A new girl in town

Chapter 57

Kayla/J.J./Kane

"What the fuck?" Kayla said as she stared down at the phone in her hands. She'd repeatedly tried to send her reply but it wouldn't send.

"What's wrong?" J.J. asked.

"Just someone being an idiot and trying to fuck with my head," Kayla said.

"How?" Kane asked.

"By sending me a really fucked up looking person. They're all mangled and shit. Like I didn't see that kinda thing a million times on my tours," Kayla said.

Just then her phone went off again with another image of death.

"Ooo, and there's another one," Kayla said.

"That's not cool." J.J. said. "Do you think it's a warning? Or a prank?"

Kayla shrugged.

"No clue. Either way, they can fuck off right now cause it's not working," she said.

"I still don't like it." Kane said.

"Eh. Thanks for having my back, but it's not a big thing. It's probably just some idiot trying to scare the newbie," Kayla said.

"That may be true. But let me know if anything else happens." Kane said.

"Sure," Kayla said.

Taker/Sammy

Taker woke Sammy gently. "I wonder if Kane has left yet." Taker said.

"Why did you need to talk to him about something." Sammy asked.

"No I thought we'd do breakfast." Taker said. "We haven't talked much except about wrestling."

"Yeah and I've been so busy writing that J.J. and I haven't talked either." Sammy said.

"We'll stop by his room on the way down." Taker said.

They went down and knocked on Kane's door. When they didn't get an answer they headed down and ate.

"I guess they took off early." Sammy said.

"I suppose they might have decided to eat out." Taker said.

"We'll have to try to get them in San Bernardino." Sammy said.

"Yeah that sounds good." Taker said.

Soon they were on their way.

Kayla/Kane/J.J.

Kayla leaned back in to the seat and loaded Netflix. She found a comedy that she had been meaning to watch and tried to lose herself in it, but she couldn't focus. Her mind insisted on wandering as the audience laughed and the comedian mimed something stupid on the screen.

The ride seemed to take forever with stops for both lunch and dinner. They finally arrived at the hotel about nine at night.

Grabbing their bags they headed in. Kane signed a few autographs while J.J. and Kayla checked in. Then he joined them and headed upstairs.

Kane gratefully sat down on the couch and sighed.

J.J. joined him.

Even though they had shared the driving both were wiped out. They turned on the TV and sat chatting for a while as they tried to watch a program.

"I don't like her getting messages like that." Kane said.

"Neither do I." J.J. said. "Even if she says she's seen worse it's disturbing."

"I'd like to see the messages. There is something she's leaving out." Kane said.

"I'll see what I can do to get it out of her." J.J. said.

Kayla

Kayla got to her room and sighed in relief. She managed to get the door open, then she half carried, half dragged her suitcases inside. Once the door was closed and the luggage was half haphazardly propped against the wall, she collapsed tiredly on to the bed and closed her eyes.

She was desperate for sleep but her mind kept spinning in endless circles.

Who's trying to fuck with my head this time?

Why can't my life in this place just be normal?

How's Sean doing? Should I call him again?

What will Hunter's next move be?

She sighed in frustration. She hated being stuck with unanswerable questions. Eventually, she fell asleep still fully dressed.

Taker/Sammy

They pulled up to the hotel around ten thirty.

Taker was surprised to see fans still there so he signed some autographs then he went to the desk to check them both in.

They headed upstairs. Taker was beat as he drove the whole way. Sammy took a seat beside him and laid her head on his shoulder.

Taker smiled. I could sit like this all night. He thought.

Sammy sighed and snuggled closer. Taker wrapped his arm around her shoulders and they just sat like that silently. Then he heard her breathing deepen and realized she'd fallen asleep.

Carefully disengaging himself he picked her up and carried her to bed. Then joined her.

Kayla

Kayla opened her eyes and looked straight in to sunshine the next morning. She groaned in protest and threw an arm over her eyes, but the sun refused to die.

"Fuck off," she muttered and rolled over. She tried to go back to sleep but it was no use. Groaning again, she dragged herself to her feet and in to the bathroom.

Shit, slept in my clothes again. She thought. Guess all those college parties really did leave a mark.

She felt like something was off. Looking around the room she couldn't see anything but it still felt weird none the less.

She had a long, hot shower then got ready for the day. Feeling more refreshed, she made her way out of the bathroom and began hunting for her phone. It wasn't on the bedside table like she thought so she looked for her purse. It was lying on the chair splayed open.

I know I didn't leave it there. She thought. Going over to her bag she saw something in it.

Picking it up she saw that it was another picture this time of a mangled woman.

Written on it was the message 'Soon'

Kayla stared at the picture blankly, then she finally located her phone and immediately called Kane.

Kane/Kayla/J.J.

Kane was woken from a sound sleep by his ringing phone. He groped for it.

"Hello." He said sleepily.

"Hey, it's me. Sorry for waking you up. Someone got in to my fucking room while I was sleeping. They left a present in my bag," Kayla said.

"What!" Kane said sitting bolt upright completely awake now.

"Yeah. Dude, I don't even know. It's just the same kinda picture they've been texting but an actual picture, you know? It says 'soon'," Kayla said.

"Don't leave your room. I'll be right there." Kane said quickly sliding on his mask and moving quickly through the room and out the door.

J.J. woke when he got up but didn't have time to ask him what was going on before he was gone.

Kane knocked on Kayla's door moments later.

"Kane?" Kayla asked through the door.

"Yes." Kane said waiting impatiently for her to open up.

Kayla quickly swung open the door and ushered him inside.

"Let me see it." Kane said.

Kayla nodded and handed him the picture.

Kane took it with his gloved hand and stared at it. He began to get angry and still staring at the picture began to pace.

"Call J.J." He said after pacing for a few minutes.

"Huh? What's going on? Are you okay?" Kayla asked.

"Just call her she was a cop." Kane said still pacing angrily.

"Right..." Kayla said. She reached for her phone and called J.J's number.

"Kayla what's up? Is Kane there?" J.J. asked after seeing who was calling.

"Yeah, he's here. He wants you," Kayla said.

"I'll be right there." J.J. said sounding worried.

In a moment she was knocking on Kayla's door.

Kayla sighed and stared at the screen of her phone without really seeing it.

"J.J.?" Kayla asked through the door.

"It's me hun." J.J. said. "Open up."

Kayla quickly opened the door.

Just then her phone rang.

She looked down at the phone still in her hand.

The call was coming from her phone.

She hurriedly placed the call on speaker.

"Hello?" She said.

"Did you get my gift? It's the first of many." The obviously disguised voice said.

Kane's head swung around and stared at first Kayla then J.J.

J.J. was standing there is shock not knowing what to do.

"I sure did. Nice touch... But it ain't working,. Fucking idiot. It'll take a lot more than that to scare a fucking marine, mother fucker," Kayla said.

"Your training can't save you." The voice said then it laughed and hung up.

"What the hell was that." Kane asked sounding both angry and worried.

J.J. was standing there is shock not knowing what to do.

Kayla stared down at the phone again but it held no answers.

"A voice changing app of some sort," Kayla said.

Just then her phone rang again.

"Hello?" Kayla said, once more putting the call on speaker.

"Hey finally!" Wade said. "When we got the picture we were worried it was you."

"Yeah we got a mangled picture of a woman. She had your hair color. We all got it at the same time." Wade said. "It came from your phone."

"Oh my fuck. No, I swear I didn't send that. Someone got in here when I was sleeping," Kayla said.

"They what!" Wade said. "Do I need to come out there and be your body guard?"

"Totally unnecessary. Besides, the girls need you more right now," Kayla said.

"I don't know about that. And it didn't come in last night Kayla. It came in right before I called you." Wade said. "We thought you had finally decided to stop being mad at us."

"Fuck. I'm not... I'm not mad, Okay. I just... Fuck... Shit is really weird right now," Kayla said.

"Well we were worried before this cause you weren't answering calls and texts. Now we're really worried Kayla." Wade said.

"Sorry. I don't know what the hell is going on. I don't care about the pictures; we've both lived through worse. But getting into my room? Sneaking up on me? Not to mention being able to send shit from my phone apparently without needing the phone itself? That kinda by bothers me," Kayla said.

"It bothers me too." Wade said. "Are you sure you don't want me to come?"

Kayla sighed.

"I fucking miss you like... Oxygen or some shit. But if this is real and this person is now targeting you guys too, the girls are gonna really need you. I'll be alright here," Kayla said.

"Ok." He said sounding unsure.

"I'm surrounded by wrestlers. Some of them even like me for some reason," she added dryly.

"I'm glad you're making friends. Make sure you stay close to them." Wade said. "We love and miss you too."

"Yeah. Love you guys too," Kayla said.

"Kayla." J.J. said. "I think you need to call the police. Call the desk and explain what happened and have them call them."

"Kane did you touch the picture with your hand?" J.J. asked.

"No just my glove." He replied.

"Good put it down. That way the only prints on it will be Kayla's and the person who left it." J.J. said.

Kayla looked skeptical but she nodded in agreement. Then she did as J.J. had instructed.

It took a little while for the police to arrive. When they did Kayla related the information to them trying not to get upset. They took the picture and put it in an evidence bag along with her bag since he obviously touched that too.

"It will take a while to process this. In the mean time I would suggest you be careful. Try to record the calls if you can. If not keep a log of when they come in." The officer said.

Then they took her number and left.

Kane's phone beeped.

Taking it out he looked at it.

Text from Wade to Kane:

Hey man. Please keep an eye on her for me. I know she can handle herself but this shit is serious business and I don't like it. I'd come there myself, but if this person knows where we are and how important we are to her, Cass and V will need all of the protection I can find. Tye's finally home; he and Darius have already agreed to help.

Kane to Wade:

You know I will.

Wade to Kane:

Yeah, I know. But thanks a lot anyway. It means a lot. You're good people and I pretty much owe you our first born child now. LOL.

Just then Kane's phone beeped again. Thinking it was another text from wade he opened the message

You can't help her. The cops can't help her and neither can her friends. She's mine.