Randy and Jeff were in the car driving to their hotel and an excited look could be seen on Jeff's face. His husband laughed as he drove and kissed the smaller's hand before turning at an exit. They were only a half an hour from the hotel, which sounded good to the married couple.

"So you determined to win that title?" Randy asked his husband.

"You are looking at the soon to be WWE champion." Jeff replied as he looked out his window.

"Well you did a good job against Mark that night." Randy told him.

"Yeah, though I do feel bad about hitting him with the chair. When I did it and saw him sit up, the only thing came to my mind was bolt from his sight. He told me that he has never seen me be so dark before."

"That is true. I mean even your face paint looked dark. How did you manage to beat him?"

"Really Big Show is the reason for that. All I did was perform a leg drop on Taker and then pin him. If Big Show hadn't punched Taker, I probably would've lost like all the times before I've versed him. Though when Taker found out that I had a chance for the WWE title, he gave me a pat on the head."

"I'm proud of you baby. You didn't just beat Taker, but Hunter too and that is another big victory. Maybe when we get to the hotel, we should celebrate those victories." Randy suggested and saw his husband smile.

"Fine with me my viper." Jeff agreed as they finally were pulling up to the hotel.

Randy parked the car and then got out to go to Jeff's side, opening the door for him. The two went inside and saw that the elevator was crowded and decided to just take the stairs up to their floor. As they were going up, Randy moved his hand down lower on Jeff's back. They stopped on a floor and Randy started to lean down to kiss his husband for a couple minutes. Before either one of them could react, Randy was tossed away from Jeff to hit his head on the stairs.

"Randy." Jeff yelled as he was about to run to his husband who was knocked out.

Large arms wrapped around his waist to prevent him and he began throwing strikes behind him. He was able to land one on the person's knee and he felt the hold loosen for him to head for his husband. A strong hit connected with Jeff's back for him to tumble down a set of stairs and go on his stomach. Already his mouth was bleeding as he went to push himself up on his hands, but a pressure on his back forced him back down.

"I should be the only one allowed to touch you." a deep voice said in Jeff's ear.

From being so dazed from going down the stairs, Jeff was unable to place the familiar voice. His hair was grabbed to lift his head up and he felt someone kiss his bloody lips before his face was pushed into the floor. A strong grip was on his neck to force him to be face down and he could feel blood rising from the scratches left on his neck.

"You should've been mine."

Fear filled Jeff as he thought of what could happen to him without being able to fight back. He felt a hand go down his side and went to struggle, but the grip on his neck stopped him as his shirt was pushed up. Tears formed in Jeff's eyes as he felt the hand start to push his pants down and a thumb rub on his hip.

"Finally I can have what is mine and mine only."

"Jeff." Randy's yell seemed to make the hand on his hip disappear.

Then his neck was released as he laid there in relief as he heard his husband making his way down the stairs. Slowly he lifted his head to see Randy who ran over to him with fear and worry in his dark blue eyes.

"Are you okay?" Randy asked as he took Jeff's face in his hands.

"No." Jeff answered him.

He was gently lifted up by his husband to be in his arms who carried him up to their floor. Once they got there, Jeff could hear some of their coworkers were in the hall and looked at them in shocked. The first one to come right over to them was Hunter who looked at Jeff to see how badly he was hurt.

"Go to the medics floor and get some of them." Hunter ordered some of those in the hall that made him sound very much like Vince.

Then he helped Randy get Jeff to their room and Jeff was carefully set on his bed. Randy finally got a full look at his husband and felt rage fill him at seeing Jeff's pants almost off his hips. He then saw the scratch marks on Jeff's neck that were bleeding pretty bad.

"Randy." Jeff called with a pain filled voice.

"I'm right here baby." Randy kneeled down to be at eye level with him. "Hunter had some of the others go get medics who will check you out."

"Do you have any idea who did this to him?" Hunter asked the viper.

"No, the bastard tossed me into the stairs to knock me out for a minute or two. When I came to, I called out to Jeff and went over to the stairs to see him lying there. Whoever did this to him is going to feel the full rage of the viper."

"Not just the viper's rage." Hunter told him and pointed to the door.

Standing there in the doorway with a murderous look on his face was the Undertaker who slowly made his way into the room. He looked ready to kill the person responsible for the condition Jeff was in.

"Who?" Mark asked.

"We don't know Mark. The person was smart enough to knock Orton out before doing what he did to Jeff." Hunter informed.

"Taker?" Jeff went to sit up with pain on his face.

"Baby you need to stay laying down and not hurt yourself anymore." Randy told him as he went right back to his side.

Finally a medic arrived with his stuff and started looking at Jeff who wouldn't let go of Randy's hand. The medic then noticed Jeff's pants and looked to Randy who shook his head with a relieved look.

"Well Jeff's neck has scratches on it that are going to bleed. Also his ribs and back are bruised up from the fall down the stairs." the medic explained and then looked at Jeff sadly. "I'm sorry Jeff, but I can't clear you for Survivor Series."

Jeff looked like he was going to be sick at hearing that and he was pulled into a hug by his husband. Seeing how devastated Jeff was made Randy want to find whoever did this and punt kick their head right off for real. This triple threat match was so important to his husband and he knew that it hurt him to have to not be in it. Hunter wished that he could take Jeff's place right now because he knew that Jeff would've succeeded in their match. He let Randy comfort his husband and went out of the room to see Shawn just get out of the elevator.

"Hey Hunter. Is Jeff here yet? I want to give him some pointers to help beat you tomorrow." Shawn said to his friend with a smile.

"Shawn, I'm sorry." Hunter saw his friend's face drop.

"What's going on Hunter?"

"When Jeff and Randy were coming up the stairwell, someone attacked them. Knocked Randy out first and then tossed Jeff down the stairs. The medic just finished checking him over and informed that he can't be in the match tomorrow."

"You have got to be joking. Who would attack Jeff?" Shawn was in shock at what he had just been told.

"Randy and Mark are in the room right now. He's got a destroyed look on his face at being told. Right now I wish it could've been me who was attacked. The kid could've won tomorrow and I felt it. He pinned me to get this chance and has worked so hard."

"This is bull shit. You think Jeff was attacked cause of your match?"

"There's only one person who might've done this."

"Kozlov?" Shawn asked.

"Yep. Come on Shawn. Lets go pay the Russian a little visit."

The two went down the hall to where the Russian's room was and Hunter knocked on the door. After a few seconds it was opened by Kozlov who had a confused look on his face at seeing the two.

"Why are you two here?" he asked them.

"I came to inform you that our match tomorrow is now only you and me."

"Why is Hardy no longer in it?"

"Someone attacked him in the stairwell and now he's too hurt to be allowed in it." Hunter informed and saw Kozlov look down.

"That's too bad. I had a good feeling that Hardy would win the title." Kozlov told them. "Tell him that I wish I could take his place."

"Wait. You didn't attack him?" Shawn asked to see Kozlov become shocked.

"I would never do that to one of my opponents. The boy has worked hard to get his shot at the title. Who am I to take that from the boy?"

"Sorry. We just thought since you were-"

"Do not worry about it Michaels. I would've thought the same."

Kozlov then closed the door and the two men looked at each other totally baffled on who had attacked Jeff. They both turned to see Punk coming running out of the elevator with Cena not far behind him.

"Where's Jeff? I heard what happened and came up as quick as I could." Punk told them.

"He's in his room with Randy comforting him. Sadly he can't be in the match tomorrow." Shawn informed and saw Punk look down.

"This isn't fair. First Jeff loses his house in NC along with his dog, which hurt him so bad. Now after Jeff has been working so hard for this match and now he just got it taken from him." Punk said with tears in his own eyes.

"How could this have happened?" Cena asked.

"I don't know. Though the person knew to knock Orton out before going for Jeff. The kid was knocked down the stairs and I fear that Randy woke up in time to prevent something else from happening." Hunter explained.

"What do you mean?" Shawn asked.

"Jeff's pants were almost off his hips and when Randy saw it, he wanted to kill the person for real." Hunter answered.

"I can't believe this. Hunter I know you don't want to hear this, but Jeff will probably get involved in your match." Punk informed.

"I would be shocked if he didn't." Hunter replied. "The kid just got his big shot taken by someone unknown and then the person tried to do you know what. I'm going to tell the medics be set to bring Orton's opponents out of the ring on a gurney due to how enraged he is. I'm going to send a text to Big Show to give him a heads up for Mark who looks ready to murder someone."

"Has anyone told Matt?" Cena asked to see them all go still.

"Tell me what?" Matt asked from behind Cena.

"Matt, we need to inform you of something. Jeff won't be able to compete in his match tomorrow."

"Why?" Matt looked at him confused.

"While him and Randy were coming up the stairs, someone attacked them. The person knocked Randy out and then tossed Jeff down the stairs. Luckily Randy woke up before the person could do something worse to your brother." Hunter explained to the dark haired man.

"What do you mean by worse?"

"Jeff's pants were almost off his hip." Shawn answered.

"Oh god. I have to go check on my little brother." Matt said before running down the hall. "This is going to destroy him after everything that has happened. He is going to be a mess."

He reached Jeff's room to see his brother nowhere in sight and only Mark there talking to a medic. The dead man couldn't bring himself to look at Matt and kept his eyes on the floor.

"Where's my brother?"

"He's in the bathroom to change into pajamas." the medic answered.

Slowly the door opened for Jeff to walk out in pajama pants and one of Randy's viper shirts. Matt was shocked to see a bloody bandage on his brother's neck and could tell that he was in pain.

"Are you okay?" Matt asked with tears in his eyes.

"I can't be in my match tomorrow." Jeff told him while fighting back tears.

"Hunter told me. I'm so sorry Jeff."

"I really just want to get some sleep right now Matt. Maybe I'll talk to you in the morning."

Matt nodded his head at understanding that Jeff just wanted to be alone. He watched Randy help Jeff into the bed as Mark and the medic left the room. After seeing the pained look on his little brother's face, Matt had to get out before he lost it. Once the door closed, Randy crawled into bed beside his husband and held him in his arms. Soon they both fell into restless sleeps with dreams of the attack and the fear that it caused.

The next day during Survivor Series, Jeff was in Randy's locker room with his husband watching the WWE championship match. Randy could feel the anger coming off his husband at not being in it.

"Maybe we shouldn't watch this baby." Randy said, but was stopped from turning it off by his husband.

Jeff's anger rose when he saw that Edge had taken his spot in the match. Before Randy could stop him, Jeff was going down the halls and went right to the ring. He pounced right on Adam to start punching him with all his anger.

"This was my title spot." Jeff yelled as he punched.

He then painfully rolled out of the ring and got a chair from under it. Jeff went to hit Edge who ducked for the chair to connect with Triple H and send the game to the mat. Turning to go for Edge, Jeff was hit with a spear and laid on the match in terrible pain as he rolled towards the ropes. He heard Edge's music play and the man be announced the new WWE Champion, which hurt worse than his injuries from the attack. A ref walked pass Hunter who whispered to him to focus on checking Jeff. Immediately Jeff was checked to see if any of his injuries were made worse from the spear. As Triple H sat up, he felt rage fill him as the idea that Edge had attacked Jeff in the stairwell came to him. Even if he didn't attack Jeff, he should've never speared him with the injuries that Jeff had. The refs helped Jeff out of the ring and Triple H and Kozlov followed behind with sorry looks at him. They were prepared for Jeff to come out there to attack them in anger, but one of them would've still gotten the belt. Edge taking Jeff's spot was not expected at all by them and him winning the belt had to be worse for Jeff. Once Jeff was backstage, he just collapsed to his knees with a destroyed look on his face.

"Jeff don't do this to yourself." Hunter told him as he kneeled down beside him.

"That was my shot and he took it to win the title." Jeff whispered.

"We know Hardy. You earned that shot and he got it for sleeping with the boss lady." Kozlov replied.

"Jeff." Randy came running over to his husband. "Are you okay?"

"That should've been me who won. I earned that shot and he took it along with the belt from me."

"He's upset Randy. Maybe you should take him back to the hotel to rest." Hunter informed.

"Thank you Hunter." Randy said before picking his husband up into his arms. "Come on baby. You need to get some rest for yourself to heal."

Triple H and Kozlov watched Randy carry Jeff away and felt sorry for the rainbow haired warrior. Both then went in the same direction to talk with a certain new WWE champion. Adam opened the locker room door after it was knocked on to be shocked to see the two men there.

"What are you doing here?" he asked them.

"You think it's okay to attack Jeff in a stairwell and then take not only his spot, but win the title too." Hunter spat at the smaller who shrunk back a little in fear.

"The boy earned that spot and you're just the one sleeping with the boss." Kozlov added.

"I didn't attack Jeff in the stairwell. Only reason I'm here was to see Vickie who informed me of Jeff's attack this morning when I arrived. She was the one who suggested that I take Jeff's spot in the match." Adam told them. "Jeff is like a little brother to me and Matt told me what that sicko who attacked him was going to do to him. Trust me when you find out who it was, I want to spear him into his grave. My little brother didn't need this after losing Jack in the house fire."

"Great so we're back to square one on who attacked the kid." Hunter sighed to himself.

Adam closed the door an Hunter walked away to pass Randy's locker room. He could see Randy still with Jeff in his arms as Shawn carried his bag. When they came out of the room, Hunter was sad to see that Jeff's eyes were closed.

"Medics slipped something to make him sleep into his water. They said it might be the only way for him to sleep tonight." Shawn informed as Jeff's head lay limply on Randy's chest.

"I just talked to Adam. He wasn't the one who attacked Jeff and wants us to tell him who it was when we find out. Adam is just as enraged as the rest of us about this happening. He arrived this morning and was informed of Jeff's attack along with Vickie encouraging him to take Jeff's spot." Hunter explained to them and saw Randy look down.

"Still Adam shouldn't have speared him." Randy said.

"Randy. I don't think he knew where Jeff's injuries were and only speared him on instinct." Hunter informed.

"This is unfair to Jeff. He didn't deserve to have this done." Randy started to walk towards the back parking lot. "He couldn't even sleep last night from how bad his dreams were."

"Lets hope what the medic gave him will keep those dreams away." Shawn said as they reached the car.

Randy set Jeff down on the backseats and then put his bag in the trunk. He walked over to the driver's seat as he gave a wave to Shawn and Hunter. Pulling out of the spot, Randy then drove back to the hotel. He arrived to see Rhodes, Punk, and Kane there waiting for him and Punk closed the door for him once he had picked up Jeff while Cody got Randy's bag from the trunk.

"We thought maybe you would like to have some company on the way up to your room." Cody told Randy who nodded his thanks to the three.

He got in the elevator with them and rode up to the floor they were on. Punk opened the room's door for Randy to go right in and set Jeff down on the bed. All three men felt bad for what had just happened to Jeff and they decided to leave Randy alone with his husband. Randy set a kiss on Jeff's forehead before getting into his pajamas and then got into bed with him. He pulled the blanket over them while wrapping his arm around his husband before falling right to sleep.