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A/N: Yo, yo, yo! What it do? Lol… I can't believe I'm FINALLY putting up the second chapter. OH YEA!! Thanks to everyone that has read and reviewed so far. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT! Anyhoo, thank the sweet Lord for spring breaks. Without it well…I probably would've gone crazy. Anyhoo I had been working on this the whole time I was home this past week and let me tell you I worked my ass off trying to come up with ideas and I finally got something going. So yea…I really tried with this one so don't be mean or anything alright? Ok…I'm gonna keep my author's notes short until the end. Without further ado here's chapter two!! (hehe!! I made a rhyme!)
Beep…Beep…Beep…
That, along with Lilly's steady breathing, was the only sound that could be heard throughout the tiny hospital room. Lt. Stillman was currently sitting at Lilly's bedside while holding her left hand in his. The whole morning had been eventful to say the least. Upon arriving at the hospital, Lilly had literally put up a fight with most of the doctors and nurses that had tried to help her. But as soon as someone approached her she immediately went on a wild rampage. It was as if she were afraid that that medical staff would hurt her in some way. Of course, John had witnessed the whole scene unfold before him and he had no choice but to watch on helplessly. Watching Lil in that state smashed his heart into pieces and only one person was accountable for all of this-Scotty Valens.
"Damn you Scotty. Damn you for doing this to Lilly." He thought as he glanced over at the now sedated blonde. After many screams and tears were shed, the doctors and nurses had finally been able to perform the rape kit along with the other necessary medical procedures on her and she now had just managed to fall asleep. As far as John was concerned Lilly needed to rest as much as she possibly could considering what was ahead of her once she was released.
While continuing to stare at his "daughter", John was still trying to figure out why Scotty would harm his own partner. He never gave off any signs, which would otherwise suggest, he had a problem with violence against women. But in general John was still in awe with the whole situation at hand and he honestly had no clue how to tell his three remaining detectives about it.
"Boss?"
John looked up to see detectives Vera, Miller, and Jeffries standing in the doorway. The looks they gave varied from confusion to concern. John immediately heads out of Lilly's room and leads the detectives into a secluded area within the building.
"Boss, we got your message. What happened and what's going on?" Nick asked with worry etched on his face.
Before replying, John lets out a heavy sigh and removes his glasses.
"Detectives, I was greeted with a rather disturbing scene when I arrived at the office earlier this morning. I had found Lilly huddled under a stairwell in the hallway of the department and I immediately noticed that she had been viciously attacked."
All three detectives glance at each other and at John before speaking.
"Pardon me? Would you like to run that by me again?" a horrified Kat asked not believing what she had just heard.
"Who in the hell would want to hurt Lilly? Why?"
Will couldn't help the anger that was growing in his voice at that moment. But John doesn't respond for a few seconds. He was still trying to keep himself composed before he broke down in front of them. Just attempting to describe the disturbing sight of Lilly looking like a battered victim sickened him.
"John? I don't mean to change the subject or anything but um…where's Scotty?" Kat carefully asked.
The sudden realization that Scotty was noticeably absent from this meeting slowly sunk in with Will and Nick and the two nodded their heads in agreement with Kat's observation.
"Yea…come to think of it we haven't seen him at all today. He never showed up at the office and he hasn't bothered calling one of us to see what's up. I mean you would think he would at least turn up here just to see how his own partner is doing." Nick explains.
With Nick, Kat, and Will trying to figure out Scotty's whereabouts a pit of rage was rapidly growing within John. Just the mere mentioning of the young man's name made him seethe and want to release the fury prematurely at any given second. But in the end he still had to fill in his detectives with the truth. They all had to find out at some point and now was probably the best time.
Will, on the other hand, noticed that John was looking at bit out of it and this was starting to worry him greatly.
"John? Are you alright there? You kind of just spaced out on us for awhile. Is there something else that we should be aware about?"
When he looked up he was met with three pairs of anxious and waiting eyes.
"Ok look. There is no easy way to tell you guys this so I'm just going to come right out and say it. According to Lilly, Detective Scotty Valens was the one responsible for physically and sexually assaulting her sometime last night and as of right now I have no clue as to where he could possibly be at."
"Whoa…wait a minute. Lilly was raped and you're telling us that Scotty is the main suspect?" a bewildered Kat asked.
"John? Are you positive it's Scotty who is behind all of this? Perhaps it was someone that could have looked like him?" Will questioned.
Unfortunately, it looks as if he was the only person involved. Lilly didn't mention anyone else so I'm going to have to take her word for it. Only the results of the rape kit can prove once and for all if Scotty did this or not."
Truth be told, John had secretly hoped that Scotty had no part in Lilly's attack but so far all of the evidence was pointing to him and the outcome was not looking so great at that moment.
Boss, are you kidding me right now? Valens attacked Rush? No…I don't believe it. He couldn't have done that. It's not like him!" Nick exclaims.
"Nicky, if I were kidding around with you do you think I would call you, Jeffries, and Miller all the way down here just to mess with your emotions? You think Lil is laying a hospital bed pretending to fight for her life just for some quick laughs? Well guess what Nick this isn't some sick joke that Lilly and I are pulling. This is actually happening. I really wish it wasn't but it is. I can't believe you would doubt your own colleague in something so serious! What's your problem?"
"But boss I…"
"No Nick! I don't want to hear it! You think Lilly would lie about the person who violently beat and then violate her in the worse possible way? I don't think she would be the type to deliberately bring Scotty down in this fashion. Not now and probably never. In my eyes Scotty put himself in the unwanted spotlight of judgment."
After he had finished his minor tirade a stunned Will and Kat stared at him while an ashamed Nick leaned back in his chair while keeping his head low. John hadn't meant to go off on Nick in that way but with all of his frustrations building up over the past few hours, he ended up being the unlucky one that triggered the unexpected explosion. Part of the outburst though did have something to do with Nick's incredulousness with the whole situation. But all of this would soon pass when his thoughts were interrupted with the sight of doctors and nurses scrambling down the hallway. Call it a sixth sense if you would but instantly John could feel that all of the bustling about could possibly have something to do with Lilly. Without having to think twice about it, John stops one of the nurses who was in the midst of following the rest of the medical staff.
"Excuse me but could you tell me what's going on here? Where are all of the doctors and nurses going?"
The frantic nurse glances up at John.
"There's a patient on the second floor that's having some sort of major meltdown. For some reason they just started freaking out!"
"Shit! Lil's room is on the second floor!" he thought.
"Well could you possibly tell me what room this patient is in?" he asked silently praying to God that it wasn't Lilly's.
"Room 214. Look I've got to go before something serious happens to them!"
And just like that the nurse rushes off while leaving a now ill-looking John in the middle of the hallway. As if on cue, all three of the detectives make their way over to him.
"John? What did the nurse tell you?" Kat asked.
"It's Lilly. Something is wrong with her and she needs me!"
Before any of them could take in what was happening John had already made a mad dash to room 214.
"Boss! Where are you going?"
John had tuned out the question entirely while racing up the flight of stairs. All he could think about was Lilly and what was going on with her. When he makes it back to the second floor, he hears the most horrendous scream ever. The scream itself was so alarming that it was something he had never heard before in his life. Oh yeah. Something was definitely wrong. As soon as he arrives into the room a team of nurses and doctors were all surrounding Lilly trying to calm her down. He steps into the room a little more so he could get a better look at the situation and what he saw literally made his heart jump into his throat.
"Christmas Christ…"
Lilly was thrashing about in her bed screaming and mumbling incoherently while her distressed face was drenched with tears. The only thing about this was that she was still very much asleep. Clearly, she was having a horrific nightmare that, in her mind, would never cease.
"Get off of me! I didn't do anything to you Scotty! Why are you doing this? LEAVE ME ALONE!" Lilly cries out.
John couldn't stand watching his little girl relive the nightmare of her attack any longer and decides to take matters into his own hands but before he could do that, a doctor stops him dead in his tracks.
"I'm sorry sir but you're going to have to leave."
"What the hell? No! I'm not leaving. She needs me!"
"Sir! This woman needs immediate medical attention and right now you're just going to have to leave."
"Medical attention? Medical attention? She doesn't need that! She needs me to be with her! Are you all fucking blind or something? SHE DREAMING GOD DAMMIT! Wake her up! Why are you allowing her to suffer like this?"
"Sir, do I need to call security on you? We know exactly what is going on and we are all pretty capable of handling the situation. Now leave so we can do our jobs!"
"Lil-"
"Leave before I have the cops escort you off the premises!"
John reluctantly obeys and as soon as he walks out of the room the doctor closes the door behind him. John was so pissed that he punched a nearby wall to display what he was feeling and then slumps down onto the floor while covering his head. Apparently, he was too upset to even notice that his detectives had made their way back up and witnessed the usually strong older man breakdown right in front of their eyes. What was already being considered a long day was about to become even longer for Philly's finest.
TBC…
Whoa buddy…so what did you think about this chapter? Did you like it? Like I said earlier I really worked my ass off with this. I really hope you guys enjoyed this so far and that I didn't disappoint you. If I did then I'm sorry!! Ummm…the next chapter will probably be about Lilly and what was going on in her head at the moment John hears her screaming (kind of a POV type of thing). I'm not really sure how I'm gonna do that but hopefully I'll figure it out soon. Once again if there were mistakes or anything like that they were not intentional! Oh boy…my mind is kind of going blank on me at the moment so all I really have left to say is to review please! Thanks!
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