Jeff's Grace, Dawn's Past
Disclaimer: I do not own the Hardy Boys, Matt or Jeff, they belong to themselves and the WWE, any OC's are mine and only I can torment them
Chapter 7
Little did they know both Matt and Casey saw and heard everything that just happened between Dawn and Jeff. Casey had a worried look on her face as Matt glanced at her. "Casey, what's going on?" he asked softly. Casey sighed and nibbled on her bottom lip.
"Matt, I love you both, but it's time for me to take Dawn away from here, she's a very dangerous woman, and if they track her down here, it will end badly for her and possibly Jeff." She spoke softly and sincerely. Matt's eyes widened and he watched Casey's body language, which screamed nervous, on guard and worried. "Casey," he spoke softly, "You need to tell both me and Jeff what the hell this girl is about and what's going on."
Casey then turned to face Matt and sighed. "Fine, but only I will tell you, a lot of stuff, Dawn herself doesn't even know about. And there's apart of my life that even the Hardy boys don't see."
Just then Jeff and Shannon came walking into the room talking about the meeting, they both stopped at the door way when they saw Casey looking like she wanted to either cry or lash out. Jeff stepped forward and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Casey what's wrong?" he asked softly. She snapped out of her thoughts and blurted, "Where's Dawn?" "Outside with her bike, why?" he watched her next reaction.
Casey blew a few stray hairs out of her face and then spoke softly, "You, Matt and I need to have a chat, about Dawn and what's going on and what could possibly happen." Jeff looked to her with a bit of shock and then looked to Matt who nodded his head.
Casey led the trio to the kitchen where the boys sat down at the dining table as Casey looked out the kitchen window to make sure Dawn stayed outside while she told the tale. "Boys, I don't know how to say this so it will lessen the blow, and what both me and Dawn are involved may seem like some cheesy Van Damme movie but it's not. It's real and very dangerous."
Casey let a long sigh escape and she walked over the patio doors that looked over the Imagi-Nation, she could also keep an eye out on Dawn. She took a deep breath as she could feel the three sets of eyes on her with baited breathe waiting to find out the story. She folded her arms over her chest and took another deep breath.
"I'm not going to bullshit you guys, basically Dawn is a skilled fighter and killer, and a damn good one too, only female to make it to the tops ranks, she pulls in the Benjamin's like mad if she wins. As for me, I'm what you call a under ground doctor. The calls I get at 2 am, or 3 am, those aren't from the hospital. I play doctor and keep those who actually survive the fights alive. The guys she rolls with are in it, but they play her keepers, she hasn't done this willingly like most, as you saw it's all in her head. One key phrase will send her into Twilight and as you saw she's very dangerous in that phase of mind."
Jeff stared at his hands and grunted softly, taking in all this new information, both Matt and Shannon watched Casey and she started to play with her hair, a nervous habit. "I never worry about you guys when you go off to work, but every time I close my eyes I worry about her. This world is harsh, and after you've seen what I've had to clean up, stitch together and re set, sleep never comes easy. I'm the doctor for the top ranks and I've been to her fights, we've met many times before but she usually only remembers me as Moondog."
The three men quietly looked at each other, a quiet understanding between them, that they knew Casey had seen more than anybody should in a lifetime. The Hardy brothers together came to an agreement that she should not be in this life and that they would see she would get out of it. A quiet sob broke them out of their train of thought and all three of them snapped their heads towards Casey.
"I'm lucky compared to her, I've got you guys, you make me laugh, you give me friendship, you give me shelter and unconditional love, and she doesn't have anyone. Last time she was in a relationship, they beat the shit out of him and told him that Dawn wasn't worth his time and for him to move on. She's a good person who got a raw deal. She lost her parents young, separated from her sister, she was thrown into this world young, and this is all she knows." Casey quickly wiped away the stray tears away and went back to concentrating on watching the random birds fly by.
Both Jeff and Matt came and stood by her flanking her on either side, both looking out the patio doors wondering what they could do to help. Casey turned around and gave each Hardy boy a peek on the cheek and a small smile and walked upstairs to her room.
"So what are we gonna do?" a voice cut thought the silence. Both Jeff and Matt turned to face Shannon who sat there sit at the kitchen table. The brothers looked at each other and then to Shannon. Jeff sighed deep and spoke.
"Don't know Punk, I just don't know."