"Leo Wyatt?" Rick asked, stepping up to Leo as he walked into the hospital's lobby.
"Where is she?"
"She's sleeping right now. We uh... We need to talk."
"Let me see her first--"
"Know anything about a Dan Gordon?" Rick cut Leo off.
Leo froze. He stared at Rick for a moment before answering. "What about him?"
"Well, in the day I got to know your wife, she mentioned Dan Gordon. Said not to tell about anything she told me he did--"
"What'd he do?"
"You uh... Should talk to a doctor first."
"Okay." Leo was willing to talk to anyone, so long as whoever he talked to could answer his questions.
Leo followed Rick into an elevator and up to the fifth floor. They went down a long hall past many rooms. They came to one where a doctor was standing on the outside of a room near the door.
"Dr. Carter," Rick addressed. "This is Leo Wyatt."
"It's about time Rick got someone down here. He hasn't spoken a word about Mrs. Wyatt 'till yesterday," the doctor said, shaking Leo's hand.
"For good reason... I hope you all understand what I had to do, and the fact that I can't tell you everything," Rick said.
"So long as it all settles out."
"It should. Doctor Carter, if you'll explain Piper's condition, and I'll explain the rest," Rick suggested.
"Okay."
"I'll be right back, then," Rick said, leaving.
"Okay, Mr. Wyatt--"
"Officer Wyatt." It was a natural reaction.
"Rick never mentioned that."
"Well, then."
"Officer, how are you related to Piper Wyatt? Brother?"
"She's my wife, now explain to me what happened."
"She--" Dr. Carter sighed. "There was some internal bleeding that we managed to control, but then we had to set her right leg. She was shot above her knee. There was torn muscle tissue in her leg and elbow... Hemorrhaging... Some serious lacerations on her back, legs, and arms..."
"All right, I hate doctors talking down on me cause I'm a cop, but I need you to talk down on me cause I'm a cop. Just give me the facts. Pure and simple." Leo was growing impatient.
"She's in critical condition. She's sleeping, but should be up soon. She has some cuts ranging from deep to paper cut. My guess is she was beaten... In my opinion, she'll be able to go home in a week at the least..."
After growing up with two brothers, working with other cops, and having a four-year-old daughter, Leo knew when someone was lying or holding back on something. "What aren't you telling me?" he asked.
"We... We did a mandatory rape test and came up positive… Did another test and we found that she was rape by five different men God knows how many times…"
Leo took in a sharp breath and turned around to face the wall for a second before turning back to Dr. Carter, trying to catch his breath.
"Is she--"
"We did numerous pregnancy tests over the time she was here, and each of them came up negative. Either they used protection--which is highly unlikely--or she's just lucky."
"Oh, thank God," Leo whispered, more to himself than the doctor.
"And just so you know, she was lucky, too, because we found no traces of any STD's in her bloodstream, and we did many tests."
"Thank you... Can I see her?" Leo asked after a moment's silence.
"As soon as she wakes."
"Okay."
Dr. Carter went into Piper's room to check on her as Rick came back up. The blinds were down, so Leo couldn't see her.
"Want the full story from me or her?" Rick asked.
"Her, then I want what you know."
"Well, after that, you'll need to talk to the police here."
"Fine. I need to uh... I have to make a few phone calls."
"To who?"
"My station."
"There's no need--"
"Yes, there is. I want a few of my guys up here."
"Like--"
"Like a few officers from my precinct. My brothers, for one."
"I'm not sure what that'll do--"
"I need them here and so does Piper. I'm not staying here for a week without people I know up here to help me... And I need to contact someone to take care of my daughter and arrest Dan, now if you'll excuse me..." Leo picked up a hospital phone and dialed the number to his precinct. Adam answered.
"San Francisco 12th Precinct."
"Adam."
"Leo?"
"Hey, look, I need Cortez, Jo, Tom, Jeff, my brothers, and my dad up here ASAP."
"Up here? Leo, where are you?"
"...I'm in Oregon. Surprise, surprise..."
"What is it?"
"Look, I just need you to send them to this address." Leo gave Adam the address and location to find the hospital. "I need you to send them here now. And I mean right now."
"What's going on, Leo?"
"Then I need you to call Prue and Phoebe and tell them I won't be home for at least a week, so tell Prue to take care of Melinda... I'm gonna need to take some personal days, Adam."
"Leo, what the hell is going on?" Adam asked again.
"We uh... Piper turned up."
Adam nearly fell out of his seat at the station. "What? Oh my God. Is she... Is she alive?" he asked cautiously, almost afraid of the answer.
"Yeah." Leo looked around nervously, waiting for the doctor to come up and say Piper was awake. "I haven't seen her yet, though."
"I'll--I'll--I'll call them and send them all out right away."
"Thanks Adam. Oh, and call the Oregon E.P.A. to get a hold of me. Ask for Rick Jackson."
"Okay. I'll call you when they're leaving."
"Thanks."
"Hey, Leo, tell Piper we love her."
"I will."
"And bring her home safely."
"Promise."
Leo hung up and turned around to meet Dr. Carter and Rick. "What?"
"She's awake," Dr. Carter informed Leo.
"Can I..."
"Go ahead."
Rick and Dr. Carter stayed back as Leo went into Piper's room. As far as he could see, she was asleep. Her eyes were closed and she seemed to almost not want to wake up. Monitors quietly beeped out her heartbeat. There were a few nearly healed cuts on her face and her hair was tucked behind one shoulder, rolling off of it. Someone had come in and brushed it out.
"Piper," he said quietly, breaking the silence.
A/N: Cliffy, cliffy, cliffy! Nanny, nanny, boo, boo! I'm evil!! Vanquish me! Moahahahahaha! Eh he he he he ::smiles at own evilness::
There's one thing I need to get in the open here: If you guys want, this could be the last chapter of Home Sweet Home. I could end it all here, or I could keep going into Dan's arrest and interrogation and getting better and all…
Now if I end it here, I can post another story similar to this one, only different. It's an alternate story of this one, not really a sequel. If I made this other story a sequel, it would basically screw everything up, and I've already written like thirty-some pages of it.
So it's up to you. Do I continue or do I stop and make another? I'll wait a couple of weeks to see for sure. Now what I mean by stopping here is that's kind of how other shows do it, you know? Like the last Season 6 episode of Charmed, certain FRIENDS episodes, and other TV shows. I think this is an okay place to stop, but if I have to, I can continue, though that would mean no posting my alternate version of this one until this story is over… It would get too confusing for me to have to write them both at the same time.
