Okay, this is my first fan fiction ever, can you please review and tell me if it's any good because if it is I will continue it.
So, this is based on Shannon's rape and when she tells Lawson, Josh is still missing and presumed dead (the only one that believes his alive is Lawson.), and Lawson never slept with Tash. Also the surroundings of the TR station is a little bit different. The building is on a street that isn't very busy, but it still has the same type of car park as on TV, but if you walk around the back of the station there is bush that goes for a about a kilometre by a kilometre and in the centre is a small lake with a bench. (Sorry I suck at descriptions, as you will probably notice when you read this story.)
Disclaimer: I don't own Rush at all.
Lawson and Shannon had come back early from patrolling the streets, so it was about lunch time when they walked into the locker room. The morning had seemed to drag out for Shannon. Frank had been on her mind all morning, she wanted to tell Lawson about what Frank had done to her she just didn't know how and was worried at how he would react knowing that she had kept this a secret from him for a long time.
Lawson was grabbing stuff out of his locker when he decided to ask Shannon what was wrong, because he could tell she wasn't her usual self and she hadn't been for a while. He walked over to her, she was sitting down on the bench with a look of worry in her eyes.
He crouched down so he was looking directly into Shannon's eyes and said "Shan, what's wrong?"
Shannon quickly looked down to avoid eye contact with Lawson "I'm fine." She replied very unconvincingly.
Lawson could tell she was avoiding him once again so he put his hand under her chin and tilted upwards so that she was again looking him directly in the eyes "Shannon, you're obviously not fine. Please tell me what's wrong you have been avoiding me for a while now."
Shannon knows she's going to have to tell him soon, so she says "Lawson, my lives turned to shit. Charlie coming, Michael dying, Josh missing, and Frank…" She was cut off by the ringing of her phone; she picked it up and looked to see who would be calling her even though she already knew the answer.
Seeing Frank's name flash on the screen it made her flinch, and Lawson saw this which made him worry at what was really wrong with Shannon. So many possibilities were running through his head, and what did Franks have to do with Shannon?
Shannon answered her phone with a shaky "hey."
"Shannon it's Frank, you haven't told anyone have you?" Frank says a little panicked.
She looks up at Lawson before replying "No."
"Good because if you tell a single soul, I will hurt you and your boyfriend Lawson so much that you will regret ever telling anyone. Oh and I'm on my way over to the station to make sure you really do get it." And with that the line went dead. Shannon had been receiving threats off Frank almost every day since he had raped her. This time it was different though, she just let the tears fall freely down her cheeks, she was frightened of what was about to happen.
Lawson saw that Shannon was now crying, which sent a chill down his whole body. He looked into her eyes and saw they were now full of panic. So he picks his words carefully and says "Shan, why are you crying? Who was that on the phone? Please tell me what's going on?"
This just made Shannon even more overwhelmed, she trusted Lawson with her life but she just couldn't bring herself to tell him right here right now, especially seeing as Frank was on his way over to the station. So she does the only thing she knows she can do, she shakes her head at Lawson and says "I'm sorry Lawson, I just can't do it anymore." And with Shannon runs out of the locker room, out of the station.
Lawson knows Shannon needs help and that she shouldn't be left alone considering the state she was in. So he quickly gets up and chases after Shannon. Once he gets outside he looks around, he doesn't know where she has gone. Her car is still here so she hasn't gone that far, then all of sudden he hears crying coming from around the right side of the station.
He quickly walks over to the side of the building to see Shannon standing up leaning against the wall, with her head in her hands crying her eyes out. It breaks Lawson's heart to see Shannon like this, she is usually the strong one.
Quickly walking over to Shannon Lawson stands in front of her, he wants to know answers and he knows his about to get them. So he starts with the question that's been playing over and over in his head for the past five minutes.
He begins "Shan who is Frank?"
At hearing Lawson's voice she looks up and knows it's time to tell him the answers to his questions. "You know Frank; he was the one in charge of Michael's mission."
This puzzles Lawson for a moment then he quickly says "What does he have to do with you though?"
She doesn't know how to answer his question, the words just seem impossible to come out of her mouth. So she just stands there looking into his eyes. Lawson notices the look she is giving him and quickly jumps to conclusions.
He starts to yell "Did you sleep with him?"
When Shannon hears those words her heart begins to melt, she hadn't wanted to sleep with Frank. He had raped her, but she didn't think she could bring herself to say those words so she takes the easy way out.
With tears streaming down her face she shakily says "No. Wait yes, oh Lawson I don't know how to say it."
Lawson's face turns into pain and just before he walks off he stops to say "Shannon I thought we had something, I never knew you would cheat on me, I didn't think you were that type of person." He then quickly walks around the back of the station heading towards the lake in the middle of the bush to clear his head.
Shannon's heart is pounding; she knows she has most likely lost the one she loves. As she goes to make her way back to the front of the station, she sees Frank pull up. This frightens the hell out of Shannon and she suddenly realises she needs to tell Lawson, he can hopefully protect her from Franks. So she turns and piss bolts in the direction Lawson went to hopefully be able to tell him the truth and also to get away from Frank.
Running around the back of the station she can't see where she is going, she has tears streaming down her face which is making her eyes all blurry. She doesn't care where she ends up or if she falls over, she just wants to find Lawson. Then 'bang'!
Shannon realises that she has crashed into something and she can feel she is lying on something. She looks down to see that she had crashed into Lawson when he was on his way back to base. So there Shannon and Lawson are lying on top of each other, it looks as if they have both been crying and Shannon still is. She knows she has to tell him, it's now or never.
She says shakily as she is scared "Please Lawson, just listen to me."
He looks directly into Shannon's eyes and says "Go ahead, but it seems to me you have already explained it quite clearly."
Shannon takes a deep breath and begins to say the words that will change her life forever "Lawson I didn't choose to have sex with Frank….He….I was…."
Lawson starts to become annoyed because he believes Shannon is making up excuses so he says angrily "What are you trying to say?"
With tears running down her face she says the words she has been trying to say forever "Lawson, Franks raped me." As she says it she rolls off Lawson and lies next to him looking directly at his face waiting to see it his expression change.
Lawson slowly registers what Shannon has said and it breaks his hear t to think he accused her of having an affair. So he looks at her, holds her hand and begins to say "Shan I had no id…." He was cut off.
Shannon had been listening to every word Lawson was saying, but halfway through what he is saying she notices Frank is coming straight to her. So without even letting Lawson finish his sentence, she is on her feet and sprinting down the hill towards the bush.
Lawson just lies there watching Shannon run away; he doesn't know what's happening. That is until he looks to the right of him and sees Frank who is now running down the hill after Shannon. His gut instinct and quick reflexes make him jump up and run straight down the hill after both Shannon and Frank. Lawson know that he has to reach Shannon first because if he doesn't Frank will hurt her, he has now made it his mission to protect Shannon. It's now a race against time, who will win?
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