Kane woke up on the hotel chair, clutching her bag. She didn't come back. Kane took a deep breath and stretched feeling wretchedly empty.

He picked up his cell phone and walked to the bathroom as he listened to his messages. His heart jumped when the recorded voice announced three new messages. They were all Sara. The big man didn't listen to them, he'd see her when he got home he was sure.

Flicking on the light, he looked in the mirror and grimaced. He didn't think he'd looked this haggard after the fire. Then again, he didn't remember much after the fire.

Kane wet back his hair and rested his forehead against the cool glass of the mirror. He picked up his phone again and hit the speed dial.

"Hello?"

"Lita…I…" He stammered.

"Kane! Are you okay? Where are you? I'm coming over there." She was so glad to hear from him.

"I'm still in my room. Could you hurry?" He tried to hold his voice level.

"I'm just down the hall. I'll be right there." She said hanging up.

Two minutes later she knocked on his door. Kane opened it and immediately broke down.

"Lita…I…I really messed up." He sobbed forlornly.

"Now what happened? She asked compassionately.

"I thought she was like the rest of them. I got scared…Mark and Sara warned me…" He fell backward onto the bed.

"What do you mean they warned you?" She asked sitting down next to her big friend.

"I mean they warned me!" He shouted frustrated. "I got it in my head that she couldn't possibly want me for me. Just like Stacy…" He took a shuddering breath.

"Robin is nothing like Stacy…" Lita reassured him, brushing a curl out of his face.

"I know…" He sighed. "I wanna go home." He whined curling into a ball on the bed.

"I'm riding with you then." Lita stated. "You're in no condition to be alone." Kane nodded and reached back, patting his friend's leg in thanks.

"What am I going to do? I won't be able to talk to her until maybe the week after next." He laughed sadly. "I don't even have her phone number."

"Come to think of it, neither do I." Lita mused. "So what are you going to do for this week we have off?" She tried to change the subject.

"Go hang out with my dogs I guess. Robin was going to show me Detroit but I guess that's out." He sniffed back some tears.

"Well, that is our next stop. We could go out while we're there." She offered. Kane nodded.

"Let's get out of here, it's a long drive." He said his voice thick from crying.

"Okay, but I'm driving." Lita grinned, knowing that would get to him.

"Oh, I don't think so kid." He smirked and sniffed. He picked up his back, flung it over his shoulder, and headed for the door. "Wait!" He stopped running back and picking up Robin's bag. "Just in case…" He explained sheepishly as they walked out to his truck.

Pulling up to his house he relaxed slightly. Home always made Kane feel safe.

"Lita…" He whispered nudging his sleeping friend. "We're home." She mumbled something he couldn't understand and rolled away from him. She jumped when he shut off the engine.

"Okay, I'm up. Is it my turn to drive?" She wiped at her sleepy, puffy eyes.

"No, it's not time for you to dive. We're here." He smiled half-heartedly from under his mask.

"Oh, well then…" Lita brightened and stretched, then opened the door and hopped out. "I haven't been to your place in a while." She reflected putting her arm around the big man's waist.

"Yeah, the dogs are going to…what the hell is that?" Kane had spotted the note on the garage. He walked over and pulled it off. "Oh Jesus…she was here." His voice shook a he read the note.

Dear Kane
I don't know what I did to make you change
Your mind about me, but whatever it is, I'm
Sorry. I never would have hurt you the way
You just hurt me. I told you I wouldn't. I
Guess it doesn't matter anymore.
After this storyline plays out I'm leaving the
WWE. It's better for both of us, I think.
No matter what you think of me, I love you.
I loved you the minute we met.
I guess I'll see you in the next city. Don't worry,
I'll be professional.
Remember I love you,
Robin

"Lita, she's leaving me…" Kane panted, sitting on the bumper of his truck, his chest tight.

"Well, technically you left her first." Lita said dryly, needlessly pointing out the obvious. Kane just glared at her, holding his chest and clutching the note.

Kane opened the front door, fighting his way through the wall of fur and flying tongues. He couldn't help but laugh at the three of them. They were his best friends and now, he needed some friends.

"So, do you want to tell me what all this is about?" Lita asked scooping up a wiggling, licking, Spike.

Kane collapsed onto his couch sighing heavily.

"You know what it's about…" He pouted.

"No, I don't. If I did, I wouldn't be asking." Lita said irritably. This was part of the big man that irked her. He had gone out of his way to push her away, but now, all he wanted was her back.

"McMahon put her up to the whole thing. She never cared about me." His eyes misted as he said it. Lita could only blink in disbelief.

"You're kidding right?" She finally asked.

"No I'm not kidding. Why would I kid about something like that?" He shouted exasperated.

"Kane, what planet are you from?" She yelled back. "You'd have to be crazy to buy into that."

"It doesn't matter…" He whispered looking out the window and absently petting Bear. Lita sighed and sat down next to her big friend.

"She loves you…" Lita offered softly.

"How do you know?" He mumbled pulling his legs up to his chest.

"She came to talk to me last night."

"Oh yeah? What'd she say?" Kane asked trying not to sound too interested. Lita laughed.

"Where should I start?"

Kane got up and wandered into the kitchen. All three dogs followed him.

"Alright guys, I'll feed ya. Geez…" He chuckled. "So, are you going to tell me what she said?" He looked at Lita hopefully as his filled all three bowls. Lita got up shaking her head.

"No, I don't think so." She sighed, leaning against his fridge.

"What do you mean you're not going to tell me?" He was smiling now. "You've got to tell me."

"No, I don't have to tell you anything. Truthfully, it's none of your business." Lita teased as seriously as possible.

Kane set down the gigantic bag of dog food and got on his knees, crawling to Lita.

"Please?" He asked sweetly. Lita rolled her eyes and chuckling, walked back into the front room. "Hey…wait…PLEASE!" He laughed, begging, crawling after her.

"Kane you are such a goofball." Lita laughed, picking up Robin's bag and sitting in a chair.

"I'm desperate!" He whined still on his knees. "Tell me."

"She just wanted to know what she did to run you off." Lita said nonchalantly. "Then I drove her to the airport."

"You took her to the airport!"

"Yes…she didn't think you wanted to see her, so she got a flight back here to get her car. Then she was driving home."

Kane jumped and snatched the phone off the wall.

"What are you doing?" Lita asked throwing a pillow at him. Kane motioned for her to shut up.

"Yes, when is your next flight leaving for Detroit Metro?" He started, and then walked back toward the bedroom. Lita was flabbergasted. He couldn't really be doing this…could he?

A few minutes later, he walked back out smiling.

"C'mon, we've got to get to the airport." He said pulling her out of the chair.

"What?" Lita said holding onto the arm. "We don't have to be there until next Tuesday!" She protested.

"So we've got a week to find her." He beamed.

"Kane, Detroit is a big city. You don't even know where to look."

"I know she lives in the actual city. She told me that, besides, how hard could it be to find that Trans Am?" He said racing back to his phone to call the dog sitter.

"Kane, that car was made in Detroit. They ALL were. I think you're oversimplifying all this." She said trying to talk some sense into him.

"Okay…" He said ignoring her logic. "…Gotta take Spike with us. The dog sitter can't take all three." At the sound of his name, Spike started to wiggle and jump.

"Are you even listening to me?"

"What? Oh yeah…lots a Trans Ams…I'll find her." He said picking up the little dog and stuffing him into his carrier. Spike barked excitedly and licked at his master's hands.

"Well…" Lita began more to herself than to Kane. "At least I don't have to go back to my apartment and deal with Matt."

"Do you have anything warm to wear?" Kane asked her, finally noticing her as she followed him around. "It's cold in Detroit this time of year." Lita just nodded helplessly, his enthusiasm was infectious but she wasn't ready to give into this wild goose chase just yet.

"Are you planning to fly your truck out there too?" She asked sarcastically. Kane stopped and shot her a weird look.

"You can rent cars, you putz."

"So let me get this straight…" Lita asked trying to comprehend his new psychosis. "We're about to fly to a city neither of us knows very well to find a woman who lives somewhere around it, without the benefit of a phone number…"

"Exactly." He said brightly.

"Kane…You don't even know her last name…" She was losing her grip on the situation.

"Lita, I've got a really good feeling about this." He said smiling as openly and honestly as she'd ever seen. The red head sighed in frustration. She had to admit though; it was nice to see him smile.

Kane glanced at his watch and tugged at her arm.

"C'mon, we're so late. The plane leaves in an hour." He set down the dog in the case and pulled her fully out of the chair.

"Okay… We'll do this on one condition…" Lita said gravely.

"Anything you want." He flashed her a cheesy grin.

"…If we don't find her before the show, don't get all mopey. Remember, we will find her at the arena."

Kane thought for a long moment, then nodded.

"Okay, deal. We are going to find her though. I know it."

"Just try not to get your hopes up alright?" Detroit is a big city. Don't forget how much you love the city, dear." Somehow, she still hoped he would change his mind.

"This'll be good for me… I need to um…socialize more, I guess." He argued, but he did look a little shaken.

Spike barked his annoyance at being made to wait and Kane thumped the top of his carrier.

"Yes, I know, we're going." He said to it. The big man picked up the cage and shouldered his bag, and then Robin's and headed for the door patting the other dogs lovingly as he passed.

"Come on…" He whined as Lita dawdled. "Let's go…Let's GO!" He herded her toward the door.

"Alright, I'm going." She laughed at his anxiousness. Lita threw herself playfully into him as they passed through the door.

"Careful!" He shouted as the bags went tumbling down off the porch.

"Oops…" She chuckled staring at the contents of the bags spilled all across the lawn.

"Could you at least help me with this?" He asked irritably, setting down the wiggling terrier. Lita sat on the step quieting the dog.

Kane grumbled as he sifted through his things, separating them from Robin's and putting them haphazardly back into the bags. He sighed, looking at her things, holding them longer than necessary, remembering when she had worn them around him. Kane choked down a sob and put them away.

"Eww… What's this?" He asked picking up an item he didn't recognize.

"What's what?" Lita asked crouching down next to him, much to Spike's chagrin. "Oh! That's uh…nothing!" She said suspiciously snatching it out of his hand and tossing it into Robin's bag.

Kane tilted his head. Lita squirmed; she knew that look all too well. There was no way she was getting out of it.

"What is this Lita?" He asked again, pulling it gingerly out of the bag.

"It's…it's a pregnancy test." The redhead said flinching.

"Eww!" Kane dropped it like it was on fire. "Is it yours?" He asked hopefully. Lita shot him an incredulous look.

"Why would my pregnancy test be in her bag, Kane?" Kane stood still considering. It was as if he was trying to make sense of the whole thing.

"Oh…My…God…" He whispered as he picked it up again. "What does it say?" He sounded dazed.

"Kane…I…" She tried to soften the blow. Then, her shoulders slumped.

"She…asked me not to tell you." Kane fell back sitting on the grass, lightheaded.

"You mean she…" He said breathless. "She's…and it's mine?" He couldn't say the word. Lita touched his shoulder compassionately.

"I'm sorry… I should have told you anyway. Then you could have talked to her before she left."

"This is what she was trying to tell me…before the match." He was crying again and it was breaking Lita's heart. "Oh God, she wasn't leaving me…"

Spike barked from the porch, ripping him out of his revelry.

"Let's get to the airport. When we get to Detroit you can find her and clear all this up." Lita said rubbing her big friend's back softly. He nodded and tipped up his mask to wipe at his eyes.

Lita picked up Spike's carrier and put it in the truck, hoping to hurry him along, to take his mind off of everything.

Kane grabbed the two bags and tossed them into the bed.

"Alright guys…Let's get out of here." He breathed heavily and started the truck.