Chapter 2
"Mr. Quartermaine went to the Grahamaton Institution again" Benny said to his boss
"You said that was an psychiatric institution right?" Sonny asked
"That's correct"
"Why the hell is he going there?"
"We haven't been able to find that out yet."
"I wanna go there." Sonny says standing up
"Boss?"
"No, this might be useful for their next attack."
"I really don't think it's a good idea, wait a few more weeks, we'll get someone on the inside."
"Don't bother." Sonny walks over to the stairs and calls up them "Carly I'm going out, I'm leaving Frankie here!"
"Okay" she calls back
The Grahamaton Institution:
Johnny stopped the limo in front of the large brick building; it was the exact opposite of Ferncliff. People came here to get better not worse. Sonny stood in front of the building frozen; there was something inside that called to him. It scared him more than anything ever had. It made him want to cry, but he didn't know why. With every step he took closer to the building, it grew louder, stronger. His feet didn't want to move because he was so afraid of what he was going to find inside. He knew that he knew what lay behind those doors but his mind refused to let him realize it. As he opened the large white door and it finally screamed at him "BRENDA," his mind kept repeating her name over and over again "Brenda, Brenda, Brenda" and he froze in the entrance. A few minutes pass before he is brought back to reality by a nurse "Sir, sir"
S: What? Oh I'm sorry
N: Can I help you sir?
S: I'm here to see Brenda Barrett
N: You're Sonny?
S: Yea, how'd you?
N: She talks about you all the time sir
S: Can I see her?
N: Yea, I'll take you to her. May I ask how you knew she was here?
S: I didn't, not until I walked in the door.
N: Oh, well at least you came on a good day, she's pretty lucid.
S: What happened to her? Did she have another breakdown? What her mom had (his last statement was a fact not a question).
N: Yes, I'm afraid so. It advanced very rapidly destroying her mind. It's such a sad thing to see.
S: I'd imagine so
Finally Sonny was led to Brenda's room, she's lying in her bed. The nurse turns to him and asks "Would you like me to stay?"
S: No, I want to be with her alone
N: Okay just press the button if you need help
S: Okay
Sonny drags his feet over to her bed, he'd dreamed of the day he'd see her again from the moment she "died." But now he was so afraid, he couldn't imagine Brenda, his Brenda like this. Finally he was standing next to her bed, she was asleep and as beautiful and perfect as ever. He touched her cheek with his hand to convince himself that she was real as he sat down. Her eyes fluttered and she saw him
B: Sonny?
S: Yea it's me Brenda
B: I didn't want you to see me like this
S: You're perfect in my eyes, don't you know that by now? I never thought I'd see you again.
B: I'm sorry, I'm so sorry
S: For what?
B: For not spending my final months of sanity with you
S: No I'm sorry, I was the one that left you
B: No, I don't even mean then even though I wanted to be your wife more than anything. After the fire when I ran to Jax, after the accident when I called Edward. I should have gone to you and when the disease got to be too advanced I should have walked out into the ocean.
S: Brenda
B: No, don't do that, Edward always does
S: Edward always does what?
B: He thinks I should live like this forever, I can't. I wish I died in that accident. I wish I died in the plane crash, I wish I died in the cave in your arms, I wish I died instead of Lily, I wish I died when Lily pushed me out of the way. I wish I died in the ocean, I wish I had never washed up on shore with you. I wish I died in the shower, I wish I hadn't heard them come in Sonny. I would have died happy, I was so happy then.
S: You'll be happy again Brenda, I'm here now, we're together again.
B: This is the sanest I've been in months, I'm fighting to stay lucid just because you're here. I don't have a future with anyone anymore Sonny, my future is in this bed spending the rest of my days drugged. My disease is far more advanced than my mother's, it's more severe. I'm going to turn into a vegetable soon. I wish I died when I was normal."
Brenda starts to cry, Sonny tries to comfort her, but she just starts crying harder and harder. Soon she's flaring her arms and hurting herself, bashing them into everything including Sonny. The nurses come in and sedate her.
"Mr. Corinthos, are you okay sir?" A nurse asks him as he watches them sedate her.
"I want to see her doctor."
"I'll take you to his office, he should be there."
"Mr. Quartermaine went to the Grahamaton Institution again" Benny said to his boss
"You said that was an psychiatric institution right?" Sonny asked
"That's correct"
"Why the hell is he going there?"
"We haven't been able to find that out yet."
"I wanna go there." Sonny says standing up
"Boss?"
"No, this might be useful for their next attack."
"I really don't think it's a good idea, wait a few more weeks, we'll get someone on the inside."
"Don't bother." Sonny walks over to the stairs and calls up them "Carly I'm going out, I'm leaving Frankie here!"
"Okay" she calls back
The Grahamaton Institution:
Johnny stopped the limo in front of the large brick building; it was the exact opposite of Ferncliff. People came here to get better not worse. Sonny stood in front of the building frozen; there was something inside that called to him. It scared him more than anything ever had. It made him want to cry, but he didn't know why. With every step he took closer to the building, it grew louder, stronger. His feet didn't want to move because he was so afraid of what he was going to find inside. He knew that he knew what lay behind those doors but his mind refused to let him realize it. As he opened the large white door and it finally screamed at him "BRENDA," his mind kept repeating her name over and over again "Brenda, Brenda, Brenda" and he froze in the entrance. A few minutes pass before he is brought back to reality by a nurse "Sir, sir"
S: What? Oh I'm sorry
N: Can I help you sir?
S: I'm here to see Brenda Barrett
N: You're Sonny?
S: Yea, how'd you?
N: She talks about you all the time sir
S: Can I see her?
N: Yea, I'll take you to her. May I ask how you knew she was here?
S: I didn't, not until I walked in the door.
N: Oh, well at least you came on a good day, she's pretty lucid.
S: What happened to her? Did she have another breakdown? What her mom had (his last statement was a fact not a question).
N: Yes, I'm afraid so. It advanced very rapidly destroying her mind. It's such a sad thing to see.
S: I'd imagine so
Finally Sonny was led to Brenda's room, she's lying in her bed. The nurse turns to him and asks "Would you like me to stay?"
S: No, I want to be with her alone
N: Okay just press the button if you need help
S: Okay
Sonny drags his feet over to her bed, he'd dreamed of the day he'd see her again from the moment she "died." But now he was so afraid, he couldn't imagine Brenda, his Brenda like this. Finally he was standing next to her bed, she was asleep and as beautiful and perfect as ever. He touched her cheek with his hand to convince himself that she was real as he sat down. Her eyes fluttered and she saw him
B: Sonny?
S: Yea it's me Brenda
B: I didn't want you to see me like this
S: You're perfect in my eyes, don't you know that by now? I never thought I'd see you again.
B: I'm sorry, I'm so sorry
S: For what?
B: For not spending my final months of sanity with you
S: No I'm sorry, I was the one that left you
B: No, I don't even mean then even though I wanted to be your wife more than anything. After the fire when I ran to Jax, after the accident when I called Edward. I should have gone to you and when the disease got to be too advanced I should have walked out into the ocean.
S: Brenda
B: No, don't do that, Edward always does
S: Edward always does what?
B: He thinks I should live like this forever, I can't. I wish I died in that accident. I wish I died in the plane crash, I wish I died in the cave in your arms, I wish I died instead of Lily, I wish I died when Lily pushed me out of the way. I wish I died in the ocean, I wish I had never washed up on shore with you. I wish I died in the shower, I wish I hadn't heard them come in Sonny. I would have died happy, I was so happy then.
S: You'll be happy again Brenda, I'm here now, we're together again.
B: This is the sanest I've been in months, I'm fighting to stay lucid just because you're here. I don't have a future with anyone anymore Sonny, my future is in this bed spending the rest of my days drugged. My disease is far more advanced than my mother's, it's more severe. I'm going to turn into a vegetable soon. I wish I died when I was normal."
Brenda starts to cry, Sonny tries to comfort her, but she just starts crying harder and harder. Soon she's flaring her arms and hurting herself, bashing them into everything including Sonny. The nurses come in and sedate her.
"Mr. Corinthos, are you okay sir?" A nurse asks him as he watches them sedate her.
"I want to see her doctor."
"I'll take you to his office, he should be there."