Chapter 9: Worked over and hospital visits
The cliffhangers were walking back to their cabins after their football game. They were having several different conversations. Scott and Shelby were setting up the time to meet each other and talk some, after everyone went to bed. Auggie and Jules were talking about the paper they had due in a couple days. Daisy was ignoring Ezra and David, Who were trying to get a rise out of her, and was walking ahead of everyone else.
"All I know is that Peter will be coming this way in about 10 minutes so you too have exactly that long to talk and plan before he has the chance to catch-" She trailed off, stopping short. the others plowed into her. She stooped down and ran her fingers along the ground. They were wet.
"Guys, There is blood on the ground. David go get Peter. I am going to go to our dorm. Someone should check on Amy. I got a bad feeling about this." She quickly walked the rest of the way up the stairs. She put her hand on the door and opened it after taking a deep breath. She opened the door and screamed.
"AAHH!! OH MY GOD!"
Daisy wasn't a screamer at all. She hardly ever raised her voice above a yell. Therefore when she screamed, everyone else came running up on the girls dorm porch. When they crowded around her, they saw a horrible sight.
Amy was laying on the floor of the dorm her body crumpled. She was moaning softly so everyone knew that she was alive. Daisy flipped on the lights and they could see that the whole area was in a shambles. She had blood all over her. Daisy turned to the others before anyone could walk into the dorm.
"Scott, Go find david and Peter have Peter call an ambulance. Hurry, tell him that Amy is hurt. Auggie and Ezra stand guard, no one but Peter, or the paramedics in or out. Shelby and Juliette get me some towels from the cubby. We gotta stop that bleeding as best as we can." Everyone scurried off to do as they were told.
"Daisy? Ambulance is on the way. What the hell happened? Amy? Amy, Can you hear me? Amy Squeeze my fingers if you can hear me." Peter came in with Michael and took over. Amy continued to moan. She squeezed Peter's fingers tightly while she struggled to breathe. Michael kneeled there and just held Amy's hand quietly. The rest of the cliffhangers huddled on the porch in a big group hug. If you listened close enough, you could make out some praying. They were all praying for Amy to pull through.
"Sophie. Take the cliff hangers into the lodge. Let them speak to no one but each other. I will be along shortly. The police will want to talk to each of them individually. Let's contain this for the moment." Peter turned back to Amy. Her breathing had evened out a little bit and she seemed a little more coherent. Peter leaned forward.
"Amy. Squeeze my hand if you know who did this to you." Amy squeezed his hand. Peter was going to ask her more questions, but was interruppted as the Paramedics rushed in.
"Move aside! Ok we need to get her vitals, get her stabilized and move her fast. Peter, was this a suicide attempt?" When Amy heard this, she started to get agitated. The paramedics were trying to calm her down, but were having very little success. Peter shook his head.
"No. This was a clear attack on her. I will meet you at the hospital. Michael and Roger will ride with you. I have some kids to calm down and talk to. I need to talk to the police." The paramedics nodded and hustled Amy out to the waiting ambulance with Michael and Roger hot on their heels. Peter watched them leave and spoke quickly to the other member of security and made his way to the lodge.
When he walked into the lodge, The cliff hangers surrounded him. He held up his hands for silence. When everyone was quiet, he spoke.
"I do not know how she is at this moment, I only know that she is on her way to the hospital right now with Roger and Michael. I will be going shortly and no none of you can go. As soon as I know anything at all, I will call Sophie. It's not safe for you to be in the dorm girls so you will be rooming in the lodge at least until it's done being a crime scene. The police will be by in the morning. I trust all of you to not talk about any of this until then." Everyone nodded and sat down to wait. Peter went to his office, called Amy's parents to let them know what had happened and then grabbed his car keys and left to go to the hospital.
When he got there, He found Roger and Michael in the waiting room. Roger had already filled out the paperwork and sent it back. Michael was in the position that he used for praying. Peter was brought up to speed and sat to wait. After an hour of waiting, the doctor came out.
"Are you here for Amy? She has numerous cuts all over her arms, as if she were fending off blows from a knife. She had to have one stitched. We had to set her ankle, It's fractured in 3 places. She keeps calling out for Peter and Michael. Just so that you are aware Peter, there is absolutely no way that any of these injuries were self inflicted. She was attacked. No question about it. Other than that, she's going to be ok. She is in her room resting." The three breathed a sigh of relief.
"Can we see her Doctor?" The doctor nodded and they made their way to Amy's room. Peter, Roger and Michael made their way into Amy's room. Amy was sitting in bed, looking madder than a went hen. Standing too close to the bed were a couple detectives. Peter could see even from the doorway that Amy was uncomfortable with them so close to her. He listened for a moment to what the detectives were saying.
"Now young lady. isn't it true that you tried to kill yourself tonight and not that someone attacked you? Or maybe to avoid being punished for trying to kill yourself you had one of your little friends at that place for freaks tune you up?" Amy rolled her eyes and refused to answer, instead closed her eyes. The detective grabbed her shoulder. Amy screamed really loudly.
"What is going on here?!" The doctor rushed in. Amy, in her haste to defend herself had reopened the gash on her arm. She clutched at it. Peter pushed the cops out of the room and closed the door, The doctor was trying look at Amy's cut, she was having none of it, And Michael was trying to calm Amy down.
"Amy. AMY!" Peter took her by the shoulders and shook her gently. She started calming down. The doctor got a suture kit. He quickly redid Amy's stitches and checked her leg. Satisfied, he left after bidding Peter good night. Peter looked at Michael.
"Amy. Can you tell us who did this? Was it your uncle?" Amy shook her head.
"No. It was my cousin, nathan. His Son. Peter how long will I have to be here?"
Peter sighed. He knew this question was coming. "At least overnight. Don't worry, Micheal is going to stay here with and make sure that no one gets near you other than doctors or nurses." Amy nodded and closed her eyes.
"Tomorrow I'm sure that you will be released to us. And by then we will have started an investigation.I promise you, We will catch the bastard. Rest now. I have called your parents and they are going to come up to see you the day after tomorrow." Amy nodded. Peter left the room quietly. Michael settled down to watch tv.