(AN) Hello and welcome to Chapter Four of Recovery. I hope you all enjoy, and remember to Read and Review.
In this chapter we focus on Emma and Kevin spending some father-daughter time together, the rest of Audrey's day and the continuing nightmares.
Warning: Audrey's first nightmare is rather disturbing.
Credit to DS2010 for some of the dialogue.
Disclaimer; I don't own NCIS. All characters and locations are owned by CBS, Belisario Productions and Paramount Pictures.
Chapter Four
Persistent Terrors
Kevin drove through downtown Washington and soon stopped outside a Diner. He and Emma entered, walked up to an empty table and sat down. After a few minutes, a middle-aged waitress walked up to them and handed out two menus.
"I'll be back in a few minutes to take your orders," informed the woman, "Would you like any drinks?"
"Yes, I'll have some water, please." said Emma.
"I'll have the same, thanks." said Kevin.
The waitress then smiled before walking off.
"You did great today, Peanut." stated Kevin proudly.
"Do you really think so?" asked the young girl, sounding unsure.
"I really do," replied her dad with pride, "I'm so glad you're talking with Dr. Benson, it'll really help get you through your trauma. I'm so proud of you."
Soon, the two were eating some scrambled eggs, and the conversation turned to school.
"So, honey, I was talking to Dr. Benson about school," began Kevin, "And she reccomended this really good homeschooling program that does online classes, so you can keep up with schoolwork before actually returning."
"Sounds good," replied Emma, "But do you think Mr Maxwell will let me do homeschooling?"
"I'm sure he won't mind," replied Kevin, "I'll call him, and we can perhaps arrange something."
"Thanks, Dad." thanked Emma.
"You're welcome, Peanut." replied Kevin.
"Dad," began the young girl, "Remember when I thought I saw something when we were leaving?"
The man nodded, looking at his daughter curiously and wondering where this was going.
"I thought I saw Aunt Ziva." continued Emma.
The two suddenly jumped up at the sound of someone choking on something. They then spotted Gibbs, Bishop and Sloane looking at them in surprise.
"Hey guys," greeted Kevin, "Didn't expect to see you here."
"Nor you," replied Gibbs while smiling, "What did you say about Ziva, Emma?"
"Oh, I went for my first therapy session today, and when we were leaving, I thought I saw Aunt Ziva," informed Emma sheepishly, "But it couldn't have been her, she died in that farmhouse fire. I remember Uncle Tim telling us."
"Yeah, that's right Emma," replied Jack, feeling slightly uncomfortable, and realising that McGee hadn't told Kevin and Audrey about Ziva still being alive, "Anyway, how did you get on with Dr. Benson?"
"Fine," answered the young blonde, "Hopefully Mom will open up. She's at work and trying to act like everything's normal."
"That's never a good thing," stated Bishop, feeling worried for her friend, "Don't worry Emma, I'm sure she'll open up. Anyway, you two mind if I talk with your Uncle Gibbs and Aunt Jack for a minute?"
Kevin and Emma nodded in agreement.
Bishop then steered the agent and psychologist a good distance away before gesturing for them to huddle together. "Why the Hell are we lying to them about Ziva?" she whispered, "I just feel so bad about it."
"I don't like lying to them anymore than you do," hissed Jack, "But we have to for now. Audrey and Emma are in a fragile state of mind, and I don't think the shock of learning that someone you believed to be dead was actually alive would help. We need to wait until they're more themselves before springing that on them."
"What about Kevin?" questioned a confused Gibbs.
"Kevin's already under pressure trying to convince Audrey to open up, and he'll be very worried about her," hissed Sloan, "He doesn't need a big secret to keep on top of that."
"I get where you're coming from." said Ellie.
Gibbs simply nodded in understanding.
"But why didn't we tell them in the four and a half months before the kidnapping?" asked Jack in confusion.
"Me, Tim and Gibbs agreed that telling anyone outside the team who was close to Ziva might put them in danger," explained Bishop, "We thought we'd killed Sahar, but some of her operatives were still around. We were still tracking them down by the time we discovered Adam had been captured. When we took down Victor and rescued Phineas, all of her operatives were down."
"Plus, Sahar met Kevin," added Gibbs, "He visited a few days after we rescued Audrey and Emma, and Sahar and Phineas were right there. If she'd found out that Kevin and his family had connections with Ziva, they could've been put in serious danger. Remember what she did to Adam. Same goes for Abby, the Los Angeles team, Fornell, Emily, Borin, Hollis, Jared, Kayla, Delilah and Breena. But they now know because we took down all remaining operatives, so everyone's safe."
Kevin and Emma watched on in confusion, wondering what they were whispering about.
Over at the office, it had become much more busy, and Audrey was staring off into space, not moving an inch, just staring blankly at her computer screen. Jill and Megan, two of her friends were watching Audrey with deep concern.
"Do you think she's alright?" asked Jill in concern, "She hasn't said a word all day."
"I don't think she is," said Megan, "I thought it was too soon for her to come back. Come on, let's go talk to Randy."
Her friend nodded in agreement, and together the two walked over to Randy's office door. After a few moments they entered and saw Randy sitting at his desk before looking up at the two. "Megan, Jill, what can I do for you?" he asked politely.
"It's about Audrey," began Jill, "Randy I think it was a bad idea letting her work again so soon, she's just staring off into space, like a zombie."
Randy stood up and headed over to the door. He then poked his head out and saw Audrey just sitting stock still, hands firmly gripping the sides of her desk. He then went back inside to face the brunette's concerned friends.
"I see what you mean," said Randy, "Don't worry, I'll deal with her. Thanks for informing me."
"You're welcome." replied Jill and Megan before walking out.
Randy then exited his office and slowly walked over to Audrey. He then gently tapped her on the shoulder, causing her to jump up in fright and hide under her desk.
"Come on out, Audrey, it's okay," assured Randy in a comforting voice, "It's me, Randy, your boss, you're at work."
Looking owlishly at Randy for a moment, she flushed with embarrassment. "Oh Randy, I'm so sorry. I… I.." she started and stopped.
"Hey, come with me to my office and we'll talk," suggested Randy, Gently guiding her to his office and closing the door behind them, "Please have a seat."
Audrey then sat down, taking a few deep breaths.
"Now Audrey, how are you feeling?" asked the man in concern.
"Okay I guess." replied Audrey quietly.
"You know, I was thinking, it's almost lunch, why don't you take the rest of the day off, and then you can come back tomorrow." suggested Randy as he looked at her.
Audrey's expression went from outrage to agreement and back.
"I can work Randy," insisted the brunette, "Really I can."
"I know, Audrey, but I want you to ease back into your routine okay. I promised Kevin I wouldn't over work you on your first day back okay." explained her boss calmly.
"No, Randy, I can work," said Audrey again. At the mention of her husband she started getting angry again, "Listen, Randy I can work, I don't want to go home."
"Audrey, remember we had an agreement when I thought you had enough you would go home. Now after that little breakdown, I'm telling you please go home and rest, be with your family and come back tomorrow morning. You can work a little more and see how the day goes okay." stated Randy firmly.
"Okay, but I-
"No, Audrey, don't say you can work and that you're okay when you clearly aren't," said the man, sternly, "Please do us both a favour and go home. Come back in the morning and you can work a little more, and like I said ease yourself back in. Okay."
"Okay." retorted Audrey in defeat.
She then walked out and gathered her things from her desk. "see you tomorrow, Randy." she called out.
Watching her leave, Kirk, a young, short man with black hair came over to Randy. "Glad you talked her into leaving, she was really unnerving a lot of folks." he whispersd.
"Yeah, I know. I told her she could come back tomorrow, let's hope she has a better day." replied Randy.
"Yeah, let's hope so." said Kirk
"Now back to work!" barked his boss.
"Yeah, back to work, boss." replied the man, heading for his desk as Randy sighed and went back to his office and all the paperwork awaiting him.
Audrey buttoned her coat up and then headed for her car, grumbling the whole time.
"The nerve of Randy, sending me home like some little kid, like a child who needs to be coddled. I can work, what's his problem. Seriously, the man has no reason to send me home, I'm not a child." huffed Audrey, stamping her feet as she walked towards her car.
As she opened the car door, she stared out the window and didn't move, lost in a flashback of her aborted escape with Emma.
"No, no, got to go, got to go." cried Audrey in a panicky voice.
Starting the car, she drove as fast as she could out of the parking garage and on to the highway, not noticing the other cars honking and screeching, and nearly causing an accident. "Have to drive, have to drive, hang on baby." she said thinking Emma was in the car with her.
Turning her head, she saw cars and thought it was Thomas' gang. Speeding down the highway, weaving in and out of traffic, a patrol car flashed its sirens.
"pull over!" yelled a male voice over a loudspeaker.
She didn't stop.
"you in the brown suburban, pull over!" yelled the voice again.
The flashing lights and sirens penetrated her mind, and she finally came back to reality.
"pull over!" yelled the voice again as the police car pulled in behind her.
Finally, Audrey pulled over, shaking at the wheel as the officers approached.
"License and registration," said the first male officer, "Ms, license and registration, please."
"Ms, Ms are you okay?" asked the other officer.
Audrey finally seemed to come around.
"Yes, yes of course Officers." replied the brunette, reaching in the glove compartment for the documents.
"Ms, please step out of the car." said the second officer, thinking she was drunk or high.
"But, why? I didn't do anything." said Audrey.
"You were driving erratically Ms. Were you drinking?" asked the first officer.
"No, no, I wasn't drinking," retorted Audrey, getting angry, "I would never drink and drive."
"Well we'll need you to take a field test." stated the second officer firmly.
"Well, okay, if you insist." sighed the young woman, Getting angry that she did nothing wrong.
After the test, she was given a ticket for speeding and told to drive carefully.
A half hour later, she pulled into her driveway and stopped the car. She began breathing. hard. "Home, safe, got away." she said out loud. "Home, safe, got away."
Opening the car door, she looked for Emma but didn't see her. Starting to panic, Audrey raced into the house, shouting her daughter's name. Running upstairs and down again shouting her daughter's name until she saw a note on the table. Panicking, she thought it was from Thomas that they had her daughter. Her hands were shaking, and she saw the note was from Kevin and read that he had taken Emma to her Doctor's appointment and out to lunch at the diner. He left her a sandwich in the refrigerator.
Audrey then began crying hysterically.
"oh, God, oh God, what's wrong with me?" wailed a distraught Audrey.
Audrey sat down at the table and began sobbing. She then got up and started looking around the kitchen. "I need a drink." she said.
Finding an open bottle of wine in the refrigerator, she poured a glass and knocked it back hoping the alcohol would calm her nerves. She soon poured another and another until the bottle was empty and she passed out at the table.
Soon afterwards, Kevin and Emma arrived home. The middle-aged man quickly spotted Audrey's car in the driveway. "Your mom must've decided to come home early." suggested Kevin.
The pair entered the house and went into the living room, where they soon became aware of loud snoring.
"Audrey? You there, babe?" called out Kevin in concern.
The Navy Analyst followed the snoring through to the dining room, and jumped in shock as he saw Audrey sitting in a chair, her face planted into the table. The brunette was snoring loudly, a wine glass and bottle were sat next to her.
"Audrey, sweetie," called out Kevin gently as he walked over and shook her shoulder, "Wake up, honey, it's Kevin."
Audrey suddenly snorted loudly before raising her head and looking up at Kevin with unfocused eyes. "K-Kevin, i-is that you?" she asked in a slurred voice.
"Yeah, it's me, what happened?" asked Kevin in concern.
"R-Randy sent me home early," informed Audrey in drunken irritation, "S-Started driving and thought that Jackson was chasing me, got stopped and got a speeding ticket. W-when I got in, you were still out with Emma, and I thought they'd taken her. Got some wine to calm myself."
"It's okay, baby," assured her husband in a comforting manner as he helped Audrey to her feet and slowly escorted her towards the stairs, "Come on, honey, let's get you to bed."
"I'm fine, Kev, really," insisted the brunette as she gently pinned Kevin to the wall and attempted to kiss him, "Come on, honey, how about you get in bed with me and we can... you know, have a little fun."
The Navy Analyst's eyes widened in horror before gently steering Audrey up the stairs and into their bedroom. "Honey, as much as I'd like to, I want you to first get sober and then fully recover from what you've been through."
"Come on, I could play softball while drunk." argued Audrey, "And your Grandmother could throw better than you."
"No she couldn't," chuckled Kevin, rolling his eyes slightly, "Now come on, bed."
"Oh, okay." groaned a reluctant Audrey.
Soon, Audrey changed into her nightgown, and climbed into bed. She soon fell asleep.
For the rest of the day and evening, Audrey remained in bed, only getting up for dinner, and hearing about Emma's plan for school.
Audrey suddenly awoke as she heard something downstairs. Turning around, she saw Kevin was fast asleep, snoring softly. Not wanting to wake him, she gently slipped out of bed, placed her robe and slippers on, and headed downstairs, and into the kitchen. Audrey then got some milk out, poured it into a glass and placed it in the microwave before switching it on. She then spotted some cookies on the counter, took some out of the packet and placed them on a plate. Audrey planned on having both in the hopes they would sooth her and help her go back to sleep.
The woman walked through to the living room and jumped slightly at the sight of Kevin sitting on the sofa in his pyjamas.
"Hey, sweetie, I thought you were sleeping," said Audrey in surprise, "Would you like some milk and cookies?"
"No, I wouldn't like some milk and cookies!" spat Kevin in an uncharacteristically venomous tone, "What I would like is my wife back. The woman I fell in love with, not this shell, this bitch who would give herself to another man!"
The Navy Analyst then stormed towards his wife, who shrank back against the coffee table, trembling slightly. "What I want to do to you is teach you a lesson!" he shouted, grabbing Audrey by the arm before slapping her across the face, "And the lesson starts now."
Kevin then grabbed the knot on Audrey's robe and untied it. Audrey struggled, but it was no use as the middle-aged man tore her robe off.
"No, No! Get away from me, Help!" cried the woman in terror as she fought against her husband's grip.
"There's no one to help, Audrey," hissed Kevin into her ear, "Nobody here but you and me."
Kevin then pinned Audrey to the nearby wall and planted a large, long kiss on her lips, causing the brunette's eyes to widen in terror. The Navy Analyst then let go, allowing Audrey to slap him in the face, she then ran through to the kitchen, but Kevin was right behind her.
The former Lieutenant grabbed a knife and stalked towards Audrey, who was currently trembling in fear, he then pressed her against the counter, pulled her hair back and put the knife to Audrey's neck.
"Now strip, or I'll kill you and tell the kids what a big whore their mother was," snarled Kevin in a threatening tone, "That she let anyone with a penis touch her. Then she cried rape, when in reality you wanted it, didn't you? You wanted those men to take you, didn't you? I said DIDN'T YOU!"
"No, no, Kevin, I didn't want it, NO!" cried Audrey in a voice quivering with fear, "Don't kill me, please, put, put the knnniffe away."
Kevin simply lowered the knife.
"PPPPLEEEAAASSEEE, I'll do what you want. See, honey, I'm stripping," pleaded the woman as she slowly started to take her nightgown off, "SEE!"
"What I see is a woman who needs a lesson taught to her!" shouted the Navy Analyst, putting the knife down and roughly shoving his wife to the floor.
Soon the room became filled with Audrey's terrified and agony filled screams and pleas. "No, no! Stop! Stop! Please stop," she sobbed, "Kevin, please no, don't do this. I love you, don't do this."
"Don't do this, don't do this Kevin," shrieked Kevin in a mocking tone, "Don't, don't do it Kevin I love you. Don't do it."
Audrey shut her eyes tightly as her husband laughed wickedly.
"NO!" shouted Audrey in terror as she bolted up in bed, clutching at her chest, cold sweat dripping down her face. After taking several deep calming breaths, she looked over at the alarm clock and gasped as it read 10:00AM.
"Oh no, I'm late for work." cried Audrey in alarm.
The brunette quickly got dressed and dashed downstairs. She soon heard the stove and somebody talking in the kitchen. Edging slowly into the kitchen, Audrey saw Kevin standing at the stove, his back turned to her; his phone was leaning on his shoulder as he spoke into it.
"Hey, Randy," began Kevin, "No, she had a bad night. Yeah, I think it's best if she stays home today. Okay, I'll get her to thank you."
Kevin then hung up and turned to face Audrey, who stood staring at him, shaking in fear and darting her eyes about. "Hey, honey," he said cheerfully, "I'm just making you some breakfast."
"NO!" shrieked Audrey in terror before running out of the kitchen.
Kevin stood there stunned. He turned off the stove and followed Audrey, who was running into the hall. "Audrey? Audrey? he called out in concern as he followed her out into the hallway.
Audrey stumbled and fell on to the stairs, but quickly began scrambling up them. Kevin followed her up.
Upon reaching the top hallway, the brunette tried to run, but the Navy Analyst caught up with her and grabbed Audrey, who began kicking, screaming and crying in fear.
"Honey, honey, are you alright?" asked Kevin in concern as he knelt down, gently pulled his wife down with him and gathered her into a hug, "Audrey? Audrey, are you alright?"
Audrey then sobbed loudly into her husband's shoulder. Kevin gently rubbed her back and made hushing noises like he would for the children. He realised that Audrey had had another nightmare.
"K-Kevin, i-it was horrible," wailed Audrey, "Y-you attacked me, c-called me a whore and said I wanted it. T-then you raped me."
"Oh, honey," sighed Kevin gently as he hugged his wife, "I'd never think that of you. Jackson sent me videos of him torturing you, it wasn't your fault. And I know you didn't want it. And hey, I promise I would never do anything to hurt you, I love you."
"Oh, Kev." whimpered the brunette.
After a few minutes, Audrey calmed down.
Kevin as it turned out had gotten permission to take the day off as well, so he, Emma and Audrey spent it together. Audrey and Emma did their physical therapy.
Kevin phoned up Mr Maxwell and explained the suggestion to do homeschooling. Mr Maxwell was more than happy to allow Emma to do this for as long as she needed.
"I'm so proud of you for taking this course, Emma." stated Audrey proudly the following day while sitting with Emma in her room.
"Dr. Benson's really nice," remarked Emma, "When are you going to see her?"
"Sweetie, I told you, I don't need help." assured Audrey.
Later on, Audrey was in the kitchen talking with Tommy.
"I still can't believe you got a speeding ticket," cried Tommy in amazement for what felt like the hundredth time, "Did you do a breath test?"
"Yes I did, but that's not a good example for Emma or you." replied Audrey in exasperation.
"I still think you should see somebody, Mom," stated the teen in deep concern, "Emma and Dad say this Dr. Benson is brilliant, you even going to try?"
"Honey, I know you're all concerned, but I'm fine," insisted Audrey, "I'm sure these nightmares will go away soon, they have to."
"Alright, if you say so." sighed Tommy in defeat.
Later on, Kevin suggested they watch a movie, so he, Audrey, Emma and Tommy sat on the sofa and began to watch Avengers: Endgame. Soon however, Audrey began to feel tired, so she cuddled up next to Kevin and rested her head on his shoulder. He then wrapped his arm around her shoulder. After a few moments, Audrey fell into a deep sleep.
The brunette suddenly awoke with a start as there was a loud bang, and suddenly six men wearing black clothes, gloves and balaclavas came storming into the living room, armed with guns, causing Audrey to cling to Kevin in fear with one arm and wrap her other arm around her daughter in a protective manner. Emma screamed in fear.
Two of the men stormed over to the sofa and aimed their guns at the family, while the other four began searching the house for anything of value. One of the men grabbed Emma, wrapped an arm around her neck and put his gun to her temple, while the other robber grabbed Kevin and did the same, pressing his gun into the man's temple. Both Kevin and Emma looked terrified.
A third burglar grabbed Tommy by the neck and jabbed the gun into his temple. Audrey tried to run at the man, but she too was grabbed by a fourth burglar, who wrapped his arm around her neck and pressed his gun into her temple, causing the brunette to whimper in fear.
"Where's the safe!" barked the first burglar, looking straight at Kevin.
"We don't have a safe, man," stated Kevin in an attempt at a brave voice, "All we have is some jewellery from my wife, that's it."
"Sure you don't have a safe," sneered the third burglar sarcastically before switching to a threatening tone, "Every house in this neighbourhood has one, so don't lie!"
"Take the kids down to the basement and tie them up!" ordered the second burglar, "If the parents don't give us what we want, then kill them."
"Yeah, boss." replied the third burglar.
He and the first burglar put their guns away, wrapped their arms around Tommy and Emma's middles and dragged them over to the basement door and down the stairs. Kevin and Audrey attempted to stop them, but the second and fourth burglars had their arms wrapped around their middles, and were firmly holding the struggling couple.
"Not a sound out of either of you, or I'll shoot you now." came the third burglar's voice, followed by the sound of a gun being cocked, a loud bang and finally the sound of a round going off into the wall.
The two robbers let go. The second and sixth burglar then grabbed Audrey by the arms and dragged her out of the room. The brunette watched in horror, tears of helplessness streaming down her face as the fourth and fifth burglars pinned a struggling Kevin to the floor before repeatedly punching and kicking him.
Audrey was then dragged into her and Kevin's bedroom and thrown on to the bed, where she looked up at the men in fear. The sixth burglar grabbed Audrey's wedding ring and pulled it off, causing the brunette to yelp.
"Okay, lady, where's the safe!" barked the second burglar before slapping Audrey across the face.
"We don't have a safe, we never did." answered Audrey in a terrified manner.
The second burglar went over to a cupboard, pulled out Audrey's jewellery box and started raiding it.
"Where's the safe, bitch!" snapped the sixth burglar before slapping Audrey, "We know you have one. Where's the money?"
"Please, please we don't have a safe," pleaded Audrey, "We never did, please don't hurt me, my husband or the kids."
The two men growled furiously, hoisted Audrey up by the arms and dragged her downstairs. The woman screamed in horror as she saw Kevin lying on the floor in a pool of his own blood.
"Kevin! NO!" wailed Audrey in despair.
The brunette attempted to run, but the sixth burglar held her by the neck. "Please, please, we won't tell, you can go and leave us alone," she begged, "We don't have anything of value. Please, please. Where are my babies? Where are my children?"
"They're safe for now," said the second burglar, "But only if you tell us where the safe and the money is."
"We don't have a safe or any money," said Audrey in a pleading manner, "I don't know who told you we had one, but we don't. Please, we don't have a safe or any money."
"Bring up the girl!" barked the second burglar to the first.
The first burglar nodded in agreement and walked down the stairs.
"Get out of the way, boy!" hollered the man's voice.
Audrey choked back a sob as she heard Tommy screaming in agony, which stopped after a few moments.
After a few more moments, he came back up, frogmarching Emma; his gun pressed into the small of her back, he then grabbed Emma around her neck and pressed the barrel of his gun into her temple.
"Now, tell me where the safe is, or I'll kill her." growled the first burglar in an aggressive tone, clicking the trigger in place to shoot.
"NO! Please No! We don't have a safe." pleaded the brunette in fear.
"Liar!" snapped the first burglar before pulling the trigger.
There was a sudden loud bang. The masked man let go, causing Emma's limp body to crumple to the floor, dead.
"NO!" screamed Audrey in despair as she suddenly bolted up on the sofa, "No, no, no."
"Audrey, it's okay, it was just a dream." assured Kevin in a comforting manner before hugging his wife.
"No, Emma," sobbed Audrey, "She's dead."
"Mom, I'm right here," insisted the blonde as she tapped her mom on the back, "Mom, I'm not dead."
"Oh, thank God." cried the brunette in relief as she turned round, saw Emma and hugged her precious daughter very tightly.
"Mom, let go, you're hurting me." gasped Emma.
"Oh, sorry, baby." apologised Audrey before letting go.
"Tommy, why don't you turn things off down here while I take your mom to bed." said Kevin.
"Okay, Dad." replied Tommy.
"Come on, Audrey, let's go upstairs and we can talk about this dream." suggested Kevin as he helped Audrey up and escorted her out the living room.
The two then entered their bedroom and sat on the bed. Audrey then whimpered and after a few moments began to cry hysterically. Kevin wrapped his arms around her in a comforting manner and allowed his wife to cry into his shoulder. After describing her nightmare, Kevin looked at her with sympathy.
"what's wrong with me? Why am I having all of these bad dreams? Why, why, why?" cried Audrey.
"Audrey, you've been through a lot lately with all the trauma and all, don't you think it's time you went to talk to someone?" suggested the former Lieutenant in a comforting manner.
"NO! I can't!" snapped the brunette, suddenly pulling away from her husband and burying her face into a pillow, "I don't need help. I-I."
"Audrey." began Kevin gently as he reached out to touch Audrey's shoulder before suddenly having it slapped away by her hand.
"Just leave me alone." moaned Audrey's muffled voice.
"Okay." sighed Kevin with a mixture of sadness and defeat.
The Navy Analyst climbed off the bed and exited the bedroom.
(AN) Well that was chapter four. I hope you all enjoyed, and remember to Read and Review.
As you can see, Audrey's nightmares are getting worse and it won't be long until she finally cracks from trying to deal with it on her own.
To clarify when this takes place in conjunction with the show. It takes place during the episodes that happen after In the Wind. Jackson's Revenge took place after Wide Awake but before The North Pole. And as for months, Recovery starts in January 2020 and ends in early April of the same year.
Credit goes to DS2010 for the nightmare scenes, the names of the OC's at Audrey's job and a few scenes.
In the next chapter, we see Audrey continuing to try and deal with everything on her own, but it may not last.
Until then, this is TimeLordMaster108 signing out.
