Degrassi: The Next Generation
Chapter 2: "Brotherly Love"
Eyes watch as the heart monitor beeps slowly. Tears slowly coming down faces. Marco, Gavin, Paige, and Hazel watch Raheem in the hospital bed. He's breathing regularly and he seems to be getting better according to his records. Paige and Hazel cry silently on Marco and Gavin. Sean and Emma walk up to the window and stand alongside Paige and company. " Is he going to be okay?" Emma asked and the others nod unsurely.
"The doctors haven't said anything yet." A lady says as she walks up to the kids. She extends her hand to Emma. "I'm Raheem's foster mother Linda. I don't know what's going on." Sean and the rest introduce themselves. Sean has his arm wrapped up in bandage tape now. "He tried to get himself hit by a car and he almost did until Sean saved him." Emma said. "Thank you so much for saving his life. I don't know what to say. He's been trying to kill himself due to the accident that happened a few years ago." Linda explained.
"What happened?" Marco asked. Linda and the kids go sit on the benches in the hallway. "Well a few years ago he and his parents were in a car accident. They died and he survived. He's been blaming himself for what happened. Ever since then whenever he's depressed he tries to kill himself. I've stopped him a few times but I don't think that I'll be able to stop him if he's ever alone again." Linda finished. Everybody looked at each other and then looked down. A doctor came up them. "Is there a Linda here?" he asked.
Linda stepped forward and the two of them walked away a few feet and started talking. Emma and friends started to talk amongst themselves. "I think this is a pretty sad story." Emma said and Paige agreed. "Maybe we should hang out with him if he comes back to school. Maybe then we could get him out of trying to kill himself because of something that happened to his parents." Paige replied and the rest agreed. "I don't understand why he thinks it's his fault that the car accident happened." Gavin said.
All of a sudden a few doctors and security guards ran into Raheem's room after hearing the heart monitor beep rapidly. A man was brought out of the room and he was furious! He was kicking and punching the doctors trying to get back into Raheem's room. "Oh no! Not you again! How do you keep finding out where he is?" Linda said with her hands on her head looking frightened. The kids and Linda ran to the room and went inside. The doctor that was talking to Linda came in and checked up on Raheem. "His vital signs are fine. He's done nothing to Raheem."
Everybody sighed. "I'll get him! I'll kill him! He deserves to die for what he did to our mother and father!!" the man yelled. Everybody looked confused and frightened at the window as he was carted off. "Who was that?" Hazel asked a little concerned. "That.was Raheem's brother." Linda said looking at Raheem. The kids looked shocked. "His brother? Why would he want to kill Raheem?" Sean asked. "He blames Raheem for their parents dying and since they did he's been trying to have 'justice served' by trying to hurt him."
Raheem opened his eyes slowly. "Ugh.do you have to tell my family business?" he said looking at Linda. "You know that I need to let other people know who he is and why if he tries to attack you again." Linda said impatiently. Raheem sat up a little. "What you all doing here?" Raheem asked. "We came to see how you were hun." Paige said. "You didn't have to.but thanks anyway." Everybody smiled. "Is he really your brother?" Marco asked. Raheem nods. "I'm pretty sure that you guys can tell he hates me."
"Are you going to be okay here?" Gavin asked. "Yeah, I'll be fine. It'll just be another couple of years before he gets out and tries to kill me once more." Raheem said with a dry smile. Everybody looked worriedly at Raheem who didn't even notice. "I'll be fine, seriously." Marco smiled a little. Everybody left and Raheem laid back down. "Maybe I do have friends and I don't know it yet." He thought and smiled and fell fast asleep. Linda came back in and kissed Raheem on the forehead good night.
She left soon after watching him to make sure that he's safe. She caught up with the kids and started talking to them. "I'm worried about him but I'm sure he'll be okay." She said as they left the hospital. They each went their separate ways home and was left with the thought of Raheem on their minds. No one would be able to forget that Raheem would be caught in another situation in a few years time but when that time comes everybody knew that they would try as much as they can to protect him from his demented brother.
A FEW WEEKS LATER.
Raheem was out of the hospital and he was doing better. He would be going back to school in two days and he wanted to show everyone that he's still Raheem but he's got something to live for. In the house, in his room, he was looking in the mirror checking out his image when something caught his attention from behind. He turned around and it was his brother! "Shawn! What are you doing here? How did you get out?" Raheem bombarded him with questions as he backed up into the mirror. "Don't worry about it. You'll never find out." He said as he dove on top of Raheem and started trying to choke him. Raheem kneed him off and tried to run but Shawn grabbed his leg and he fell.
Shawn yoked Raheem up and threw him through the his room door and into the hall. "You're going to pay for what you did to mom and dad!" Shawn pushed Raheem down the steps and into the living room. He pulled out a gun and pushed Raheem up on the wall and looked at him with the craziest look in his eyes. "I want you to pay for what you did to them! You took them away from us! Now we're all alone!" Shawn yelled and cried at the same time.
"I had nothing to do with the accident and you know that!" Raheem yelled back as anger and fear rose in him. He balled up his fist. "Do you know what you did to me?!" Shawn yelled still pointing the gun at him. What he did to him? "What do you mean what I did to you? Do you know what you did to me?!!" Raheem yelled. Shawn stepped back a little out of fear. "You made me try to kill myself for the past 5 years! Don't you think I miss mom and dad too?! You were always selfish! You didn't want me to hang out with you and your friends! You didn't even help when I was being jumped back at our old school! You were always a spoiled little brat!" Raheem yelled bursting with rage that was inside him.
Shawn laughed dementedly. "Oh please. You were the one who was always selfish! You didn't even care about me!" Shawn said advancing on him. "It wasn't my fault that mom and dad didn't buy you as many nice things that they did me. I didn't ask them to!" Shawn clicked the gun and took a shot at Raheem and missed. Raheem's heart started beating fast. "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Shawn screamed. "You're going to die if it's the last thing I do!" Raheem quickly moved as another gunshot rang in the air. He ran as fast as he could to get away from his lunatic of a brother.
Raheem ran back upstairs and hid inside the closet. He armed himself with his baseball bat. He heard crashes downstairs and then he heard the stairs creaking loudly and his heart went racing again. "Come out.come out.wherever you are!" Shawn said menacingly. "I know you're up here you little bastard!" Shawn yelled loud enough so Raheem could hear. The floorboards of the house were creaking as Shawn went closer to the closet. Raheem braced himself for what was about to happen. Shawn yanked the door open and Raheem swung the bat as hard as he could.
The gun went flying in one direction and Shawn in the other. He fell on the floor and went after the gun. Raheem picked up the gun and pointed it at Shawn. "Go ahead. Shoot me, put me out of my misery!" Shawn said as he started crying. Raheem went to pull the trigger but stopped. He couldn't do it, no matter how much he wanted to. What good would that do? He'd be trialed for murder and possibly get a sentence. He lowered the gun and shook his head. "What good would killing my own brother do? I'm not like you. I don't want to kill family memebers just to 'finally be at peace'." Raheem said. He started to walk away downstairs.
Shawn tackled him and they both rolled down the stairs. And the gun slid on the floor near the door. Shawn scrambled for the gun, picked it up, pointed it at Raheem as he got to his feet. "I said I would kill you if it's the last thing I do and I will!" Shawn cocked the gun and then it went off. Raheem had closed his eyes for a quick second and when he opened them Shawn was on the floor with a bullet in his abdomen. Raheem ran over to the phone and called 911. Shawn was dying. The guy that wanted him dead was dying. But why did he care? He finally wouldn't have to worry about being smothered in a hospital or worry about the threats.
"Why do I care? Why am I helping him? He wanted me dead!" he thought. "Because you love him. Even if he doesn't love you." A voice told him. The doorbell rang and he quickly opened the door and the medics came in and tended to Shawn. An ambulance came later on and he got in with Shawn, who was on a stretcher. "Even if you don't love me anymore I'm not going to stop loving you." Raheem said to Shawn. "Why? I tried to kill you." Shawn said. "You're my brother and we're supposed to stick together." Raheem said and Shawn just stared. They arrived at the hospital and Shawn went into the emergency room. Linda arrived later on.
"What's going on? Raheem are you okay?" she said in one breath hugging him. "I'm fine Linda. Shawn's not though." Raheem said watching through the window of the emergency room. "What happened to the house?" she asked. "Shawn and I were having an interesting 'talk'." Linda stared at him and then started to look through the window with him. About half an hour later a doctor came out with a report. "Don't worry about Shawn. He's doing just fine. His stomach might be in pain for a few days but that's all."
Raheem sighed and Linda looked at him with concern. "You love him anyway don't you?" Raheem nodded. He quickly added, "I don't know why I do. I just do." Two police officers walk up to Linda and Raheem. "Are you Linda?" Linda nodded. "We're looking for a Shawn Mcknight? He broke out of a mental facility looking for a Raheem Mcknight. We believe that he may try to cause harm to him. Do yo know where we can find Raheem?" Raheem waved a hand infront of the cops face. "Hello? I'm standing right here. Shawn's in there." The cops tipped their hats and went in the room.
Shawn was put in handcuffs and was being read his rights as Raheem and Linda were walking away. Raheem stopped and went back and hugged Shawn. "I'll see you later." He said as Shawn nodded with a smile. Raheem went back to Linda. "Let's go home. We've got some cleaning to do!" Linda said as Raheem sighed. He looked back at Shawn again and then smiled as tears rolled down his cheeks. Finally it was over. Finally he could sleep again knowing that Shawn wasn't going to hurt him anymore. Thoughts of Shawn flew through his mind. Talk about brotherly love.
Chapter 2: "Brotherly Love"
Eyes watch as the heart monitor beeps slowly. Tears slowly coming down faces. Marco, Gavin, Paige, and Hazel watch Raheem in the hospital bed. He's breathing regularly and he seems to be getting better according to his records. Paige and Hazel cry silently on Marco and Gavin. Sean and Emma walk up to the window and stand alongside Paige and company. " Is he going to be okay?" Emma asked and the others nod unsurely.
"The doctors haven't said anything yet." A lady says as she walks up to the kids. She extends her hand to Emma. "I'm Raheem's foster mother Linda. I don't know what's going on." Sean and the rest introduce themselves. Sean has his arm wrapped up in bandage tape now. "He tried to get himself hit by a car and he almost did until Sean saved him." Emma said. "Thank you so much for saving his life. I don't know what to say. He's been trying to kill himself due to the accident that happened a few years ago." Linda explained.
"What happened?" Marco asked. Linda and the kids go sit on the benches in the hallway. "Well a few years ago he and his parents were in a car accident. They died and he survived. He's been blaming himself for what happened. Ever since then whenever he's depressed he tries to kill himself. I've stopped him a few times but I don't think that I'll be able to stop him if he's ever alone again." Linda finished. Everybody looked at each other and then looked down. A doctor came up them. "Is there a Linda here?" he asked.
Linda stepped forward and the two of them walked away a few feet and started talking. Emma and friends started to talk amongst themselves. "I think this is a pretty sad story." Emma said and Paige agreed. "Maybe we should hang out with him if he comes back to school. Maybe then we could get him out of trying to kill himself because of something that happened to his parents." Paige replied and the rest agreed. "I don't understand why he thinks it's his fault that the car accident happened." Gavin said.
All of a sudden a few doctors and security guards ran into Raheem's room after hearing the heart monitor beep rapidly. A man was brought out of the room and he was furious! He was kicking and punching the doctors trying to get back into Raheem's room. "Oh no! Not you again! How do you keep finding out where he is?" Linda said with her hands on her head looking frightened. The kids and Linda ran to the room and went inside. The doctor that was talking to Linda came in and checked up on Raheem. "His vital signs are fine. He's done nothing to Raheem."
Everybody sighed. "I'll get him! I'll kill him! He deserves to die for what he did to our mother and father!!" the man yelled. Everybody looked confused and frightened at the window as he was carted off. "Who was that?" Hazel asked a little concerned. "That.was Raheem's brother." Linda said looking at Raheem. The kids looked shocked. "His brother? Why would he want to kill Raheem?" Sean asked. "He blames Raheem for their parents dying and since they did he's been trying to have 'justice served' by trying to hurt him."
Raheem opened his eyes slowly. "Ugh.do you have to tell my family business?" he said looking at Linda. "You know that I need to let other people know who he is and why if he tries to attack you again." Linda said impatiently. Raheem sat up a little. "What you all doing here?" Raheem asked. "We came to see how you were hun." Paige said. "You didn't have to.but thanks anyway." Everybody smiled. "Is he really your brother?" Marco asked. Raheem nods. "I'm pretty sure that you guys can tell he hates me."
"Are you going to be okay here?" Gavin asked. "Yeah, I'll be fine. It'll just be another couple of years before he gets out and tries to kill me once more." Raheem said with a dry smile. Everybody looked worriedly at Raheem who didn't even notice. "I'll be fine, seriously." Marco smiled a little. Everybody left and Raheem laid back down. "Maybe I do have friends and I don't know it yet." He thought and smiled and fell fast asleep. Linda came back in and kissed Raheem on the forehead good night.
She left soon after watching him to make sure that he's safe. She caught up with the kids and started talking to them. "I'm worried about him but I'm sure he'll be okay." She said as they left the hospital. They each went their separate ways home and was left with the thought of Raheem on their minds. No one would be able to forget that Raheem would be caught in another situation in a few years time but when that time comes everybody knew that they would try as much as they can to protect him from his demented brother.
A FEW WEEKS LATER.
Raheem was out of the hospital and he was doing better. He would be going back to school in two days and he wanted to show everyone that he's still Raheem but he's got something to live for. In the house, in his room, he was looking in the mirror checking out his image when something caught his attention from behind. He turned around and it was his brother! "Shawn! What are you doing here? How did you get out?" Raheem bombarded him with questions as he backed up into the mirror. "Don't worry about it. You'll never find out." He said as he dove on top of Raheem and started trying to choke him. Raheem kneed him off and tried to run but Shawn grabbed his leg and he fell.
Shawn yoked Raheem up and threw him through the his room door and into the hall. "You're going to pay for what you did to mom and dad!" Shawn pushed Raheem down the steps and into the living room. He pulled out a gun and pushed Raheem up on the wall and looked at him with the craziest look in his eyes. "I want you to pay for what you did to them! You took them away from us! Now we're all alone!" Shawn yelled and cried at the same time.
"I had nothing to do with the accident and you know that!" Raheem yelled back as anger and fear rose in him. He balled up his fist. "Do you know what you did to me?!" Shawn yelled still pointing the gun at him. What he did to him? "What do you mean what I did to you? Do you know what you did to me?!!" Raheem yelled. Shawn stepped back a little out of fear. "You made me try to kill myself for the past 5 years! Don't you think I miss mom and dad too?! You were always selfish! You didn't want me to hang out with you and your friends! You didn't even help when I was being jumped back at our old school! You were always a spoiled little brat!" Raheem yelled bursting with rage that was inside him.
Shawn laughed dementedly. "Oh please. You were the one who was always selfish! You didn't even care about me!" Shawn said advancing on him. "It wasn't my fault that mom and dad didn't buy you as many nice things that they did me. I didn't ask them to!" Shawn clicked the gun and took a shot at Raheem and missed. Raheem's heart started beating fast. "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Shawn screamed. "You're going to die if it's the last thing I do!" Raheem quickly moved as another gunshot rang in the air. He ran as fast as he could to get away from his lunatic of a brother.
Raheem ran back upstairs and hid inside the closet. He armed himself with his baseball bat. He heard crashes downstairs and then he heard the stairs creaking loudly and his heart went racing again. "Come out.come out.wherever you are!" Shawn said menacingly. "I know you're up here you little bastard!" Shawn yelled loud enough so Raheem could hear. The floorboards of the house were creaking as Shawn went closer to the closet. Raheem braced himself for what was about to happen. Shawn yanked the door open and Raheem swung the bat as hard as he could.
The gun went flying in one direction and Shawn in the other. He fell on the floor and went after the gun. Raheem picked up the gun and pointed it at Shawn. "Go ahead. Shoot me, put me out of my misery!" Shawn said as he started crying. Raheem went to pull the trigger but stopped. He couldn't do it, no matter how much he wanted to. What good would that do? He'd be trialed for murder and possibly get a sentence. He lowered the gun and shook his head. "What good would killing my own brother do? I'm not like you. I don't want to kill family memebers just to 'finally be at peace'." Raheem said. He started to walk away downstairs.
Shawn tackled him and they both rolled down the stairs. And the gun slid on the floor near the door. Shawn scrambled for the gun, picked it up, pointed it at Raheem as he got to his feet. "I said I would kill you if it's the last thing I do and I will!" Shawn cocked the gun and then it went off. Raheem had closed his eyes for a quick second and when he opened them Shawn was on the floor with a bullet in his abdomen. Raheem ran over to the phone and called 911. Shawn was dying. The guy that wanted him dead was dying. But why did he care? He finally wouldn't have to worry about being smothered in a hospital or worry about the threats.
"Why do I care? Why am I helping him? He wanted me dead!" he thought. "Because you love him. Even if he doesn't love you." A voice told him. The doorbell rang and he quickly opened the door and the medics came in and tended to Shawn. An ambulance came later on and he got in with Shawn, who was on a stretcher. "Even if you don't love me anymore I'm not going to stop loving you." Raheem said to Shawn. "Why? I tried to kill you." Shawn said. "You're my brother and we're supposed to stick together." Raheem said and Shawn just stared. They arrived at the hospital and Shawn went into the emergency room. Linda arrived later on.
"What's going on? Raheem are you okay?" she said in one breath hugging him. "I'm fine Linda. Shawn's not though." Raheem said watching through the window of the emergency room. "What happened to the house?" she asked. "Shawn and I were having an interesting 'talk'." Linda stared at him and then started to look through the window with him. About half an hour later a doctor came out with a report. "Don't worry about Shawn. He's doing just fine. His stomach might be in pain for a few days but that's all."
Raheem sighed and Linda looked at him with concern. "You love him anyway don't you?" Raheem nodded. He quickly added, "I don't know why I do. I just do." Two police officers walk up to Linda and Raheem. "Are you Linda?" Linda nodded. "We're looking for a Shawn Mcknight? He broke out of a mental facility looking for a Raheem Mcknight. We believe that he may try to cause harm to him. Do yo know where we can find Raheem?" Raheem waved a hand infront of the cops face. "Hello? I'm standing right here. Shawn's in there." The cops tipped their hats and went in the room.
Shawn was put in handcuffs and was being read his rights as Raheem and Linda were walking away. Raheem stopped and went back and hugged Shawn. "I'll see you later." He said as Shawn nodded with a smile. Raheem went back to Linda. "Let's go home. We've got some cleaning to do!" Linda said as Raheem sighed. He looked back at Shawn again and then smiled as tears rolled down his cheeks. Finally it was over. Finally he could sleep again knowing that Shawn wasn't going to hurt him anymore. Thoughts of Shawn flew through his mind. Talk about brotherly love.