Chapter 16: Coma
June 4-August 6, 2010

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.

June 4, 2010

That night, Teddy Long opened the show with a sickening announcement: Undertaker and Pandora were found in vegetative states by Kane over Memorial Day weekend. He assured everyone that there was an investigation into who/what was responsible. Minutes later, the druids set up a coffin at ringside and Kane followed after. Struggling with tears, he revealed that the coffin was empty. He then delivered a heart-breaking speech about what Undertaker's coma/"death" meant to both the WWE and himself and how he would seek vengeance and would not stop until he made sure that the attacker would rot in the lowest level of Hell. Unable to take the emotions, Kane bowed to the coffin and started bawling, hating himself for not being there to protect his brother and his brother's young comrade.

Lacti turned off the TV. She could not watch the rest of the show tonight. She felt Kane's pain and his need for revenge. She felt it as well towards whoever attacked her daughter. She felt a tear fall and let it. Sniffling, she got up and went to the back room where Pandora's healing coffin was. When she and Undertaker appeared in Hell comatose, Lacti and Venom quickly took Pandora back home while other demons took care of Undertaker. Once there, Venom conjured up a healing coffin and Lacti put her daughter inside.

She looked at the coffin and felt more tears form. She felt her heart break, especially when she looked through the glass top and saw Pandora laying there. She lowered her head onto the lid and let a few tears escape. "Pandora…" She prayed to the Devil that her daughter would recover.

July 2, 2010

Lacti was getting worried. Pandora's vitals were not going up. In fact, they were falling. Lacti tried everything she could think of to help her comatose daughter. She put on the wrestling shows, left on Pandora's favorite music, and had her friends visit every day. But nothing seemed to work. Lacti was not about to give up, though.

Just then, Hornesta came in and went to Pandora's healing casket. "How is she?"

Lacti sighed and shook her head. "No better."

Hornesta bit her lower lip; she had to try. "Well…I have an idea…that might work."

Lacti looked at Hornesta. "Anything. I just…want my daughter to wake up. What is it?"

Hornesta scratched the back of her head. "Well…you know whose side she was by for a few years, right?"

Lacti's face immediately fell. "You gotta be kidding. That's your idea?"

Hornesta nodded. "Yeah. After all, their energies should be synched by now…and she does get a lot of power from him."

Lacti growled. "I wanted to keep him away from her…keep her from knowing the truth."

Hornesta caught what she said. "The truth about what?"

Lacti shook her head. "Never mind." Before Hornesta could ask for an explanation, Lacti looked at Pandora. "Well…I guess it's a shot."

Still confused by what Lacti was referring to, Hornesta nodded and looked at the casket. "If anything…for her sake."

Lacti agreed and, with help from Hornesta, started the journey of pushing Pandora's casket to where Undertaker's casket was. Along the way, Hornesta kept trying to bring up what "the truth" was that Lacti mentioned. Lacti ignored her and kept pushing Pandora's casket until they reached a familiar building. Lacti looked at it. "Why would his casket be here?"

Hornesta said, "It's where Hell's chapter of the Ministry met." Seeing Lacti's look, Hornesta quickly explained, "A lot of people in our school were part of it."

Lacti did not fully believe her but Pandora's well-being was more important at the moment. Hornesta opened the door and Lacti pushed the casket in. Undertaker's casket was in the middle. Lacti sighed and positioned Pandora's casket next to his. Almost immediately, Pandora's vitals started to slowly climb. Hornesta smiled. "It's working!"

Lacti sighed, now (begrudgingly) understanding their connection. "Yes…it is."

July 18, 2010

At Money in the Bank, Kane was a busy demon. He put the hunt for Undertaker and Pandora's attacker on hold to compete in SmackDown's Money in the Bank match. He did win and everyone wondered when he would cash it in. He cashed it in later that night on Rey Mysterio, stealing the World Heavyweight Championship.

Lacti watched Kane take the World Heavyweight Championship. She did not know how to react. Kane had every right to cash in the contract and take the belt. But why do it almost immediately…and why do it when he was supposedly busy looking for the person who attacked Undertaker and Pandora? She figured that Kane had a reason for what he did within his twisted mind. She looked at the two coffins and shook her head. "Undertaker, your brother is a tough one to solve."

She went to Pandora's casket and stroked the lid. She opened the top lid, taking a risk, and stroked Pandora's head. Almost immediately, Pandora sat up, making a loud gasp. Lacti fell back, startled by the sudden move. Pandora let her head hang back as she stared at the ceiling with wide eyes. Lacti started to cry and hugged her daughter close. "Pandora…you're awake."

Pandora took a minute and looked at Lacti. She then hugged her Mother, letting tears fall. "Mom…"

Lacti smiled and held her daughter for a few moments. She then opened the casket. "Come…let's get you home."

Pandora got up and groaned; her legs were like jelly from lack of use but they were slowly coming back. She then asked, "Undertaker?"

Lacti sighed; she should have seen that question coming. She pointed to Undertaker's casket. "Nothing."

Pandora looked and paled at the sight. Limping from her jelly legs, she went over to the casket and looked in. Seeing Undertaker in this state made her heart break. She started to cry as Lacti touched her shoulder. "Come. There's nothing you can do."

Pandora sucked in a sob and uttered, "I'm not going…"

Lacti glared at Pandora. "What did you say?"

Pandora shook her head. "I'm not going…not until he wakes up."

Lacti groaned; she felt all her work crumble once again. "Pandora, you need to leave. You can't stay here."

Pandora glared at Lacti with teary eyes. "I'm not leaving. You can't tell me what to do anymore."

Lacti backed up. She hated to admit it but Pandora was right; Pandora was of age and could make decisions for herself. Pandora sighed and lowered her head. "I'm sorry…but I can't leave him. You must understand."

Lacti murmured, "More than you know." Before Pandora could ask her to repeat, Lacti stroked Pandora's hair. "Is this what you really want?" Pandora nodded and Lacti hugged her from behind. She had no choice now; she had to let Pandora stay.

July 23, 2010

Kane delivered a speech that both comforted and shocked people. He said that, after being in the dreaded vegetative state for so long, Undertaker briefly woke up when Kane was by his bedside, as he had for the entire time his brother was down. Kane then said that Undertaker could only utter two words and they were the name of his attacker…Rey Mysterio. Undertaker was back in his vegetative state but Kane still could not believe what Undertaker said; he made the connection with remembering that Mysterio had the most to gain (a spot in the fatal-4-way and eventually the World Heavyweight Champion). However, Kane was determined to make sure that Mysterio would suffer of what he did; using the Money in the Bank to get the World Heavyweight Championship back to the dark side was just the beginning. Kane promised a casket match, where Mysterio would be banished to the lowest and most dangerous level of Hell.

Leaning against the table that Undertaker's coffin was on, Pandora sighed, putting down her book. She was too distracted to pay attention to the story. She looked up at the coffin and felt the pain in her heart. She stood up and looked into the coffin; there was no change. She sighed heavily and touched the lid of the coffin. "Please…"

Just then, Hornesta came bursting into the warehouse with a couple of bags in her hand. Her loud appearance made Pandora scream and fall to the floor. "Don't do that!"

Hornesta did not pay attention as she immediately demanded, "Why didn't you tell me that Undertaker briefly woke up?"

Pandora was surprised by this statement and stood up. "What? He hasn't; he's barely even twitched."

Hornesta became confused. "What? Then…why did…Kane…?"

That caught Pandora's attention. "Hornesta, tell me everything."

Remembering that the screen was still working, Hornesta turned it on and rewound the show to Kane's speech. While Pandora watched with interest, Hornesta pulled out raw crab; she heard that her friend had been craving it. While Hornesta was setting up, Pandora was stunned by what she heard…but for a different reason. When Kane said that Undertaker had slipped back into the coma, Pandora turned off the screen. Hornesta looked up in surprise. "Don't you want to hear the rest?"

Pandora shook her head and sat down. "No…because he's lying."

"About what?"

"Everything!" She sighed and took a bite of crab. She looked at Hornesta. "You should have figured that out."

Hornesta glared. "Fine. Explain it to me like I'm an idiot. What did I miss?"

Pandora rolled her eyes. "Kane said that he was by Undertaker's bedside. Do you see a bed here?"

Hornesta gave Pandora a look and pointed to the coffin; demons sometimes called coffins beds. Pandora blushed, having been in the human world too long. She then shook her head and looked at Hornesta. "Here's something. Why did Kane not mention me? He at least briefly mentioned me in the first eulogy you showed me."

Hornesta rolled her eyes. "You're not the main reason why Kane's been going on this hunt. So far, you haven't given me reasonable doubt."

Pandora growled, her eyes turning white. Hornesta's eyes grew wide; she never noticed before but Pandora's eyes looked like Undertaker's whenever his eyes turned white. Pandora growled, "Mother has been by my side since I was moved here and, since I woke up, I haven't left this place. Neither of us have ever seen Kane here."

Hornesta thought about that as Pandora went on. "Besides, think about it: start blaming someone almost immediately after you take the title away from him? Don't you think that's a little convenient?" Hornesta nodded as Pandora sighed. "Besides…just because Mysterio made Undertaker bleed does not mean that he can put my master into…" She looked at the coffin and sighed; she could not say it.

Hornesta nodded. "You got good points there." Her eyes back to normal, Pandora nodded and nibbled on her crab. Hornesta then thought of something that had been bothering her for a while: "Who attacked you?"

Pandora stopped mid-nibble. She just remembered seeing Undertaker crumbled on the floor and being hit from behind. So she just shook her head.

August 6, 2010

After his match against Drew McIntyre, Mysterio was about to announce who the REAL attacker was when Kane interrupted him, bringing with him a coffin. Mysterio was nervous and Kane knew that. Thanks to a cheap shot from McIntyre, Mysterio was down but still managed to run from Kane before the demon attacked. Seeing Kane's smug look, Mysterio revealed that he was innocent and the real attacker…was Kane himself. Hearing that made Kane break down; he adamantly denied the accusation and said that he loved his brother.

Pandora had watched the revelation and did not know what to think. Kane made more sense than Mysterio…but Pandora did not believe that Kane was that good of an actor, remembering the clips that Hornesta showed her where Kane seemed very broken about Undertaker's condition. She looked at the coffin and sighed. "Only you know…"