Chapter 2- The Angel
Back at the penthouse...
Sonny sat across from the slight figure lying on his guestroom bed. She had barely moved since he had laid her on it. Taking a wet washcloth he gently wiped the grim and sweat away from her pale face. It was then that he noticed she had freckles. Funny... he had only noticed the bruises the first time he had looked at her, but know he could see a line of freckles marching across the bridge of her nose. Carly had freckles, just a few, but if you looked really close you could see them. He felt his heart contract painfully as he thought about the woman that he had given his heart. Checking the dressing he had put over the wound. It wasn't really bleeding now and looked like it wasn't fatal.
"Sonny!"
"Up here Jason!" Sonny stood up and walked to the door. Jason came up the stairs at his usual no-nonsense pace. His mind was racing... what did Sonny need the doc for? Had he been hurt... or worse was it Courtney and he hadn't wanted to tell him over the phone?
Looking past Mr. Corinthos into the room, Dr. Victor Lopez didn't know what to expect. He never knew what to expect when Mr. Corinthos called. The pay was good, but sometimes he wondered if he was crazy to take the risk of being a mob boss' drew a deep breath and rushed past him over the bed. Jason turned questioning eyes on Sonny. "She saved my life Jason. Someone took a shot at me and she saved me... a perfect stranger took a bullet meant for me." "Why didn't you just take her to the hospital? Surely she would have been ok there, I mean, unless you are concerned about that it might influence the trial in some way." "Look at her face, Jason. Someone worked her over pretty good. I couldn't walk away when she asked me not to and I just couldn't deny her this... I felt I owed her something..."
The doctor sat half listening while he examined his patient; his heart went out to this stranger that looked no more than twenty. He would have to remove the bullet, but it didn't seem like that would be too difficult. It was the woman's face that got to him. Who had beaten her up? Why was she scared? She had saved Mr. Corinthos' life... this was too much to think about...
The girl started to moan as Dr. Lopez touched the area around the bullet hole. "Mr. Corinthos... Mr. Morgan, I need you both to come over here and give me a hand. If someone could go and get some towels, or whatever you have to put under her it might help a little. I am going to need some help getting her out of this shirt... at least the coat. Luckily it's pretty thin, but it will be easier to take it off than to cut it. I can cut most of it away, but I have a feeling she might object to it, so I need you to help hold her down."
Jason came back into the room to see the doctor and Sonny quietly standing beside the woman and she was starting to move around and murmur. They had managed to get the jacket off of her and Sonny was carefully taking her shoes off while Dr. Lopez quickly and efficiently cut through the material of her shirt. It was when she began to peel the clothes away that the woman started to panic and try and sit up. Jason set the sheets down and quickly went over to the head of the bed. Placing both hands on her shoulders he eased her back down and tried to calm her.
"Hey... it's ok. We're going to help you. You're safe now. No one is going to hurt you." Katy tried to block out the haze of pain as she stared up into the bluest eyes she had ever seen. A sense of calm swept through her as she listened to the sound of his voice.
"Did I stop him? I had to stop him..." She began to take deep breaths as if it took a major effort to even catch the slightest breath.
"Yeah... you did... can you tell me who you were trying to stop?" Jason saw Sonny watching him and they both stood frozen waiting for the answer only she could give.
Both waited for an answer that didn't come, but after what seemed like an eternity she opened her eyes again," Are you an angel? Did finally kill me?" Jason couldn't help it when a cynical smile flitted across his face," No, sweetheart, I am not angel... and you are going to be fine."
"You don't understand... I am as good as dead this time... let me die..." she pleaded. "I am sorry, I am not going to let that happen," Sonny came up to stand beside Jason and tried to ease the girl's fears by flashing his heart stopping dimpled smile at her.
But, she only had eyes for Jason. With a quiet pleading voice she," Will you do one thing for me, angel?" Jason felt his heart lurch, and suddenly felt like the biggest, most powerful man in the world." Yeah... anything but let you die, ok"
"Please... please don't leave me..." She grabbed on to his hand and tried to stop the tears that were spilling down her cheeks.
Jason stared down into the tear filled green/blue eyes full of fear and was lost. He knew then that couldn't, no correct that, he wouldn't leave her. Who was she?
"Katy... my name is Katy..." and with those quietly spoken words answering part of his question she drifted back into a restless oblivion. "It's a good thing she passed out. The anisthetic that I am going to give might not dull all the pain from the removal of the bullet." Dr. Lopez reached into the surgical kit and slowly began to peel back the layers of her shirt. He couldn't manage to bite back a gasp as he noticed the unmistakable hand marks on her arms, and what looked like a nasty boot mark across her ribs. Both men had been lost in their own thoughts, but the sound of that gasp had brought them back to attention.
"Damn... it looks like the bastard used more than just her face for a punching bag..." Jason felt a rage beyond anything he had ever experienced shoot through him.
Blue eyes met brown eyes and a silent understanding was made. Together they would find out who did this and teach him a lesson. No one would hurt her ever again.
Back at the penthouse...
Sonny sat across from the slight figure lying on his guestroom bed. She had barely moved since he had laid her on it. Taking a wet washcloth he gently wiped the grim and sweat away from her pale face. It was then that he noticed she had freckles. Funny... he had only noticed the bruises the first time he had looked at her, but know he could see a line of freckles marching across the bridge of her nose. Carly had freckles, just a few, but if you looked really close you could see them. He felt his heart contract painfully as he thought about the woman that he had given his heart. Checking the dressing he had put over the wound. It wasn't really bleeding now and looked like it wasn't fatal.
"Sonny!"
"Up here Jason!" Sonny stood up and walked to the door. Jason came up the stairs at his usual no-nonsense pace. His mind was racing... what did Sonny need the doc for? Had he been hurt... or worse was it Courtney and he hadn't wanted to tell him over the phone?
Looking past Mr. Corinthos into the room, Dr. Victor Lopez didn't know what to expect. He never knew what to expect when Mr. Corinthos called. The pay was good, but sometimes he wondered if he was crazy to take the risk of being a mob boss' drew a deep breath and rushed past him over the bed. Jason turned questioning eyes on Sonny. "She saved my life Jason. Someone took a shot at me and she saved me... a perfect stranger took a bullet meant for me." "Why didn't you just take her to the hospital? Surely she would have been ok there, I mean, unless you are concerned about that it might influence the trial in some way." "Look at her face, Jason. Someone worked her over pretty good. I couldn't walk away when she asked me not to and I just couldn't deny her this... I felt I owed her something..."
The doctor sat half listening while he examined his patient; his heart went out to this stranger that looked no more than twenty. He would have to remove the bullet, but it didn't seem like that would be too difficult. It was the woman's face that got to him. Who had beaten her up? Why was she scared? She had saved Mr. Corinthos' life... this was too much to think about...
The girl started to moan as Dr. Lopez touched the area around the bullet hole. "Mr. Corinthos... Mr. Morgan, I need you both to come over here and give me a hand. If someone could go and get some towels, or whatever you have to put under her it might help a little. I am going to need some help getting her out of this shirt... at least the coat. Luckily it's pretty thin, but it will be easier to take it off than to cut it. I can cut most of it away, but I have a feeling she might object to it, so I need you to help hold her down."
Jason came back into the room to see the doctor and Sonny quietly standing beside the woman and she was starting to move around and murmur. They had managed to get the jacket off of her and Sonny was carefully taking her shoes off while Dr. Lopez quickly and efficiently cut through the material of her shirt. It was when she began to peel the clothes away that the woman started to panic and try and sit up. Jason set the sheets down and quickly went over to the head of the bed. Placing both hands on her shoulders he eased her back down and tried to calm her.
"Hey... it's ok. We're going to help you. You're safe now. No one is going to hurt you." Katy tried to block out the haze of pain as she stared up into the bluest eyes she had ever seen. A sense of calm swept through her as she listened to the sound of his voice.
"Did I stop him? I had to stop him..." She began to take deep breaths as if it took a major effort to even catch the slightest breath.
"Yeah... you did... can you tell me who you were trying to stop?" Jason saw Sonny watching him and they both stood frozen waiting for the answer only she could give.
Both waited for an answer that didn't come, but after what seemed like an eternity she opened her eyes again," Are you an angel? Did finally kill me?" Jason couldn't help it when a cynical smile flitted across his face," No, sweetheart, I am not angel... and you are going to be fine."
"You don't understand... I am as good as dead this time... let me die..." she pleaded. "I am sorry, I am not going to let that happen," Sonny came up to stand beside Jason and tried to ease the girl's fears by flashing his heart stopping dimpled smile at her.
But, she only had eyes for Jason. With a quiet pleading voice she," Will you do one thing for me, angel?" Jason felt his heart lurch, and suddenly felt like the biggest, most powerful man in the world." Yeah... anything but let you die, ok"
"Please... please don't leave me..." She grabbed on to his hand and tried to stop the tears that were spilling down her cheeks.
Jason stared down into the tear filled green/blue eyes full of fear and was lost. He knew then that couldn't, no correct that, he wouldn't leave her. Who was she?
"Katy... my name is Katy..." and with those quietly spoken words answering part of his question she drifted back into a restless oblivion. "It's a good thing she passed out. The anisthetic that I am going to give might not dull all the pain from the removal of the bullet." Dr. Lopez reached into the surgical kit and slowly began to peel back the layers of her shirt. He couldn't manage to bite back a gasp as he noticed the unmistakable hand marks on her arms, and what looked like a nasty boot mark across her ribs. Both men had been lost in their own thoughts, but the sound of that gasp had brought them back to attention.
"Damn... it looks like the bastard used more than just her face for a punching bag..." Jason felt a rage beyond anything he had ever experienced shoot through him.
Blue eyes met brown eyes and a silent understanding was made. Together they would find out who did this and teach him a lesson. No one would hurt her ever again.
