Everyone was sitting down to regain their strength. As soon as they felt they were strong enough, they were going to head back to Mick Foley's house. They wondered about the others...

"Do you think they knew?" Edge was asking.

"I doubt it. Not only are they not as advanced as we are, but they're busy and far off." Benoit replied, he was sitting on a rock while Edge stared at his battered reflection in the water. "Besides, if they had, don't you think they'd have come here by now?"

Edge smirked and turned away from the water, "Yea, I guess you're right."

"I wonder how long it'll be until we see Eddie again." Crash wondered.

"I dunno, Crash." Edge went over to sit down by him. "He was pretty messed up from my standpoint."

"We will see him again though, I can assure you of that." Benoit added.

"Guys." Jericho spoke up. "What about Chyna, do you think she made it back to Kurt's place ok?"

"Yea, Kurt was pretty messed up. I hope they made it to his house safely and are doing better now." Crash began to think.

"Well guys, I say we've postponed our trip back long enough, let's head back and tell the others about our adventure." Edge stood up.

"Right." Crash and Jericho followed his lead. Just then Crash froze.

"What is it?" Edge asked but Crash didn't reply, he didn't even move. Edge stared down at his friend confused, but then felt something, he turned with a scowl. Jericho felt his heart stop and fall into his stomach, Benoit thought he'd gone blind.

They couldn't believe who it was they saw, "Kane!"

Kane growled angrily, his mask had been blown off and his face was disfigured from the blast, plus huge patches of hair were missing, "You, son...of...a...!" Kane was too enraged to finish, he powered up a blast and shot it at the nearest person, Benoit. Rather than exploding when it hit him, it shot strait through his chest.

"What, no!" Edge's voice cracked. Benoit stood there in pain, then fell over.

"Benoit, no!" Jericho ran over, his eyes welling with tears. He began to shake him, "No, no you can't die. Come on, you never gave up on me, so you can't die on me either!"

"You... monster!" Edge felt a strange feeling, it was a mix of sorrow and fear, but mostly of hatred.

"Jericho, is he ok?" Crash asked.

"I'm not done yet, bastered!" Kane growled and his hand glowed, so did Crash.

"Hu?" Jericho looked up as Crash was thrown into the air.

"I'll make sure this time you don't come back!" Kane tightened his hand, causing pain to flow through Crash's body, he couldn't breathe. "Now, be gone!" Kane waved his hand to the side and threw Crash through the air.

"Crash!" Jericho called, but Crash was gone.

"No, no...! Stop this, that's enough!" Edge felt his blood boil, the heat of anger rising from his body. He felt emotions so confusing, he couldn't even move. He began to growl and groan.

Jericho turned to him, "Yo, Edge... you ok?"

Edge was subconsciously powering up, the energy waves sending his hair flying in different directions, he was growling even louder, his eyes seemed glazed over. Jericho was getting scared, had his friend snapped? Kane watched in amusement, he wanted them to suffer before meeting their demise as well. Edge jerked, his hair shot up into a point, then fell. Jericho gasped, his power level was doubling, tripling, what was happening to him? Kane had no idea what was going on either, he watched curiously. Finally Edge let out a loud angry yell, a blinding yellow light shot out in waves of energy. His eyes flashed and his hair stood up into points on end. Jericho and Kane were shocked and confused, what had just happened?

"What in the...." Kane looked carefully at Edge. "Wait a minute." Kane froze, he realized what had just happened. "His power, his technique has been released. Some people received techniques along with the radiation powers. It's not healing, it's not body snatching, it's much worse." Kane knew what it was, he'd been told about this by Paul Bearer. "He's a Super Star!"

Edge turned around, facing Kane angrily, Kane was too shocked to move, Edge spoke to Jericho, "Listen Chris, Benoit isn't dead, but he's seriously injured. I want you to take him and get out of here. Go to Kurt's house, just go!" Jericho was frozen, he was afraid yet confused, his jaw was practically on the floor. Edge looked at Jericho this time, "Go, do it now!"

"Oh." Jericho was snapped out of his daze. "Yea, right." He grabbed Benoit and struggled up into the air. Edge turned back to Kane.

"This is impossible, how could you have achieved this!" Kane was in shock. "I knew that Paul said that one would rise up, but I always thought it would've been Eddie! Now that this has come to pass, you must be eliminated." Kane saw Jericho flying off with Benoit. "But first, I have a cat with one life left to live." He aimed his finger at Jericho and readied to fire. Edge scowled and in a flash was standing before Kane, blocking his attack. "What, hey!"

"You won't be destroying anymore lives, Kane, you hear me!" Edge looked down at Kane with a cold angry stare. Kane glared back into Edge's fiery eyes, there was something different about him, he couldn't explain it. "Your reign of terror ends here and now, I am your executioner!"

"Wow, I've heard about this from Mick, some of us had received a special power along with the rest. Kurt, X-Pac, who would've figured that Edge would've gotten the most powerful of all. Edge, our champ, my friend, the Super Star!" Jericho smiled proudly as he flew off with Benoit. "Don't worry, we'll get to Kurt's house, you just hang in there!"

Elsewhere...

"Kurt, do you think you're ok now?" Chyna asked.

"Yea, I may not have been able to heal myself, but luckily I had some beans ready on standby." Kurt sat up from the sofa. Chyna had made it to his house safely and though Kurt was unconscious, Chyna noticed the beans and remembered hearing about them, so she gave Kurt one and it did just the trick. "I just hope the others are ok.

"Don't worry I saw them, Edge was giving Kane a battle for his life."

"Really?" Kurt smiled. He went to look out the window. "Hu, hey wait, what's that?" He ran outside.

"Hey wait Kurt." Chyna followed. "I don't think you should be up and moving yet!" She saw Kurt stop and ran to catch up. "What is it?" She gasped. "Crash!"

"Don't worry, he's ok. Just beat up and knocked out. Quick, get a bean ready." Kurt picked up Crash. "Don't worry little buddy, you'll be ok."

Meanwhile...

"You think this can beat me?" Kane smirked, looking Edge up and down. "The energy is flowing off you like air, so what? You think this yellow light scares me? Bah! I must admit, you've got the glint of a fighter in your eye, your pose, your very presence shows poise of a warrior. You have no idea what this battle will be like. Point hair can't defeat me, I'm more powerful than your special technique."

"Oh?" Edge smirked coldly. "Well, we shall see." They began to fight, flying around at an awesome speed. Edge was laying lefts and rights squarely on Kane. But he wasn't aiming for the body, he was attacking the legs.

"Stop that!" Kane growled and powered up, he shot a blast at Edge. The smoke cleared and Kane scowled, Edge remained firm and untouched by the blast.

"Try again." Edge frowned but Kane just growled, Edge had taken out his legs. Edge forced a grimace. "No, well then it looks like it's my turn." He went onto the attack again and Kane went on the defensive, blocking and holding his arms up for protection.

"Ugh..." The ground rose, a huge pile of dirt and stones shot up and into the water as Eddie sat up. "What the..." He looked around. "What happened?" He looked up and though he couldn't see who was fighting, he could feel who it was. "Well, looks like Edge and Kane are going at it. The power is amazing." He sighed. "I couldn't have matched Kane, and Edge with a power like this, looks like I need to train a little before we go at it." Just then Kane and Edge stopped, Eddie gasped, catching a look at Edge. "What, no way. No way!" He chuckled. "Edge you dog, you've become a Super Star! Super Stardom, something I've been trying to achieve all this time, but it looks like that technique was granted to you. Pity, with power like that I could rule the WWE." He smirked and sighed. "Well, at least he's giving Kane a run for his money. This is going to be quite an interesting match if I do say so myself. Yes, I should enjoy watching this." Eddie smiled as he looked up, Kane and Edge were staring each other down again.

Kane panted as Edge spoke, "You're finished Kane, this battle is over."

"What?"

"You hear me. You know you can't keep it up. You're tired, out of energy, you can't match me no matter what you say. You tried and you failed, plain and simple as that. I'm no mercenary, I know what you did was hated and wrong, but I won't kill you."

"Wha...!"

"Kane, death would be the easy way out. No, I want you to live and suffer, with the weight on your shoulders, with the fact that you know you couldn't defeat me, the fact that you tried to kill. You are a cruel, evil man, and you have my pity." Edge returned to his normal form, he didn't really know how to control this new technique yet, but he'd learn. "Good by Kane." He went down onto the ground.

"Edge, no!" Eddie ran over.

Edge turned, "Eddie?"

"You're a Super Star, Kane is no match for you, but he can easily kill and destroy everyone else. Think about it, if you let him go, this could be the worst mistake of your life!"

"Eddie, my friends are ok, nothing bad came out of this. What has happened can easily be fixed, besides, death would be the easy way out, and I want him to suffer."

"Yea, I heard your speech, mister humanitarian. Now set your pathetic feelings aside and destroy him!" Eddie yelled, but Edge just stared at him. "Feelings. Champ, those feelings are your downfall, they make you week and will not allow you to achieve the true status and power of Super Stardom. You have to do it, I know it, you do too, you have to end this now. Kill Kane!"

"I can't!" Edge yelled. "I'm not an evil, heartless monster like him." Edge looked up at Kane, he was still angry with himself that he couldn't defeat the likes of Edge. Edge flew back up.

"Champ, no!" Eddie called, but it was too late.

"Get outa here Kane." Edge frowned.

Kane looked up, "Please, you have to forgive me. The power went to my head, I didn't mean to hurt your friends and cause you so much trouble."

"Don't fall for it Edge." Eddie recalled how Edge's feelings almost gave Rhyno a victory.

"I know the words you speak are false, but I'm not cold like you." Edge powered up and shot a blast. Kane cringed but nothing happened. "There, enough power to get you outa here. I never want to see you again, unless you mend your evil ways." Edge turned. "I hope you learn to live in happiness and peace, farewell." He began to fly off.

"Champ!" Eddie called.

"I'm not cold." Edge muttered.

"Oh, but I am!" Kane used the newly gotten powers and formed it into an attack that he shot at Edge, he laughed.

"Hm?" Edge sensed it and turned. "You fool!" Edge shot an attack that sent his blast full force back at Kane.

"What? No!" Kane cried out in pain as it hit him. It exploded and he fell to the ground out cold.

Edge stood firm in the air and nodded his head, "You, and your DX force were no match for me and my friends, now you'll learn the heard way and will have to live with the repercussions."

"What are you talking about Edge?" Eddie flew up to him.

Edge turned and smirked, "When they wake up to find a pink slip under their arm. Once they're out of the WWE they'll have nothing. If I know them, they're like everyone else, wrestling is their life and without that, they can't use their powers for anything."

Eddie thought for a moment then smiled, understanding, "I get it. As soon as they're fired, they have no use for their powers anymore and they eventually run out of their system."

"Yea, something like that." Edge winked, then turned around. "Well, see ya later."

"Edge, wait." Edge stopped and looked over his shoulder, Eddie just called him Edge rather than 'champ'. "We will meet again."

Edge smiled, "Yea, I know we will." He continued to fly off, he was heading for Kurt's house to check on the others.

Eddie smirked and turned, flying off into the other direction, "By then, I'll be ready."