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Matt was picked up by Serenno and sent hurtling into the dresser, where he kept all of his ripped t-shirts. After all, Matt had tons of them.

When he landed, his shoulder smashing against the wood, he fell into a sitting position and groaned loudly with pain. However, what Serenno didn't account for, was the baseball bat sitting up on the dresser.

The baseball bat Matt had used against every opponent that he could, and it just rolled off the top of the dresser. Right into Matt's lap.

Matt's hand wrapped around the wooden handle of the bat and did the only sensible thing he could do, when someone was too close to him and all he had was a baseball bat to defend himself.

Taking a page out of his legendary rival Mike Landry's book, he brought the bat shooting upward, aiming to smack it right where King's grandchildren would come from. If Matt didn't break them.

Matt's ascent to his feet was no speedy matter. He had to use the dresser and his bat as a cane just to get back up to his feet; he knew was in no danger of assault now though, Serenno wasn't going to get up anytime soon. The heat from the fire was filling the house, and the smoke was making it hard to breathe. Matt didn't care, not now.

He wanted this young man to suffer.

"Come into my home..." Matt huffed as he limped over to Serenno, his bat tight in his right hand. "Destroy my home.... you'll regret that..." Matt muttered before lifting the bat and attempting to bring it crashing down onto Serenno's legs!

"Why, huh?" Matt asked, even though he knew he wasn't getting a response. "Daddy tell ya to?... Wanted a legacy? Be the man... the man to take Shanahan out? Yeah... not today, squirt..." Matt heaved, his words laced with pain in each syllable. He was hurting, there was no doubt about that. He wasn't going down without taking Serenno with him though, at this rate.

Matt stepped around Serenno while he rhetorically grilled him, before attempting smash the bat against the torso of the head of The House!

After sending the second swing, Matt attempted to give Serenno a weak kick, just enough to roll the man over to his stomach.

"Don't wanna talk?... Then I'll force it out of ya..." Matt grunted while stepping over Serenno. He grabbed the bat by the handle and the end of it, then attempted to reach down and pull it over Serenno's throat, hoping to choke him with it!

Matt let out a weak growl as Serenno began to show signs of fight, but Matt refused to let this kid get the upperhand again. He kept the bat against his throat and attempted to place his knee against the Heir Apparent's back, aiming to magnify the power of the choke.

A sharp crack echoed through the room as Serenno's skull connected with the bridge of his nose. Matt let a hand go up to hold his nose instinctively, causing the bat to fall away from King's brat's throat. When Matt's eyes opened, he was staring directly into Serenno's bloodshot eyes.

And then, there was the fall.

Both men went hurtling through the window, glass shattering and flying through the air as they tumbled. They would land on the inclined roof, and Matt soon slid down the length of it, baseball bat rolling after him and Serenno. It was a long fall from the roof; not the longest he had ever taken, but one long enough to be feared by most men. And without a shred of grace, Shanahan slid off the roof, landing chest first onto the dirt of his front yard. Whether or not Serenno would be following was the furtherest thing from his mind.