Broken Down And Built Back Up

by emeralgreenlove

Kim's older brother has been raping Kim for months now. Kim is sure he got her pregnant. She has had enough of his brutalities and calls her best friend for help. Some sexual reference. Kick.

10. Saved

Broken Down And Built Back Up

Chapter 10: Saved

XxX

"Kim?" Cody asked me as I stopped staring at my dinner plate.

"What is it?" I replied, slightly annoyed.

"Kim, do you-" he started, before Jack interrupted him.

"Cody, enough!" Jack said, mad. "She doesn't want to go out with you, and if you repeat that darn question once again, you're gonna regret it."

That got everyone's attention. I looked at Jack, shocked at his outburst, then at Cody as he began to talk again.

"Chillax, Jack, you're blowing things out of proportion. I get it." He winked at me. "See?" Then he said something that I couldn't hear, but it made Jack mad.

"You know what?" Jack said. "I've been patient enough, Cody! Enough is enough! Respect others and their feelings, alright?"

Cody smirked and Jack got up, his fist flying towards Cody's face.

"Jack!" I screamed after my shock. "Jack, stop!"

My words were said to deaf ears, so I made a snap decision.

'I'm sorry' I mouthed to Jennifer and left.

I ran upstairs and grabbed my backpack from the floor of my bedroom. It was an emergency backpack I'd prepared. It had money and everything else I needed. I ran back downstairs after I wrote a note that explained why I was leaving, because I was getting in his way, and exited the back door after I was sure nobody saw me leave.

I hope it's for the best...

XxX

JACK

After doing some rolling on the floor, Mom managed to get me off of Cody. I was so mad at him. How dare he say that?

I looked around and noticed that someone was missing from the group. Kim.

When I made sure that Kim was definitely not in the same room as us, I turned to glare at Cody.

"Do you see what you've done? Kim's gone!"

I ran upstairs to her room to look for her, and everywhere else in the house, but all I managed to find were a couple Post-It notes directed to me.

XxX

Jack—

Don't ever let a girl get in between you and somebody in your family (including your guy friends). Ever. It's just not worth it. Don't worry about me, you silly boy, I'm not going home—TRUST me; I KNOW how your mind works. I don't know where I'm going just yet, but I need to get out of here. I'm not used to being so caged in. I need to breathe some fresh air.

Love,

Kim C.

XxX

Even though she told me not to worry, I couldn't help to do so. I felt an odd feeling near my heart. I didn't completely understand it, but somehow I understood some of it and that was that Kim was in danger and she needed me.

I ran downstairs and went to the living room where everyone was sitting down and talking or watching. Cody was tending to his black eye with my uncle's help while the adults talked and Jaymee watched TV.

"Everyone!" I yelled and stopped running.

When everyone looked up at me, I continued.

"Can you help me look for Kim? She left, and I have a feeling that tells me that she's either in trouble or about to get into trouble."

"I don't know, Jack," Mom said. "When she left she looked pretty upset. Maybe you should give her some space and time to think."

"Are you serious, Mom? You know better than everyone else the danger she's running! She's pregnant for Pete's sake! Pregnant! And if for some reason she decides to go back to her house, then she's doomed! Doomed! And I'm going to end up feeling like the worst best friend in the world."

When I saw that my family was still taking it in, I decided that if they weren't going to help, than I was going to do it alone because it wouldn't be their best friend who was in trouble.

"You know what?" I said. "I'm going solo. I'm not going to stand back and let that idiot brother of hers or anybody else hurt her even more. She doesn't deserve that."

I ran to the door and was about to open it when Cody's voice stopped me.

"I'll help you look for her," he said.

I looked back at him and nodded a second later, silently agreeing to let him help me find her.

"Just know that you're going to have to do a lot of running. I know that's not your thing."

"I'll still help you, man. Anything for family."

XxX

KIM

Tears made their way down my face as I sobbed and sat down in a bench in the park.

Why was it that I had to cause problems? Why? What had I done to deserve it?

I clutched my stomach as I leaned forward and threw away the dinner I'd just finished eating. I wiped my mouth with a tissue, then took a swing of water from the warm bottle of water that I had stored in my backpack.

This was too much for me. All that was going on around me tired me out, especially with pregnancy hormones at work, which probably caused all the crying.

I touched my stomach and tried to show the beings inside me how much I loved them through the touches I gave them. I wasn't about to let my crappy mood and (sometimes) crappy life affect them.

I closed my eyes tightly and remembered how soothing his embrace was, how much I loved waking up in his arms, gosh I pretty much love almost everything about him, and how do I show him my appreciation for everything he's done for me? I go ahead and get a little angry at his cousin, which in turn gets them into a fist fight.

I shook my head and tried to clear my head, to figure out my next move-

"Well, well, look what the wind blew in for us," a deep male voice said. A familiar one.

Though I felt like shaking in fear, all I could do was look up and stand my ground. Be brave.

XxX

JACK

"Kim! Kim!" I screamed.

"She's not going to respond," Cody said. "If she left, she's not going to come out of her hiding place just because you're calling her name."

I looked at him angrily, but didn't open my mouth. It wasn't completely his fault that she left. Sure, he had been kind of obnoxious and all over her, but it had been my fault too, for letting him get to me.

Cody and I only had to walk a couple more blocks to get to where she could possibly be.

"Cody, stop walking," I whispered.

He looked at me and did as I asked him.

"Do you hear that muffled screaming?" I said.

"No."

"Well, if you listen better you might be able to hear it. That might be Kim."

His puzzled look told me that I needed to explain.

"Look, Kim's been through some horrible stuff. She may act strong sometimes and threaten to do some damage to you, but she's human too and it wouldn't surprise me if-nevermind that. Just know that-"

I heard the muffled scream again, and peeked around the corner.

Twenty or so feet in front of me there were two guys in an abandoned park. One was holding a girl-Kim-and the other one was talking loudly, slowly touching the girl's body and tugging at her clothes as to show her what he was about to do. My anger was making me see red, so I briefly closed my eyes and prayed desperately, 'Please don't let that be Kim, please don't let that be Kim.'

"Cody," I whispered with urgency, "I'm going to make sure the girl's fine. You call the cops anonymously and tell them that there are two guys sexually harassing a girl in an abandoned park. Tell them where we are."

I didn't wait for his reply and moved to some bushes that were a little closer to her. It took me some time, but I crawled from bush to bush until I was only a couple feet away from them.

I looked closely and concentrated on the girl's expression. She was terrified.

I forced myself to think of her as a nameless girl who I didn't know, because if I thought of her by name, I would snap and not be able to help her. I formulated a plan, but it cost me time. Time in which one of the aggressors took her shirt off and told her all the dirty things he was going to do to her.

I closed my eyes and took hold of a big rock. Please let this work, I thought.

By now, one of the two men had her pinned to the ground, and the other one was messing with his phone, probably recording the whole thing. The guy that was on top of her was kissing her neck and licking the soft skin.

The girl was looking up at the sky, her eyes full of tears, her mouth screaming silently. I'd never seen anything so scary; I was terrified for her. I felt like throwing up, and as if I were in a trance, waiting for the perfect moment to come in which I would throw the rock at one of the guys.

"JACK!" she screamed at what seemed like the highest pitch she could possibly manage, surprising me and making the guy on top of her sit up and straddle her hips.

He slapped her multiple times and screamed in her face, "You b*tch! Shut up! Your brother was right-you're not even that good of a f*ck, but you're gonna shut up and act like you're enjoying it too. If you're gonna scream somebody's name, scream my name, 'cuz I'm going to be the one who's gonna screw you over, not this Jack you're screaming for."

He slapped her again and went back to sucking on her skin.

During that time, I threw the rock at the guy recording what was going on. He fell to the ground unconscious, gaining me a couple seconds. I left my cover, ran towards Kimmy and hit the guy on top of her with a stone that was hard enough to make him let go of her.

She took a breath in, her face full of relief, then she noticed me, her eyes wide, full of fear, and yelled out, "Jack!"

I turned and leaned back as one of the guys threw a punch. On one hand, his punch was sloppy, and he smelled of alcohol, but in the other hand, he seemed like the kind to work out often and he was a big guy, so I couldn't exactly underestimate him.

I grabbed his hand and said, "You shouldn't have done that."

After that, everything around me seemed as if it were screaming 'chaos.' I tried to keep an eye on Kim, but the guy I was fighting with was a handful. In the end, he seemed to have gotten tired out, giving me the opportunity to finish him.

I made sure he was too out of it to attack me from behind before I turned to Kim.

Even after her bad experience with these guys, she wasn't afraid of defending herself and throwing a couple punches and kicks when the other guy made a move to attack—in fact, she attacked him, and the thing is that she'd won. I was so proud of her for standing up for herself, and for being that strong girl I knew was in there somewhere.

When she turned to me, I saw that her eyes were full of tears and that if I didn't get to her soon enough, she'd probably fall onto her knees.

I moved to her side instantly. She whispered my name and jumped into my arms-literally. I held on to her tightly as she wrapped her arms around my neck and her legs around my torso. I swayed slightly, but held on to my ground.

I breathed in her sweet smell as she shivered. Only then did I remember that the only thing that she was wearing from the waist up was a measly bra.

I glanced at the ground and saw that her tank top had been ripped to pieces.

I looked down at my arm and remembered the fact that I'd forgotten to put on my jacket before I left home.

"Kim, I need you to let me go for a-"

She whispered, "No. Jack, I'm so sorry. Forgive me. Please."

"I don't know what or why you're apologizing for, but of course I forgive you. I just need you to let go of me for a second so that you don't catch a cold."

She shook her head, buried her face in my neck and whispered, "I don't care about that. If I let you go, I'm afraid you'll dissapear. It's too good to be true. Don't make me let go of you please-unless you don't want me. I-I-"

"That's not why I'm telling you-" I stopped myself, knowing that I wouldn't be able to change her mind.

I held Kim on one hand and took my shirt off with my other hand. It was difficult, but I managed to get it done.

"Kimmy," I said softly, "just put my shirt on. I know that what just happened is very traumatic, but you're going to get sick."

She pulled back and looked at me with sad brown eyes full of tears that made me unbelievably sad. Her face and neck were both...I couldn't even think of it, because if I did, I'd kill the guy who did it to her, and right now I had to concentrate on her. I had to make her feel better.

"I'm sorry, Jack," she whispered and grabbed the shirt from my hand, swiftly putting it over the upper half of her body.

She buried her face in my neck and sobbed into my shoulder.

"Shh, shh," I said and rubbed her back for comfort.

I was trying to calm her down, but at the same time be aware of my surroundings, so that nobody could surprise me. I grabbed Kim's backpack from a bench and swung it over my shoulder. I looked back at where the men that had been abusing Kim were. They were still knocked out. I relaxed a little when I heard sirens coming our way.

Cody ran our way shouting something I couldn't understand.

I jogged and met him halfway.

"The cops are on their way and Aunt Jen is on her way here. Let's go meet her at the nearest corner."

"Cody, can you grab Kim's backpack? It's kind of slowing me down."

"Yeah," he said and I threw him her backpack.

"Ready to go? The cops are going to get here and I don't think she's up for an interview. I think we should take her to the hospital to get her checked out."

"Agreed," I said. "Let's go."

As we ran away from the soon-to-be crime scene, I heard Kim whisper something that sounded a lot like, "Love you."

I smiled, though I probably misunderstood what she said, and pumped my legs faster.

XxX

I jumped into the car and realized that Kim had either passed out or fallen asleep. I touched the side of her neck to make sure she was alright and brushed a hickey by mistake.

"Mom, drive to the hospital as fast as you can. Grampa, can you hand me the First Aid kit? Cody, grab Kim's legs and help me stretch her body out so that she's more comfortable. Make sure you are very careful and you don't touch her in any way where she would feel threatened by you."

"What happened?" Mom asked. "And why are you shirtless?"

I looked down at Kim, and made sure she really wasn't awake. I brushed the hair out of her face and softly touched the bruise that was forming on her cheek. I looked away and tried to get the words out of my mouth.

Grandpa handed me the First Aid kit and glanced at Kim pitifully.

"Jack?" he said. "Jennifer asked you a question."

I let out the breath I was holding before I started talking. As I talked, I tried fixing up Kim's face as much as I could, try to stop the swelling.

"Apperantly, Kim's brother talked to his friends about...how she...was in bed and one of them wanted to..." I swallowed the embarrassment I felt. "One of the bastards was about to violate her. As if the fact that she's-" I stopped talking. "Luckily, I got to her before the act happened for once. I'm so glad I did, but I wish she wouldn't have run out in the first place. Just look at her, she's in a worst state than she was when she left the house."

"Jack, calm down, man, she's going to be fine," Cody said. "Look at the good stuff that comes with getting there on time. We got to her before there was any actual damage done. Sure, she got a little beat up, but at least she's okay. That's all that matters right now."

I nodded, thought about what my cousin said and kept quiet for the rest of the car ride to the hospital.

XxX

"Jack?" Kim whispered as I carefully took her out of the car. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked around, probably wondering where we were.

"I'm right here, Kim," I said. "Mom and I are taking you to the hospital. We're actually going to enter the hospital in a couple minutes. Does anything hurt?"

Kim stayed quiet, making me feel worried.

"Kimmy, what hurts? Please tell me."

She buried her face in my neck and started sobbing yet again.

It's not that I don't like Kim or anything, but I seriously hated that at the moment she wasn't talking to me and was sobbing and crying instead. It made me feel useless and like I had no right to claim myself as her best friend.

I looked at my mom for help. She's a woman, Kim's a girl—makes total sense that she knows what's going on, right?

"Kim, sweetie, does anything hurt?" Mom asked Kim in that soft, comforting, motherly voice of hers as we entered the hospital doors.

A wave of cold air hit us as we entered the hospital and Kim cowered even more into my arms.

I really wish that I'd worn a jacket…

"I'm…I'm so-sorry, Jack," Kim stuttered out and continued sobbing.

Mom gave me a questioning.

"She's been apologizing to me since I got to her. I don't know what she's apologizing for, though."

We got to the front desk, but we're not noticed for a while. I wanted to snap at the woman behind the desk. Was she oblivious to Kim's state?

The woman glanced at Kimmy in my arms and back up at me.

"What can I help you with?"

I looked back down at Kim as to make it obvious and send her a message.

"My friend was attacked and almost had a repeat of abuse," I said as calmly as could manage. "She's also four months pregnant and I want to make sure she's alright."

"What form of abuse? Does she have any grave injuries? What's her name?"

"Her name's Kim Crawford and no, I don't think she has any grave injuries, but she was hit a couple times, and I repeat, she's pregnant. Also if you can't see it, she's obviously in distress," I ended up sounding mean, but the secretary or whatever she was, was being rude and snippy in the first place, and I really didn't feel like dealing with more unnecessary comments for the night.

XxX

After I got Kim to calm down a little, we got her to do all the tests that she needed to have done.

I pulled her doctor aside, explained Kim's situation to her, and asked her if she could do some additional tests that would check if Kim's twins would have any health issues due to the fact that Kim and the father of her children were related. That would take extra time, and obviously money, but better safe than sorry. And, her family, who isn't really poor, is the one paying for it. It's her parents and brother's faults that she's ended up in this situation, so why not make them pay for it?

In the end, all I really want is what's best for my Kim, and if that takes extra attention from the hospital staff, then that's what she'll get. Kim doesn't deserve to be here, in a hospital, but since she's here anyways, I'll make sure the doctors make sure that not one single hair is out of place.

XxX

That did NOT go as I expected, but whatever. I hope that calmed down some of the jitters that were going on with the readers, haha. Anyhow, next chapter certain people will show up, an apology or two will be made, and there will be more Kick-I'm very excited about that. I hope you the enjoyed drama in this chapter and don't start hating on me because there wasn't much Kick in this chapter.

I might or might not decide on giving people sneak peeks, buttttt…

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P.S. If you read any of my other Kickin' It stories, I will be updating those soon, but just give me a little more time please? I'm really concentrating on getting rid of all the Broken Down fever I have.