Author: AmaroqWolf
Amaroq's Notes: I'm doing good, thats all I gotta say, the Action should pick up pretty quick this chapter sense most of it is mapped out.
Dedications: To as always my Three b's, and to everyone who has been reveiwing Faithfully, Hearts Desire thank you so much for calling Me Brill...(I Assume that means Brilliant), I've never had such reveiws. I acctully got tears the other day from a couple of you guyz Reveiws. So this Chap is Dedicated also to everyone who reveiwed.
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Three long months had passed in peacefulness. Shannon was still quite and reserved but he was opening up. He had even taken to showing an Artistic side to himself. He had taken to helping Jeff build his alumimummies. Jeanna Bishop came once a week to talk with Shannon to see how he was doing and in truth he had opened up quite a bit. Jeanna took to notice that after her first visit, And Jeff's sheepish admission to not haveing anything but sour milk, the small trailer had cleaned up quite a bit and the curtains were drawn dureing the day making the bright room even brighter. She had spent the first day she had come visiting stareing at the intracate designs on the ceiling.
Jeff had explained to her how long it had taken him to paint that Solar system design that spread from the kitchen and down the hall to bedrooms? maybe?
Shannon came into the liveing room and handed her a glass of water. He flopped down on the Dark blue couch and grinned at her. A genuien grin. "So, see I'm fine now don't need your help anymore."
Jeanna arched an eyebrow as she took a sip of the water. "Shannon thats for me to decide dear." She said trying not to be patronizeing.
She did have to admit Shannon had become more animated and light hearted in the last three months sense Jeff had dragged him away from that beach. She watched him as he started petting the Brown Dog laying on the couch she searched for the dogs name in her head. Lieder or something along those lines. "Shannon is there anything you can tell me about that Night?" She finally asked.
Shannon looked up from petting the dog a darkness in his eyes. He looked down letting his hair fall into his face. He looked miserable the dog rose up and nuzzeled him whining softly. "I'm okay Lieger."
"Shannon?" She asked softly again trying to get his attention.
He looked up a sadness in his eyes. "He always took everything to far," He paused and took a deep breath. "To Serious."
" I was eight when my Dad died in a rather horrible Car accident, It was a closed casket funeral." He shuddered. "My mom told me that she wished I had been in the car with him."
Jeanna blinked in surprise but remained silent letting Shannon spill his heart out.
"I started hanging out with Jeff and Matt around then, Jeff's four years older then me and Matt is eight years older." He paused again. "They had lost there mom when they were younger, before I met them." He shifted and petted Leigers head gently. "It was great ya know it was like haveing older brothers and shit ya know." He whispered shifting uncomfertably.
"Ya know I was about 11 when Jeff and Matt started the wrestleing scene." He said. " So I decided to get in on it to before so, I would have some common ground." He looked down letting his hair fall into his eyes again.. "I screwed up a lot when I was younger ya know, like most people do at that age."
He stood up and started paceing studying the sketches on the walls as if he had never looked at them before. "Matt he would get pissed when me and Jeff would screw up, He would beat the shit out of us whichever one of us pissed him off enough to warrent it." He looked out the window watching Jeff who was working on one of the Alumummies. "Jeff got a lot more of it then me or Evan or..even Shane, cause he lived here." He shook his head and pushed his hair back.
" I was about 17 when the WCW came around looking at me and Shane and Evan ya know, we got hired in less then a month before my 18th birthday." He chuckeled. "It was great we got away from Matt and got to ply our traid for fans." He let out a harsh laugh. "As Three count." He shook his head. "All Bischoff wants to do was make fun of the boy bands that were so popular then."
He came back and sat down and petted Leiger's head who thumped his short tail. "Almost two years ago WCW was bought out by the WWE." He smirked. "Worst thing that could happen to me." He steepled his fingers and stared at her over the top of his fingers. "I didn't take part in the "Invasion", No I got sent off to OVW, cause anyone who was considered good enough by Bischoff, Vince thought needed more training."
He shifted his postion. "Well, I ended up getting made into a M'Fer or a Mattitude follower." He shrugged.
Jeanna watched him assuming that was the end of the story. She opened her mouth to speak when he spoke before she could.
"Thats when he started in on me again." He whispered.
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The Twist of fate hadn't hurt, well it had but, that was beside the fact. What would most likely happen after he managed to get out of the ring would hurt. He moved slowly onpurpose not wanting to get backstage near Matt who would just take his anger out on him. He sighed pushing his hair back and walked slowly towards the dressing room. He hunched his shoulders and pushed the door open and looked around rapidly hopeing he wouldn't see Matt. That wasn't to be though, Matt was standing there with his arms crossed.
Shannon moved slowly trying to keep Matt happy enough so he wouldn't hit him. He leaned over to pick up his gym bag. The first blow slammed him into the lockers his head rang loudly. He rolled to his knee's hands holding his head. He groaned already feeling sick to his stomach. "Matt no.." He managed to rasp out.
"No?" Came the cold snap across his sense as he was hauled to his feet. Matt swung him around and glared at him. "Your to weak Shannon, to Weak." He slammed his fist into Shannon's gut.
Shannon doubled over and gritted his teeth and Matt rammed his elbow into his neck. Shannon dropped to his knee's trying not to whimper like a whipped dog but the pain that radiated up and down his spine now made every inch of his body ach. Matt brought his knee up into Shannon's Ribs then drove him down into the cement floor. His knee's cracked against the cement and imense horrible pain burned up and down his knee. Shannon finally gathered his wits about him enough to curl into a ball and loose himself in his mind.
When he came to he could feel bruises burning up and down his spine along his chest on his legs. The only part that didn't hurt were his face and arms. He slowly dragged himself to his feet and let out a stiffeled yelp. His knee felt like someone had ramned a metal spike through it. He struggeled up right grabbing at the edge of the sink his head still ringing. He stood upright his vision swam and he was forced to hobble to the bathroom to vomit up everything in his stomach. As little as there was. He leaned his head against the porcaline bowl with his eyes closed. He slowly stood up gritting his teeth at the pain.
"Thats when Shane found me in the shower." He whispered his throat sore and he swallowed weakly looking at his knee's.
Jeanna slowly sat back silent as she could so as not to disturb him. She froze when the door behind them open and Jeff stepped into the room. "Hey, Shannon you got--" He trailed off.
She slowly turned and looked at him. His eyes were flicking back and forth between her and Shannon. His eyes got slightly darker as the anger built up behind them? "Whats going on?" He snarled.
Shannon jerked upright digging the palms of his hands against his eyes for a second then he smiled at Jeff. "Its alright Jeff I swear it."
Jeff looked at her silently anger still in his eyes. "Get out!" He snapped and Stepped out of the doorway pointing.
Jeanna got up slowly and walked towards the door. "I'll be by next week." She said towards Shannon.
"Your not welcome back here!" Jeff snapped angerlly.
Shannon stood up. "Jeff calm down."
Jeff remained silent his anger at Jeanna near the boiling point. "Get out of my house you crazy whack job!"
Jeanna sighed and quickly made her exit worried only slightly about Shannon's Safty. As her car exited the driveway she didn't even make note of the blue sadan waiting to turn in.
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Jeff to was distracted by what he had just seen he didn't see the Blue sadan parking outside the house. He sighed and looked at Shannon who acctually lookd angery. "What?"
"She didn't do anything Jeff, I had just told her what Matt had done." He responded.
Jeff groaned and leaned against the door slideing down it as he shook his head. "I'm sorry Shan' I didn't know." He stated. "I just assumed."
Shannon nodded and leaned back on the couch looking distent. "He used to do stuff to you to didn't he Jeff?" Shannon asked.
Jeff looked at him his eyes squinted shut as he thought about what his freind had asked him. He looked down at his black nails and studied them silently ignoring the anoying clicking of the clock on the wall. He thought about things Matt had said and done over the years. That temper that burned in those brown eyes. "He was fine before Mom died." he finally answered.
"Thats when it started then?" Shannon finally responded after several minutes of his own silent complatation.
Jeff nodded his hands hanging limply between his legs the silence streached on and on for what seemed like an iternity. "Yeah, what was I supposed to do though, I've always been smaller weaker."
Shannon nodded. "He never went after the bigger guys ya know Jason and them." he stated.
Jeff nodded weakly resting his forehead on his knee's. "Yeah, I noticed it was always us, me you Evan and Shane." He whispered.
"I told Jeanna what Matt did to me that night." He said. "Don't know what good it will do." he trailed off looking outside.
Darkclouds were gathering on the horizon he flinched as lightening streaked across the sky off in the distence. Shannon didn't move the two freinds sat in silence one starreing off into the storm brewing. The other at the floor lost in the past. Jeff closed his eyes thinking about the first time Matt had snapped...when this all began. And the Lies he and Matt had come up with together before Dad had shown up.
10 year old Jeff Stood silently watching Matt and Shane wresteling about on the trampolene. He was waiting his turn and was getting annoyed. The two older boys had been at it for nearly an hour and he wanted his turn.
"Matt come on!" He snapped.
The two older boys broke apart and the two looked at the smaller boy. "Aw, let the little baby fight Matt."
Matt shrugged. "Alright, why not...I'll kick yer ass for ya Jeffo." He said grinning.
Shane hopped down and looked at his watch. "Oh, shit hey, I was supposed to be home 20 minutes ago I'll see ya tomarrow Matt!" he shouted and pelted off down the driveway.
Jeff looked up at Matt figureing that now he wouldn't want to wrestle because Shane had left. Matt looked right back at him. "Well, come on ya little fuck you wanted this."
Jeff grinned and scrambeled up onto the trampolene. He bounced around and put his small fists up. Matt arched an eyebrow and bounced to him and they started going at it fake punching and pushing and flipping about. (Matt was flipping him about).
After be shoved to his ass for what seemed like the hundreth time Jeff climbed to his feet and looked at Matt who was bounceing about shakeing his fists and yelling at an imagenary crowd. Jeff grinned and tackeled his brother knocking him off.
Matt landed hard in the dirt and looked up at his brother who was grinning innocently down at him from atop of the trampoline. Matt slowly climbed to his feet and looked at his brother. He stepped foreward fast before Jeff could move out of reach and grabbed Jeff and yanked him off. The younger boy hit the ground hard and let out a gasp of pain. Matt yanked him to his feet and looked at him his hands shot out from his sides and his mouth was open wide.
He looked at him in confusion then shook the younger boy. His chest heaved and a odd rattleing sound escaped his lips. "Stop that Jeff!" He snapped loudly and let him go.
He hit the ground with a thud the little amount of air in his lung gushed out and his chest heaved again as he tried to breath. He clawed at the dirt trying to breath still everything was getting hazy and dark around the edges.
"Come on ya little fuck stop it!" Matt snapped shakeing his brother violently.
Jeff tried to look at him and blinked and his chest heaved yet again and his eyes started to close the lack of oxygen filtering into his lungs was slowly shutting down his systems. Matt yanked him upwards and he heard a loud pop and pain radiated out of his chest he gasped and coughed painfully doubleing over and pulling air into his lungs.
"Jesus, Jeff don't fuck with me like that again or I'll beat you silly!" He snapped angerly yanking his brother roughly to his feet.
Jeff winced in pain and placed a hand over his chest. He coughed weakly and looked at Matt. "Sorry," He whispered looking down winceing in pain.
Jeff reached up silently and touched his chest feeling through the fabric of his shirt the slight ridge of bone of his sturnum riseing slightly then dropping back to the normal postion. He blinked slowly and looked up at Shannon who too had remained silent. "Lets go see if maybe Dad wants to go out to eat."
Shannon nodded and the two climbed to there feet.
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Matt sat silently in the liveing room his eyes half closed as he watched the TV. He could hear his Dad doing something in his shop off the kitchen but he didn't feel like getting up just yet. He lifted his beer to his lips and took a sip of the cold liquer. He heard the slideing glass door open and shut and two voices talking in the kitchen. He sighed and stood up and walked in. He froze at the sight before him.
Jeff and Shannon were mock wrestleing with each other Shannon appeared to have Jeff in a head-lock. The two were laughing, that all stopped though when Shannon looked up and spied Matt standing there.
The two sepperated rapidly Shannon looked nervouse and acctually stepped behind Jeff. Jeff smiled nervously.
"Hey, Matt how's life treating you?" he asked.
Matt shrugged. "Its good." He frowned and walked towards the fridge. Both Jeff and Shannon flinched away quickly moveing so the table was between the two of them and Matt. All three jumped when Gil walked into the kitchen. He looked at the three boys.
"Boys," They moved about and Shannon grinned.
"Hey, Uncle Gil." he said smileing.
"Dad," Matt said grabbing a soda instead of another beer. He turned and walked towards the liveing room.
"Matt, hold on I need to talk to all three of you." Gil called after his oldest son.
Matt paused and turned around and looked at his dad with a slight smile on his face. "Whats up Dad."
Gil watched his eldest for a second then looked at his youngest and his Nephew. "Sunday is the 21st," he paused. "I want us all to spend the day together, go visit Mom's grave and have dinner together okay?"
Matt looked upset by this announcement but he nodded. Jeff smiled. "Sounds great Dad, me and Shan will be there with out a doubt."
Gil smiled and nodded. "Alright, thats good." He smiled he looked at Jeff and Shannon. "Did you guys want anything?"
Jeff looked at Matt who had arched an Eyebrow then back at Shannon who just looked away it seemed at the right point in time. He looked back at his Dad. "Yeah, me and Shan were wondering if you...if you and Matt wanted to go out to Dinner with us tonight."
He heard Shannon cough nervously but ignored it quietly trying not to look at Matt. Gil smiled and nodded. "Sure, boys me and Matt would love to join you for dinner."
Jeff nodded. "All right me and Shan will go get changed and meet you back up here in an hour."
Gil nodded. "Sounds good."
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Matt watched the two leave and turned and stalked off upstairs to change into something besides a tank top and jeans. He was in the process of changeing when he looked out the window and he stood there watching Jeff and Shannon going down the hill. The two of then pushing and shoveing each other as they went. He gritted his teeth clenching his fists. Shannon wasn't supposed to be happy right now. He was supposed to be lost and silent and scared of everything. But, no he was laughing and haveing fun and he could tell anyone he wanted what Matt had done to him. He needed to fix that problem he looked around the room and spied his old baseball bat. He grinned. He would take care of his problem in no time.
no time at all....
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Shannon sat on the couch and watched Jeff. "Why did you invite Matt?"
Jeff looked up pulling a white ski cap on over his hair. He shrugged. "I don't know I don't think Dad would of said yeah if I hadn't asked Matt."
Shannon sighed and fidgeted nervously. "I geuss will be okay huh, I mean with yer dad being there and all."
Jeff looked at him silently for a minute then sighed. "Shannon Matt ain't stupid enough to do anything to us here at Dad's place alright."
Shannon nodded. "yer right."
The two slowly started getting ready and when finally the two felt they looked presentable. They headed up the hill back to the house. Into the kitchen they came looking bright and chipper completly forgetting they were about to spend two hours with Matt.
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At the restuant Matt sat down first and then Shannon and Jeff stood looking at the chair's closest to him. Finally, with a sigh Gil sat down on the left of Matt, leaving only one chose for each boy. Jeff slowly sat down next to his brother leaveing the seat directly across from Matt open to Shannon.
"So, how is life treating you Matt?" Jeff asked twitching the napkin in his hands.
Matt eyed him silently for several minutes. "Good, lifes been good, Me and Amy are getting along just fine." he explained with a smile.
Jeff nodded and picked up a bread stick and broke a small peice off and started eating it methodiccly. "Thats good." He smiled at his brother.
The waitress walked over and smiled at the four. "Hello, my name is Tiffany, What can I get you to drink?"
"I'll have an orange Soda," Jeff responded lightly around a mouthful of bread, then smiled sheepishly at his Dad. He swallowed the bread. "Sorry, Dad."
Gil nodded and the rest of them ordered there drinks and then they say in silence looking over the menu's.
They ordered and all sat in silence still not talking, Shannon started shredding napkins and slowly twisting together. Jeff watched him then grinned and started doing the same thing, silently the two of them slowly built a figure out of the napkins. They were whispering to each other as they continued building, a woman and then a child. Jeff looked at them smileing, when he looked up he saw his dad was highly amused, but Matt his eyes were burning with anger and hatred towards him and Shannon.
Jeff looked away then attempted to strike up a conversastion. "Um, so Dad how is your little project comeing?"
Gil smiled at his son and nodded. "Its looking good I should be pretty close to done by christmas."
"Thats great dad can't wait to see the finnished product." he said and fiddeled with the little napkin family.
Matt watched his brother and cousin silently he hadn't wanted to come to this stupid ass dinner at all, he had wanted to stay home and drink. He was so sick and tired of all the accuseing looks he was getting when he was at work. Like it was his fault that Shannon had snapped and tried to kill himself. He had nothing to do with that nothing what's so ever. But, sitting here watching Shannon and Jeff interacting so animatedly was really starting to frey his nerves. He sighed and finally relaxed slightly when the food came, Jeff Shannon and his Dad continued talking to each other as he ate in silence taking everything in.
Finally, they left and drove home through the dark winding roads. At the house Jeff and Shannon said their goodbyes. Matt stomped his way to his room and walked over to the window and watched the two younger man go down the hill to Jeff's trailer behind the house. He felt his lips curl into a sneer and his eyes settled on the baseball bat again. He turned his eyes away and looked at the trailer. He cracked his knuckels turned away and went and laid upon his bed.
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Shannon lay stareing up at the ceiling the storm that had been threatening on the horizon earlier had broken over the silent land. Thunder peeled back the clouds and bared the teeth of the storm. Lightening flashed iluminating the erie watching eye of the heavens. Shannon couldn't sleep his weary mind kept wandering back to the dinner that night with Matt and Gil.
The looks from Matt had been frightening almost heart stopping at times. The anger that danced and flicked in his eyes reminded Shannon so much of those days after the matches...or back when he had first started comeing around and Matt had refused to use his real name. Opting for "Little Shit." instead.
He remembered so clearly the first time Matt had done something to him purposefully....
Eleven year old Shannon was over at his best freinds house it was odd to think of 14 year old Jeff Hardy as his best freind, but it was how it worked out. He was shy quite and rarely talked and he and Jeff had hit it off from the first. Back when they had been younger. The two freinds were at the time playing on the trampoline that Jeff and his brother had turned into ring for them to practice wrestling. He and Jeff were just screwing around Matt wasn't around.
"Jeff!" Matt yelled from the house.
Jeff and Shannon stopped and Jeff looked towards the house. "WHAT?" He yelled back.
"Get yer ass in here and pick up the fucking trash from your lunch!" Matt snapped.
Jeff rolled his eyes and looked at Shannon. "Be right back." He hopped down leaving Shannon alone on the trampoline.
He watched him run up the steps and vannish into the house. Several minutes past and Shannon who had sat down on the mat was stareing at the grass from the edge of the trampoline. He heard the screen door slide open and he turned to look over his shoulder. He grinned at Matt. "Heya, " He called.
Matt nodded watching Shannon silently sizeing him up. "You wanna be a wrestler?" He asked out of nowhere.
He must of been shocked cause Matt grinned that crooked little grin of his and walked over and hopped up next to Shannon. "So do ya or not?" he asked again.
Shannon nodded. "Yeah, yeah I do!"
"Alright, come on then." Matt said standing up backing across the trampoline.
Shannon jumped to his feet and walked slowly over to Matt looking up at him nervously. Everything moved in a blur and the next thing he knew Matt was holding him up in the air. One hand braced under his armpitt the other against his spine. He tried to break free and then he was airborn. He hit the metal edge of the ring and his world exploded into fresh pain. He gasped and felt something bubbel up in his lungs. He rolled off the trampoline and hit the dirt again pain radiated through his body. He rolled into a ball holding his ribs tightly and crying weakly. Tears steaked down his dust coated face. He heard almost distently the screendoor slid open and slam back against its frame.
"WHAT HAPPENED!!" Jeff yelled hurrying over.
Matt jumped down shakeing his head. "He slipped or something." Matt yelled back looking angery.
Jeff kneeled over Shannon. "Hey, Shan you okay?"
Shannon groaned rolling on the ground his eyes clamped shut. "Its hurts." he whimpered.
Jeff looked up at Matt and narrowed his eyes darkly and slowly helped Shannon to his feet. "Come on lets get ya in the house."
Shannon whimpered and leaned on Jeff as the world spun around him rapidly. "Ow," He hissed through clenched teeth.
Matt followed them into the house silently not sure of what to say or do. "Jeff come on man it was an accident."
Jeff looked at his brother but didn't say anything he helped Shannon sit down in a chair by the kitchen table and gingerly lifted the shirt off of his ribs exposeing the injured area. "Man, its the size of a grapefruit!"
Shannon looked down and paled drasticcly. There was a huge lump on his ribs the size of a grapefruit and a very dark purple color.
"I think they might be broken. "Jeff said gently touching the lump."
Fresh tears sprang into Shannon's eyes and he clamped his teeth onto his lip to keep from crying out.
"Oh, please like you know shit about broken bones!" Matt snapped comeing over to look himself. "And like you even know what a Grapefruit is!"
"Its the fruit dad eats for breakfast everymorning." Jeff responded distractedly as he continued looking at his freinds side. "This is your fault."
"How is this my Fault!" Matt snapped indignently. "This is your fault cause you invited him over today!"
"Your the one who suplexed him into the edge of the Trampoline!" Jeff snapped. "So, its yer fault!"
Shannon saw the change in Matt's posture and eyes, Jeff didn't he was still studying his ribs. When Matt's eyes changed they went flat and dark and completely emotionless. Just like there was no life in them at all. Shannon flinched under that gaze it was the same gaze his Mother got when she was angery. "Jeff?"
"Hush Shannon I'm trying to see--" He didn't get to finnish the sentence because Matt grabbed him by his hair and yanked him to his feet and slammed him against the wall. The dull thud of Jeff skull meeting the plaster wall was like a crack of thunder in the silent house.
"Whose fault is it?" Matt asked his voice dead calm and empty no emotion at all. Jeff wiggeled in his brother's iron like grip. "Whose fault is it?" Matt asked again his voice a soft cold deadly whisper barley heard of the soft hiss of the air conditioning.
Jeff let out another squeeking gasp and Shannon rose to his feet looking at Matt and Jeff, Jeff was clawing at his brother's hand his lips had taken on a tinge of blue and his eyes looked heavy and clouded. "Matt stop, its my fault!" Shannon called.
Those dark eyes focused on Shannon silently for a minute and then cleared the crooked smile came back. "Thats right Shan, it was an accident." He relased Jeff.
Jeff hit the floor with a soft thud holding his throat and gasping weakly for air. He slowly stood up and looked at Matt then walked over next to Shannon. "Will, tell Dad it was an accident." He said looking down nervously.
Shannon nodded his hand still pressed to his ribs his pain forgotton for the moment.
A crack of thunder woke Shannon up and he opened his eyes suddenly senseing someone or something in the room. He looked around in the darkness getting a cold sense of dread in his stomach he slowly sat up looking into the shadows and darkness. He looked around then froze his eyes focusing on a shadow that was darker then the rest. He sprang off the bed as the baseball bat smashed into the mattress with a dull thud.
"Matt?" He said horsly backing up towards the door.
The bat whistled through the air and connected solidly with his shoulder dropping him to his knee's. Pain roared up through his body and he doubled up gasping for air small spots danceing infront of his eyes. He crawled across the floor struggeling to get away soft whimpers escapeing his throat.
The sound of another door opening down the hall and Shannon lifted his head seeing Jeff standing there looking confused. "Shan?" He said and moved towards his freind.
"Je--" He gasped in pain and collapsed to the floor his shoulder felt like it was swelling. Jeff hurried over and kneeled over him and rolling him onto his back. "Shannon what happened?" Jeff asked him.
Shannon just groaned trying to speak but he just coudln't. He heard the whistle of the bat and he winced but the thick sound of the wood hitting bone filled the air. Jeff jerked his eyes went wide and he slumped backwards his eyes still open his hands twitching as he gripped at the carpet. Matt stepped out of the shadows and grinned coldly. "What have you done Shannon?" He whispered kneeling down and dropping the bat next to him.
Shannon whimpered and tried to pull away as Matt's hand clamped over his mouth. Something burned into his lungs and he tried to breath desperetly. His one good hand reached up and he clawed at Matt's hand struggeling weakly. Matt tightened his grip watching Shannon silently. "What have you done?"
Shannon whimpered looking confused. "Huh?"
"What did you do to Jeff?" Matt asked again acctually looking serious.
Shannon groaned weakly trying to move again but Matt growled and grabbed Shannon's shoulder with his other hand. Shannon let out an agonizeing scream of pain. Matt glared at him. "What did you do?" He asked again. "Why did you hurt him?" Matt asked.
"I..I..di..di..didn't." He whispered his face covered in sweat.
Matt slowly stood up watching him he walked down the hall and out of sight. Shannon moved weakly onto his stomach, he groaned weakly and shivered as he crawled towards Jeff. "Jeff?"
Jeffs eyes rotated his eyes and looked at Shannon, his eyes were glazed and his pupils were dilated. He seemed to be trying to look at Shannon. "I'm gonna get help okay Jeff." He whispered and slowly tried to stand up.
He gained his feet just in time to see Matt comeing back, he was holding something in his hands. "Matt, Jeff needs' help." he whispered.
"I'll get him help in a minute." Matt said calmly looking at Shannon.
Shannon backed up nervously shakeing in terror. "Matt please, stop."
Matt cocked his head. "Why would you do this Shannon?" He asked. "How could you hurt your best freind?" He grabbed up the bat again.
"Matt don't!" Shannon cried struggeling against the pain.
"What?" Matt looked at him. "Don't help my brother? Don't protect him from a Phsycotic freak like you!" The bat swung down and smashed into the side of Jeff's head.
Jeff jerked painfully a low groan escaped his throat and then he lay motionless his eyes shut. "I'm only trying to protect him!"
Shannon looked confused something was wrong everything in his head was moveing slower. Matt smirked. "What have you done Shannon?"
"I..I..I don't know." He whispered shakeing in fear.
"Why would you hurt him?" He asked pointing the bat at Jeff.
"I..I..I didn't mean to." Shannon cried tears streaking down his face. "I..D..D..Don't even remember doing it."
"Of course not, its those..those drugs you been taking." Matt whispered. "Ya know the ones that make you black out."
Shannon shook his head then slowly nodded. "Yeah, that must be it." He whispered. "Matt you have to help me!"
Matt smiled crookedly the closest he ever came to looking nice. "I'll help you Shan don't worry come on." He whispered reaching towards Shannon. "Come on, lets get you out of here."
"What about Jeff?" Shannon asked looking scared.
Matt smiled and smoothed the younger mans sweat soaked hair. "Don't worry I'll take care of him,"
Shannon nodded and allowed Matt to lead him out of the house.
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