I do not own Veronica mars or any of the characters besides Rachel she is my pride and joy! I hope you enjoy the story, it is a prequel to my first story 'The Greatest Love' I hope you like them both. Long Live the King Rob Thomas!
Duncan's concentration ended by the vibration of his phone. He checked the ID before flipping it open "hey veronica what's up"
"What did you find?" she said not trying to push him.
"Her name is Rachel Larson, her grandfather owned Larson Oil, and she was abused and beaten by her boyfriend" he said still looking over the book.
"We knew all that except for the grandfather part" she said still trying to figure things out.
"I am still confused why is her name Rachel Larson and her parents Rembok?" asked Duncan.
"Sometimes people in Hollywood change their names so it isn't the same as another person, or so they aren't associated with anyone else." Said veronica thinking back to her Tom Cruz case. " and maybe she was trying to get away from the press." She added.
"yeah" Duncan said sounding distant while flipping through the pages about their relationship. He stopped on a page about their night together, he read over her thoughts and smiled. She really did love him, but soon the smile faded. Then why did she leave him for an abusive Ex. Unless.
"Veronica" he said snapping out of his stupor. "what if she was threatened?" he said. "I' coming over I have to go talk to her and I need someone to go with me" Duncan said hanging up.
"I'm coming too" Logan said running after him.
They got over to Veronica's and got into her car driving down to Poway, They were all lost in their thoughts. They pulled up to the house and realized that the couple she was staying with must be out for the evening. All the lights in the house were off and the cars were gone.
They waited about 20 minutes before she came home; she pulled up and was wearing a short black dress with a sweater. Duncan cringed when she bent to pick up her keys she dropped and saw the huge black and blue bruise on her upper thigh. She walked inside and into her room turning on the light. A couple minutes later Peter drove up and walked around the back. Duncan got a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach, as they listened to Rachel in her room, she was on her cell phone.
"Its done now go get him…. You said all I had to do is get evidence…what do you mean it is not that easy… he is going to fucking kill me…. I have him on tape…. He confessed to everything….."
"You fucking bitch" and they heard a smack.
Duncan shot out the door and ran to the house, soon followed by the others, by the time he got inside he burst into her bedroom. She was lying on the bed her arms pinned above her head by one of his hands, and his other hand clamping down on her neck. He was killing her.
"Get the hell off her" Duncan yelled running over and pulling Peter off, peter spun around and punched Duncan right in the face. He had a huge grin on his face, and he swung again.
"Your little boyfriend is going to….." he stopped abruptly and felt a surge of pain run through him. Duncan turned to see a knife sticking out of his back as he fell to the floor. Rachel was kneeling on the bed her hands near her face and anger filled her eyes. Then she went into shock as she sat back on the bed and thought about everything that happened.
Logan and Veronica ran in and Veronica grabbed her cell phone and called the local police then she called her dad. She saw Rachel swaying back and forth on the bed clutching her hands around herself. She had a blank look on her face as if all emotion had left. Duncan put his arms around her and held her close but she didn't move she just kept swaying and Duncan just kept holding on.
The police came and took all their statements then took Rachel to the hospital to have her examined. Duncan sat in the room as the nurse came in, "she needs to get undressed and put in this we need to take pictures of the wounds" she said handing over the paper gown to Duncan. "Does she need me to help?"
"No I will do it" the nurse looked at him curiously. "I'm her Fiancé" The nurse left and he walked over the table Rachel was sitting on. She was still looking forward and registered no sign of emotion.
He reached for the buttons of her sweater and she didn't move, she just kept her stare. He undid the sweater and lightly pulled it off her arms. They were covered with even more bruises then he had seen before. A sob left his mouth and his hand moved over her arms being sure not to hurt her. He began undoing the zipper on the back of her dress and when he got down further he couldn't help the sobs getting worse. He back was full of scratches, and bruises as well. He couldn't help it he hung his head down and began crying. Why didn't he get to her sooner? Why did he wait?
"Duncan" she said in a little voice.
"Oh baby" he said looking into her face, she looked so scared and confused.
"I am so sorry, that day….I…..he…." she stammered. Finally gaining control of herself. "he threatened that if I told anyone if I went against him that he would kill you." She said looking away. " I didn't know what to do, Duncan he was serious and I couldn't bare to think that he would hurt you. I thought the best thing for me to do was let you go." She finished.
"Baby" he said running his hand down her face and bringing her into a kiss, she pushed forward deepening it. God how she missed his kiss, his feel, him. He moved his hands around her and pushed her forward. And she cried in pain. "I'm sorry" he said. He finished unzipping her and pulled off her dress. She slid on the gown and he sat next to her. She laid her head on his shoulder and he wrapped his arm around her waist placing gentle kisses on her forehead.
The Doctor walked in and looked over his papers, he took a few Polaroid pictures of her arms back and neck and put them in a folder for the police, an officer then came in to question her. Duncan got up to leave but she pulled on his hand "please don't leave" she was still so fragile.
"Never" he assured sitting back down.
The doctor came back in with a new batch of papers; he had taken some blood before and was checking for signs of internal bleeding.
"You are going to be fine." He said looking at their relieved expressions. "you can go home just as soon as we finish the bill." Duncan left her to get changed and walked out to the hallway.
"how is she?" she said worried.
"She snapped out of it, she is going to be fine" he said.
"how are both of you" she asked
"I think we will be fine as well" he said with a reassuring smile. Logan walked up and gave Duncan a hug and wrapped and arm around Veronica.
"All set, she can go home as soon as she is changed" he said holding the receipt that he had fansioned into a paper airplane.
"you didn't have to do that man I could have"
"No man I want to, plus she can repay me when she gets her money" he said with a wink.
The door to the room opens she slipped out she was wearing some jeans and a sweatshirt that Veronica grabbed from her room. She walked over and gave Logan a hug and Veronica too. And she began to cry. "I am so sorry for what I put you through" she said between sobs.
"Don't be sorry, but why did you go with him?" he said.
"He threatened to kill me"Duncan interjected giving Rachel a brake. "And my baby needed me to stay around, to give her some good lovin." He said with a smile giving her a kiss. She leaned in and kissed him back not wanting it to end. They broke apart and she laid her head on his chest wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Logan can I stay with you tonight I am not ready to go back there" she said.
"I wouldn't have it any other way, veronica picked up a bag of stuff for you" she smile and they walked out to the car.
"How did you guys know when to come, I though I was a gonner until you showed up" she said looking for an answer.
"We kinda bugged your room" veronica said in a innocent tone.
Rachel let out a laugh and Duncan thought it was the greatest sound in the entire world. "I will have to remember who my friends are before I try something again" she said looking at Duncan. She snuggled up in his lap and half way back to Neptune she fell asleep. When they got to Veronica's he woke her up with a kiss and they got out of the car.
He drove them to Logan's and walked her up to her room, he had called his parents earlier and told them what happened and said he would be staying at Logan's. He crawled into bed next to her and held her in his arms.
"I love you" she whispered giving him a kiss, and a tear fell from his eyes.
"I love you too" he replied. And they fell asleep in each others eyes.
That was the mystery sorry it is kind of lame but I must say I worked hard on it. Well anyway don't despair the story does not end their. If you have read my other stories 'The Greatest Love' then you know what is to come. PLEASE REVIEW!