The Power of Love
By The Senshi of Valis & CH33T4H GRL
CH33T4H: Whoa, we really did finish another chapter. But Foamy is being so stubborn so I guess I'll give him a break this one time. Sorry peeps but we do not own W.i.t.c.h. in any way, shape or form.
SENSHI: I actually think that was an easier way anyways.
CH33T4H: But Foamy is so fun.
SENSHI: Maybe…well anyways, hope you enjoy the story.
Susan sighed as she watched out of the window of her office lost in thought. She wanted to help Will so much, to just take all of the pain away but she couldn't. She could barely comfort her and it was probably caused a lot by the rift that had grown between them all because she had insisted on seeing Dean and ignoring her daughter's feelings over it.
At first Susan just wanted someone her own age to talk to about her problems but he was so sweet to her. He made her feel things she long thought she'd never feel again for another man after Will's father as he comforted and supported her. They both quickly grew closer to each other but the closer they seemed to get the farther Will and herself seemed to grow apart. It was getting so bad that Susan ended up asking herself who she loved more, her only daughter or some man, though she cared deeply for, could never replace Will. It was easy to decide and Susan decided to break up with him with hopes of repairing the relationship between mother and daughter.
It seemed like it wasn't meant to be though, not long after she broke up with him Susan found out that Will had been attacked and raped. It seemed like Susan was losing Will as the young redhead insisted on pushing Susan away every time she tried to help. Susan had no idea what to do and the only advice anyone would give her was to just be there for Will when she needed. It was killing Susan though, she could see the pain behind Will's eyes no matter how much she tried to hide it from everyone else.
"Hey Susan." Tom said pushing open the door a little and peeking inside. "Can we talk…its really important."
"Sure." Susan said, spinning around to face Tom and waving to the chair before her on the other side of the desk. Tom slowly walked to it and sat down all the while trying to avoid Susan's eyes which made her worry. "Tom…what's wrong?"
"It's Will, Susan…I think we know who raped her…" Tom said rubbing his eyes.
"Who was it?" Susan asked as she leaned over the desk a little, "Did you arrest him?"
"We do have him in custody and are questioning him but…to tell the truth I'm not sure how much we can pin on him without involving Will too much and she said she didn't want to." Tom explained sadly.
"Who was it?" Susan asked again as Tom refused to meet her gaze.
"It was Dean Susan." Tom sighed, "It appears he got drunk and attacked Will and raped her. He says he doesn't remember it but a couple teachers said he came in with a hangover the same morning after Will was attacked. He was complaing about having dreams of fighting someone."
"Are you sure it was Dean?" Susan asked in shock, she couldn't believe he would do something like this. He wasn't the kind of guy who would do something like this. It just couldn't be true.
"Will…she accused him of ruining her life and taking everything away from her. She claimed he raped her before she ran away." Tom said. "Susan…I know how hard this is for you but I believe it was Dean even though I don't want to. I've known him for awhile and he's never done anything like this, he's a good man. I don't know what happened to him but he did do it and right now I want to kill him myself for what he did to Will."
"Where is she?" Susan asked, tears flowing down her face as she realized it was her fault. If she only paid attention to Will's feelings sooner maybe this would never have happened.
"We don't know, I have some officers searching for her, even checking the pet shop, but no one can find her." Tom said. "We won't give up."
"This is all my fault Tom." Susan sobbed as she hung her head over her desk.
"Susan, it's not anyone's fault except Dean's." Tom said getting up and walking around the desk to Susan and pulling her into his arms.
"Yes it is…If I listened to Will and not went out with him none of this would have happened." Susan cried into Tom's arms. "She's the most important thing in the world to me…why did I let this happen to her?"
"Susan, listen to me." Tom said sternly, "None of this is your fault, it was Dean's. Right now Will needs you and you need to pull yourself together but you need to understand this isn't your fault."
"I have to find her." Susan cried while pulling away from Tom.
"I'll drive you and we can check out all the places she hangs out again." Tom said.
"Thanks Tom." Susan sniffed.
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"Are you sure that you are going to be okay Mr. Olsen?" Phil asked as he put on his jacket.
"I'm sure, I'll stay here in case Will comes here." Mr. Olsen said, "I just hope she's okay. Thank you for going to look for her."
"It's no problem, she's…a very special girl." Phobos said, surprised that he actually meant it and even more surprised that he was actually very worried about her. When the police came Phobos was ready to attack them until Mr. Olsen explained who they were and let them explain what was going on. Phobos's first instinct was to get a hold of the man who hurt Will and make him suffer beyond anything. He couldn't though as he realized he was more worried about Will's well being and needing to find her. Mr. Olsen wanted to go but Phil insisted he stay behind and rest in case she came by.
He left the shop and searched everywhere he could think of while continually hoping that Will was safe and okay. He searched for what he was sure was more than an hour and was about to head back when he thought he felt a tug from what felt like the Heart of Candracar. He didn't know why but he wasn't really interested in it at the moment, he was too intent on finding Will.
Finding Will he did though as he came to the bridge crossing the stream in the park. She was standing on the railing looking down while she cried. He could hear her all the way from where he was at and was shocked at how quickly his body acted on its own as it rushed over to Will and grabbed her from behind. She screamed ad tried to break free and almost fell off the railing when Phobos tightened his grip and dragged her off the railing and away from it.
"Leave me alone." Will sobbed as she tried to push Phobos away.
"I'm sorry, I can't do that." Phobos said. "You mean to much to the old man and…me."
"They know…they know and so will my mom…" Will sobbed as she buried her face in Phobos's chest. "She's going to hate me! She's going to blame me…She'll think I…She'll think I wanted too…"
"No she won't Will, if she loves you she won't." Phobos said.
"Yes she will and she won't want me around, no one will. Who wants anything to do with trash like me…" Will cried.
"You aren't trash and I want…I want to get to know you better. I want to help you and…and I'd like to be friends…I just can't get my mind off of you." Phobos said, "You…you mean so much to me."
"You haven't even known me for a day." Will laughed bitterly.
"Yes I have." Phobos said, "And I'd like to get to know you more."
Phobos held onto Will tightly, gently stroking her back as she cried. He didn't really know what to do or say but he did mean what he said. He only knew her for maybe a day but there was something about her that he wanted to learn more about. Something in her that drew him to her and made him feel things he never believed he could feel. He felt as if he could love her.
"All I want to do is die…" Will sniffed, "I'm so sick of living…"
"Please don't think like that Will, please." Phobos begged, actually feeling his own tears forming. Here was the first person that he truly admitted to himself to caring for and she was in so much pain that he didn't really know what to do.
"Phil…You don't want to get involved with me…I'm filthy…worthless…" Will cried, choking a little. Those words hurt Phobos to hear very much as he pushed her away a little and tilted her chin up to look her directly in the eyes.
"You aren't filthy or worthless and I care…I care so much it hurts. You confuse me so much…I can't even get you out of my mind, Will." Phobos said softly, not taking his eyes from hers. "I…I want to get to know you more…Find out what these feelings are…"
"Please don't play games with me…" Will cried, pleading in her eyes. There was so much pain and loneliness in those deep brown eyes that they threatened to drown him in their sorrow.
"I'm not playing." Phobos said as he leaned closer to Will, tilting his head a little and brushed his lips against hers gently. "You mean a lot to me…I'd never hurt you."
"If you want me so badly just do it and let me die." Will whispered.
"Will…I don't want your body…I want…I don't know what I want but I want you to be okay…I want to be near you and protect you. Please…Please just give me the chance, give me a chance to show you that I truly do care about you. Give me a chance to get to know the kind, beautiful redhead that haunts me every moment of the day. Please." Phobos said softly, kissing Will's forehead. "Please."
"I'm scared…" Will whispered.
"It's okay to be scared, Will. Just don't let that fear destroy you, you mean so much to me…to Mr. Olsen and…I believe your mom too. I'd give anything to have had a mother like the one Mr. Olsen and you told me about." Phobos said, "Please give them a chance too. Come back to the pet shop with me, okay?"
"I'm sorry." Will whispered, "I'll come with you."
"Thank you." Phobos said, gently hugging Will again before taking her hand as they started their trip back to the pet shop again
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Will walked slowly staying close to Phil while holding his hand tightly as if it was a life preserver. She was so scared of what was going to happen next, everyone now knew what happened and who it was that attacked her. Was anyone even going to believe that it wasn't her fault. Or more importantly, was her mother going to believe her or was she also going to think that Will was a…slut?
As they got closer to the pet shop Will was almost knocked to the ground as a weight slammed into her from behind scaring her. A few moments later she realized that Phil was looking on in confusion but he looked ready to jump to protect her if whatever was holding her tried to harm her.
"Will!" a familiar voice cried, "I heard about what happened, I'm so sorry!"
"H-Hay Lin?" Will asked as she turned around to gather the smaller girl in her arms.
"I'm sorry we wasn't there for you…I'm so sorry that I wasn't." Hay Lin cried as she pulled away to look up at Will. "Are you okay? You don't have to worry about him…Mr. Anderson hit him hard and the police arrested him and are holding him. He can't hurt you again."
"Slow down Hay Lin." Will said, pasting a fake smile on her face for her friend. It hurt Will to see Hay Lin this hurt and upset but a part of her felt a little good about it. This was completely genuine like Phil was minutes ago and Will could tell the other girl deeply cared about Will. "It's okay."
"Everyone is really worried about you." Hay Lin said.
"Thanks." Will said though she wasn't too sure just how worried the others really were. A part of her couldn't help feeling that they couldn't care less.
"Will!" a new yet familiar voice called out across the street. Looking up Will saw her mother climbing out of a police cruiser and hurrying across the road. Will couldn't help shaking a little as she worried what her mother was going to say or do.
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"We can't go and we shouldn't ask Will…she has too much to deal with right now." Irma said as she sat in Caleb's room at the Silver Dragon, surrounded by Cornelia, Taranee, Blunk and Caleb. Blunk had brought back news from one of the rebels that Phobos had kidnapped a little girl and Caleb wanted to sneak into the castle with the guardians.
"Will didn't look very injured this morning…she said something about being raped by a teacher then she said that it was something for school or something. She said that someone…hurt her though." Caleb said, confusion written on his face which Irma understood which was saving him from getting pounded at the moment.
"Caleb…what happened to Will was more than a physical assault." Cornelia said while sitting next to him and taking his hand, trying to explain it for him a little better. "She's dealing with a lot of difficult stuff right now. Her mother's boyfriend, a teacher at our school did some horrible things to her."
"I'm worried about Phobos having something horrible up his sleeve for that little girl he kidnapped." Caleb sighed.
"Look, just give it until tomorrow then maybe we can figure out what to do. There isn't any school tomorrow so maybe we can arrange something to get the girl back." Cornelia said, "And promise me that you won't go off and try rescuing her without us."
"But." Caleb started but was interrupted by Taranee.
"No buts Caleb, this is very important. If Will is feeling okay tomorrow this might help her gain back some of her confidence and you getting captured will only make it harder for us to rescue the girl." Taranee said.
"Okay…for now I won't try anything." Caleb sighed in defeat.
"Thank you, Caleb." Cornelia said kissing his cheek.
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Until Next Time,
Ja Ne
