Okay guys so since I took so long on the last update, I just made a quick little chapter. Hope its good enough until I can get a good Ch 10 up! Thanks!
-Amanda
Chapter 9
Liv gets her colleague dressed and is slowly pulling her to her feet when they hear something. All three detectives make a circle around their partner, sensing her dread at the unknown intruders.
"Liv? Fin? Nick? Are any of you guys here? Munch is with me!" They hear a man's voice ask loudly, making Amanda cringe.
"Cragen! We are down here!" Liv says loudly, careful not to yell seeing that it scared the harmed detective. Liv thanks god that they are here, hoping that Amanda's special connection with Cragen will help and that they can help with that son of a bitch Patton. They slowly come down into the bunker, careful not to make any sudden movements.
"Amanda? It's Munch and Cragen. We are here to help," Munch says delicately. Amanda sits there, any form of recognition not visible.
"She is shutting down right now. Not talking or recognizing any of us. We were about to take her somewhere else that's safe but we didn't know how to handle that bastard over there," Liv states.
"Damn. He's knocked out cold. Who did that?" Munch asks. Fin takes a small step forward, bows his head, and embarrassingly raises his hand a small bit.
"That would be me. Hit him with the butt of my gun and he went down," he says sheepishly with a chuckle. It doesn't go unnoticed by Fin that Amanda smirks a little bit and scoots closer to him which elates him. He turns to her.
"Amanda? You wanna come with me, Liv, and someone else so we can go someplace safe?" He asks giving her a choice of the last person so she feels in control, which he knows is important in her situation. She looks at him for a long thirty seconds then scans the room looking at the other detectives. She slowly lifts her hand and points at Cragen which breaks Nick's heart.
Just as she starts reaching out to grab Fin's hand, Patton shifts, his head slowly coming off of the ground, which goes unnoticed by the detectives. Amanda sees this and snaps back to her reality, the one where Patton is always present and she's never safe. She backs herself into the corner as Patton slowly raises himself up off of the floor. The detectives are too busy worrying what just happened to make Amanda recede back into herself once more that they only notice him when he lunges at Amanda and punches her squarely in the face. Nick and Munch, being the closest to them, wrench him off of her and throw them to the ground.
"Bitch! What are you doing!? You know you can't leave! It's against the rules! You know that! Now you'll have to be punished!" He screams at her while fighting against the men.
"I know that! I do! I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I won't do it again. I promise. Just, please don't hurt me again. Don't punish me," She pleads, trying to get even further away.
"Get him out of here now!" Cragen yells at his former employees. They drag him out, still screaming profanities at Amanda, and throw him in the squad car.
Fin looks at Amanda and sees the fear in her eyes.
"Amanda, honey (she flinches at that word), c'mon let's get you cleaned up and away from this mess of a place." She takes his hand reluctantly and they walk out the door. The real problem starts when they try to get into the car.
"NO! Not again!" She screams.
