Chapter 24: Protector
May 2011

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. I did not expect to have a chapter this soon…but things can surprise you. Don't raise a stink by how much I changed her and what I changed in the final paragraph; after all, this story is an AU.

Thank you, Dark Mage of the Sea, for helping me write this chapter.

While Pandora enjoyed being around Kane, she figured that she would be nothing more than a valet to her uncle. Granted, she liked being a valet (especially when Kane and Big Show became the new Tag Team Champions and she created gold gloves with a bear head on one and a flame on another) but she also liked being a part of the feud like she was with Edge. No matter how good it felt to swear the hatred vow against Del Rio after the insulting "retirement party", it was not as fun as an actual feud. But an unexpected debut presented her with a feud of her own.

May 1, 2011

Waiting backstage for their surprise appearance, Edge and Pandora were watching the divas match on a monitor. Pandora was looking forward to see if Layla or Michelle would lose and therefore leave WWE. She, like the other divas and the Universe, was rooting for Layla because the little brunette was starting to turn her life around and stand up to Michelle. To their delight, Layla won the match. Everyone almost immediately started to celebrate by chanting the goodbye song to Michelle. Pandora giggled. "I think you started a trend, Edge."

Edge just smirked. He personally did not really pay attention to the match because Pandora was sitting on his lap. The demoness giggled as Edge started to nuzzle her neck and asked her, "How about a quickie?"

Pandora grinned and was about to answer when the sound of demented female laughter sounded in the arena. The mates turned to watch as a new diva appeared; this was the Kharma that everyone had been hearing about. She was black with black and white braids; she was dressed in a black leather outfit that made her look like a warrior. One thing, though, stood out about this diva: she was not a stick. She was big and imposing. But Pandora sensed something unexpected and frightening when Kharma took off her shoulder pads. Pandora felt a tingle go up her spine and her eyes grew wide, knowing what that shudder meant. "Oh no…Michelle, run!"

Edge was surprised by Pandora's sudden change. "Babe, what is it?"

Standing up, Pandora tried to make a portal but something was making it impossible for the portal to form. While trying to make the portal, Pandora worriedly explained, "This Kharma…she's the most dangerous type of demon in existence. So dangerous, her kind was killed off hundreds of years ago. She's a human-born half breed."

Edge was confused. "What does that mean?"

Pandora growled with frustration; the portal was not working. "She started the ritual to be a demon but stopped halfway. Rogues like her are vicious, unstable, and very dangerous. Very few have lived to tell the tale of when they faced a rogue."

Edge now understood why Pandora was so worried but he was worried as well for a different reason. When Kharma came to the ring, Pandora ran to the door and flung it open, intent on running to the ring and stopping her. Knowing that Pandora no longer had him as a protector, Edge slammed the door shut. He was not about to let his mate go out and get killed. Pandora tried to pull the door open but Edge was much stronger than her and refused to move. She yelled at him to let her out but her yells fell on deaf ears.

Finally giving up on the door, Pandora tried to make the portal again, all the while watching the screen. Kharma started to stalk Michelle, who backed away terrified. She tried to escape but the rogue stopped her. Pandora's heart sank. "Oh no…I'm so sorry, Michelle…"

Kharma then gave Michelle her attack Implant Buster. But she did something else to Michelle that only demons could see. With that attack, Kharma locked Michelle's soul in a state of terror; in a sense, she stole the human's soul. The rogue then laughed dementedly, sending shivers up all the divas' spines. They knew that Kharma would come after them as well. Pandora knew this as well and came to a decision. As Kharma left the ring proud of her first attack, Pandora went to the door but Edge stood in front of it. The demoness sighed. "Move."

Edge shook his head. "You're not going after that rogue."

Pandora glared at Edge. "It's because of that attitude that Michelle's soul was sealed!" She was miffed that Edge kept her from helping Michelle. Settling herself, she said, "I'm not going after her…I'm just going to talk to the divas. That's all."

Edge looked at her with a questioning look. Was she telling the truth or lying? Because she was a demon, it was so hard to tell the difference. Pandora sighed sharply; she could not afford to wait so she made a portal on the wall. "Oh, it works now."

Edge grabbed her arm. "Pani, I didn't want you to get killed."

Pandora looked at him. She nodded. "I know…but I must do this."

Edge let go of her arm. He knew better than to argue with her when her mind was made up. "Fine. Just get to the jeep before I go out there."

Pandora sighed. She was still peeved but knew that they would have to put that aside. "I'll try to make it. Depends on when I get done with the divas." With that, she went through the portal to the room where all the divas were. Kelly Kelly noticed the demoness first. "Pandora?"

Pandora looked around. "Where's Layla? She needs to hear this too."

As if on cue, Layla entered. Pandora sighed in relief. "Good. She didn't get to you."

Layla shuddered a little. She was overwhelmed with sorrow towards her ex-best friend and fear towards the frightening Kharma. Pandora touched Layla's shoulder. "There's nothing you could have done."

Layla said nothing. She seemed to understand that but it did not make her feel any better. Looking around, Pandora noticed Gail's look. "Gail, you okay?" Gail sighed and closed her eyes. Pandora then figured it out. "You've encountered her before."

Gail nodded. "When I was with another company…but there's something different about her this time. She's…more frightening."

Pandora took a guess and said, "She was probably human back then…she's not anymore."

Natalya asked, "What is she?"

Pandora scratched the back of her neck. "She's what we in Hell call a rogue. She was born a human and did the ritual to become a demon. But, unlike my Father, she stopped halfway."

Not fully understanding, Eve asked, "How is that possible?"

Pandora shook her head. "I don't know. To be honest, I don't know a lot about rogues other than what I've heard from legends."

Gail then asked, "Then how do you know that she is one?"

Before Pandora could answer, they heard Damien's voice: "Simple." They turned and saw him leaning against the doorframe, chewing on a piece of salted meat. "The bitch knows what a rogue is because she's been taught to recognize the tingle that goes up a demon's spine whenever there's a rogue aura around." Pandora growled softly at being called a bitch as Damien continued. "You divas will have your hands full. Rogues are very dangerous."

Beth asked, "How do you know about rogues?"

Damien looked at her with numb eyes. "Centuries ago, hundreds of rogues were created to overthrow my dad. Needless to say, they failed and were killed off." He neglected to mention that the demon suspected of creating the rogues was his brother Tai. Before Pandora could ask why she had only heard part of the story, Damien said, "We decided to not mention what they were used for so that other demons wouldn't get any ideas."

Pandora raised her eyebrow. "Then why should we believe what you're saying about rogues?"

Damien glared at her and took off his jacket and shirt. Across his lower back were three long claw marks. "I'm one of the few demons who survived fighting a rogue. I've seen how dangerous they can be, especially ones like this with the power of gaze and shields." Pandora looked up, now understanding why the portal did not work, as Damien added, "And before you ask, no, I will not help you bitches."

Pandora sneered at Damien before facing the divas. "But I'll protect you girls. I wasn't able to get to Michelle but I can guarantee that no other diva will end up like her." When she said that, her tattoo pulsated softly with purple light.

Before the divas could react, Damien stood straight up. "Bitch, are you fucking insane? This isn't some lesser demon or a warrior! This is a rogue! Even I don't mess with rogues!"

Pandora smirked. "Proof that your creation made the right decision to choose me over you."

Damien growled and was about to punch Pandora in the mouth but the divas surrounded her. They clearly favored Pandora over him. Damien glared at them. "Fine. Listen to the bitch. But just you wait: all your bitches will fall victim to this rogue. As for your…so-called guardian, she'll be as helpless as ever." With that, he turned on his heel and left.

Pandora sighed and looked at the divas. "As you heard, this rogue has the power of shield. That will make things difficult but I will try my very hardest to make sure that everyone is safe." The divas were grateful to hear this; they decided that help despite obstacles was better than having no help at all.

Pandora was able to make back in time to join Edge in helping Christian win the World Heavyweight Championship. While she did not shut him out, it was obvious that there was tension between them.

That night, Pandora was dressed in her nightgown and brushing her hair in front of the mirror. Edge was on the bed and trying to make small talk. Still mad at him, the demoness ignored him. She planned on doing that the whole night but she looked up when he said, "You can't stay mad at me forever."

Pandora sighed and put down her hairbrush. "Shut up."

Edge groaned in frustration. "Can't you understand why I stopped you?"

Pandora turned around and crossed her arms and legs. "Fine. Explain it to me like I'm an idiot."

"You said very few have survived against a rogue. You think I was going to let you go out there and get killed?"

Pandora's eyes lowered. "Edge…I would have been all right…I'm sure…"

Edge stood up and looked at her. "We don't know that. I didn't want to take the chance."

She looked up at him. "Why? Why couldn't you? I could have saved Michelle…!"

Edge interrupted by saying, "And I could have lost my mate!" Pandora listened as Edge continued. "I wasn't about to let you go out there when I can't protect you anymore. I don't want your blood on my hands…especially when I can't help you."

Pandora's heart squeezed as she listened to him. Her anger melted and she took his hand. "Edge…you have to trust me. I'll be fine…and the divas need me." Before Edge could protest, the demoness continued. "Edge, it's because of you that I'm able to do this."

Edge was confused. "What are you talking about?"

Pandora smiled. "When you took me in last November, you helped me gain confidence and gave me the strength to do things on my own. Because of those things you gave me, I know I can do this." Before Edge could protest any further, Pandora added, "Besides, if I really get into trouble, Kane can help me. That's why you wanted him to watch over me, right?"

Edge had no choice but to agree with the mate. But he still had something else to add. "Just promise me something. If you face Kharma…don't die."

Pandora laughed and kissed Edge. "Don't worry. I'll be here to make you squirm in that special way."

While Pandora and Edge were busy in their room, Lacti down in Hell was worried about her daughter as well. But she knew that Pandora would not listen to her…so she decided to swallow her pride and talk to the Undertaker, who was in the second phase of healing. When she explained the situation and asked him to tell Pandora to abandon her feud, Undertaker refused. Lacti became furious with him until he explained that Pandora visited him when he woke up from the first phase and he saw himself how much she had grown in strength and confidence. He admitted that, as a Father, he was concerned since she was facing a rogue but he also had confidence that she could handle herself.

May 2

Backstage at RAW, Pandora was having her arms stretched by Kane. In her white dress, she was lying down on her stomach and Kane had his foot between her wings and was pulling her arms back. She looked up at him. "A little more."

Kane nodded and pulled her arms back a little more. "Any more…I'll rip them off."

Pandora chuckled. "I trust you. You won't hurt me."

Kane smirked. He then said, "Can't say the same for that rogue."

Pandora shrugged with her head. She told Kane when she arrived that she had elected herself the protector of the divas. Her uncle accepted her decision, believing that she could do this because of the demonic blood that ran in their family. After a minute, Kane let her get up and she smiled at him. "Thanks."

Kane nodded with a smirk. All of a sudden, they felt the familiar tingle go up their spines: Kharma was there. Forgetting that Kharma had the power of shields, Pandora tried to make a portal but was unable to. Kane himself tried as well but he could not make a portal as well. Giving up on the portals, Pandora started to run to the ring. While running, she reached out to Kelly Kelly and Maryse mentally and told them to run. The divas stayed silent; they were frozen, under the power of Kharma's gaze. Pandora prayed to the darkness that she would get there in time.

Pandora stopped when she reached a monitor and saw that she was too late: Kharma grabbed Maryse and gave the stuck-up diva the Implant Buster. Pandora glared and felt something build up inside of her, a power that she never knew she had…a power she inherited from her Father.

Immediately after Kharma started to laugh, a bell sounded and the arena went dark. People reacted in shock, for this usually meant that Undertaker was nearby. But the bell was different from what was usually heard when it came to the powerful demon; it was more high pitched and sounded more like a hand-held bell than a church bell. The bell rang again and the lights came back on, revealing the truth behind what happened.

Pandora was in the ring, crouching in front of Kelly Kelly. She was dressed in a similar outfit as she used to wear when she was Undertaker's valet. The only difference was that her shirt had spaghetti straps instead of being backless. Her eyes were white and she was hissing viciously at Kharma. Kharma glared at Pandora and stood up, seemingly about to attack Kelly Kelly as well. But the rogue instead left with a sadistic smile on her face. Pandora's eyes returned to normal as she and Kelly Kelly breathed a sigh of relief.

While Pandora was unable to unlock Maryse's soul that night, she was able to cast a spell on the diva that helped her wake up a week later.

After watching what happened, Edge and Pandora's parents felt better about the task that Pandora gave herself.

May 6

On SmackDown, Pandora was in her new outfit, having decided to wear it whenever she was not around Kane, and taking out her frustrations on a workout dummy. She was still upset that the spell was all she could do to help Maryse. Lilith was watching her while petting her demon snake Samael. "Pandora, you're about to take that thing's head off."

Pandora got in another kick to the dummy before glaring at her friend. "You'd be pissed too if you were in my situation."

Lilith rolled her eyes. "Come on. At least Maryse will wake up."

"Lilith, I should have been able to stop Kharma before she even got to Maryse."

"How could you have stopped her? You said yourself that you don't know when she's around until you feel the tingle."

Pandora sighed. Her friend had a point; Kharma had something that kept her from being sensed immediately. "If only there was some way to save the divas before she comes out."

Lilith smiled as Samael nuzzled her cheek. "But you saved Kelly Kelly; that's something. By the way, very impressive how you teleported out there. Your Father would be proud."

Pandora did not hear the last part. She smiled at the thought of saving her other best friend. Lilith rolled her eyes. She was tired of her friend being so obsessed with the rogue. So her friend broke her concentration by asking, "So what's it like…having mated with the Rated-R Superstar?"

Pandora blushed deeply and looked at Lilith. "What?"

Lilith grinned. "You heard me. How does it feel having Edge as a mate…and when am I going to get some nieces and nephews to spoil?

Pandora squeaked and threw her water bottle at Lilith. The human laughed as Samael caught the bottle in his mouth. Pandora was about to start yelling at Lilith for teasing her when she felt the spine tingle. Lilith saw the look on the demoness' face and figured it out. "She's here, isn't she?"

Pandora nodded and tried to teleport to the ring like she did Monday. But she was unable to for an unknown reason. The young demoness had no choice but to run to the ring. While on the move, she reached out to the two divas and mentally told them to both leave the ring and to not look into Kharma's eyes. She was able to connect with Layla, who followed the demoness' orders, but Pandora could not connect with Alicia Fox, which worried the demoness.

When Pandora finally reached the arena, she saw that Layla was running to the ramp but Alicia was still in the ring with Kharma. The demoness raced past the small diva but bounced off the shield that was around the ring. In that instance, Pandora realized why she could not teleport to the ring. The rogue learned her lesson on Monday and put up a second shield to ensure that Pandora would not interrupt her. Pandora glared at the grinning rogue and was then shocked by what happened next: Alicia kicked Kharma.

Kharma slowly looked at Alicia, who appeared to not be afraid. The human tried to kick again, only to be caught by the rogue. When she was caught, Alicia had a look of terror on her face and it was a look at Pandora had seen before during her school years. Alicia was not acting on her own accord when she attacked; she was being controlled by Kharma. The rogue implanted a command into Alicia's mind (most likely simply the word "attack") and Alicia was forced to follow the command.

Kharma knocked Alicia to the floor and then gave her the Implant Buster. Because of the shield around the ring, Pandora could do nothing but watch as Kharma sealed yet another soul. The demoness then remembered Layla and led her out of the arena. Like Monday, Pandora could only save one.

Backstage, Damien was watching and noticed the thought implant as well. He shook his head. "That's his handiwork…" Damien was talking about his brother Tai, the demon suspected of making the rogues hundreds of years ago. Tai had always managed to avoid being prosecuted because of his thought implant power. Seeing Kharma use that power proved to Damien that his brother was behind her creation…but he decided against telling Pandora.

Because of the thought implant, the lock on Alicia's soul was much stronger than usual; Pandora's spell had no effect on the red-haired diva.

May 9

That night, Pandora decided to take no chances: she was ringside with Eve and Kelly Kelly when they faced the Bella twins. That decision was smart on her part: Kharma came out almost immediately after Kelly Kelly and Eve won. Pandora got in front of them and glared at the rogue. In doing so, Pandora learned the answer to the riddle: while she could see Kharma, she did not feel the spine tingle until Kharma removed her shoulder pads. It was clear that the shoulder pads had a spell on them that masked the rogue aura.

As Kharma started to make her way to the ring, Eve told Pandora, "Go with Kelly Kelly. I'll distract her."

Pandora shook her head, still glaring at Kharma. "No. She'll lock your soul. I can't let that happen."

Eve knew that but was still determined. "Pandora, I'll be fine. Just save your friend."

As the Bellas escaped, Pandora hesitated until she heard HIS voice in her head. Do as she says.

Deciding to listen to both him and Eve, Pandora nodded at Eve, took Kelly Kelly's hand, and left the ring with her. Eve tried to attack while the rogue was distracted by the two escaping but Kharma turned and knocked Eve down. Kelly Kelly was scared and Pandora felt the urge to go back in and save Eve. But Kharma came out of the ring, about to go after Kelly Kelly, so Pandora ran out of the arena with Kelly Kelly. Kharma chased them for only a few seconds before deciding to finish the job with Eve.

Backstage, Pandora found a monitor in time to see Kharma give Eve the Implant Buster. The demoness' heart sank; she felt like she was not doing her job as protector properly. But she then saw something that gave her a ray of hope. Eve started to move, which made Kharma glare; Eve's soul was not sealed.

Later that night, Pandora studied rogues and found out why Eve did not become frozen. Rogues could only freeze souls of unwillingly victims. Eve was not such a victim; she was a willing sacrifice to ensure that Pandora and Kelly Kelly got away safely.

May 13

Pandora stayed by a monitor, watching Layla inform the audience about her injured knee. She wanted to be out there with her but Layla herself asked the demoness to not do so, wanting to be alone for this announcement. Pandora accepted her request but still said that she would be nearby in case Kharma showed up. As she watched Layla, Pandora lost interest when Michael Cole came out of his cell and started to disrespect Layla, Jerry Lawler, and the divas in general. Thanks to her drop of human, she assumed that Kharma would not show up since she only attacked divas when men were not in the ring. Ignoring Cole's words, Pandora turned around and noticed that there were two people in the room with her…two demons.

Looking to be about twenty in human years, the male demon looked like a warrior, with his eye patch and gruff look on his face. He was dressed in an all black outfit, covered with a long trench coat and decorated with thick chains. His dark blue hair lightly covered his yellow eye. His wings were black, crooked, and thin by comparison to Pandora's and Damien's. Despite not having a tail, he still reeked of the demon lord, signaling that he was a son of the Devil as Damien was. He was sitting in a chair and holding a demoness who looked like she was nine in human years. She was dressed in a dress that looked like a short version of a French maid's outfit. Her black stockings reached to the middle of her thigh and were coming out of simple black boots. She had on a black choker and pink earrings. Her wings were similar shape to Pandora's but the ends of them were longer than usual, almost as long as she was. Her shiny purple hair was pulled back into pigtails, almost making her look younger. She did have a tail, showing her relation to both the mysterious demon and Damien. Pandora locked eyes with the young demoness and felt herself freeze; it was clear that this demoness had the power of gaze. The demon chuckled and kissed the young demoness' neck. "Soon, Kai…" He then looked at Pandora. "You can't stop my creation."

Pandora tried to break free from the gaze but could not move. All the while, they could hear Cole run his mouth against everyone he hated. As soon as Cole said that the divas should not be in the company at all, Kharma's laughter sounded. Kai giggled in response, still gazing at Pandora. "She's here, Tai!"

Tai grinned as Pandora started to panic. Layla was in trouble and the protector was frozen, unable to help her. Just then, she heard her Father's voice in her head. Layla needs you…

Pandora gasped and escaped the room. Kai wanted to go after her but Tai kept her back. "Don't bother…we'll still get what we want."

Pandora kept running to the ring, hoping that she would get to the ring in time. All of a sudden, a portal appeared next to her, moving with her; she unconsciously made the portal. Though surprised that the portal worked, she nonetheless went through it. She appeared behind the ring at the same time that Kharma climbed up the ring. Pandora called out to Layla, getting her attention. The small diva turned to leave and Pandora got up on the ring. But Cole tripped Layla. Layla and Pandora's foreheads connected, knocking Pandora down to the floor.

When Pandora looked up, clutching her head in pain, she saw that Layla was in Kharma's clutches. The demoness was furious at Cole for tripping Layla as she watched helplessly as Layla was hit with the Implant Buster. Without thinking, Pandora crawled into the ring to at least try to get Layla away from the rogue but she noticed something unexpected. Layla was merely knocked out; her soul was not locked. The demoness took a peek up at Kharma…and saw her giving Cole a death glare. Pandora figured it out; Kharma did not lock Layla's soul and did not put up the shields because she was too angry at Cole for saying what he did about the divas. As Kharma started to chase Cole back to his cell, Pandora murmured, "Take him" and left with a revived Layla.

After discovering that Tai and Kai were gone, Pandora then remembered something about both of them: they were Damien's siblings. The demoness' anger grew and she stormed out, determined to find Damien and make him pay for keeping this piece of information a secret. She knew exactly where to find him too. Sure enough, she stormed into The Corre's locker room and found him there with two of his teammates, Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater.

As soon as Damien looked up, he was attacked by Pandora. She tackled him to the ground and started to slam his head into the floor. Damien tried to get her off of him but she remained in attack mode on top of him. Gabriel and Slater tried to get her off of him but were unable to do so. Pandora was in another place mentally and was unable to be reached until Barrett came in and easily pulled her off. "What's the meaning of this?"

Pandora hissed at Barrett as Damien sat up, spitting the blood out of his mouth. "Punish her."

Barrett smirked at that. While he was not a big fan of hurting girls, he would do it because Damien said it; that was the type of partnership that was between the Devil's son and the bare-knuckled fighter. Before Barrett could start, however, a portal formed behind them and pulled Pandora through it. Damien growled; he recognized the gloved hand as that of Kane's.

Having been dropped off at the divas' locker-room, Pandora was still fuming that the creators of Kharma were Damien's siblings and the first born neglected to say that. The divas did not know how to handle the demoness but Lilith had an idea. Coming up from behind, she wrapped her arms around Pandora, pinning her arms to her side. Pandora tried to fight but Lilith had a tight grip on her. After a few minutes, Pandora settled down and teleported herself to Edge. When the demoness was gone, Kaitlyn asked Lilith, "Where did you learn how to do that?"

Lilith looked at Kaitlyn. "Randy used to do that to me whenever I had an anxiety attack."

May 16

Not wanting a repeat of Layla, Pandora was at ringside when Kelly Kelly faced Brie Bella. While she was watching her friend, she had a sinking feeling that Kharma would come after her again. But there was something that bothered Pandora. Every time Kharma attacked, she always let Kelly Kelly get away. There had to be a reason why but she could not think of one. Before she could continue her thoughts, she was interrupted by Kelly Kelly winning. Smiling, Pandora joined her friend in celebrating and both were attacked by the bitter Bellas. The two friends tried to fend off the attackers but were unable to…until Kharma showed up.

Mad at the Bellas for attacking, Pandora crouched over Kelly Kelly, intent on protecting her friend. Kharma came to the ring, her eyes locked on Kelly Kelly. Pandora hissed at her but the rogue ignored the warning. She continued to come forward and Pandora tensed up, ready to attack. But Kharma was stopped by the Bellas. Overcome with pride, Brie hit the rogue, only to be pushed down like a pesky fly. Nikki tried to attack as well but was caught and given a slam and the Implant Buster. Brie left, feeling a cocktail of emotion. She was worried about her sister, scared of Kharma (who grinned sadistically at her while giving Nikki the Implant Buster) and mad at Pandora for not protecting them. She did not know that Pandora did not do so, not only because she was mad at them, but because she learned that Nikki would not be frozen because she was a twin; the Bellas had to be frozen together for it to work.

With the Bellas done with, Kharma turned her attention back to Pandora and Kelly Kelly, who was awake and terrified. As the rogue came forward, Pandora suddenly found that she could not breathe. Either Kharma or someone else was using a spell that was constricting Pandora's airway. She tried to protect Kelly Kelly but could not because of lack to air. As Pandora struggled to breathe, Kharma made Kelly Kelly stand up and looked her over. After flicking her blond hair, Kharma calmly removed her glove and merely flicked Kelly Kelly's forehead. When Kharma made contact, Pandora's airway was released. She gasped in needed air and coughed almost violently as Kharma left, laughing to herself. Kelly Kelly was shaken by what happened to both her and Pandora but was glad that they were all right.

Moments later, Pandora explained to the Bellas why Nikki did not get frozen and then warned them to not attack their protector again. The Bella rudely waved her off, saying that they did not need her.

May 23

That night, Pandora was breathing easy. After scaring Pandora and Kelly Kelly, Kharma was not heard from on either SmackDown or Over the Limit. Pandora was curious as to why but she was glad that the rogue was quiet. Because of that, Pandora decided to be at ringside of the eight diva tag match as a valet for her three friends, Beth, Eve (who gained the demoness' respect and friendship after what she did two weeks prior), and Kelly Kelly. She and the audience expected this to be a fun match. But it was not to be. Almost immediately after Kelly Kelly went on the attack of one of the Bellas, Kharma came out.

Pandora immediately stood in front of Kelly Kelly, not wanting a repeat of last week, as Beth got an idea: all eight would unite against the rogue. The human females agreed and set aside their differences to take on their common enemy. Kharma came into the ring, looking fearless, as the divas and Pandora (between Eve and Kelly Kelly) surrounded her. Then something completely unexpected happened. After realizing that she was surrounded…Kharma got down on her knees and broke down. Everyone in the ring and audience were stunned by this sudden change.

As the divas looked at Kharma, wondering if this was real or fake, Pandora heard an unknown female voice in her head. You have to help me. I did not want to do this. Pandora's head snapped up; it had to be Kharma's voice. Pandora took a step forward, which made the divas tense up, but the demoness held up her hand and said, "She's not acting." She then went next to Kharma and touched her shoulder. "Kharma…? Was that…?"

Pandora was then flooded with Kharma's confession: after she left her last wrestling job, she was approached by Tai. He sensed her bitterness towards female wrestlers and promised her the power to get back at them if she were to work for him. Seeing the charm in getting back at females like the duo she fought (The Beautiful People), she agreed and was turned into a rogue. She was then trained by Tai and learned what his mission for her was. Once she was in the WWE and established fear among the divas, she was to kidnap Kelly Kelly and bring her to Tai. He was going to switch her soul with Kai's, his little sister and lover, so that they could enjoy all the benefits of a relationship. In fact, last week, Kharma was supposed to take Kelly Kelly after her match while Tai choked Pandora into submission. But, when Kharma flicked Kelly Kelly's forehead, the diva's sweet spirit affected Kharma's human side and she was unable to follow through with her mission. She then went to Tai and attacked him; she almost attacked Kai but her humanity stopped her. Because of the betrayal and attack, Tai was determined to make her pay. For that reason, she needed help and protection.

After listening to the confession, Pandora knew that she was telling the truth and decided to help this rogue since she was being controlled by her creator. The high pitched bell sounded and the arena went dark. Seconds later, the bell tolled again and the lights came up. The eight divas were still in the ring…but Pandora and Kharma were gone.

When Kharma left with Pandora, Alicia and Michelle woke up from their frozen states.

Pandora teleported them to Undertaker's shack in Death Valley. It was the only place that she could think of that could provide Kharma with a place where she could not be found and for her to live in until either the threat against her life was gone or until Kharma was strong enough to fend off her creator. After getting mental permission from Undertaker to use his shack and putting a spell on the shack so that Kharma would have everything she needed to survive, Pandora and Kharma started to figure out a story that they could tell the WWE universe, since they would not understand Kharma's situation. Finally, the night before the next RAW, Kharma came up with an idea…

On RAW, Kharma appeared in the ring with Pandora by her side. Letting her human side take over, she told the audience that she had two dreams when she was little: one of them was to be a WWE diva, despite everyone, including Jim Ross, telling her that that dream was impossible because of her size. After hearing Ross' comment, she decided to start her training in Japan, training that she earned by scrubbing the floors of the dojos. After her training concluded, she went onto many wrestling promotions until WWE finally contacted her and gave her a job. But, as the audience found out, her first dream would have to be on hold for her second dream (the lie that she and Pandora made up): she wanted to be a mother and she would be since she was pregnant. But it was high risk so she had to take a hiatus. But she did vow to return…and the Bellas gave her another reason to come back. They came out and said that JR's comment was right. After a few more jabs about Kharma's weight, they then egged her on with the fact that Kharma could not attack them. When they started to talk insults to the "baby", Kharma and Pandora lunged forward, Pandora hissing. The Bellas ran to the opposite side of the ring as Kharma told them that she hoped that they would still be there when she came back since they gave her a new dream. Pandora then added to the Bellas, "And this time…I won't stop her." The Bellas knew they were safe for a year but dreaded the thought of the rogue returning and not having Pandora to protect them.