Sheldon woke but didn't feel Penny near him, he looked around but she wasn't in the room and he literally jumped out of bed, even forgot to put on his slippers and rushed out of the room.
"Penny?" He called out urgently, eyes darting around the room. No answer. He heard some shuffling outside their front door and a loud thud. Sheldon immediately rushed out the door to find Penny pinned against a wall and Leonard standing over her.
"Ready for round two?" Leonard asked before realising Sheldon was there.
"You" Sheldon seethed "You bastard," Sheldon shouted.
"I'm just taking what's rightfully mine" Leonard said, looking back at Penny who was once again crying. It was Leonard who did this to her. It was Leonard who raped her. She projectile vomited into Leonards face, not intentionally but she was glad it got him in the face. Sheldon walked over and swiftly punched Leonard in the face, abdomen and his private parts for good measure. If it were legal he would have castrated him with a butcher's knife but he had Penny to think about so he took her hand and lead her back into the apartment, leaving Leonard rolling over in pain in a pool of vomit.
"Call the police" Sheldon said as he locked the door behind him. He looked over and saw that Penny was just standing there with a look of shock and horror on her face so he called them himself.
"Hello, yes I would like to report a rape, yes, the rapist is currently rolling around in vomit outside my apartment, my address is 2311 Los Robles Pasadena, apartment 4A, thank you very much, good day" He hung up the phone and walked over to his horrified fiancé.
"The police are on their way" He said brushing a blonde curl out of her face.
"Sheldon, it was Leonard" She cried out, causing Mary to come out of her room.
"Shelly what's all this noise about?" She asked, hands on hips.
"Leonard uhm he uhm" Penny stuttered.
"Leonard raped Penny" Sheldon said, pulling Penny into a hug.
"Wh-wh-what?" Mary asked, gobsmacked, "We're talkin' about the same Leonard that used to live here right?" She spluttered.
"Indeed" He said, tracing circles on Penny's back, it always calms her down even though right now it was Sheldon who needed to calm down.
"Penny c'mon sweetheart let's get you some coffee or somethin' then you can go and have a lie down or talk about it whichever you want" She said opening her arms so Penny could fall into them.
"Can you look after her while I wait outside for the police to come?" Sheldon asked, looking over at Penny who was wrapped up in his mother's arms.
"Of course I will Shelly" She replied, patting Penny's back gently.
With that Sheldon unlocked the door and went back out to the hallway to wait for the police, he looked down at the disgraceful excuse for a human being on the floor.
"Why?" Sheldon asked, the fury building up in him just at the sight of him.
"Because she's mine" Leonard spat.
"No Leonard she's not yours. She doesn't belong to you, she's not something you own, she's so much more than that" Sheldon stated, refraining from pounding him into oblivion.
"You think this is it? You think this is the end of it?" Leonard said, laughing. Then Sheldon looked at his eyes, they were glazed over and not in a natural way.
"Leonard are you on narcotics?" Sheldon asked skeptically.
"Maybe I am maybe I'm not, what's the difference?" Leonard muffled, wiping some of the vomit off his glasses.
"The police will be here in a minute" Sheldon said, running his fingers through his hair. Sheldon had just finished his sentence when the policemen appeared on the stairs.
"This who we're here for?" He said pulling out a set of handcuffs and gesturing toward Leonard.
"Indeed" Sheldon replied through gritted teeth.
"You have the right to remain silent but anything you do say be used against you in a court of law, do you understand your rights?" He said, pulling Leonard up off the ground and cuffing him.
"Now where is the victim?" The other police man asked.
"She's inside" Sheldon said, pointing towards the door.
"Alright, she's gonna need to come in to make a statement"
"Shall I drive her there now?" Sheldon asked.
"Mmmhmm" He mumbled.
"Alright then" Sheldon said, turning around and going back into his apartment. He was greeted with the sight of Penny still in his mother's arms. He cleared his throat to get their attention.
"The police want you to go to the station and make a statement" He said nervously.
"D-D-Did they arrest him?" Penny stuttered.
"He is currently in police custody. Penny you need to make a statement"
"Alright" She muttered, grabbing her coat. They stepped out of their apartment, avoiding the vomit on the carpet, walked down the flights of stairs and were soon joined by Mary in the parking lot. They drove in silence but Sheldon held Penny's hand the whole time.
The policeman Sheldon had spoken to was standing at the front desk when they arrived.
"Mr Hofstadter is being questioned as we speak and your name is?" He asked Penny.
"Penelope Queen" She said wiping her eyes and straightening up.
"Ms. Queen your interview will commence at 11:25 sharp" He said, jotting down something in his notebook.
"Can my fiancé be in there with me?" She asked, sliding a hand into Sheldon's.
"I'm afraid not, you can get a coffee or tea while you're waiting" He said turning around and returning to his desk.
"Thank you" Penny whispered to Sheldon, coiling her arm around his slim waist.
"You have had an extremely traumatic experience at the hands of someone you once cared about and I shall be here with you the whole time and we will pull through, together" He said, placing a kiss on her crown. Penny looked up at her future husband and thought to herself, this man is still here, still standing beside me, still pulling me close to him when we're sleeping. She couldn't fathom how he could still look at her with love in his eyes after what had happened, he didn't look at her like she was disgusting or damaged, the way she felt about herself, he still looked at her the way he always did but it seemed like there was more love in his eyes now.
They sat in the waiting room, Mary was out getting coffee and Penny was sitting on Sheldon's lap, her head resting in the crook of his neck, fitting perfectly.
"Ms. Queen, can you come this way please" the police man said gesturing down the corridor. Penny got up of Sheldon's lap and he got up, placed a kiss on her forehead and gave her a gentle smile.
Sheldon sat in the waiting room, waiting for Penny for well over an hour and saw Leonard walking past...
"Shelly you stay put" Mary warned. Then he saw Raj and Howard and Bernadette walking by, they didn't stop to talk to Leonard, they just looked at him and kept going.
"Hey buddy, how you holding up?" Howard asked, with genuine concern.
"It is not me that people should be concerned with" Sheldon said sharply.
"Where is she?" Bernadette asked nervously.
"She's in making her statement" Sheldon said, putting his head in his hands.
"They've arrested him" Raj whispered, as he saw the police man take Leonard away, to Howard who repeated it to the rest of the group.
"They should have cut his penis off" Bernadette muttered./
"I was tempted" Sheldon said, looking up at her.
"I still can't believe it" Howard said.
"Now who wants something to drink?" Mary asked.
"Can I get some tea?" Sheldon asked, looking up at his mother.
"Of course you can Shelly, what about the rest of you?"
"We'll have the same" Howard said.
"I'll give you a hand" Bernadette said, walking out of the waiting room with Mary.
"So it's actually true?" Raj asked, a little unsure of whether he should ask.
"Yes, I awoke to find him, pinning Penny against the wall, asking if she was ready for round two" He spat.
"I never thought Leonard would ever..." Howard said, baffled. Sheldon saw Penny walking back towards the waiting room, wiping her eyes. She has been crying again, Sheldon thought to himself as he rose from his seat to meet her.
"How did it go?" He asked.
"They're going to take it to court but they reckon he'll go to prison for it" She replied, sniffling and wiping her eyes.
"Are you ready to go home?" Sheldon asked, placing a hand on the small of her back.
"Yeah honey" She said, wrapping her arms around his neck and giving him a little kiss on the cheek.
"Howard, Raj and Bernadette are here but I'm sure they would understand if you don't want any company at this time"
"We can invite them round soon but tonight I just want to go home and sleep" She said, resting her head on his chest.
"I shall tell them we are leaving and then we can go home"
A/N: I just wanted to say thank you to all my readers and for all of your kind words and support and I'm sorry to all you Leonard lovers. Keep reading there's a wedding coming up within the next few chapters!
