Hero

Author: Midnite

Summary: Jeff Hardy does the right thing when he saves a young woman from being raped. Through this encounter, a friendship (or more) is forged between the two, until some secrets from the past come back to haunt them.

Disclaimer: I own no part of the WWE or anything that has to do with it. The only thing that I own in this story is Kiki and the storyline.

Chapter 1

Jeff Hardy was coming out of a restaurant in Austin, Texas when he had just finished eating. He thought that he heard people struggling around the back of the building and crept to the corner and peered around it. A man had taped a young woman's mouth shut and was forcing her to the ground, she wasn't strong enough to fend him off as he groped her and she winced in pain. The man's back was to Jeff, but he didn't think that the man had a gun so he went into full view and yelled at the guy, "Hey, you, get off of her."

The man turned around then got to his feet and ran off. Jeff went over to the woman, who had tears streaming down her face. He removed the tape from her mouth and she threw her arms around his neck.

""It's ok." Jeff said, comforting her. "That guy's gone, he ran off, he's not going to hurt you."

She removed her arms from around his neck. "Thank you so much." She cried.

"That's alright." He said. "Are you hurt, do you need to go to the hospital?"

"No." She said. "You stopped him before he did anything."

He helped her to her feet. "Do you have a car or a place to go?"

"No, I have neither." She replied.

"You don't have anywhere's?" He asked.

She shook her head.

"How old are you?" He said.

"Seventeen, almost eighteen." She answered.

Jeff thought for a second, he couldn't just leave her there. "I'm staying downtown in a hotel for a couple of days, since you have no place to go, I guess that you can stay with me till I leave town, if you want."

She nodded. "Thank you."

"I have a rental car out front." He said.

"Ok." She said and followed him around to the front.

"My name's Jeff." He said, getting into the driver's seat as she got into the passengers. "What's yours?"

"Kiki." She replied.

He started the car and drove. "How is it that you have nowhere?" He asked.

"I have no family." She replied. "I've been alone for months."

"I'm sorry." He said.

"It's been forever since I've had a decent meal." She said. "Or any other luxuries for that matter."

"You don't have friends?" He asked.

She shook her head.

"What about school?" Jeff said.

"I dropped out." She replied. "Everybody hated me."

"That can't be true." Jeff said.

"It is." She said.

He pulled into the hotel parking lot a couple of minutes later. "Come on." He said. They got out of the car and entered the building. They went up to his room, he unlocked the door and they entered.

"You said that you hadn't had a decent meal for a while." Jeff said. "Are you hungry now?"

She nodded. "Very."

"There's the phone." He said pointing. "Call room service."

She hesitated. "You do realise that I have no money?"

"I know." He said. "I'll pay for everything."

She nodded. "Ok."

"I'll be right back." He said. "If you need me, I'll be next door for a couple of minutes. Make yourself at home." He left and entered the room next door. "Hey, Matt." He called out.

Matt came out of the bathroom. "Don't you knock?"

"Not right now." Jeff said. "I got a girl in my room and"

"Well, good for you." Matt interrupted. "So what are you doing here?"

Jeff rolled his eyes. "It's not like that. I just helped her out, she has no home or anything so I told her that she could stay here with me. She's only seventeen, Matt, and she has no family."

"So, why are you here?" Matt asked.

"I need someone to watch her." Jeff said. "I have to go run an errand. She's getting food now that I'm adding to my bill. Can you please watch her? I won't be long."

Matt sighed. "Fine."

"Good, come on." Jeff said. They left Matt's room and entered Jeff's.

Kiki was sitting cross-legged on the end of the bed and looked up when she saw them come in. Kiki had long blond hair and dark brown eyes, she was very thin and was barely over five feet tall.

"Kiki." Jeff said. "This is my brother, Matt, he's going to stay here with you while I run an errand. I won't be long, ok?"

Kiki nodded. "Ok, Jeff."

Jeff left the room, leaving Matt with Kiki. She looked down again.

Matt walked over to the window and looked out. He sighed.

A knock sounded at the door and Kiki quickly looked up, she almost had an alarmed look on her face.

Matt looked at her. "S'ok." He said. "It's just the door." He walked over and got it. It was room service. Kiki got her food and started eating. Every few seconds she would look up suspiciously at Matt. After the fifth time she did it, Matt asked her. "Why do you keep doing that?"

She looked quizzically at him.

"Keep looking at me like that." He said, she looked suspiciously at him again. "Yeah, like that."

She shrugged and continued eating. He ignored when she did it again. "Where are you, Jeff?" He muttered.

Jeff came back fifteen minutes later. Kiki was watching T.V. and Matt was staring out the window. Matt turned around. "About time you got back." He said. "She hasn't said one word to me and she keeps looking at me weird." He pointed. "See, she's doing it again."

Jeff looked at her but she had turned back to look at Jeff.

"Hi, Jeff." She said.

"Hey." He replied. "Did you eat?"

She nodded.

"Good." Jeff said. "Anything on TV?"

She shook her head. "I was bored so I started channel surfing."

"How did you get her to talk?" Matt asked.

Jeff shrugged. "One of my many talents."

"Ok, whatever, I'm out of here." Matt said, he left the room.

Kiki turned off the TV and looked at Jeff. "Is he the evil brother?" She asked.

Jeff laughed. I don't know if evil is the right word to describe him or not."

Kiki thought for a second. "Then how about weird?"

"That one may work." Jeff said. "Anyway, listen, I have to go to work tomorrow night."

"And you want me out of here before then, right?" Kiki asked.

"No, actually, I was wondering if you would like to come with me." Jeff said.

"What do you do?" She asked.

"I'm a professional sports entertainer." He answered.

"So, you do what?" She asked.

"I wrestle." He said.

"Cool." She said. "And you wouldn't mind my coming?"

"No way, but Matt might." He said.

"I don't like him." Kiki stated.

"I don't think that he's too fond of you either." Jeff said. "Hey, you want to order a movie to watch?"

"Nothing with a murder or killing, please?" She asked.

"Sure, doesn't matter to me." He replied.

Jeff ordered the movie and Kiki sat at the top of the bed. Jeff finished ordering and sat beside her.

Halfway through the movie, Kiki got tired and rested her head on Jeff's shoulder. By the time the movie ended she was asleep. Jeff didn't want to wake her so he just slept where he was too.