Part 9
A look into what makes Jenny the person she is, yes a whole chapter about nothing but Jenny, but this explains why she is the way she is. Child abuse warning!!!
For anyone who thinks this may be a Mary Sue please read the note at the bottom of the fic.
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As a little kid your perception of the world can easily be shaped, what you should think can so easily be affected by what your parents tell you and what they do to you. The same is true of children that are raised with limited access to the outside world, ones that only have contact with their parents.
Jennifer Martin, at the age of 4 was living in what would never be considered a good situation. Her mother had gotten a separation from her husband but the man was still living in the house. The house was a small 2 bedroom brick thing that would sometimes be called a shack. In this building lived Jenny, her mother, father, and younger sister. The sister was about a year old and had horrible colic among other things.
This in itself would have been fine, but Jennifer's father often got drunk and would hit her mother in front of both children, not that the baby understood what was going on, but Jenny at her age knew something was wrong with her life. After all, your mommy shouldn't sit next to a window and cry all day, there was just something wrong with that. Yet even when Jenny's mom was in pain, not matter how severe she always had time to pick up and hold one of her small daughters. Yet for some reason, Jenny's mom never left her ex. That would change however.
One night the man came home, drunk as normal. He sat down in his chair and bellowed for dinner. Then did something he had never done, he pulled a table close to him and took a bag out of his pocket, and pulled out a joint. Smiling he lit it and began to enjoy himself. Jenny's mom took one look at what her husband was doing, grabbed both of her children and left the house. The man didn't even look up from what he was doing, he just muttered, 'You'll be back bitch.'
The mom took the girls to a shelter then got the police to arrest her ex, he was violating a restraining order by being on their property. The police came and arrested the man and the family moved back into their house. However with in hours, as soon as the father called, Jenny's mom went down and bailed him out and brought him back home, after all he had sworn he would change, it was just a mistake, a one time thing.
That of course was a lie.
Within a couple of hours of being home, he hit her, hard enough to knock her out for a few hours. She awoke to the sounds of sirens, and knocking at the door.
Paramedics rushed into the house, trying to ignore the condition of the bruised woman who was stretched out on the couch and ran to the upstairs of the small house. The mother followed them, fearing the worse, and she was not disappointed. Laying in the crib was her year old child. The paramedics worked on her to try and bring her back but they where unable to.
"SIDS?" she head one of them ask.
The only response the paramedic got was a shrug.
They took away the body of her baby girl, leaving the woman in tears. Jenny had chosen to hide somewhere, although she had seen the whole thing. Her father had suffocated the poor child as she slept. Her father knew she had seen it and threatened to kill her too if she told, Jenny knew better then to tell anyone.
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5 years later
A now nine year old little girl came home. Her mother had died several years ago of a heart condition, leaving her with her father. The state had yet to do anything about the reported cases of abuse, while the teachers at Jenny's school knew something was up, they could do no more then report it. Almost all of them feared for the little girl's life.
Jenny silently made her way upstairs so as not to wake up her father. If the man was woken up he would get angry, and he was mean when he was angry.
**
Jenny had just climbed into her bed when her father walked into the room and joined his daughter in bed, something he had done even before his wife had died.
***
A 16 year old Jenny left her house, boy friend in tow.
"So where do you want to go?" The boy asked her.
Her date for that night had dirty blond hair and green eyes. His hair wasn't to long and his bangs would sometimes cover his eyes. While he could be sharp of tongues with others, he was nice to Jenny. He could tell there was something in her past that had hurt her, so he only wanted to help her.
"Hmm, how about the mall?" Jenny answered him. True love showed in her eyes. She really loved him, for the first time in her life she had someone who she loved and loved her in return.
"Sounds good."
With that the two walked to his car and got in.
The rest of the night was uneventful. that was until.
The sound of metal against metal, glass breaking, screams of pain, screams of fear.
A car accident, while not crushing to some people, it hit Jenny very hard. She was in the car that wrecked, she was next to the person she loved as a telephone pole fell on the car and one of the parts that stuck out to hold the wires hit him on the head, fracturing his skull. The driver of the car that hit them amazingly didn't run off.
The next thing she knew she was in the hospital, while Hisoka, her date had surgery performed, she had nothing major, just small cuts. They weren't sure if Hisoka would ever wake up.
She wanted to stay there with him, but her father came and forced her to come home with him, calling her a slut the whole time. She never found out what happened to Hisoka, a few days later they moved to a new city.
Jenny hated this city, she hated her father, but most of all she hated her life. So she began to do one thing to take out the pain and began to cut herself. Just small cuts at first but then she made bigger and bigger ones.
The pain to her was as a release.
A couple of months later Jenny got another boyfriend.
This one was a jock and saw Jenny as someone he could conquer, since she was rather pretty. Jenny didn't mind him acting like an ass around her, calling her names and stuff, but the minute he hit her that all changed. Hisoka would have never hit her. So she did the only thing that circumstance deemed to show, and hit her abuser back.
The jock jumped back and glared at her "Bitch."
Jenny just stared back, anger and something else in her eyes. A kind of calmness. He didn't seem to notice that, and went to hit her again. This time she grabbed his hand and kicked him in the groin. He fell to the ground and glared at her, fury filling his eyes.
"I'm tired of being treated like shit." She muttered and began to beat him until all of her anger was gone.
She left the jock's house, not telling anyone what happened.
What she left behind was a bleeding mass of matter, barely breathing. The local police did nothing to her, not only did the jock have a rap sheet a mile long, and many people wanted him dead, there was no evidence Jenny had ever been there.
It was at that night Jenny found out it felt better to hurt someone then to be hurt, something that while true it should never be taken to heart.
Jenny moved to college a few weeks later and got her first boyfriend, several weeks later he needed to be hospitalized.
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Definition of a Mary Sue, taken from Firestorm's (user id: 59706)fic: The Arising (taken by her permission) "What is a Mary Sue? A Mary Sue is a character a person enters into their fic. Often, they are the most charming, beautiful, perfect, and strongest and best people out there. They are usually sent to protect the main characters, and generally fall in love with the Ronins or Warlords, have no faults, can sing beautifully, play sports better than the Ronins, even fight better than the Ronins, and generally have no weaknesses. And believe me, you don't want a character like that. If you want a good character, give her/him a name, personality, weaknesses, faults, and certain strengths. And most of all, don't focus the fic just on your character. Focus it on the Ronin Warriors, Warlords, and original characters of the show. This will help keep returning readers to you."
My character Ashley does not fit this definition in anyway, she's just another character kinda like Tom. While Ashley is smarter then Rowen, at least in mind games, that has a lot to do with her roommate being a Psych major.
I don't own anything copywrited mentioned in this fic.
A look into what makes Jenny the person she is, yes a whole chapter about nothing but Jenny, but this explains why she is the way she is. Child abuse warning!!!
For anyone who thinks this may be a Mary Sue please read the note at the bottom of the fic.
***
As a little kid your perception of the world can easily be shaped, what you should think can so easily be affected by what your parents tell you and what they do to you. The same is true of children that are raised with limited access to the outside world, ones that only have contact with their parents.
Jennifer Martin, at the age of 4 was living in what would never be considered a good situation. Her mother had gotten a separation from her husband but the man was still living in the house. The house was a small 2 bedroom brick thing that would sometimes be called a shack. In this building lived Jenny, her mother, father, and younger sister. The sister was about a year old and had horrible colic among other things.
This in itself would have been fine, but Jennifer's father often got drunk and would hit her mother in front of both children, not that the baby understood what was going on, but Jenny at her age knew something was wrong with her life. After all, your mommy shouldn't sit next to a window and cry all day, there was just something wrong with that. Yet even when Jenny's mom was in pain, not matter how severe she always had time to pick up and hold one of her small daughters. Yet for some reason, Jenny's mom never left her ex. That would change however.
One night the man came home, drunk as normal. He sat down in his chair and bellowed for dinner. Then did something he had never done, he pulled a table close to him and took a bag out of his pocket, and pulled out a joint. Smiling he lit it and began to enjoy himself. Jenny's mom took one look at what her husband was doing, grabbed both of her children and left the house. The man didn't even look up from what he was doing, he just muttered, 'You'll be back bitch.'
The mom took the girls to a shelter then got the police to arrest her ex, he was violating a restraining order by being on their property. The police came and arrested the man and the family moved back into their house. However with in hours, as soon as the father called, Jenny's mom went down and bailed him out and brought him back home, after all he had sworn he would change, it was just a mistake, a one time thing.
That of course was a lie.
Within a couple of hours of being home, he hit her, hard enough to knock her out for a few hours. She awoke to the sounds of sirens, and knocking at the door.
Paramedics rushed into the house, trying to ignore the condition of the bruised woman who was stretched out on the couch and ran to the upstairs of the small house. The mother followed them, fearing the worse, and she was not disappointed. Laying in the crib was her year old child. The paramedics worked on her to try and bring her back but they where unable to.
"SIDS?" she head one of them ask.
The only response the paramedic got was a shrug.
They took away the body of her baby girl, leaving the woman in tears. Jenny had chosen to hide somewhere, although she had seen the whole thing. Her father had suffocated the poor child as she slept. Her father knew she had seen it and threatened to kill her too if she told, Jenny knew better then to tell anyone.
*~*
5 years later
A now nine year old little girl came home. Her mother had died several years ago of a heart condition, leaving her with her father. The state had yet to do anything about the reported cases of abuse, while the teachers at Jenny's school knew something was up, they could do no more then report it. Almost all of them feared for the little girl's life.
Jenny silently made her way upstairs so as not to wake up her father. If the man was woken up he would get angry, and he was mean when he was angry.
**
Jenny had just climbed into her bed when her father walked into the room and joined his daughter in bed, something he had done even before his wife had died.
***
A 16 year old Jenny left her house, boy friend in tow.
"So where do you want to go?" The boy asked her.
Her date for that night had dirty blond hair and green eyes. His hair wasn't to long and his bangs would sometimes cover his eyes. While he could be sharp of tongues with others, he was nice to Jenny. He could tell there was something in her past that had hurt her, so he only wanted to help her.
"Hmm, how about the mall?" Jenny answered him. True love showed in her eyes. She really loved him, for the first time in her life she had someone who she loved and loved her in return.
"Sounds good."
With that the two walked to his car and got in.
The rest of the night was uneventful. that was until.
The sound of metal against metal, glass breaking, screams of pain, screams of fear.
A car accident, while not crushing to some people, it hit Jenny very hard. She was in the car that wrecked, she was next to the person she loved as a telephone pole fell on the car and one of the parts that stuck out to hold the wires hit him on the head, fracturing his skull. The driver of the car that hit them amazingly didn't run off.
The next thing she knew she was in the hospital, while Hisoka, her date had surgery performed, she had nothing major, just small cuts. They weren't sure if Hisoka would ever wake up.
She wanted to stay there with him, but her father came and forced her to come home with him, calling her a slut the whole time. She never found out what happened to Hisoka, a few days later they moved to a new city.
Jenny hated this city, she hated her father, but most of all she hated her life. So she began to do one thing to take out the pain and began to cut herself. Just small cuts at first but then she made bigger and bigger ones.
The pain to her was as a release.
A couple of months later Jenny got another boyfriend.
This one was a jock and saw Jenny as someone he could conquer, since she was rather pretty. Jenny didn't mind him acting like an ass around her, calling her names and stuff, but the minute he hit her that all changed. Hisoka would have never hit her. So she did the only thing that circumstance deemed to show, and hit her abuser back.
The jock jumped back and glared at her "Bitch."
Jenny just stared back, anger and something else in her eyes. A kind of calmness. He didn't seem to notice that, and went to hit her again. This time she grabbed his hand and kicked him in the groin. He fell to the ground and glared at her, fury filling his eyes.
"I'm tired of being treated like shit." She muttered and began to beat him until all of her anger was gone.
She left the jock's house, not telling anyone what happened.
What she left behind was a bleeding mass of matter, barely breathing. The local police did nothing to her, not only did the jock have a rap sheet a mile long, and many people wanted him dead, there was no evidence Jenny had ever been there.
It was at that night Jenny found out it felt better to hurt someone then to be hurt, something that while true it should never be taken to heart.
Jenny moved to college a few weeks later and got her first boyfriend, several weeks later he needed to be hospitalized.
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Definition of a Mary Sue, taken from Firestorm's (user id: 59706)fic: The Arising (taken by her permission) "What is a Mary Sue? A Mary Sue is a character a person enters into their fic. Often, they are the most charming, beautiful, perfect, and strongest and best people out there. They are usually sent to protect the main characters, and generally fall in love with the Ronins or Warlords, have no faults, can sing beautifully, play sports better than the Ronins, even fight better than the Ronins, and generally have no weaknesses. And believe me, you don't want a character like that. If you want a good character, give her/him a name, personality, weaknesses, faults, and certain strengths. And most of all, don't focus the fic just on your character. Focus it on the Ronin Warriors, Warlords, and original characters of the show. This will help keep returning readers to you."
My character Ashley does not fit this definition in anyway, she's just another character kinda like Tom. While Ashley is smarter then Rowen, at least in mind games, that has a lot to do with her roommate being a Psych major.
I don't own anything copywrited mentioned in this fic.
