C.C. McKenna

Blood on the Field

Chapter Twenty-Four

The Plan.

"There" Dr. Yin finished bandaging Phoebe's hand and gave her a pat on her shoulder.

"Thank you doctor, you were awfully fast" Phoebe tried to jump off the gurney, but Dr. Yin softly seized her arm to stop her.

"You're welcome, but I still have to inject you with an antibiotic and the tetanus vaccine"

"What?!... No, no, no, no, no... no way" Phoebe gasped nervously.

"Come on Phoebe, stop acting like a baby" Karen squeezed her friend's knee.

"Sure, that's easy for you to say, you're not the one getting viciously pricked" She opened her eyes wide with terror.

"Viciously pricked?!?! ... viciously pricked?!! Phoebe Halliwell, I swear you are the biggest drama queen I've ever met, ... go ahead, Dr. Yin, I'll hold her still for you" Karen turned Phoebe over and pulled down her jeans. "And stop fidgeting, or it'll really hurt."

"Karen Shawls, I swear I'll get you for this" Phoebe shouted.

"Ok, ok,... but don't move!" Karen leaned over Phoebe's body and shoved her down.

"Two shots!!... Two shots on the same day!" Phoebe whined. "That's preposterous" She jumped down the gurney and frantically rubbed her butt. "I've never been so... so... 'injected' in my entire life"

Karen rolled back her eyes and shook her head. "That's Phoebe Halliwell, doctor, she's my friend, but she's ... she's... well, you know how she is" Karen smiled.

"Come on Miss Halliwell, your younger sister didn't even complain" Dr Yin tossed the empty injections to the waste basket. Phoebe suddenly lost interest in her butt and slightly shrugged.

"My younger sister what?" She asked surprised.

"Your sister didn't complain when I had to inject her with three antibiotic shots"

"Care to elaborate on that?" Karen guided Phoebe and she slowly sat on a black leather sofa in front of the doctor's desk. "Please?"

"What?... do you want to know about the shots?" Dr. Yin scratched her head.

"No... well yes, I mean, why did you have to inject her?" Phoebe squinted.

"Well, your sister said she suffered some kind of accident; I guess she said something about somebody running over her with a motorcycle"

"Aha!" Phoebe sprung up but quickly returned to her seat. "So, she did get hurt that day"

"Well, She had a pretty bad looking gash on her hip and part of her leg" Dr. Yin sat in front of Phoebe. "She's a brave young girl, your sister; I had to give her three shots, and some painkillers, She never complained, but she insisted that the pain never went away"

"About those pain killers" Phoebe cleared her throat. "Were they strong? ... I mean, like strong enough to... uhm... drug her?" Phoebe stared blankly at the wall behind the concerned doctor. "She said you prescribed them for a headache"

"Headache? ... No way" Dr. Yin Smiled. "She had more than a headache, and they were strong, but not enough to drug her, unless she swallowed the entire box... well, I mean only the contents." She smiled. "But as I told you before, she also said that they didn't seem to be working on her, that the pain never went away"

"Were they red little pills, by any chance?"

"No, they were tablets, white tablets; just like the ones I'm prescribing to you" she grabbed a small white box from her medicine chest and placed it on her desk. Karen took the small box and handed it to Phoebe.

"Thanks Karen" Phoebe smiled. "Well... that's odd, Dr. Yin, 'cause she said she was taking some red, small pills prescribed by you"

"That can't be, I'm sure of what I gave her, and they were definitely not red pills"

"Ok, thank you doctor Yin, thank you so very much" Phoebe smiled widely. "You've been very helpful"

"Any time, Miss Halliwell, any time... and remember to take those tablets, one every eight hours for two or three days tops"

"I will, and thanks again"

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Sophie walked a little faster on the hall until she reached Lexie. "Come on 'Bond', lets go grab some lunch"

"Sure, I just want to speak to the warden first" Lexie replied with a sweet voice.

"Woah girl, do you have a freaking death wish or something?"

"No, of course not, it's just that I really need something that she took away from me."

"Your virginity?" She laughed scornfully.

"No... some medication... and in case you need to know, I still have the other one"

Sophie laughed hysterically. "Let's just keep that to ourselves, miss Bond" She tightened her lips to keep her laughter under control.

"I fail to see the amusing part on this" Lexie squinted. "Come on, tell me how can I get to the warden's office"

"I'll take you there miss Bond... but lets take the stairs, 'cause it's going to take years for the elevator to get here"

"No... I rather wait, if you don't mind, that is" Lexie smiled nervously.

"Ok, dude, no prob., but we need the exercise."

"Ok, lets walk then" Lexie didn't want her friend to think of her as a weak person; But half way the stairs, Lexie had to stop to draw in a little extra air. Sophie found it unusual but she didn't think it was important.

"Come on dude, we have to hurry or we wont be having any lunch; it's 12:15 and we have to go back to classes at 1:00" Sophie whined.

"Ok, ok" Lexie took a deep breath and continued her way to the warden's office.

Sophie knocked on the warden's office door and swallowed hard, waiting for a reply.

"Come in" The warden's bitter voice ran through Sophie's spine making her shiver involuntarily.

"Now or never" Sophie grabbed Lexie's arm and pulled her inside the room.

"Well, well, well... look who do we have here" Rose smiled widely. "What can I do for you girls?"

"Hello Mrs. Vasques; my friend here would like to speak to you, if you don't mind" The warden didn't say a word, she slowly scanned the new girl, staring mesmerized at her green eyes. "Mmh she has a great body, I love that hair color... light brown is my favorite; and the length is just perfect, not too short, not too long; oh, and that smile...that smile is so captivating... just as those dimples! ... I love those dimples". She sighed.

"Ehem... Mrs. Vasques" Sophie cleared her throat. "Are you ok?"

"Yes, yes, of course I'm ok, what exactly do you want?" She replied with annoyance.

"Hi" Lexie spoke sweetly. "I just came to see if I could get my medications"

Mrs. Vasques smiled disdainfully. "Well, that depends"

"Excuse me?" Lexie shrugged. "Depends on what?"

"On what you are willing to do to get them"

"Well, I don't know, but if you tell me, I'll do whatever's necessary"

The warden smiled evilly and slowly got up from her chair. "That's the spirit, girl"

"Uhm... Lexie" Sophie scratched her head nervously. "I... I don't think you quite understand what Mrs. Vasques really means." She giggled.

"I don't?" Lexie cocked an eyebrow. "What exactly do you mean?" She looked directly into the warden's sneaky eyes, and then stared back at Sophie. The warden chuckled scornfully again.

Suddenly it hit Lexie's mind. "You're sick... that's disgusting!" Lexie glared back at the warden and left in a hurry. Sophie started to go after her, but the warden stopped her with one single word, "Stay" and she obeyed without any complaints.

Lexie ran out of the Warden's office and went to classes, they seemed to last forever, and Sophie never arrived. As soon as the classes ended, she started looking for Sophie. She used the recreation time to scan her room, the halls, and the rest of the floors, but Sophie was nowhere to be seen. She convinced herself to rest for a while, to try to get rid of her stress and her nervousness, but she just couldn't do it. She got up and went to the cafeteria, hoping to find her there, but she wasn't. Lexie returned to her room, finished her homework, and skipped the snack time as well to keep looking for her friend.

She knew it was time for everybody to bathe; so, she grabbed her things and headed for the showers.

"Sophie!" Lexie instinctively rushed over to her friend; she was obviously over and done and was now just drying up herself. "I was so worried, I looked for you all over the place, where were you?"

"Here, taking a shower" Sophie lied. "I needed one"

"Since 1:00 PM?" Lexie shrugged. "That's a pretty long shower, don't you think?"

"Well, I was also doing some other stuff too"

"Stuff?"

"Yes, I was helping Mrs. Vasques"

"Mrs. Vasques?"

"Hellooo.... There seems to be an echo in here... can you hear it? Sophie joked.

"Helping with what?" Lexie was still very concerned. "This is not funny"

"Believe me, you wouldn't want to know" Sophie turned her back to Lexie.

"Try me"

"No, just take your fucking shower and lets go to our rooms to read for a while"

"Sophie... what did you do?"

"Listen, 'Bond', it doesn't matter what I did, 'cause it's already done; you just have to try and keep yourself away from that bitch!"

Lexie bent down her head and fixed her eyes on her shoes; a task that always seemed to

work with perfection. "I don't like this Sophie, I don't like this at all" Lexie walked reluctantly to one of the free sprinklers.

Sophie waited in the hall until Lexie finished showering. Girls went in and out, some laughing, some crying, some of them pissed off fighting with each other; but nobody dared to bother her. Lexie finally finished bathing; she changed into her boxers and started drying her hair with a towel. "I need a bloody hair dryer... I hate going to bed with a soggy hair" she whined when she got out to the hall.

"Yeah, yeah... come on" Sophie pulled Lexie with rush. "Girl, you just can't hang around the showers... it's not safe"

"Then what were you doing out here? ... Why did you wait for me?"

"Well... let's just say these girls have a little respect for me" She sneered.

"Respect?... why?... wait a minute!, it's because you are Mrs. Vasques' friend, are you not?" Lexie stopped and looked at Sophie. "That's why you waited for me... because, because they can't hurt you, but they can surely hurt me"

"Move your ass Sherlock, it's getting late" Both girls entered their room, and after a few minutes later, Sophie knocked on Lexie's door and shoved her head inside. "Hey dude, I forgot to give you this!" She tossed a small container over to her bed.

"My heart medication!" Lexie shouted. "But... how?!" She shook her head and her eyes quickly started to overflow. "I don't really want to know, but it really means a lot to me, thank you Sophie Johnston"

Sophie winked an eye and closed the door.

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"I'm telling you Karen, she's responsible for my sister's incarceration" Phoebe sat on the grass, beside the soccer field. "I need to uncover her scheme, but I need to figure out a plan, and I need to be very careful"

"Ok, Phoebe, I'll help you out; just tell me what to do" Karen knelt beside her. "You call the shots"

"Thanks, I knew I could count on you; just let me think carefully about what am I going to do and I'll let you know" Phoebe narrowed her eyes. "But to begin with... go change for your soccer practice, I'll wait for my sisters right here, and we'll talk about it tomorrow"

"Ok" Karen kissed her friend's cheek and ran to the dressing rooms. Phoebe just sat there, planning her next move; thinking very carefully about how to expose Leslie.

Prue walked confidently throughout the soccer field and finally arrived to her sister's side.

She smiled when she saw Phoebe squinting and nodding, talking to herself.

"Hello sweetie... sorry I'm late... I got hung up on traffic" Prue kissed the top of her sister's head and sat down beside her. "Oh, God... it was a long day, but I'm glad it's over" She exhaled deeply. "How was your day babe?"

"Couldn't be better" Phoebe smiled suspiciously. "I guess I'm on to something, big sis"

"Really?... I'm listening; tell me what you found out"

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Next day........

Phoebe entered her classroom and stood still by the doorframe. "Good morning all" She said out loud. "Have you seen 'Bud' this morning by any chance?... is he here yet?"

"I'm here" Bud placed his hand on her shoulder from behind. "What can I do for you... Phoebe Halliwell?" He past by her and went to his seat.

Phoebe carefully followed his voice to his seat. "Bud, you're just the person I needed to see, ... well, you know what I mean" She giggled, staring blankly at the wall behind him.

"Really?... why the sudden change? I thought you didn't like me"

"Well, I still don't" She smiled tensely. "You're too reckless, and wild... and careless, but that's another thing, right now I 'so' need your help."

"I like your frankness, Phoebe, but why should I be helping you? We're not even friends"

"Forget about that for a while... "Do you still like my baby sister by any chance?"

"What?!" He snapped back. "That's not of your business, dude!"

"Do you or don't you?" Phoebe asked sternly.

He grinned and glanced around to make sure nobody was listening. "Well, yeah, as a matter of fact I do, now what?"

"Ok, listen, I need to talk to you about something real important, something concerning my younger sister."

"Your little sister, huh?" He smiled. "And what's in it for me?"

"Well, maybe a chance to get to know her better" She reluctantly stated, but it was too late to take it back.

Ok, shoot" He leaned back and folded his arms in front of his chest. "I'm all ears"

Tbc.

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