Disclaimer: This is unassociated with any of my other stories, and I do not own any of the members of this story. I simply write this story due to my utter in character disdain for Kane. Wade Keller, Steve Gerweck, and their respective sites should and do receive credit for this chapter's matchup details, so my little tidbits on the characters' thoughts after the match...are mine. Don't worry, I will delete the spotted comments by Keller about the staged aspects of everything.

Rating Info: This story is rated PG-13.

WWE Brimstone Chronicles by Prime Time, Legend Champion

Chapter 1: The Darkness Begins

8/15/04 - WWE SummerSlam 2004 Pay Per View

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Air Canada Centre

Within this one arena, there were two most intimidatingly powerful presences which would not be denied their destinies. One of them contained the urge to live a normal life and have a beautiful wife. However, his strategems were shady and uncaringly evil, something that he did not care about. The other, like the greedy one, had been the great stop at the end of the road, and on the other side of the corporate confetti of war that was the world of World Wrestling Entertainment, he wanted to taste the championship glory once again. The two of them were brothers in the darkness, and had waged war for several years when the greedy one had been vengeful at the powerful one for starting a fire which brought their mother to an end. The powerful one now felt an utter disdain for the greedy one's antics at getting his hands on the beautiful engaged redhead on the greedy one's area in WWE. The greedy one's insane power was indeed proven uncontrollable since he lost his mask and was forced to reveal his imaginef physical yet truly mental scars. However, as the powerful one had proven at his revival at the place where this world would all begin again, the greedy one's power was indeed stoppable, if you were the right person for the job. It would be interesting to see how things were going to happen for each man.

While the greedy one, with the identity of Kane, contemplated the possibilities of the match against Matt Hardy, Matt and his girlfriend, the awesome and beautiful redhead Lita, also thought of what would happen if the demon defeated Matt. They imagined being torn apart from each other by this ravaging villain, and when Lita thought about it, Kane's vicious stalkings are what brought herself and Matt together for the third time in the first place. It was Matt that came to his senses and managed to protect Lita from Kane at the time of the first attack, thus setting the stage for the love to flow between them once more. To think that the monster would incidentally bring them back together, then tear them apart due to one of her most careless confidences ever, it was absolutely heart wrenching for Lita to contemplate. She prayed to heaven that Matt would be the victor in tonight's match and keep Kane away forever.

Kane continued to elatedly grinch at the possibilties that he could become Lita's husband and have her stay by him in love or fear forever into nevermore, as ever since the losses to his brother at WrestleMania XX and then to the returning ball of energy known simply as Edge at Backlash this year, the demon was feeling his power slip by at every turn. He was driven weaker by exploring the human and mortal side which delves deep within demonic peoples such as himself, introducing him away from darkness and power and into the arts of love, friendship, and fear. This was not his most favorable transmission, as he had grown weak and in a transformation similar to that which his brother had experienced, he had become a normal shell of what was supposed to be the great darkness he inhibits. In October 2002, he can remember that WWE No Mercy saw both Kane and his brother enter heavyweight championship matches before which their brand's respective champions had manipulated each of them through their hearts and their loves. Kane felt sick at the memory that he even had a love, that he even had a heart beyond darkness, that he was equally vulnerable and mortal as was his brother in his most pathetic of all states. The fear that he had felt when his brother in the darkness returned from beyond the graves for the second time added to the weakening up until he was finally defeated by Edge. He remembered that even in past weak times, he was able to destroy Edge's former friend Christian within minutes, and Edge and Christian, knowing and matching each other to the end, had played competitively against one another, so it spined him that he could be defeated by Edge. So, he decided to take it upon himself to regain his great power by making others feel towards him what he felt. The strongest of all the emotions, fear, was the emotion that Kane would use to his advantage. And he invoked a good bit of that from Lita. Kane had a secret desire to have combat with the one who he believed responsible for previously ruining his life. And when he recovered enough evil power at the expense of the beautiful Lita, he would finally confront his enemy once more and hope to crucify him once and for all.

The one who was to face John Bradshaw Layfield for the WWE Heavyweight Championship tonight...The Undertaker. He was training for the match against JBL, who had spoken of having a scheme in the weeks leading up to this majestic SummerSlam. Undertaker looked at his history and saw that his darkness had many friends and enemies, such as the entombed Paul Bearer, his wife Sara, members of his Ministry of Darkness, and the slimeball who once took control of him, Paul Heyman, as well as Heyman's extremely motivated former henchmen, the Dudley Boyz. Perhaps one of those members could be used against Undertaker, who immediately considered another great enemy of his past: his daunted brother Kane, who he supposedly tombstoned into his senses as WrestleMania.

Matt Hardy "Version 1.0" (accompanied by Lita) versus KANE

"Till Death Do Us Part" match (Lita on the line)

Lita came out in maternity clothes showing quite a bit more than she did six days ago. Lawler firmly said Kane is the man who impregnated Lita. Hardy went after Kane with aggression early. Kane then took over offense at 1:00. After Lita and Kane yelled at each other, Kane turned to dive at Hardy. Hardy ducked and Kane flew to ringside. Hardy then dove onto Kane, then gave Kane the Twist of Fate at ringside. Hardy yelled for the referee to begin his ten count. Normally Hardy wouldn't necessarily want to win by countout and would rather get some physical revenge on Kane, but since Lita put their marriage on the line needlessly, he now has to become obsessed with just winning any way he can. Lita grabbed the ringside bell into the ring. Hardy grabbed it and KO'd Kane with it. Hardy then made the cover, but Kane put his foot on the middle rope to stop the count. Ross said that was the first time he's ever seen Kane use the middle rope for an out. Hardy leaped off the top rope, but Kane caught him with a choke. He then shoved Hardy into the ropes and gave him a "size 18 boot right between the eyes of Matt Hardy." Kane went to the top rope. Hardy shoved him off balance, then went for a superplex. Kane, though, chokeslammed Hardy off the top rope. Kane scored the pin. Lita looked shocked as reality set in. She ran away, flailing her arms like Pheobe in Friends. Kane grinned widely.

WINNER: Kane at 6:05 to earn the right to marry Lita.

As soon as he returned to his dwelling-like boiler room, Kane was laughing with utter joy at the sweet sound of victory. This was the greatest victory of them all, even greater than the wins he had scored against The Undertaker in their feudal era. Kane's reason for being supremely happy is that he would finally become married to the mother of his child, leading him to the art of being a father and having a family, even if he was going to make his child be just as evil, and he'd need to provoke the fear within his wife. However, he would not tell until it was time, but there was a secret reason: the vibes that Lita gives the monster revive his powers one step further, and then they will continue to become fed until he becomes the greatest force in the company, even beyond Kane's own brother, The Undertaker. The moment Kane felt his power go beyond the Dead Man's, he would go on to prove that the Big Red Machine was the greater of the brothers, and he would destroy Undertaker with Lita's assistance once and for all. He would let Undertaker win the WWE Heavyweight Championship on SmackDown, because his strategems would work even better, as he would get the WWE Title, Lita, his own child, and the ultimate defeat of the legendary Undertaker all in one foul swoop. As he was glorifying himself for the greatness that he had finally accomplished a part of, there in front of him stood Undertaker himself. The Brothers of Destruction engaged in an intensely hateful staredown.

Taker: "Do you really think that I or anyone else is dense enough not to note?"

Kane: "What!?"

Taker: "You have become weak, and you have needed a sacrifice. Lita's freedom was the sacrificial lamb for the revival of your power."

Kane: "So I see you're quite the sleuth."

Taker: "Correction, Kane. I'm quite the Dead Man. And you are quite the stupid demon."

Kane: "Think what you want, Undertaker. You had to influence my father to return you into the world."

Taker: "What will you utilize your power for once you regain it anyway?"

Kane: "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

With that, the Big Red Machine walked off in utter glee and surprise that the great Lord of Darkness actually had to ask the question. Undertaker did not know what was going to happen to him when Kane recovered his power at Lita's expense. Perhaps he would use it to stage situations to gain Lita's heart by saving her, Kane presumed the thoughts of the dead man. But little did he know, his brother knew much more than he thought he did. And this would all come to Kane's dismay in the future. As far as the Lord of Darkness, Kane was going to be in for the ride of his lifetimes.

John Bradshaw Layfield (accompanied by Orlando Jordan) versus THE UNDERTAKER

WWE Heavyweight Championship match

After brawling briefly at ringside, Bradshaw got in some early punches, but Taker took JBL to the mat and began working over his left arm. Taker walked the top rope and came off with a forearm. He followed up with a DDT-like move out of the armbar. JBL came back by working over Taker's leg, ramming his leg with a chair at ringside at 5:15. Taker reversed JBL into a rolling kneebar. Taker guillotine legdropped JBL across the ring apron. JBL came back at 10:15 and climbed to the top rope. Taker caught him up there and hit a superplex for a near fall. JBL moved into a spinning toe hold. Taker grabbed JBL's throat mid-spin, but JBL kicked him in the knee. Taker surprised JBL right away with a chokeslam for a two count. Taker hit a flying clothesline, but then favored his knee from the previous spinning toe holds. He hit two clotheslines in the corner and then snake eyed JBL over the top turnbuckle. One hard clothesline later, he made the cover and scored a near fall at 13:30. Taker followed up with a chokeslam for another near fall. When Jordan distracted Taker, JBL nailed Taker with the Clothesline from Hell for a two count. The shoulder lift received a mixed reaction from the crowd. JBL bumped into the ref in the corner, then they hit each other with simultaneous big boots. Jordan threw the WWE belt to JBL. He KO'd Taker with it, then kicked the belt out of the ring. Cole said, "JBL is going to steal this match-up and it's a damn shame." Jordan dragged the KO'd ref over to JBL and began slapping the ref's arm on the mat. Before the third count, Taker still lifted his shoulder. In a hilarious moment, Jordan, overcome with honesty, stopped the count and didn't count to three because Taker lifted his shoulder. Taker knocked Jordan out of the ring. Taker made a desperation Last Ride out of the corner at 17:00 and made the cover. JBL kicked out at the last split-second. Jordan charged into the ring with the belt and was going to hit Taker. Taker booted Jordan, then hit JBL with the belt. The ref came to in time to see the belt shot and called for the DQ. After the match, Taker slammed JBL into the hood of his car Nord the Barbarian style. JBL's boots broke the windshield. The crowd booed as Taker returned to the back. JBL bled all over the hood of his car from his forehead. Taker returned to JBL and chokeslammed him through the roof of the car. JBL was put in a neck brace and taken out on a gurney. Jordan stopped them from wheeling him away until he got the belt and put it on his chest.

WINNER: John Bradshaw Layfield via DQ at 17:38 to retain the WWE Heavyweight Championship.

Undertaker had let his angers get the best of him, something that he will barely ever do. And tonight, it cost him the WWE Heavyweight Championship, that one prize he desired above all for SummerSlam. However, he did grant the champion, John Bradshaw Layfield, his proper punishment for his disingenuous ways as the champion. Undertaker now had to focus on his next task: fighting Kane. JBL out of commission, no members had any doubt now that Undertaker was the most powerful figure in WWE, championship intact or not. Layfield was going to be in the hospital for a few weeks, and he wouldn't be seeking revenge, since he would be afraid of the Dead Man even afterwards, as is Orlando Jordan, the foolish chief of staff. Undertaker remembered that during his years of mortality, he actually shook hands with Jordan and John Cena when they had first appeared on WWE television. Jordan seemed like he would progress in his career, and he has indeed, but under the influence of the wrong man ever since that one SmackDown in which Undertaker was actually about to hit Jordan ten days ago. And Cena turned out to be nothing but a provocative thug, which partially served as motivation for Undertaker to destroy Cena the way he had that SmackDown before the Great American Bash revival, so it wasn't completely the influence of Paul Heyman that had worked its ways that night. That fact, of course, made the Man from the Darkside glad, for he was able to think with his own mind and not act upon Paul Heyman's wishes. That night, Undertaker truly knew that he was his own man attempting to save Paul Bearer. He understood that Bearer was going to serve as a weak point, and would be captured and tortured time and time again. So he saved him from this earth and laid him to rest at the Great American Bash. Plus, now he wouldn't be on either man's side in this upcoming war between Kane and The Undertaker. However, Undertaker would have to watch out for Lita, in case some fishy senses came into the dead man's mind about the redheaded extreme diva. The only problem is, Undertaker already sensed a slight disturbance as he gazed at her earlier today. She had noticed him looking and turned away. No matter, Undertaker was prepared for Kane, and maybe even Lita.