A new girl in town
Chapter 17
Taker/Sammy/Vanessa/Cassie
Hmmm.
Vanessa shrugged.
"Fine with me. Thanks for the ride," She said.
Cassie squeaked.
"Oh my god, the same car as The Undertaker," she said.
"Sorry, sorry. I said I'd shut up. That includes being a fangirl," she added quickly.
Taker smiled though he knew they couldn't see him since they were behind him.
Sammy laughed.
"I'm Sammy." She introduced herself as they got to the car.
"I'm Vanessa," Vanessa said.
"I'm Cassie. Nice to meetcha," Cassie added.
"It's nice to meet you too." Sammy said.
Sammy stood beside the car as they got in. Then she climbed into the front seat once they were settled.
Kane came back inside and smiled at the motley crew.
Figures Taker would take the sane ones. Kane thought almost laughing.
"I guess you guys are with me." Kane said waving them to the doors.
"Someone tell Wade to quit blowing up my phone," Cassie said.
"He's texted me like 5 times in 30 seconds. Said something about bringing the electric so I asked where the amp was. He told me I couldn't see it.
"I was like hello, obviously! Then he added that he'd hidden it. . .up his ass," Cassie said.
Sammy laughed but Taker just grunted. I'm glad I took the sane ones. He thought.
As Taker drove, Vanessa pulled up an Excel spread sheet she'd been working on and set to work.
Cassie amused herself by watching YouTube videos on her phone with an earbud in one ear while the other was left to hang loosely in front of her.
At least they are being quiet I hope they are as quiet at the arena. Taker thought.
Kane/J.J./Wade/Kayla
Climbing into the SUV Kane tried unsuccessfully to get his shirt to stop sticking to him.
At least it will be dry by the time the show is over. He thought. I'll just change into my ring gear right away except the mask.
J.J. plopped in next to him mostly dry he noted. The other two piled in the back.
Kane put it in gear and headed out toward the arena.
"Kayla where is your office. Does Taker know?" Kane asked suddenly.
"Oh this will be fun. He's got to hide them until we get there and you find your office." Kane said laughing.
"So do you hun." J.J. said shaking her head.
Wade texted furiously next to Kayla.
"Who are you bothering now?" Kayla asked not really wanting to know.
"Cassie," Wade replied his eyes never leaving the screen.
"Why?" Kayla asked.
"Eh, told her I brought my electric guitar. Fucked with her by telling her she couldn't see the amp. . .cause I hid it. . ."
"Up my ass!" Wade finished in a yell.
"Jesus, it's not Deadpool time, Ryan Renolds," Kayla snapped elbowing Wade hard in the ribs.
He elbowed her just as hard back and it turned in to a game.
"Children." J.J. said Laughing. "Don't make me turn this car around."
Kane looked at her for a second. But I'm driving? If I turn around we'll be late?
Kane just looked confused. But J.J. started laughing even harder.
I don't get what's funny. Kane thought. But then I often don't.
Kayla stamped down hard on Wade's foot with one of her boots.
"My poor toes!" he yelled.
"I'll never dance again. I'll never reenact another Drake video, another Deadpool scene or strike another pose," He said tragically.
"Is it broken?" Kane asked seriously wondering if he could sneak Wade in to see Pete.
"Fuckin' bitch! No more sex for you!" Wade yelled.
"Nah, he'll be fine. He's just being a little bitch," Kayla said.
"Ok." Kane said wondering what the hell was going on back there.
"You're abusive. I'm filing a lawsuit. Imma take everything you have," Wade said.
"If you don't behave back there I'm going to put you in Kane and Taker's locker room where you'll be forced to sit quietly all night." J.J. threatened lightheartedly.
Why would she do that? Kane wondered. They're here to see Kayla.
"If you make me talk to that douchebag, I won't be responsible for my actions," Wade said seriously. The way he'd treated the girls earlier still pissed him off. If he'd been treating Kayla the same way since she'd arrived, it was no wonder she'd lost it last night.
"I know 20 ways to kill someone, and that's just off the top of my head," he added.
"Yeah but Taker would make it hurt more." J.J. added laughing. "I wouldn't call him that to his face though. He was only looking out for her in his own unique way."
"If he's been treating her the way he treated the girls when we got here this morning, it's no wonder she lost her shit last night," Wade said angrily.
"Wade, what I did last night was my fault and no one else's," Kayla said before either Kane or J.J. could reply.
"You think that's bad. He set me on fire twice." Kane said beginning to laugh.
"I know," Wade said.
"I saw both times. That shit was fucked," He added.
Kane laughed a moment more than went back to paying attention to his driving.
Kayla shook her head.
"What an awful fucking thing to make someone relive not once but twice," He said.
"Saw that too," Wade said.
"I don't want to embarrass you or anything, but you're the reason I'm a performer. I'd never seen anyone like me before you besides terrible horror movies or whatever. It's pretty cool," he added.
"As far as the inferno matches." Kane began. "I agreed to them I wanted him to see what it felt like to be on fire."
"At the time Kane still believed Paul that Taker had set the fire." J.J. added.
"How could I have inspired you? I hide my scars behind a mask just like they do in horror movies." Kane asked surprised that someone could take inspiration from him.
Wade shrugged.
"You don't have to see your face to know what you're thinking, man," Wade said.
"The point is, you went in there and did shit," Wade said.
"I wanted to be a wrestler before special forces recruited me," Wade said.
"When I got back. . .well, yeah. I wouldn't mind still giving it a shot," Wade said thoughtfully.
"You don't want to be a wrestler." Kane said. "You wouldn't want his life with people out to get you constantly. You're too normal."
"ARE you saying you're not normal Kane." J.J. said. "Because you are."
"No J.J. I'm not I never have been." Kane replied. "You make me better but I'm not normal."
"I'm really not," Wade objected.
"I'm a crazy mother fucker. I seem normal cause I'm always around crazy people," he added.
"I know I could do it," Wade continued.
"I have a martial arts background. Moy Thai is my specialty but I've also dabbled in BJJ and Jujitsu," Wade concluded.
"I'm not saying you couldn't I'm sure you could. But it's not a life for you. You have your life already." Kane said.
"Normal is a myth," Kayla said.
"There's normative I guess but normal is like perfect: we all strive for it but it's never attainable," she added.
Kane snorted softly but didn't say anything.
They have no idea what it's like to be as different as I am. They could never understand what a monster I was before and when J.J. and I split. I don't get half of what people say because I never experienced it. Kane thought.
"I'm gonna go to Ring of Honora and steal the whole mother fucking show!" Wade yelled.
Then, returning to his normal voice he said,
"It's cool. I'll leave the in ring shit to the expert."
"It's Taker's yard. If you want to go to the yard you have to get through the gate first." Kane laughed.
"I've never beaten him." Kane said.
"Eh, wins aren't everything," Wade said.
"You have moves in your arsenal that he doesn't," he added.
"But winning is what matters around here." Kane said. "It's how you get titles."
Wade shrugged.
Wade shrugged.
"That's why you're a wrestler and I'm a musician, man," he said.
Kane just laughed.
Just then Kane slowed.
"Wade you'd better duck down. There is a camera on the door to the parking area and if Vince is watching which he usually is I don't want Kayla to get into any trouble." Kane said.
Wade hunched over in his seat.
"I feel like I'm about to have a panic attack or some shit," he joked.
"All I need is Kayla rubbing my back and someone counting me through breathing," he added.
"What's a panic attack? Is that bad? I doesn't sound good." Kane said quickly.
"They're shit," Wade replied in a muffled voice.
"It's l. . .really crazy worry and feeling anxious and shit. That shit keeps building and building and pretty soon you forget how to breathe, your heart is pounding and everything is fucked," Wade added.
"I had them a lot when I first got back," he concluded.
"Don't do that." Kane said sounding serious.
Wade laughed hysterically.
"Nah, the meds keep it from happening," he said once he'd calmed down.
Kane sighed in relief.
J.J. just looked at him like he'd lost his mind but didn't say anything.
"Yeah we're here that's why Wade is ducking down and having a panic attack." Kane said still sounding a bit confused.
"No he's not," Kayla said sounding confused.
"I'm not," Wade confirmed.
"I just said I could be cause I'm curled in to this ridiculous fucking position," he added.
"But you said you were?" Kane said. "Were you playing with me? Cause that's not funny."
"Huh? No! I. . .did I say that? Sorry, man. If I did, I meant I could be having one," Wade said.
"Oh." Kane said pulling into the parking structure.
"We can't stay in the car Wade. It would look to suspicious." J.J. said. "Kayla will have to come back for you once she finds her office."
"Looks like Taker has come to the same conclusion." Kane said as he watched Taker and Sammy walking toward the door alone."
Wade sat in the SUV and vaped. This was all Cassie's fuckin' fault. If he hadn't stolen hers the first time, liked it and kept on stealing it, he wouldn't be vaping his own shit now.
Taker/Sammy
Taker pulled over before reaching the garage.
"Ok they'll be a camera on the door as well as some inside." Taker said. "You guys lay low in the SUV and Kayla will come get you."
Kayla sprinted through the arena, hoping she was going the right way. After a few minutes, she arrived in the general area that usually contained her office.
"Fuck, it's practically a god damn closet," she said.
"Where are they supposed to hang if no one's supposed to know they're here?" she asked the empty room. Then she sprinted back to the parking area.
"Well it's bigger than usual." Taker said as they entered the locker room. "I hope Kane and J.J. are close behind us because if not they are going to be late. Vince if I know him is probably staring at the parking area camera to see who is late."
"Wow this one is big." J.J. said as she and Kane entered the locker room.
"Yeah." Kane said laughed. "We could practically each have our own couch."
"Did you leave yours in the SUV." Taker said with a smile.
"Sure did." J.J. answered.
Taker/Sammy/J.J./Kane/Kayla and the gang.
Halfway there she stopped.
Kane and Taker probably aren't still there. She thought.
I've never been in that area but they shouldn't be that hard to find even for the directionally challenged.
She sprinted off again.
It took her a few more minutes to get her bearings but she did eventually find a door with Kane's name on it. She knocked quickly and waited.
Taker answered the door.
"We have a problem," Kayla said before he had a chance to speak.
"My office is a closet," There's barely room in there for me and the computer," she added.
"What do you want to do about it?" Taker asked warily hoping she didn't want to leave them in their locker room.