D.J's Pov:
It has been almost 4 years since my sister went missing today would of been her 12th birthday I still prayed that she would come home one day but it had been so long since we had last seen her. Jesse and Aunt Becky had gotten married and they now had twin boys I spend most of my time with Kimmy and my boyfriend Steve. Today I just wanted to be alone though I still blamed myself for Stephanie running away I knew Becky blamed herself a bit too. Everyone else was out doing things but I was at home I had come home from school early not feeling well. I had always hoped one day she would just show up her perky self like nothing had ever happened but I knew it wasn't going to happen. When I got home I collapsed on the couch hysterical once again I prayed to god for a miracle, it wasn't fair that my sister was gone vanished with out a trace.
My dad had been a mess for a while he had shown her photo from time to time on his show and occasionally brought it up as a reminder that she could still be out there somewhere. Michelle was happy and upbeat but now and then I would see her get upset when someone mentioned Stephanie. Joey also blamed himself for leaving the keys in the car but we all knew how careless he was sometimes. No one seemed to be mad at Steph just sad and very confused I sort of understood why she had wanted to run away if I had been in her shoes I would of been scared myself but she was only a kid and I knew it must of been an accident. We all love her and hope she will come back some day but, Stephanie would of come home we all knew inside that something horrible had happened to her.
As I was looking at a photo of Steph the door bell rang I dried my eyes I opened the door and started to say "Do I" suddenly I stopped a skinny blonde blue eyed girl wearing a corset and miniskirt with bright red lipstick,buises all over her face and bruised up wrists was standing infront of me was I hallucinating?. It looked like Stephanie but yet it somehow didn't "Donna Jo" I reconized her voice suddenly she collapsed I caught her carrying her frail body upstairs into the bedroom placing her down on her bed no one had touched it since the day she left. Quickly I called Aunt Becky not knowing who else to call and told her to come home immediatly that I had an emergency and not to tell dad I didn't want him to know until we knew more. I tried to get Steph to drink some water even though she was out cold.
What had happened to her? she looked like a beaten up sex doll I was almost sick to my stomach looking at her she was only 12 years old how could someone have done such a horrible thing to my little sister?! Tears streamed down my face. Suddenly her eyes started to open "Please tell me it was just a bad dream D.J god I love you so much" "Stephanie?!" I hugged her tightly "I love you too" she took the glass of water from me shaking drinking it slowly "What happened to you?". I felt her breath get faster she shook even more "Please D.J don't let them take me back I don't want to go back no please D.J where am I this is just my imagination I can't be home no one wants me there I don't exist to them anymore I'll never get out of this basement" I pulled her closer trying to calm her down "Shh Steph it's okay your home now back in my arms I'm not going to let anyone hurt you, I want you your my sister nothing could ever replace you your we all missed you". "I'll find something for you to change into.." I said trying to make her feel better "D.J don't go!" she clung to me even tighter
The front door opened she started to shake harder I could tell she let out an inner scream I tried to calm her down "Up here Aunt Becky!" I yelled "Steph it's just Aunt Becky wer're not going to let anything bad happen to you your safe now". Aunt Becky ran up the stairs she looked in the doorway "Oh God" she ran to the bathroom puking. "Sorry I should of warned you" I say loud Becky walks back towards the room "When did... oh g.. What happened to her?" she sat on the other side of Steph teary eyed. "I don't know she rang the doorbell I almost didn't believe it at first but then she said my first name and passed out, probably from dehydration, I gave her some water and she woke up asking if it was a bad dream and then freaked out saying she didn't want them to take her back something about a basement when I asked what happened."Steph were you in a basement?" Aunt Becky asked softly "Y-yes many basements Reno they'll find me please I don't want to go back!" Becky rubbed her back gently. "Isn't Reno somewhere in Nevada?" I said "Yes it's about 3 hours from here not too far from the california border" Becky answered.
"Steph if you tell us how you got to Reno we can try to make sure whoever did this to you doesn't hurt you ever again" I said in a soothing voice trying not to upset her any further "Hitchhiking I was by the border trying to get to Las Vegas to be a kid showgirl instead of a mexican hat dancer because I had said I was going to mexico I knew I couldn't go was dark out I reluctantly got into a dark van black I think no one else had stopped a man was driving he told me to get in the back that he had a couch I could sleep on but there was no couch another man pulled me down taped my mouth shut and injected something into my arm it hurt. When I got up my head was spinning there was a 3rd man they took turns having sex and beating me I think it was a few days later they dragged me into a basement I saw a sign that said Reno and casino lights they took money from people dressed me up like a sex doll and watched them have sex with me.
They hardly ever gave me food and sold me off to many different men who tied me down to floors or beds beat me even worse and forced me to have sex with them many times a day some made me clean one man broke my rib. The last thing I remember before I escaped was being in a car there were 2 men I think one of them was named snake I saw a 20$ bill on the floor managed to pick it up and rolled myself out the back doors of the van after I got free of the ropes I saw a bus that was leaving I ran up to it and got on I had no clue where it was going or what day it was until I saw the date on a newspaper someone was reading.
When it let me off I was confused scared wondeing around then I saw a familar street sign and realized I was in san fransisco and decided to go home and visit commett for a minute thinking no one exept the dog would even remember I had ever existed but when I got here no one seemed to be home. I was weak and dizzy almost fell over accidentally hitting the doorbell when D.J answered the door I wasn't sure if she was happy to see me or even knew who I was I said "Donna Jo" trying to let her know it was me but I collapsed". She cried harder buring her head in my shoulder "I got you Steph its alright just let it out we're here for you no matter what" Becky stroked her hair "What happened to you is horrible sweetie I'm sorry if I had gone looking for you when you left my house none of this would have happened" she said upset "Becky It's not your fault it's all my fault I don't deserve to live" Steph said looking at her. "Sweetie no one has the right to hurt you like that you didn't deserve what happened to you your life is prescious don't let anyone tell you otherwise I love you, we all do" Aunt Becky gave her a squeeze "We never forgot about you Steph your too important for that to ever happen" I looked her in the eyes they had dark circles she looked so frightened.
"I have to call the police so that they can close the missing persons file, find these phychopaths and send them to jail! the sooner they police are notified the better" "Should we call dad too Steph? he's going to want to see you" "No no please you can't tell anyone I was here I can't face dad right now I have to go keep running far away they'll find me I know it" she couldn't even get up she hugged me even tighter still crying "I just got you back I can't handle loosing you again please Steph don't ever run away again Aunt Becky and I aren't going to let anyone hurt you again I promise you as long as I'm here your safe". Becky was already on the phone with the cops "I'm so sorry D.J I never meant to hurt you or anyone" "Steph the people that hurt you are the ones that hurt us I'm not upset with you at all I love you too much to be". "I love too D.J your the best big sister ever"
"They're sending a few detectives over to take our statements, Can you handle telling them what happened Steph? you need tell them everything you can remember" Becky said Steph nodded. "Please wait a bit before you tell my dad she seems afraid of him I don't want to freak her out any worse it's going to be hard enough for her to talk to the cops". "After we get done talking to them I have to call him hes your father and he has a right to know your here Stephanie". "But he probably hates me now how could he ever love me after what happened?" steph cries "Hey nothing could make any of us stop loving you including dad" I say trying to reassure her "I'm afraid what if he tries to hurt me!". "I'll be right by your side Steph no ones going to abuse you anymore" "Thank you D.J for being here you too Becky I was so afraid of being alone and abused the rest of my life". we sat there and hugged eachother it was the first time I had felt this close to my sister one thing was for sure this time I was going to protect her I was going to be there and help her when she needed me.
The detectives showed up a few minutes later they let me stay in the room with Steph but only because Aunt Becky couldn't sign off to give them permission to talk to her alone only a parent or legal guardian could do that. I felt better staying with her anyways the dectective asked her all sorts of questions and about everyplace she could remember having been after she was kidnapped. When she had told the woman everything I was questioned I told them what had happened the day she ran away and everything that had happened today I didn't have anything to hide I want justice for my sister just like they do. When they said Steph needed to go to the hospital for a rape kit and to get checked out she started shaking again I told her I would stay with her the whole time, my dad met us at the hospital and signed off on all the hospital forms he didn't even look at her. He just sat down in the waiting room stairing at a magazine with an angry look on his face Becky sat down and tried to explain to him what had happened to poor Stephanie.
I helped Steph into the hospital gown she squeezed my hand during the kit and exam they drew blood from her and put in an iv of fluids and medicine they said she had tested positive for 4 std's chancriod, chlamydia, gonorrhea and a yeast infection. At least she hadn't contracted anything fatal that couldnt be treated the nurse brought her in a pb and j sandwitch she scarfed it down I could tell she hadn't eaten in a long time. Aunt Becky came in the room after talking to the doctor "How are you holding up Stephanie?" "I feel a bit better now I'm not in so much pain and that horrid clothing is off my body finally". Aunt Becky sat down next to me "I'm glad you feel better, your dads going to come in soon sweetie he knows you've been through a lot hes not angry with you" she squeezed my hand again. "Hes not going to hurt you Steph he loves you" I try to reassure her but when he enters the room I can see the look of descust on his face.
Steph held out her arm "Daddy" she says looking at him with sad eyes "How could you do this to us?!" she started shaking curling up in a ball. I was shocked by the anger raging in his voice this wasn't the father I knew and loved he was acting crazy. "What is wrong with you dad?" I say tring to snap him out of it but he glares at me yelling to stay out of it "I'm sorry dad I didn't mean for any of this to happen I should never of run away I love you". He moves towards her "Your not as sorry as your going to be Stephanie Tanner! you had us worried sick I thought you were dead by the time I'm done with you.." "I aready wish I was dead" she whispered cutting him off he had a crazy manic look in his eyes I saw him inching up to her bed, I moved onto the bed holding Steph in a protective hug.
"Don't you dare hurt Stephanie! yes she shouldnt of run away but what ended up happening to her isn't her fault no one deserves to go through what she did.. She ran away in the first place because she thought you wouldn't love her anymore after crashing the car can't you see what you've done to your own daughter shes frightened of you! I can't belive you just screamed all those horrible things to her who are you? the father I know would of never even thought of hurting anyone let alone his daughter" I looked at him tears running down my face. he raised his arm up Aunt Becky stood up walking over to him raising her finger at him "Get the HELL out this room Danny! and don't come back until your ready to apoligize".
For the first time I had heard Aunt Becky curse she put her hand on Stephs shoulder sitting at the end of the bed "Hes gone its okay sweetie I'm sorry I had no clue he was going to go off on you" Steph looked up hysterical. "It's all my fault I should of never come home everyones life would have been better if I had died". "Steph look at me dad had no right to go off on you like that I don't want to loose you ever again I'm so happy your back and so is aunt Becky you've made our lives a thousand times better by coming back I was lost without my little sister" " I was frightened just as lost as you were D.J, people were abusing me yelling raping beating and drugging me I kept waking up screaming for you and Becky I thought I'd never see ether of you again or anybody else in my family". "We're here now Steph your not alone anymore your dad will come aroud soon you've got 2 sisters an aunt uncle and Joey we all love you.. Oh my little neices" She gave us a hug. "I love you all too I'm not going to leave again I promise" "We don't want to feel that scared and horrible again ether" I say rocking her gently back and forth she stopped crying.
