Innocence
Chapter 9 Part 2
Uncertainties
Reid had answered Kalika's call and was just about to get on the elevator when the doors opened and a man in a white coat was practically shoved into him. He stood dumb struck for a few minutes, not sure what to make of what he had just seen. That girl had looked just like Railean. In the past when ever Reid would try and gleam information out of Railean's mind all he would get was static. But with that girl he had gotten clear thoughts and feelings. She was scared shitless. Whatever had just happened had the girl in a panic.
"Reid!"
Kalika's calling brought him out of his stupor. He looked up as Kalika was coming out of the stair well across the hall. Dean followed shortly after her hobbling a little. "She didn't get off," he told her. "Something has her in a panic."
"So you saw her?" Dean asked. Reid nodded.
"So if that girl didn't get off the elevator, then where is she going?" Dean asked.
Before anyone could answer an elderly lady holding the hand of a small boy spoke up, "That girl literally shoved that doctor out of the elevator. Poor man fell right into me." She pulled the boy closer to her as Dean looked around, but didn't see another person. "He took off shortly after he got his balane." She pointed towards the stairs Kalika and Dean had just emerged through.
Reid nodded his thanks to the women then addressed Dean and Kalika, "I want you two to try and find this doctor who was in the elevator with Railean."
Before Dean could correct him on the girls name Kalika interjected, "What are you going to do?"
Reid pointed to the numbers above the elevator doors, "She went down and it's been sitting there the whole time we have been talking. I'm going to try and find her, see if I can get her back." He ignored their protests being quick to remind them that he was still there boss. There was a whispered comment from Dean about the kind of boss he was but Reid ignored it as he went through the doors and followed to stairs down.
Leigh could barley hold her eyes open as she tumbled out of the elevator. She had no clue what floor she was on or even how to get the hell out of there, all she knew was that she needed a small, quiet, safe place to hide. Using the wall as a brace, to take the weight off her leg, she followed the hall, which was dimly lit, to a T branch. Just remember to stay to the right. She remembered what the man from the clinic had told her and seeing as she hadn't a better idea she staggered down the right hall.
The man who had attacked Leigh on the elevator slowly opened the door leading into the basement, it was the only place she could have gone. Moving slow to keep his presence unknown to the girl as well as nursing where she had kneed him, he gradually made his way down the softly lit corridors.
Getting into the hospital had been a piece of cake; he'd simply strangled a laundry worker and taken a white lab coat. Nobody had questioned him; everyone just assumed he was a doctor, maybe a visiting doctor but a doctor nonetheless. And then the elevator doors had opened and there she was, he figured the fates were smiling on him now. But then the little bitch had kneed him in the groin, the only good thing being he had gotten close enough to inject the Rohypnol into her arm.
He came to a T branch, looked down both halls and could see no sign of her. "Well the fates smiled on me once," he though as he reached into his pocket. He pulled out a silver dollar and flipped it. It landed on the ground with a small clink. "Tails it is," and he headed off to the left.
Reid's head perked up as he heard a small clink. He remembered the ladies story about a doctor being shoved out of the elevator and not wanting to be caught off guard he cast his mind out and found Rai quickly, she was still scared but her mind was hard to read again. Kind of like a TV with one of the antennas broken, only snippets of thoughts. Which was different from before, when all he would get was static.
He came to the T-junction and could feel the other mans mind as well. Who ever he was he sure as hell was not a doctor. Reid could tell he was there to take Railean back to who ever had taken her and convinced everyone who loved her she was dead. The mans mind kept repeating over and over, 'find the girl, drug the girl, take the girl.' Reid pushed these alien thoughts out of his head and focused on Railean's thoughts. If he could find her before this man did he could get her to safety. He darted off to the right.
Static was buzzing around in Leigh's head, 'no not Leigh,' she thought. 'Then who,' came that annoying voice, it sounded like her own but more confident. She rested her head against the wall and let her legs slip out from under her. Her body couldn't go on and she wasn't sure if she even wanted to.
'That's just the drug talking.'
"No," she whispered, "I can't do this any more."
'You have no idea what you can do. You can do this.'
"I can't."
There was a small snicker in her head, 'you don't even know who you are, so how can you know what you can and can't do.'
That stupid voice was starting to annoy her, "Who the hell are you!"
'I'm you. Now get up and get moving.'
Leigh stayed where she had slide, covering her ears with her hands, "I'm not listening, not listening."
Another chuckle, 'Alright Gollum.'
She grinned at the incorrect reference, "It was Sméagol who said that to Gollum."
'See you can remember.'
Leigh could hear footsteps coming closer to her, her legs refused to obey her orders to get up and run.
"Rai," a relived voice said, drawing closer. She didn't bother to open her eyes; nothing about her body was listening to her now anyway, but at least that annoying voice in her head was gone.
'No I'm not.'
She could feel gentle hands brushing back the glob of hair that had obscured her face and she instantly tried to pull back. 'You idjet, that drug is still in you.'
"Shut up," Leigh mumbled to herself.
"Come on Rai open your eyes, come on," he lightly tapped her face and she moved her head. She didn't like that.
"Rai I need you to wake up."
'Hey Reid, she is awake she's just not me.'
Leigh felt the hands leave her face. Clearly he had not expected that kind of response. Wait a minute I didn't say anything.
"I can read minds, and what the hell is going on?"