Title: Forever
Part 17
Author: SlasheR
Rating: NC-17
Warnings(in no particular order): M/M, Rape, Graphic Sex, Violence, BDSM,Angst
Characters: Matt Hardy, Christian, Gangrel, Edge, and Jeff Hardy Disclaimer: I don't own any of these wrestlers, and none of this ever happened. I'm sure that in real life, Gangrel is very nice.

Part 18

Matt and Jeff sat on either side of Gangrel, across the desk from Vince McMahon. Vince slid a contract to each of them. It stated that:

...UNTIL SUCH TIME AS MANAGEMENT DECIDES THE STORYLINE IS NO LONGER DESIREABLE, MATTHEW HARDY AND JEFFERY HARDY WILL WORK WITH GANGREL IN A TEAM HEREON REFERRED TO AS THE 'NEW BROOD'...

There was lots of other stuff, about pay, vacations, and other normal things, but Matt didn't read those. Taking the pen Vince handed him, he signed there, there, and initialed there, signing his freedom away. While he was writing, Gangrel was sliding a hand up and down his back, making Matt shudder with disgust. He watched as Jeff morosely signed and initialed in all the appropriate places, feeling incredibly guilty. Michael was like a second father to Jeff, and Matt felt wretched for splitting them up, but he had to. He was confident that Jeff would get away, at some point.

He wasn't too sure about himself.

Matt and Jeff handed the contracts back to Vince, who smiled at them, handing the contracts to Shane, who shot Matt a very angry look while filing them. Matt wanted to cry.

The three left the room, Gangrel putting his hand lightly on the back of Matt's neck. Matt saw Edge and Christian coming up the hall, and he tensed.

The blondes came up to them. Christian casting a disbelieving, despairing look from Gangrel to Matt. Edge just looked crushed.

"Grelly, babe, why you touchin' that smelly Hardy hick?? I thought you wanted to meet with us."

"Oh, Edge, you're so naive. On most people, it's endearing, but if I need to listen to your simpering, whining 'Grelly' one more time I'll vomit all over the place!"

Edge looked like someone had just kicked his puppy, tears rising in his eyes before he ran away down the hall.

"Gangrel, what's going on??"

"Christian, feast your eyes upon the New Brood."

Christian looked from Matt to Jeff...from dark to light, from a set face to a nearly-in-tears face. He couldn't believe this was happening. Gangrel had taken his innocence, his dignity, his self-esteem...now he had taken Matt? Christian nearly started crying, but stayed strong.

"You and Edge will be taking my room. I will be staying with Matthew and Jeffrey on the fifth floor. Be a DEAR and get my bags packed?"

There was a commanding tone to the 'dear' that was meant to show Christian that Gangrel was still very much in charge. Defeated, he turned and walked away.

"Matthew, what was Shane so angry at you about? You don't want to get on the disciplinarian's bad side. I SUGGEST you go talk things over with him."

Matt knew it wasn't a suggestion. He turned and walked back into the office.

"Vince? Where'd Shane go?"

"Shane? He's in his office, getting ready to leave. Why? Did you have a fight? He seemed awfully angry with you."

"Yeah, we...had a little disagreement. Thanks, where's his office?"

"Go straight through that door." He pointed towards a door in the side wall.

"Thanks."

Matt went through without knocking. Shane's face was hidden behind a manila folder, but Matt could hear quiet sniffling. That nearly broke his heart--Shane McMahon didn't cry.

"Oh, hi dad, I'll have the new talent lists soon."

"I'm not dad."

Shane looked up, startled. There were tracks of tears down his cheeks, his watery eyes looking even bigger than usual.

"What do YOU want?"