Chapter 106: Brothers of A Vicious War, Part Two
Smackdown was in Mohegan Sun, Connecticut and after Matt Hardy got his brother, Jeff, disqualified in the Money-in-the-Bank qualifying match, Brittany was fed up and was in the Angels' locker room to collect herself.
"I can't believe this," Brittany said. "I cannot believe this; what the hell is wrong with Matt Hardy? What is he doing? Why did he do this?"
"I truly believe he is jealous," Amanda said. "He wants to hurt Jeff so bad that he wants to take his place."
"But Matt is out of control and he's not gonna stop until Jeff is gone," Nicole said. "He's been saying a lot of crazy stuff in which I think is not true."
"Brittany," Rochelle said, "you're an Angel now and I know deep down inside, you will fight back and get through this. You're gonna do it for Jeff now."
"You and Jeff are each other's rock now," Buffy said, "and he needs you more than ever. You have to put your heart into it more."
"Matt is not the superior Hardy and he is fueled with jealousy," Delancey said. "I've seen your fiancé do whatever it takes to get ahead and you learned that from him. So you do the same and you do that for Jeff."
"You're right, you're absolutely right," Brittany said. "Matt is definitely not gonna be part of the wedding because as far as I'm concerned, he'll be in the backburner for good."
"You be careful out there, Brittany," Ulysses said.
"I will."
Later, the second taping of Smackdown was on and Matt Hardy's entrance theme played and he came out from the curtain. Matt walked down the ramp and got into the ring and stared straight ahead at the video screen.
"As you all know," Matt said onto the microphone, "the black cloud continues to loom over Jeff Hardy's head and it will continue to do so until Jeff sucks it up, becomes a man, and decides to fight me. I came out here tonight to get some things off my chest, some things that I try to communicate with Jeff Hardy; but of course, as usual, he wouldn't listen. But tonight, Jeff, I'm going to force you to listen. You've been through a lot this year, Jeff; a lot of ups, a lot of downs, a lot of highs, lows; you couldn't compete in Wrestlemania last year because you were suspended. You were out having a little too much fun; me on the other hand, I couldn't compete in an actual match at Wrestlemania because I was injured. I had a legitimate injury, but from day one of your suspension, no one care about Matt, no one gave a damn about me or my injury! Everyone wanted to know about Jeff; is Jeff getting the help he needs, is Jeff gonna be returning to the ring, what is Jeff thinking? Jeff, you didn't have a care in the world at that time, you went about business as usual. You locked yourself in your studio and recorded songs, you painted pictures, you refused to be responsible for your own actions. And as always, everyone expected Matt Hardy to come in and pick up the pieces. And you did suffer a very unfortunate amount of accidents, Jeff. You were attacked in the stairwell, your car was run off the road, there was the accident with the pyro. I mean, who could've done this to you, Jeff? Was it a group of people, did someone hold a grudge against you, maybe it was just one person? But there is one day in particular that I'll remember very strongly, Jeff: that was shortly after you got suspended. You've been up for several days, your music blasting, your dog barking, and you decided to leave your house. And while you were gone, you received a call from me. And I said, 'Jeff, Jeff, your house is on fire. Your house is on fire, man.' And I couldn't go outside and watch it, I could only picture it in my mind you losing everything you worked so hard for. Your recordings, your artwork, and you could ask me, 'Matt, what about my dog? ? What about Jack, man? Is he okay?' Well, we all know what happened to poor little Jack: he didn't make it and sometimes accidents turn into tragedies, there incredibly hard to believe." Then Matt took a small dog collar out from his pocket and held it up. "Jeff, you remember this or what's actually left of it? I found this the day after everything you own went down in flames. I found it, it was in a heap of ashes and I've been holding onto this, Jeff, for a very long time. I decided to give it to you when the time was right and, well, the time is right now. So, I wanna to give this to you as a token, as a token of my love, a token of my love for my brother, Jeff Hardy."
Then Jeff and Brittany came out from the curtain and they walked down the ramp and got into the ring and Jeff walked around Matt as he snatched the microphone from him.
"This is so hard to believe," Jeff said. "You're behind all this: the stairwell, the car crash, you tried to blow me up. I never thought my own flesh and blood could be capable something like that. Don't bring up my house, man; come on, don't bring my dog, man; don't bring up everything I love. You wanna hurt me, don't you? You wanna hurt me, don't you? You hate me, don't you, Matt? You hate me, Matt, don't you?! I don't love me, you hate me, but you know what, Matthew Moore Hardy? You hate yourself more than you could ever know. Because you're sick, you're twisted and you're demented…….and so am I."
Then Jeff tackled Matt and was throwing haymakers until Matt rolled out of the ring and Matt crawled away with his hand up begging Jeff not to come after him and was saying that he loved him and that he was his brother. He also was saying sorry as he got up and walked back up the ramp and then stopped as Matt smiled to himself as he walked to the back as Jeff was on his knees as Brittany comforted him and then Jeff cried as held the collar of his dead dog.
After Smackdown was over, Jeff was sitting in the chair in his and Brittany's hotel room looking gloomy as he thought about finally breaking down to fight back against his brother, Matt.
Since that moment, he hasn't said a single word.
"You're all right, baby?" Brittany said as she bent down in front of Jeff.
"No," Jeff said, "no, I'm not."
"You did what you had to do, Jeff. Matt has gotten in your head and tried to destroy you, but you fought back. You couldn't take it any more and neither could I."
"I still can't believe he would try to hurt me and kill me. Was I a threat to him? What did I do to deserve this."
"Jeff, you didn't do anything, you didn't. Everything Matt said is all in his head because like you said, he's sick, twisted and demented and he's jealous, and wants all the attention." Then Brittany cupped Jeff's face. "Jeff, he is your brother and now you are his guiding light. He needs help and you can give that to him. I love you and I believe everything you went through brought us closer together. I know you can use that to your advantage to help Matt and save him before it's too late because I believe in you. Come here."
Then Brittany sat on Jeff's lap and wrapped her arms around him as he cried.
