Chapter 52: The Numbness


I opened my eyes with a gasp trying to sit up a little to fast but I couldn't someone's arms where around me.

I looked up and it was Kenny, my perfect Kenny, well not really mine yet but still it was him.

He looked down when I gasped I couldn't tell where we were going but I knew where ever it was he was carrying me to it.

"Prue your awake I'm so glad, I thought you were never going to open your eyes, I panicked when I saw you sinking to the ground I didn't now what to do…so I picked you up…you are way too light to be 16 by the way…I'm taking you to the hospital" Kenny said as he continued to carry me to the hospital apparently.

"Which one" I asked hoarsely still tense in his arms.

"P.P.H.T" he said I relaxed a little bit knowing I was going to see my Greg.

"I'm pretty sure I can walk" I said after a couple blocks of silence I was feeling okay, yeah it hurt like hell but Kenny didn't know me right now and I could see it in his eyes that he was uncomfortable.

"No…you can't, you could barely stand we're just about there anyways" he said right a way.

"Let me down" I said keeping my voice strong.

"No" was all he said as he concentrated a little too much on walking.

He was the only one who was more stubborn then me, well he tried to be anyways and I never could resist those eyes with his smile.

I mumbled many things under my breath while I pretended to be angry mostly that I can walk by myself and that I didn't need his help.

"Okay we're here…is there anyone you wanted me to call?" he asked as soon as the building came into sight.

I was thinking he should call my parents but I wasn't ready for them to know in this time yet they were both too happy for me to ruin it.

Then I thought Aunt Prue would be a good choice because she can keep secrets better then my other two aunts…but in this time since I had no magic I hadn't brought her back to life, she had died just how she was afraid to…she drowned just like grandma Patty.

And when I started thinking of grandma I of course thought of Grams, she had still just died of a heart attack, falling down the stairs, in the other time I thought that ironic I mean she was this super powerful witch and she died of the most ordinary death, a heart attack.

Okay I got of topic I needed someone to come get me…I of course thought through every other person I could get to but it all ended with more attention, I still can't really remember what happened that horrible night but until I knew what happened I didn't want anyone else to.

Then I finally remembered the other thing I did this day long ago, I got back in contact with my sister so I figured I could try in this time and hopefully it wont end up in a fight like the magical time (I chose just to call it that because I was getting myself confused when I talked about it)

"My sister…Kim…" I said not really paying attention anymore but I was already in a hospital bed with doctors around me that I didn't put faces to.

"Kimberly Brock" I added knowing he just wouldn't know who Kim was.

"Okay I guess I'll see you some time" Kenny said awkwardly walking out of the room that I couldn't remember being brought into.

"Hello…Ms." I heard one of the doctors without a face said I looked to him, seeing right through his face again though.

"What happened?" he asked I wished Kenny stayed so he could talk to these strangers.

I frowned trying to see his facial features so I could know who the hell this guy is.

"Greg…? House" I asked frowning even deeper. I knew this wasn't my Greg it wasn't his voice.

"What about him?" the doctor asked this time I recognised the voice and even more I recognised the accent.

"Chase?" I asked turning to the voice and I saw him he looked a lot younger then I remembered.

"What's your name?" he asked lightly pushing the unknown doctor out of the way.

"Prue…Prue Halliwell" I said happier now that there was a familiar face in the room.

"Halliwell" he asked frowning for a second trying to remember the name, I knew he would because he had read every one of House's old case files with my mothers right at the bottom.

"How old are you?" he asked I also knew he was seeing if I was the baby girl born to the 16 year old patient, listed among the many pages of information they had gotten from my vulnerable sick mother.

"16" I said after lots of thought.

"Halliwell" he said again to himself.

"Yes that is my last name now can I please see Greg?" I asked getting impatient.

"I knew it…" he said right after me. I knew it also said in the file that she was sarcastic and pushy, and many other things House was very interested in my mom so her file was pretty big.

"Yes your right…now back to my problem I didn't just come for a visit" I said pointing around my body. I really was impatient now it was starting to hurt again really lots.

"What happened?" he repeated the first unknown doctors question.

"I...my…I can't remember" I finally said I wasn't sure what to say besides "I was raped" it was getting old for me well to me it was over 7 years to me, I was still working on remembering it exactly because knowing House he's going to want every detail.

"What's the matter then?" he asked a much simpler question.

"I've got lots of…cuts on me…everywhere…and…" I said biting on my lip.

"And" the other doctor who still didn't leave yet, I was getting annoyed that I couldn't see his face I also didn't get why I couldn't, I guess I was just blocking out the people I didn't know and didn't really want to see.

I took a deep breath the cold air filling my lungs that was when I felt everything else… all the pain, everywhere, much worse then anything I've ever felt.

Then I heard Chase calling my name but it sounded like he was far away, like I was falling down a never ending hole and he was at the top shouting for me.

Then everything went numb, I couldn't feel the pain anymore I just sat there staring off past Chase and the unknown doctor.

It was like someone just flipped a switch and I went into robot mode, I didn't talk, I didn't eat, I didn't sleep, I just sat there. I was aware that I was just sitting there but I liked the numbness I didn't want to feel the pain.

Time went by faster then I thought it would but still no sign of my sister, I figured it was a good thing then when she did come I could talk to her if I was able to pull myself out of the numbness and survive the pain but only time will tell, if I am able to then I'm just going to ask her to bring me home, I didn't want to be here now I just wanted them to make me good enough to get there.

I tuned out the voices I didn't want to hear like the unknown doctor who went away after House came; I of course listed to every word my godfather had said.