Recovery

Chapter 2

Jarod pulled on to an overgrown dirt road and followed it for about five miles until he came to a clearing. He pulled in front of a small one-story cabin. The cabin sat in front of a large green lake with a small dock for boats or fishing. As he was getting out of the car a man walked over to Jarod. "So you're back again are you? I see you've brought someone with you." The man said. "Mark, I need to stay in one of your cabins again." "Got to hide again I see, sure, you can stay here anytime you want. After all you did save me from that hit man." Mark replied.

Jarod pulled Kelly out of the back seat of the car. He noticed that underneath where she had been lying was a large amount of blood. He then headed for the cabin. "Mark, is all of my stuff still here?" Jarod asked "Yep, every thing is just the way you left it. I will be back at the house if you need me." Mark said as he strolled back toward the other end of the property.

Jarod continued up to the cabin, when he got inside he laid Kelly on a large table and then walked over to a bag laying next to the couch. He brought the bag back over to Kelly and set it on the counter next to her and then opened it. By this time Kelly was starting to come to. Seeing that Kelly was starting to wake up, Jarod quickly went through the bag, grabbing a needle and a vile. As he was filling the needle with a sedative Kelly looked over at him with fear in her eyes and said. "Please don't hurt me, it already hurts so much already."

Jarod turned to Kelly putting his hand, with the needle it, onto Kelly's arm, and then said. "My name is Jarod and I'm not going to hurt you. As for you, you are going to go to sleep." About fifteen seconds later Kelly started to feel strange. Her arms and fingers where tingling, and she felt light headed, and there was hardly any pain any more. Jarod, seeing this, walked over to Kelly and placed two fingers on her wrist. He then looked at Kelly and said, "Night, night." Despite her struggling she couldn't fight the drug and soon gave into it. Jarod watched as Kelly's eyes slowly rolled into the back of her head and her pulse slowed and was no longer racing. Once he was certain she was out, he went to work.

He lifted her up off the table and pulled her blood-soaked shirt off. Kelly was lying on the table, a mess of blood and dirt wearing only a bra and pants. Jarod first looked at the wound on Kelly's side. That one was the worst of all. It was deep and close to her vital organs. She had lost most of the blood from that wound alone and he had to work quickly to make sure she wouldn't lose too much more. After sewing up the gash on her side Jarod moved to the wound on her arm. The cut was deep and it probably had severed a nerve or two. He new that the wound on her arm would be the most painful to heal, and even after it was fully healed it would still hurt. When Jarod was finished patching Kelly's arm up he took a look at the black burn marks on her chest. He put a cool washcloth over the marks and then picked Kelly up and moved her to the couch. Jarod walked into the bathroom and slowly pulled his shirt off. His back was a solid black bruise, except on his shoulder the bruise hadn't set in yet, right now it was a white bruise; luckily the fall didn't break any of his bones but it sure did hurt.

Jarod walked back into the living room. He found Mark standing in the doorway looking over at Kelly on the couch. "Is she going to be alright Jarod?" Mark asked I don't know, she has been through a lot and lost a lot of blood, were just going to have to wait until she wakes up." Jarod replied. "Ohh, well me and the miss where wondering if you needed anything?" "I think we are ok for now. Unless you want to wash our shirts, hers is kind of messy but it's all she has." Jarod answer and then handed the two shirts over to Mark. "Ya, sure it's no problem Jarod, I think we may have some old clothing in the attic that might fit her. You let me know if there is anything else you need." Mark cheerfully said and then he turned and walked out the door.

Jarod then walked over to Kelly. He noticed that Kelly was starting to sweat. Jarod placed a hand on her forehead "Damn it." Jarod quickly jogged into the bathroom and drew a cool bath. As soon as the tub was full Jarod picked up Kelly and brought her into the bathroom he placed her in the cool water. The coolness of the water should have brought Kelly out of the drug-induced sleep but didn't. Jarod kept Kelly in the bathtub for a little over thirty minutes. By the time he took her out of the cool water her sweating had stopped and her fever had dropped back down to normal.

"Jarod are you in here?" Mark wife called out from the living room. "Ya, im back hear Robin." Jarod called back as he rapped a towel around Kelly. "I brought your friend some clothing" Robin said while walking into the bathroom. "Thanks, um could you do me a favor, you being a woman and all" Jarod started "No problem Jarod I happy to put clean cloths on her for you." Robin answers Jarod then turned and left Robin and a still unconscious Kelly in the bathroom.

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