Shannon couldn't keep his head from swimming. He blinked furiously and
struggled vainly to get Juvi off of him. Was that Evan's voice he was
hearing? He couldn't be sure and he couldn't focus his eyes. This can't be
happening, he thought to himself. His head swam again and he couldn't think
straight. Suddenly he saw Jeff above him. Not as now, but as he was that
night. He was smiling at Shannon and leaning in for a kiss.
"Jeff," Shannon heard himself utter weakly, as he reached blindly back in time. Lips covered his own, but they didn't taste like the Jeff he remembered. He would never forget that taste. He opened his eyes and Juvi smiled back at him. "No," Shannon protested, pushing at his molester. "Let me go!"
"Ease up, Juve," Evan's voice said from somewhere in the distance. Shannon couldn't focus but tried to look up at him. "Let the drug take full effect first. Then he won't fight you at all."
"But I like the challenge," Juvi purred back.
"But we want to be gentle with him the first time, don't we?" Evan reasoned, pulling Juvi off Shannon. "There'll be lots of other times to get kinky."
"I guess," Juvi sighed. "Can we play while we wait?"
"Oh yeah."
Shannon heard nothing more than moans and kissing after that. He was slowly sinking into a dark abyss and he was afraid of what would happen when he did. Evan was supposed to care about him. Why was he doing this? His breathing began to become labored and he couldn't seem to keep his eyes open. He tried to lift his hand to his forehead but it felt like it weighed 300 pounds.
"Almost there, Shannon," Evan's voice drifted over him like a velvet caress, and the blond felt fingers run through his hair. "Just let it happen."
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Shane raced into the hotel lobby after Rick and followed him up the stairs. No time to wait for the elevator tonight and Juvi was on the third floor, so it shouldn't take that long. Shane's heart was pounding so hard he could hear it in his ears. This was his "little brother" Shannon. He couldn't let this happen to him.
Shane had tossed his car keys to Rick on the way out of the bar earlier, figuring he might have a cooler head to drive. Rick had relayed what those two psychos had done to him on the drive over, making sure to run any red lights they encountered. They figured if they picked up any patrol cars, they could lead the cops to Shannon's, well, Shane could barely think it much less say it, rapists.
Rick told Shane that he and Evan had been dating for a little over a month when they started to get intimate. The first night was pretty normal to Rick and he thought things were going fine. The next night, however, Evan suggested they invite Juvi over to watch some tapes in the hotel room. Rick thought it was strange for a couple who just started having sex, but he wanted to make Evan happy so he agreed.
Some point in the evening, after Evan had poured him a beer into a glass, which now that Rick thought about it was very strange, he got very dizzy and lay down. Juvi and Evan waited a bit and then they got into the bed with him and forced Rick into a threesome he'd never wanted nor consented to. The next morning when he awakened, the two, definitely rapists at this point, told him they'd made a tape and would show it to the guys unless he agreed to keep having sex with them.
Scared and ashamed, Rick agreed at first. The sex got kinkier as the weeks went on and he knew he was losing just about every ounce of self-respect he had. With no other choice left to him, he finally went to his brother and told him what had happened. Scott was uncharacteristically angry on Rick's behalf. The two brothers never exhibited a close relationship before and Rick was sure Scott would be disgusted with him, especially since he was straight and never acknowledged Rick's sexual preference.
But Scott wasn't as remote then as he normally was. He wanted to confront the two, but Rick asked him not to. Scott then asked Rick if he minded if he brought in some help. Rick didn't want anyone to know but Scott insisted this man wouldn't breathe a word. Next thing Rick knew, Scott brought in Sean Stasiak. Sean began shadowing Juvi, who was the less stable of the two.
When Stasiak had Juvi's trust, he learned that there was no videotape and Scott moved in to kick some ass. When the dust settled, Evan and Juvi started spreading the rumors about Rick's temper. But that was all they did. Scared of what Scott would do to them, they steered clear of the Steiner brothers whenever possible.
Shane's stomach twisted in knots the whole time. He was sure Matt and Jeff thought he'd snapped, too. When he slapped a five on the bar and told them he had to go, they were insistent on leaving with him. He told them Shannon was fine and that Rick had told him Shannon was sick and needed him. That's all. Jeff looked very concerned and pushed Matt off his stool to follow Shane out, but Shane had to stop them. Rick didn't want them along either. So Shane did what he had to do, and he didn't know why he felt so guilty either.
"Jeff, it's not necessary," Shane growled. "I got it."
"I'm his BEST friend," Jeff grunted back angrily. "When are you going to get past whatever the hell it is you're mad about?"
"Probably never, all right?" Shane exploded. "I'M his best friend now."
Both the Hardys were taken aback by that outburst. Jeff looked enraged and Matt looked sadly stunned.
"Sugar?"
"I'm sorry, Matt," Shane sighed looking into his friend's dark brown eyes. "You'll always be MY best friend. But Shannon needs ME right now, not Jeff."
With that, he turned away and followed Rick out of the bar. He couldn't get Matt's betrayed look out of his head. The last thing he'd wanted to do was hurt Matt, but it was the only way to deter Jeff. And he even felt guilty about Jeff's reaction. Shannon will probably give him hell later for breaking his promise, but right now all he wanted was to save his little brother.
They finally reached the door of Juvi's room. Rick listened for a second. They heard a low sound, Juvi's moan. Shane wanted to kick the door in, but Rick stopped him.
"Knock," he whispered.
"What!?"
"Shh!" Rick whispered harshly. "Knock first. It'll get them off Shannon if they're on him, and get the door opened a little so Juvi can try to get rid of you."
"THEN what?" Shane whispered back.
"Then I push the door in and we start hurting them."
"My favorite part," Shane hissed raising his fist to knock.
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Evan watched as Juvi removed Shannon's shirt. The blond moaned listlessly from the bed. He didn't even fight Juvi. He barely moved at all. Juvi looked up into Evan's eyes and grinned widely. Evan could see his lover was incredibly turned on. Hell, Evan was turned on seeing his lover and his soon-to-be lover laid out on the bed like this. He licked his lips and moved forward.
"He's ready now, right mi amor?" Juvi asked pleadingly.
"Hell yeah," Evan laughed. "He's definitely ready."
Juvi bent over Shannon and licked the blond's nipple, moaning.
"Jeff," Shannon sucked in a gasp and made a feeble attempt to pull back.
That Hardy boy's name again, Evan thought, shaking his head. So that's why Shannon was so shy. He had a thing for his good friend, Jeff.
"Jeff's not here, Shannon," Evan said silkily. "But we'll make sure you don't miss him."
A knock suddenly sounded on the door and both and Juvi froze.
"Jeff," Shannon called out, barely above a whisper. Evan put his hand over Shannon's mouth and motioned for Juvi to get rid of whoever was at the door.
"Juvi? Shannon?" Shane's voice came through the door.
"Shaney," Shannon whispered against Evan's palm.
"Shit," Juvi whispered as he stepped to the door. "Yeah, Shane?"
"Juvi, where's Shannon?"
"Uh, he went to the store to get us some more beer," Juvi said as calmly as he could.
"I figured I'd drop off some clothes for him since he's staying with you tonight," Shane said. "Can you open the door so I can leave them for him?"
The bed wasn't visible from the open door, but Evan didn't want to take any chances. He pulled Shannon's drugged form off the bed and carried him into the bathroom, laying him in the corner, before Juvi opened the door. Suddenly, he heard a crash and Juvi grunted in obvious pain. Evan locked the door, even though he knew it would be futile. The door gave with one blow and Evan found himself face to face with a furious Shane Helms.
"What the FUCK do you think your doing, Karagias?" Shane raged as he pulled back his fist and connected hard with Evan's chin. Evan reeled and almost fell back onto Shannon, but Shane grabbed a fistful of his shirt and rammed his head into the sink.
"He's NOT your bitch!" Shane raged on. Evan's head exploded with pain and he felt blood drip into his eyes.
"Shane, stop!" he tried to hold up his hand in protest.
"Stop?" Shane yelled. "Stop? You mean like you stopped when Shanny undoubtedly told you to? Stop like that?" He bent down, picked Evan up and threw him out of the bathroom and into the wall.
Rick was waiting and picked Evan up by his neck.
"No, allow me," Scott said from the doorway. He grabbed Evan and punched him in the stomach. "I TOLD you I'd get you if you ever tried that shit again! Did you think I only meant if you tried it on my brother?" He kneed Evan in the balls and threw him on the bed next to an equally bloody and beaten Juvi.
Shane emerged from the bathroom carrying an unconscious Shannon. Both Steiners looked sadly at the blond kid.
"At least we stopped them before they raped him," Rick said.
"I'm just sorry I didn't get there in time to save you, bro," Scott replied.
With one last look at their beaten quarry, the men left the room.
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Shane lay Shannon carefully on the blond's bed and smoothed back his hair. Shannon didn't stir and seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. Shane only hoped he would be okay.
"Maybe we should get him to the hospital," Shane said to his two new friends.
"I don't know if he'd like that," Rick sighed. "I know that's the last place I wanted to be. You know what will happen to him if it gets out what those two punks did to him. He'll be pegged the new company slut and his career will tank."
"But what if he's not okay?"
"They didn't want to kill him, Shane," Scott reasoned. "They wanted to rape him and convince him to allow the sex to continue."
"I was like this, too," Rick said through gritted teeth.
"How can we protect him?" Shane asked suddenly. "They left Rick alone because of you, Scott. I can't keep them away from him for good. Evan's in our damned tag team and Juvi's on the team we're feuding against."
"I can help you look out for him," Scott offered.
"But you and Rick can't be there all the time for him," Shane argued. "And they'll probably start spreading shit about him so the other guys make plays for him."
"There's only one way to stop that," Rick said dangerously. "You know the unspoken rule. No guy will go after another guy's babe. It's a code or something."
Shane looked at Rick sideways.
"No, can't be me," Rick shook his head. "You know what a field day they'd have with that. Tell everyone that two of Karagias' exes got together because they can't get over Evan. We'd both catch it."
"Before you ask, it can't be me either," Scott piped in. "Everyone knows what a lady's man I am. I doubt it would be believable even if I could pull it off. And Stasiak's straight, too."
Shane grunted in resignation.
"So, you're straight then?" Scott asked.
"No," Shane said. "You must have heard about my messy breakup with Kidman."
"I did," Rick said. "But I didn't want to say anything. Sorry, man."
"It's okay," Shane sighed looking at Shannon's sleeping form in the bed. He looked so small and helpless now. Shane knew he would do whatever he had to in order to protect the small blond. "I have no plans to start dating any time soon anyway."
"We'll back you up and watch out for both of you," Rick said.
"So will Stasiak," Scott vowed. "And anyway, you two have been friends forever. More people would believe it."
Shane nodded, never taking his eyes off Shannon. He hoped he could convince Shannon that, barring involving the police or the company management, this was the only way to go. He also hoped they could make everyone believe it.
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"Jeff," Shannon heard himself utter weakly, as he reached blindly back in time. Lips covered his own, but they didn't taste like the Jeff he remembered. He would never forget that taste. He opened his eyes and Juvi smiled back at him. "No," Shannon protested, pushing at his molester. "Let me go!"
"Ease up, Juve," Evan's voice said from somewhere in the distance. Shannon couldn't focus but tried to look up at him. "Let the drug take full effect first. Then he won't fight you at all."
"But I like the challenge," Juvi purred back.
"But we want to be gentle with him the first time, don't we?" Evan reasoned, pulling Juvi off Shannon. "There'll be lots of other times to get kinky."
"I guess," Juvi sighed. "Can we play while we wait?"
"Oh yeah."
Shannon heard nothing more than moans and kissing after that. He was slowly sinking into a dark abyss and he was afraid of what would happen when he did. Evan was supposed to care about him. Why was he doing this? His breathing began to become labored and he couldn't seem to keep his eyes open. He tried to lift his hand to his forehead but it felt like it weighed 300 pounds.
"Almost there, Shannon," Evan's voice drifted over him like a velvet caress, and the blond felt fingers run through his hair. "Just let it happen."
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Shane raced into the hotel lobby after Rick and followed him up the stairs. No time to wait for the elevator tonight and Juvi was on the third floor, so it shouldn't take that long. Shane's heart was pounding so hard he could hear it in his ears. This was his "little brother" Shannon. He couldn't let this happen to him.
Shane had tossed his car keys to Rick on the way out of the bar earlier, figuring he might have a cooler head to drive. Rick had relayed what those two psychos had done to him on the drive over, making sure to run any red lights they encountered. They figured if they picked up any patrol cars, they could lead the cops to Shannon's, well, Shane could barely think it much less say it, rapists.
Rick told Shane that he and Evan had been dating for a little over a month when they started to get intimate. The first night was pretty normal to Rick and he thought things were going fine. The next night, however, Evan suggested they invite Juvi over to watch some tapes in the hotel room. Rick thought it was strange for a couple who just started having sex, but he wanted to make Evan happy so he agreed.
Some point in the evening, after Evan had poured him a beer into a glass, which now that Rick thought about it was very strange, he got very dizzy and lay down. Juvi and Evan waited a bit and then they got into the bed with him and forced Rick into a threesome he'd never wanted nor consented to. The next morning when he awakened, the two, definitely rapists at this point, told him they'd made a tape and would show it to the guys unless he agreed to keep having sex with them.
Scared and ashamed, Rick agreed at first. The sex got kinkier as the weeks went on and he knew he was losing just about every ounce of self-respect he had. With no other choice left to him, he finally went to his brother and told him what had happened. Scott was uncharacteristically angry on Rick's behalf. The two brothers never exhibited a close relationship before and Rick was sure Scott would be disgusted with him, especially since he was straight and never acknowledged Rick's sexual preference.
But Scott wasn't as remote then as he normally was. He wanted to confront the two, but Rick asked him not to. Scott then asked Rick if he minded if he brought in some help. Rick didn't want anyone to know but Scott insisted this man wouldn't breathe a word. Next thing Rick knew, Scott brought in Sean Stasiak. Sean began shadowing Juvi, who was the less stable of the two.
When Stasiak had Juvi's trust, he learned that there was no videotape and Scott moved in to kick some ass. When the dust settled, Evan and Juvi started spreading the rumors about Rick's temper. But that was all they did. Scared of what Scott would do to them, they steered clear of the Steiner brothers whenever possible.
Shane's stomach twisted in knots the whole time. He was sure Matt and Jeff thought he'd snapped, too. When he slapped a five on the bar and told them he had to go, they were insistent on leaving with him. He told them Shannon was fine and that Rick had told him Shannon was sick and needed him. That's all. Jeff looked very concerned and pushed Matt off his stool to follow Shane out, but Shane had to stop them. Rick didn't want them along either. So Shane did what he had to do, and he didn't know why he felt so guilty either.
"Jeff, it's not necessary," Shane growled. "I got it."
"I'm his BEST friend," Jeff grunted back angrily. "When are you going to get past whatever the hell it is you're mad about?"
"Probably never, all right?" Shane exploded. "I'M his best friend now."
Both the Hardys were taken aback by that outburst. Jeff looked enraged and Matt looked sadly stunned.
"Sugar?"
"I'm sorry, Matt," Shane sighed looking into his friend's dark brown eyes. "You'll always be MY best friend. But Shannon needs ME right now, not Jeff."
With that, he turned away and followed Rick out of the bar. He couldn't get Matt's betrayed look out of his head. The last thing he'd wanted to do was hurt Matt, but it was the only way to deter Jeff. And he even felt guilty about Jeff's reaction. Shannon will probably give him hell later for breaking his promise, but right now all he wanted was to save his little brother.
They finally reached the door of Juvi's room. Rick listened for a second. They heard a low sound, Juvi's moan. Shane wanted to kick the door in, but Rick stopped him.
"Knock," he whispered.
"What!?"
"Shh!" Rick whispered harshly. "Knock first. It'll get them off Shannon if they're on him, and get the door opened a little so Juvi can try to get rid of you."
"THEN what?" Shane whispered back.
"Then I push the door in and we start hurting them."
"My favorite part," Shane hissed raising his fist to knock.
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Evan watched as Juvi removed Shannon's shirt. The blond moaned listlessly from the bed. He didn't even fight Juvi. He barely moved at all. Juvi looked up into Evan's eyes and grinned widely. Evan could see his lover was incredibly turned on. Hell, Evan was turned on seeing his lover and his soon-to-be lover laid out on the bed like this. He licked his lips and moved forward.
"He's ready now, right mi amor?" Juvi asked pleadingly.
"Hell yeah," Evan laughed. "He's definitely ready."
Juvi bent over Shannon and licked the blond's nipple, moaning.
"Jeff," Shannon sucked in a gasp and made a feeble attempt to pull back.
That Hardy boy's name again, Evan thought, shaking his head. So that's why Shannon was so shy. He had a thing for his good friend, Jeff.
"Jeff's not here, Shannon," Evan said silkily. "But we'll make sure you don't miss him."
A knock suddenly sounded on the door and both and Juvi froze.
"Jeff," Shannon called out, barely above a whisper. Evan put his hand over Shannon's mouth and motioned for Juvi to get rid of whoever was at the door.
"Juvi? Shannon?" Shane's voice came through the door.
"Shaney," Shannon whispered against Evan's palm.
"Shit," Juvi whispered as he stepped to the door. "Yeah, Shane?"
"Juvi, where's Shannon?"
"Uh, he went to the store to get us some more beer," Juvi said as calmly as he could.
"I figured I'd drop off some clothes for him since he's staying with you tonight," Shane said. "Can you open the door so I can leave them for him?"
The bed wasn't visible from the open door, but Evan didn't want to take any chances. He pulled Shannon's drugged form off the bed and carried him into the bathroom, laying him in the corner, before Juvi opened the door. Suddenly, he heard a crash and Juvi grunted in obvious pain. Evan locked the door, even though he knew it would be futile. The door gave with one blow and Evan found himself face to face with a furious Shane Helms.
"What the FUCK do you think your doing, Karagias?" Shane raged as he pulled back his fist and connected hard with Evan's chin. Evan reeled and almost fell back onto Shannon, but Shane grabbed a fistful of his shirt and rammed his head into the sink.
"He's NOT your bitch!" Shane raged on. Evan's head exploded with pain and he felt blood drip into his eyes.
"Shane, stop!" he tried to hold up his hand in protest.
"Stop?" Shane yelled. "Stop? You mean like you stopped when Shanny undoubtedly told you to? Stop like that?" He bent down, picked Evan up and threw him out of the bathroom and into the wall.
Rick was waiting and picked Evan up by his neck.
"No, allow me," Scott said from the doorway. He grabbed Evan and punched him in the stomach. "I TOLD you I'd get you if you ever tried that shit again! Did you think I only meant if you tried it on my brother?" He kneed Evan in the balls and threw him on the bed next to an equally bloody and beaten Juvi.
Shane emerged from the bathroom carrying an unconscious Shannon. Both Steiners looked sadly at the blond kid.
"At least we stopped them before they raped him," Rick said.
"I'm just sorry I didn't get there in time to save you, bro," Scott replied.
With one last look at their beaten quarry, the men left the room.
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Shane lay Shannon carefully on the blond's bed and smoothed back his hair. Shannon didn't stir and seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. Shane only hoped he would be okay.
"Maybe we should get him to the hospital," Shane said to his two new friends.
"I don't know if he'd like that," Rick sighed. "I know that's the last place I wanted to be. You know what will happen to him if it gets out what those two punks did to him. He'll be pegged the new company slut and his career will tank."
"But what if he's not okay?"
"They didn't want to kill him, Shane," Scott reasoned. "They wanted to rape him and convince him to allow the sex to continue."
"I was like this, too," Rick said through gritted teeth.
"How can we protect him?" Shane asked suddenly. "They left Rick alone because of you, Scott. I can't keep them away from him for good. Evan's in our damned tag team and Juvi's on the team we're feuding against."
"I can help you look out for him," Scott offered.
"But you and Rick can't be there all the time for him," Shane argued. "And they'll probably start spreading shit about him so the other guys make plays for him."
"There's only one way to stop that," Rick said dangerously. "You know the unspoken rule. No guy will go after another guy's babe. It's a code or something."
Shane looked at Rick sideways.
"No, can't be me," Rick shook his head. "You know what a field day they'd have with that. Tell everyone that two of Karagias' exes got together because they can't get over Evan. We'd both catch it."
"Before you ask, it can't be me either," Scott piped in. "Everyone knows what a lady's man I am. I doubt it would be believable even if I could pull it off. And Stasiak's straight, too."
Shane grunted in resignation.
"So, you're straight then?" Scott asked.
"No," Shane said. "You must have heard about my messy breakup with Kidman."
"I did," Rick said. "But I didn't want to say anything. Sorry, man."
"It's okay," Shane sighed looking at Shannon's sleeping form in the bed. He looked so small and helpless now. Shane knew he would do whatever he had to in order to protect the small blond. "I have no plans to start dating any time soon anyway."
"We'll back you up and watch out for both of you," Rick said.
"So will Stasiak," Scott vowed. "And anyway, you two have been friends forever. More people would believe it."
Shane nodded, never taking his eyes off Shannon. He hoped he could convince Shannon that, barring involving the police or the company management, this was the only way to go. He also hoped they could make everyone believe it.
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