Chapter 2- Young ones- Taker.
"I still can't quite figure him out Kane…" I told him just below a whisper, I knew his kids were sleeping I didn't want to wake them. "He has his eyes"
Owen has really bugged me as of late, every time I look into that kid's eyes. I see the prankster I knew like a brother. Mischief has been going on around here. People are missing one boot and it always seems to find it's way back to them the minute before they go out to the ring. Other items vanish as well… only to reappear at the next arena… Watches in particular. Owen was known for that on Gangrel back in the day. It got me thinking… but it wasn't possible… was it?
"Pondering something?"
Oh great, here we go! Kane and I rolled our eyes at the same time as Raiden of course invites himself into our conversation. Raiden vanished at one moment, only to peer into Kane's pouch. Kane instantly grew defensive… father mechanism. "Easy I just wanted to see the new little ones. Oh, Owen is doing well"
"How did you know he named him Owen?" I asked curiously.
There was a grin on Raiden's face, as he never fully answered me. "Just a lucky guess I suppose. You take good care of them, oh and great work on the realms. They have all achieved great prosperity because of you dragons… Taker, I heard the great work you did at one. I never you could eat so much swine!" the thunder god vanished moments after. Kane stared at me oddly and rather curious.
"What?" I demanded.
"You ate swine? How come you never came back and showed off your gut?" he questioned with a smirk.
"A bloated Deadman is the last thing anyone wants to see… even me," I muttered. It wasn't a pleasant experience at all… not the least bit. Pork is nearly up there with cucumbers now. I shuttered at the memory of it… six swine…. Six damn pig men that fought to the bitter end. Damn we have it made as people, at least our food doesn't squirm or scream as you try and eat! But I got some very fancy rocks of the Mrs. and some gold for myself.
Kane was smirking at me though. "Deadman worry about his figure huh?" he teased. "They boys made a contest to see who could come back the fullest!"
"Of course yours would!"
"No… Matt started it. Ever since he learned the trick he was more at ease eating the damn things, he challenged Thorn, Punk, John and Jericho"
"Who won?" I asked.
"Thorn surprisingly enough… they really did have hippo people at one realm…" Kane's voice trailed off after that.
"I somehow doubt those were the pests…"
" They were Cannibals if that counts. Oddly enough Thorn was hired to eat them… and the hippo people ruled the realm! Over populated and all, they had a lottery as to who gets eaten…" he trailed off again.
"That doesn't make a lick of sense"
"Which is why Thorn won" Kane smirked. "Batista and the others went there a while later… and for extra torment… I sent Vince"
That evil smirk on his face said it all; he did send McMahon to suffer. Luckily for us, we all got a break; it's been a month since any of us had left our realm to go to another. It's been a good month! Kane however hasn't gotten a break; his newborns are seeking attention and growing much faster than the others.
Speaking of the others, I've been watching out for them as they watch Kane. Creed, Beowulf and Kratos make sure their father is protected and safe, all the while they try to get Owen from him to teach him their ways, mainly… how to eat like one of them. I've caught them on such attempts, they try to pull it as Kane sleeps and the kids are trying to sleep.
I left the locker room when I noticed Kane growing tired himself. Closing the door, I left him to rest with the kids. Just as I turned to leave I came face to face with Kratos, smiling an evil grin. He was up to something. "What Kratos?" I asked.
"I found out about my name… did you know there's a guy in a video game with the same one?" he asked.
"That's where it came from," I told him the story as to how he got his name. He was rather surprised as to how it came about. But he went into his pocket and pulled out an image printed off of a computer. "I want to look like him… I like the red markings" he said.
Something was off about Kratos… for the hell of it I went back into the locker room. There I caught red-handed Creed and Beowulf reaching in to get Owen. Creed hissed as someone bit him!
"OW EMBER!" He growled. Ember had stuck again, it's not the first time she had bitten her older brothers.
Kane woke up and saw his sons lingering over him. "How many times do I need to tell you, Owen can't eat anything bigger than himself yet!" Kane whispered lowly. "Go" he growled.
The boys hung their heads as they left the locker room; I followed them out and crossed my arms. "You should know better than that, what were you thinking?" I demanded.
"We just wanted to play with him… we never have been big brothers before. We want to set a good example uncle, really!" explained Beowulf.
"Then set one by letting your father take care of him. Ember thinks you're trying to harm him. She catches you again I wouldn't be surprised if she takes a finger!" I announced.
"Oh sure she gets to bite people and we can't" growled Kratos.
"You know better than that," I snapped to him. "You three need to act your age," sounds weird huh… if they were acting their age they would still be crapping themselves in diapers. "I think you boys are board out of your trees and need something new to do" I knew that was it. Ever since the realms have gotten back to the way they need to be, the boys can't have their little eating contests anymore. Not like they need it or anything.
The boys haven't ages since their last growth spurt, they were stuck as young, newly achieved twenty year olds. Healthy, strong and strangely similar to Kane back in the day when he had bleach blond hair. I saw his picture. The boys were the spitting image of him. Kratos had a shaved his like his father. Creed a short hair look as Beowulf kept his hair just past his shoulders.
"What can we do Uncle?" asked Creed.
I knew the boys needed an outlet, I think it's about time I introduced them to boxing!