Title:
I Was There.
Author: decechat
Rating: None right now, but
probably for future chapters
Category: Angst
Summary: What happens when two brothers are taken and one is forced to watch the other tortured?
Disclaimer: Do not own Numb3rs or any of the characters.
I Was There
Beep…Beep…
Beep…Beep…
He sat beside the bed and listened to the sound. Never in his life had a simple sound such as this one kept him so mesmerized. It was his brother's heart monitor, and as long as that was being emitted, it meant that the body in front of him was still clinging to life.
A slight moan from in front of him and his gaze drifted from the machine to the bed. He looked at the large amount of tubes and needles entering and exiting his brother. He looked at the pale face lying against an equally pale pillow. He looked at the face pinched in pain; even after having been highly medicated. Finally, he looked at the hand that he held so tightly.
It was bruised and red, covered by countless scars and bruises; much like the rest of his body. The scars, he was told, would heal and become less noticeable, eventually.
He looked at that hand and allowed himself to remember…..