Fate
Written by Evelyn

Chapter 1

"What do you think of this one?" "Uh Uh." "Yeah, me either." "Shandra...don't you think you've tried on enough clothes for tonight? Why don't we go through the rest tomorrow. I'm off tomorrow so it will be no problem." "Yeah, you're probably right." The telephone rang interrupting their conversation. "Hello? Oh hey Luke." Carlianna inwardly groaned as Shandra began talking to her boyfriend. "I'm gonna go," Carli whispered and Shandra just waved. Carli left Shandra's house and began walking home as her mind started to wander and took her back to that terrible night...

"No Luke, Please, Stop!!!" "Shut up bitch!" Carli closed her eyes as she saw what happened. She put her hand to her cheek as she remembered him slapping her. She got to her apartment and went inside and locked the door. She threw her purse on the table and made herself a cup of coffee before going to bed. She quickly drank it and went upstairs to her bedroom. She undressed and put her nightgown on. She got under the covers and almost instantly fell asleep, hoping that her nightmares had stopped.

Carli woke up at 5:00am the next morning. She was always an early riser, but ever since her incident with Luke, she had been getting less and less sleep. She took a shower and put on some comfortable clothes and went downstairs. She put on a pot of coffee and sat down at the kitchen table. When the coffee was done, she poured herself a cup and then went into the living room to watch a little tv. Around 10:00am she called Shandra and told her that she was coming over. She grabbed her purse and keys and headed out the door. She got to Shandra's about ten minutes later.

"Hey girl." "Hey," Carli answered as she walked into Shandra's house. "Ready to try on more clothes?" "Hell yes!" Shandra replied. Carli just rolled her eyes and laughed. The two girls spent the next couple of hours going through all the clothes that Shandra had bought the previous day. "Shan, it's 1:00 and I'm hungry. I haven't had breakfast. You wanna go get some lunch?" "Sure, that sounds good." Then took Carli's car and went to a small diner a couple of blocks from Shandra's house. "I think I'm gonna head home after we finish eating." "Okay. I gotta clean my house sometime today. I keep puttin' that off." Carli just laughed and said, "Yeah, that's one chore that I hate doing." They made small talk while they finished eating. Carli paid the bill and then took Shandra home. "Call me later or somethin'," Shandra said, as she got out of the car. "Okay," Carli replied. Shandra closed the door and walked to her house. Carli drove off towards home, sighing as she decided she had better to some house work also.

When Carli got home she didn't feel like doing anything. So she layed down on the couch and watched a little tv. She ended up falling asleep about a half an hour later. When she woke up, it was a quater to 6:00. "Well, at least I didn't miss Raw!" Carli laughed. Her and Shandra were huge wrestling fans. Carli's favorites were Undertaker and Kane. But she liked the Undertaker best. Shandra's two favorites were also Undertaker and Kane, but she had a thing for Kane. Carli got herself a soda and settled in on the couch to watch Raw! During a commercial break, they told about the upcoming pay-per view. It was "No Way Out" and it was going to be held in San Jose, California. Carli quickly called and got two front row tickets. She finished watching Raw and then called Shandra right after.

"Oh Luke...thank you!" Shandra said as she admired the shiny, new, diamond bracelet he had given her. "You are very welcome. It's beautiful, just like you," he replied smiling. Shandra leaned over and gave him a kiss. Their kiss was soon interrupted by the phone ringing. "Hello?" "Hey Shan, it's Carli." "Oh hey Carli, what's up?" An evil smile appeared on Luke's face when her heard Carli's name. He wanted Carli again, and he would be damned if he didn't get her. He was determined to finish what he had started. Shandra's back was to him so of course she didn't see the look on his face. "Shan...you will never believe what I just did!" "What did you do?" "I got us front row tickets to "No Way Out" in one week!" Shandra screamed in excitement and then said, "Where is it going to be?" "It's in San Jose. You better tell me that you're coming with me or I will never forgive you!" "Hell yes I'm coming! Carli, I wouldn't miss this for anything!" "Ooooo...good! Then I'll call you in a few days and we'll get together and go over everything." "Ok, I can't wait!" "Me either. Bye." "Bye."

Carli hung up the phone smiling and then went back to watching tv. Shandra hung up and went back over to Luke. "What did Carli want?" "Oh, she got us tickets to a pay-per view wrestling event." "Oh, I see." Luke didn't like wrestling, but he'd never say anything about it around or to Shandra, knowing how much she loved it. "Where and when is this wrestling event taking place?" "Carli said that it was in San Jose in one week. Why?" "No reason. Just wanted to know where my 'lil punkin' is going and how much time I have to spend with her before she leaves," Luke said.

Luke and Shandra ended up making love that night. Throughout the whole thing, Luke imagined it was Carli. No one but him knew it at the time, but he had a serious obsession with her. Luke left after Shandra had fallen asleep. He wanted to make plans on how to get to Carli again. Carli had went to bed about a half an hour after she had gotten the phone with Shandra. She was so excited, but sleep soon calmed her down.

Chapter 2

The week passed by very quickly. The girls had kept themselves busy to pass the time. Carli woke up at 6:00am. She got excited, remembering that today was the day that she and Shandra were leaving. Their flight was in 2 1/2 hours, so Carli decided that she had better get a move on it. She reached over and shut the alarm off and slowly climbed out of bed. She made her way to her bathroom and got into the shower. She quickly got her shower done and got out and dried herself off. She put on her usual set of flare pants and a tank top. She had packed the night before, so that was one less thing that she had to worry about. Once she was all done she looked at the clock. They still had plenty of time, about an hour and fifteen minutes. She decided to call Shandra and see if she was ready. She put her bags by the door and then went and dialed Shandra's number.

"Hello?" "Hey Shan, ya ready?" "Uh...I think so, yeah." "You wanna go grab a quick bite to eat and a cup of coffee before the flight?" "Sure, why not?" "I'll be over in a few minutes then." "Alright, bye." "Bye." Carli hung up the phone and made sure she had everything. Then she took her luggage out to the car and put it in the trunk. She ran back to the house and made sure everything was turned off and locked up. Then she headed over to Shandra's. Shandra waited by the window in the living room for Carli to show up. When she saw her pull up she opened the door, grabbed her luggage, and headed out the door. She put her bags down by the car and then headed back to the house. Carli put Shandra's bags in the trunk while Shandra checked everything over and locked everything up.

When everything was done, they both got in the car and headed down to the little diner a few blocks away. They quickly ate a light breakfast and they had a small coffee. Then they headed to the airport. They got to sit down as they had ten minutes to spare. Unbeknownst to them...Luke had managed to get on the same flight without them seeing him. He sat in the back of the plane and watched them take their seats. He vowed to get Carli as the plane taxied down the runway.

"Carli? Carli, wake up." "What?" Carli asked sleepily as Shandra shook her. "The plane is going to be landing in a few minutes." "Oh...thanks for waking me up." "No problem." After the plane landed, the girls took a cab to the hotel, with Luke following in a cab of his own. They checked into the hotel and got separate rooms for means of privacy. They lucked out as there were only two rooms left as the WWE wrestlers were staying at that same hotel as well. The show was to start in three hours, so the girls decided that they would meet in a couple of hours down in the lobby.

A couple hours later, Carli was walking into the lobby. "Wow, Car, you look good!" "You think so?" "Yeah." Carli was wearing black dress pants, black dress shoes, a nice, tight, white turtle-neck shirt, with no sleeves, that went perfectly with the dress pants, and a light, black jacket. Her hair was up in sort of a messy bun with a few of the curls hanging down around her face. She looked great! "You look good too, Shan!" Shandra was wearing a tight and very short black skirt, a tight, red, spaghetti strapped shirt, black dress shoes like Carli's, and a white jacket. Her hair was down and curled slightly. Both girls had beautiful, thick hair. Shandra had blonde hair, while Carli had brown hair with natural blonde streaks. Everyone loved her hair. "Don't I always look good?" Shandra asked, smiling. "You are way too stuck on yourself," Carli said, giggling

Both girls had good reason to be proud of their bodies. Both were skinny, but not skin and bones. They looked like two girls who kept themselves in shape and worked out on a regular basis, giving them a sort of athletic look. But they weren't too muscular, they were just right. They were very sexy and they were flirted with constantly. The girls were very different personality and confidence wise. Shandra was bright and very confident, while Carli usually kept to herself and wasn't as confident. She didn't think that she was pretty or any of that stuff. Shandra, on the other hand, would show off her body every chance she got. "You ready to go?" "Hell yeah!" Shandra said, jumping up and down. The two girls left the hotel, ready for a night of fun.

 

Chapter 3

It took all of an hour to get to the arena, get inside, and find their seats. The girls couldn't wait for the show to start. They were all smiles. They each let out a squeal of excitement when the pyrotechnics started, signaling the start of the event.

There were the smaller matches and then there were the bigger matches. They were in the middle of the HHH vs. Shawn Michaels match when Kevin Nash came out. The girls were having a hard enough time deciding who they wanted to win. Then you add "Big Sexy" to the picture and woo hoo! Nash helped HBK get the win over HHH. The girls didn't mind, they all three guys. The night had passed by quickly and there was only a half an hour left of the show. The main event was a tag team match for the World Tag Team Titles. It was The Undertaker and Kane vs. The Big Show and A-Train. This fued had been going on for awhile.

The match had started out good. But then it got more brutal and moved to the outside of the ring. Kane and A-Train were fighting on one side of the ring, while 'Taker and Big Show were fighting on the other side, right in front of the girls. 'Taker threw Big Show over the barrier and then climbed over himself. The plan was for 'Taker to go for a clothesline on Big Show. But Big Show would duck and 'Taker would lose his footing and fall. 'Taker waited for Big Show to stand up and turn around. When he did, 'Taker went for the clothesline. Someone in the crowd ended up pushing Shandra in their excitement. Shandra fell into Carli and Carli got pushed into 'Taker's path. So when Big Show ducked, Carli caught the clothesline. 'Taker really did lose his footing and he fell with Carli.

'Taker stared in shock as he didn't know what had happened. Big Show knew that they couldn't just stop the match, so he pretended not to care and he grabbed 'Taker and headed back to the ring. Carli was out cold and the emts were there almost immediately. They manuevered a stretcher through the crowd and finally got Carli onto it. They took her and a worried Shandra backstage. When they reached the little office where the doctor was stationed, Carli was starting to come around. They got her off the stretcher and into the doctor's office. The doctor examined her and she was relieved to hear that there were no internal injuries. He gave her some medicine for her headache and told her just to sit there for a few minutes and rest.

Undertaker and Big Show finished the match as quickly as they could. Kane and A-Train were wondering what was goin on. 'Taker pinned Show for the win and the titles, and then he left the ring. Kane almost had to run to keep up with him. "What the hell is wrong with you? Why are you in such a hurry?" Kane asked, once they were behind the curtain. 'Taker grabbed one of the emts by the shirt, "Hey...where'd you take the girl?" The guy pointed to the office and 'Taker pushed him away and headed toward the office. He quietly entered and saw Carli bent over with her hand to her head and Shandra talking to her. Both girls looked up when Kane and 'Taker entered. 'Taker went over and kneeled in front of Carli. "Are you alright?" "Yes, thank you." "Are you sure? I'm sorry...that wasn't supposed to happen." "It's okay...it wasn't your fault." Just then Vince came in. "What the hell just happened out there?!" "Vince, it was a total accident." "Are you alright miss?" "Yes sir," Carli answered softly. "I want to leave. I don't feel comfortable," she whispered. "Alright," Shandra answered as she grabbed their jackets and stuff.

When the girls stood to leave, Vince and 'Taker stopped argueing. "Would you like to spend the rest of the evening back here? We're having a special party, and to show you how sorry we are, you're invited to come, if you'd like." "No thanks...we should be getting back to the hotel." As Shandra was answering Vince, Carli had to sit down because she was starting to get dizzy. "You okay Car?" "Yeah, can we just go?" "Thanks anyway Mr..." "McMahon." "Mr. McMahon." Before the girls reached the door, 'Taker spoke. "I really am sorry, miss." Carli just smiled, and then her and Shandra headed back to the hotel.

"What was that all about?" "I clotheslined her." "You what?!" "It's hard to explain. I don't know what happened." 'Taker played the accident on the monitor and Kane watched in silence. "Well...that was..." "Look, let's just forget about it, okay." "Alright, man." "Are you two going to be there tonight?" "Yeah Vince, we're coming." The three of them then left the office.

 

Chapter 4

Shandra and Carli arrived at the hotel, and after saying goodnight, went to their rooms. Carli sat in her room thinking about The Lord of Darkness. Yes, she had wanted to meet him, but not that way. Her headache was slowly going away and she was starting to get a little hungry. Deciding that she could wait until breakfast, she settled for just something to drink. Instead of staying in her room, she decided to go down to the little restaurant. She grabbed her briefcase and purse, making sure her key-card was in there, and headed downstairs.

She had brought her work along with her, deciding that she would do some of it. But then again, she took her work everywhere with her. It was a habit. Carli was a workaholic and her boss would constantly tell her to slow down and take it easy, but she would never listen. Now she gets a chance at a real vacation with her best friend, and she can't leave her work for a few days. She silently scolded herself for ruining things as she made her way down the hall to the elevators.

"CARLI!" "What the hell?" Carli said as she rolled over in bed. She hadn't gotten to bed until about 3:30-4:00am and now, at 6:30am, Shandra was banging on her door. "CARLI!" Shandra screamed again. Soon people started coming out of their rooms to see what was going on. Shandra looked around at all the people, and noticing that they were all wrestlers, she blushed and softly said, "Sorry, this'll only take a minute." Then she turned back to the door and started banging on it again. "CARLIANNA MARIE, YOU OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW!"

Almost the minute after Shandra finished yelling that, the door flew open and there stood an annoyed looking Carli, bare foot, in shorts and a t-shirt. Shandra grabbed her by the arms and, not thinking, pulled her out of the room. "Where the hell were you this morning? You were supposed to meet me. I was really worried!" Carli stood there and then started to say something, but Shandra beat her to it. "Explain it to me later. Right now, why don't you get dressed." "How the hell am I supposed to get dressed when I'm locked out of my room, thanks to you!" Shandra started to say something, but quickly shut her mouth as Carli continued. "An I'm sorry, but I am NOT going down to the lobby like this..." she said, pointing to herself, "to get another key!" "Okay, Okay, I'll go get you another key," Shandra said and then left to go down to the lobby.

Carli watched Shandra go and then sat down on the floor with her back against the door. She looked nervously around at everybody, wondering why she hadn't noticed them before. Almost immediately Shandra came back, but she wasn't alone. Carli stood up, expecting to get back into her room. The wrestlers hadn't gone back into their rooms either. They were finding this quite interesting...especially the two at the end of the hall.

Shandra was about to just go into her room when Carli spoke, "Uh...Shandra?" "Oh...Carli. I'm sorry, but I didn't get your key. Look who I ran into? Isn't this great? Now we can all hang out together." Then her and Luke went into the room and closed the door. Carli just stood there not knowing what to think. Then Shandra's door opened and Luke came out. "Hey Carli, how's it goin'?" Carli just looked at him and then turned to head down to the lobby. Luke grabbed her and pulled her back, and slammed her up against the wall so hard, that it almost knocked the air completely out of her. "I was talking to you! Don't you know that it is rude to ignore people?" He had her arms pinned roughly to her sides. "Oww, Luke, please let go?" Carli begged. Obviously Luke hadn't seen the people in the hallway or he wouldn't have grabbed her in the first place.

His grip tightened, causing Carli to whimper in pain. "I want you Carli, and I will h ave you." He kissed her roughly and pushed himself away from her just as Shandra opened her door. "Hey you two, what's going on?" Shandra asked cheerfully. "Oh...nothing, we were just talking. Carli was telling me how the wrestling event was. Isn't that right Carli?" Shandra looked at Carli while Luke was glaring at her, silently warning her not to say anything. Carli nervously nodded her head in agreement, "Yeah...just talking." "Oh, arlight then. I'll see you tonight Car, okay." Shandra replied. Then her and Luke walked off.

Carli stood there, pressed up against the wall. She lowered her head and took a deep breath. She jumped when someone touched her shoulder. Carli looked up, startled, and found herself looking into the eyes of The Undertaker. "You okay?" he asked softly. Carli looked down and nodded. "Yes...I...I'm fine, thank you," she answered, her voice quivering as she was fighting back her tears. She looked back up at him and gave a small smile, hoping it didn't look as fake as it felt. They didn't say anything for a second and then Carli spoke, "I...I should go get a key." "Why don't you come to my room? You can use the phone in there instead of going all the way down to the lobby." Carli was going to politely refuse, but before she could say anything, The Undertaker took her hand and started walking towards his room. Everyone else looked on, shocked that he was helping someone.

 

Chapter 5

Carli jumped as The Undertaker shut the door behind her. Then he walked past her, over to the mini bar. "Would you like something to drink?" Carli just shook her head no. "The phone is over there," he pointed to a little table with the phone on it, then went back to making his drink. When he was finished, he turned around and saw that Carli was staring at him and hadn't moved from the spot where he left her.

He walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder. He could feel her trembling. "What's the matter? Are you afraid of me or somethin'?" At his words Carli saw what happened that night. "What's wrong bitch? Do I scare you?!" She gasped and backed away from him. She was shaking her head and her eyes were wide. Her back pacing stopped when her back came into contact with the wall. Undertaker went toward her and she started pleading with him. "No, please, don't come any closer!" Undertaker wanted to calm her down. He didn't know what he had said or done, but he wanted to find out.

"Carli, what's wrong?" he asked as he went toward her. Carli slid down the wall until she was sitting on the floor. She wrapped her arms around her knees and buried her face in her arms, and started crying. Undertaker approached her slowly and knelt down in front of her. He gently touched her shoulder and she lifted her head and looked at him. Still crying, she lowered her eyes and softly said, "I'm sorry." "Shhh...don't be sorry. What's wrong?" "It...it's nothing," Carli said sniffling. "Nothin'? It obviously wasn't just nothin'. Somethin' had to have made you act this way." Carli, remembering her flashback, started crying again. She felt so foolish for freaking out the way she did. She couldn't stop it though, all she saw was Luke. Undertaker, feeling bad for her, hesitantly pulled her to him. Never really being in a situation like this before, he just did what he thought he should do. He held her to him and tried to comfort her.

Carli felt so rediculous. Realizing how awkward this must be for him, she quickly got herself together and pulled away from him. "Thank you...maybe I should go call for another key now," she said softly. Undertaker nodded and stood up. He held out his hand and helped her up. All of a sudden, Carli became very aware of his size and felt fear gripping her. She quickly walked to the phone and dialed down to the lobby, wanting nothing more then to get out of his room and back to the safety of her's.

Carli hung up the phone and slowly turned around. Undertaker was looking at her and she again felt afraid. "Uh...they...they hung up on me," she said nervously. "They hung up on you?" Carli nodded. "What the hell kind of people do they got workin' here?" he slightly yelled. He didn't know why he was getting upset and that made him even more angry. Carli jumped and then made her way toward the door.

"No, wait, I'm sorry," Undertaker said, gently grabbing her arm. He didn't know why he didn't just let her leave. He wanted her to stay for some reason. "I...I...I..." Carli couldn't get anything out. She was terrified of him, he was huge. Tears came to her eyes and she started trembling again. She wanted to start bawling, but she was trying to hold it in. Little sobs were escaping her and Undertaker realized that he had scared her again. Just like earlier, he pulled her to him in an effort to comfort her. He pulled gently on her arm, urging her closer to him. "Come here," he said softly. Carli didn't want to be any closer to him, but she couldn't stop herself from moving into his embrace.

"I'm sorry," he softly said. Carli held onto the front of his shirt as she cried. "Shhh...it's okay, I'm sorry." Undertaker surprised himself with his actions. He was usually cold and unfeeling towards people and didn't feel emotion like he was now. All he was used to feeling was hatred. That's what shocked him. At the arena when they had the accident, he expected to feel hate towards her for getting in the way, even though it wasn't her fault. Instead, he found himself hurrying through the match so that he could get backstage and find out whether she was okay or not. And right now, he didn't want her to leave. All he wanted to do was comfort her. He couldn't bring himself to be cold towards her.

Carli got herself together as best she could and pulled back from him. "I...I'm sorry," she said, wiping at the wet spot on his shirt. Undertaker smiled and stopped her hand. "It's okay," he said, smiling down at her. Carli stopped and looked up at him. She noticed that her hand was still against his chest and she tried to pull away. Undertaker's hand tightened over her's as he stepped closer to her. Carli stepped back and Undertaker stepped forward again, still keeping her hand pressed against him. Carli again stepped back and Undertaker followed. They kept this up until Carli's back was against the wall and they could go no further. Carli tried moving her hand away but Undertaker held it firmly in place.

"Undertaker...ple..." Call me 'Taker," he interrupted. "'Taker, please, let go!" "Why are you afraid of me?" he asked. "I...I...I..." "Calm down, just tell me why you are afraid of me." "I...I...please." Carli didn't know what 'Taker was trying to do, but she didn't like it. "What is wrong? I bring you into my room, offer you a drink, let you use the phone, and you go and flip out. I think I deserve an explanation," Undertaker said. He could feel his patience fading and he was beginning to get angry. He let go of her hand and put each one of his hands on the wall on either side of her head. He could see that Carli wasn't going to answer him. He didn't like being ignored, by anyone, no matter who it was. He leaned down so that his eyes were level with her's.

"Are you gonna answer me, little girl?" Carli could hear the change in his tone of voice and knew that he was mad. "Great, I made him mad, now what am I gonna do?" she thought to herself. Carli just stared at him. She just wanted to go back to her room. Undertaker slammed his fist into the wall beside her head in frustration. Carli screamed and tried to run but he grabbed her before she could push past him. He held her against the wall and tried to calm down. Immediately Carli began to apologize. "I'm sorry, please, I didn't mean to make you mad, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," she said, as tears streamed down her face. Undertaker felt himself soften at the sight of her and the fear in her voice. He again had the urge to comfort her.

"Dammit!" he yelled, as he pushed himself away from her. He didn't want to feel emotion like that...he wasn't supposed to feel emotion like that. He was The Lord of Darkness. He was supposed to be a monster. "I am a monster!" he hissed evilly to himself. He could feel his "character" coming over him. It happened every once in awhile. He couldn't control it, so he had learned to just accept it. The darkness was a part of him, of who he was.

Carli stood against the wall, not knowing what to do. She knew that she had angered him and she didn't know how to fix it. She looked over at him and could tell that he was deep in thought. He back was to her and his hand were oh his hips, and his head was down. 'Taker was able to get his "other half" somewhat under control. "Just help her get another key-card and then send her back to her room," he thought to himself. He slowly turned around to face her. "I'll be right back...don't leave," he said through clenched teeth. Carli just stared at him and watched as he left the room. Once he was gone, she took several deep breaths to try and calm herself. She slid down the wall to a sitting position on the floor. She pulled her legs up and wrapped her arms around them. She started crying and then saw the things that happened that terrible night.

She saw him standing there, waiting for her to run. She did, but he caught her. He threw her back toward the bed and wrestled her down. She tried to fight him off, but he was too big and strong. She pleaded with him but he slapped her. "What's wrong bitch? Do I scare you?" She saw him touching her. She could still feel it. She was brought back to reality when the door opened. She stayed where she was, too afraid to move. She looked up at 'Taker as he walked into the room. He walked over to her and held out a key-card. "Here is you key. Now you can leave!" Carli hesitantly took the key from him.

He walked to the door and held it open. Carli stood up and slowly walked to the door. She stopped next to him and turned to face him. "Thank you," she softly said. 'Taker just stared back at her with a scowl on his face. Tears came to Carli's eyes and she lowered her head and walked out. She made her way down the hall to her room, and the last thing she heard, was the sound of 'Taker's door slamming.

'Taker stood there for a minute after slamming the door. He was a little confused at what had just happened. "That girl did nothing wrong, and yet you treated her badly!" "No! She did everything wrong! She just wanted you to feel sorry for her!" 'Taker shook his head. He was argueing with his "other half" again. "I've got to stop this," he said, as he got ready to check out. He was meeting Kane, Triple H, Brock, and the McMahons for breakfast. A few minutes later, there was a knock at his door. He opened the door to find the group waiting for him. "You ready man?" Kane asked. "Yeah, just let me get my bags." 'Taker grabbed his bags and key-card, and headed out of the room. They caught the elevator just in time.

Carli was standing in the elevator, her eyes all read and puffy from crying. She looked up when someone stopped the doors from closing. Her eyes widened in fear when she saw 'Taker. 'Taker stood right beside her in the elevator, which made her even more uncomfortable and afraid. He reached over and pressed the button for the lobby, leaning into her as he did so. Everybody was standing behind them, watching with interest. As the elevator started to move, 'Taker spoke, "I'm sorry...for what happened earlier." Carli kept her head down as she answered him. "It...it's okay," she said, her voice shaking. 'Taker noticed, and felt bad for what he had done. "Don't feel bad, she deserved it! You shouldn't be apologizing to her!" the little voice scolded. The rest of the way down was quiet.

The elevator bell sounded, indicating that they had reached the lobby. The doors opened and everyone stepped off. 'Taker watched Carli as she checked out and then left the hotel. There was something about her that intrigued him. He decided that he wanted to find out as much as he could about her. An evil smirk appeared on his face as he realized how much this could be. He then walked up to the front desk and checked out.

 

Chapter 6

"So...you see anyone you like?" Jim asked. "You know...I think I found the one I want," Vince answered. "Which one's that?" "Her," Vince replied, pointing at the file with the woman's picture. "Alright, I can have her ready in a couple days." Alright. Thanks Jim." "You bet. It's always a pleasure to do business with you." Jim left Vince's office and headed back to his across town. He and Vince had been good friends since high school and both ended up being successful businessmen. Every time Vince was in town, they would get together before the show. This time Vince mentioned that he needed an accountant. But not just any person would do. This person had to be able to do other jobs as well. Someone who wouldn't complain. He saw Carli's picture in her file and remembered her from the elevator. He figured if she could stand next to someone like 'Taker without backing away, then she had courage. What he didn't know, what that Carli and 'Taker had already had a little incident before the elevator ride. He also remembered her from the show. He thought her pretty tough as she had survived a clothesline from 'Taker. He was looking forward to meeting his new accountant. He just hoped that she would be able to make it in the company.

Meanwhile......

"Well, what did you find out?" "Her full name is Carlianna Marie Johnston, she's 22 years old, and an accountant from Sacramento, California. She's single and has no family except for her mother. Her best friend is Shandra Stevenson and her boyfriend Luke is a bit part of the picture. From what I've seen, she doesn't like Shandra's boyfriend. She doesn't talk when he's around unless she absolutely has to. From the looks of things, something has happened between her and this Luke fellow, I just don't know what yet." 'Taker looked at Gangrel carefully. "Well keep watching her. I want to find out everything, especially what happened between her and Luke. I don't want her harmed though. I don't want anyone laying a hand on her. I will make my move when I am ready. Before you leave, go get Paul, he should've been her by now, it's almost time for my match. "Yes master," Gangrel said, than hurried out of the room.

A few minutes later, Paul rushed into the room, huffing and puffing from running. "You wanted to see me, 'Taker?" "Bearer, where have you been? You should've been here a long time ago! It's time for my match!" 'Taker yelled. "I'm sorry. I was..." "Nevermind. I don't have time for you to explain right now. Let's go!" 'Taker and Paul left the locker room and headed toward the curtain. The last thing 'Taker thought about before he stepped through the curtain was Gangrel getting more information and soon, very soon, Carli would be his. With an evil smirk, he stepped through the curtain when his music started, ready to dominate his opponent.

"I'm comin', I'm comin'," Carli said as her dog Jake started barking like crazy. She put down her book and headed toward the back yard. She was dressed in her pajamas, shorts and a t-shirt. She opened the back door and found Jake barking and sniffing at the gate. "Jake, come here," she called. Jake wouldn't come to her though. "Come on boy," she called again. She stepped outside and headed over towards the gate. She grabbed Jake by the collar and started to head back to the house.

She turned around and bumped into someone. "Luke! W...what are you doing here?" "I'm here to finish what I started," he replied evilly. Carli let go of Jake and started running toward the house. She got just inside the door when Luke caught her. Gangrel was watching from the trees. He wasn't sure if 'Taker wanted him to show himself or not. So he rushed back to the arena to inform 'Taker of what was happening.

Carli and Luke fell to the floor and Carli immediately tried to crawl away. Luke grabbed her ankle, so she kicked with her other foot. She managed to kick him in the face which made him let go. She quickly got up and started running. She ran down the hall to the stairs. She saw Luke get up and she ran up the stairs as fast as she could. Luke was just a little bit faster though. He reached her at the top of the stairs. He grabbed her by her hair and started dragging her toward her room. He threw the door open and shoved her into the room.

"'Taker, 'Taker!" Gangrel yelled as he burst into the dressing room. "What the hell?" 'Taker said as he turned around. "'Taker...Carli...some guy...her house!" Gangrel said, out of breath. "What?!" Gangrel took a deep breath and then began to explain. "I was watching Carli like you told me to and some guy attacked her! I think it was Luke. I wasn't su..." he trailed off as 'Taker stormed out of the room.

Carli lost her balance and fell to the floor. She got to her knees but wasn't able to stand up because Luke backhanded her, knocking her to the floor again. He kicked her in the stomach which had her doubling over in pain. He then picked her up and threw her on the bed. He climbed on top of her and tried to take her clothing off but Carli started to fight back. He was able to get her shirt off, but he was having trouble with her shorts. Carli was screaming and crying and kicking and hitting him, doing everything that she could think of in hopes that he would stop.

All of a sudden, Luke felt himself being lifted into the air. He was then thrown across the room, where he hit the wall. 'Taker turned to see Carli sitting on the bed, staring at him, in shock. He noticed that she was in her bra and shorts, which told him what Luke's intentions were. He then took notice of the small cut on her bottom lip and the cut on her right cheek. The sight of her made his blood boil. He could feel the rage building inside of him and his dark side emerging.

He turned around to see Luke picking himself up off the floor. He stalked toward him and picked him up by his throat. He started punching him, enjoying the pain-filled screams that were coming from him. He slammed him up against the wall a couple of times and then let him drop to the floor after he had passed out. He then turned to look at Carli.

'Taker slowly walked over to the bed and looked down at Carli. She was trying to cover herself with the blankets on the bed. She was still staring at him, her eyes wide. 'Taker saw the fear in them as well as the tears, that were ready to fall at any moment. The cut on her cheek and bottom lip were bleeding slightly and a bruise was forming on her cheek. 'Taker looked at Carli's t-shirt, lying on the floor, torn.

He and his alliance had watched her close enough to know where her things were. He walked over to her dresser and opened the appropriate drawer and pulled out a t-shirt. He threw it at her and she hesitantly started to put it on. She winced in pain and 'Taker noticed the big bruise already forming just below her ribs. Again, his anger started rising. He still wanted to follow through with his plan; which was to have her fear him...and more! He smiled an evil smile, thinking of the things that he could do to her. The only reason he saved her was because he considered her his. No one was allowed to touch her! He then walked over to an unconscious Luke, picked him up and threw him over his shoulder, and then left the house.

Carli sat there for a few minutes, trying to figure out what just happened. She decided that from now on, her life would be different. She was going to change. The wall around her heart and emotions had built quickly and it was going to be hard to break. Carli had no idea just how much her life was going to change...and how soon. The wall she had built would soon be nothing but a pile of dust.

Chapter 7

Carli woke up to the alarm clock going off. It was the same routine every morning. She would get up, take a shower, get dressed, do her hair and make-up, and then leave. It had been a week since the incident with ‘Taker and Luke and the wall that Carli had built that night seemed to be getting stronger. Everyone around her had noticed the change in her. Even Jim had noticed.

Carli got to work and noticed that there was a note on her desk, telling her Jim wanted to see her in his office. She set her purse down and headed to Jim’s office. She knocked on the door and entered when she heard him say come in. “Ahh, Carli, come in and have a seat.” Carli shut the door and went over to sit in one of the chairs facing his desk. “As you know, many companies do business with us. A friend of mine, Vince McMahon, is in need of an accountant. Vince is the owner of a big sports-entertainment company called the WWE. He went through some of the employee files and he’s chosen you.” Jim stopped to let Carli grasp all the information. Carli didn’t say anything. “So, do you think you can do it?” “Yes,” was all she said. Jim nodded. “I need you ready by the end of the day. You’ll be flying out in the morning to meet with Vince in Philadelphia.” Carli nodded and got up and left. Jim sighed heavily. He didn’t know what was up with her. He had noticed the change in her and he didn’t like it. He missed the old Carli, the one who would laugh and smile, and interact with her co-workers. He couldn’t help but worry about her.

“You will soon join me!” “NOOO!” Carli screamed in pain as she felt the sharp blade of the dagger cut into her skin. Carli shot straight up in bed, covered in sweat and breathing heavily. She started looking over herself, checking for cuts and so forth. She breathed a sigh of relief when she didn’t find anything. She was confused. This dream was different. Usually she dreamt of Luke trying to harm her again. She slowly started to wonder if maybe this dream meant something. She quickly dismissed it as she looked at the clock. She had to get ready so she wouldn’t miss her flight.

Carli walked through the doors of the arena, with the piece of paper in hand. A message had been left at the airport for her with instructions and directions. She looked around at all the huge wrestlers and other staff that were milling around backstage. For the first time, since she had built that wall around herself, she felt nervousness and a little twinge of fear. The directions on how to get to the arena were fairly easy as she had no trouble finding it. The instructions was what she was having trouble with. She looked down at the pieced of paper again. “Go to Mr. McMahon’s office. That would be a lot easier if I knew where it was,” she said to herself. She walked further into the arena and after spending about 20 minutes looking for his office and not finding it, she finally stopped someone and asked them. They pointed her in the right direction, and 5 minutes later, she was knocking on Vince’s door.

“Come in.” Carli opened the door and walked in. “Come in and have a seat. I’ll be right with you,” Vince said, signing some papers. Carli closed the door and walked over to one of the chairs and sat down. Vince signed that last paper and put them all in a manila envelope and sealed it. Then he turned and looked at her. “You must be Carli.” Carli nodded. “I’m Vince McMahon, owner of the WWE.” He paused and then continued. “Did you find the place alright?” “I found the arena okay, but I had trouble finding your office. Someone didn’t write any directions on how to get to your office, just that I was supposed to come here.” Vince was a little surprised at her tone. He noticed the difference in her since the last time he had seen her. “I’m sorry. I’ll have them be sure to write better directions next time.” Carli just nodded. “Okay…well…to get you started, I have some papers and a contract for you to sign. After that, I’ll send for one of the divas and she can show you around and introduce you to some people. That way you can feel more comfortable.” Carli didn’t say anything and Vince made a mental note to call Jim and see what was up.

It took about 15 minutes for Carli to read over everything and get it signed. Just as she was finishing up, someone knocked on the door. She heard Vince say come in and then a lady walked in. Carli noticed her clothes and thought them a little strange. She gathered the papers, stood up, and walked over to Vince. He took the papers saying, “thank you,” and then made introductions. “Carli, I’d like for you to meet Lita, one of the many lovely and talented divas that we have working for this company. Lita, this is Carlianna, she’s one of the new accountants. I want you to show her around, introduce her to a few people so she can get a feel for things around here.” “No problem,” Lita said, heading for the door. “Come on, we’ll start in the women’s locker room and you can meet all of the girls.” Carli nodded, agreed to meet Vince back in his office at the end of the day, and then left with Lita.

Lita introduced Carli to all of the girls, a few stage hands, Janet who works in make-up, and Jim Dotson, head of security. They were walking back stage, and Lita was pointing out people, telling Carli what their jobs were. “And that’s Goldust. He’s a weird one. So is the Hurricane, which is standing right over there.” Carli didn’t show any emotion. Not a smile or anything. She didn’t even smile when she met the girls. Lita was silently wondering what Carli’s problem was. “That is The Undertaker and his ministry. Stay clear of them, they’re bad news.” Carli looked over in their direction. She knew who The Undertaker was. She wasn’t going to tell Lita that. Gangrel looked over and saw her looking at him. His eyes widened in shock and recognition. He ran over to ‘Taker and said something. ‘Taker slowly turned his head to see what Gangrel was talking about. He smiled evilly when he saw her. Then he turned back around. Carli, confused, turned around to go catch up with Lita. Soon, the tour was over and Carli had to go meet Vince. He had called Jim while she was with Lita, but he didn’t know what was up with her either.

“Carli…you read the part in the contract where you might be doing other jobs other than accounting, did you not?” “I did.” “Well, I have another job lined up for you.” She looked at Vince skeptically, waiting for him to continue. “I want you to be a PA.” “A PA?” “Yes. A personal assistant.” “And…uh…who’s personally assistant?” “The Undertaker’s,” Vince answered slowly. Carli wasn’t going to let Vince see her fear. She wasn’t going to let anybody see her fear…not even The Undertaker. “You won’t have to be around him all the time. You just have to update his schedule(s), make sure he gets to the autograph sessions and interviews, make sure he has his costumes and ring attire/gear, stuff like that. You can check that before and after the shows. Other than that, you’re free to do what you want. When I need the accounting done, I’ll send someone for you. You’ll get paid for both jobs, so don’t worry.” Carli just nodded. Vince gave her a copy of ‘Taker schedule and all the stuff that she needed to know. “You’ll be following his schedule.” Carli said, “thank you,” and then left his office. “I hope she lasts longer then his other PAs,” Vince said. Then he went back to work. Carli headed to the women’s locker room to talk to Lita. She wanted to get as much information as she could.

It was about 10:00pm. “Well I gotta get to the hotel. Matt’s probably wondering where I am. You should head out too, everybody’s already gone.” “Yeah, I should. Thanks for all of your help, Lita.” “Hey, no problem. Anytime you need help, you know who to come to.” Carli nodded and watched as Lita left the locker room. Carli put her stuff into the briefcase and then grabbed it and her purse and walked out. As she rounded the corner, someone grabbed her and put a soaked cloth over her nose and mouth. She tried her best to fight and not breath in the chloroform, but eventually she needed air and had not choice but to breath in. She could feel herself getting light headed. She knew that in a matter of seconds she wouldn’t be awake. The last things she saw before she closed her eyes was a man, a big man with long black hair.

‘Taker opened the door to his dressing room and found the Acolytes standing there, holding an unconscious Carli. ‘Taker stepped aside to let them in. They layed her down on the couch and stood and waited for further instructions. “’Taker?” Paul hesitantly said. ‘Taker turned to look at him. “What are we gonna do? Everybody except security is gone. They’ll be checking locker rooms and such to see if anyone is still here.” ‘Taker decided that he was right. They all had the next few days off, which meant that so did Carli. ‘Taker had requested Carli has a PA. Vince had refused at first, but once ‘Taker started threatening, he quickly agreed to assign Carli to him. He decided that they would all go to his mansion. He told them all his plan and the Acolytes grabbed Carli. “Gangrel, inform Edge and Christian of our plan.” “Yes, Sir.” They left the arena without anyone seeing them..

“Where am I?” Carli said sitting up. She had a headache and she was in a strange room. She noticed that the room was well furnished. The bed that she was in was huge. She looked so small sitting in the middle of it. She also noticed that she didn’t see her briefcase and purse anywhere. Someone unlocking the door interrupted her thoughts. She sat there frozen as she watched the doorknob turn. She could feel herself start to panic. She quickly tried to get herself under control. She couldn’t let them see that she was afraid. The door opened and Gangrel walked in with a tray of food. “Ahh, good evenin’ Carli. I thought that you might be awake. I though you might like a little something’ to eat.” Carli shook her head no, glaring at him. “No? Okay, suit yourself. I’m gonna go now.” Carli sat there and watched as Gangrel left. She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths. She had to stay calm. She needed to call Shandra. She didn’t tell Shandra that she was leaving, so she knew that she would be worried about her. She didn’t know where her cell phone was though.

“’Taker, sir?” ‘Taker turned to look at Gangrel. “I took the food up to her and she was awake. But she won’t eat. She wouldn’t even look at it.” ‘Taker got up from his chair in the study. He went to the kitchen and prepared a bowl of soup. Then he headed upstairs with it. Gangrel watched him walk up the stairs with the bowl of soup, wondering what the hell he was doing.

Carli turned her head toward the door when it opened. She wanted to scream when she saw ‘Taker enter the room and shut the door. “Stay calm, stay calm,” she said over and over to herself. She didn’t show any signs of fear. He put the bowl of soup on the tray. “I thought you might like some soup to warm you up.” “No!” Carli answered snappily. “You need to eat sometime.” “No I don’t! I want my stuff so that I can leave!” That was the end up ‘Taker’s patience. He tried, but no one yells at him. He reached over and grabbed her around the throat and lifted her out of the bed. “Now you listen to me, little girl. You belong to me and you will do as I say! No one, and I mean no one, yells or talks back to me! I’d better see some of this food gone, when I come back!” With that said, he threw her down. Carli started coughing and gasping for air. When she looked up, she saw him looking down at her evilly. ‘Taker could see the fear in her eyes. He knew that she was trying to hide it. He smiled triumphantly and then left. She sat there on the floor for a minute and cursed herself for showing her fear. She could feel the crack in the wall she had built. She had a feeling that ‘Taker was going to be difficult to handle. But she had a job to do. She just didn’t know how she was not going to show her fear. She got up and looked at the food. She was a little hungry. She took half of the sandwhich that was there and took a few small bites. She ate a couple spoonfuls of sound and a cracker. She drank some of the juice and then layed down. It wasn’t long before she fell asleep.

Chapter 8

‘Taker checked on Carli and noticed that she was sleeping. So he went to his room for the night. Sometime later, Carli woke up. She was dreaming of Luke, like always. Before being kidnapped, they used to not wake her up. But tonight it did. She got out of bed and walked to the door. She was surprised to find it unlocked. She opened it and looked out into the dark hallways. She didn’t see anyone so she stepped out into the hallway, closing the door behind her. She started walking toward the stairs and then suddenly stopped. Someone had touched her shoulder. She turned around and saw Bradshaw, one of the Acolytes. She screamed and took off down the stairs. “Shit!” Bradshaw said, and took off after her.

‘Taker jolted awake when he heard Carli scream, and jumped out of bed and ran out of the room. He looked all over the house for her. He finally saw the light on in the study. He quickly walked to the room. He saw the ministry standing around. He saw Bradshaw standing in the middle. He followed his gaze and saw Carli huddled in the corner back by his desk. He noticed that she was shaking with fear. “What the hell is going on?!” he yelled. Everyone in the room jumped. Bradshaw turned around and was about to tell him what happened but ‘Taker beat him to it. He walked over and grabbed him by the throat. “What the hell do you think you are doing?” Can’t you see that you are scaring her? Get out! All of you! NOW!”

After everyone ran out of the room, he turned and looked at Carli. She had her face hidden, and she was huddled against the wall. She was shaking and he could hear her crying. The sight of her made him soften, and made him forget about all of the evil things he wanted to do to her. He walked over to her and knelt down. “Carli…” he said softly. He reached out to touch her and she pulled back and whimpered as if he had hurt her. He made her look at him, even though she resisted. He could tell that she finally realized that it was him. But he also saw more fear. “I’m not gonna hurt ya.” He saw the shock in her eyes when he said that. “Come on, let’s get you back to bed.” “W…why are you b…being nice to me?” she asked, looking him in the eyes. ‘Taker ignored her and headed upstairs with Carli in his arms. For the first time, Carli felt safe in his presence. She clung to him as he carried her upstairs. He entered her room and walked over to the bed. He layed her down and covered her up. He turned to leave but Carli grabbed his hand. She hesitantly started to speak. “P…please stay. I…I’m scared.” Her voice was cracking and she could feel the tears coming. ‘Taker didn’t say anything; he just walked to a nearby chair and sat down. Carli turned onto her side and closed her eyes. “What are you doing?” her mind screamed. “Your wall is breaking, crumbling!” Carli did her best to ignore the scolding. She knew that she was in trouble and needed to do something about it. She just didn’t know what.

When ‘Taker noticed that Carli was asleep he let out a heavy sigh. “What the hell are you doing? You’re not supposed to be nice to her! You’re supposed to make her fear you! Make her break, make her respect you! She belongs to you, make her realize it!” ‘Taker shook his head, trying to clear it. His “other half” really wanted to hurt her. He had to be careful. If he wasn’t, he could possibly kill her if she did something wrong.