Tough Love Tough Love
The Undertaker's love is tested.

Give me the chair Kane.

The words had entered Kane's ears but somehow didn't reach his mind, because Kane continued to grip onto the steel chair, not handing it over to his older brother, he just continued to hold onto that chair for dear life as if it was the last thing he had to defend himself.

Give me the chair Kane.

There were those words again, but still Kane held onto the steel chair, Marcus moved closer to Kane, but moved back slowly when Kane raised the chair; The fans were for once silent, as JR and Michael Cole were, everybody was waiting to see what Kane would do. Kane looked away for a second and stared at Stone Cold Steve Austin who was passed out on the mat, Kane turned back to Marcus and swung the chair to hit his brother; Marcus grabbed the chair and threw it to the ground, Marcus grabbed Kane and went to hit him, but then just released his grasp on Kane. Marcus's eyes had a pained look in them, his back was away from the crowd and he was staring into Kane's eyes.

"I don't know what I have to do to make you believe that I'm here for good Kane, I just don't know anymore."
Marcus sighed and crawled out of the ring and walked up the titatron and eventually disappearing backstage, leaving Kane in the ring with a passed out Stone Cold Steve Austin. Marcus stomped past the lingering wrestlers backstage, Marcus walked into his dressing room and threw his leather jacket across the room.

Damn you Kane, damn you!

Marcus sat down on the couch in his dressing room, and ran his hands over his face; The pain began to throb all over his face, the bleeding had stopped, but the pain was still going strong, and not only did it throb in his face, it throbbed throughout his whole body. Kane's betrayal had hit him hard, REAL hard, and Marcus was trying to pull himself up, trying to move on from that, but he couldn't... that betrayal from his little brother just hurt too much, and it had came unexpectedly. He should have seen the signs, Kane had pushed away from him in the car, and then Kane's question in their hotel room and then Kane's attitude in the gym... Marcus should have seen the beginning of the betrayal starting but Marcus had been so wrapped up in worrying about Kane, that he could see no wrong done by his brother, no wrong. Even after Kane hit him in the ring with that damn chair, Marcus wouldn't believe that Kane would do this to him; It wasn't Kane, not the one he knew, the Kane in the ring tonight was the old monster the WWF once knew, the cold devoid 7 foot monster that tore his way into the WWF, making that ring his, no that wasn't Marcus's little brother, that was The Undertaker's brother.

Marcus had learned that he wasn't The Undertaker, he was Marcus, The Undertaker was his alter ego, his bad side, and tonight The Undertaker's little brother had taken over Marcus's sweet little brother Kane, and had Kane destroy Marcus bit by bit. Kane had been ruthless, Kane had taken all of Marcus's humanity and beat it out of him, and for that Marcus should want to kill him, to get revenge, but Marcus didn't, Marcus didn't want to hurt Kane. No hurting Kane was what The Undertaker did, all Marcus wanted to do was be a good big brother, all Marcus wanted to do was make up for the wrong he did to Kane in the past, and right now all Marcus wanted to do was be left alone. In front of a million people Marcus had been betrayed by his brother, in front of a million people Marcus had seen the evil that Kane held him, in front of a million people Marcus lost his brother. Kane wasn't naturally evil, no Kane was actually a very sweet person, some even would call him "The Sweet Giant", Kane wasn't evil, tonight... tonight Kane had changed, Kane had came out there for one purpose, to hurt the person he hated with all his soul, Marcus had seen it in Kane's eyes... Kane hated him. Kane's hatred had shone out there in the ring, and Kane's hatred ahd threatened to burn Marcus if he didn't stay back, STAY BACK it yelled at him and Marcus had obeyed, what other choice did he have?

Kane hadn't even answered Marcus's question, he just stared at Marcus with a blank look in his eyes, but there was a split second where Marcus saw his vulnerable little brother, and in seeing that side of Kane again made Marcus run out of that ring and up that titatron and backstage, because the thought that Kane, good Kane was helpless against the carnage evil Kane was creating, made Marcus sick to his stomach. Marcus had once been helpless, he had been helpless to stop the evil things that The Undertaker was doing, all Marcus could do was just sit back and watch the carnage happen, even as The American Bad Ass, Marcus had no control over what he did... But Kane had changed that, Kane entered his life once more and suddenly Marcus was freed, and to think Kane was becoming evil because of what he had done, that made Marcus sick.

Where were you? During the match, where were you?

Where was he? Marcus didn't know anymore, damn it he had no idea where he was during that match. Marcus had thought he was ringside with his little brother, but was he? Was Kane even there, the Kane he knew? Had Kane been plotting his revenge this whole time? Was the past few months of brotherly bonding, nothing to the taller man? Was it all just some joke to Kane? Make the big bad undertaker, look like a vulnerable whimp? If so, Kane did a terrific job.

Marcus popped his head up and walked over to the television in their room and turned it on, he flipped it on channel 12 and stared at the screen. Kane was still in the ring, staring at the entrance of the arena, Marcus looked at Kane, and he could see that good Kane was back for the moment being, Marcus looked at Kane harder and realized how sad and lost Kane looked. Marcus went to turn the television off but then stopped when he saw Stone Cold Steve Austin get up slowly, Marcus watched Stone Cold grab a chair...

"Kane!"
Marcus knew screaming Kane's name in here would do no good, but he couldn't stop the scream, Marcus watched Kane fall to the mat with a bounce, and then Marcus's eyes got a cold look in them as Stone Cold began to beat Kane's body over with the same chair Kane once used to hit both Marcus and Steve.
"Come on Kane, get up!"
Marcus waited for Kane to get up but all he got was Kane getting brutalized by Stone Cold Steve Austin. Marcus told himself that he shouldn't care, but he did... he cared a lot, Marcus grabbed his jacket and ran out of his dressing room, and ran towards the ring, running as fast as he could to reach Kane.

Marcus ran down the titatron, his theme music invading his ears, he didn't really pay any attention, he stopped briefly at the ring and stared at Stone Cold Steve Austin for a second before jumping into the ring.

"What do you think you're doing?"
Marcus screamed at Steve, his voice couldn't be heard by the fans or JR or Michael Cole; Steve stopped attacking Kane and stared at Marcus, and grinned. Marcus went to say something but before he could say anything he was picked up and thrown out of the ring. Marcus looked up to see Triple H standing in the middle of the ring next to Stone Cold, both of them lingering over Kane's body.

Marcus pushed himself up slowly, his back was pounding with pain from the pedigree he was given by Triple H, Marcus fell back down to the ground with a loud thud on the hardwood cement of the outside stadium. Marcus looked up and saw Stone Cold and now Triple H both beating on Kane's body; Marcus planted both his hands on the floor and then put his weight on them, pushing his body up. Marcus straightened his body up, he pushed his hair back and stumbled to the ring, Marcus grabbed onto the ropes and flipped into the ring. Marcus's knees wobbled at first but then he straightened up and grabbed Triple H by the throat and gave him a choke slam, Marcus turned around and saw Stone Cold slamming the steel chair into Kane's back.

"Stop!"
Marcus's words didn't seem to work, and Marcus knew he was in no shape to protect his brother by fighting; Marcus ran over to his brother and threw his body over Kane's, using it as a shield to protect Kane's body. Stone Cold lowered the chair and stared at Marcus, what the hell was he doing? Never once had Stone Cold Steve Austin seen The Undertaker do that sort of thing, even for Kane. Steve raised his eyebrow, and then the realization hit him, he wasn't fighting The Undertaker and Kane tonight, he was fighting Marcus and Kane tonight.

"I can't believe what we are seeing Michael! Earlier we saw Kane betray his brother, The Undertaker, and then we saw The Undertaker leave, and then we saw Stone Cold attack Kane, and now here we have The Undertaker throwing his body over Kane's, using it as a shield to protect Kane!"

"This is just crazy JR! People can say how bad and cruel The Undertaker is, but tonight The Undertaker showed an act of love, for his brother Kane, the same man that had betrayed just about 10-15 minutes ago. If that isn't love, then I don't know what it is."

"Sure even I had my doubts about The Brothers Of Destruction, but tonight we saw how much The Undertaker loves Kane, I mean The Undertaker could have attacked Kane after Kane betrayed him, The Undertaker didn't have to come out here, but he did."

"In these past few months we have seen a completely different Undertaker, we've seen a side of him, a more human side."

"Yes The Undertaker truly does care about Kane!"

Stone Cold smiled evilly, and raised the steel chair and slammed it into Marcus's back, he raised the chair again and slammed it right back into Marcus's back, each slam hitting harder against Marcus's back. Marcus bit his lip at the pain of the sheer metal crushing into his back, but with each slam, he held on to Kane harder, there was no way he was going to let his little brother get hurt.

"Marcus?"
Marcus opened his eyes and looked down at Kane, and forced a smile for Kane's benefit.
"Don't worry Kane, it'll be over soon."
Marcus gripped onto Kane's good arm as Stone Cold hit him again.
"I'm sorry."'
Marcus looked down at Kane and nodded, he opened his mouth to say something but then another slam of that damn chair in his back made him howl out in pain and then everything went black, Marcus felt himself get rolled over and all he could guess was that Kane had gone to fight Stone Cold... Marcus tried to scream for his brother to run, but he couldn't, and then everything was gone.

::: UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER :::

"Hello this is Kevin Nash, at UC medical center reporting the news on Kane and The Undertaker. For the people who are just tuning in... Kane had been attacked by Stone Cold Steve Austin in a match and Kane's older brother The Undertaker ran to his brother's rescue. The Undertaker threw his body over Kane's using it as a shield to protect Kane's body from getting any harm. Stone Cold Steve Austin repeatedly beat The Undertaker with a steel chair, crushing that metal into The Undertaker's back; The Undertaker was beaten into subconsciousness. After that Kane attacked Stone Cold Steve Austin for what he did to his older brother, but Stone Cold Steve Austin took control of the match and worked on Kane's arm, crushing that bad arm of Kane's, and then Stone Cold Steve Austin continued the brutal attack on Kane until 10 referees had to pull Stone Cold off of Kane. Right now I am just waiting to hear any sort of news on the brothers of destruction..."

Kevin Nash stopped talking when he saw a doctor walk past him, Kevin Nash ran up to the doctor.

"Excuse me, can you tell us any news on what is happening with Kane and The Undertaker, they were two wrestlers from the WWF brought in about an hour ago."

The doctor nodded and took his glasses off.

"Well, Kane and The Undertaker have received some pretty bad injuries. The Undertaker back was almost completely crushed, there was no permanent damage done to his back but he should stay out of the WWF until that back of his heals, he also a mild concussion."

Kevin Nash nodded.

"So he's okay, what about Kane?"

The doctor sighed and crossed his arms across his chest.

"Kane, is a worse story. Kane was brought in with serious back, arm, and head injuries. He was bleeding from the head, he has a mild concussion. Kane's eye was split open, we had to sedate him long enough so we could take the mask off of him, he had to receive 5 stitches above his left eye. Kane's arm has been broken, and Kane's back has serious injuries to it as The Undertaker's did. Kane has a lot of bruises on his face and his neck has been dislocated. Sorry look, I have to go, visiting hours are over, come back tomorrow."

The doctor took off leaving Kevin Nash behind.

"As all of you back there heard, it does not sound good for our brothers of destruction."