A Guardian's Homecoming
A fanfiction story by W. Vandom
I'll have the next chapter for hate or Fear up in the next day or two so until then I hope you enjoy the first chapter of my first fanfic that will be based of my ideas and influence from other books, shows and maybe anime. The first chapter especially is graphic and deals with rape so feel free to back out now, otherwise read on if you are okay with that and let me know what you think about it.
Will stood inside Matt's house watching out of the front window as a storm raged on outside. It was getting dangerously close to her curfew but the thunderstorm was even more dangerous, the winds howling at up to forty miles per hour and the frequent bursts of lightning. The power was already out keeping Will from calling home since she lost her cell earlier and Matt said he left his at a friends. Without power the only phone in the house wouldn't work being cordless.
Her mom was going to be so furious and with the way things have been going lately she doubted Susan would give her much of a chance to explain. Ever since Susan married Dean it was like Will wasn't even close to being important to her mom. Will had joked to herself that Susan was pregnant, that it was just hormones, but she knew better. Susan wasn't pregnant, they weren't even married for more than a couple of weeks, and even if she was there was no way the hormones would be effecting the woman yet.
The curfew was the least of Will's worries though as she didn't exactly want to stay there with Matt's parents and baby sister being out of town. Lately Matt has been pushing her to sleep with him and Will just wasn't ready for that. At first he was understanding about it but he was starting to get more pushy about it. He even resorted to verbally abusing her and so far had gotten mad enough to smack her twice. She was trying her best to look the other way while debating just giving in because she truly loved him. She was just too afraid to take that step yet. She had never been with anyone like that and it was a huge step for her, one that scared her on some levels.
"Why do you keep watching out the window?" Matt asked as he came up behind her to wrap his arms around her waist while resting his chin on the top of her head. She could see the two of them reflected in the window with the little bit of light the candles around the room was providing.
"I need to get home or my mom is going to kill me." Will sighed while snuggling into the warm embrace. She was silently praying that for tonight Matt would go back to the loving boyfriend he was just a few months ago. Hell, Matt was much better just a few weeks ago compared to the last week.
"The rain isn't going to let up anytime soon." Matt said while leaning over to kiss the side of Will's neck. "Come on baby, there is so much more we can be doing."
"Matt, please, I already told you." Will sighed as she pulled away from Matt.
"Damn it, Will! I give you so much, why the hell won't you give me the one thing I want!" Matt screamed scaring Will a little. She started to edge toward the door deciding that it was better to face the storm outside than the one brewing in her boyfriend's eyes.
"Maybe I should just go, Matt." Will said as she started shaking a little.
"No, I think you should stay." Matt growled out as he reached out to grab a fistful of red hair.
"Let me go!" Will begged before being yanked hard toward him, making her cry out in surprise and pain.
"No Will, I don't think I will." Matt snarled as he picked her up like a sack of potatoes, ignoring her as she screamed and kicked. He stalked over to the couch and threw her down on it roughly while not caring about her cry.
"What the hell, Matt?" Will asked as she started to get up only to have Matt backhand her hard, knocking her back down to the couch. She couldn't keep the tears from falling as a sob escaped. She held the spot on her cheek where a large bruise was forming.
"You little bitch, I'm sick and tired of giving and giving while all you do is take and take!" Matt snarled as he started yanking at her pants. "No more you little slut! I tried to be nice, I really did, but if you aren't going to give it to me then I'll just take it."
The frenzied look in his eyes was really scaring her as she fought with him trying to keep her pants on. He reared back before punching her in the side making her gasp in pain. He rained down strike after strike making her scream out in pain. The torture seemed to last for what seemed like eternity before finally stopping and allowing her to try curling into a ball to protect herself. She was in too much pain now to fight back, too weak to struggle as Matt yanked her jeans off before tearing her shirt off her.
"Please stop!" Will sobbed weakly while trying to push Matt away as he lowered himself down on her, yanking her bra down as he did.
"Stupid bitch, you just don't learn." Matt whispered mockingly as he caressed her cheek before smacking her hard again. Will clenched her eyes shut though it didn't stopped the tears. For the next hour she tried to blank out all of the feelings and pain that Matt was causing her. She tried not to think of what he was stealing from her as he shattered what little innocence she had left. She lost most of her innocence in a war not of her making fighting against Phobos and then Nerissa. Now, the little bit of innocence she had left, what she was planning on giving Matt when she was ready, was stolen by the one man she thought she could trust with her life.
Long after Matt rolled off of her and she could bring herself to move, though it was causing a lot of pain, Will opened her eyes. The candles had long burned out and the bastard was long gone giving her time to fix her bra and hurriedly pull her jeans and ripped shirt back on, her panties a loss as Matt just ripped them off. Limping to the door she grabbed her shoes only stopping long enough to put them on.
Thankfully the storm had let up mostly, the rain not as hard as it was earlier allowing her to limp away from the house and toward home. Her entire body was hurting, she was sure she had some severely bruised ribs if they weren't cracked from the beating Matt gave her.
What would usually take her maybe fifteen minutes now took forty-five as the pain she was feeling slowed her down considerably. She thought about finding a payphone but she knew there was none along the path. It looked like it was too late to go to anyone's home but she wasn't sure what time it was, it didn't really matter anymore. She just wanted to go home, she wanted her mom. Will just wanted Susan to hold her and make everything better.
Making it to her apartment finally, Will groaned when she realized that the power was still out. She was frozen to the bone as she forgot her jacket back at Matt's leaving her soaked. Climbing the steps at a mind numbingly slow pace, Will finally made it to her door before realizing that she also left her keys in her jacket. She was about to knock when the door flung open leaving the shadowy figure of Susan standing in the door. Even with the little bit of candle light Will still couldn't see the woman's face but she was sure Susan was beyond furious.
"Where the hell have you been?" Susan snapped, obviously unable to see just how bad Will was hurt, or the woman just didn't care. "I pay for your cell phone so you can call home, and what do you do? You turn it off!"
"Mom." Will croaked out but Susan didn't give her a chance before tearing into her while backing away from the door allowing Will to enter. As soon as Will limped by Susan continued her rant.
"I have had it with your attitude and lack of respect lately for not only myself, but Dean as well. I have done everything I can for you, and you, I can't even deal with you now. Get the hell to your room and we will talk about this in the morning!"
"But!" Will cried out.
"Don't you dare but me, get the hell to your room!" Susan snarled. Will hung her head low as tears once again began falling freely. She was just raped and beaten by her boyfriend and now her own mother wouldn't even listen to her. As far as she knew she might need to go to the hospital but her own mother didn't even care.
Slamming the door shut Will stumbled into the room peeling off her dripping clothes and kicking off her muddy shoes. It didn't take long to get changed into a dark red sweater and another pair of jeans besides fresh socks, underwear and dry shoes. After she got dressed she dumped her backpack out on the floor cleaning all of the school supplies out of it. She stuffed as many changes of clothes as she could into it and what money she had hidden in her dresser but she left her wallet back at Matt's as it was in her jacket.
Throwing the bag onto her back with a wince from moving too much Will took one last look back before seeing a folding picture frame on her nightstand. Both pictures in it was of happier times, one with all of WITCH from one of their beach excursions. The other was taken during one of Will's birthdays having Susan hugging Will and both smiling at the camera. She grabbed the sole reminder of good times there and climbed out of the window onto the fire escape.
Susan sighed as she got up out of bed extra early leaving Dean sleeping peacefully in the bed. She was thankful that the storm ended and the power was back on as she no longer needed to use the candles. Normally she would love the smell of them but they were upsetting her stomach last night. Just about anything lately would make her throw up and just not early in the morning either. She has had morning sickness for almost a week and it was starting to kill her. She was snapping at both Dean and Will which she was surprised that the two put up with it.
Taking a deep breath as Susan carefully made her way to Will's room she steeled her nerves for what she was going to do. She knew she was harsh with Will last night and intended to apologize and tell her that she was pregnant. The only thing was that she conceived the child just over two months ago which was before Dean and her married.
Ever since she found out about it Susan had been dreading telling Will as she wanted to set a good example for her daughter and what did she do? She got pregnant out of wedlock which was something she didn't even want to think about her little girl doing. Will was much too young to even think about it but Susan knew that Will wasn't going to be happy. Will was most likely going to be very disappointed at the very least and very pissed at the worst.
Susan loved Will very much and despite the arguments and the growing animosity that Will was growing towards Dean, Susan's love for either hasn't changed. She knew she had been a little hard on Will lately but with all the stress on Susan, and the way the redhead had been acting, the older woman's nerves were at their end. She tried talking to Will but it was like a few years ago as she refused to open up and everything just ended up badly as another fight just started.
The strange thing was that Will seemed more accepting of Dean before the marriage but just before it the redhead started acting differently. It continued even after the wedding and when he was alone with Will she got more disrespectful and angry towards him. It just didn't make sense to Susan and every attempt she made to find out what was wrong was met with anger and an uncalled for attitude by her daughter. Because of everything Susan wondered if maybe she made a mistake marrying Dean since it was obviously causing so much strife and tension between everyone.
Opening up her daughter's room Susan stepped inside while wondering why the light was on. Surely when the power came back on Will would have turned it off. Seeing the books and paper scattered in the middle of the floor and the obviously unslept in bed Susan started to worry. There were clothes scattered on the floor by the closet and dresser and the doors were wide open showing the lack of a lot of clothing.
"Dean!" Susan cried as she stumbled to the bedroom door, "DEAN!"
The next morning Will woke up under a tree in a small hiking trail on the outskirts of Heatherfield. She was thankful that the rain stopped before she left home and was even more grateful that this area didn't seem to get hit by the storm. She wasn't sure if it was because of the tall, leafy tress blocking the rain or if the storm actually didn't go trough this path. Either was she was dry if not warm but at least she was one for two.
She would have been a lot farther away by now if she could have just flew but that was impossible. It had been about two months now since all five of the girls lost their power. No one knew what was wrong and there was no word from Candracar or the council on what was happening. All the girls knew was that they lost their powers including their supposed eternal gifts leaving them helpless if something happened.
Still hurting pretty badly Will stumbled out of the hiking trail pushing herself into continuing before someone she knew spotted her. She just didn't want to deal with anyone from Heatherfield anymore. Her mother wanted nothing to do with her, her friends had actually accused her of doing something to the heart severing their link and her so called boyfriend beat the hell out of her and raped her. No, there was nothing left in Heatherfield and Will intended to put as much distance between herself and it as possible.
It took a few hours to make it the rest of the way out of Heatherfield into the neighboring town. The two cities were as different as night and day as Heatherfield was clean and was virtually peaceful and for the most part crime free. It's neighbor Lowerton was much different, it was dirty and there were plenty of homeless people. Most of them wasn't homeless because of bad circumstances though which made it dangerous as they were mostly made up of drunks and druggies. It scared Will a little as she had heard so many horror stories about the place but she knew no one would look for her here for awhile giving her plenty of time to get through the town to Lucasville.
She was growing very tired as the physical pain, though dulled a little, was draining her strength. To make matters worse she had nothing for breakfast and the farther she walked the closer to lunch it was getting. Her throat was already sore from all of the crying and screaming and it was only getting worse with nothing to drink. No matter how much she pushed herself though she just didn't know how much farther she could walk.
It was near noon when she collapsed on a bench at a bus stop gasping in pain while trying to catch her breath. She promised herself that if she could make it to the other side of town before nightfall then she would rest and buy something to eat with what little she had. A small part of her was wondering if it wasn't better to just turn back as she had no idea where she was really heading or what she planned to do. All she knew was that she wanted away from the place that she once called home.
"What happened to you dear?" A soft voice asked from in front of Will. Looking up she saw an older woman whose hair was graying looking sadly at Will. The woman wore a white doctor's coat over a plain white blouse and black slacks. The small pair of glasses made Will want to think the woman almost resembled a hawk from the sharp features.
"It doesn't matter." Will sighed turning to look away from the woman.
"Have you gotten those injuries checked out?" The woman asked and sighed when Will shook her head no. "Then come along, I run a clinic a block up the road. I'll get you checked out and make sure that you are ok."
"I don't have enough to cover it or an ID." Will said expecting that to get the woman to give up and move on.
"That isn't problem young lady, we run a free clinic for all those and need and you look like you may be in need." The woman said reaching out a hand to Will. "My name is Betty Davis, and you are?"
"My name is," Will said as she took the hand allowing the woman to help her up while hesitating a moment trying to think up a name. "Susan."
"Well Susan, come on and I will get you all patched up." Betty said leading the two down the street.
The clinic was small and run down and even though it looked like they kept it clean as they could it still was a little dirtier than Will was used to. She guessed it was from some of the homeless people that must have come in here and didn't care about what they did.
"Why do you run a free clinic?" Will asked softly wondering where everyone was. "And where is everyone?"
"Lunch hour, they still have another forty minutes but when I saw you I couldn't not help you." Betty said while making sure that all of the lights were on in the small waiting room. "I take it you don't want to fill out any paperwork?"
"I'd rather not." Will sighed while shaking her head. She kept looking back and forth making sure to remember where all of the exits where as the woman led her to the back and into one of the small examination rooms.
"Ok Susan, hop up on the bed for now." Betty directed and paused until Will was settled on the dull gray examination bed before continuing. "I am going to ask you some questions and I want complete honesty. You don't have to mention any names but I need to know what happened if I am to treat you properly."
Herbert was tired when he finally made it home late in the morning since he had to wait for the storm to stop and the power to come back on so he could lock up. He made it home just before daybreak and was relieved that there didn't seem to be any damage to the outside of the house. He knew his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter would still be out of town since they wouldn't risk driving in the torrential downpour. Matt would most likely be in bed still or up planning a day with Will.
He had to smile thinking of the wonderful red haired girl who stole Matt's heart and the rest of the Olsen family to. She was so beautiful, smart and kind and the chemistry she had with Matt and the family made her seem to just fit right in. She was also a hard worker as she had proven time and time again at the pet store and he planned to one day leave it to Will if she wanted. She had once told him that she wanted to be a vet someday and help animals, maybe having a small office like his in a pert store.
Walking into the house he hung up his jacket noticing that Will's was hanging there as well. It wasn't unusual so he didn't worry about it as the girl left it there plenty of times when it was hot out but her mother made her wear it to be safe. A bit of pink fabric on the floor near the couch caught his eye though making him pause to pick it up. It turned out to be a pair of ripped panties which bright mixed feelings to the old man. He was happy for the young couple if they loved each other enough to take their relationship to this step. He knew Will and knew she wouldn't do something like that unless she truly loved Matt. On the other hand he hoped that the two used protection at the very least.
It took a few moments of debating on what he should do but figured it was best not to upset the boys parents and decided to hide the evidence and have a long talk with the teens later. Of course there was the motion activated teddy cam that his daughter-in-law insisted on buying to spy on the babysitter making sure she wasn't hurting the baby Olsen girl. He was going to have to go through the tape and find out if it caught Matt and Will doing anything and delete it before the rest of the Olsen family got home.
Taking the panties Herbert grabbed the teddy bear off the mantle and went up to his room. It took a few minutes to get the thing hooked up to his TV as he wasn't very good with the stuff like this. He finally got it to play and was fast forwarding it through the babysitter and his granddaughter. The young lady absolutely adored the little girl and did everything possible to care for her.
When the video darkened Herbert was about to stop and delete it to give Matt and Will their privacy when he heard Will cry out on the tape. He sat frozen in absolute horror as his grandson went on to beat the young redhead and rape her. He had to stop the tape when it was starting but he was sick at what he saw. How could Matt do such a thing? He didn't know but he had to make sure Will was ok.
After checking for Matt and finding nothing Herbert hurried back to the living room. He grabbed the phone and quickly dialed the Vandom, or Collins, apartment. After a few rings someone finally picked up and to Herbert's horror it was a frantic Susan.
"Will, is that you? Are you okay?" Susan asked frantically, it was easy to tell that the woman was crying and barely holding it together.
"Susan, it's Herbert Olsen." Herbert said as a knot grew in his stomach. "You haven't seen Will since last night?"
"She came home but she ran away." Susan cried, her voice becoming a little hard to understand. "Please tell me that she's there with you!"
"I'm sorry Susan, something happened last night and I think you should see it first hand. I can bring it over if you prefer." Herbert explained sadly.
"Please bring it, I don't think Susan is any condition to go anywhere right now." Dean said over the line. Herbert guessed the man took over the call from his wife as she could be heard sobbing in the background.
"I'll be right over then." Herbert sighed. There was truly no rest for the weary but he didn't deserve rest right now. His own grandson beat and raped someone Herbert saw as a granddaughter and it sickened him. How could Matt do it, he never did anything even remotely cruel like that before. What had happened to his beloved grandson to make him do such a thing?
"It looks like there was no tearing and the worse physical injuries were a few cracked ribs, thankfully none were broken. Whoever did this to you was a monster." Betty sighed while handing Will two prescription bottles. "One of these is an antibiotic which you need to make sure to take. The other is a pain pill but I don't want you taking them unless you truly need them. Normally the pain pills is something we don't hand out easily but you will more than likely need them."
"I'm sorry for freaking out like that." Will sighed, she couldn't believe she started screaming and freaking out like she did. According to Betty when the woman was examining her any damage such as tearing Will started thrashing and crying while begging Matt not to hurt her. Betty tried to get Will to tell her more when Will calmed down but she refused to.
Betty explained flashbacks to Will and that a lot of victims of sexual assault have to deal with them. There was a counselor that worked with that clinic that Betty wanted Will to go see but all the redhead could do was promise to think about it. If the older woman reported what happened then the police would be swarming the area trying to find her if her mom bothered to report her missing which Will doubted.
"There is nothing to be sorry for, I just want to help you. No one should have to deal with what you are and especially not someone as young as you." Betty sighed.
"I'm nineteen." Will said but she had a feeling Betty knew that it was a lie.
"Just take care of yourself and if you need anything at all I will help you, okay?" Betty said while shaking her head. Will could tell the older woman was a little disappointed about the lie of her age but was sincere with helping her. Will didn't want the police involved though, she just wanted to forget everything and get as far away from Heatherfield as possible.
"I will, thank you Betty." Will said as she gave the older woman a small smile before leaving the small clinic to try and figure out where she could go. She spent a much longer time in the clinic than she expected to and it was growing later in the day. It was well past noon as the clinic reopened while Betty was seeing to her and she knew she spent some time in there after that. Hearing her stomach growl loudly Will gave in, she needed something to eat and keep up her strength if she was to keep running.
"Damn girl, when was the last time that you ate?" A girl asked as Will rounded the corner away from the clinic. Looking up Will saw a girl about her age with short dirty blond hair that stood up on spikes. She was leaning up against the building, her blue eyes brighter and with a spark in them that Will just didn't expect. She had on a white tank-top that hugged her and showed off her midriff and a generous amount of cleavage though it had stains on it. The straps of the girl's bra was easily visible though they were also white matching the top. She had on a pair of dull colored jeans that had several rips and tears in them and also had a few stains and was clearly dirty. Her feet was covered by a pair of old combat boots and a pair of fingerless gloves were on her hands.
"Yesterday." Will said while blushing a little from embarrassment.
"Are you new on the streets?" The girl asked as she pushed away from the wall while her eyes roamed over Will as the redhead shook her head no.
"I'm not a whore or druggie." Will whispered while watching the girl's expression change from curious to angry.
"Neither am I, do I look like one?" The girl asked angrily scaring Will a little. "Not everyone out here is out here because we got hooked on drugs or whatever. Some of us just doesn't have a choice. Tell me Red, what are you doing out here?"
"I'm not homeless." Will squeaked.
"Really? Then you have a home to go back to? You have a family waiting for you?" The girl sneered though Will's silence was all the answer she needed. "Then that makes you homeless, just like me!"
Will's head was spinning as she realized what the girl said was true. Will was homeless now, one of those people that a lot of the students at Sheffield made fun of. She never made fun of them but she believed the stories of most being trash.
"I'm out here because I choose to be, it's a hell of a lot better out here than home with an alcoholic father who can't keep his hands to himself." The girl said then stopped as she studied the expression on Will's face and the injuries. Her voice softened as she continued, "Something like that happened to you, didn't it?"
"Maybe." Will said softly, it wasn't her father but it was someone else that she loved and trusted.
"Well Red, you're homeless now and you are going to get eaten alive if someone doesn't show you the ropes." The girl said holding out her hand, "Name's Danny, stick with me and I'll show you everything you need to know."
After a few moments of staring at the girl's hand Will finally reached out and grabbed it, "My name's Will."
