Chpt. 2, Battered and Bruised
Disclaimer: I still don't own sailor moon...but these ideas and the whole story,..IS mine! So don't copy and all that good stuff...thanks enjoy!
AN: Its 2:30am right now,...so don't be too brutal if theres a lot of errors and such. Thanks...=)
The night was rather slow tonight at Himiroshi's Memorial Hospital. Half of the staff was sleeping in the lounge while the other half were doing the tedious rounds of checking patients, and checking meds and such. All the sudden the calmness of the night was interrupted by two girls running in through the emergency room. A brunette carrying a rigid blonde figure came in first, out of breathe and stammering to the desk. She was followed by a blonde carrying an unconscious brunette who was completely out of breath and looked like she was about ready to pass out. The conscious brunette spoke first.
"H-...Help us. Friends...beaten...found em in...alley...h-help..." As Rei trailed off there were already two stretchers coming around the desk in front of the girls. Along with four doctors. Two strong young MD's came with one stretcher towards Rei and the other two went with the other stretcher towards Minako. Each grabbed one of the unconscious girls and placed them on a stretcher and ran through the hallway to get them some help.
The receptionist at the front desk was half aware of everything that was going on and grabbed for the cold coffee sitting by her computer. She looked at the two girls who were leaning on each other for support and gasping for air. She opened a drawer and grabbed two forms and two pens. She took a glance at the clock, 3:52am. 'I really hate the late shifts...' She looked at the two girls again, with the forms and pens in her hands, and politely coughed for attention.
"Excuse me," the receptionist said in a soft and gentle voice, "Could you please, while you're waiting, fill out these forms to the best of your ability? Theres some chairs and tables right over there in our waiting area." With a slender hand, she motioned to the right of her to the corner where there were some couches, and furnished chairs, and two wooden coffee tables.
Rei and Minako each grabbed a form and a pen. Minako, shaking profusely, dropped them as soon as the receptionist handed them to her. She fell to the ground and started to cry uncontrollably. Rei only stared at her friend, still not taking in everything that had happened.
"I'm sorry,...so...s-sorry." Minako mumbled between breathes. Rei kneeled down to her friend with a tissue the receptionist had handed her. She hugged her friend and gave her the tissue. Minako blew her nose in a startling honk. Rei picked up the fallen form and pen and stood up offering her free hand to Minako. She took it and Rei helped her to her feet where they made their way to the waiting area.
Rei put one of the forms and a pen on the table in front of where Minako had already taken a seat. Rei took a seat next to her and took a look at the form she had. "Minako?" Minako could only look at her friend. Her breaths were spasming and her eyes were filled with tears. "You should do Makoto's form. I'll do Usagi's. Okay?" Minako nodded.
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Rei had finished the first few basic questions that the form had asked. Name, address, name of parents, birthday, height, and the such. Then she looked at the clock, 4:02 am. 'Her parents should know. Mamoru should know. Ami and the Starlights, should know.' She took a glance at Minako who was still filling in the form and quietly sobbing. Then she looked at the document in front of her and glanced around the room for a phone.
On the other side of the room was a payphone, but alas she had no change. She looked over at the receptionist who was filling in some kind of form of her own. Rei stood and made her way to the desk.
"Um,..Excuse me, ma'am. Is there a phone that I could use here? I don't have any change for the pay phone."
The receptionist looked at the phone at her desk and then at the brunette. "Sure, are you going to call the girls parents?" Rei nodded. "Then its no problem."
Rei grabbed the phone and called Ami first. At first no one picked up. 'Still sleeping. Come on, wake up!' She called again. On the last ring, a woman answered in a groggy voice.
"Hello?...May I ask who's calling? I hope you're aware of what time it i-..."
"Mrs. Mizuno?" Rei asked.
"Um,...yes. Is this Rei?"
"Hai."
"What are you doing up?"
"Mrs. Mizuno, I'm at the hospital, there's been a horrible accident!"
"What?" Mrs. Mizuno was fully awake now. "Is everyone alright? What happened?"
"Mina and I found Makoto and Usako in an alley. They were both unconscious and badly
beaten. And Usagi,..." Rei's voiced cracked when she said the next few words, "Usagi was raped."
Rei could hear a gasp from Mrs. Mizuno. "God, I'll wake Ami up and I'll be right there. Are you at Himirishi's Memorial or Kono Oni's Hospital?"
"Himirishi's"
"We'll be right there!"
"Thank you." Rei sighed as the tone went dead. She softly hung the receiver and dialed the number of the Star Lights hotel.
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The phone went off for the 4th time. The muttered voice of Seiya yelled from under a pillow for someone to answer the quote "Blasted device".
Yaten groggily got out of bed and staggered to the phone. He sat on the pillow that was covering Seiya's head and stared at the phone, while Seiya writhed beneath him. He then smacked Seiya and stated, "The phone is right next to YOUR bed! Why didn't YOU answer it?!"
Seiya sat up lazily and stared at Yaten, "are you gonna answer it or not?" Yaten sighed and picked up the phone.
"Do you have ANY idea what tim-"
"Seiya?!"
"No,...Yaten. Whos this?!"
"Good, Yaten,...its Rei. Look, something happened. The three of you have to get to Himirishi's Memorial Hospital now."
"Nani? Now? Why? Who? Ugh,...What happened?" Seiya blankly stared at Yaten, mentally wishing that the man would move outa his bed so he could get back to sleep.
"Makoto and Usagi are in bad shape. Especially Usagi."
"The princess?! What happened to her?!" Seiya, half listening to the conversation sat up straight at the mention of his sweet princess. 'What happened?' His thoughts were interrupted to a pillow which was projected at his head.
"What the hell?!" Seiya yelled.
"Would you guys keep it down?! I'm trying to get some sleep!" Taiki yammered.
"SHHHHH! Get some clothes on and lemme finish this phone call. Don't look at me like that, just get clothes on,...now! The both of you!" Yaten now concentrated on the phone call again while two groggy figures stood and made their way to the closet. "Sorry, Rei. Now please tell me what happened."
"Some guy tried to rape Usagi, and I guess Makoto tried to save her, and she got roughed up pretty bad. Minako and I found them both unconscious in an alley." Rei shakily inhaled and let out a big sigh. The silence on the other end was unbearable.
Yaten gulped on his own saliva. 'I'll kill the bastard. How could this happen?' His mind raced with questions until he realized he was still on the phone with Rei. "Oh, I'm sorry. Okay, we'll be right there. Himiroshi? Okay. Bye Rei." Yaten put down the receiver and looked at the two slumped figures in front of him. "Were going to Himiroshi's Memorial Hospital. Seiya, you start the car. Taiki,...find my shoes."
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Rei sighed and put down the receiver. 'Two down, two to go. But the next two are gonna be so hard.' Rei closed her eyes and for a moment, considered not to make anymore phone calls. 'They have the right to know, Rei. Them more than any.' With a gulp, she dialed the number to Mamoru's apartment. He was the first and only to pick up immediately.
"Mamoru?"
"Rei? What's wrong?"
"What are you doing up?"
"I,...I don't know. I couldnt sleep. Somethings kinda bothering me in the back of my head,...I'm not sure what it is though, I can't explain it. Oh I'm sorry,...you wanted to say something?"
Rei cringed. 'How am I suppose to tell him? This isn't fair, this really isn't fair. Kami, Usagi! Makoto! Why did this have to happen?!'
"Rei?" Mamoru asked again.
"Sorry Mamoru. Look,...you need to come down here. Minako and I are Himiroshi's Memorial Hospital..."
"What?! What happened? Is Usako alright?!"
"Mamoru! Please, just listen. Makoto called me, she said that she needed me and Mina to come to the alley behind the arcade. And then she passed out. When we got there, there were three people unconscious. One was a man, I don't know who he was but he had a knife in his hand, and there was blood all around him. Makoto was badly beaten and unconscious..."
"What about Usa-"
"She was there too. She was,...in the worst shape of them all. She was...I,...that man raped her, or tried to, or,...I don't know. But Minako and I grabbed them both and brought them over here. And you need to come here quick!" Rei held her breath waiting for a reply, but none came. All that could be heard was the buzz of the phone. "Mamoru?...Mamoru?...Mamoru?!" Rei could now hear a few silent sobs. "Mamoru..."
"Is she-...? Will she-...? How is sh-...?"
"I don't know. It looked,...really bad. Just get down here."
There was a silence but Rei understood that he was probably nodding on his end. Nodding was probably all he could do right then. "Alright Mamoru, I'll see you soon" She then hung up the phone. A few tears fell on the receiver and Rei lifted a hand to rub her tearing eyes.
'One more to go...Kami give me strength...' She slowly dialed Usagi's home number. After the final ring, someone picked up the phone.
"Hello?" Rei asked.
There was some heavy breathing, followed by a low voice,...Mr. Tsukino. "Nani?"
"Its Rei."
"Where is she?"
Rei was silent. 'God this is so hard.' She took in a deep breath and said, "She's,...here...at Himiroshis Memorial hospital, sir. We found her and Makoto,...it doesn't look good. We got them to the hospital as fast as possible." She waited uncertainly for a reply.
"...I know you did. We'll be there. Arigatou Rei."
Before Rei could answer, the phone went dead. She slowly put down the receiver and looked at the receptionist who was holding a tissue towards Rei, offering it to her. Rei managed a weak smile and graciously took the tissue and wiped her face.
"Its never easy to make those phone calls." The receptionist said. Rei slowly nodded. "We have excellent doctors here, they'll do everything they can to help your friends." Rei once again nodded and turned to the waiting area. Slowly she walked back to her chair where she saw Minako working on Usagi's form. Next to it was Makoto's form, all filled out. Rei slunked into the chair and closed her eyes. 'Wake up. Please, just let me wake up. This isn't happening. PLEASE LET ME WAKE UP!'
Rei opened her eyes to the sound of tires screeching to a halt. Rei glanced at the door, where in a matter of seconds three young men came piling through it. They scanned the room and saw Rei and Minako and ran to them.
Seiya was the first to speak. "Where's Usa? Hows my Usa-chan?" Taiki and Yaten looked at Rei waiting for her reply.
"Sit down guys, there hasn't been any news yet."
Taiki and Yaten complied to orders, however Seiya was immediately harassing the receptionist. "I'm sorry, sir. There hasnt been any news on-..."
"Bull shit! How are you running your hospital?! Let me see her! Where is she?! I want to see her NOW!" Yaten sighed and got out of his chair and walked over to Seiya where he grabbed him, told him to calm down, and brought him to the chairs to wait. 'He listens so much better when he's dead tired...' Yaten thought to himself.
There was an awkward silence until two other people walked through the door. It was the Mizuno's. Doctor Mizuno walked over to the receptionist to find out what the situation was and if she could be of any help, while Ami ran to her friends. "Guys, what's going on? Makoto and Usagi were beaten?"
"And raped." Seiya mumbled in rage.
"Nani? WHo was raped?" Ami inquired.
Taiki whispered to Ami, "Usagi...Makoto tried to stop it."
Ami slumped into a chair. "I can't believe...no..."
Doctor Mizuno walked over to the group. "Well, right now they're still trying to stabilize the two of them, they're in really bad shape. I'm going to go help them and I'll let you guys know what's going on. Alright?" The group nodded and Ami hugged her mother. "Its okay, Ami. Its alright." She whispered to her daughter, who nodded slightly.
The next to come was Mamoru, who didn't say anything. He just walked over to the waiting chairs and sat, making eye contact with only Rei and Ami. 'She's not dead. Thank God.' He looked at the doors leading to a hallway and said to anyone who was listening, "Has there been any word on their conditions?"
Yaten, who had been the strongest of the group, slowly said in a low voice, "Only that they're still trying to stabilize them and their in bad shape. Doctor Mizuno just left to help them and she said she'd keep us informed." Mamoru nodded and began to rub his temples with his fingers.
It was a good 10 minutes before the Tsukino's walked in. They went straight to the receptionists desk to ask what was going on. Mrs. Tsukino was hysterical and leaning on Mr. Tsukino. Shingo was holding on to his fathers shirt, his eyes half open.
AN: Well this Chapter is getting kinda long,...so I'm gonna end it here. The next chapter will be more hospital scenes and will probably move a little faster. if you didn't enjoy this chapter too much,...in my defense,...it's 3 am right now...and I found some time to write...and if you do like the story so far,...Thanks! -SR
