The Way things are

by Scorpina

The Undertaker had woken from a coma a while back. When he learned that he and Kane were truly brothers. But not human. Mark and Glen set out to learn of their family, and understand how they became 'blessed vampires'

1. Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Weeks after waking up from the 'coma' Mark went back to work. He was at the arena, when guys came to him. "Mark! Great to see ya man, you lose weight?" asked Paul Wright.
"Perhaps… where's Glen?" Mark questioned.
"In the ring" he replied. Mark went to the ring, there was Glen standing there waiting for him.
"About time!" Glen smirked.
"I need answers!" Mark insisted. "What really happened to me?" he asked.
"You're gonna need a seat" Glen replied. Mark got into the ring and sat. Glen took a deep breath. "There was no fire in the first place" he started to explained. "That was a story I put in Louie's mind to throw him off what was really at stake. You had passed out in the middle of the match. It was about 10 years ago. You faced the Big Show, he threw you off the stage, and you hit your head pretty hard on the table. This was back when you looked about 40" he explained.
"40? Then how come I'm 30!" he demanded.
"I'm getting to that!" Glen scolded. "When you go into a coma like state, you regain your youth, your looks and your vampire powers. We lose them as we age" Glen stated. "We have been alive for over 300 years Mark."
"I don't remember anything from my past life!" he explained.
"I know, it will come in time. But for now. We need to figure out how to stay young without sleeping" Glen insisted.
"Could that be why we drank blood?" Mark questioned.
"No, Blood is a myth… I think" Glen replied. "But, I found another source we can feed from, it will take some time to work. The crowd lets out unimaginable amount of energy, energy like that could keep us young forever!"
"But when wrestling is no longer popular, then what?" Mark asked. Glen thought about it.
"Blood is starting to sound good at this moment," he explained.
"We can get it from slaughterhouses and butchers. Since either of us have ever had fresh blood before" Mark suggested. Glen nodded in total agreement.
"AH HA!" came a voice, the looked. Rico popped out from behind the security wall. "I am telling mister Bischoff on you! You're vampires!" and he ran. Glen rolled his eyes.
"You think he would learn by now"
"Wait…. What about Sara? Does she know? And Louie…. How will he take it?" Mark asked.
"Louie will be a full vampire by the age of 21. Sara doesn't know yet. I made sure that stayed out of her mind." Glen replied.
"We can walk out in the day," Mark said.
"We can, we can hold crosses, we aren't cursed to damnation" Glen replied.
"Then how did we come to be as is?" he demanded Glen.
"It happened over 10,000 years ago" Glen stated. "Our parents, as far as I know, I didn't know if we have grandparents all were been able to have children… always twins, all the time. There were 2 families of vampires at the time. Clans if you will. The Sharp tooth, and the Nosferatu" he explained. "The families were always at war. They fought over the people that worshiped them and cared from them. Back then, they were gods to these people. The powers we had were very strong. They could change the weather. But as things got more and more violent, the people got worried, finally the families went to war, just before you and I were born. It was right in the middle of a blood bath to which you and I were in the world. The most trusted of the people took us from mother. Right before our home was attacked. She was killed. Father was as well when he tried to defend her, it was horrible." Glen sobbed, he cried for a moment. Mark was talking it all in, bits and pieces came back to him.
"I'm starting to remember Glen" he replied.
"We grew up. And traveled the worlds, looking for others like us. We were the only survivors. We went back home by the age of 30 mortal years. There we found our family library, and we devoured every book, reading from front to back to see what we were. We never ate, we slept, but we were so much stronger than any mortal. We learned about our powers. And found our older brother's journal" Glen explained.
"We had siblings?" Mark asked.
"40 of them" Glen smirked. "But they are all dead. But there could have been more" he whispered. Mark was intrigued and wanted to learn more about his past life.

Chapter 2

"40 of them all dead?" Mark asked.
"Yes. And in our oldest brother's diary, he wrote 'our youngest of our family is at last born, but I fear they came into a world too late… for the war isn't going to end till we are all dead. That's why father asked me to get the most trust worthy of the people to take my brothers to a safe haven, I know we will not live long enough to see them grow up. Nor love them the way they should be loved. I left a note for them so they learn about their feeding habits. If you find this Glen, Marcus. Remember your family will always love you'" Glen stated. Mark sobbed, he cried clear tears.
"Did we ever find the book?" Mark asked.
"No. We have to look for it still." Glen replied.
"Where was our old home?" Mark asked.
"In Greece. In the temples that are now rubble…"
"Alright!" came Eric Bischoff, he came down the ramp with Rico. "Tell me what the hell is going on!" he demanded. Glen went up to Eric, he put his hand on Eric's head.
"Forget about it" he ordered, and Eric's eyes were glowing an odd colour. Glen removed his hands. Eric looked at him when the glow vanished.
"Well, are we all set for tonight?" he asked.
"Mister Bischoff! He's a vampire!" Rico stated.
"Rico…. Knock it off!" Eric replied. "Now. I understand you have some issues to work out so take some time off ok?" he asked. Glen nodded. He turned to Mark.
"Pack your bags bro, we're going to Greece," he said. Mark did just that. He went home, and he packed his bags. He and Glen went outside with their gear.
"So… how do we get there?" Mark asked. Glen started to float.
"Not all vampire myths are myths!" he smirked. Mark focused and started to float too! They were off in no time, and no sooner. They made a easy and quick landing in Greece. "There!" Glen pointed to a far off mountain range. They stood in the city. "That's where we were born!" he explained. They took off again for the mountains, they landed in a meadow, there they felt something farmiller. They walked closer and closer, and they came a pone ruins.
"Home" they moth muttered. They walked to the ruins, and inside, some of the house was still standing after all these years. Glen explored and found the library!
"MARK!" he called. Mark came racing over, and Glen pulled out a book. "For Glen and Mark" he read. He opened the book, inside were instructions and feeding habits. "They did feed from blood. Once a year. They fed off of livestock and only animals. A large animal kept them well fed for a year…. But we never had a drop of blood!" Glen pondered.
"Oh yes we have" Mark replied. "When we wrestled someone, and they bleed, we got their blood on us… I think our bodies absorbed it." Mark explained.
"When drinking the blood once a year, youthful looks and power would remain and grow stronger as time passed." Glen finished. "So that's how we stay young!" he stated.
"So… what now?" Mark asked. Glen looked around, he notices this switch in the room, near the old fireplace that was still standing, he flicked the switch, and a small door opened. "Whoa! Some of these things still work!" Mark whispered. They both crawled in with ease, till they came to a flap on the tunnel, they went through. They had their backs to the room, when they turned to look…. It was full of gold, jewels, and silver.
"That family fortune!" they both muttered. They looked through the treasure and they were shocked.
"We could own the WWE!" Glen smirked.
"And fire Bischoff!" Mark laughed. They found bags in the room made of strong material. It must be strong since it looked brand new. The fibers weren't rotted away. They filled their pouches and put their gold in their pockets.
"Glen, what other powers do we have? We can fly, read minds; erase memories, great strength… what else?" Mark asked.
"We can raise our voices to be as loud as we want to, and soft enough so only we can hear one another. We are telepathic with one another; we can live for thousands of years. And see into people's souls" Glen replied.
"How strong are we?" Mark asked.
"As strong as we want to be" Glen explained. "Come, let's see if we can find anything more here" Glen called as they found another hidden passage in the room.

Chapter 3

Glen and Mark went through all the rooms of the house. Finding old things they barely remembered. Blankets from their cribs… their cribs… and what scared them the most was that there was a skeleton hanging over one cribs. Mark walked up, an image flashed his mind… it was his older brother. There was a note in the crib, it was written in Greek, and it still survived all these years. Glen took it and read it. "To the young masters who may find this later. Your brother died as we got you out of the house, he defended your crib as if it was his life. He pied with his life, so you may live. Honour him, and bury him in the mountains to where your family lived. Pay tribute, for he was the last to die in your family." Glen read. They went around the house, they were amazed to how well preserved some items were, they found silk blankets, and wrapped their brother's body in it. "You think this stuff would decay?" Glen asked. They covered the body and took it outside; Glen dug a hole with his bare hands. And it was deep enough; they carefully put their brother in the grave. And covered him with the soil.
"Dear brother, who died for us so we may live, bless you. And may you rest in peace" Mark said, Glen said the same.
"Amen" they said, they bit their wrists, and let their blood fall on the grave. Glen went inside, and got the crib. He placed it over the grave, and put it in fairly deep.
"This way we know where he rests" Glen replied. Mark nodded. The explored what was left of the house, most of it had become part of the mountain. Glen's cell phone went off. "Hello?" he asked.
"Glen, where the hell are you and Mark?" it was Vince.
"Uh Vince…. We're just… at a bar… why?" Glen asked.
"You expect Raw to go on without you!" he bellowed. Glen had to turn his phone the other way. Vince was shattering his eardrums.
"Vince. Mark and I will be there in a moment" Glen replied and hung up.
"Damn vampire hearing, I could hear him from here!" Mark stated.
"Yeah, we got to head back" Glen replied. He and Mark took off, and in no time. They were at the arena. Mark and Glen landed, when they heard.
"I KNEW IT! SEE I TOLD YOU" They looked up, it was Rico, Bischoff and Triple H.
"Damn! It is true!" Hunter muttered.
"Damn it" Glen hissed. "I can only erase memories once a week on a person!"
"Why is that?" Mark asked.
"If I did it more than once, I could kill them!" he replied.
"Oh" Mark growled. Eric, Triple H and Rico came running down the stairs, and came face to face with Mark and Glen.
"Care to do some explaining!" demanded Eric.
"What's there to explain?" Glen asked.
"Don't BS it Glen! Look we saw you fly!" Hunter shot back. "I guess we weren't so far off with that Katie Vick story line after all… VAMPIRE!" he hissed at them. That just boiled Glen up inside.
"Look… we weren't flying!" Glen said through his clenched teeth, but hid his fangs.
"Don't lie, I got it all on tape!" Rico smirked. As he held up the video camera. Mark was trying to think of something fast. He noticed something on the roof… It caught his eye. He could make it out. Glen felt something too.
"What is it? What are you 2 looking at?" Eric demanded. Something swooped behind them, Eric turned white. Glen and Mark looked behind them, a wrinkled, and very ill looking vampire stood there!
"AAAHHH!" they screamed, all but Glen and Mark. The other ran inside. Glen looked in the creature's eyes.
"Brother?" he asked.
"Glen?…. Mark?… You're alive!" he cried and hugged them tightly. Glen hugged back. Mark wasn't sure.
"How did you survive? I though we buried you?" Glen asked.
"You did. Your blood that you dripped on my grave healed me. But I need to feed to restore my image… I look like a corpse!" he laughed.
"We know were you can feed!" Mark said, still unsure. His brother smiled.
"Do not be scared of me dear brother. I am here, we are the only ones left. So… where is this feeding?" asked their brother. Glen took him to the local butcher shop. Glen went in asking for all the blood they gathered during the day.
"You're not from a round here are you?" the owner asked.
"Naw, I'm with the WWE, we need to make a match look really bloody" Glen lied. The owner nodded, he gave him 3 vats.
"Need a trolley?" he asked. Glen lifted 2 by himself!
"Naw, I'm good!" Glen walked outside, his brother hid in the dark alley. Glen gave him the 2 vats. He drank one, his hair and skin were looking human once more, when he drank the other. He looked human.
"Need the third?" Glen asked.
"Yes, I need my youth" the brother explained who looked like a 60 year old. Glen went back and got the third, the hungry brother gulped it, and looked 30. He had Glen's eyes, and smile. Mark's hair and nose, he looked like a blend of both. "My brothers!" he grinned as he hugged them whole-heartedly.
"We don't know your name!" Glen explained.
"It's Marius" he replied. Which shocked them both.
"Marius?" they asked.

Chapter 4

"Why so shocked about my name?" he questioned.
"Marius is the name of a vampire written by Anne Rice" Mark explained.
"Anne Rice?" he questioned, Glen nodded. "That would be interesting and a quirk of faith, a vampire named after me? In a book?" he smirked.
"How old are you Marius?" Glen asked.
"7,894 and counting… I suppose my age has reset since I was brought back to life. So… one hour?" he asked with a slight smirk.
"Naw, we'll keep you your age. We have much to learn about our powers. Can you teach us?" Glen asked. Marius smiled.
"Of course… now, about that… videotape?" he asked. "What is it?" he questioned.
"It's a machine that can record your image, so it recorded us flying" Mark explained. "They will expose us to the world" Glen explained. "We will be shunned from society"
"No… You won't" Marius replied, with their great speed they went to the arena. Marius was very confident, he walked the halls, guys muttered.
"Mark and Glen got a brother?" whisperer Big Show.
"They must look at him!" replied Brock Lesner. Marius went to the ring; Eric was about to call the crew in the back to play the tape. Marius walked in the ring.
"Who the hell are you?" Eric demanded.
"I am Marius" he replied. "And I think you have something that could hurt Kane and the Undertaker's image I believe, I am their older brother" he explained.
"Well I don't care what you are I just know that Kane and Undertaker are vamp…." Eric began to go into a trans, Mark and Glen watch with interest, as Eric stood there, frozen. He didn't move or anything!
"You know what? I don't even remember what I was going to do. As for the tape, give it to Marius. And have him destroy it" Marius said, he snapped his fingers, and Eric said those exact words!
"Whoa!" Glen grinned. "Mind control!"
"That's interesting" Mark replied, Marius walked into the locker room with the tape in hand.
"Amazing" Glen smirked. Marius used his powers, the tape was ablaze.
"I need to know something" Mark insisted. Marius sat down. "Who was this other family we feuded with… and how were we the only ones that lived?" Mark asked.
"I figured you would as me this dear brother. All of you sit. And I shall explain." Marius stated.
"We are sitting" Glen replied. Marius sat.
"We were the Nosferatu family. We were the ones that looked after the people. We were the law makers of the time," he explained.
"Law makers?" Glen and Mark asked.
"The guilty were killed by us, we drank the blood of the guilty," he explained farther. "That was father's job, and he did it to the fullest, and most honest extent of the law" Marius explained. "Glen was to talk father's place as the law maker"
"Me? Why?" Glen asked.
"You have used your judgment well since I have seen you. And you were destined for this. It was your calling"
"What about me?" Mark asked.
"You were to be the one that apprehended them. If you saw a crime committed, and a witness agreed with you. You got to pass judgment then and there. Glen would have been for more serious cases"
"What did you do?" Glen asked.
"Wrote all that took place, I was the recorder. But this is when the feud started to happen. The Sharp-tooth family took exception to our way of life; they were the ones that collected the tax from the people…. They taxed them greatly it was horrible. Families starved, many were turned to crime to feed their families. We took pity on them, brothers of ours left to make money as traders in other cities and countries. Every time they came back with a huge sum of money… the Sharp-tooth took the money… they raised the taxes more and more. Father had enough, he warned them to change their ways, or there would be problems, they took it as a threat. And attacked us. They killed 4 of our older brothers, and 7 sisters…. They killed them on the spot when they stepped out of the wall of our temple. They killed in cold blood, father fought back, as did our brothers. Many died in trying to save and avenged the people. This is when the weakness was discovered; they could only come out at night. Father killed half of the family in the day. Nighttimes they retaliated. We were all sacred. This was the night you and Glen were conceived." He explained.
"Damn…. I miss mom and I wish I met her and dad," Glen cried. Marius held him close.
"You are more like father than you think," he explained. "You are his very image he was"
"Really?" Glen asked.
"But of course!" he replied. "And Mark, you are very much like mother" Marius explained. Marius turned to the door, Chris Jericho stood there. He was shocked, and gulped his pride.
"Vampires?… You're all vampires?" he asked.
"Yes" Marius replied.
"Amazing. And you drink blood? And hunt at night? Sleep in coffins!" he asked.
"Young Jericho sit here, and listen to my tale!" Marius said nicely.
"You won't hurt me will you?"
"No, come sit. If you are willing to keep an open mind and an open heart, we wouldn't mind the company" Marius replied. Jericho sat.
"Vampire and mortals have lived in harmony. Our family did. That is why it wasn't hard when you were born Mark, Glen that people took you in instantly without hesitation. They were willing to die for you!" he replied.
"Mark… Glen… you lost your entire family?" Jericho asked. They nodded. Glen was still crying.
"Perhaps it's best we call it night for you Glen" Marius asked.
"I can't sleep now. Since I know what happened to mom and dad!" he cried. Marius stood up. He motioned Mark to as well. He stretched Glen out on the couch, and sanged to him.
"Sun will rise, days will past.
Things in life aren't met to last.
My children are safe, soon to be.
Peace will come, hate will never be.
I many not be here, but you will know.
I will stay with you forever.
And you know, you can always see.
I will protect you, my son you'll always be" Marius sanged. Mark looked at him oddly. Glen was asleep.
"Mom sanged that to us!" Mark whispered.
"That she did, so you and Glen wouldn't cry as you were taken out of the temple and the people saving you weren't killed" Marius replied.
"Damn… now I feel bad for all the times I made fun of Kane" Chris sighed.
"Don't worry Chris, come. We must let him rest" Marius stated as they snuck out of the room, leaving Glen to rest.

Chapter 5

Mark and Jericho were outside of the room as Marius closed the door. Once that happened. Triple H and Ric Flair confronted them.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Hunter demanded from Marius.
"I am who I am, who are you?" Marius replied.
"Shut up! You just blew away the most incredible piece of evidence I had against Kane and Taker!" he hissed. "You freaks shouldn't even be here!"
"Hunter, back off!" Jericho warned.
"Or what? You gonna cry all over me? Whaa! Whaa! Mister King of the world" Hunter smirked.
Marius had had enough. He grabbed Hunter by the belt and lifted him off the ground.
"You leave my brothers alone, you dare go near them, or harm them. Your ass is mine!" warned Marius. Marius left. Mark wondered were he was going. But decided not to follow.

Meanwhile…
Vince was signing some documents when Marius stood in the room. He shocked Vince. Vince gasped in surprise. "What do you want?" Vince demanded.
"A contract, I wish to work here" Marius replied. Vince looked at him in the eyes; Vince saw the same look Mark gave him when Mark joined the WWE.
"All right. Welcome to the WWE" he replied. Marius didn't want to join the WWE for the money. He wanted to be with Glen and Mark, he walked out. He ran into Brock Lesner. Marius recognized the look. He had the family stare.
"You came from Rome didn't you?" Marius asked.
"I thought all those tales my grandma told me were myths. We served a vampire race…. But I see it's true" he whispered.
"How do you know me?" Marius asked. Brock went into his locker room. He came back with a pendent. Marius examined it and he smiled. "The black diamond… We left it one Glen's neck…"
"I thought those 2 were just weird when I first saw them, but then remembered what my grandma told me. You were that of the fair family!" he whispered.
"Yes, your family helped us well. Your great, great, great grand father saved my brothers, I am forever in debt to your family"
"But you were the ones that died trying to set us free from the tyrants" Brock shot back. "Your family died in cold blood… all for what? They wanted power and money. You wanted law and order, for everyone to live happily and safely with one another. To be in peace, you succeeded…. But we lost our great rulers. My ancestors mourned your deaths. You died for them, and they nearly died without you" Brock replied.
"We you're here are you not?" Marius asked. He and Brock went back to see Mark and Jericho. Jericho was talking.
"I never knew vampire really lived… Mark this is amazing!"
"I know. But where to go from here is the question" Mark replied.
"We tell your wife everything, and make her one of us" Marius replied. Mark was shocked by the news.
"NO! You can't!" he cried.
"Can, and have to. If she is to have your children from now on… It's the only a matter of time Mark. We have to!" Marius ordered.
"How?" Jericho asked.
"We don't kill to make vampires, they submit. We do drink a small amount of their blood, and they drink ours. After they must tell us they want to join us, they drink a small amount of our blood, and the family chants. 'We welcome you with open arms, in our hearts and family in the stars. May you live in happiness with your new life, you that of Sara… Mark's wife' and that is all" Marius explained.
"What about guys who just want to be vampires?" Jericho asked.
"Same thing, just that you aren't a wife, but befriend of the family, and now a brother" Marius explained.
"Can I be a vampire?" Jericho asked.
"Not now. You have yet to understand why we are the way we are, once you do. We will let you know" Marius explained, he walked into the locker room. The guys looked in, Glen was cuddled on the couch. As if he was being held. Marius stood over him. He just smiled. Brock and Jericho watched as with great ease, he lifted Glen. He walked out with Glen in his arms.
"Wait!" Mark whispered. "You don't know where the hotel is!"
"No… But I know where our house is… come, follow me" Marius replied. Mark was shocked; he knew were the house was? What was he talking about? Could there be more than just them alive? Mark's mind was racing, he needed answers, and he needed them soon!