Against a shorty

[Sprayed]

Do I check this flop, standard c-bet, or c-bet shove? I find myself against short stacks and don't know what to do when I get smooth called and miss the flop.

PokerStars Game #13929025777: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/12/17 - 19:22:56 (ET)
Table 'Badenia IV' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: jmatt4366 ($15.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Crazeology ($50 in chips)
Seat 3: OgerFlo ($82.90 in chips)
Seat 4: mhucker ($70 in chips)
Seat 6: Sprayed ($85.55 in chips)
jmatt4366: posts small blind $0.25
Crazeology: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Sprayed [Ah Js]
OgerFlo: folds
mhucker: folds
Sprayed: raises $1.50 to $2
jmatt4366: calls $1.75
Crazeology: folds
*** FLOP *** [2c Tc 4h]
jmatt4366: checks
Sprayed:

[Galapogos]

C-bet, give up if pushed at or don't improve later on.