A Dark and Stormy Night part 1

This will have an over all rating of NC 17. This update is an R.

I own nothing and expect even less.

As a warning, this story is based on the exterm beating of one of the main characters. This update does not talk about the beating. It just describes the damage done by the beating. There is no rape in this story.

It was a dark and stormy night. Olivia was kicking herself for not going home Right after work. Why did she always stay and have a few drinks at the bar. She didn't even really like the group she was with tonight. What was so bad about being alone in her apartment. She pulled the collar of her blazer up around her neck to try and get a little warmer. Why hadn't she gone home with Josh when he had offered her a ride. That made her smile. She knew the answer to that one. Josh would have wanted more than to just drive her home. She didn't want to lead him on. He was sweet and the few times they had hooked up had been fun, but he was looking for a wife and that's just not what she wanted right now.

A big gust of wet wind hit Olivia right in the face. It sent a chill through her entire body. It felt like she wasn't even wearing clothes. She started to shiver. She put her head down and started to walk as fast as she could. Next time you tell yourself it's only five blocks, I don't need a coat, just remember tonight and take the fucking coat, was going through her head when she heard a strange noise. She stopped walking. She picked her head up trying to figure out what the noise was and where it was coming from.

It took a moment to figure out that it sounded like a hurt animal. It was a deep gut wrenching groaning. It was coming from the alleyway just to her right. It was very dark in there. Her first instinct was to keep going and call 911 when she got home. She wasn't sure if it was an animal or a person. Just as she was about to start walking again, the groaning changed in to a soft crying sound. It was definitely a person. She put her fears of the dark aside and went into the alley to see what was wrong.

Olivia used her hand on the wall to carefully start towards the sound. Her eyes were just starting to get used to the darkness when she saw someone curled in the fetal position just a few feet in front of her. She quickly made it over to them to see if she could help. As she got closer, Olivia was able to make out that it was a woman on the ground. Her face was swollen and covered in blood. What little clothing she had on was torn and looked like they were covered in blood too. She removed her blazer and tried to cover the woman with it. The woman shirked and tried to move away.

"It's ok. It's just my jacket to help keep you warm. I won't hurt you. I promise I'm just here to help." Olivia tried to make her voice as soothing as possible. She didn't want the women to hurt herself trying to get away from her. The sound of Olivia's voice made the woman relax somewhat. She let Olivia wrap the blazer around her. Olivia was so concerned for this poor woman, she didn't even feel the cold anymore.

"Olivia, how did you find me? I'm so happy you're here!" Olivia took a sharp intake of air. That was Natalia's voice. Olivia looked as carefully at the woman as she could. Her face was so badly beaten that she still couldn't recognize her. She tried looking in her eyes but it was too dark in the alley to see.

"Natalia is that you? Are you ok? What happened? Who did this to you?" Olivia noticed that Natalia tried to smile and winced from the pain. "Here let me help you. Can you stand? My apartment is just up the street, if you can walk I'll take you there and get you cleaned up before I take you to the hospital." Natalia reached out her hand to Olivia so she could help her try to stand. Natalia screamed out in pain when she tried to put weight on her left leg.

Somehow Olivia managed to carry Natalia up into her apartment. They went directly into the bathroom. Olivia sat Natalia down on the closed toilet and went to turn on the shower.

"I don't think I should take a shower Olivia, there might be evidence on my body that the police could use to catch the asshole that did this to me. Please just let me get warm. Can you call the police for me? I need to report this as soon as possible." Olivia nodded her head yes. Natalia was still un recognizable even in the light. Not all of her damage looked fresh. Olivia couldn't remember the last time she had seen Natalia. It had to be about two weeks ago when they had gone out together for dinner. Olivia had thought it was strange that Natalia hadn't called her again, but that was about all. Now she was blaming herself for not calling to find out if Natalia was ok.

Olivia left Natalia alone in the bathroom and quickly called her friend Frank. He is the chief of detectives for the Springfield police department. She told him everything that she knew and also told him to have the paramedics come with him. Natalia was horribly beaten and most likely raped. After she got off the phone Olivia boiled some water to make tea for Natalia.

As soon as Natalia was alone she used the toilet. The toilet was full of blood when she was done. She knew that wasn't a good thing. She needed to get to a doctor and the sooner the better. She worked really hard not to look at herself in the big mirror hanging on the wall. She knew her nose was broken. She could feel the broken bones around her left eye and her jaw. She had heard the bones break when he was hitting her. She was pretty sure her left leg was broken from how much it hurt when she put any weight on it. She didn't want to think about what could be wrong internally, but all that blood in the toilet was definitely a sign it was bad. She hoped Olivia was calling for help, she wasn't sure how much longer she could hold on by herself. She knew she was going to pass out from the pain and all the blood she was losing.

Just as Olivia was finishing up the tea, there was a knock on her door. She hoped it was Frank and the paramedics. She grabbed the hot mug of tea and rushed over to the door. Thank god it was Frank and he had the paramedic Remy Boudreaux was with him. Olivia didn't waste anytime explaining what happened, she just showed them to the bathroom where Natalia was.

Remy was the first person to enter the small bathroom. Natalia was laying on the floor barely conscious. There was a pool blood forming around her body. He quickly got to work on her. He called down to his partner to bring up the gurney, they needed to get her to the hospital stat. Frank called down to the station for a female officer. From the looks of things they were going to need a rape kit preformed on this poor young woman.

"Olivia can you answer a few questions while Remy works on your friend?" Olivia nodded yes, never taking her eyes off of Natalia. "What is her full name?" Olivia looked at Frank like he had lost his mind.

"Frank, that's Natalia Rivera, a waitress at your father's restaurant!" Frank couldn't believe what Olivia was saying. She was unrecognizable. It scared him, that she was so beaten up that he couldn't tell it was her. His father had been worried about her. She hadn't been to work in a week or so. Remy's partner Stacy arrived with the gurney and in no time the two paramedics had an IV line in her arm and had her vitals taken. Her blood pressure was very low from all the blood loss. They needed to get her to the hospital now.

Frank took Olivia with him in his squad car, as he followed the ambulance to Cedars hospital. Dr. Rick Bauer was the doctor on call in the emergency room. He went to work on Natalia as soon as Remy got her there. Olivia stayed in the waiting room. Frank talked to Rick to make sure that evidence was carefully saved durning his treatment of the patient.

For the next six hours Rick worked on saving Natalia's life. Her heart stopped three times before they got her blood pressure to stabilize. She had several internal injuries. Any single one of them were life threatening on their own. Rick was amazed that she had lived long enough to get to the hospital. He continued to be amazed every time he was able to get her heart going again. By the time they had repaired all the damage inside this small woman's body and fixed all the broken bones in her face, the broken ribs and her dislocated and broken femur, Rick was exhausted. He made sure Natalia was safely in the ICU and had she had his favorite step mother as her nurse. His next responsibility was to inform Frank about all the injuries he had found.

Rick grabbed a cup of coffee before heading to the waiting room. He was surprised that Olivia Spencer was still in the waiting room. She was still in the same clothes she was wearing when she first came in. They were covered in Natalia's blood. He told the nurse on duty to give her some scrubs she could change into. He was glad that his patient had a good friend waiting for her. She was going to need a strong support system if she survived the next twenty four hours.

The pain was getting worse as she came closer and closer to consciousness. She was fighting to stay in the dark painless world she had been in. She wanted to be as far away from the pain as possible. She moaned at the pain hoping that would make it go away. She felt warmth wrap around her hand and warmth on her forehead for just a moment. It relaxed her enough to leave the pain behind for just a little longer.

The blackness was receding again. The pain was coming back to visit. Natalia moaned at the pain again to send it away. Again her hand was covered in warmth and a soft whisper of encouragement filtered through the pain into her ear. She knew that voice but couldn't place it just yet. The voice was telling her to relax, the medicine would make her feel better. She let the voice sooth her and the pain went away.

The blackness was lifting again. Natalia could tell this was different from the other times. She could feel the light touch of a hand on hers. The sound of people talking around her and the noises beyond her space.

Olivia noticed that Natalia was starting to stir again. This time they were going to let her wake up fully if the pain was manageable. She held on to Natalia's hand, hoping it would give her the little bit of extra strength that she needed. Olivia had spent as much time here as her job and the nurses allowed. Natalia had been in intensive care and asleep for eight days. Rick wanted to see if Natalia was strong enough to handle the pain.

Olivia let Rick know Natalia was starting to stir. Rick gave Olivia the go ahead to try and get Natalia to open the eye that wasn't covered up by a bandage.

"Wake up Natalia. Let me see your beautiful brown eyes. You've been asleep for a really long time. It's time to get up now." Natalia could hear someone calling her name. It was Olivia's voice calling her. She felt Olivia's hand on hers. Natalia squeezed Olivia's hand.

"That's it Natalia, squeeze my hand. Come on Natalia work your way awake. It's time to wake up, you're going to miss your shift at Company. You don't want to make Buzz angry do you? Natalia open your eyes for me." Rick could see that Natalia was getting closer. Then suddenly much faster then Rick was expecting, Natalia opened her eye.

"That's a good girl Natalia. Now look at me. If you know who I am, squeeze my hand." Natalia looked at Olivia. It took a moment for her eye to focus, then she squeezed her hand.

In a very deep and scratchy voice, Natalia started to speak. "Olivia, what time is it? Am I really going to be late for work?" Olivia started to laugh. Of course that was what got her awake.

"No you're not late for work. You don't have to work today. Do you know where you are?" Natalia looked around the room as best she could with just one eye. It was clearly a hospital room. She tried to remember why she would be in a hospital. It took a couple of moments then slowly the images started to fill her mind. All the pain she was in, started to make sense. She slowly started to smile. The mother fucker had been wrong. She didn't die. God was on her side not his. This was finally her proof. God saved her. He must love her just the way she is.

Rick got very concerned when Natalia started to smile. He was afraid there had been some brain damage from her heart stopping so many times. He walked over to the bed so he could start asking some questions.

"Natalia, I'm Dr. Bauer. Do you know where you are?"

"I'm guessing Cedar's Hospital."

"Do you know why you're here. Do you know what happened to you?" Natalia started to smile even bigger. Rick was getting very concerned. Then he heard his patient's answer to his question.

"I survived. He did everything he could to kill me and I survived." Rick started to nod his head. She was ok, so far.

"Natalia do you know who did this to you? Who hurt you so badly?" Natalia got a look on her face that made Rick feel afraid.

"Yes I know exactly who did this to me. My father, Miguel Rivera. He said he was either going to beat the gay out of me or he was going to kill me. He failed on both counts."

Tbc