Title: Coming Clean
Author: JT Cleo aka Tu
Email: Pg13/R
Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS
Author's Notes: A short chapter.
VIOLANCE WARNINGS! LAUNGUAGE WARNINGS! Contains some graphic descriptions of child abuse and abuse in general!
Kate trembled with anger and fear. The fact that she was afraid of this asshole only made her angrier. Rick Frank was alive! It was like she was eight again and stuck in a never-ending nightmare. Kate leaned against the wall trying to settle her stomach as memory after memory washed over her. She knew that this wouldn't be like last time. At eight she had been to scared and small to fight back. Her parents hadn't known that she and Jason had left the yard so they hadn't looked for her.
Kate knew that Abby would call her on her cell a few hours after work to go over their plans. When Abby couldn't get a hold of her, she would call Gibbs. Gibbs, being Gibbs, would go straight over to her apartment and see that she was gone. He would then call the team and they would start looking for her.
Rick had locked her in a basement somewhere. Kate was unsure of how much time had past. Gibbs and the guys could already be looking for her. Kate looked around her cell. An old torn mattress lay on the floor in the corner. A leaky sink and the chain connected to her ankle where the only other items in the room. Kate tried to ignore the stains on the walls that looked like blood. She didn't want to think about the people Rick could have hurt down here or what had happened to them.
"Well, well, well, look who finally woke up?" Rick sneered at her from the door.
Kate could see that the he had lost touch with reality sometime before. She was about to say something to him when she saw the shirt in his hand. The bile she had been holding in came rushing up as she recognized the shirt. Jason had been wearing it the day they were taken.. Kate threw up in the corner as Rick stood over her laughing. His laughter was the last thing she heard as his fist slammed into her jaw.
Kate and Jason sat huddled in the corner of the hunting cabin as Rick paced in front of them. Kate had finally gotten Jason to stop crying. Both of them sat in fear.
"Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, SHIT!" Rick yelled at the door.
Kate and Jason ducked as he grabbed a chair and flung it at them.
"What the hell we're you stupid kids doing out there? Do you know what you've done? Now I'm going to have to make sure you don't tell anyone. Do you know how much trouble that is going to be?" Rick yelled at them as he towered over them.
Jason began to sob in Kate's arms.
"Shut up, you little shit." Rick yelled as he punched them both in the head." Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" With ever Shut Up he smashed his fist into their small bodies. He began kicking them as well. He continued to punch and kick them until both passed out.
Kate awoke to Jason's screams filling the room. She turned to see Jason lying on the table. She shoved her fist in her mouth to stop her screams. Jason's back was a bloody mess. Rick was standing over him beating him with a belt. Kate knew if Rick knew she was awake he would beat her to. She felt bad about not helping Jason, but was too afraid to do anything. She hoped that Jason would forgive her when all this was over.
Rick turned suddenly and looked her straight in the eye.
"Stupid little bitch." He growled as he walked over and began punching and slapping her," everything is your fault. Females always destroy everything."
Kate slowly opened her eyes. The world was spinning even though she was lying on her back. She swallowed a moan as she tried to move. Everywhere hurt. Rick had gone to town beating her when she was unconscious. She tried to lift her head and found she couldn't. Kate held back her tears as she turned on her side. She slowly realized that she was naked. The son of a bitch had taken her cloths! Kate could feel blood leaking out odf the wounds Rick had made. She thanked god that she had decided six months ago to go back on the pill. Kate knew that this time, Rick would have no problems raping her.