The youth of the nation

Chapter 1- it begins again.

Kane had remained on his toes for all that the McMahons had done, he hasn't forgotten about the swapping of the youth. And no one else seems to remember… No one but him.

Kane hasn't spoken with his brother, he wasn't sure if maybe the Deadman remembers anything or Randy Orton. But all Kane new was to keep his mouth shut and everything to himself.

He was in the catering room when a new water dispenser was place inside. "What the hell is this?" Kane asked aloud.

Shawn Michaels looked to the large cooler and nodded. "It's a water cooler," he stated with a smirk.

"Can the smartass Shawn, I know it's a water cooler. Yet why do we have one? We're on the road a lot, what's the point of it?" Kane snapped back.

Shawn shrugged to the idea. Just as the water cooler burped, Kane swore he saw something through the bubbles. Shawn got a cup and poured himself a drink; he took one taste and had a surprised look on his face.

"That's damn good water!" Shawn explained as he went back for more. Kane wasn't too sure about it. Shawn got him a drink. "Come on Kane, it's really cold. Very refreshing, not to mention no funny after taste come on Kane!" he said.

Kane sneered to the cup Shawn poured for him yet took it anyway. Kane drank down the water; he didn't want to admit out loud that it was good. Yet something wasn't right about it.

"It's ok I guess" Kane said to Shawn.

"You seem on edge, what's on your mind?"

Kane glared at Shawn. "Nothing, it doesn't concern you anyway" With that spoken Kane walked out of the room yet knew there was something wrong with that water, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

He went to his locker room and thought it over. "McMahon hasn't tried anything as of late… Yet why am I so suspicious of the water?" he asked himself. Kane went to his bag and found an envelope inside. "What the hell…"

Kane opened it up and read it. "Don't drink the water" was all it said. There was no signature on it, but he knew the hand writing any day.

Kane hid the message under his clothing in a small section of his bag; someone had the same hunch as he did. But he knew he has to keep it to himself if he were to get the McMahons. When Raw was in full swing, Kane started to notice the difference in the locker room. It appeared only in the Veterans of the business, Shawn Michaels had that old school attitude being the cock of the walk as it were. He acted like his younger self, just as Ric Flair was.

"Damn" Kane whispered as he saw the two converse with each other.

"I have never felt so ALIVE!" Michaels laughed aloud.

"WOOO Do I know how you feel brother!" Ric screamed back in joy.

Kane looked about the locker room to see if anyone else was acting strangely… or stranger than normal. Nothing odd came to his eye, but he could feel something was seriously wrong. He was about to head out to the ring until Kane bumped into John Cena.

"Kane" Cena simply said.

John only got a nod from the monster, as he was about to walk past the champ. Cena gently took hold of his arm. "Kane, can we talk?" he asked.

Kane's eyes turned to the young champion. "Is it the weird stuff going on?" he asked.

John smirked. "I can't tell anymore after I walked in on Snitsky and Tomko…. Dear God" John shuttered to the though.

Kane smiled on the inside. "What then?"

John looked to him with the utmost serious look. "That water cooler… I never heard of that brand of water, and trust me I know my beverages," he explained.

Kane nodded to him. "What's it called?"

"Youtain fount, I have never heard of it" John explained.

Kane looked off to the distance and then looked down at Cena. "Don't drink the water" Kane whispered to him as he went out to the ring. Kane was in a tag match with the Big Show against Chris Masters and Carlito. Masters seemed on edge for a strange reason. Big Show was acting like he was younger than he looked. Kane knew this wasn't right. The match took a turn for the worst when Show was just goofing off at Carlito and Masters. Kane forced himself into the match by tagging Show's back. Kane faced off with Masters. They got into a tie up when Masters whispered. "I need to talk to you!"

Kane broke off the hold and started at the young wrestler, they tried the tie up again. "In my locker room, after the match"

Kane threw Masters into the rope, for some reason, Carlito threw himself into the match and purposely hit the ref, causing a DQ. "What the hell?" Kane asked himself as he got out of the ring. Big Show was ranting at him.

"What did they go and do that! That's no fun and you know it right Kane!" Show asked of him as he playfully slapped Kane's chest.

"Yeah… Show have you been drinking the water?"

Show looked to his tag team partner. "You mean the new stuff? Hell yeah, it's the best water I have had, come on. Let's get a drink!"

"You go on, I got to look up… stuff," Kane muttered as he went to Chris Master's locker room. He was very skeptical as he stared at the nameplate on the door. He was about to knock when Masters opened it and pulled him in.

"Thank God" he said aloud.

"What the hell is this about?" Kane demanded.

Masters took a deep breath. "I figured you would be the only one who would believe me… after what we went though… when I had your age and you had my youth" he explained, this surprised the monster. Masters can recall the event.

"What did you learn Masters?"

Chris went on explaining to Kane about the water. "I don't know about you, it tastes awful to me"

This was a stunning development. "Awful? Shawn Michaels is drinking it as if it were holy water"

Masters nodded. "I can't stand it. Nor can Carlito"

The gears in Kane's mind started grinding into one another; this was no doubt the work of a McMahon. "Don't drink it Chris."

"What do we do though?" he asked Kane.

Kane looked to him sternly. "Leave it to me…" With that spoken, the monster left the locker room and went to his own locker room; he pulled out the letter and then his cell phone. Knowing who can help him now, the only man he could trust…