ShadowDragon357, even though we hope for that you should know that my stories have an added twist and this one is no different. Hope you continue to enjoy.


After crying for thirty minutes Lina found that she had no more tears, her cheeks dry and hiccups making her whole form shake. Turning back to the large book on the floor she reached for it before opening the book to find out what happened to the girl who appeared to be in her same situation because if there was no way out... Shaking her head she started reading...

Danny stood outside Sam's house a few days later, the day that she was to be released and as Reynal's car pulled up the older male stepped out, his brown eyes locked on the raven haired teen male.

"You are not needed here," he stated. "Leave." Danny shook his head.

"You have no right to tell me what to do when it comes to me hanging out with Sam. You have not legal rights to her either so if I want to talk to her then I will. Alone." The older male looked shocked for all of two seconds before turning to look at Sam who refused to look at either male at that point.

"She doesn't want to talk-"

"Let her tell me herself," the male commanded as he moved toward the side where the raven haired girl sat. She looked at him and then looked back down before mouthing something. "Sam?"

"If you must know she can't talk and it will be a while before she can. The fall managed to damage something," the older male grumbled. "Besides her back, which is fine now. " He walked over toward Danny. "Now, if you don't mind I need to get her inside like the doctors wanted so now that you see she doesn't want to talk to you." Pushing him out of his way with his arm he opened the door and Sam stepped out, her walk a little unsteady, but fine. It hadn't broken her spine or anything that would have paralyzed her, but it had shocked her body to the point that it has shut down, or that was what Danny found out later. Still there was something, something that he was missing.

As she walked off she said it again, her voice gone, but her lilac lips easy moving as she tried to relay her thoughts. As she turned from him he watched her being led into the house or had she been trying to stop because it seemed that Reynal was straining to keep his arm around her. He knew he couldn't do anything until he could prove it or Sam told them. He turned from the house as Sam watched from her window, her amethyst gaze watching him leave with a look of despair.


The next few days went by so slow for Danny and Sam, the pair of them separated for the first time since they had met each other and they could feel it. Danny continued on with his life while all the while trying to figure out a way to save Sam while the raven haired Goth teen sat in the darkness of her room, the lock gone from her door and the door open as Reynal walked in. She said nothing as he approached her, could say nothing since her voice was still gone and she had a feeling that it was his fault since he was the one that made all her food.

"Still thinking about her? Don't worry, I don't think her cuts were that deep," he murmured as he sat down next to her, drawings strewn around the room, all of the same thing. A shadow with wings and words written on them, all the same shadow and all the same words. "What is all this crap?" he muttered as he picked up the drawing, but as soon as his hands touched it the teen turned and snatched it from his hands as she shot him a look before mouthing something. "Ah, that is something important to you?" Reaching for another one he ripped it to the anger of the female glaring at him. "So it seems that in that time you were in that ward you grew some of that courage back, let me fix that for you."

He grabbed her by her long raven locks and yanked her back onto the bed, her mouth opening in silent screams as he ripped her top off, his smirk growing wider as he began to play with her nipples, his nails cutting her. He leaned down close to her ear as his body weighted her down. "Don't think that I am going to go easy on you this time. Maybe I take that precious gift you have." Her eyes grew wide and her struggling became stronger as he raked his nails down her pale stomach, red whelps appearing, but that didn't stop him as he did it again and again until Sam bled, her stomach one big mark of red and pink. Stepping back from her he admired his work before she managed to curl into a ball as sobs wracked her body. "That will quench my thirst for now, but maybe I will need more later."

Walking out of her room he left the door open as her body shook. She didn't even want to get up, but she needed to clean her skin and treat her wounds so as soon as she was sure he was gone she ran to her bathroom where she locked the door. Sure that it was locked she turned and started a shower, the water as hot as she could get it, but after an hour of standing under the spray the water began to grow cold and she still didn't feel any better. Looking down at the tub clean after all the blood had stained it only an hour before. Getting out she headed for her room, her bag of stuff from the ward still laying next to her bed unopened, but as it was clear plastic she noticed what her stepfather had not... the cigarettes. After dressing in a large shirt and her black jeans she headed for the plastic bag.

Pulling out the pack she opened her window just a bit before stashing the rest of the pack in her spider bag and lighting up the one in her hand before taking a huff of it. As it filled her lungs she sighed, the feeling of being lightheaded filled her. It felt so good, this feeling of being so free as she closed her eyes, her body only covered in a large shirt and her black jeans. Tomorrow she was allowed to go back to school and she wanted to because staying in the house was driving her crazy and yet at the same time she didn't want to leave because there would be questions. As she sat there against the window she wondered what she would do.


The next morning as the sun failed to show and rain poured down strongly as lightening filled the skies with light even with it being so dark she knew what she would do.

Thirty minutes later found her at the entrance of Casper High, the halls growing quiet for only a moment when the gossip began again. Sam paid it no mind, her small black long sleeved turtle neck accenting her curves and yet keeping all of her covered up, while her black jeans completed the ensemble. She clomped down the hall with her combat boots, her long raven hair pulled back in her normal style as she headed for her locker where Danny stood. When she saw his face, the look of relief in his eyes she knew that it would be okay as long as she had him. Even if it was only for a little while.

"Sam, are you okay?" She nodded as she smiled at him. "Oh, you still can't talk. I wasn't sure if that would be the case when you came back so here." Pulling a small dry erase board out of his bag with a black marker to go with it he handed it to her. Taking it she looked at him in shock. He had known she would come back without question. "Sam, I know that you are a strong person, but if you need me just let me know because I will help you, always."

Sam began to scribble on the board, her handwriting quick, but as she turned it he could still see that it was as neat as ever.

I am fine and I understand that if I ever need you that you will help me.

I will remember that in the days to come.

He looked at her, puzzled at what that last sentence meant. It was an enigma and yet he felt that it was clear. She was telling him something and yet it was like she thought they were being watched so he he said something that would let her know he understood.

"I was a little worried when I found you playing angel," he said. Sam smiled as she knew what he was talking about "But, you gave me a scare and I just wish I could have been there to catch you as I did all that time ago."

You will never abandon me.

I know this.

Rubbing it off she changed a few things out of her bag and as she was putting more in she saw the smokes at the bottom of her bag. Giving herself a mental shake she put the necessary books back in her bag before turning to Danny so the pair could head for class.

A few hours later found the pair heading for the lunch room, but Sam excused herself as she headed toward the bathroom claiming that she wasn't too hungry at that moment and would meet back up with him at the end of lunch. Danny wondered what she meant by that, but let her go. The Gothic teen headed for the same bathroom and locking it pulled out her pack of smokes before lighting one up as she leaned next to the window. After a few minutes her cigarette died, the butt all that was left of it. Putting it out she threw it in the trash before heading toward the door, but as she drew closer to the door a knock sounded on it causing her to stop.

"Hey, Goth girl," came a familiar voice. Sam opened the door to find the girl who had given her the cigarettes. Stepping back she allowed the other teen in before locking it behind her. "So, still having problems?" Sam said nothing but the female teen just reached into her bag before pulling out a pack of her smokes too. "You don't have to talk about it because trust me, I know how it is or at least how it was." Sam leaned against the door as the other girl lit up. Sam pulled out her board and began to write on it.

I can't talk because of my accident.

What do you mean by that last part?

"Ah, so it is true. I had heard that you fell, but wasn't aware that you lost your voice. Never heard of that happening after a fall, but you know how it is, don't you?" Sam looked at the other girl perplexed. "I went through what I am sure you are going through right now and it took me long enough to get help, but when I did it was too late." She turned to the window. "How old do you think I am?" she questioned, her voice becoming husky with emotion. "I just turned eighteen last month and you would think that would be something to cherish, but my eighteenth was ruined because he..." she faded off as her body began to shake, her small form wracked with sobs. "He raped me and it was too late for help, but I knew if I had just said something I would have been saved."

She turned to Sam. "The same goes for you. You have Danny and you should ask him for help."

I can't. He has threatened and fulfilled such threats.

The other teen shook her head.

"That will never change because whether or not you follow those orders it will only escalate until either you are safe or until you are dead." Turning back to the window she left Sam standing there and then the bell rang out in the halls and both girls headed for the door as the other teen put out her cigarette "I will tell you one thing, I can not say anything to an authority figure until I know that it is true because they won't believe me. I could still tell them but I know what that would result in and I could never do that, but you tell him or I will go to Danny and inform him of what might be going on." And with that she was gone leaving Sam to watch her leave.

"Sam!" Danny called drawing her gaze to him with just one thought.

How will I tell him?