A new girl in town
Chapter 20
Taker/J.J./Sammy/Kane/Kayla's friends.
"This isn't my fault," Wade said.
"Those 3 crazy bitches came in here and attacked Sammy before I could do a thing to stop it. So I - we - took them out."
"Oh they did ?" Kane said moving to pick up Tori. He threw the smaller woman over his back and moved toward the door.
Taker quickly moved to Sammy's side.
Sammy was curled up in a ball on the floor and when Taker touched her she screamed and began fighting him.
"SSHH baby it's me. It's ok now." He said pulling her into his arms.
"I can't believe you broke Kathleen," Cassie said, pretending to wipe tears from her eyes.
"Eh, that's okay. She was my first but there will be other Kathleen's," Wade said with a wink. He knew that no one besides the 3 of them would have a clue of what they were talking about and he couldn't resist fucking with them a little.
"Is she alright?" Cassie asked in concern.
"Who's Kathleen?" J.J. asked sounding concerned.
They could hear Taker in the background still trying to calm Sammy.
Wade grinned.
Should I keep fucking with her? He wondered.
Nah, Kane would probably kill him. He decided. He'd really started this to fuck with Kane. . .but the guy hadn't even been there.
"She's my guitar. Uh, was my guitar," Wade replied.
"Oh," J.J. said noticing the shattered guitar on the floor. "I'm sorry she got damaged."
"Eh, that's okay. It was in a good cause," Wade said.
"I hit Chyna over the head with her. It's the only thing I could think of doing and it always looked fuckin' awesome when wrestlers did it so yeah," He added.
Just then Kane walked in and picked up the still unconscious Chyna like she weighed nothing and walked out.
Kane laid her on the ground outside the DX locker room and knocked on the door.
"What?" Hunter shouted as he opened the door.
"I believe these belong to you." Kane said smiling behind his mask.
"What the hell did you do to them?" Hunter demanded.
"Me." Kane said. "Not a thing."
Then Kane turned and walked away.
Sammy finally stopped struggling and just curled up in Taker's arms crying.
Walking into the locker room Kane observed the scene.
Broken guitar spilled contents of a purse and Vanessa has scratch marks on her arm.
I know Wade is military trained why didn't he just knock them out without destroying his guitar? Kane wondered.
Cassie's phone rang.
"Hello?" she said, letting the call go to speaker.
"Cassie, Vince is on the warpath," Kayla said.
Then she explained what had happened in the meeting.
"He felt the need to have a personal one on one," Kayla said.
"He basically told me that he wants results by the end of the night or he'll terminate my contract on the spot."
Then Kayla ended the call before anyone could respond.
"Who's on the phone?" Kane asked seeing the sudden worry on Cassie's face.
[8:52:36 PM] Ellie Hopper: Then Kayla ended the call before anyone could respond.
"That was Kayla," Cassie said shakily. She looked as if she was about to faint.
"She get attacked too?" Kane asked almost growling.
"No. Vince just threatened to terminate her contract if he doesn't see results by the end of the show," Cassie said.
"She's been here less than two weeks Vince is expecting miracles." Kane said. "Don't worry if he fires her we'll deal with him."
"I'd say he's doing this because the 'girls' were put out of action. But he can't possibly know about that yet or your connection with Kayla." Kane said. "This is something else. But what?"
Taker stood up with a shaky Sammy as his side.
"They say anything when the burst in." Taker asked.
"No, not that I heard," Wade said.
"I heard them say something about her starting rumors." Vanessa said.
"Then this is on Tori." Taker said as he walked Sammy to the couch to get a look at her.
"Yeah Tori has been starting rumors since Sammy arrived and saying Sammy's doing it. But Sammy doesn't leave the locker room unescorted. You'd think they would realize she's not behind them by now." Kane said.
"Taker usually makes sure she locks the door when we leave." J.J. said. I wonder why it wasn't locked she thought.
"Jesus Christ, this place is a high school. Mean Girls: the redux," Wade said.
"Is this what high school is like." Kane asked. "I never went."
It doesn't seem like it was much fun. I'm glad I didn't go. Kane decided.
"Yeah," Vanessa, Cassie and Wade chorused. Then they all tried not to look stunned at what Kane had just revealed.
"She's going to need to see Pete." Taker said helping Sammy up again.
"Did they get her that bad?" Kane asked.
"Yeah I think her nose is busted." Taker replied helping her out of the room.
"Arts school is even worse," Cassie said.
"You have bitches thinking they should be queen of the show, gay boys thinking they should also be queen of the show and all of the other teenaged drama to add to the mix," she explained.
"I don't think I would have liked high school." Kane said quietly.
"I'll go with you." Kane said moving to follow Taker.
"NO you stay here. Vince will be coming as soon as he hears about this." Taker said.
"Oh." Kane said in response to Cassie. "What are college kids like?"
"Pretty cool for the most part. I actually started making friends for the first time in my life when I hit college.
"Everyone wants to be there for a change so there's that. You also tend to be able to find a discussion about almost anything if you look for it.
"There are all sorts of groups and things too. I joined a few and ran one.
"People actually want to learn, I guess. I'm not sure I've explained it well but I keep going back to school so they must be doing something right," Cassie said with a laugh.
"I always liked to learn. There wasn't much else to do in the basement." Kane said. "Except exercise."
"How the fuck do you talk about the college experience without mentioning the parties, girl? You went to fuckin' Rye - high, for Christ's sakes!" Wade said.
"College kids are experimental; you don't have to look far to find a party. They usually find you. Drugs, liquor, sex. . .it's all there," he added.
"That's cause I wasn't a partier, Wade," Cassie said.
"I rarely got invited to them. I went to the pub a few times but that's about it," she added.
"Kane has never been to a party." J.J. said cautiously hoping it was ok with Kane that she say that.
"I did too. You gave me one for my birthday." Kane said smiling at the memory.
"It was just the two of us." J.J. said. "They are talking wild loud parties where a large group of people get together dance and drink and joke around."
"Oh no I've never done that." Kane said. "I wouldn't know how." He added scratching his head.
"They're okay," Cassie said.
"Not exactly my scene but I've learned to fake it. I'm pretty socially awkward for starters and I also have social anxiety so. . ." she finished with a shrug.
Then Cassie noticed what Kane had said.
"You were raised. . .in a basement?" she asked softly, all of her social work instincts kicking in to overdrive.
"Yes." Kane said nonchalantly.
"Jesus fucking Christ," Wade said.
"And I thought my life took the cake for being fucked up," he added.
"Shit, sorry man. I shouldn't have said that," he said after a moment.
"It's where I lived." Kane said sounding confused about why that was a problem.
Wade shrugged helplessly.
"Did you have any contact with, you know, outside?" Cassie ventured hesitantly.
"Yes." Kane said. "I would sometimes climb out the window when father wasn't home and walk around. It never turned out well."
Cassie looked sad but didn't say anything.
"But you got through it. I mean, look at you now," Vanessa said giving Kane a smile.
"Yes I am strong and have a good wife." Kane said smiling back at Vanessa.
"I am officially fuckin' depressed now," Wade said.
Kane looked at wade confused.
"What is depressed you mentioned it earlier in the car. And why are you that way?" Kane asked scratching his head again.
"He's mostly joking about that," Cassie said.
"Depression is. . .a mood disorder. We all get sad sometimes, right?
"Well, picture yourself being sad for a really long time without it ceasing. There are other things that can accompany it as well. A lessening appetite, loss of concentration, losing interest in things you used to enjoy, sleeping weirdly, and, uh, I think that's it.
"Wade and I both have it and take medications in combination with seeing a therapist to manage the symptoms. Kayla has it as well," Cassie explained.
"How can you be depressed? You have love. I never thought I could have that and I do. So I could never be depressed." Kane said after a moment.
"It's a bit more complicated than that," Wade said as he picked up the explanation.
"Sometimes it's just something that happens in your brain. As much as you might wish that the people who love you could fix it, they can't.
"There are chemicals in the brain that control happiness, I guess. If there's an imbalance, that can lead to depression.
"Sometimes, it's a situational thing. You lose your job maybe. Or you quit school, your girlfriend breaks up with you, you know? For me it was getting home and seeing Vanessa again across a side street," Wade said.
"I'm still not sure I understand. Those things have never happened to me." Kane said. "Well J.J. did leave me and I got angry. It wasn't till I heard that song and crashed that I realized how much I missed her and how I had screwed up."
"When the fire from the crash was coming toward me and I thought I would never see her again I realized that what I was feeling must be what love is like." He added thoughtfully.
J.J.'s eyes teared up listening to him but she didn't' say anything.
"Anger can often be a mask that hides other emotions," Cassie said thoughtfully.
Kane cocked his head and stared at Cassie.
"I can't picture anything breaking you up," Wade said in surprise.
"That's a long story." J.J. said.
"I've often found patterns in my work with my clients," Cassie said.
"They tell me that they're pissed off and we dig a little deeper. Then they figure out that what's really beneath that anger is sadness, or hurt, or shame. . .it varies," she added.
Kane continued to stare at her without saying a word. Just listening somewhat confused.
Do I do that? He wondered.
"It's really fascinating stuff," Cassie said.
"I got in to the field because I was genuinely interested in studying mental health as much as I was caring for clients," she added.
"It's good you do something you enjoy." Kane said speaking at last.
"But if you give me the space to do so, I'll talk about it all day. Someone shut me up," she said with a laugh.
Kane just laughed.
"What are we going to do with her." J.J. asked pointing to the now reviving Lita.
Kane smiled grabbed her by the scruff of her neck and lifted her to her feet and propelled her out the door.
"I had forgotten she was here." Kane said.
"And to think, I used to think she was made of awesome," Cassie said.
"Not everyone is what they appear to be on camera." J.J. said laughing and looking at Kane.
"Admit it; you thought she was awesome cause you wanted to sleep with her, Beyoncé," Wade said.
"I did not! And I'm not Beyoncé!" Cassie yelled.
"He'll stop if you stop giving him the reaction he wants," Vanessa said with a laugh.
Kane looked from one to the other and started laughing. And they call me crazy. He thought.
"Do I need to list reasons again?" Cassie asked.
"I rebuffed all of them, remember?" Wade said.
"Arg! I'm going home!" Cassie said as she took out her phone and put her headphones in her ears.
J.J. started laughing along with Kane.
Kane and J.J. took a seat and just held each other occasionally laughing at something they were whispering.
"They're too perfect," Vanessa said to Wade.
"Yeah, no shit," Wade replied
"I hope Taker gets back in time to go to the meeting." J.J. said. "You know Vince will have a fit if he skips the talent meeting."
A few more minutes passed and Taker walked in the door with Sammy in his arms.