Notes: Skips ahead a couple weeks.
Happy Birthday Bro
Jeff got dressed for his match against Shane Helms on the Smackdown taping in Greensboro. Lita had started coming to ringside with him. She used to just go to the ring with Matt but they had come closer after Matt disappeared. He wasn't interested in his brother's girlfriend in that way though. Far from it. They were just becoming even closer of friends.
Today was his brother's birthday. He hoped wherever Matt was he was having a nice day. He was trying not to give up hope of finding his brother but as the days passed it was becoming increasingly harder. There were no clues of where he'd gone and no one seemed to have seen anything that night. His dad wanted to help any way he could with finding Matt and was at the arena tonight in the front row.
Jeff almost started crying when he saw a sign in the audience that said Happy Birthday Matt! The fans hadn't forgotten. Most knew that Matt was missing since Scherer and Meltzer had put it on their sites after someone in the company leaked it to them. Then like always, all the other sites started copying it and posting it. And then the rumors had started. They were worse then the ones in the locker rooms.
Lita came up from behind him and put a hand on her shoulder. "Match is coming up soon."
"I know. Just give me a couple minutes okay Li?"
"Sure Jeff." She said walking away to give Jeff a bit of privacy.
He could hear Eddy and Benoit arguing about something but he had tuned them out. The latest locker room gossip was that Benoit was ticking all of his friends off by lying to them. It wasn't important what they were arguing about not to him anyway. Someone came over and started painting his arms like they did every show. The same person who did Rob Van Dam's tights.
He brushed his hair out of his eyes and looked at it for a second. Man I'm too young to be getting gray hairs. He thought realizing he needed another dye after the show. Worrying so much about, his brother was giving him gray hair. Not that he was blaming it on Matt. He just realized that was what was going on.
"Jeff you are up next." A production assistant called. He left the locker room and went to the entrance. The music played. We went out with Lita. He slapped palms and hugged his father before getting into the ring.
In the middle of his match, Jeff thought he heard a chant starting. He ignored it until it got too loud to ignore. It was a We Want Matt chant. Not that chant on top of everything else!
"Just concentrate on the match Jeff." Lita called.
Hurricane took advantage of his distraction and went for his finisher. Jeff kicked out. He went back to paying attention. He hit his finisher and got the win. He grabbed a mic. "I want to thank the fans for all their support during all of this. It means a lot to me and my family." The fans cheered. "Hopefully we'll soon find him." He got out of the ring and headed to the back.
"I guess I should have expected it." He said to Lita. "We are in North Carolina. Of course they'd chant something like that." He said quietly to Lita. "It's just with Matt's birthday..."
"I know Jeff. He's all I've been thinking of today. I hope he's okay wherever he is and enjoying his birthday." Lita said.
"Jeff." A voice said from behind him. He turned around to see his father standing there with a backstage pass. "Is that detective coming tonight."
"He was here earlier. He thinks he might have found something in California. Someone said there was a group of people living in a farmhouse for awhile and moved on. They thought they might have seen someone that looked like Matt. They searched it and found it empty. It's in the middle of nowhere but someone saw them move in. I'm going there tomorrow. Vince is giving me the time off."
"I'm coming with you." Gilbert said. "Maybe if we both look we can find something."
"I'm coming too. Vince already said I could." Lita said.
"Then it's settled." Jeff said.
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End Notes: Yep Raven's group has already moved. We get to see what condition Matt's in next chapter. hope you all enjoyed.
Happy Birthday Bro
Jeff got dressed for his match against Shane Helms on the Smackdown taping in Greensboro. Lita had started coming to ringside with him. She used to just go to the ring with Matt but they had come closer after Matt disappeared. He wasn't interested in his brother's girlfriend in that way though. Far from it. They were just becoming even closer of friends.
Today was his brother's birthday. He hoped wherever Matt was he was having a nice day. He was trying not to give up hope of finding his brother but as the days passed it was becoming increasingly harder. There were no clues of where he'd gone and no one seemed to have seen anything that night. His dad wanted to help any way he could with finding Matt and was at the arena tonight in the front row.
Jeff almost started crying when he saw a sign in the audience that said Happy Birthday Matt! The fans hadn't forgotten. Most knew that Matt was missing since Scherer and Meltzer had put it on their sites after someone in the company leaked it to them. Then like always, all the other sites started copying it and posting it. And then the rumors had started. They were worse then the ones in the locker rooms.
Lita came up from behind him and put a hand on her shoulder. "Match is coming up soon."
"I know. Just give me a couple minutes okay Li?"
"Sure Jeff." She said walking away to give Jeff a bit of privacy.
He could hear Eddy and Benoit arguing about something but he had tuned them out. The latest locker room gossip was that Benoit was ticking all of his friends off by lying to them. It wasn't important what they were arguing about not to him anyway. Someone came over and started painting his arms like they did every show. The same person who did Rob Van Dam's tights.
He brushed his hair out of his eyes and looked at it for a second. Man I'm too young to be getting gray hairs. He thought realizing he needed another dye after the show. Worrying so much about, his brother was giving him gray hair. Not that he was blaming it on Matt. He just realized that was what was going on.
"Jeff you are up next." A production assistant called. He left the locker room and went to the entrance. The music played. We went out with Lita. He slapped palms and hugged his father before getting into the ring.
In the middle of his match, Jeff thought he heard a chant starting. He ignored it until it got too loud to ignore. It was a We Want Matt chant. Not that chant on top of everything else!
"Just concentrate on the match Jeff." Lita called.
Hurricane took advantage of his distraction and went for his finisher. Jeff kicked out. He went back to paying attention. He hit his finisher and got the win. He grabbed a mic. "I want to thank the fans for all their support during all of this. It means a lot to me and my family." The fans cheered. "Hopefully we'll soon find him." He got out of the ring and headed to the back.
"I guess I should have expected it." He said to Lita. "We are in North Carolina. Of course they'd chant something like that." He said quietly to Lita. "It's just with Matt's birthday..."
"I know Jeff. He's all I've been thinking of today. I hope he's okay wherever he is and enjoying his birthday." Lita said.
"Jeff." A voice said from behind him. He turned around to see his father standing there with a backstage pass. "Is that detective coming tonight."
"He was here earlier. He thinks he might have found something in California. Someone said there was a group of people living in a farmhouse for awhile and moved on. They thought they might have seen someone that looked like Matt. They searched it and found it empty. It's in the middle of nowhere but someone saw them move in. I'm going there tomorrow. Vince is giving me the time off."
"I'm coming with you." Gilbert said. "Maybe if we both look we can find something."
"I'm coming too. Vince already said I could." Lita said.
"Then it's settled." Jeff said.
***
End Notes: Yep Raven's group has already moved. We get to see what condition Matt's in next chapter. hope you all enjoyed.