Ch 14
The moment Bella and Undertaker walked into Vince's office, Bella tensed up as her anxiety started to take control. Undertaker gently touched her back reminding her, he was there and she would be ok. Vince motioned for them to sit down as Hunter came into the room.
"Well I've been doing a lot of thinking about this storyline and how I want it to go," Vince started sitting back in his chair looking at all of them. "We are going to start the storyline with Hunter having Bella come to a show to help him set up the Rock for a sneak attack but it won't go as he plans. Undertaker will take an interest in Bella after Hunter's plan backfires. I think it's best to have Undertaker go a different direction with Bella then he took with Stephanie and the others he has gone after. He will play mind games with Bella bringing out her protectiveness and her fears at the same time. He is going to capitalize on the fact that she will do anything to protect her niece and Hunter even though Hunter mistreats her.. Undertaker will make her realize Hunter is just using her and guilting her into doing things like setting up the Rock, running nonstop errands for him, taking care of his daughter most of the time, and putting what he wants in front of her needs. While she would make any sacrifice for her family, he only cares about being champ," Vince said, making both Bella and Hunter both frown. "What is wrong?" Vince asked, looking at both of them.
"It just feels like you're pulling too much of our personal lives into the storyline. You never brought my daughter into any other storyline. Bella does take care of her but I never guilted her into doing that. You don't understand what it's like to lose both your parents in a heartbeat and then deal with the shattered pieces of putting your life back together like Bella and I do," Hunter spoke up his voice feeling with emotion.
"Hunter, I'm very sorry for the loss Bella and you have gone through. We all know the guilt isn't true, it's just part of the storyline. Undertaker is a tormenter he needs fuel to turn Bella's character and there is no better way then to keep pushing her till she makes the ultimate sacrifice. When Taker proves to her Hunter only cares about getting the championship, Bella will make that decision. She will marry Taker and that will cause Hunter and him to feud leading to a championship match. I will make changes along the way but that is what I have in mind right now. Taker, what do you think?"
"I understand their concerns with it being too personal and bringing Sami into it. Also my character has been all about being brutal lately with the sacrifices. Do you think the fans are going to be ok going a different route?"
"We will see how they respond. I think they will love it and she will be a sacrifice when she becomes your bride. We can always make changes on the fly even when it comes to the storyline feeling too personal. Bella, do you think you will be ok with this?" Vince said, understanding Taker's concern but felt the fans would love the storyline.
"I'm very nervous about the too personal aspect of things but I will do my best," she softly said, not sure what to say at the moment as her mind raced with worries about how this storyline would go.
"Great, so how do you feel about tonight letting the fans see Hunter's little sister for the first time?" Vince asked Bella, making her heart jump out of her chest in shock.
"Tonight? I wasn't expecting to start so soon," Bella stuttered over her words. Taker rested his hand on her shoulder trying to calm her.
"Relax Bella, you'll be fine," Hunter kneeled down in front of her. "You can do this."
"It will be simple tonight, you will be backstage the whole time with Hunter or Mark. I just want to get a feel of how the fans are going to react," Vince filled her in. "Are you ok with this, Bella?"
"Yes, I'll do my best to overcome my nerves," Bella said, feeling Undertaker gently squeeze her shoulder.
"We will help you sis," Hunter stared into her eyes seeing she was terrified.
"Hunter, take her to wardrobe and makeup. We have a few hours before the show starts to get her ready and go over what she needs to say. Bella, thank you for jumping right into this. I'll talk to you later," Vince said as Hunter moved so she could stand up and follow Taker out of the room.
"Hunter, we will meet you in a few minutes. I need to talk to Bella," Taker said as Hunter nodded in agreement. Taker guided Bella to an empty locker room shutting the door. "Are you really ok with this?"
"No, but I'm not going to start off this new job by pissing off the boss right away," she softly said looking up into his eyes. "Do you think I can do this?"
"Darling, I know you can do this. Just have fun, you get to pretend to be someone else and you get to work with me," he smiled, caressing her face. "I have your back, I will be close the whole time. Think of it as the start of our dark courtship. The scary Undertaker is going to bring a beautiful angel to the dark side to be his wife and unleash her own form of chaos on the wrestling world sounds like a hell of a lot of fun for both of us. Are you ready to start this adventure with me?" he asked, searching her eyes.
"Yes, I love you," she whispered, feeling her nerves start to settle some.
"I love you too very much," he leaned down, kissing her deeply. "Come on, let's meet up with Hunter."
A few hours later, Undertaker's breath was taken away when Bella came out of the women's dressing room ready for the show. Her long blonde hair was cascading over her shoulders and down her back in soft curls. They had chosen a halter neck black lace dress that flowed to her knees clinging nicely to her curves.
"You look amazing," Taker said as she came right to him.
"Thank you. My nerves are out of control. I feel like I'm going to lose it," she softly said, feeling her stomach flip flopping in knots.
"Bella, it's going to be ok. You know I won't let you fall apart," he leaned down whispering in her ear. "I promise I'll give you all the stress relief you need after the show."
"I can't wait," she smiled. "Can we just skip the show and head to the hotel now?"
"I wish darling," he smirked. "Come on, let's get work done then we will have all night together." She slowly nodded in agreement knowing there was no backing out now she had to go through with what Vince wanted.
**********Raw***********
The cameras went live to the backstage area where Hunter was pacing around looking towards the door off and on. He was about to go into the hall when Shawn appeared in the doorway with a big smile.
"Guess who I found in the hallway?" he asked, making Hunter stop his pacing.
"Hopefully the person I've been waiting for. She is running late as always," Hunter said, sounding annoyed.
"Well if you're waiting for your little sister Bella I found her," Shawn smirked letting Bella enter the room.
"Bella, where have you been? I told you to hurry here. I only have so much time to make my plan work," Hunter asked.
"Sorry I was in the middle of dinner with your daughter. I gave the nanny the night off so it took a bit to get in touch with her and thankfully she was able to come back to watch Samantha," she softly said as Hunter sighed.
"You don't have to be sorry it's my fault. I forgot you two were going out to dinner. I'll make ruining dinner plans up to Samantha and you later. All that matters right now is you're here," Hunter glanced at the clock then back at Bella. "I need you to help me teach the Rock a lesson and we don't have a lot of time."
"What help do you need from me? Can't Chyna help you?" she nervously asked.
"The plan won't work with Chyna. You're going to accidentally run into the Rock and keep his attention. While he is distracted by you I'm going to sneak up on him and teach him a lesson he will never forget. He is a problem that needs to be dealt with. Nothing I have tried so far has worked but I know this will work," Hunter filled her in on his plan.
"So you had me leave my niece and rush here to flirt with the Rock so you can sneak attack him instead of just calling him out to the ring and settling it there?" Bella angrily asked not hiding she was annoyed by his request.
"Yeah he did. Hunter said you always come running when he calls for help," Shawn chimed in.
"Stay out of this, Shawn. Go away don't you have someone else to annoy," Hunter pushed him out into the hallway. "Bella, please just help me. Rock is in my way. I need him gone to get my shot at the championship. I noticed the last time you were at a show Rock was checking you out every time you walked past him. I just need you to distract him for a few minutes."
"Hunter, I don't like it but I'll do it if it helps you get a title shot," she gave in.
"Thank you, I knew I could count on you," Hunter hugged her tight. "Come on, he should be heading back from his match soon."
After the Rock's match, the camera went live backstage where Bella was walking down the hallway looking around like she was lost. She pulled her cell phone out about to make a call as she rounded a corner and ran right into Undertaker knocking herself off balance. He grabbed her arm to steady her, staring down at her with his menacing green eyes. Bella's face filled with shock realizing it was the Undertaker and not Rock she had collided with.
"I'm sorry Undertaker," she softly said slowly looking up into his eyes as he towered over her.
"You should be sorry for not paying attention," he kept hold of her arm. "You know who I am, who are you?"
"I'm Bella. I'm really sorry I made a wrong turn looking for my brother's locker room. I'll be on my way now he is waiting ," she tried to step back from him as he tightened his hold on her arm as the Rock walked past them then stopped for a moment.
"Everything ok here? Do you need the Rock's help?" he asked, looking at Bella ignoring Taker.
"No, she doesn't need your help. Stay out of this and be on your way," Taker's stern deep voice was filled with warning as Rock got a defiant look then shook his head walking off. Bella's eyes went wide as Hunter came around the corner seeing his plan didn't work. He mouthed I'm sorry, going back the way he came quickly before Taker saw him.
"What are you staring at?" Taker asked, looking in the direction where Hunter just was.
"I thought I saw my brother Hunter," she stumbled over her words for a moment, stunned Hunter had run off.
"Oh you're Hunter's little sister. I heard he had a brilliant idea to use you as bait to attract the Rock. I have to admit you're very pretty bait. Is that why you're here? Were you hoping to catch the Rock? Looks like I screwed up the plan. You've been caught by me now," he wickedly smiled when she tried to step back from him and he didn't let her move.
"I'm just here to visit Hunter. There is no plan and I'm not bait. I didn't mean to bump into you. I wasn't paying attention. Please let me go," she firmly said, trying to break free from his grip again.
"Am I scaring you?" he asked, getting closer to her leaving mere inches between them.
"Hmmm should I be scared? Are you thinking I'm your next sacrifice?" she asked, getting an evil smirk from him.
"You're dressed for a sacrifice. You're looking very tempting in that dress," he ran his eyes down her body checking her out admiring the way the low cut short black lace dress showed off her curvy figure. "Black is my favorite color," he paused, running his fingers through her hair, his grin getting more sinister when she didn't give him any reaction just kept her eyes locked on his. "You intrigue me, Bella. You know they say you can see into a person's soul when you look deep into their eyes. I see the sadness, pain, and fear buried inside you," he paused when she looked away from him. He reached grabbing her chin making her look up into his eyes again. "You can't hide from me. I'll let you go on your way for now but you'll see me again, pretty one. Till then be careful when it comes to your brother's ideas to use you in his games."
"He doesn't use me," she softly said, making Taker deeply laugh while shaking his head.
"Give me time, pretty one. I'll make you see your brother's true colors and you're not going to like it. I look forward to seeing you again soon," Taker gave her another wicked smirk before letting her go.
Bella didn't say another word just hurried on her way. He watched her go, never taking his menacing stare off of her till she rounded a corner and disappeared.
Before the main event, the camera went live backstage again as Bella entered Hunter's locker room slamming the door.
"Are you ok?" Hunter rushed to her looking her over.
"Oh now you care, why didn't you say something when the Undertaker had a hold of me?" she stared at him.
"My issue isn't with Taker, it's with Rock. I have no reason to mess with him."
"You had a reason he had a hold of me!" she exclaimed.
"I'm sorry next time I'll do something," he said, making her shake her head.
"There will be no next time I'm not helping you with any plans again."
"I don't have any plans right now so nothing to worry about. Did Taker scare you?" he asked, making her deeply sigh.
"I'm not scared but maybe I should be. He said I intrigue him and he will see me again soon. If he tries to sacrifice me will you stop him or will you run away again?"
"Bella, relax, he won't bother you again. Like I said Taker and I are good there is no reason for him to come after you. I'll talk to him if it will make you feel better. Come on stop worrying, let's get out here," Hunter said, grabbing his bag.
"You didn't answer my question, would you stop him if he tried to do what he did to Shamrock's sister? Or will you run away?" she asked again, making Hunter give her an annoyed look.
"I didn't answer because it's not going to happen. I'll talk to him and he won't bother you again. Can we go now?"
"Hunter, please talk to him and I hope you're right about there is nothing to worry about,," she said, following him out the door into the hallway. Neither one of them noticed the Undertaker watching them from the shadows keeping his gaze fixed on Bella.
The moment the cameras stopped Hunter hugged Bella relieved she had gotten through the segments without her anxiety tearing her apart. She had been so nervous before the cameras started it tore Hunter's heart apart watching her trying to remember what she was supposed to do and try to not let anyone see how bad her anxiety was. She could never hide the anxiety from him and from the look on Taker's face as he watched over her, Hunter could tell he knew too what was going on with her.
"You did great, Bella," Hunter whispered in her ear, holding her tight. "The nerves will get better I promise."
"I'm sure they will get earth shattering worse when the time comes and I have to go out in front of the audience," she softly said, feeling the knots in her stomach finally starting to ease.
"Hey you won't be going out there alone when the time comes either Taker or I will be with you," he slowly let her go as Vince approached them.
"Thank you Bella, you did good. We will start going over moving the storyline along tomorrow," Vince gave her approving smile. "I'll see you tomorrow. Come on Hunter, I want to talk about a few things."
"Ok, I'll be right there," Hunter motioned for Vince to go. "Bella, thank you again for doing this. I will call you tomorrow morning. I love you." Hunter pulled her into a tight embrace.
"I love you too. Tell Sami I'll see her tomorrow. Good night Hunter," she kissed his cheek as he let her go heading on his way.
"See I told you everything would be ok," Taker came up behind her whispering in her ear.
"Yes you did," she turned looking up into his mesmerizing eyes. "You also mentioned a night of stress relief."
"I did mention that, didn't I?" he smirked.
"Yes, I'm ready to go back to the hotel and forget all this stress. I just want to escape with you," she said, making him very happy.
"Come on baby girl, let's go grab my stuff then we will work on getting rid of all that stress," he took her hand heading towards the locker rooms.
"Is this ok to do?" she asked him to stop for a moment, giving her a surprise look.
"Is what ok?"
"Is it ok to hold hands and show affection to one another at work?"
"Bella, I don't give a damn what anyone thinks let them gossip all they want. I never want you or I to hold back again. We have spent years holding affection back not doing it anymore," he said, squeezing her hand gently.
"I don't think I can hold back anymore. I enjoy being able to kiss and touch you whenever I want way too much," she happily smiled as they headed towards the locker rooms again.
"I'm all yours to do whatever you like with and to," he leaned down whispering against her lips before kissing her deeply.
"Oh I plan to have my way with you tonight and for a very long time to come," she smiled, kissing him.