Disclaimer: I do not own the fall or its characters but I do own becky and her story
just to say there wont be any specific details until later as a child wouldn't pay attention to these things.

Beauty in the breakdown

it was in LA hospital where our damsel meets her heroes in the most unlikely of forms. Rebecca woke up in the hospital again to find out that she had been in a coma for 2 weeks, her muscles were sore and tired and her body was weak, she felt useless and just when she thought nothing would go right a little girl no older than 12 came wandering in, Rebecca followed her with her eyes the girl looked around at all the people and around the room.

"are you lost little one?" Rebecca asked her voice quiet and soft as she forced herself to sit up more wincing at the immense pain in her ribs. the young girl looked at Rebecca in surprise before walking up to Rebecca's bed, "I'm not lost I am just looking for my friend Roy." the girl responded clutching a wooden box in her chubby little fist, her arm in a cast and propped up, Rebecca smiled "if you're looking for him doesn't that mean you are lost?" the girl just looked confused and nodded her head then shook it when she realized.

"well if you're looking for the men's ward it's the next ward over sweetie...My name is Rebecca what is yours?" Rebecca asked softly. the girl grinned and said "my name is Alexandria and am going to see my friend Roy he promised to tell me an epic story." as she spoke Becky could help but smile "well when your finished you'll have to come back and tell me, I love a good story" she said before slowly turning and plucking out a piece of chocolate from her friends back home and handing it to Alexandria, "here you go a little treat now you go and enjoy yourself and don't forget to come back and see me" Becky said grinning at the look of wonder on Alexandria's face before Alex turned and scuttled of out the door.

Becky sighed and lay her head down slowly drifting of to sleep wondering when her new little friend would come back to her.

Alexandria walked in the men's ward and waited outside for Roy's friend to finish his visit, she walked in and plonked down on the bed next to Roy snapping the chocolate in half and handing him a piece, Roy accepted it with surprise and confusion on his face, he took a small bite before turning to her and asking "Alexandria where did you get this? this is good quality chocolate" he asked popping the rest into his mouth and smiling in appreciation.

"my new friend Becky, she gave it to me, she is on the ward next door. she is very pretty and she wants to hear you story too but she couldn't come with me." Alex said fiddling with her box, Roy frowned the ward next door was the women's ward and the fact she couldn't come and listen to his stories herself was bizarre.

"why couldn't she come with you Alexandria?" Roy asked curiously while eating the last of the chocolate, Alex frowned and looked thoughtful for a moment "well when she moved she looked liked she was in pain and when she smiled you could see it in her eyes, I didn't want her to her anymore she is a nice lady" she said looking at her broken arm and frowning like it had bitten her.

Roy looked at the girl and thought 'if she noticed it then it must be bad.' before being distracted by Alex's pirate question.

Becky lay on her bed staring at Alex with eyes filled with wonder as the little girl retold the story that Roy had shared with her, Becky was captivated by the characters and couldn't help but think of some people that she knew especially odious, the very thought made her shudder and she dreaded the day he comes to visit.

despite the wonderful drama of the story Becky couldn't help but feel there was a deeper, darker and more depressing understory and Becky could not help but yearn to seek out its creator and comfort him in his darkest hour. Becky paused looking at her lap "Alexandria...do you think... I could...accompany you when you go to see him next?" she asked looking at the girl with pleading eyes.

Alex nodded enthusiastically "oh yes of course, you can meet Roy!" she grinned wiggling on the bed making it shake, Becky smiled and stoked Alex's good arm, "would you like another piece of chocolate?" Becky asked leaning over to get a piece for herself and her guest who was still bouncing with delight. "oh yes please! thank you Rebecca!" Becky smiled back and the cherub and said "you can call me Becky my sweet, that's what my friends call me" she smiled softly handing the chocolate to Alex, who looked down thoughtful ,

"then you can call me Alex!" she beamed and Becky smiled and nodded before becoming overwhelmed with a sense of tiredness and yawned, Becky glanced at the clock on the wall above the entrance "oh dear me it's that time already! you better go back to your ward or you'll have no dinner, and we can't have that! you can come here in the morning then we can both go and visit Roy and hear the rest of his amazing story" Becky said with a tired smile shooing the girl off to her own ward before calling to the nurse.

"Sister Annabella do you mind assisting me in the morning I'm going next door to visit a friend and I simply don't have the time to prepare myself alone, I may also need a hand getting to the ward if that's not too much trouble?" she asked with a soft voice and a hopeful face. the nurse smiled back at her and nodded "It's good to hear your getting out and about but I must insist that you take pain medication with you" she said in an almost stern tone. Becky smiled in thanks as she once again drifted off dreaming of a certain Red bandit.

the next day Becky got up early and sister Annabella helped her to clean up and fix her hair before helping her get situated comfortably in her wheelchair, this took them a good two hours and by the time they had gotten her in the wheelchair Alexandria came bounding in happily, Becky looked up and saw her little cherub ginning with such enthusiasm she couldn't help but smile back.

"oh look its our little cherub come down from heaven to guide us" Sister Annabella said looking at Alex who grinned "you go on ahead darling we will meet you there." Becky said and with that Alex shot off. Annabella turned to Becky and handed her a small half bottle of morphine "You take two when your pain starts at most 3 ok?" she said softly Becky nodded before Annabella got behind her and started pushing " your as light as a feather...tell me your secret" Annabella said giggling softly and Becky shook her head smiling holding a finger to her lips.

just as they entered the ward Becky looked around for her cherub but couldn't see her, 'have we gone into the wrong room?' she looked around and said "Alexandria are you in here?" suddenly the curtain around the bed to her left flung open and Becky jumped in fright pain shooting through her as she jolted, the nurse put a hand softly on her shoulder and Becky breathed slowly her eyes shutting in pain.

"oh cherub you scared me!" Becky gasped out in pain masked by a soft smile, an older man scoffed and turned back to the elderly gentleman who he was playing cards with. "Becky! this is Roy" she said giving a wild motion with her hand, Becky mock gasped as the nurse wheeled her over she placed a hand over her heart "well now your telling me this handsome fellow is the genius behind the story you were telling me and here I was expecting some shrivelled up miserable old man" she said grinning "but it turns out that guy is just across from you" Becky whispered with a wink.

Roy stared at her in surprise before Annabella bough over a plastic cup full of water handing it to the wheelchair bound girl who sighed softly pulling out a glass jar of pills, morphine to be precise. Roy watched the young broken girl tip out two pills and watched as she swallowed them, taking in the sight of her. the petite girl had long hair that had been curled in the 20's style and her face was heart-shaped and pale, her brown eyes stared back at him and that's when he noticed the small ring of green around her pupil, he could see several cuts and bruised on her exposed skin old scars and the fact that she gasps when she moves suggests broken ribs, this lead Roy to believe she was a victim of spousal abuse.

she adjusted herself so that she and the chair were as far in as they could and she thanked Annabella who turned and left with a soft smile, I do believe I came here for a magnificent story, but I worry that I may fall asleep these tablets make me awfully drowsy so please do forgive me." she said smiling but you could see the pain hidden in her eyes pained that screamed out for help, for mercy, pain so intense that Roy had to look away. there was a moment of awkward silence.

"why does that man keep his teeth in a glad of water at night" Alexandria asked breaking the silence, Becky blinked and looked at her before bursting into giggle with were intertwined with pained mewls Roy put a hand on her shoulder as a comfort to which the giggle died down and the pain along with it, Becky smiled at Roy and sat back in her wheelchair listening to the ramble on about keeping strength in teeth when Alex's leg shot past Becky and accidentally kicked Roy's cupboard knocking over a cup of coffee which slightly splashed Becky in hot liquids, yet she did not make a sound so no one noticed.

"Im sorry" alex said immediately as coffee spilled across the cupboard roy just stared at the coffee for a moment and looked back with a smile holing onto a cloth "its alright no one was hurt right becky?" Roy said softly while alex paniced slightly becky looked up at them and shook her head "no I'm fine just watch your feet next time cherub, we'd hate to break anything before we heard the rest of the story" becky said with a soft wiggle of alex's legs making her giggle.

Roy put the cloth over the coffee and let the cloth soak it up continuing with his story immediately, Alex and Becky were hooked fascinated with all the twists and turned but alas Becky's medication was begging to take hold of her and she felt herself slowly slumping over the side of the bed despite the numbed pain she drifted into a deep sleep and the last she heard was the discovery of the slaves before sleep took hold of her.

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