Chapter 4- the second ghost

Brian, Paul and Punk decided to have an early bed later on that night, however sleep wasn't going to come, and the specter returned and showed them a new vision. They saw Kane… alone in a house; he sat by an open fire with very little decorations about. "Wait… Kane actually decorates for the holidays!?" Brian demanded.

"But look how sad he is…" London pointed out. "I mean… he can be an intimidating man, but… still… he's mortal… I think"

"So what's this suppose to prove? Kane spends Christmas alone?" Punk questioned. It was odd that this time around, the specter didn't speak a word, he just showed Kane alone, spending a whole day by himself and talking to his own reflection.

When they snapped back to reality. Paul London concluded. "I think we need to buy Kane a gift!" he announced.

"You think that after seeing the visions wouldn't you?" Brian growled lowly. "We don't know what he likes!"

"Matches and anything flammable" smirked Punk.

"Seriously, why the hell is this ghost coming to us, I mean we're TRYING to spread Christmas cheer. Not take it away from someone! I am so confused"

"Me too" Brian announced.

"Why did I drag myself into this?" Punk asked aloud.

The day would only get stranger as time passed. Each man noticed how Kane did a full 360 and became all depressed as he stared at random holiday decorations. It was worrying some of the superstars. Yet Brian began to notice how they too looked at Kane oddly, some even whispered about his childhood… as if they too had the visions themselves.

"You think we should see how he's doing?" they heard Batista whisper.

"You do it," replied Mysterio.

It was all about the locker room as the wrestlers tried to figure out what brought this sudden funk on Kane; he sat alone when he ate, didn't utter a word to anyone. Hell, Edge when as far as insulting him to see if he would react… Kane didn't. Not a flinch or even a single evil glare.

When he left, Edge looked to any wrestler that stared at him in utter confusion. "Ok… I am rather terrified right now!" he announced. "Not a single threat came past his lips…" Edge paused as he stared at the ground. Kane dropped something… a list of all things.

Slowly, the R rated superstar picked it up. Punk, Kendrick and London went to see what it was, Edge's eyes widened in great shock. "Toys… it's a damn toy list!" he announced.

London took the list from his hands and read it over. It was a long one. "What the hell is he going to do with all of these!?" he demanded.

"Burn them or something" Edge growled.

"Wait… he never had a Christmas after the fire… perhaps it's making up for lost time?" Brian suggested.

"Yeah! Let's make this a Christmas Kane will never forget!" Punk announced.

The locker room saw their excited faces and were rather curious as to what the three planned. Batista caught wind of the idea and soon spread the word to others. "Maybe… we should help," he explained to the guys in the catering room.

"And just why the hell should we care!" demanded Big Daddy V. "I've kicked his ass time and time again, why should I help Kane?"

Batista stared at V. "So have I, and you know what it's like to face me… But let me pitch it to you like this… if you were in Kane's shoes, would you want someone doing the same for you?"

V thought it over. "I ain't in his shoes though… but everyone needs a kick ass Christmas… what do you need?"

It wasn't long before all of Raw joined in the plot… unintentionally. ECW became involved as well. Others have found notes from where Kane had traveled; they had begun doing the same thing. Every superstar was given a pick of three toys to get for the Big Red Monster, and bring them back to the arena the very next day. The group agreement was they would deliver the gifts to him a few days before Christmas.