The couple sat on the floor next Jane; Phryne held her hand tightly and Jack stroked her hair softly. Mac had cleaned up Jane's skin and discovered a few deep cuts, her eye swelling had gone down, just a dark purple bruise remanded behind as well as the other bruises on her arms, bandaged up hands and a suspected head injury due to her state of unconsciousness. It was just a waiting game for her to wake up on her own. Hugh had gone back to the station with Dot to start investigating and Mac busied herself in the other room to give the couple some privacy. Jack turned her head towards Phryne and spotted that tears were still flowing down her cheeks.

"Hey," he said wiping away her tears and grabbing her attention, "it's not your fault, Phryne. You couldn't have stopped this."

"But what if I just meet her after-school, I could have been there for her," she replied quietly.

"Don't worry over the hypothetical, Phryne. Whoever did this, we will find them. We always do."

Phryne cracked a small smile and linked her spare hand with Jack's, "Of course we do."

The two of them held eye contact, every emotion on show even if neither one would say it in words. They broke apart when they heard a soft moan escape Jane's lips. The pair both snapped their attention towards the girls as she shifted her head side to side.

"Hey, open your eye's beautiful girl" Jack said softly to her as Phryne ran out the room to get Mac.

"Jack?" a croaky voice replied.

"I'm here," Jack reassured her, "Try not to move, okay?"

Jane nodded her head slightly and cried out in pain that crushed Jack's heart. Mac and Phryne rushed back into the room and Mac carried on examining Jane's now she was awake; she could get a better understanding of the extent of her injuries. Phryne remained on the floor stroking Jane's hair softly and Jack moved to the chair next to the sofa.

Mac finished up with a kiss to Jane's forehead before she gestured for the couple to follow her outside. Once safe behind closed doors she began, "Jane's defiantly got a serve concussion from a blow to her head, varies cuts and bruises to her arms, hands and face. Your girl defiantly put up a fight."

Jack's anger was rising and he felt small beads of blood under his finger nails from his palm. Phryne uncurled one of his hands with hers, gave it a small reassuring squeeze before turning to Mac, "What do we do now?"

"Keep the wounds clean, from infections. You both know how bad that can be," reminding both of them of their time in the war, "and bed-rest lots off bed-rest. I don't want up and on her feet until her head trauma has died down a bit." After filling Jane in on the condition, Mac left them to it.

The pair both returned to their seats from earlier on the floor and as gently as they could, asked her what she remembered.

"Jane," Phryne said softly, "Do you remember anything about what happened?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't," Jack assured gently.

"I-" Jane raspy voice was cut off with a burst of dry coughing. Jack quickly helped her lean forward and rubbed her back until it passed. Once it did, he lowered her back down and she began again, "I remember walking home from school and deciding to go by the station…"

"Take your time, Jane"

"I don't know really, I felt someone come up from behind me and I did what you Miss taught me to do," Jane paused for a moment and then continued, "I was thrown backwards and I hit my head. I don't remember much just coming into the station then nothing."

"That's okay Jane," Phryne assured her, "Go back to sleep your feel better when you wake up."

The couple watched Jane quickly fall back to sleep as the exhaustion took over her and turned to each other.

"Why would anyone attack Jane," Phryne whispered pleaded.

"I don't know Phryne, but trust me they won't get away with this," Jack whispered back, "Do you mind getting Jane's room ready?"

Phryne nodded and walked quickly upstairs. Jack slowly slipped his hands under Jane's head and knees before rising up from the floor. Jane whimpered in protest in her sleep.

"Shh, you're okay," he whispered back to her as he climbed the stairs. Once he reached her room, Phryne had cleared the books off the bed that Jane left earlier on in the day and Jack placed her gently down on the bed as Phryne pulled the sheet up around her, kissing her forehead and the couple walked out the room, closing the door behind them.

Once they reached Phryne's room, Jack pulled her into his arms as she sobbed into his chest once again. He moved them over to the bed where they laid down and let the emotions flow until they both fell asleep in each other's arms.

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