Deliver Me
By Zyris de'Lat
Chapter Eleven:
Jerrica slowly lifted herself off of the bed to stand. Her legs wobbled underneath her and she collapsed onto the hard, cold floor. Tears started to roll down her cheeks.
"No!" Jerrica screamed in a horse voice. "I will not let him take the best of me by robbing me of my tears. I will not let him get the satisfaction of that."
Jerrica wiped the tears away from her face and crawled over to her shirt and bra on the floor. Jerrica slid her bra on and reached behind her back to fasten it. Her hands were shaking while she tried to fasten it. After about ten minutes of trying, Jerrica finally succeeded. Jerrica then slid her shirt on, putting one arm through the sleeve, then the other. Jerrica could only button five of the twelve down the front of the shirt. The rest were scattered on the floor from being torn off. Jerrica didn't care. She would never wear these clothes again. She would most likely burn them when she got home. Jerrica then painfully slid her panties on over her bruised inner thighs and gen#tals up to her waist, wincing in pain. Jerrica then slowly stood up and walked to the door.
Jerrica leaned against the doorway frame and glanced down at her gold Pulsar wrist watch. The dimly lit hallway fell on her watch and lit up the watch hands. The watch read twenty minutes after midnight.
Jerrica started to feel dizzy and grasped the door frame to steady herself. 'Three hours. I was with Rio that long? Or did I pass out for some time? I can't remember…Where is the doctor? I was supposed to meet him…for something about Rio…ten o'clock'
Jerrica let her face fall into her hand and rubbed the heel of her hand between her eyes, so much tension. Jerrica let out a deep sigh that she didn't realize she was holding.
Jerrica slowly staggered down the hall towards the nurse's station while pressing her palm between her eyes and slowly messaging the spot were the tension originated. Jerrica saw a shadow move beside her out of the corner of her eye. Shivers ran down Jerrica's spine. 'Something feels definitely wrong here. I don't like this.'
Jerrica didn't have to give it a second thought. She bolted for the nurse's station. Jerrica let her hands fall beside her and used them to pick up her pace and sprinted towards the nurse's station. The pain started to burn fiercer between Jerrica's legs. Jerrica gave every once of her strength not to double over in pain.
Jerrica then saw a glow up ahead. 'Oh, God! I reached it, the nurses' station!' Thoughts rolled through Jerrica's head as she slightly slowed her pace and frantically looked around for the nurse behind the station.
'Where is she? She is not here…' Jerrica then stopped in her tracks as a thought occurred to her. 'Why am I looking for her? I am so confused…Why am I so scared?'
Jerrica turned around and pushed the elevator button that pointed down. While she was waiting, her hairs on the back of her neck rose up on ends again. Jerrica tried to brush the feeling off with a swipe of her hand. The silence was then broke by the sound of glass shattering. Fear traveled back through Jerrica, freezing her in place.
'That is just a patient in a room, right?' Jerrica looked around at her surroundings. 'Where are the patients? This floor looks like it hasn't been used in years. There is so much dust on the nurse's counter and dirt coating the hallways. What happened here a minute ago, why don't I remember all of this before.'
Jerrica turned back around and started to frantically push the elevator button. 'I just want to go home and curl up on my couch and drink a hot cup of chocolate.' The elevator did not seem to be working for Jerrica, so she turned and ran through the double doors that she entered when she came in to this ward. Jerrica was going to take the stairs. She pushed herself through the door to the stairs and sprinted down the stairs three at a time.
After what seemed like ten minutes of sprinting for Jerrica, she finally reached a door that had a number one on the door. Jerrica pushed against the metal bar on the door to open it, and the door wouldn't budge. 'Not now. Please, not now!'
Jerrica then heard a door slam shut and echo through the stairwell. Panic ran through Jerrica's nervous system. Jerrica started to throw all her energy into the door to open it. 'Please, all I am asking is for this to open.'
Heavy footsteps where heard coming down the stairs. Jerrica's heart started to race in her chest, trying to escape. 'Oh, no. This is not happing. What is going on?'
The door suddenly gave a bit and made a loud groan and opened slightly, just enough for Jerrica to see outside. The footsteps sounded louder while picking up in pace. Jerrica gave her last once of strength and pushed the door open a bit further. Just enough to squeeze her body through.
Jerrica took in a deep breath of fresh air and bolted herself far away from the hospital. 'Now I know why Kimber hates hospitals. They are just too creepy for me. There is something definitely lurking in that hospital that is not at peace with itself.'
Jerrica just kept running, it felt like she had an endless supply of strength. Jerrica lost track of time and direction. All she wanted to do was run. Run away from her pain, from her life, from her memories. The only thing that was important at the moment was to run.
'Rio… How I long for to see your smile and to touch me. What happened to us?'
A single tear rolled down Jerrica's cheek as she continued to run.
Now I will tell you what I've done for you
Fifty thousand tears I've cried
Screaming Deceiving and Bleeding for you
And you still won't hear me
Don't want your hand this time I'll save myself
Maybe I'll wake up for once
Not tormented daily defeated by you
Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom
I'm dying again
I'm going under
Drowning in you
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through
I'm going under
Blurring and Stirring the truth and the lies
So I don't know what's real and what's not
Always confusing the thoughts in my head
So I can't trust myself anymore
I'm dying again
I'm going under
Drowning in you
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through
So go on and scream
Scream at me I'm so far away
I won't be broken again
I've got to breathe I can't keep going under
I'm dying again
I'm going under
Drowning in you
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through
I'm going under
Jerrica finally slowed down her pace and bent over, while resting her hands against her knees to support herself, to catch her breath. Jerrica finally let all the tears out and cried. Jerrica's knees buckled underneath her and she collapsed to the ground and cried. Then tears started to roll and just wouldn't stop. Jerrica embraced herself in a hug and started to rock herself back and forth while she let the tears stream down her face and cried.
Jerrica couldn't remember when, but it started to rain. The rain poured down in heavy sheets, feeling like millions of needles that pounded into Jerrica's body.
"Thank you. You don't know how happy you just made the girls. I will let then come and personally thank you," the man said with a warm gratefulness to his voice.
"No problem. I am glad I could help you out," the video store worker replied.
Rory Llewelyn just obtained the last copy of Once Upon A Time In Mexico that was just released last week to rent, and was still hard to get. It must be something about the women and being able to have Antonia Banderas and Johnny Depp in the same movie together to watch.
'Well, at least this will occupy the girls for the rest of the night. Now maybe I can have some time and peace to myself.' Rory looked up through the window and saw the down pour that was happening outside.
'Wow, this must have just happened recently. I don't remember the weather man foretelling rain today.' Rory gave a sigh and prepared himself to embrace the rain. Rory pushed open the exit door from the video rental store and dashed across the wet parking lot to the maroon purple off road terrain vehicle. Rory pulled the keys out of his pocket and pushed the button on the keychain to unlock the doors. He was very grateful at this moment the keychain had this button, or he would have been standing for who knows how long trying to find the right key for the door. Rory's car was parked in, so he grabbed Phoebe's keys to take her vehicle out to pick up the movie for them.
Rory opened up the driver's door and climbed inside. The inside of the vehicle still had the smell of fresh, brand new leather. Even after having the vehicle for four months. But there was a new smell among the fresh leather one, a smell of cherries. Phoebe must have just cleaned her vehicles interior recently.
Rory pulled the visor down and looked in the light up mirror. He was soaking wet. Rory hoped Phoebe wouldn't get too mad about having a little water on the leather. Rory ran his hands through his shoulder length blond hair to push the strands out of his face, and to remove some excess water.
After searching for a couple of minutes, Rory found the ignition key and started the vehicle up. He turned the head lights on and turned the wipers on high. Even on high, the windshield wipers still didn't clear the front window fast enough to see properly. The inside of the window started to fog up, so Rory turned on the air to have it blow on the front windshield and the two side windows to clear the problem. Rory then put the vehicle in drive and pulled out of the parking lot and headed for his house.
About half way to his house, Rory spotted something on the other side of the road. It appeared to be white and small, but it was hard to make out from all the rain hitting the windows on the vehicle and the object on the ground.
Rory's first thought was that it could be a small animal trapped outside in the rain. But the closer he approached it as he was driving past, the larger it became and was too large for a small domestic animal. Rory then strained his eyes to discover to his surprise it was a person curled up in a fetal position lying on its side. Rory turned around in a nearby driveway and drove back towards the person.
Rory pulled to the side of the road and parked the terrain vehicle about two feet away from the person. He left the vehicle running and also left the headlights shine on the person. The headlights helped light up the surrounding area and also helped comfort Rory in a small way. Rory felt like he should help the poor person, but also felt a bit scared and skeptical. There aren't too many times in a person life where he or she runs across a person laying on the ground in a down pour of rain.
Rory then climbed out of the maroon vehicle and walked up to the person. He left about a foot between him and the person on the ground, just to be cautious and safe. Rory called out loudly enough to be heard over the pouring rain, "Excuse me, are you hurt? Do you need any help?"
The only reply Rory got was the echo of the thundering rain. The person on the ground wasn't even moving. Rory strained his eyes and studied the person closer, it was a female. Rory only saw the backside of her, but he knew he wasn't mistaken. The female was wearing a white form fitting blouse. The rain made is transparent, and Rory could see the white bra underneath it. She was wearing a deep purple skirt. Her feet were bare. The hair was very forming thick strands, looked like a dirty blond color, draped heavily around her neck.
Rory's pulse quickened a bit. He started to panic a bit to the situation. 'What happens if she is dead? I should check for a pulse. I can't just leave her here. I was meant to find her.'
Rory slowly and cautiously walked towards the female. She was curled up in a tight fetal position. Her arms and hair was covering her face. Rory slowly removed some of the soaked hair from her neck to take a proper pulse. Her skin had a slight blue cast to it and felt cold. But a pulse was present and strong. Rory let out a deep sigh of relief.
Rory then noticed something shine underneath the hair. Rory pushed the hair away from the side of the woman's face to expose a ruby star shaped earring. Rory's heart skipped a beat as he grew pale.
'There is only one blonde I know who wears those earrings. No, it can't be…Jerrica?'
Here is the next chapter, hope you all enjoy it.
The song that was in this chapter is "Going Under" by Evanescence.
Jem, and all the characters within, are owned by Hasbro.