A/N Okay since it's 4:48am all I'm gonna say is I hope you guys like this chapter. This chapter was needed to catch up on with events that's been going on. And if theres mistakes in it, sorry, I read it like five times, but it is late or early depends on the way you look at it. :P
Also I wanted to say a big thank you to Stephanie1234 for reviewing my last chapter. When I read your review I was overjoyed and it made me post this up faster. So I'm gonna dedicate this chapter to you. :)
Anyway here's chapter eleven. Enjoy =D
Chapter Eleven
Isabell was covered in blood.
A little while later, Olivia sat down with Isabell in the Children's Room.
Isabell hadn't said anything else, she had just kept crying. Olivia tried to calm her down a bit. She had taken her to the bathroom to get her cleaned up. Once Isabell was cleaner, Olivia had managed to find some clothes that she could change into. Olivia bagged the bloody clothes Isabell was wearing and sent them off the lab for testing.
Olivia didn't think the blood was Isabell's because she only had a few scratches and some bruises on her, from what Olivia had saw. Isabell didn't want Olivia to see anything so she either tried to stay covered up or out of sight. There was the huge gash on her leg but that was bandaged up. The other thing Isabell couldn't hide from Olivia though was her black eye.
"Did you want a drink?" Olivia asked.
Isabell shook her head. Olivia went quiet. She really didn't want to ask her questions at the moment. Olivia could tell how traumatized Isabell was. She was not saying anything and staring blankly at the wall.
But unfortunately Olivia had to try, while her memories were still fresh. Maybe she could get a clue of where David Callan has the other girls.
"Isabell", Olivia started, "Can you tell me what was on you when you came here?"
Tears began to form in her eyes. "Blood" She replied.
"Can you tell me whose?"
She shook her head.
"Why not sweetie?"
"I'm afraid" Isabell's voice trembling.
"Of who?"
"Da… David"
"David Callan?" Olivia asked
Isabell nodded.
"Why are you afraid of him? What did he do Isabell?"
Isabell stayed silent, now gazing down at the floor.
"Isabell" Olivia prompted
She still remained silent. So Olivia moved a little closer and put her hand on Isabell shoulder.
"You can tell me Isabell. You are safe now and nothing will happen to you."
Isabell turned her head and looked straight into Olivia's eyes.
"He killed her" she whispered, still facing Olivia but once again eyes looking down.
Olivia's heart broke as a stray tear rolled down Isabell's cheek. Then Olivia began to panic. "Who did he kill?"
"Carrah", she whispered. "He killed Carrah!" Her voice rising.
Isabell stood up. "He killed her! He killed her. It's all my fault." She began pacing around the room. Olivia stood up. "It's all my fault. He had her, he had her and I didn't do anything." Isabell was now crying again.
"It's all my fault! I …" Before Isabel could say anymore, Olivia caught up with her and Isabell stopped. Then she grabbed Olivia into a hug and kept on crying.
"It's okay. It's not your fault Isabell, it's okay." Olivia said soothingly. Then she began to guide Isabell back to the couch so they could sit down.
"Can you tell me exactly what happened now?"
They separated from the hug and Isabell nodded. Even though they weren't hugging now, Isabell was holding onto Olivia's hand. Isabell took a deep breathe.
"Yesterday, I was at school. At about lunch, David came to the school. He told the teachers something about Danielle being in the hospital, so then he took Claire and me out of school. In the car he didn't say anything. Then we went to the baby sitters to pick up Ashley. Well I thought he was gonna take us to the Hospital, but instead he took us to the house.
Then he was really mad. He started yelling and screaming at us. He was saying things about 'the police finding out' and 'who told them' and stuff like that. Well Claire and I didn't say anything; we didn't know what to say. But Ashley was scared and began to cry. I picked her up and try to calm her down but she wouldn't. Then she started calling out for Danielle and then he got even madder. He grabbed Ashley out of my arms and practically threw her on the floor. That only made her cries louder. That's when I yelled at him. I said to him how dare he throw Ashley on the floor. Then he hit me."
"Where did he hit you?" Olivia asked.
"He didn't hit me badly. He's done worse. But first he hit me in the face. That's why I have a bruise on it. But then he pushed me against the wall and started to hit everywhere. Then he walked off and started throwing things around the house and breaking things. I immediately ran over to Ashley to make sure she was okay. Then we heard the moving of the shelf. He came back into the room and grabbed both Claire and me on our arms and dragged us into the hallway. Then he shoved us into the basement, shut and locked the door. We couldn't do anything so we went and sat in a corner. We heard him moving around the house. I think he was cleaning up the mess he had made. We heard the shelf being put back into place, then the front door opened, and I think he left.
Eventually he came back. He came and got us out of the basement, and then he took us to the lounge room. We sat on the couch while he paced around the room. I remember I looked at the time and it was just after seven. It looked like he was trying to think of a something.
Then he began, like sorta talking to us. He said 'Guess what girls, I think I found our rat. It's Carrah. That stupid little bitch I should've gotten rid of her ages ago. And I think she also gotten Danielle to talk to the police, though I'm not sure of that. But Carrah has defiantly. I drove by her house and she was just getting home. She saw me I know she did. I waited outside for a little while. She kept looking put the window, so I pretended to leave. Then I saw her, she left the house. I followed her and guess what? She went to the park, and I betcha that's where she talked to the police. I saw the car, it wasn't a marked police car, but it was defiantly a copper sitting inside it. Stupid Bitch!' Then he was all like 'let's go and get her'.
We didn't want to go with him but we had to. He took us outside to his van and chucked us in the back. He got in the front and started driving. He drove for a little while but then the car stopped. I don't know where it stopped because there are no windows in the back to see out of. We would have only sat there for a few minutes when we heard the door open; there was some mumbling and movement. Then the door opened and he threw Carrah in the back with us and shut the doors again.
I could tell she had been crying, but as soon as she realised we were in there, she acted all brave and like that she was okay. He got in the front again, and the van was driving again.
I don't know how long we drove for; it seemed like a long time. But I don't know, time was all different it felt like. We sat in silence for a while, and then Carrah was trying to comfort us. Eventually Claire and Ashley had both calmed down enough and they went to sleep. That's when the van stopped. Both Carrah and I panicked, but nothing happened. We heard David get out of the van, then walk away. Off in the distance we could hear another car door slam and then the car's engine started and drove off. We sat quietly for ages listening for anything else, but nothing else came. Carrah broke the silence. She told me that it would be okay and that she had told you guys stuff. And that she had saw Danielle and she was okay. We talked for ages. About nothing really important, just random stuff. I guess we really did it to pass the time.
I don't even remember it, but I must've fallen asleep because next thing I know I woke up to two doors slamming. The back of the van doors opened wide and Carrah woke up too. I think we both were a little shocked to do anything. When the doors opened light came beaming into the van, so he must have left us there all night as it was day time now. I could make a silhouette of him and he was holding someone. But there was also someone else there standing behind him. He put the person down into the van. My eyes adjusted to the light and I realised it was Danielle. By this time Ashley and Claire had woken up too and we all ran over to her. I barley got a look at her, but when I did she looked bad. She looked really sick. But before I could do anything else, he grabbed Carrah by her hair and dragged her out of the van. She was screaming for him to let her go, but he wouldn't. I went to go after them but he slammed the van doors in my face. I thought all hope was lost but I realised the van door hadn't shut completely. I went over to have a look, and the weird gown thingy Danni had on was stuck in the door. So I pushed the door open. I only opened a little gap to take a look and see what was happening. And then I saw…"
Isabell's just stopped. Olivia waited for a moment, but she didn't continue.
"Then you saw…" Olivia persisted gently.
Isabell's grip on Olivia's hand became tighter.
"He… he had Carrah. And he had a knife to her neck. He pushed her onto her knees. I could see tears pouring down her face. He hit her a few times. He was saying stuff, but I couldn't hear him because they had walked a little way form the van. There was another man there too but I couldn't really see him cause he was standing behind some car.
Then David grabbed Carrah by her jacket and leaned her back against his stomach. I saw him raise the knife to her throat. I couldn't help myself, I pushed the van doors wide open and I screamed out 'NO'. They all stood there shocked as I jumped outta the van and took a few steps to them before stopping. Then I heard David's voice yell to the other man 'Get her!' The man began to run over to me. Carrah yelled to me though. 'Run'. I immediately began to run.
I didn't know where I was. There were lots of trees and stuff and long grass. The place looked like some kind of forest. I didn't know where I was running; I think I was going in circles though. I was getting really tired, I looked back and the guy seemed to be getting closer. I turned around a few trees and then I saw like a gap in the tree. It looked like a crack. It was like really really small. I could hear the guy getting closer so I ran to the tree crouched into a ball and slid in it. I just fit, like it was a really tight squeeze. I prayed that me hiding in there and all the long grass he wouldn't see me. I heard his footsteps, they were like right next to me, but thank god he didn't see me. I heard his footsteps leave me.
'I fucken lost her!' he yelled out. Then David started yelling out too. 'Ahh fuck' he began. 'Isabell you better get the fuck back here now wherever you are. If you don't I'm gonna kill you fucken little friend here.' When he said that I began to get out of the hole, but then Carrah began to yell out to.
'No don't. He's tricking you. He's gonna kill me anyway. Don't come out Izzy, please, go get help.' 'Shut up bitch. I'm gonna kill her Isabell.' David was yelling again.
My heart was breaking I didn't know what to do. So I stayed where I was. And then I… It's all my fault what happened."
"No Isabell, it's not your fault." Olivia said as she could feel Isabell's grip getting tighter, her knuckles going whiter.
"Then I heard Carrah crying. It wasn't loud but I could just hear it. 'Say goodbye' David yelled. Carrah let out a scream. It was the worst scream I had ever heard. Pure fear, it sounded like. Then, it just went silent. I felt bad not rushing out but I stayed put waiting for another sound. After a while I heard footsteps and mumbling. I heard doors slamming and two engines starting. Both cars took off and the place went silent. I wanted to get out of the gap but I was scared they were still around, so I stayed there. After what seemed like forever I decided I could move.
It took me a little while to get out, because it was so small but eventually I did. I ran looking for the place where I had run from, and then I saw something. I stopped and stared. I saw something a little way ahead of me on the ground. I realised it was Carrah. I ran to her hoping it wasn't too late. But…" Isabell crying became even harder.
"As I got c… cl… closer I saw, there was so much blood. Her eyes were wide open. I collapsed beside her. I tried to get her to do or say something bu… but nothing happened. I scre… scr… screamed for help. But no… no one came. I looked at he… he… her neck. It was hor… horrible. It made me throw up. I cried and cr… cried for ages. Then I heard her voice in my head 'Go get help'. I go… got up and ra… ran." Isabell stopped again.
She sat there for a second then she released Olivia's hand and stood up again. She went and stood in a corner of the room and kept on crying. Olivia stood up and went and stood behind her. Not to close to scare her but close enough.
"Isabell, you have to believe me when I say, what happened to Carrah was not your fault. You did the best you could."
Isabell turned around. Her eyes and face were still wet from tears but she had stopped crying. "You really believe that?" she asked.
"Yes. Yes I do." Olivia began as she bobbed down to Isabell's height and grabbed both of her hands. "If you left your hiding spot, he probably would have done that to Carrah anyway. And you would not be here helping us. Where did you go when you were running?"
"Um… I don't remember. The last thing I remember is running."
"Okay well what's the first thing you remember after running?"
"Being here and you saying my name. See I'm not helping"
"Isabell, yes you are helping. You are helping by telling me this story." Olivia realised that's all Isabell could tell her for now, so she thought it better to change the subject as Isabell let go of one of Olivia's hand and was wiping her tears off her face. "Did you wanna tissue?"
Isabell nodded. Olivia stood up right let go of her other hand and walked over to the table and pulled a couple of tissues out of the tissue box. She turned around and started walking back to Isabell. Olivia noticed that Isabell was looking a little distant.
"Isabell you okay?" She looked up at Olivia.
Olivia noticed her eyes roll and close as she began to fall back. She ran over to her and caught her just in time before she fell on the floor. As soon as Olivia touched her, her eyes opened up again. "What's going on" she asked bemused. Just then the Captain walked in, "Everything okay here?"
Isabell's eyes filled with panic and Olivia saw this. "Captain its okay, go back out. I'll be there in a minute. Isabell, its okay sweetie. You just fainted; let's just get you over to the couch." The door closed and Olivia took Isabell to the couch and sat them both down.
"Are you feeling okay, maybe you need a drink of water, or are you hungry do you want something to eat?" Olivia asked.
"Maybe I'll have a drink. I haven't eaten much in a few days but that's normal. David didn't always feed us."
"Okay well I might go get you some food and drink." Olivia said as she was wiping Isabells face with the tissues. Will you be okay for a second while I go get it?"
Isabell nodded. "Okay but just stay sitting down." Olivia got up and walked out of the room.
"Captain, what's gonna happen with her tonight?" Olivia asked as she was walking out to the squad room. The Captain could see where this was heading.
"Well since it's after midnight and children services won't be able to provide her with the protection she needs and because she obviously needs a good rest I suppose she could stay in the cribs tonight. As long as there's someone here to watch her."
Olivia couldn't help smile. "Don't worry Captain, I'll stay here tonight."
"Hey I'm staying here too" Elliot who had also been watching through the window chimed in.
"Us too" Fin said speaking for both Munch and himself who had gotten back long ago.
"Well I guess I'm staying too" the Captain said.
"Great but you guys really don't have to…" "Oh we know" Elliot interrupting Olivia "But we want to."
Olivia couldn't help but smile at them. Then she saw the bag of food on hers and Eliot's desk. She went over to it and opened the bag. She got a container of fried rice and started to put some on a paper plate. Elliot got a glass of water for her. Then Olivia went back to the children's room with the food and water.
Isabell was still sitting on the couch. Olivia put the food and water on the table in front of her. "I'm not really hungry" Isabell said.
"Just try and have some" Olivia encouraged
So Isabell drank water and had some fried rice.
"Olivia. What's gonna happen with me?"
"Well, we don't know that far into the future but how bout tonight you stay here with me and my team. We got some beds here you can have some sleep in. How does that sound?"
For the first time since Olivia saw Isabell, her face lit up. "Really. I can stay here with you."
Olivia nodded and Isabell smiled back. It wasn't a strong happy smile, but nonetheless it was a smile.
In the Cribs
Olivia was tucking Isabell into one of the beds. Then Olivia sat down on the one next to hers. "Comfortable?" Isabell nodded. "Cool" Olivia said getting up to leave.
"Olivia" Isabell called after her.
"Yes?"
"Could you please stay here with me for a little while?"
Olivia smiled "Of course. If you want me too." Olivia lay in the bed that she was just sitting on.
"Goodnight Isabell."
"Olivia"
"Yes" Olivia found herself saying again.
"I just wanted to say thank you for everything. And thank you for staying with me now. You know I never felt safe unless Danni was with me. But with you here, I feel safe. Good night Olivia."
"No problem sweetie. And I'm glad you feel safe and you are safe. Goodnight Isabell. Sleep tight."
A/N Wow I think this is my longest chapter so far. Well I hoped you guys enjoyed it. Please review and let me know what you think. Chapter Twelve up soon. Night xox :)
