Chapter 14: Hatred
September 7-26, 2008

Author's note: just to not get in trouble, I should remind everyone that I don't own anything that has to do with WWE. Also, don't raise a stink about the dates I used; I know that SmackDown is filmed on one night and shown on TV another night. I am writing my story with TV showing dates.

Thank you, ChanelCalaway, for helping me with this chapter by giving me a review that sparked an unexpected flow of creative juices.

August 17, 2008

That night after SummerSlam, Pandora was settled in her hotel room; she always got her own hotel room at the mutual agreement between her and Undertaker. Dressed in her black floor-length nightgown, she was settling in by watching her favorite movie from a few years back. She liked the movie because it had gore and black comedy, it showed how psychotic the rich side of humanity can be, and the main actor was a famous demon in Hell. The demon was famous for more than just his movies; he was considered one of the few demons who wanted to become human (an impossible feat for demons). He even went as far as to hack off his wings and give himself a name that was similar to the enemy religion to become more human. Pandora chuckled at a funny moment in the movie, needing the distraction after the match earlier. The back of her mind was hoping that her Mother got to Edge in time. She also hoped that Undertaker would not find out.

After the movie ended, Pandora sat up in the bed and stretched her wings, moaning softly at the sensations. She got up and went into the bathroom to take care of a few things before going to bed. She started with brushing her teeth, not noticing that the small mirror on the sink rippled and showed a different image until she heard his voice: "Pandora…why did you do it?"

Pandora spit out her toothpaste before answering, "What are you talking about?"

Undertaker's face was hard. "The druids were supposed to collect Edge, to both watch over him and punish him…they never got to him."

Pandora froze; she was caught. She looked at him. "Um…well…"

"Pandora, tell me what you did." His voice was calm but his face was still hard.

Pandora wiped her mouth and sighed. "Asked Mother to watch over him. Look, I had to! He's a human! He wouldn't have survived Hell without some help!"

Undertaker glared at her. "You went behind my back and interfered with my plans." Pandora sighed. She felt guilty but she stood by her decision. She then heard Undertaker say, "Go back to Hell."

Pandora looked at him in surprise. "What?"

"You interfered with my plans and went behind my back. I can't have someone like that around me."

Pandora felt her heart break. "But…"

Undertaker looked at her. "Maybe I will ask you to join me again. But, for now, I want you to go back to Hell. Do I make myself clear?"

Pandora lowered her head and nodded. Undertaker nodded once and the mirror changed back to normal. With her heard still down, Pandora grinned widely and showed two fingers crossed to the mirror. She had no intention of going back and would make that clear to Undertaker.

For the next week, Pandora continued to show up wherever Undertaker was. He always glared at her, silently telling her to listen to him, and she always responded with a grin, silently telling him that he could not get rid of her. She sat next to the commentators only when Undertaker was in the ring and disappeared when Undertaker left the ring. She showed up to his hotels and booked a room on the same floor as he. The following Sunday, Undertaker sat down with her to figure out why she was doing this. She explained that she would not apologize for what she did with Edge but she would not go back to Hell because of her dedication to him. Undertaker listened to what she said and, realizing how stubborn and resilient she was, came to a compromise: she could stay with him but she was to sit next to the commentators and not speak or move while he was in the ring. Pandora grimaced but agreed since it was better than nothing.

With Edge in Hell, Undertaker and Pandora turned their attention to Vickie, since she was the one who abused her powers to make sure that Edge, not Undertaker, could have/keep the World Heavyweight Championship. But their feud with Vickie was made difficult when Vickie gained an unexpected ally.

September 7, 2008

Towards the end of Unforgiven, Big Show came out and asked the crowd if he should be in the Championship Scramble. They cheered…Vickie did not. After a few insults towards the giant, she told him that his choices were to either leave immediately or face the consequences of him causing a disruption with the Championship Scramble qualifying match. Big Show stayed put and that decision was a wise one. To the delight of Big Show, the druids showed up with a casket.

Pandora was standing on top of the casket with her arms folded. She would not normally be disrespectful to a casket but, since this was for Vickie, she decided to make a special exception. She did not like Vickie and knew that this human was abusing her powers. She did not want to miss this, especially since the sight of the casket made Big Show applaud and laugh. Once the casket was placed at ringside, Pandora giggled at Big Show's teases and got off the casket, watching at Undertaker's clip. Undertaker reminded Vickie that he promised to take her soul that night. He then offered her the chance to get into the casket of her own accord…or he would put her in the coffin himself.

When the clip was over, Pandora went and sat in her spot next to the commentators. Vickie hesitated to leave so Big Show grabbed her arm to keep her in place and Undertaker came out. Pandora grinned with evil delight, watching Vickie squirm around. She was looking forward to what was going happen, especially when Vickie tried to bolt and Big Show brought her back into the ring to face the powerful demon. Vickie freaked out more when Undertaker opened the casket and Undertaker came into the ring. Pandora shivered with delight and kept watching…but was stunned by what she witnessed next.

Hat and trench coat off, Undertaker approached Vickie and gripped her throat, intent on putting her in the coffin. But he did not get a chance to do so…because Big Show attacked the demon. Pandora screamed in surprise and stood up; their friend had just betrayed them for Vickie. As Big Show continued to attack Undertaker, Pandora bolted into the ring and attacked Vickie viciously. Vickie scrambled away and a female security guard (who had been waiting in the audience thanks to Vickie's orders earlier that night) ran into the ring. The security guard held Pandora back, keeping her away from Vickie. Pandora put up a fight but the security guard held the demoness tight. From her position, Pandora had no choice but to watch Big Show attack her master viciously. Undertaker tried to fight back but Big Show proved to be too much for the demon.

After more brutal attacks from the world's largest athlete, Big Show tossed Undertaker back into the ring and punched the demon repeatedly, stunning Undertaker and making Pandora scream with fury. She could not believe what she was seeing. A man that Undertaker called a comrade and Pandora called a friend had betrayed them. Big Show continued to attack the demon, ignoring Pandora's screams, until he had enough and told Vickie to join him.

With Pandora watching, Big Show made Undertaker sit up. That gave Vickie the opening she needed to slap Undertaker. Pandora growled viciously at Vickie but was still restrained by the security guard. Vickie then did something that made Pandora lose it: she spit in Undertaker's face. No matter what species a being is, whether it's human, demon, or angel, a spit to the face was the ultimate non-verbal insult. Big Show dropped Undertaker and left with Vickie, the security guard close behind them. Now free, Pandora went to Undertaker and checked on him. He was unconscious and that sight made Pandora's other side emerge, more dangerous than ever before.

Pandora's eyes grew narrow and demonic; her eyes turned pure white. She hissed and growled viciously at Vickie, reminding the human of a rabid animal. She was now what was known as a pure demon, a demon that was animalistic and pure evil. While Big Show betrayed them, Pandora had come to understand that betrayals were normal in this industry. But he was not disrespectful to the demon like Vickie was. She screamed at her and then uttered a chant at Vickie in a voice that was not hers. It was the language she inherited when she became High Priestess…and it was the thousand year hatred vow. It was the strongest vow a demon of her status could utter. The vow said that the chanter would hate the being that the vow was directed to for a thousand years and the vow could never be undone. Vickie left acting like Pandora's current state did not scare her…but she was trembling inside.

September 26, 2008

A few weeks later, Vickie and Big Show were proud of what they did to Undertaker at Unforgiven; they showed that with a flashback clip of Big Show's betrayal and Vickie's disrespectfulness. When the clip ended, Vickie taunted Undertaker to come out. That got Chavo nervous but Big Show continued with the taunts, saying that it was because of him and his attacks that Undertaker would not show up that night. The bell and the darkness answered him. When the lights came back on, Pandora was in the ring…and Chavo was gone. Pandora smirked and chirped, "Hi!"

Vickie and Big Show looked around, wondering where their comrade was. Pandora's smirk widened before she said, "Oh, you're looking for Chavo?" She started to point to the screen with her thumb while saying, "Um, well, he's…um…yeah."

When she finished speaking, the screen showed that Chavo was in a back room…being choked by a demonic-looking Undertaker. As Undertaker started to attack Chavo, Big Show ran out of the arena to try to save him. Vickie and Pandora stayed behind; Vickie was frightened for her nephew and Pandora kept smirking. Her other side was starting to emerge and Pandora was letting her, since her other side would frighten Vickie the most. They continued to watch Undertaker attack Chavo until Undertaker's powers destroyed the camera and the feed was cut. Her other side fully emerged, Pandora slowly looked at Vickie and said, "Oh…one more thing…" The bell tolled and the darkness blanketed the arena once again. When the lights came back on, Pandora had tossed her microphone out of the ring…and Undertaker was standing right behind Vickie.

Growing more frightened by the second, Vickie backed up into a corner, Undertaker and Pandora following her. He trapped her in the corner and gave her his white eyes before grabbing her throat. Pandora grinned evilly, enjoying Vickie's look and screams of fear. Now a pure demon, Undertaker looked at Vickie demonically and, to the delight of Pandora and the audience, gave her a tombstone piledriver. Pandora got down on her knees and both demons showed how demonic they were while crouching over their prey. Undertaker's eyes turned white and his demonic tongue appeared. Pandora's eyes turned white and demonic and she hissed viciously. After closely surveying their prey, Undertaker and Pandora stood up and stared coldly down at the human female. This feud would be rough but they were determined to not let Vickie get the best of them.

Down in Hell, Edge and Lacti watched the show. Lacti was a little spooked by Pandora's reaction; it took a lot to make a demon turn pure even for a moment. Pandora's reaction was not the only thing that startled Lacti. When they were demonic and when they looked down at Vickie, Undertaker and Pandora looked almost exactly the same; the relation between them was clear. But she looked at Edge and was surprised as well. Edge did not even blink at Vickie getting tombstoned. "Um…she is your wife, right?"

Edge smirked. "It's not like I married her for love."

Lacti snickered. She figured that maybe Pandora did the right thing with asking her to protect Edge, since he did not love Vickie and Pandora made the hatred vow towards her. Despite her hating humans, Lacti had come to like Edge because of how close he was to being a demon. He told her that he would never become one like Undertaker or Kane but Lacti knew he had the potential. So maybe… She turned off the TV and looked at Edge. "I need to you make me a promise."

Edge raised his eyebrow at her. She did not hide her hatred towards his species and now she was asking for a promise? "What is this?"

Lacti glared at Edge. "Listen to what I have to say or I'll throw you out."

Edge paled at that. He remembered how the demons surrounded him intent on destroying him in every way possible when he first arrived until Lacti and her friends showed up. He did not want to go through that again so he asked, "What?"

Lacti sighed. "If anything were to happen to Undertaker…I need you to watch over Pandora."

Edge was surprised by this. "What? Why would I do that?"

Lacti hissed, "Because she could have let you suffer out there instead of asking me to watch over you!" Edge silently agreed as Lacti continued, "I'm sure nothing will happen but…please promise me."

Edge nodded. "All right…I promise." Like Lacti, he figured that nothing would happen to the powerful demon wrestler. But he figured he had to promise in order to stay in the house until he was ready to return to the human world.

Undertaker silenced Vickie and Big Show when he defeated Big Show in a casket match later that year.

Edge returned in late November, stayed away from Undertaker, and eventually divorced Vickie, admitting that he only married her because she was the general manager and could use her power to get him what he wanted. Despite trying to avoid Undertaker, Edge always managed to nod hello to Pandora whenever he saw her. She had no idea that he knew what she did but was still glad that she helped him, especially after his admission of his true feelings towards Vickie.