Attack of the Little People

"You guys are very mean people," Jeff said, wagging his finger at Hunter and Shawn like he was the mother and they were his kids that needed a good scolding. "How could you do that to poor Hornswoggle? He practically worshipped you and you beat him up!"

Hunter shrugged. "Gimmick infringement is not cool or cute, even if a leperchaun does it," he replied.

"That's right," Shawn said, nodding and looking serious. "He wouldn't knock it off so we had to teach him a lesson."

Matt rolled his eyes. "Look, I know you had a cease and desist letter against him, but let's be real here. He's like three feet tall! Giving him a Pedigree was crossing the line."

Hunter looked at Shawn, who just shook his head. The Hardys didn't get it. The DX thing was very special to them and people couldn't just try to initiate themselves into the group without asking. There were tests and trials and all different stuff a person had to endure first (okay, there really wasn't, but Hunter felt like there should be).

"They're not listening to us Matty," Jeff said with a pout. "They don't care about what we have to say."

"Of course they don't," Matt replied. "Do they ever care about that?"

"Of course we do!" Shawn said, offended that they would think that. "It's just that this is not a topic that is interesting to us."

"Yeah," Hunter agreed. "Think of something we can give a rat's ass about and then we'll be all ears."

Jeff sniggered. "Actually, you'll be all ears AND nose then."

Hunter glared at him. "Watch it Hardy. I'm not afraid of kicking your ass if I have to."

"Bring it bitch! Matt will kill you if you try it."

Matt made sure to step in between Hunter and Jeff. "Enough!" he ordered. "I'm not listening to this. Jeff, don't provoke Hunter. Hunter, Shawn, just remember this: karma can be one hell of a bitch."

"Matt!" Shawn said in shock. "I don't know who this Karma girl is, but that's not fair to say that kind of stuff behind her back!"

"Oh you've got to be kidding me," Matt muttered, looking at Shawn in disbelief. Jeff just giggled and Hunter grabbed Shawn by the arm and started pulling the Heartbreak Kid away.

"Look, we'll hang out with you guys later," Hunter said. He didn't want to hang out with Matt and Jeff if they were just going to keep going on and on about how mean they were to Hornswoggle.

"So who is this Karma chick?" Shawn asked, still oblivious to why Matt had been looking at him like he was stupid. "And why was Matt saying mean things about her? Is she really a bitch?"

"Shawn, karma is not a person," Hunter explained. "Karma is like...it's like what goes around comes around. He was trying to say that since we did that to Hornswoggle, something bad will happen to us now."

Shawn thought about that before letting out a snort. "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard," he declared.

Hunter nodded in agreement. "I know. Matt's an idiot like that." He put his arm around his long time friend. "Come on. Let's go get some burgers."

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Jeff twirled his lollypop around in his mouth. "Matty?" he said, taking the treat out of his mouth and licking his lips.

"Yeah?" Matt said. He was texting Candice on his phone and not really paying attention to his brother.

"Do ya think Hornswoggle going to do something to get back at Hunter and Shawn?"

"Probably. You remember what happened when you and I crossed that one leperchaun?"

Jeff nodded. He sure did. It had not been a fun experience. "Should we have told them about that?"

"What would have been the point? They wouldn't have believed us."

"So what do we do now?"

"We wait and see what happens. That's all we really can do."

"Oh. Can I have some money for Skittles then?"

Matt sighed and reached into his pocket. "I really need to stop giving you money for this," he muttered as he took a dollar bill out of his wallet.

Jeff snatched the money out of Matt's hands. "Thank you Matty. You're the best."

"Damn right I am," Matt muttered, going back to his texting as Jeff left the room.

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"Shawn, will you hurry up?" Hunter asked impatiently. They were sitting at the Burger King drive-thru and Hunter had already ordered. Shawn was taking his sweet time though, which was really starting to annoy the hell out of Hunter. "I want to eat some time tonight!"

"Shush you, I'm thinking!" Shawn snapped. He was looking at the menu like it was the hardest thing in the world to understand.

"Just let me order what you always--"

"Shut up Hunter! You're not ordering for me and that's final!" Shawn continued to look at the menu. Finally, after another few minutes, he decided to speak. "I'll take a number six, but I want onion rings instead of fries and I want a small Dr. Pepper."

Hunter shook his head in annoyance. That was exactly what he would have ordered Shawn if he had been given the chance. Sometimes being his friend is really hard, he thought to himself as he drove up to the window to pay and get their food. It really is.

When they got to the window, there was no lady waiting to take their money. They waited for a few minutes but after that, Hunter started getting really annoyed. "Damn it, this is pissing me off!" he announced. "What is taking so long?"

"Maybe they forgot about us," Shawn said, rubbing his growling tummy.

"Well they're not going to forget much longer," Hunter stated. He rolled down his window all the way so he could lean out it and bang on the drive-thru window with his fist. "Hey! BK people! Give us our food you assholes!"

There was about a half a minute where he didn't get any kind of response. Then the window opened, making him come face to face with Hornswoggle. "What the hell?" he said in shock. The last time he had seen the little bastard was at the arena, when he and Shawn had dropped him off to the trainer's room.

Hornswoggle grunted and jumped at him. He let out a yell a as the little guy wrapped himself around his neck and started biting him. "Shawn!" he yelled, doing his best to get the little guy off him. "Help me!"

Shawn tried to pull Hornswoggle off of Hunter, but the leperchaun would not budge. Just seconds later, the car doors open and then there were leperchauns everywhere, climbing and biting and forcing Shawn and Hunter out of the car.

"What the fuck?" Hunter yelled, finally managaing to throw Hornswoggle off of him. He started kicking at the other leperchauns as hard as he could. "Shawn!" he yelled. "Shawn what's happening?"

"I don't know!" Shawn replied. "But they're mauling me! Hunter help me!"

Hunter tried to help Shawn. He really did. But then something hit him in the knee, making him go down to his other one. Then something hit him in the back of the head, making him go down to the ground completely. As he started to fade out of consciousness, he heard Hornswoggle grunting and laughing in his stupid little way.

Oh yeah, karma definitely was a bitch.