Screaming Xantheia's body thrashed around in her bed. Running into her room, Jack froze. He knew a nightmare when he saw one, and this was as horrible as the ones he went through. Not knowing whether he should wake her or not, he moved into her room carefully, and waited until the worst of it was over.
"No! JONAS!" She screamed. Her little body twisting and contorting its self.
Running through the house Xantheia tried to get away from him. It wasn't the first time he had hit her, but this time he didn't just want to hit her. He wanted something else. The engagement was off and he was blaming her.
"Get back here you little bitch!" He hissed, stopping her from slamming the bathroom door closed. Pushing it open he backed her into the corner.
"No! Jonas! Get away from me!" She yelled, struggling in his grip as he roughly grabbed her and took her from the bathroom into her bedroom. Throwing her on the bed she struggled to get away from him.
"Now! You'll listen to me and you'll listen to me good!" He hissed.
"Please go away! Leave me alone! Mum told you to stay away!" She stated. Glaring at her he grabbed her arms tightly and caused her to cry out in pain.
"That's all your fault! Everything was fine before you started fucking around!"
"Jonas let me go!"
"Not until you pay for what you've done!" He hissed, and forced her to lie on the bed. Holding her there he undid his pants and pull her dress up and panties down as well. Struggling her eyes widened as she screamed, struggling.
Jack's mind was in over drive he quickly moved to her side, and shook her gently.
"Xanthie, Wake up! It's just a dream!" He called to her gently. Snapping her eyes open she stared at him and cried.
"MUM!" She screamed, curling up away from him, and shaking.
"Mum's not here angel," he said gently sitting on the edge of her bed. Sniffling she stared at him.
"Don't hurt me please," she sobbed.
"Oh honey I'd never dream of hurting you! Please what happened?"
"He hurt me, mum's boyfriend, he came back and he hurt me!" She cried.
"Did he have sex with you?" He questioned watching the little girls face screw up as more and more tears ran down her small puffy cheeks.
"No," she chocked out, while sniffling. Sighing Jack closed his eyes and nodded.
"Ok," he whispered.
"My auntie Kristine came over and I forgot she was going to be there, and she heard me screaming, and called the police and got him away from me. He's still in jail I think," she whispered staring at Jack, who simply nodded.
"Lucky your auntie was there then." Nodding she sniffled, staring at him.
"When can I see mum Jack?"
"In a few weeks. She should be coming around soon. Doctor Fraiser just want's to make sure she's ok before you see her, alright?"
"Ok," she whispered, with another sniffle.
"Did you want me to stay until you fall asleep?" He asked softly, gently running his hand through her hair.
"Please?" She sniffled one last time and curled up against his thigh.
As the days had rolled on, Xantheia had, had her debut on the baseball field only to be run down and put out of action for just over a week. She had spent the extra time once out of the base's infirmary with Jack. They played and fought over the froot loops each morning as the General had given him the time off he needed to make sure Xanthie was going to be looked after while at home and then spend time with the girl, incase something else happened to her mother.
Samantha Carter, was in a medically induced coma, and had rapidly declined in health. She was still struggling to survive, and after her momentary awakening several months before hand, doctor Fraiser had been worried about her friends hearing. It seemed to come and go and it wasn't what was expected. It was obvious that she had been killed at one point and brought back to life somehow.
So with this information everyone was wondering why was she brought back, to be sent through barely alive and with a possibility of being deaf? The question was burning into Fraiser's brain and she was having the worst time in trying to work it out! She didn't know what was going on, and she didn't want to know other then that her friend was going to pull through this for her daughter!
So now as Xantheia was back at school and once again on the oval after school practising with her team, she noticed Jack sitting on the bench, and grinned before she went up to take a bat. However as she was there, she also noticed that office clerk! Emily shifting and was now sitting next to Jack. As anger riled inside her Xan couldn't help the fact the ball went straight towards them.
She watched as Jack pushed the clerk out of the way of the ball, and when he picked it up the anger on his face had said enough to the coach as, he walked past the man and grabbed Xanthie's arm. Pulling her away from the team, he went off at her. She simply glared at him and went off about Emily.
"You're BLIND!" She exclaimed. "She want's you and you're just too damned stupid to see it! When mum comes home she's not going to care what's going on! And if she hurts her I'll never EVER forgive you and your stupidness Jack!" She stated and stormed into the change rooms.
"Xantheia!" Jack called as he walked through the house.
"What?" She called back from the den where she was doing her homework. Moving into the room Jack smiled at her.
"Whatchya doin'?"
"Homework,"
"Ah!" He smirked.
"Why?" She frowned glancing at him, before continuing with the equation she was working on.
"Just thought you'd like to know something,"
"What?" She questioned again, with more annoyance in her voice. Smiling he rolled his eyes.
"Tomorrow when you're at school I'm off to pick your mum up."
"WHAT?" She gasped spinning around and staring at him.
"What, what?" He smiled.
"Why not now?"
"It's better if you're at school. Just to give her some space to adjust to things. I'll be taking her to your house so after school tomorrow make sure you go there and not here ok?"
"Sure thing Jack!" She grinned.
"So hungry?" He smirked.
"No not really. I just want to get all this done!"
"What is it?"
"Stupid high school work," she sighed.
"Excuse me?" He questioned moving in and looking over her shoulder.
"Yeah Miss Jays thinks I'm too smart for the work we're doing so she gave me this and I can't work some of it out! She says that its ok because I'm only ten, and haven't learnt this stuff before, but what I can do I get right and she said she's showed it to a few of the junior high teachers who are amazed too. But Jack I told her that I don't want to do this work! I just want to do my stuff! I want to be a kid! I want to play with my friends and stuff! I don't want to be stuck doing this stuff! She said when mum is ok again they'll talk and work something out! She won't talk to you!" She huffed before he could say anything.
"Why not?"
"Because you're not my parent or a legal guardian." She sighed.
"Xanthie, right now I AM your legal guardian," he stated staring at her.
"Not to the school your not!" Shaking her head she shrugged. "I just wish nothing had happened to mum! It would have been so much easier!"
"But then you'd have never met me," he stated with a small pout as she looked up at him. Smiling she shrugged.
"And life wouldn't be so hard," she sighed. "You've learnt a lot about me Jack, and I don't want you to go talking to mum about stuff either!"
"You can trust me, I won't tell her anything you don't want me to,"
"I don't want you to tell her anything!"
"Then my mouth is sealed shut!" He stated. "Now come on dinner then you can come back in here." Sighing she nodded.
"Ok,"
