A new girl in town
Chapter 38
Kayla/J.J./Kane
What Kane ever saw in that I'll never know? Kayla thought as she watched Tori and Sean leave. Then she headed back inside to rejoin Kane and J.J.
"What did I miss?" she asked as she sat down.
"Not much." J.J. said. "He added a few emails of people he knows to their contacts. Then he emailed his brother."
Kayla smiled.
"How are you finding the keyboard? I know it's a little weird at first. It was for me and I've been using a computer forever," she said.
"It is setup weird but I think I'm getting used to it. My fingers would have been much too big to work with it so I'm glad I have this." Kane said holding up the stylist.
"We were waiting on you to order lunch." J.J. said. "I think Kane's about to pass out from hunger. He skipped breakfast." She added laughing.
Kayla smiled again.
"You're doing so good," she said.
"Remind me to hook you up with the server we have at the house. It has all the media you could ever want: movies, TV, stupid shit Wade finds on the internet, and Cassie has a huge book collection. Our band stuff is on there too," she added.
Kayla laughed.
"I could eat. I guess I missed breakfast too," she said.
"I could read books on here?" Kane asked sounding excited. "What kind?"
"I don't know why I didn't think of it myself. He carries a library with him." J.J. laughed.
"Whatever you want," Kayla said.
"You already have a book reader on there. It's called IBooks. If you go back to the store and go to the books category, you should see a section of free books. That's a good place to start," she added.
Kane looked down at his phone and pressed the app store again then as she had told him before he typed in books in the upper right hand corner. Then he was lost in the titles till their food came.
J.J. smiled at him and touched his hand when the food arrived. "Hun time to put it down the food is here."
"Already." Kane said surprised.
"Yeah." J.J. said.
"I'll try not to spend so much time on here J.J. I promise." Kane said. "I just keep losing track of time."
"It's fine hun. I'm glad you're enjoying it." J.J. replied.
Tori and DX would have had a fit if I spent time doing this rather than their bidding. Kane thought.
Kayla just grinned.
"Should I mention that there are comic books there too? Don't buy them though. Wade has like everything on the server," Kayla said.
The same goes for TV, movies and music," she added.
"I've never read a comic book what are they about?" Kane asked putting down his phone and picking up his fork.
"Sorry, I don't mean to hit you with all of the info at once," Kayla said.
"But I'm a bit of an entertainment junky. So are Cassie, V and Wade," she added.
"Wade would be a better person to ask," Kayla said.
"But I guess I can give you the basics. We keep calling him Deadpool because there's a comics series about a guy named Wade Wilson. He's basically living a normal life till he gets diagnosed with a terminal illness that will kill him. Anyway, he volunteers for this program that promises to give him special, super human abilities. They also promise that he'll be disease free.
"They end up torturing him in some pretty horrific ways and he's left permanently disfigured. He gains immortality and the ability to heal from anything. He becomes Deadpool as a way of getting back at the people who made it all happen," she said.
"Given Wade's history isn't calling him that a little mean?" Kane asked.
Kayla shrugged.
"Maybe a little bit," she said.
"But if you watch the Deadpool movie and Ryan Renolds' interpretation of character, it kind of becomes more of a compliment," she added.
"Are all comic books dark like that?" Kane asked.
"No, there's lighter stuff too," Kayla said.
"The X-Men series can be fun. It's about a school for mutants who are learning how to control their powers," she added.
"Mutants like me?" Kane asked. "I learned to control my fire myself."
"Yeah, similar. Pyro probably has the most similar power to yours. He can control fire but I think he needs some sort of fire starter to create it like a lighter," Kayla said.
Kane stared at her a moment. Then began eating.
So that's what I am a mutant. Kane thought. I didn't know such a thing existed. Are me and Taker the only ones for real, not in a fiction comic?
As Kayla ate, she mentioned a few more super heroes between bites.
"Rogue is my favorite," she said.
"Her touch is deadly. It can literally kill someone," she said.
"Then there's daredevil. He has his own series and a Netflix series as well. He's blind and has super enhanced senses. Cassie hates it cause she says it places unrealistic expectations on real blind people," she added.
"Why would you want your touch to be deadly?" Kane asked.
Kayla laughed.
"It just seems kinda cool," she said.
"But I'm pretty twisted," she added with a shrug.
"I would be dead if your touch killed." Kane laughed. "You hugged me."
Kayla laughed as well.
"I don't really want to be her. I just find her interesting," she said.
"Good, being dead would suck." Kane said with a completely straight face but his eyes dancing with merriment.
J.J. could help but crack up at his deadpan delivery. He's really getting good at making people laugh.
Kayla just laughed.
"Hey, there's also a voice thing," she said.
"It's called Siri and it does shit," she added.
"Ok." He said still eating.
"Food beats phone I guess." J.J. laughed.
Kayla laughed.
"Boys and their stomachs," she said.
"I'm gonna go for another smoke," Kayla said getting to her feet.
"Be back in a few," she said over her shoulder.
Kayla headed out of the same exit she'd used earlier and walked to the same spot. Then she fished out her lighter and smokes from her hoody pocket and lit up.
Nothing like a smoke after a good meal. She thought as she took the first drag.
As she smoked her thoughts began to wander but never lingered on anything for too long.
They're probably still fucking. Poor Wade.
If Cena's a retriever, Sean's definitely a Scottish terrior. He has those eyes.
When's the last time I watched a show or played an instrument?
I should probably check my social media shit.
Her smoke passed quickly. In what felt like no time, she was butting it out beneath a boot and heading back to the table.
Someone stopped her before she could make it inside.
"Hey," RVD said as she went to open the door.
"Hey babe." RVD replied looking anything but his usual relaxed self.
"Hey, what's up?" Kayla said.
"Bad scene up on the floor. A total buzz kill you know what I mean." RVD said.
"Shit, what's going on?" Kayla asked.
"Hunter is in one of his rages. He's yelling loud enough to shake the walls. But when I heard someone or something heavy hit the wall between us I was outa there." RVD said shaking his head.
"Oh hell. I hope it isn't Sean," Kayla said.
"Why would you think it was him?" RVD asked.
"We ran in to each other earlier. He needed a light and we got to talking... you know how it is. Anyway, fucking Tori came looking for him I guess and she saw us," Kayla said.
"Well then if Hunter is this pissed no doubt X-Pac's next match will be against someone brutal. Hunter's done it to him before." RVD said. "Poor guy is going to be hurting."
Kayla sighed.
"I wish I could help," she said.
"This sucks, dude," she added.
"Yeah he may be one of them. But he's low man on the totem pole if you get my drift. Hunter can't stand him because he still has a soft spot for Kane. He's only still with them so he won't get killed." RVD said.
"Most of the roster hates DX so if he leaves their protection he's a dead man. Not to mention what Hunter will have done to him." RVD continued.
Kayla nodded.
"He seems like a good guy who just fucked up and made the wrong decision, you know? I've been there. But people forgave me. It seems like... I don't know. Like he'll never stop paying for it I guess," she said.
"And that's really fucking shitty. No one should have to live like that unless they've murdered someone or something," she added.
"Yeah well Hunter doesn't forgive and Hunter doesn't forget." RVD said. "I've been on the receiving end of his attention more than once. It's never good."
"As for X-Pac fucking up. Yeah he did big time. He and Kane were a great team they compensated for each other's weaknesses really well. Then the rumors started about Kane carrying him. X-Pac fell for them and went after Kane in the ring. Then Tori took her turn." RVD said. "Kane was pissed. I heard him destroying lockers all the way down the hall of the arena."
Oh fuck... so that's what happened. Kayla thought.
I finally have the whole story but now I'm not sure I want it. Jesus fuck.
Kayla sighed again.
"I still think that we all deserve a chance at redemption," she said.
"It's probably the only optimistic thing you're gonna here me say so take that for what it's worth. We all fuck up... but shouldn't we all have a chance to learn from it?" she added.
"I don't think that's going to happen." RVD said. "They didn't so much hurt him physically as they did mentally. They tore him apart verbally. They used every bit of himself that he had given them to tear him apart. Everything. From his 'Dating' Tori and I use the term lightly to his talking. I've never seen anyone get wrecked that badly before."
"And they did it in the middle of the ring." RVD added.
She could hear their words and they pierced her like knives.
Kane's worked so fucking hard to gain acceptance. She thought. Yet the only reward most people have given him for his efforts has been brutal treatment and betrayal.
How has he managed to find the strength to let me in, much less Vanessa, Cassie and Wade? I'll never take that for granted, not ever. Fuck, I think I'm going to lose it.
"I'm going to go," Kayla said quietly.
"Sorry I was such a downer." RVD said as she left.
I shouldn't have told her all that she obviously didn't know about it. RVD thought.
Oh fuck, I can't go back in there like this. Kayla thought as she neared the restaurant.
I need Wade and the girls. But if I take any more time, they'll probably take off and I don't want to leave them hanging.
I just want to cry and give Kane a hug. Fuck.
She sighed and reluctantly went back in to the restaurant and back to the table.
"What happened?" Kane asked the moment she sat down.
"Yeah." J.J. said. "You look like someone just ran over your puppy."
Kayla took one look at Kane and promptly burst in to tears.
Kane looked at J.J. in confusion not knowing what to do.
J.J. quickly got to her feet and then sat down beside Kayla. J.J. pulled her close and made soothing noises to her trying to calm her so she could figure out what was wrong.
"Are you hurt Kayla? Tell me who I need to destroy." Kane said.