CHAPTER 10

"Lily, darling, you've barely touched your tea."

Lilith smiled at her Aunt Enid, the smile did not reach her eyes however. "I'm sorry, I was just reading the paper." She apologized softly, folding it in half and set the paper aside. She reached for her tea cup, sipping it. She had been back in England for three months.

Her Aunt had tried to get her out, tried suggesting she resume her Tour but she had refused. She didn't want to do anything. She had tried calling Kane only to get Paul, who in turn had told her to forget her brother as he had already forgotten her.

"The WWF is in town, would you like to go?" Enid offered, knowing Lilith's half-brother was a wrestler. She knew something had happened when Lilith had gone to the States, she just didn't know what.

Lilith hesitated.

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Lilith wasn't sure why she was here, why she had allowed her aunt to talk her into attending this event. This was a mistake. She had sat in her front row seat and hardly paid attention to the show. She was on the verge of just calling it a night and going home when Kane's music hit, causing her to both flinch and stand up at the same time.

Would Kane recognize her? Would he notice her there in blue jeans and a white button up blouse, looking so different from her usual black gowns? She chewed on her lower lip, trying not to frown as she watched both her brother and their father walk out onto the stage.

This wasn't her Kane though. This was… someone else, someone who scared the hell out of her. She noted the walk he stalked to the ring, looking so dangerous; his every gesture filled with rage and hatred. Paul, she noted, seemed pleased with whatever it was he had brought out in Kane, which only disgusted her.

Her attention was once more pulled to the stage when the Undertaker appeared, a man much bigger than both he and Kane standing right behind him. She barely listened to a word Paul Bearer said, trying her best not to stare at the Undertaker, the man who had made her and Kane's lives Hell.

But she couldn't look away either.

Finally, she tore her gaze away, glancing at Kane who nodded his head towards the stage; frowning. It dawned on her that she was witnessing some kind of betrayal when the Undertaker's 'partner' suddenly attacked him from behind. Shaking her head, she stood up; trying to see better.

Laughing, Paul Bearer got out of the ring as the fight was brought down the rampway, his sharp eyes landing on Lilith. "Lily?"

She hesitated.

"Kane, Lily is here!"

Kane's head whipped around, distracted from kicking the Undertaker; his gaze landing on her.

Lilith had never been afraid of her brother before. She was now, though she couldn't look away from him either as he approached her.

"You left me." He growled angrily from beneath his mask, reaching out to grab a handful of her black hair.

She let out a scream of pain when he flipped her over the guard rail; landing hard on the floor.

Shoving Paul away from him, Kane stared down at his sister. "I trusted you!" He shouted at her, trembling with rage from head to toe.

Seconds later he had lifted her from the floor only to hurl her backwards into the barricade. His anger satiated, he returned to his assault on the Undertaker, taking a chair with him.

Lilith groaned, seeing double at the moment. She could hear screaming, some of it sounding like Paul and the unmistakable sounds of a chair being brandished. Then she seen large boots in her line of vision, her head resting on the mats, not wanting to move her head was in so much agony.

Dimly, she could hear Paul Bearer explaining to Kane how she hadn't wanted to leave, that it was the Undertaker who had forced her to go, how she had fought the Acolytes to stay.

Only Paul Bearer knew which part of that was the lie.

When Kane heard those words, he snapped all over again; beginning to hammer away on his brother with the chair; tears of anguish in his eyes. "YOU TOOK HER FROM ME!" He bellowed, not caring about the fans, or the stunned silence that had taken over the arena.

Paul shook his head, watching as Kane vented before finally exiting the ring, seemingly oblivious to anything but whatever was going on inside his head. He glanced down at his daughter and gestured Wight over. "Grab her." He ordered.

Sighing, Wight lifted the woman up.

"Take her to the trainer's, I'll speak with Kane."

"Yes, sir." He said gruffly.

Lilith was dimly aware of being carried, trying to keep her eyes closed; willing the pain in her head to go away. She finally felt herself being laid down, followed by footsteps going away from her.

Wight had better things to do than babysit.

"Alright, let's have a look at your head…" Came a woman's voice, followed by gentle hands probing her skull.

"GODDAMN IT!"

Both women jumped at the dulcet tones of the Undertaker, his voice soon followed by his massive body bursting into the room only to fall to his knees; blood streaming down his face and blinding him.

"WHERE IS HE?"

"'Taker, stop it!" The trainer snapped. "I'm trying too-"

Lilith groaned, placing a hand on her head as she slowly sat up.

"Miss, just lie down, I'm sure Kane will come back for you. 'Taker, calm down!"

"Lilith?!" His head shot up in disbelief, blinking and wiping the blood from his eyes. When the trainer tried approaching him, he all but tossed the woman out of the room, slowly pushing himself to his feet. "I'm not going to hurt you…"

Lilith was getting onto her own feet, putting the bed between them.

"Fuck…" He grunted, reassuming his kneeling position; dizziness overtaking everything else.

Swallowing hard, Lilith stared at him wide eyed. "You need medical attention, 'Taker." She whispered hoarsely, easily side stepping him as she skirted around towards the door. "I'm getting that medic." She pushed open the door and almost screamed when she seen Kane, knowing instinctively he wasn't there for her.

He was there to finish what he had started with his brother.

"Kane, no! NO, he's done! You've beaten him love, please. Let's go." She pleaded, placing her hands on his chest; trying to push him out the door. "Kane, let's go home, you've won, alright?"

"No, I've only just begun, Lilith." He replied harshly, not even looking at her but past her at his brother; who was down and injured. "Don't you understand? Now is the time to finish him." He tried pushing her aside, only to get a shove from her in return. "You're protecting HIM?!"

She hesitated.

"Move, Lilith, or you'll suffer the same as him." He threatened darkly.

Now how in the Hell was she supposed to decide? Move or be crushed?

Let 'Taker probably be murdered or beaten to hell and back?

"Kane, please." She tried one more time. "You. Have. Broken. Him. Just let it go before his mistakes consume YOUR life, please!"

Eyes narrowing dangerously, Kane finally stepped away. "Don't come near me again, we're done Lilith." He said coldly, giving her a once over before storming away. He would finish the job another day, when his sister wasn't acting like a complete idiot.

"Lilith…" 'Taker whispered from behind, his green eyes meeting her tear filled sapphire orbs when she whirled around. "I never wanted… you to leave…"

She stared down at him, her face blank except for the pain in her eyes. "The only reason I didn't let him kill you is before you're not worth him losing his freedom." She said emotionlessly, gesturing the medic into the room before walking out.

"Lily!"

Lilith picked up a metal chair from against the wall and bashed her father with it. "You destroy EVERYTHING, don't you?" She snarled. "Your lies have cost us all, Paul." She tossed the chair on his prostrate form and continued on her way out.