Chapter 26: Pipe-bomb
October 24-December 18, 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. Also, please be kind with this pairing and how I wrote the wrestler; I stressed over making it as real as possible. I just pray that you readers like this

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

October 24

After Pandora ended the call with Edge, she went to find CM Punk. She knew this would be a shot in the dark since he was the last person she saw herself aligning with. But he was ballsy enough to lay down pipe-bombs to Laurinaitis and she liked that about the human. Besides, her aligning with Punk would be a great way to stick it to the man who told her to stay an assistant or go home. After a few minutes of searching, she found him just outside the locker-room. Smirking, she went up to him and said, "Can I talk to you for a second?"

Punk looked at her and immediately said, "What, do you have an offer? Because you're not my type."

Pandora scrunched up her face at that statement and said, "I have an offer but not that kind, you pervert."

Punk closed the door, smirking. "What do you expect me to say when you basically wear clothes that show off your breasts? Even now in this outfit, you look like an assistant who wants to bang the boss to move up in the business."

Pandora stuck her chest forward to annoy him and said, "The offer I have is to be your valet for a while."

Punk laughed, annoying Pandora. The wrestler then said, "Why would I take you as a valet?"

Pandora growled a little. "Believe me, this was the last thing I expected, especially with our biggest difference."

Punk interrupted Pandora by saying, "You mean besides the fact that we're different species?"

Pandora sneered and said, "Yeah, I meant besides that. The big difference between you and me is that you're straight-edge and I'm not, by nature."

"Well, that's obvious. You're the one who mated with the Rated-R Superstar. Need I go on?" Before Pandora could respond, Punk said, "But really, tell me why I should let you be my valet. I'm intrigued."

Pandora smiled. "Well, you're currently feuding Del Rio, the only wrestler to have the hatred vow."

Punk raised his eyebrow. "So you want me to beat up the man you hate? I'm not your personal attack dog."

Pandora sighed, being very annoyed by the human. "How about this? I know what you want, the WWE Championship. I might be able to help you with that."

Punk shook his head, still not convinced. "I don't need your help to get the title. Look, you're wasting my time." He turned to go into the locker-room when Pandora said, "Make your valet so I can stick it in Laryngitis' face!"

Punk looked back at Pandora. He did not have to ask the demoness who she was talking about. Seeing that he was paying attention, she said, "He wants me to go away, to be safe. That's a big insult to give to the daughter of the Undertaker. I know you and I are as different as night and day but we both agree on one thing: we hate Laryngitis and think he's pulling strings to screw you over. Just let me be your valet until someone from my family comes back…if anything, to piss off Laryngitis."

Punk looked at her and asked, "You really hate him, don't you?" With Pandora's nod, he smirked and said coolly, "You know, you could have said so in the first place."

Pandora glared at him, making his smirk grow. But he did say, "Fine, you can join me for a while."

Pandora grinned and blurted, "Nice to be around someone who has potential."

Punk opened the door to leave. "Of course I have championship potential. I'm the best in the world."

Pandora rolled her eyes and turned to get her things. "No, I meant potential to be a demon…even though it's wasted."

That caught Punk's attention as he headed into the locker-room. "Wasted potential? To be demonic?"

Pandora stuck her head in. "We're not straight edge. That's why your demonic potential is a waste."

Punk started to pack, his back to her. "What makes you think I want to be anything like you?" Pandora flipped him off and used a portal to get her things. She knew that being around Punk would be rocky; in fact, she suspected that they might spend a lot of their free time bickering like this. But she was willing to put up with it if it meant staying in the business and sticking it to Laurinaitis.

October 28

Pandora did not reveal herself to be Punk's valet (using the outfit she debuted at Vengeance) until they went to Smackdown to shut Christian up. People were shocked that the straight edge pipe-bomber and the daughter of the Phenom had joined forces but they quickly learned that the two had chemistry; Pandora seemed to carry the same attitude as Punk and was at ease with said attitude. After insulting Christian a few times (which made Pandora laugh since Christian was not the same man she once met), Punk ended up suggesting and having a match with Christian (with Del Rio at ringside in the middle of the match) and won, after Sheamus and Lilith chased Rodriguez away and distracted Christian. Punk and Pandora celebrated their victory together, not realizing that them being together made a certain demon in Hell react in a way she never expected.

In Hell, Lacti, Venom, and Venoma were at the bar, watching Smackdown. Even though there were no demons on the show, it was still fun to watch…except when Christian was bitching and moaning. While he was on, all the demons in the bar chatted over their drinks until Punk's music started. About half the patrons, Lacti and friends included, reacted positively; Hell was divided on Punk because of his stunt with the SES and him looking like the leader of the enemy religion. But everyone got a big shock when they saw that Pandora was with Punk. Venoma was the first to speak up. "Since when have those two been partners?"

Venom shook his head. "I don't know. It's definitely a shock."

Lacti nodded and took a sip of her drink. She took a look at her daughter's face and grimaced a little. "I think Punk's rubbing off on her."

Venom looked and laughed. "Yeah, it looks like it. Damn, they look like siblings with those attitudes."

Venoma laughed at that idea but Lacti said nothing. She seemed to have something on her mind. The twins took no notice as Punk started to lay down his pipe-bombs on Christian, with Christian trying and failing to diffuse them. The pro-Punk demons loved how he was pissing off the whiny wrestler. When Punk got his match with Christian, Venoma looked at Lacti and flicked her forehead. "Wake up. What's wrong with you?"

Lacti jumped a little. "Nothing. Just…thinking."

Venom, being nosy, asked, "Thinking about what? Tell us."

Lacti shook her head. "No. This is one secret that I will never reveal."

Venoma gave Lacti a look. "Come on, you really think you can keep your secrets? Pandora eventually found out."

Lacti glared at her. "I only told him because he got her in a situation where she was kidnapped. If that hadn't happened, I would not have told him."

Venoma retorted, "They would have found out eventually."

Lacti took another sip. "This secret is not like that. This is much more ground-shattering."

Venoma wanted to ask Lacti some more but the demoness shut herself off and the show continued. They continued to watch until the main event. Everyone in the bar was cheering for Punk; those who did not like Punk cheered for him because they hated Christian even more. When Punk won and Pandora celebrated with him, Lacti looked at the screen and squinted her eyes a little. "What the hell…?"

Venom looked at Lacti. "What?"

When there was a close-up shot for Punk and Pandora, Lacti looked shocked and paled as she dropped her drink. "No…it's impossible…"

Venoma raised her eyebrow. "What is it?"

Still looking at the screen, Lacti asked, "What's Punk's birth name?"

Venom raised her eyebrow as well. "Phil Brooks. Why?"

Something clicking in her mind, Lacti looked overwhelmed with emotions as the show ended. As demons started to leave the bar, the twins looked at Lacti. Venom asked, "What the hell is wrong with you?"

Lacti said nothing. She got up and started to leave, still looking emotional, but Venom shot up and grabbed her arm. "Hang on! You need to answer me!"

Lacti turned around and punched Venom in the mouth. She then left in a huff. While she was used to seeing him getting hit, Venoma was shocked at Lacti's actions. "What the hell was that?"

Venom rubbed his mouth a little and murmured, "Hell if I know."

Later that night, Lacti looked at old videos of Punk when he had longer hair and nodded in shock. "There's no question…how could I be so blind?"

October 31

Halloween night, Punk and Pandora both came out dressed in characters that no one expected them to dress up as. Punk had on his ring attire but he replaced his "Best In The World" shirt with a shirt that was worn by the character Jack Burton. Since she was with a man who was contradictory to what Laurinaitis wanted and to his demonic potential, Pandora decided to embody contradictory: she dressed up as an angel. She knew it would be a shock to Hell but she also knew that she could do it since she had a drop of humanity in her. Her wings spray-painted white, she wore a backless white leotard that looked like it was made out of a long ribbon, long, white, metallic, fingerless gloves, knee-high, high-heeled, white boots, and had her hair down and pushed back with a white tiara. As they headed to the ring, Pandora murmured, "You do realize a lot of people don't get the shirt?"

Punk murmured back, "You do realize you look like a slut, right?"

Pandora rolled her eyes as they entered the ring. As Mark Henry appeared, Pandora shuddered. "Good luck."

Punk prepped himself and told her coolly, "Don't worry about me. Be more worried about a fan kidnapping you to a hotel room."

Pandora smacked Punk's arm and went to ringside. After Laurinaitis came out and explained that Punk could face Del Rio for the WWE Championship if he beat Mark Henry. Pandora sneered. "In other words, you made it impossible."

Punk gave Pandora a look but he was still concerned about his opponent. During the match, it was very clear that Punk was at the disadvantage against the World Heavyweight Champion but he was still able to hold his own. Pandora noticed that and cheered for Punk…until Del Rio and Rodriguez came. Since they spoke in Spanish, Pandora paid no attention to them…until Rodriguez came into the ring at Del Rio's orders and attacked Mark Henry, disqualifying Punk. Pandora and Punk were furious and attacked their enemies viciously until Rodriguez broke away from Pandora and pulled Punk off of his boss. After Del Rio left his ring announcer to the wolves, Punk and Pandora looked at Rodriguez and Pandora hissed, "Let's rip him apart."

Punk pushed Pandora away. "No, got a better idea."

Pandora was confused until Punk threw Rodriguez to Mark Henry. Del Rio was very upset by what he saw but did not have much time to seethe: Punk and Pandora gave chase to the Champion. They were unable to find him. Pandora growled and punched the wall. "That bastard! I can't believe he did that!"

Punk was seething and went to find Laurinaitis. Pandora followed but Punk stopped her. "No, stay here. I need him alive, as boring and untalented as he is, so I can get my championship match."

Pandora glared. "That illness needs to get a piece of my mind!"

Punk covered her mouth. "Just sit your fallen butt down and don't move." He quickly removed his hand since Pandora licked it in her anger. But she did stay behind as Punk went to find Laurinaitis. After a few minutes, Pandora simmered a little and called Edge, putting it on speaker so her tiara would not get messed up. Edge picked up right away and said, "Damn, you look sexy tonight."

Pandora giggled, already forgetting her anger. "You like the outfit?"

"Damn straight. You need to get your sexy ass home as soon as the show is done. I'm craving candy."

Pandora grinned. "I see. So you want the candy you can't get in the store, huh?"

Edge chuckled with lust. "Oh yeah. There's only one candy I crave and I'm talking to her right now."

Pandora giggled until she heard gagging. Recognizing the voice, she glared at Punk. "Do you mind?"

Punk smirked and gagged some more. He knew it was pissing her off and that was fun to him. Edge asked, "Who is that?"

Pandora answered, "Mr. I'm-Dressed-As-A-Character-From-A-Bad-80s-Movie." Punk gave one more gag, making Pandora roll her eyes and tell Edge, "I'll be home soon." Ending the call, she looked at Punk. "You're a jerk, you know that?

Punk smirked some more and asked, "Then why do you hang around?"

Pandora smirked back. "Because we both want to piss off Laryngitis. Speaking of lung disease, what did he say?"

Punk told Pandora, "I'll get a championship match."

Pandora almost smiled but assumed that Laurinaitis had a trick up his sleeve. "What's the catch?"

Punk nodded his head to the side and said, "Del Rio has to agree to give it to me."

Pandora grimaced. "That's not going to happen."

Punk gave Pandora a look and said, "Oh, he'll agree to give me the match. You see…I won't give him a choice." Pandora smirked evilly at that.

Punk was right: after Del Rio was knocked out by Big Show, Punk and Pandora came to the ring and, after waking the champion with water, Punk told Del Rio that he was going to ask him if he could have a championship match…and he revealed that he would ask Del Rio while having him in the Anaconda Vice and would not let go until he said yes to the match. Pandora smirked at Punk's admission. When Punk put his enemy in the Anaconda Vice, both he and Pandora yelled in his face, demanding that Punk get the match at Survivor Series. Del Rio tried to resist but he eventually agreed to give Punk the match, which got Punk to let go. Punk tried to tell the audience the answer but his microphone shorted out from Pandora's powers. Punk playfully glared at Pandora, who blushed with embarrassment and shrugged. Getting a new microphone, he told the audience that he had a match at Survivor Series and the duo proudly left the arena, both getting what they wanted.

After the show concluded, Lacti turn off the show and sat on her couch. Her head was still reeling at what she discovered last Friday. Not only was she shocked at the discovery, she was shocked at herself for not seeing it sooner since she was a fan of Punk and always watched him closely. Despite her knowing the truth now, she was determined to never let it out. As she started to get up, she heard a clatter in her room. Thinking it was one of her many lovers, she rolled her eyes and started up the stairs. "Cya, I told you to come tomorrow."

There was no answer. Curiosity peaked, she gingerly opened the door and yelped at the sight. Venom was on her bed, reading a very old diary of hers. He calmly looked up. "Oh, hi. Show over?"

Lacti stormed in and snatched the diary away from him. "Where did you get this?"

Venom smirked and held up a small key. "You need to find a better hiding place for this."

Lacti growled and locked the diary up in its drawer. "How much did you read?"

Venom shrugged. "I just flipped through it…" Lacti sighed in relief until Venom added, "…until I came to the last passage."

Lacti glared at Venom. "I swear to the darkness, if you tell anyone…"

"What are you so scared of? Things aren't like what they were back then."

Lacti looked away. "I'm sorry…but I've kept this secret all this time. I will keep that up since you and I are two of four people who know."

Venom looked up. "So they know."

Lacti nodded, knowing who Venom was talking about. "Yeah, they know and they're sworn to secrecy too…and so are you."

The following week was a simple but painful one for Punk and Pandora. After the two wrestlers insulted each other, Del Rio tried to get Punk to change his mind about challenging him for the belt since he was a "loser" in the elitist's eyes. Punk adamantly refused and, with help from Pandora, attacked Del Rio and then Rodriguez. Later that night, Punk and Pandora found Laurinaitis and Otunga and stated that Punk would become the next WWE Champion. After hearing Otunga insult Punk by comparing him to a gas station attendant, the pipe-bomb duo attacked Otunga, only to be viciously attacked by Del Rio. The elitist was eventually pulled off of them but they were still in pain from being attacked.

November 14

This show provided the duo with someone new to drop pipe-bombs on and it was someone that everyone hated. After weeks of delay, Cole and JR would finally have the Michael Cole Challenge with their careers on the line. As JR came to the ring, Pandora looked at Punk as they watched. "Ten bucks Cole's going to make sure that he wins."

Punk looked at Pandora. "I'm not gambling on something that's obvious."

Pandora shrugged a little and watched the monitor again. Even though Pandora would have liked the ten dollars, she knew that Punk was right; everyone knew that Cole was pathetic and would undercut JR to ensure that JR would lose. After revealing that there were three challenges and all had to be won by JR in order for him to get his job back, Cole revealed that the first was an arm-wrestling contest. Cole then started to take his time with prepping, making Pandora look at her imaginary watch. "Only a few minutes and it's already too much."

Punk agreed and added, "I didn't know that Cole could make himself look like a bigger idiot than he already is."

Pandora sniggered as the arm wrestling contest was over and done with in less than a second with JR winning. The pipe-bomb duo immediately started to laugh at Cole and then rolled their eyes when Cole claimed (after much stuttering) that he only lost because of JR's breath. Pandora looked at Punk. "How did you manage to tolerate him when you were commentating?"

Punk simply said, "I have my ways."

The second challenge then started and it was one that Cole said that he was undefeated in: it was a dance-off and Cole was so confident, he was going to let the audience vote. Punk groaned. "Can this get any more painful?"

Pandora pinched the bridge of her nose as Cole started to do a scarf dance. "It just did. Damn, this is pathetic even for him."

Punk said, "Don't compare pathetic people with Michael Cole; it's an insult to them."

JR then did his own dance and it was a rump-shaking dance. Pandora and Punk started to laugh again but this was a good laugh this time. Punk said, "That's awesome."

Pandora nodded between laughs. But the good time came crashing down when Cole unveiled the third challenge: a who weighs less competition. Pandora groaned and covered her eyes. "Man, this is painful."

Punk said nothing; he started to leave, grabbing a microphone on the way. "Time to stop this." Pandora immediately started to follow her friend, muttering "About time."

As Cole started to celebrate his victory, Punk and Pandora came out, infuriating Cole who started to yell at them for interrupting his moment. Punk immediately started to make pipe-bombs, making Pandora grin at each one. Punk opened with telling Cole that his time was up since it became painfully obvious that Cole was not going to give JR a fair shot. Punk did add that JR dancing was the only thing that was not a waste of time and, after pointing out all the things that JR is compared to Cole, Punk said that JR was a better announcer than Cole, which every wrestling fan, human and demonic, agreed with. But those things were already known, which made the challenge a waste of time. Because of that, Punk wanted Cole to leave since the fifteen fame minutes were up.

Cole was getting annoyed but Punk was not through. He stated that RAW was getting unbearable thanks to Laurinaitis, Del Rio, and Cole, especially since Cole's voice made people want to fast-forward and he was already making the three-hour episode seem like six. After all, Punk wanted to make RAW entertaining and would do every single job there was to make it as good as it could be…but there was one thing he could do right now. Pandora grinned as Punk said that he would take the spotlight off Cole. But Punk was interrupted by Laurinaitis, making the pipe-bomber say, "Speaking of untalented…"

Pandora could not resist: "Don't compare untalented people with Laryngitis; it's an insult to them."

Ignoring the insults, Laurinaitis revealed that his Twitter (which he bragged had 38,000 followers) wanted to see the challenge from start to finish. Without realizing it, Punk and Pandora said at the same time, "Well, screw you and your 38,000 Twitter followers."

Down in Hell, Lacti paled at the two saying the statement together. Venom grinned and wanted to tease Lacti but she pinched his lips shut.

Waving off what the duo said, Laurinaitis claimed that he cared about both his Twitter followers and the WWE Universe and then made a match that he believed the fans wanted to see: Big Show and CM Punk vs. Mark Henry and Alberto Del Rio. After Laurinaitis left, Cole, feeling very full of himself, mocked Punk and his pipe-bombs and then demanded an apology. While Cole made his demands, Punk looked at the camera with a look that said "can you believe this bastard?" Pandora said, "Cole, I'd back up if I were you." But she was grinning, waiting to see what Punk would do to the jerk.

Punk did not disappoint: after a beat, he head-butted Cole, knocking him down. Pandora grinned down at him. "Don't say I didn't warn you."

The duo then sprang for Cole. Punk locked in the Anaconda Vice and yelled apologies while Pandora (with a sadistic grin on her face) sat next to the two and held the microphone to Cole, letting the audience hear his parrot-like screams. The two then backed away from Cole and Pandora said to the audience, "He screamed like a bitch!"

Punk mouthed another sarcastic apology as Pandora dropped the microphone to the ground and the two left, very proud that they reduced Cole into a crumbled mess in the ring.

The tag team match was not a pretty sight, especially since Del Rio attacked Punk and Pandora prior to the match. Pandora tried to heal Punk's arm but he brushed her away, saying he did not need help. The match itself was chaos with Big Show and Punk battling their rivals. In the end, Punk tried to give Del Rio an aerial attack but Mark Henry pushed the elitist out of the way and gave Punk the World's Strongest Slam. Big Show attacked Henry and their brawl went to ringside where they knocked each other out. Taking advantage, Del Rio pinned Punk for the win. Feeling her hatred grow, Pandora tried to attack Del Rio but he knocked her out with an enzuigiri. He then gave Punk a vicious cross armbreaker, almost breaking his arm, but was chased out by Big Show. Pandora came to but the duo was still in a lot of pain. The audience just hoped that that was not the future that was awaiting them at Survivor Series.

Once Pandora got home and showered, she was putting on her nightgown when she heard Lacti's voice coming from the mirror, "Are you all right?"

Pandora looked at the mirror and Lacti. "Yeah, I'm fine. I've had worse hits during my training."

Lacti then asked a very surprising question: "How's Punk? Is he all right?"

Pandora raised her eyebrow at Lacti. "You actually want to know how a human is feeling? Is it snowing at home?

Lacti gave Pandora a look. "Watch your mouth. Punk's rubbing off on you."

Pandora smirked and shrugged. "I guess. But answer me: since when have you cared about a human?"

Lacti shrugged. "Well…I am a fan of Punk."

Pandora sensed that there was something else behind Lacti's question. "He's fine. Mom, are you hiding something?"

Lacti answered by ending the conversation. Pandora tried to make contact again but the connection would not go through.

At Survivor Series, the match went back and forth between Punk and Del Rio, with Pandora and Rodriguez cheering for their respected wrestlers. The two men were intent on destroying each other with the WWE Championship being the icing on the cake. Towards the end, Del Rio locked in the armbreaker and Punk almost tapped out but managed to wriggle to the ropes, breaking the hold. Punk tried to hit the GTS but Del Rio got away and pushed his opponent to Rodriguez, who was supposed to attack Punk. But Punk reacted too quickly and kicked Rodriguez down, right into another kick to the head by Pandora. Punk then gave Del Rio a roundhouse kick and immediately locked in the Anaconda Vice on the down elitist. Del Rio tried to get Punk to break the lock by clawing his face. But Punk kept his submission lock locked on his opponent and Del Rio finally gave up and tapped out. Pandora immediately cheered for her comrade and joined him and the fans in the celebration. Every fan knew that a new era had been born.

Later that night, Pandora came home to celebrate, only to find the house empty. After looking for Edge, she found a note that explained that he was away on a long hiking trip to think over a few things and told Pandora not to worry. Knowing how much her mate loved to be alone in the nature, she arranged for the dogs to be taken care of by a neighbor and went to her apartment in Hell, where she planned to stay until Edge got back.

November 21

The next night, the pipe-bomb duo opened the show, showing off their new belts. Punk was very proud to be the new WWE Champion and Pandora had coral-colored cummerbund with gold designs and demon gold coins dangling from it. Once they were at the ring, they absorbed the cheers before Punk started to recall the time when he was a kid and his teacher asked the students what they wanted to be when they grew up. After listing off a few jobs that were mentioned, he looked at Pandora. "What did you want to be when you were young?"

Pandora answered truthfully: "Not my mom."

Punk smirked, seizing the opportunity. "You mean the demon with the mattress strapped to her back?"

Pandora nodded, not fazed by the insult since she knew it was a true statement. "Yeah, her."

Punk said that he wanted to be a professional wrestler and he pointed out that he said that and not sports entertainer. He then said that, as a wrestler who started from the bottom and worked his way up in an industry that he watched all his life, it was a special thing to go into MSG and walk out the WWE Champion as himself. He then promised that the Championship would not be passed around like crazy as it had for some time since it was where it belonged, with the Best in the World. Pandora smiled and applauded for her friend when he stuck it in the company's face that he was now the new face of WWE.

They then got comfortable and sat down. Punk reminded the audience that he told Del Rio that he would make the Championship interesting again and that he wanted to be an agent of change in the WWE. One thing he wanted to change was the absence of the WWE ice cream bars. Pandora rolled her eyes. "Punk, drop that. It's November; no one eats ice cream in the winter."

Punk smirked and pointed to a sign that had a WWE ice cream bar on it. With Pandora rolling her eyes, Punk pointed out one more thing he wanted to change: making Interim RAW General Manager John Laurinaitis the Former RAW General Manager. Pandora nodded. "Yes, the sooner the better."

Punk looked at her. He hated whenever she made comments like that after him. "Shut up."

Pandora sneered. "Screw you."

Punk turned away from her. "Not interested." Before she could retort, Punk tried to explain why he wanted to remove Laurinaitis but Laurinaitis interrupted him. Ignoring the duo's glares and the audience's boos, Laurinaitis suggested that he and Punk could have a professional relationship since they wanted the same thing (what's best for the WWE Universe). After congratulating Punk, he told the Champion that he did not understand why Punk had a problem with him. Punk responded with, "I legitimately couldn't hear a word you were saying. It has a lot to do with them telling you that you suck."

Pandora snickered. "You didn't miss anything. Laryngitis never says anything important these days."

Punk then told Laurinaitis that, unlike Vince McMahon (who was open about being a greedy, money-grubbing, soulless bastard), Laurinaitis was a typical middle manager or a comedy-less Bill Lumbergh: all Laurinaitis wants to do is smile and undermine people like Punk and keep his bosses happy, whether that be giving the bosses the champion they wanted or calling the fans a Universe. Punk then dropped a huge pipe-bomb by saying that, unless Laurinaitis could prove himself to be an agent of change, he was nothing more than a poor excuse for a middle management, soul-sucking, douchebag, stooge. Pandora winced and laughed at the same time. "Well done, Punk. Best pipe-bomb yet."

Laurinaitis immediately retorted that he was upper management, which made Punk and Pandora laugh. The GM then said that he did have a wild side and could be dynamic; he just did not show it off the way that Punk did. Instead, he decided to show it by making Del Rio's rematch for the WWE Championship the next week. Punk directly challenged it by suggesting that they have it immediately. Laurinaitis said that he could not do so since he was going to have a Champion vs. Champion match against Dolph since Laurinaitis believed that that was what the audience wanted since McMahon once told him that, if he thought like the audience, he would never go wrong.

Pandora rolled her eyes as Punk called the match stupid and said it was not the match that the audience wanted. Punk pointed out that Laurinaitis did not listen to the audience and that Punk vs. Dolph was not the match they wanted. The audience agreed as a familiar chant rose up through the arena: "We Want Ryder!" Punk agreed and told Laurinaitis what the audience wanted.

Laurinaitis said that Zack already had a match against Del Rio and pointed out that neither Zack nor Punk could defeat Dolph. Leaving the ring with Pandora, Punk stated that he would not only beat Dolph tonight, he would beat Del Rio the next week and then threatened in a veiled tone to beat some sense into Laurinaitis. Punk and Pandora smirked and left.

Punk made good on his promise: while Dolph put up a hell of a fight, Punk defeated Dolph. But as they headed to the locker-rooms, they missed a promo…for someone that Pandora knew very well.

Alone in a locker-room (since the divas had a night off), Pandora packed up her bag and was looking forward to hanging out with Hornesta. Just as she finished packing, Lilith came in with Samael following behind her. "Hey. Want to hang out tonight?"

Pandora smiled. "Wish I could but I already got plans with my friend Hornesta."

Lilith nodded. "All right. By the way, you got a mark on your face."

Pandora touched her face. "I do?" She moved to the mirror and then looked back at Lilith. "Where?"

Lilith pointed under her right eye. Pandora looked back but did not see her reflection. Instead, she saw black. She leaned forward a little and saw a familiar face slowly emerge from the darkness. Pandora's face fell; she recognized it as Kane but it looked like he was in pain and full of negative emotion. Two seconds later, the mirror shattered with a loud crash. Pandora managed to jump back before she got hurt by the glass. Lilith jumped and Samael coiled, ready to protect his mistress. Lilith looked at her demonic friend. "What the hell was that?"

Pandora looked at Lilith. The demoness was both frightened and worried. Lilith took a step forward. "Pandora, what is it?"

Pandora said three words: "Kane's unhinged again."

The following week, Punk and Del Rio battled for the belt in a match where Del Rio, Otunga, and Laurinaitis believed that Del Rio would get the belt since it was decided that Punk would lose the belt if he got himself intentionally disqualified. During the match, Del Rio decided to make it look like Punk was disqualifying himself. After telling Ricardo a few instructions in Spanish, Del Rio kicked Punk harder than usual and then, as Charles was checking on Punk, went to work on trying to take off the protective turnbuckle cover. Charles caught him and reprimanded Del Rio, putting the cover back on. Del Rio's chance had come: Ricardo tossed Del Rio a chair and Del Rio used the same trick that Eddie Guerrero used years ago, hitting the ground with the chair and tossing it to Punk. Unfortunately for Del Rio, Punk knew the same trick: he tossed the chair back and threw himself on the ground, acting like he had been hit. Charles turned around and saw Punk down and Del Rio tossing the chair away. Not knowing it was an old trick, Pandora went along with it, screaming at Del Rio for using a chair. Charles almost disqualified Del Rio but Punk tried to quickly pin Del Rio but he kicked out. After a vicious attack on Punk by Del Rio, Charles was distracted by Ricardo yelling at him for not counting fast enough. While this happened, Del Rio noticed that the turnbuckle had fallen off. Seizing the opportunity, he tried to smash Punk's face into the exposed turnbuckle but Punk smashed Del Rio's face into it instead and immediately pinned Del Rio for the win. Ricardo tried to argue with Charles about the win and Pandora and Punk defended the Champion until Punk got tired of the arguing and hit Ricardo with the GTS. Punk and Pandora believed that they would have the belt for a while but Laurinaitis was not done with them.

On December 5th, John Cena, Del Rio, Dolph, and Miz all presented reasons why they should become the #1 contender for Punk's championship (Cena wanted to challenge Rock for the belt at their Wrestlemania match, Del Rio felt cheated after last week's match, Dolph felt that he deserved it because of who he was, and Miz thought he deserved it since he took out two other wrestlers). Laurinaitis came out and said that he would give all four wrestlers a shot: they would face a wrestler from Smackdown and, if they won, would battle Punk at TLC. Miz defeated Randy via count-out thanks to Barrett and Damien, Del Rio made Daniel tap out, Cena defeated Zack but gave up his spot to give Zack a chance at the US Championship, and Dolph lost to Sheamus after Zack distracted him. At the end of the show, the three participants had the contract signing, which Punk and Pandora wanted to get out of the way so they could attack the contenders. Laurinaitis was determined to keep it civil and revealed that the belt would be defended in a Triple Threat TLC match. After learning the type of match, Miz and Del Rio made their threats to Punk and Punk gave them pipe-bombs in return. After the contract was signed, the pipe-bomb duo was ready to fight but Laurinaitis had a better idea: take a picture. The duo could not believe how boring this was and immediately went on the attack which left Miz and Del Rio in a crumbled mess. Punk was determined to keep his belt past this match and Pandora was determined to stay with Punk as long as possible since he was a lot more fun than she expected…but she was sadly mistaken.

December 12

It was the Slammy Awards and the night was a roller coaster for Pandora and Punk. Punk was waiting for Pandora to show up after the first three awards were given out. Seconds later, he felt a hand on his shoulder and rolled his eyes. "Don't touch me."

Pandora groaned and brought her head into view. "How'd you know it was me?"

"Who else touches me like that?"

Pandora ignored him and came into full view. She was wearing a strapless, floor-length, mermaid-style red dress. Her gown flowed out from her hips and had an opening on the side, showing off her legs and silver shoes. She smiled. "What do you think?"

Punk gave her a blank look. "You're asking the wrong man."

Pandora's wings fluttered with annoyance. "Well, Edge is still on his trip so answer the damn question."

Punk answered with a pipe-bomb: "You look like a young movie actress who's trying to impress a studio with her looks because she can't act."

Pandora glared at him. "You're a jerk, you know that?"

Punk smirked. "You knew what you were getting into when you became my valet." Before Pandora could protest (even though she knew he was right), they heard that the Pipe Bomb Of The Year award was about to be given. Punk stood up and started to head to the entrance. "I'm going to win this award."

Pandora followed him. "How do you know that?"

Punk smirked. "Why else would they name an award after me?"

Pandora agreed as Punk suddenly stopped and pulled out a mannequin with a blond wig and an old shirt on. Pandora cringed. "What the hell is that?"

Punk did not answer as it was revealed that Punk did indeed win the award. They came out, Pandora greatly embarrassed by the mannequin. They came up to the podium and, while Punk was making the mannequin stand, Pandora quickly told the audience, "Don't ask me what he's doing. I have no idea and I am really embarrassed to be around something like that."

With the mannequin now standing, Punk brushed Pandora aside and put his arm around it. After doing a parody acceptance speech, he then laid down a huge but funny pipe-bomb. He said that he wanted to promote someone backstage who was not getting the recognition he deserved. Pandora looked at Punk with a puzzled look as Punk described the man he was talking about: he works hard, should be in the spotlight like Punk was, deserved his own honor…and was like the mannequin: boring, bland, has no human characteristics, honor, pride, intelligence, and was anatomically correct (that is, nothing below the belt). Pandora started to put the pieces together as Punk revealed a tribute to Laurinaitis.

Pandora busted up laughing as the video played, showing Laurinaitis' wrestling and current job. Even Punk was quietly laughing at the tribute before revealing that Laurinaitis was not there to accept his "award" and Punk accepted it on his behalf. As the duo left, Pandora was still laughing.

Once back stage, Punk left to get ready for his match and Pandora tried to follow but a stagehand stopped her. "Excuse me, Pandora, but you're one of the two presenters for the next award."

Pandora raised her eyebrow. "What award is that?" After hearing that it was the Divalicious Moment of the Year, she nodded and asked, "Who's the co-presenter?"

Before the stagehand could respond, they heard a female voice. "So we finally meet."

Having heard her voice from clips, Pandora slowly turned around. Her eyes widened at the sight. "Lita?"

Lita smiled. "Nice to meet you, Pandora." Pandora smiled softly, still jealous of what Lita and Edge tried to do on live TV. Lita came forward and held out her hand. "I've been watching you. Edge chose well."

Hearing that from Edge's infamous ex, Pandora smiled and took her hand. She then had an idea. "Want to really surprise the audience?" Lita listened.

After the commercial, the announcer revealed that Lita would be the presenter for Divalicious Moment of the Year, surprising everyone. After greeting the audience, Lita said, "You think this is a surprise? You ain't seen nothing yet. Please welcome my co-presenter, a girl whom I have so much in common with…"

As the audience wondered what she was talking about, the current single to the gothic rock band sounded. Everyone knew who that was attached to and Pandora confirmed it when she came out. She was all smiles as she joined Lita's side as the audience was pleasantly surprised that Edge's current and ex lover shared the stage. Lita opened with pointing out that her own career had divalicious moments, like winning the Women's Championship on RAW, being a part of TLC matches, and meeting Pee-Wee Herman. Pandora could not resist. "Let's not forget your more famous divalicious moment…a moment I am very jealous of, especially since I couldn't replicate it on this show."

With half the audience knowing what she was talking about, Lita smiled. "Well, at least you get to enjoy him now. You know, I know some tips that can make Edge really go wild, if you know what I mean." She then gave a wink, making the same half go wild.

Pandora giggled. "Please, I can make him wild in my own way, ways you can't even dream of." Lita shrugged and was about to present the nominations when Pandora blushed and quickly said, "But tell me the tips after the show."

The audience laughed and cheered as Lita shook her head with amusement and presented the nominations for Divalicious Moment of the Year.

Pandora was proud that her friend Kelly Kelly won the award and was even prouder when she slapped Beth Phoenix when the Diva's Champion and Natalya tried to interrupt Kelly Kelly's moment but the demoness was secretly disappointed that Kharma did not get the award.

Later that night, Pandora (dressed in her ringside outfit, which made her feel happy since Lita recognized the trench coat) joined Lilith at ringside to cheer on Punk and Randy as they battled Miz and Del Rio. It was a vicious fight but it ended very ugly. After escaping from Miz's clutches and giving the arrogant wrestler a kick to the head, Punk tried to make the tag to Randy but Randy never got to connect the tag…because Barrett and Damien ran in from the crowds. As Del Rio pulled Punk back, Damien punched out Lilith and Samael and Barrett pulled Randy down, making him hit the edge of the ring. Now alone, Punk tried to hit the GTS but Miz wriggled out and gave Punk the Skull-Crushing Finale, winning the match. Pandora ran in and tried to heal Punk…not realizing what a fatal mistake that was.

Once Randy and Lilith left to find Barrett and Damien, Del Rio and Miz realized that they had the duo right where they wanted. Ricardo gave the sinister wrestlers a ladder and they used it to attack both Punk and Pandora. They knocked the wind out of them, slammed the ladder into their backs, knocking them down, and Del Rio jumped onto the ladder, driving it into their backs. The duo screamed in pain but the tormenters were not through yet.

While Miz got a microphone, Del Rio pulled both Punk and Pandora's left arm through one of the step holes and gave them a double cross armbreaker. The duo tried to break free while screaming in pain as Miz taunted Punk about his pain and the fact that Punk would not be the Champion at the end of TLC. Pandora herself could not hear Miz's words; thepain from the armbreaker was more than she ever experienced. She and Punk tried to break free but it only got worse. When Miz said that Punk's pipe-bomb would blow up in his own face, there was the sound of a sickening SNAP! and Pandora started to scream a blood-curdling scream: Del Rio had broken her arm. Miz and Del Rio knew that but did not care. Miz continued to taunt Punk until Del Rio finally let the duo go. Punk was in a lot of pain but he also knew that Pandora was in much more pain as referees and EMTS helped them out.

Backstage, the doctors determined that Punk was hurt but not seriously damaged. He looked at Pandora, who was silently crying in pain as a doctor wrapped her arm in a temporary splint. "An ambulance is on the way."

Pandora looked up and managed to muster, "Call them off."

Punk went up to her. "Pandora, don't be stupid. You have a broken arm and it needs to be treated."

Pandora glared at Punk. "And it will be…but not there."

The doctor shook his head. "No, you need to get help."

Pandora slapped the doctor's shoulder with her wing. "With these? Humans can't help a demon!"

Punk looked at the wings. "For once, she has a good point." Pandora glared at Punk again as the wrestler said, "But you still need to get that mended."

Pandora nodded. "All I need to do is go to Hell, get in a healing coffin, and it'll be better in a few days."

The doctor sighed, giving up. "Fine. Just get there as soon as possible." As he left to call off the ambulance, Pandora looked at Punk. "Do me a favor?" When Punk raised his eyebrow, she hissed, "Rip them apart at TLC."

Punk smirked. "You don't have to tell me twice."

Pandora smiled and nodded as Punk left. She glared at her splint and was about to teleport to Hell when she felt a chill touch her wings. She sat up; the feeling was both familiar and strange to her. Curiosity getting to her, she propped up her busted arm with her good one and went to a monitor, which featured the match between Cena and Mark Henry. What she saw shocked her to her core.

After Cena got out of Mark's bear hug, he tried to knock down the World Heavyweight Champion but ran right into the World's Strongest Slam. Mark tried to pin Cena but his bad ankle prevented him for doing so. As the two men lay on the floor in pain, a sudden burst of flame appeared at the arena entrance and the lights went off. As everyone wondered what happened, a familiar music sounded…Kane's music. There at the entrance stood Kane…but there was something very different about him. He was dressed in an all black outfit with red stitches and a flame on his right leg, a black glove, had wild hair, and was wearing an iron mask. Seeing the demon, Mark crawled out of the ring as Kane entered, thinking that the demon would attack him. But Kane instead attacked…Cena, giving him the chokeslam before setting the ring-posts on fire. He then revealed another surprise: he took off his iron mask to reveal a new mask. It was made of red leather and truly made him look demonic. Unbeknownst to humans, this mask was different from the mask he wore years ago: this mask…was designed by Kane himself.

Pandora was stunned by what she saw. When Kane left the arena, she took off to find him, ignoring the pain in her arm. She soon found him. "Kane!" He looked back at her, making her smile. "You're back."

She tried to go to him but he shouted, "Stop!" Pandora winced and stopped as Kane looked away. "You should stay away."

Pandora raised her eyebrow, feeling Punk's attitude shrink in his presence. "Why?" When Kane hesitated to answer, Pandora assumed what he was thinking and told him, "Kane, I'm not afraid of you."

Kane then admitted, "I'm afraid…that I will hurt you."

Pandora realized what he meant: Undertaker had told her that the mask was a way to keep him under control and this was a different mask from before. Kane also had a different aura from before, fueled by a combination of hatred and the remaining traces of Damien's powers. Pandora sighed. "All right. But I was telling the truth…I'm not afraid of you anymore."

Kane looked back at her and gave a very small smile. "Thank you…for not seeing me as a monster."

Pandora smiled and turned to leave. But she changed her mind and hugged Kane from behind with her good arm. "No matter what…you're my uncle…and I love you. That'll never change."

Kane stayed still and closed his eyes, listening to her words. After a minute, she pulled back and he said, "Take care of yourself, Pandora." She smiled and teleported to Hell.

What Pandora did not know was, while he was healing, Kane started to hate himself for everything that went wrong in his life, his career, and everything negative he put Pandora through. The hatred and the lingering effects of Damien's power overtook him and he accepted it. She also did not know that the second she disappeared, the last inch of Kane that was able to talk to Pandora was snuffed out, leaving nothing but the powerful hatred.

At WWE TLC, Punk lived up to the promise he made to Pandora. While Miz and Del Rio made it very difficult (especially since Ricardo smuggled in a pair of handcuffs), Punk managed to retain his championship. Her arm fully healed, Pandora watched the match from her apartment with Lacti and both cheered for Punk. Pandora tried to ask Lacti why she was so into Punk but Lacti stayed silent, determined to keep her secret. Lacti managed to distract Pandora by asking her where Edge was. Worried since she had not heard from him since the note he left the night of Survivor Series, Pandora tried to find him in the human world and had no luck…until she learned why on Christmas Eve…