Chapter 4

"Please, please, please be here." Hazel said to herself as she knocked on the door, still holding her face. It hurt, and she was willing to bet it looked nasty.

The door swung open and there stood Matt Hardy. His dark curly hair fell into his eyes. He looked at her with confusion as she motioned for him to let her in. "Matt, please let me in. I can't be seen here."

Matt looked at her as she stood in front of him holding her face in her hands. She looked like she'd been crying, so he motioned for her to come in. "Thanks," she said brushing past him.

Jeff and Lita were stretching on the floor when Matt lead Hazel into the locker room. Jeff looked at Hazel and jumped up. "What happened?!" he asked seeing her holding her face. He walked up to her and motioned for her to move her hands. Hazel dropped her hands reluctantly and Lita gasped. Hazel's right eye was badly swollen and obviously bruised. Jeff looked at her, "You need ice. Lita, can you grab some ice?"

"Of course.." Lita said quickly running out of the room.

"What's going on?" Matt asked, "Who did that to you?"

Hazel could feel the tears welling up in her throat. Kane and Taker had always yelled at her, but she'd never been beaten by either of her siblings. She opened her mouth but no words came out. Jeff motioned for her to sit down and he knelt in front of her. "Hazel," he said as he placed his hand onto her knee. "You're going to be ok. Your eye isn't as bad as Lita made it seem. See?" he said handing her a mirror. Hazel gazed at her reflection. She could just push her hair over her eye until the swelling went down. "My brothers are hostile because we were out back together. I don't know what they are planning, but they are planning something."

"Planning? Against us?" Matt interjected.

"I'm not sure." Hazel said sadly. "I know how they get and they are up to something."

Lita flew into the locker room. "Kane's out there looking for you. Looking madder than a hatter."

Hazel stood up and shot Jeff a look as she headed for the door.

"No, don't go out there!" Jeff said.

"I have to. They won't stop looking for me. I just needed to warn you all. I never wanted to have anyone get hurt, I just wanted a friend." Hazel said wiping tears from her eyes as she left the locker room.

Team Xtreme just exchanged looks of despair for Hazel. Jeff couldn't help but feel responsible for everything that Hazel was going through.

"What's going on?" Matt asked Jeff.

"Hazel was outside and we were talking. Kane came looking for her and found her with me. I know he hit her. Either Taker or Kane, but one of them gave her that black eye."

"That poor girl! She is tiny compared to them!" Lita yelled.

"But the bigger question is," Matt began, "what are her brothers going to do, and what does it have to do with us?"

Hazel pushed open the door to the locker room she shared with her brothers and found the room as it was when she left. She grabbed her ring gear and ran into the bathroom. She got dressed and brushed her hair to cover the black eye.

"Hazel!" Kane screamed while walking up the hallway. He was getting closer to their locker room, so Hazel ran into the hallway. "There you are! Where in the hell have you been?!" Kane screamed as he grabbed her wrist.

"I was doing what Taker told me to do!" she said weakly.

Kane looked at his baby sister. "Well, we better be off to the ring." He said tugging her behind him.

Jeff was watching the sibling's interaction. It made a surge of anger run through his core to see that monster dragging Hazel around like a doll. Jeff could only begin to wonder what Taker and Kane had in store for Hazel.

Kane's music blared as he and Hazel walked out onto the stage. Taker was already in the ring. She stared up at her brother wondering what was going on, but slowly began to walk towards the ring. Kane walked in front of her and climbed onto the apron. She tried to calm her nerves as she walked towards the steps of the ring. Kane stepped on the first rope, and lifted the second rope to make way for her to step into the ring. Taker smiled as his siblings entered the ring.

"Finally!" he screamed into the microphone. "Hazel we've been waiting for you. The new Women's Champion is here!"

The crowd was a mix of cheers and boos. Hazel stood there still not sure what game her brothers were playing with her. Taker patted the Championship belt as it rested on Hazel's shoulder. "We are a family of Champions!" Taker screamed into the microphone. "Someone in our family doesn't consider herself to be the rightful champion." He spat at her. "Someone feels that she was wrongly named champion. Something about cheating and the whole thing being a mistake, isn't that right, Little sister?"

Hazel took the microphone. The crowd cheered. "I only won this Championship because of my brother's interference in the match. Lita was robbed and I want for nothing more than to defeat her rightfully so I can claim this belt as my accomplishment; not as a robbery."

The crowd began chanting and cheering for her as she tossed the microphone back to Taker.

He laughed into the microphone as he brushed his hair back from his face. "You are a very noble person little sister. We should be so lucky to have you with us." He laughed looking at Kane. "Lita, I know you're back there. If you want to try to regain your title, I recommend you come out here."

"What are you doing?" Hazel mouthed to her brother.

Lita and the Hardyz' music blared as they appeared on the stage. Jeff's eyes met Hazel's. No one had any idea what was going on. Taker motioned for Lillian Garcia to announce the match as Kane and he stepped out of the ring.

"The following match is for the Wwe's Women's Championship. Making her way to the ring, accompanied by the Hardy Boyz, Lita!"

The ring bell rang and the match began. Lita and Hazel locked up and took turns countering each other's moves. Hazel caught Lita in a neck breaker and planted her flat on the mat. She climbed the turnbuckle to deliver her finisher. The crowd cheered as Hazel steadied herself on the ropes as she began to complete her finisher. The crowd booed as Kane grabbed Hazel's leg and pushed her off the turnbuckle. Jeff watched in horror as Hazel's tiny body hit the mat hard. The referee called for a DQ and the match ended. Kane and Taker climbed into the ring. Matt pulled Lita out of the ring as Taker walked over to Hazel's fallen body. "Your winner and still Women's Champion, Hazel." He spat into the microphone before throwing it onto Hazel's body. The crowd booed. Matt and Lita were on the side of the ring with Jeff, watching in horror as Kane picked up Hazel and carried her to the back.

"JR, what was that? They can't do that!" King exclaimed for the announcer's table.

"I feel sorry for that poor girl!" JR said. "They break her, and then carry her away. It's not right. Someone needs to stop those two."