Monster Unleashed

"Maaaaatttt!" Jeff's scream rang out so loudly that it was a wonder that the entire arena didn't hear him. Matt had been sitting in the locker room, talking to the Bella twins when he heard his younger brother hollering up a storm. "Oh god what now?" he muttered under his breath. He excused himself to the twins and left the room. He had no idea what it was that Jeff wanted but he figured it was probably something really dumb, just like it always was.

"MAAATTT!" Jeff screamed even louder and came running around the corner just seconds later, honestly looking quite terrified. "Matt Matt Matt Matt Matt!" He jumped right on to his older brother, clinging to him for dear life. "MATT!"

"WHAT?" Matt hadn't intended to yell but Jeff's yelling was contagious. "What what WHAT?"

"H-h-h-he's after me!" Jeff clung to Matt even more tightly, nearly choking him with the arms that were around his neck. "He's after me he's after me Matt!"

"Who's after you?" Matt was so beyond confused that it wasn't even funny. He hated it when Jeff started babbling but didn't fill him in on what he was going on about. It was something he could easily do all day long and it was so annoying. It made Matt feel dumb which was something he absolutely despised.

"Kane!" Jeff looked around all paranoid as he dared to utter that name. "Kane's after me!"

"Why?" Matt had to admit that his heart started beating a little faster at the mention of THAT name. Ever since he put the mask back on Kane really had been all kinds of scary. Everyone was doing their best to avoid him but it was hard when they had no idea where he was going to be popping out of next. "Why would he want you? What did you do?"

"Nothing!" Jeff pouted under the look that Matt was giving him. "I didn't do anything this time I swear!" He pouted even more when it became clear Matt didn't believe him (though he had no real reason to honestly). "Look…" he reached into his pockets and pulled them out so he could show Matt that they were completely empty. "See? Nothing there. Didn't hide anything from him. Didn't bug him in anyway. He just showed up in my room with his red lights and his creepy music and he started like coming at me. It's crazy dude. He's lost his mind."

That much was true but Matt wasn't too willing to believe that Jeff did nothing to bring it on to himself. He didn't get much time to think about it though. The lights suddenly dimmed and then lit back up red, and Kane's entrance music started to play. "Uh…what the hell?"

"Oh crap it's him." Jeff grabbed Matt's hand and began to drag him along. "Come on! We have to get out of here."

"But-"

"NOW Matt!"

Matt had no choice but to start running as well. The creepy red lighting and the music followed them as they went. How it was doing that was beyond Matt but there was no time to really think about how that was possible. They just kept running, turning the corner and finding Kane standing at the end of the hallway, glaring daggers at them from behind his mask. "Whoa!" Matt skidded to a halt and turned around, now dragging Jeff along with him. He was now officially creeped the hell out. He had had his issues with Kane in the past and he could attest to how not fun it was. Whatever was going on now, he wanted no part of it. "Come on dude!" He pulled Jeff along harder, nearly making his younger brother trip and fall on his face as he did it. "Come on come on come on!" He could not let Kane get his hands on Jeff. He had to protect him somehow. He thought about going into a room to hide but what good would that do? Kane would find them. Hell, he would probably already be wherever they hid by the time they got there and would pop out just when they would think they were safe. He was a horror movie asshole like that.

"Where the hell are we going?" Jeff asked as they ran outside. They didn't have their coats on and that really sucked because it was absolutely freezing outside but there was no time to worry about that. They ran across the parking lot, catching sight of Hunter and Shawn as they were walking towards the building.

"Guys!" Matt shouted, sprinting over to them and getting absolutely winded in the process. This running around stuff wasn't as easy as it used to be. He wasn't exactly young anymore and his body wasn't in the best of shapes. "Guys guys guys!"

Hunter and Shawn stopped walking when they saw them coming. "Hey guys," Shawn said, seemingly oblivious to the scared and panicked looks on the Hardys' faces. "What's going on?"

"Kane!" Jeff yelled. "Kane's coming!"

That sure as hell got Hunter and Shawn's attention. "Seriously?" Hunter's eyes widened and he started to back up. "Dude, why is he coming? What the hell did you two do?"

Jeff gave Hunter an insulted look. "What makes you think WE did anything wrong?"

"Well I've only known you for forever now-"

"Who the hell cares?" Matt yelled. "Just run!"

They didn't need to be told twice. Shawn and Hunter literally dropped their bags and started running, leading Matt and Jeff to the rental car they arrived in. "Get in!" Shawn yelled. He slid across the hood of the car and got into the driver's seat while Hunter got in the passenger one and Matt and Jeff jumped into the back.

"Drive!" Matt ordered. He wasn't even bothering to buckle his seatbelt. He just wanted to get the car going so they could get the hell out of there. "Drive drive drive drive!"

"I'm going to hold on!" Shawn yelled back. He went to start the car when he realized that he didn't have the keys in his hands. "Shit!" He started trying to reach into his pockets when he remembered that he wasn't the one who had driven to the arena. "Hunter! You have the keys!"

"I do?" Hunter slapped a palm to his forehead as he remembered that he indeed did have the keys. "Fuck!"

"Get them out!" Jeff said, slapping his hands against the back of Shawn's seat as he did so. "Come on Hunter let's GO!"

"I'm trying!" Hunter started trying to dig in his pockets for his keys but wasn't having an easy time with it. He was sitting down and he couldn't arch himself up straight enough to pull them out easily. "Quit rushing me!"

"Dude we HAVE to hurry!" Matt snapped. "Kane's coming he's coming he-"

"He's here!" Jeff yelled.

"Wh-" They all screamed as Kane busted Hunter's window open with his bare hand. Hunter jumped out of his seat and on to Shawn's lap, hugging the older man for dear life and kicking his feet out like a girl. "Get him off! Get him off get him off get him off!"

"He's not a spider dude!" Jeff exclaimed. "They keys! Get the keys and drive!"

Hunter just kept screaming and kicking his feet at Kane, who was laughing evilly at them. Matt finally had to reach into Hunter's pocket and take out the keys himself so he could hand them to Shawn to start the car.

"Are you scared?" Kane growled. "Huh? ARE YOU SCARED?"

"Yes!" Jeff cried. "Yes yes we're fucking scared!"

"Well you should be!"

Shawn, who had just been about to start the car, stopped at that. "Are we on scare tactics?"

"No. But you're gonna BURN!" The car went up in flames at those words and Matt woke up screaming just seconds later. He sat straight up, his body covered in a cold sweat and his heart beating a million miles inside of his chest. He had been laying on one of the benches in the locker room and passed out. He had totally pulled a Jeff and gone to sleep. "Oh thank god," he muttered under his breath. None of that had been real. It had all been a dream. He started to get up when the lights suddenly went out. He froze, swallowing hard as a small flame illuminated the room enough to allow him to see Kane standing there in the room with him.

"Bad dreams Hardy?"

The screams that came out of Matt after that echoed all throughout the arena.