Chapter 4- Twos company, threes a crowd.

At the bar, the drinks were plentiful as many toasted to Bret and drank to his legacy. However Kane couldn't help but feel left out as he watched the Deadman and Hitman catch up on old times, not to mention the plot they had going on. Kane's blank state didn't go unnoticed. "I don't think anyone is stopping you from going over to see Mark" Kane turned to see Matt Hardy who insisted he go over and speak with them.

Yet Kane shook his head. "I can't really, I mean those two are best friends. Bret only knows me as the rookie he faced"

"But that was how many years ago? You're KANE, the big red monster! Brother of the Undertaker. You ain't not rookie," Matt announced.

Kane agreed and was about to go and sit next to the two men, however they were suddenly moved and left the bar. For a moment, Kane felt rather offended, but came to the realization once more that Taker hadn't seen Bret in a long time. Kane on the other hand he sees every day more often than not. "Well aren't you going to follow them?" called out Jericho.

He happened to have been eavesdropping on the conversation ever since Kane uttered a word to Matt. "Naw, I should let them be, you know they were friends before I got to the WWE"

Chris however smirked. "You do realize that perhaps if it wasn't for Bret, you wouldn't be here?"

Kane paused to his words and stared at Jericho oddly. Chris went on to explain that when Kane first started off in the wrestling business, he was Isaac Yankem, the deranged dentist of Jerry Lawler. "Sure you were a green back then, but the fact you showed your willingness to learn and accept the advice from Bret and asked questions. It impressed him, and perhaps even the Deadman" Kane recalled that day, he was just like a kid, constantly hounding Bret on what should be done for their match, what he could do to improve his skills and keep up with the veteran such as the Hitman. When the angle ended, Kane did come back briefly after Kevin Nash left. And returned once more when Paul Bearer and the Deadman were scouting for the Undertaker's younger brother. Could his match with the Hitman had set the wheels in motion for him to become Kane? Hell he was aware his current gimmick was only to last 3 months, yet the fans wanted him to stay.

Kane decided he would follow the two men out, much to his own surprise. They looked to have been waiting for him. Kane paused as they stared at the door and looked for him to come out. Bret waved him over, at first Kane didn't know what to think, until he same to their side. "You know something is up" Bret stated.

"Wow, this is where Taker got his power of deduction from!" Kane muttered with a smirk. Yet neither man was smiling. Kane quickly silenced himself as he looked to the two. "Yes, I know something is up between you two, a plot of sorts. But I haven't told anyone of it"

"You can't, you keep this between us, got it?" questioned the Undertaker.

Kane could only bring himself to nod his head, as Bret looked him dead in the eyes. "Question is, what is it that you know?"

In a WWE magazine, Kane was voted as one of the smartest men in the locker room. He looked between Bret and Taker and took a deep breath. "Just judging by the way you two have acted, I say you were going to screw Shawn Michaels" he whispered lowly.

Bret was stunned as was the Deadman. "Damn it, it's that obvious!?" demanded the Undertaker.

Kane nodded. "Well to me anyway, everyone else sees two friends catching up on old times. I say the same thing, besides, it's none of my business. I wasn't really here when the… incident went down. I won't bud into this…"

"The thing is, since you know. We're going to need you now more than ever" Bret muttered. "Someone to throw everyone off"

Kane was curious. "Do continued…"