C.C. McKenna

Blood on the Field

Chapter Twenty-Six

Almost Home.

Sunday Afternoon...

"Come on Lexie... we're waiting" Prue ordered her sister to speak up.

Lexie raised her head and stared at her oldest sister's blue eyes. "They'll ... they uhm...

They did this to me" She finally spoke.

"They?... What do you mean they...who's they?" Piper added fearfully.

"I'm sorry, but I can't, they'll hurt me if... if... forget it, just forget it" Lexie pulled back her still silky brown hair and nervously looked into her sister's stunned blue eyes

"No, we certainly wont forget it." Prue walked to Lexie and gently wrapped her arms around her. "They hurt you, that's obvious, but we want to know who's they"

"Ok, I have this new friend in here and..."

"In this place?" Piper interrupted. "This is an awful place Lexie, how did you ever think about having a friend in this place, are you insane or something!"

Prue shook her head. "Let her finish Pipe"

One of the guards had been spying on the girls since they went outside and noticed something odd about the conversation. She slowly approached the upset sisters and cleared her throat before speaking. "Sorry Alexia" Karla smiled weakly. "Visiting hours are over"

Lexie turned to the mocking guard. "Ok, just give me a minute, that's all I need, I'll be quick, I promise"

Karla frowned. "No, your sisters must leave now... rules are rules; remember what happens when you brake them"

Lexie didn't care about Karla's warning and headed for Piper, who was nearer. "They are not what they seem... they use dru..."

"Ok, that's enough!" Karla fiercely pulled Lexie away from Piper and threw her to the wall, shoving her face against it. "I said your time was up!" She whispered on Lexie's ear while she viciously bent her arms behind to handcuff her.

"Hey... you don't have to do that!" Prue raised her voice and started to walk toward her sister but Piper held her by the arm.

"Please Prue, don't make it worse, or they will take it out on her"

Two more guards came to help and hastily took Lexie away. Sophie was not far away from Lexie and she was able to witness what was going on and since she was alone, without any visitors, she went after her friend, knowing for sure that she was going to be punished.

"Prue I want to get out of here, just get me out please! ... Prue!!" Lexie managed to shout before she was violently taken away.

"If you don't leave now, we are going to have to prohibit your sister all kinds of visits for an indefinite period of time".

"It wont be necessary, we're leaving" Prue glared at the breathless guard, and cocked an eyebrow. "She's viciously dangerous... my sister, right? That's why you have to use excessive strength on her... and... and cuffs."

"I'm sorry you had to witness that, but that's how interns are treated here, they are delinquents, and some of them are murderers, and drug addicts like your sister, and we just cant afford to risk your safety, and ours, for that matter; she knows the rules, and she must follow them; and we need your cooperation to accomplish that"

"Wait a minute... my sister is not a drug addict; she's a..."

"I'm not going to argue about your sister's addictions, you should know her best, I'm sure" Karla smiled insultingly. "Now, if you excuse me, I have to go and report this incident"

Piper grabbed Phoebe's hand and gently pulled her to the door. "Come on Prue, we're leaving"

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Sunday Evening.......

"I'm sure she's being battered, and mistreated" Phoebe whispered softly. "She was about to tell us something important, but she was deliberately silenced" Phoebe stared outside the window. "Aren't you going a little bit fast Piper?"

Piper nodded without taking her eyes off the road. "Yes, but I want to get us home as fast as I can. She replied. "And I agree with you Phoebe, we must do something quick to get her out of that place before its too late"

"Yes, I just wonder how are we going to do that" Prue took off her sunglasses and threw them violently on the Jeep's leather dashboard. "I can't believe that bitch!... she actually handcuffed her!" Prue pulled back her hair and clenched her teeth. "Again Piper, she was handcuffed again! And ... and ... and I didn't do a damn thing about it!"

"Calm down Prue, I'm glad you didn't, or you would have only made things worse"

"Did you hear the way she screamed for help? The way she begged me to get her out of that place?"

"Yes, honey, and we will... we'll get her out, I promise, just calm down"

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Monday Morning...

"You wanted to see me?" Sophie opened the door of the warden's office and showed her head inside.

"Come on in" Rose shouted from her desk and waved her hand to show her in.

"What can I do for you?" Sophie sat nervously on the chair in front of her desk. "Oh, before anything happens, let me tell you that I really appreciate what you did yesterday"

"What did I do?"

"You didn't punish Lexie"

"Oh...that was nothing...I did it for you"

"Well... not hurting her was definitely a big deal for me; thank you"

"Ok, forget it, and let me go straight to the point" Rose smirked. "Remember when you asked me to get your friend out of the confinement?

"Yes" Sophie answered; her voice barely a whisper. Somehow she knew that things were going to get ugly.

"You said you would do anything for me, right?" The warden asked with mockery. Sophie just nodded this time, afraid of listening to herself saying yes.

"You did talk Lexie into signing for the Swimming competitions, right?" The warden smiled.

"Get to the point" Sophie spoke impatiently.

"Well, now I need you to do two things for me; listen carefully: I'm going to give you a drug, and you are going to make Lexie take it, Wednesday, after snack time, at 7:30 you give her the drug and wait ten or fifteen minutes, and during shower time, you will bring her into my office"

"But..." Sophie interrupted.

"Shut up, and listen... you'll do as I say or you will suffer the consequences!"

Sophie bent down her head and nodded. She knew she was in the warden's hands and she couldn't do a damn thing about it.

"Don't worry, sugar, she wont give us any more trouble; this Saturday, during the competitions, you will give her a stronger drug, cocaine, before she goes into the water, we'll make sure she is overdosed, and she will drown, after suffering a stroke "

Sophie raised her head and glared at the warden's vicious eyes. "You can't do that... you just can't!"

"You're right, Sophie dear, I won't do it... you will!" She laughed maliciously. "Now, grab these pills and take them with you; I'll be waiting for your friend tomorrow evening... I can assure you she'll have some real fun!"

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Monday Around noon....

"Come on Darryl, you have to do better than that" Prue paced nervously in the manor's living room. "Two or three days are just too many for us... you have to do something tomorrow"

"I wish I could Prue, honestly, but the best I can do is to talk to Judge McGowan, he's a good friend of mine, and maybe I can get a search warrant tomorrow, but I honestly doubt it." Darryl walked closer to Prue and seized her arm to make her stop pacing. "I can try and get it for Wednesday, I promise" Darryl gently squeezed Prue's arm.

"Darryl, today's Monday... Monday!; we can't wait two more freaking days; we just can't!"

Piper walked to her sister and hugged her gently. "Calm down, Prue, he's doing his best"

"WELL, UNFORTUNATELY HIS BEST JUST ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!!... MUCH LESS FOR LEXIE!!"

"It's ok, Darryl, I've got her, you can go now and start working on that search warrant, don't worry, she's just upset, that's all, she'll be all right... thank you for coming" Piper smiled and guided Him to the door. "We'll be waiting for your call"

Prue glared at her sister. "Don't you dare patronizing me, Piper Halliwell, I know exactly how to control myself"

"She's just trying to help Prue, please stop being your usual pain in the ass" Phoebe walked carefully toward her sisters and stood by their side.

"You better stay out of these Phoebe, or.." Prue took a deep breath.

"Or what? Are you going to hit me?" Phoebe shook her head. "Come on, do it; if that's gonna make you feel better; I just want you to chill and leave Piper alone!" Phoebe moved slightly toward Prue but stumbled with her sister's foot and fell harshly on the floor.

"Phoebe!" Prue and Piper shouted at the same time and quickly knelt down beside her. "Are you ok sweetie?" Prue tried to lift her up but Phoebe wiggled her arm from her sister's grasp.

"I'm ok, just leave me alone" Phoebe whispered.

"Phoebe, let me help you" Piper grabbed her sister's hand and this time she didn't recoil.

"Thank you Piper" Phoebe barely smiled. "Will you take me to my room please?... my wrist is hurting a bit"

"Let me take a look" Prue grabbed her sister's hand to check it. "And you better not say a word missy, come on, I'll take you to your room and put a bandage on that hand" She carefully guided her sister to the stairs; when they reached the landing, Prue looked down and shouted for Piper, who was already in the kitchen fixing dinner.

"Piper, will you please get me some ice for Phoebe's wrist?"

"Sure, I'll be up there in a minute"

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Monday Night...

"I've always dreamed of this moment" Leslie smiled and kissed Kevin's lips. "I can't believe you and I actually made love!" She rested her head on his bare chest.

"Yeah, me neither" Kevin rolled his eyes, but pretended to be pleased. "I didn't know you were such a great lover" He lied.

"Thank you Kevin... do you really think so?

"Oh yeah, believe me, I've been in bed with lots of girls, but you are really something else; I've even made love to Alexia Bennett, and she's a baby compared to you"

"You've made love to Alexia?" Leslie was quick on her feet, standing in front of Kevin.

"Yeah... what's the big deal... you know her or something?

"Sort of... she's in the girl's soccer team"

"I know... she has a great body! I've seen her"

"Yeah, but do you know she's in jail now?" Leslie rejoiced herself with her comment. "Drugs related, I guess" She smirked.

"Really? She must be a stupid, innocent, inexpert girl to allow herself to be caught" Kevin chuckled. "I hate stupid, inexperienced and naive girls." He reached out for Leslie's hand and pulled her back to bed. "I prefer smart, intelligent and good looking ones, like you" He kissed her with so much passion; making Leslie's mind drift out of control... quickly melting into his arms again.

"Kevin" Leslie pulled herself away from Kevin's lips and stared at him.

"What?" He gave her a quick kiss on her lips.

"What would you say if I told you that I was the one that framed her? She lowered her head to avoid his query eyes.

"What?" Kevin smiled evilly. "I don't believe you" His blood started boiling inside his chest.

"I swear I did it" She swiftly sat up. "I replaced the pills that Doctor Yin prescribed for her, and put a box of methamphetamines in her back pack instead." She laughed cynically.

Kevin laughed loudly and kissed her again. "Come on, tell me more!" He continued laughing.

"When she was in the hospital, the police came to search her locker, but I was able to plant more boxes of methamphetamines inside before they got to open it" She nodded with satisfaction. "And then I went to her Gym's locker and planted a few thousand bucks and some more pills" She took a deep breath; Her eyes were now glittering with joy.

"You are wicked, you know? Kevin sat up and gave her a small kiss on her forehead; he was hating her more than ever, but he dissimulated well. "You did all this by yourself?"

"Well, I was the brain... I thought of everything... and Susie helped me.

"Susie?... which Susie?... Do I know her? He asked innocently.

"Maybe you do; she's in my cheerleading team, Susie Romano... the tall brunette with green eyes, ... great body, but no brain... she owns a Porsche"

"Sorry, I don't think I know her" He slowly leaned back again.

"I'll introduce her to you later" Leslie slowly got up from bed and headed for the shower. "Right now I have to be home... family dinner, you know..."

Kevin grabbed the remote control and turned on the T.V. in front of him. He slowly started flipping channels until he found ESPN. He yawned and waited patiently for the captain of the cheerleaders to come out of the bathroom and leave his premises.

"I'll call you tomorrow Kevin, maybe I'll invite you to a nice night club" She stood by the door and blew him a kiss before leaving.

"Ok Leslie, see you around... when get out of jail" He chuckled.

As soon as Leslie closed the door from the outside, Kevin got up, wrapped his body with the black satin sheets, and walked toward the table in front of his bed. He grabbed a towel that was purposely placed beside the T.V. and turned off the Video Camera.

"Gotcha Bitch!" He smiled victoriously for having completed his task. "I will take this to Phoebe, but until Thursday, 'cause there's no way I'm going to miss that trip to Baja.

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Wednesday Evening... 7:25 P.M.

"Come on Sophie, finish your homework, I've already finished mine" Lexie whined and sat beside her friend's desk. "Lets go to the bloody cafeteria, I need a glass of milk"

"Ok, ok,... I'm almost done here" Sophie whispered.

"Did you see the teacher's face when Marie threw up on her desk?" Lexie chuckled.

"That was so damn funny!"

"No... I didn't see that" Sophie whispered again without looking up.

"But you were there!" Lexie insisted. "And did Brenda tell you about her tattoo?... I mean, that girl's crazy, she..."

"Damn it, Lexie, I can't concentrate, you laughing and talking all the time... just shut up for a while, ok,... just let me finish my fucking homework!" Sophie shouted, visibly upset. She wasn't even trying to do her homework; she was struggling against herself. She didn't want to give the drug to her friend, and she didn't want the warden to take advantage of her either. She hated herself for having to be such a miserable traitor.

"Sorry" I'll just sit right here and wait till you finish" Lexie spoke sweetly. "You won't even notice I'm here"

"Tell you what" Sophie closed her books and walked to the door. "I'm not going to finish it; I hate algebra anyway" She rubbed her temples and stared at her friend. "I have an awful headache, so what do you think if I go to the cafeteria and bring us the milk and whatever else they're giving, here to my room?"

"That sounds great, but let me go instead" Lexie offered.

"No, you can't, they wont let you; but they will let me!" She smiled.

"Ok, I'll wait for you in here; just don't take too long" She leaned back on her friend's bed and picked up an issue of Bikers. She loved motorcycles.

"I won't" Sophie smiled and left the room.

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