and frustration. "I could have answered that for you, and the answer is yes! In fact put the Wyatts in a handie cap match."

"Well, we sort of had Daniel Bryan fill in, he already wrestled Roman Reigns of the Shield but he could manage another…"

Kane was seething now. "He is in the elimination chamber too. If something happens to him and Cena…" His fists clenched in anger, Kane removed himself from the general managers before turning to his office to scream aloud in frustration. This month wasn't going his way, in fact, this whole job has been taking its toll upon him.

Yet for some reason, somewhere, he knew CM Punk was laughing…