Chapter 9

In the present time.

Cena waited for him in the back along with Edge. The two were getting worried until the rip of a motorcycle shattered through the silence of the night. He sped into the arena and nearly got off the bike before stopping. The Undertaker had raced himself to get to the arena after hearing the urgent news. "How did he know? How did he find out? And if this is all a joke, you're in for an ass tanning you won't soon forget!"

The two superstars turned to one another in worry, but insisted it was urgent. Cena told Taker it was no joke, and about the long leather mask Kane had been wearing. "I haven't seen that look in his eyes before. It's strange, really strange!"

Taker began to storm in, yet paused. He turned to the two men and said. "Why can't I sense him? I could before, now I can't!"

"You answer that, you answer my issue, I can't smell him or hear his heart beating. Taker, what exactly is going on here with Kane?"

The Undertaker sighed as he looked to Cena. "He wasn't supposed to know yet. It was too soon for him to learn the truth."

John only nodded his head. "What do we do?"

"Find him, tell him everything" said Edge. "It's the right and the only thing we can do"

The Deadman sighed aloud. "Get me Punk"

John and Edge stared at him, bewildered to say the least. "Punk? Why!"

"Just do it"

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Little did the Undertaker realize, CM Punk was already on the hunt for Kane. Yet unlike the others, he didn't go searching all over the arena for him. He knew where he was just by recalling Kane's habits. Punk walked fearlessly into the Boiler room and saw him sitting in the far corner. "Thought so," he said aloud.

Kane looked up. "What do you want?"

Punk only smiled. "I came to see how you were doing. You know me for shooting straight from the hip right? I ain't going to lie to you, not my style" Punk came closer and closer to Kane and he tried to get the big red monster to look him in the eyes. "I know how you feel if that is any consolation. You see, I thought the same thing before about myself. Half something or other, when really, you're in a whole different parking lot"

Kane's head slowly rose up to stare at his unusual guest. Odd thing was, Punk spoke truthfully. "It's not in our nature to lie, you do know that. But we sometimes do it just to get by and pass off as 'normal' people or 'fit in' as our case would be"

"What are you getting at?"

Punk soon found himself sitting next to Kane. "We are told one thing to be protected by the others. But when the time comes for us to learn the truth. Sometimes we learn it the hard way rather than the easy way, like someone coming right out and telling us the truth." Punk paused as he took a drink of water he brought with him. "Troubling part is, we don't know what we are, until we are tested. Sadly at the expense of others, which I am certain you are figuring out now"

"Cena" Kane whispered.

"Yeah, Cena, same thing with me. Protect the vampire prince, which isn't real! Yeah, I was just about as thrill about that when I learned of the arenas changed from Pepsi to coke products"

Kane sighed. "But, why am I the last to learn? You knew, didn't you?"

Punk's head nodded. "I had a hunch for a while. But made a promise to not say anything until you had questions or something drastically changed. It's not an easy truth Kane. But a truth that had to be revealed to you sooner than later"

Silence befell the two of them. Punk stood up from where he sat and turned to Kane. "You going to be alright?"

There was no response, but Punk knew not to force an answer from him and chose to leave before Kane may find his violent streak. As Punk walked out, he put a great distance between himself and Kane. Just as he turned a few hallways, he ran into the Undertaker. He stood with his arms crossed and glared down at him with anger. "What did you tell him?"

Punk only smiled. "I didn't tell him anything he didn't already know. But someone has some answering to do. After all, he wasn't ever one of you" He then glared at Cena and Edge. "Call me when you are ready to tell him the full story"