Brothers Title: Brothers
Author: Dannette
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: The Undertaker and Kane do not belong to me.
Summary: Mark and Kane find out about a truth that was hidden from them for many years.

Brothers.

Weird word that is, because there are very different kind of brothers... IE: Half-brothers, full brothers, blood brothers, adopted brothers... the list goes on and on.

For years Kane, that fool, thought they were full brothers and then after the burning, the murder, of his father and mother, Kane found out the truth... that him and Mark were half brothers, and that I, Paul Bearer was his REAL father. The look on his face had been great, he was shocked and pained at the same time, the fact that Kane and Mark were only half brothers had brought pain into those deep eyes of Kane's. I had destroyed Kane's life in less then a second, I had his mother killed and then I continued the pain by taking away the stable family Kane had, Kane hated me... he always did, but how could he hate his own father? How could he despise the man that was his blood? He couldn't, Kane was a very loyal person, so when he found out that I was his father, he followed my every move, my every order, without complaining once.

And with each lock of that basement door, the stronger and more cold Kane became, with each hateful word Kane became more stronger, more dominating. Kane had grown tall, 7 feet tall and his once full of life eyes were now cold, his eyes were dead; He was growing up to be more and more like Mark everyday, looking at the two men that had lived under my rule for many years, I was starting to lose touch of which one was which, they both had the dead look in their eyes, they were both tall, and they both could kill me in a second if they ever found out about the secret I was hiding from them; Even though Kane was the taller one and he wore the black and red mask, he was too much like his older brother, Mark and Kane were too alike, even though they didn't see their similarities I did. I watched them sometimes on the screen, even when they were fighting each other on the WWF, almost all of their moves were allike, the way they glared, the way they moved... Mark and Kane were brothers through and through, they just didn't see that, well not at the time.

Their feud continued for a long time, that was how I liked it. Mark and Kane were better enemies in my opinion, and I always did my best to keep them that way, I didn't need them getting together and ruining everything that I created for them. See, even though I raised them to be cold and heartless, it always seemed once they were together things seemed to always go wrong for me. But then everything I created was ruined, Mark was injured badly and was out of the WWF, things was not looking good for him, so I ditched him in a second, or shall we say he ditched me? It doesn't matter, with his injuries he should have never came back, but he did, one year later he was back... except he was completely changed.

The American Bad Ass... Mark turned into some biker bad ass, he didn't need me anymore, he didn't need anyone. Kane was the same, except he didn't change his look, he continued being the big red machine, but he didn't need or want anyone's help... the two people I used to have such a strong hold on had ditched me.

Ungratelful little assholes.

I made all of their fame possible! Kane would be some brainless sap if it wasn't for me, and Mark, oh Mark would just be some black magic obssesed freak. I made their fame possible, The Undertaker and Kane are only in the WWF because I brought them there, but do they pay me respect? NO! They talk shit about me, they say that I am nothing, that I'm just a piece... well you heard everything they said about me.

And to make it worse... they alligned themselves with one another... The Brothers Of Destruction. I've been watching them for the past 5 months, and I've noticed that they have been getting closer and closer, I've seen Mark grow protective of Kane and it makes me sick to my stomach. What happened to the two cold, devoid men I created? What happened to the emotionless human beings I molded them into? They were nothing now. My creations were ruined, and they had been replaced by two people... that... loved each other. It was sickening even to watch, how when Kane got hurt Mark would put his hand on Kane's shoulder or chest, a simple gesture to show Kane he was here, or how Kane would run to his brother's rescue, it was becoming to be aggravating.

I had worked too long to let my creations do this to me! I lied for so many years to let them form a bond. So many years, I made Kane and Mark believe the lie, so many years I lived the lie, as if it was the truth.

What lie am I talking about you ask?

Of course, the fact that I'm not Kane's father.

Hah, bet you weren't ready for that, were you? Yes it's true, I'm not Kane's father. Kane's real father died in the fire with Kane's mom, Kane and Mark are really full brothers. I had lied, once Kane's real father died, I saw the perfect oppurtinity to have Kane under my power, so I created the lie, and Mark and Kane believed it. The torture I bestowed on Kane was never stopped by Mark because Kane wasn't his whole brother, all the pain and heartache Kane felt was never stopped... But... if Mark had ever known that Kane was his whole brother, I would have never been able to get away with the evil things I did to Kane.

The lie had gone on for so many years, that I even started believing the lie, I called Kane my son and believed it, and I did for so long, until tonight. Tonight, I saw Kane and Mark at their happiest...

Kane had won the IC championship belt. Even though Mark had lost to Stone Cold Steve Austin, even though he had been cheated, Mark had been happy for Kane. I saw them backstage, Mark half out of it, he had looked up at Kane finally noticing that Kane was wearing the IC belt. I had watched Mark get up with a huge smile on his face, and then he started rambling on and on about how proud he was of Kane... and then the worse happened, they hugged. It was a moment of pure love, it had shined brightly between the two, and it had came apparent, that Kane was never my son, because that moment between Mark and Kane, showed how true of brothers they were.

Kane is NOT my son.

He NEVER was.

And the creations I made are GONE.

They have formed a bond that is strong, they are dominating together, they are the most dominating force.

And the worse thing is... that Mark loves Kane, even though he may not say it ever... it's painfully obvious that he loves Kane. I've been around "my boys", I've watched them for the past months while lingering in the shadows, I've seen Mark watch Kane in a match, I've seen him watch Kane sleep, and I've seen how he looks when he talks to Kane. A person who I had created, molded, not to ever love anything or anybody, was turning into a big brother. Finally, Mark was becoming Kane's brother, and it didn't matter that they were only half-brothers, because to Mark and Kane, they were the closest brothers that there were... so that is when I came up with my plan, my final stab in the back at "my boys".

Tonight, on Smackdown... I will tell Kane and Mark the truth, I will them that they are not brothers, that lie will tear them apart....

A lie created
A rocky relationship beginning to heal
Two brothers finally learning to forgive
The truth will destroy them
And nothing will ever be the same...