(Piper's POV)
"Alex?!" I shouted when I got near her bunk. She wasn't there, where the hell was she, she must have finished work by now, everyone else was back.
I had missed her, I really needed to see her, talk to her and explain. I continued my search, where could she be? Maybe she got held up at the greenhouse, I decided to try there next.
As I walked outside the stillness felt strange, I had never been out when no one else was around. It was deathly silent but then I heard a thud and a whimper, it came from the greenhouse area.
"Alex?" I shouted.
(Alex's POV)
No, no, no, no, no. This couldn't be happening, why was she here, she needed to go, he would hurt her too. Aydin stopped moving when he heard Piper's shout for me.
"You better be so fucking quiet or I will put a bullet in her head, got it?" He threatened me in a low murmur as he covered my mouth with his hand.
I prayed Piper would go back inside, even though at the minute I was pissed at her she had to stay safe. We were quiet for a minute or two and didn't hear anything else, I thanked god that she had gone back inside, she would be safe in there, or would she? What if Aydin went after her after he was done with me? I hope Kubra does love Piper for lying for him.
(Piper's POV)
It was silent, eerie. I crept to the greenhouse where I found a smashed window and peeked inside, there Alex was on the floor, tears streaming down her face, bruises and blood scattered around her body. There was a guard with her, who the hell was he and why did he have his hand over her mouth, did he do this to her the son of a bitch?
Ok, think, what can I do? I can go in there now and try to stop this but then again he would probably hurt Alex more and he probably has a gun in his belt. Ok, different plan, I could go get another guard, hope they don't take too long then go in there with them to get Alex. So far that was the best plan I had and I didn't want to wait much longer. I ran as quickly and as quietly as I could back inside and tried to find the nearest guard. Luckily I found two, Bell and O'Neill.
"Please you have to help me, this is going to sound crazy but there's a guy in the greenhouse, he's hurting Alex, he is dressed as a guard but he is covering her mouth and she is crying and all bruised, quick please!" I panted.
They both looked pretty shocked but were quick to follow.
"Does he know you know where they are?" Bell asked quietly.
"No, he doesn't, we need to be quiet and probably get your guns out." I whispered, we were nearing the greenhouse again, they followed my orders which was a bit of a surprise. They both had a turn peeking in at the scene, Bell even flinched, something must have happened.
"Okay Chapman, wait here." O'Neill said.
"What no. I'm coming in, Alex is in there! I could help, please." They both looked at each other then nodded to me.
"Call for help." O'Neill said to Bell who quickly pressed something on her walkie talkie, I grabbed her hand away.
"He has one of those too!" He couldn't know we were here. "Can we just do this now?" They nodded at me and we approached the door.
(Alex's POV)
The door burst open, I tried to make out who is was through blurry teary eyes and saw a distinctive flash of blonde hair, god Piper.
"Get up and step away from the inmate." O'Neill shouted. Aydin stood slowly still holding onto his weapon belt, little did he know that I had pulled his gun out earlier when he was too focused on Piper's shout. He moved a few steps away from me, I saw a bit of moment and noticed Piper trying to move closer to me, I shook my head slightly at her, he could still be dangerous and I wouldn't put her under that risk.
"Hand's above your head and kneel on the ground." O'Neill shouted again.
"We have an emergency in the greenhouse, we need extra officers here right now." Bell said into her walkie talkie. Aydin still hadn't done what O'Neill had said.
"I said, hands above your head and kneel on the ground." He repeated. Aydin still had his hands moving around his belt in search for this gun. He shot a look at me.
(Piper's POV)
"You fucking bitch, I'm going to kill you." He said taking a step towards Alex. I immediately moved forwards towards her before being grabbed by Bell. I didn't know why he was shouting at Alex but one look at her smug face made me realise, I looked down to where her arms were shielding her body and noticed his gun was safely tucked there. She moved her hand so it was holding the gun properly and slid it towards the other guards quickly where it was then retrieved by Bell.
I was slightly confused by her action, why wasn't she using it to protect herself? But then I realised, we were in prison, she would get in trouble, still that has never stopped her doing what she wanted before.
"I will not hesitate to shoot if you don't do what you are told!" O'Neill shouted, Aydin finally moved further from Alex knelt on the floor and put his hands in the air. Bell let go of my arm, I didn't know if this was a sign that I could go to her but one nod from Bell and I was practically running to Alex. I knelt in front of her and pushed the hair away from her face, she winced a bit and I realised how badly she was hurt.
"Alex, baby, can you sit up?" I said softly to her, she shook her hair slightly and winced again. "Okay, I'm going to help you up then." She grabbed onto me with her right hand her left was. I lifted her right hand onto my left shoulder and used all my strength to lift her quickly, she cried out, her left hand still wrapped around her stomach area, she was now sat up but leaning heavily into my chest.
"What happened?" I had a few tears trailing down my face.
"I think my rib is broken." She croaked "something snapped."
"How about your legs?"
"Okay, I think."
"Okay, let's stand."
"Pipes I don't know if I can."
"You can, since when does Alex Vause give up on something." I offered an encouraging smile. She nodded at me with a tight lip. Her hand stayed on my shoulder, I moved my hands onto her hips and started getting up slowly, I lifted Alex who had her eyes closed in concentration, her face twisted painfully which made my heart ache. We made it onto our feet, when I turned around with my hands still holding Alex up, I realised everyone was still here. Aydin was still on the floor with many guns pointed his way, he was glaring at Alex and I. A guard made their way towards us.
"I've got her." I said a bit more harshly than I should have, they backed off and wrapped an arm around Alex's waist and put her arm around my shoulders and help onto her. "Okay, let's go." I whispered softly to Alex, she looked broken, afraid. I kissed her temple earning a tut from a guard, any bets it was Healy. I started to move towards the door, slowly. Alex's legs moved fine but her side was giving her a lot of pain. We made our way outside, I noticed a male guard I had never seen before following us as well as Bell.
"Piper, I can't do this." Alex groaned.
"Okay, let me carry you then."
"Pipes, we both know you can't do that, you're a stick, you will snap." She smirked slightly.
"Okay, a guard can carry you then."
"Eugh, I don't think I will have ever been that close to a man." She joked. I looked at her hopefully. "Fine." She groaned. I asked the guard and he lifted Alex.
"Careful!" I snapped.
(Alex's POV)
I was in so much pain but at least I was safe and so was Piper. I watched her all the way inside, she was watching the guard sceptically as if he was trying to hurt me more or would turn out to be another one of Kubra's minions. I hoped he wasn't but at least we had Bell with us and now we were inside probably heading for the doctor.
"She needs more than this doctor, she needs an x-ray and proper attention, real strength medication…" Piper rambled, I smiled slightly at her, no wonder people were always joking about her consistent outbursts of knowledge.
"Pipes, it's okay." I said to her.
"No, it's not."
We reached a door which I guessed had the doctor behind.
"I will check if the doctor is free and he will make the judgment Chapman since he is the professional here." Bell smirked.
"Well he needs to be free doesn't he! This is more serious than period pains!" Piper snapped.
"Pipes!" I warned, I knew they would still give her a shot if she continued. She shot me a look but her face softened.
"Okay, Vause in you go." Bell said, the male guard slowly put Alex down and led her into the room. "Er Chapman where are you going? You can't go in there." Piper must have tried to follow us in.
"Why not? She needs me! Also that is a male doctor in there, another female must be present and I'm pretty sure you are needed elsewhere right now." She insisted, trust Piper to get around all the rules.
"You are killing me! Fine, I will be back in a few minutes then you have to leave!" Bell said, her and the guard left and I felt Piper's dainty hand replace the guards on my hip and led me into the room and onto the bed.
"Let me just get your files." The doctor said then left the room.
"This is bullshit, he probably doesn't know what he is doing, he has only dealt with bloody paracetemol, you need better care than this. Let me look at your ribs."
"Piper unless you have a degree I don't know about you aren't qualified."
"I am probably more qualified than he is." She insisted so I let her look at my ribs. She prodded them slightly causing me to scream and wince, god that was painful, never in my life had I felt so much pain.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" She cried. I kept my eyes closed, trying to think of something to numb the pain. I didn't have to wait long until something cropped up. Piper had pressed her lips against mine softly. "I'm sorry." She whispered against my lips.
I knew now she wasn't talking about hurting me, she meant much more than that.
(Piper's POV)
"I'm sorry about Stella, I'm sorry you got hurt, I'm sorry I didn't come to find you sooner, I'm sorry I was so blind to my feelings, I'm sorry I didn't believe in us when I know we are meant to be together. I'm just so sorry Alex."
I hoped she knew how sorry I was, I kissed her again, she didn't pull away and I took that as a good sign.
"I love you, I'm so sorry." I whispered against her lips.
"I'm pretty sure inmates aren't supposed to touch." I jumped apart from Alex at the sound of a male voice behind us, he chuckled at my surprise. "Right, Vause, no history of medical abuse that means you can have these for the pain." He handed her some painkillers and a cup of water which she then took quickly. "Okay let me look at you, what exactly happened."
"She was attacked!" I said quickly, Alex looked at me with a smirk.
"Does that mean she can't talk…" He paused to find her name tag. "Chapman?"
"Sorry but this is serious she needs to go to hospital!"
"I will assess her, she's in good hands. Okay, attacked hey, where is it that hurts." I scoffed, he was acting like she was 5 and not taking this serious at all.
"My ribs, I think one or two have broken, he got some kicks in and I heard a snap, everywhere else is just a dull ache compared to my ribs." Alex said.
"Right, can you lift your top." He asked her. I stepped forward a lifted it for her, I knew it hurt her to move, I earned a small smile from both Alex and the doctor.
"Looks like you were right Chapman, you need an x-ray Miss Vause. You will need to go to the hospital, I will call them right away and then speak to the guards, expect the ambulance in about 10 minutes" He left the room again.
"Are the painkillers kicking in?" I asked Alex, she smiled a little.
"A bit, but we both know that's not what you want to talk about." She smirked at me.
"Alex I…" She interrupted me.
"How about I talk before they take me away and I won't see you for a while okay." Crap I didn't think about that, of course I couldn't go with her, they would never allow that. "I don't forgive you Piper, well I do for everything but the Stella thing. I get it, new girl, she's hot, mysterious, edgy, you were curious and obviously fancied her and that hurts like hell Piper. You chose someone else over me, I would never do that Piper and this isn't the first time either." That was a low blow, choosing Larry was the hardest thing ever when all I wanted was Alex.
"Alex…"
"No Piper, you can't justify this…"
"No Alex please, all I ever wanted was you Alex. I chose Larry because I was scared, scared of not having something to fall back on, Larry would always be there when I got home, he's reliable and consistent but with you Alex I would never know if you would be there. There were times when you left for days and I wouldn't hear from you and couldn't contact you. Our life together would be like a house on fire Alex, we would never know what was going to happen and that scares me. I'm not like you, I can't just go through life like that I need a plan, something to aim for. But when Larry left I realised I was relieved, I didn't have to pretend to be something that I'm not, I'm the real me when I am with you and I love that, I'm alive with you. I need you by my side to survive that's why I needed you back here, I also thought it would keep you safe but I guess I was very wrong on that front and I'm sorry for that too, I'm sorry I didn't believe you."
(Alex's POV)
"Piper, I told you I forgive you for all those things and I understand all of that but yet again you chose someone else over me, you can't use the same bullshit excuse either because we both know Stella isn't like Larry."
"I know, I…"
"Did you have sex with her?"
"No." She answered quickly, I felt a bit of relief.
"Did she touch you?"
"No, but we did kiss…" It took me a few seconds to recover.
"When?"
"What? Why?"
"When did you kiss, before or after you told me I had nothing to worry about?"
Piper looked down, she had tears rolling down her face.
"Both." I felt like I had been stabbed, the pain this was causing me was worse than the physical pain I was in. "The first time I was really confused because she was giving me mixed signals, I didn't know how I felt about it so she kissed me to try clear it up and then I was even more confused because I didn't know how I felt about it."
"I knew it, I saw you two outside, I needed you, I came to find you only to find her with her hand through your hair, you were leaning close together…" I whispered reliving the moment.
"But it didn't mean anything. I mean, I liked her…"
"Piper you really aren't helping your situation." I snapped.
"I am trying to be honest, I liked her because she liked me, she was paying me attention and she's a nice person and yea she's hot but the only reason I was paying attention to her was because you weren't paying attention to me."
"How mature."
"Alex stop, I'm trying here! You were acting crazy, always on the edge and not acting like you, you were treating me different and I didn't like it. That's why I was so obsessed with the panty business, it was giving me something else to think about."
"Yea but you thought I was jealous when I was just trying to help you and warn you how stupid you were being. You didn't trust me, you didn't listen and instead you listened to your new girlfriend." I snapped at her again.
"You aren't getting my point and this ambulance is already late they are going to come and get you any second. I want you, I have always wanted you and you are all I am ever going to want. I'm in love with you and have been for a very, very long time now." I knew she was telling the truth but I couldn't accept her back yet.
"Yea well you have broken my fucking heart too many times now Piper.
(Piper's POV)
"Alex please." I whispered, my heart was breaking right now.
"Piper…"
"Alex I'm not giving up on us, you know we're meant to be together! You know how sorry I am for everything but you have to know I have never been more certain of anything in my life."
"Pipes, I love you so much, but you hurt me, a lot." She loves me, there's hope.
"Please Alex, one more chance, we can make this work. Please." I begged her, I was stood between her legs at this point with her still sat on the bed. We were so close, her poor bruised face was slightly below mine making me look down on her which was weird for both of us. She looked so young and innocent, pure almost. I leant down slowly giving her chance to protest before kissing her softly. I put all my feelings into the kiss, it was so passionate, it brought me to tears.
"Please." I whispered against her lips before kissing her with more heat, Alex was kissing me back with just as much passion which I took as a good sign. "I will never fail you ever again Alex, please just say yes." I didn't give her chance to answer before kissing her again. The door opened behind us and I finished up the kiss and stepped back, still waiting for Alex to say something. I didn't take my eyes off hers.
"Okay Miss Vause, we have a wheelchair so you don't need to walk." Someone said to her and brought the wheelchair towards the bed. I stepped forward to help her off the bed and into the chair.
"Thanks Pipes." I nodded to her, why hadn't she said anything else.
"Okay so you will need to stay in hospital for a couple of days."
"Days?!" How could I not see her for days? I wouldn't even know what was wrong with her or how long it would take to get better.
"Yes, days, maybe a week." It just got worse and worse.
"Erm, say your goodbyes then." Bell said knowingly before leaving, the doctor lingered in the room but gave us some privacy by turning and filling out some paperwork.
"Come here." Alex said in her husky voice. I bent down in front of her, she stroked the side of my face and the pulled me towards her. She kissed me softly. "I love you." She whispered against my lips, she gave me hope that we would be okay, eventually.