Chapter 15, Psalm 23
Charlie tried to push off by putting her hands against his chest plate and push away. But Grievous pulled her back, causing her hands to slip and cut on the jagged edges of his metal collar bone armor. She screamed even more as her blood ran down her arms.
He wrapped her hands and arms in his cape trying to stop the flow of blood. Charlie started to panic, her breathing became to fast and she wasn't getting any air into her system. "Calm down Charlie!" he yelled.
Charlie cracked him up side the head trying to get free. He finally let her go. She fell to the hard cemented floor, the drug had removed the feeling in her legs. She turned on to her stomach and sobbed. Grievous finally realized what was happing to her, she was having an allergic reaction to the drug. He pulled another needle off his belt and quickly slid it in to her and pushed the serum into her.
Charlie jerked away her arm before he could properly remove it. "Careful!" he cautioned her. He reached over and removed the needle. Charlie crawled away from him and hugged against the wall. "That should make you feel better Charlie," he said.
Charlie looked away from him and held her arms to her chest to stop the bleeding herself.
Sure the serum made her feel better but she was still in pain. 'I should have never asked fro his help', she thought.
Grievous went over to her and picked her up. He removed the blanket from the bed and sat her on it. The moment he let go of her she jumped away from him. "You need to sleep Charlie," he said.
Charlie moved away from him again, she glanced at the path to her bed, then darted away to hide under the bed again. Grievous sighed and backed away form the bed still holding the blanket.
Charlie faced the wall this time; she was still trying to stop her arms from bleeding. The dirty prison clothes didn't help her either; they were thin and easily tore.
Grievous threw the blanket at the bed and it landed slightly under it. She glanced behind her and saw it. She almost reached for it, but thought that he could be waiting for her to take it. She looked away from it and pushed away the thoughts of being cold.
"I'm no where near your bed," said grievous guessing at what she was thinking.
Charlie drew her knees to her chest and covered her ears to block him out. He sighed and left the room making sure to close the door hard enough to let her know he was gone. Charlie grabbed the blanket and wrapped her self around in it and started out mumbling words, soon she got a little louder and was speaking psalm 23.
Grievous could hear her he sighed and walked off down the passage way.
Once Charlie finished the psalm she started it again, and kept repeating the process.
Soon a droid entered the room and sat down a plate of food. It could hear Charlie.
It got down on its knee's and peeked under the bed; she was still the same way as when Grievous left her.
"He's not in her you know," it mumbled to her. She shook her head not listening to him and continued. "Whatever," it said and pushed the plate in her sights and left. Charlie saw the plate of food, but wasn't hungry. She stayed where she was and kept on repeating the psalm.
The droid entered the room half an hour later, "You didn't eat any of it," it muttered. It looked under the bed again and saws she was still the same way. The droid sighed and pushed the plate toward her, "Eat just a little bit!"
She turned her face away and hid under the blanket and repeated the psalm.
Another droid entered in behind the first, "What is she saying?"
"I'm not quite sure." They listened closer to what Charlie was saying.
"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I will fear no evil. For thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. Thou anointest my head with oil. My cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the lord for ever" she repeated it again.
The two droids looked at each other, "That was confusing!" said the second.
The first droid nodded to his partner, "Very confusing."
"What should we do? She's been like that for hours!" said the second.
"I don't know!" cried the first one, "I say we tell the general!"
"Yes! He should know what to do!" they both hurried out of the room, and Charlie never even noticed they were in there.
Grievous entered the room a few moments later with the two droids behind him. He got down and looked under the bed at Charlie. She was still laying there with her ears covered and saying the psalm. He reached under the bed and managed to get her, then pulled her from under the bed. Charlie closed her eyes and started shaking, but she never stopped saying the psalm.
Grievous sat her down on the bed, "Charlie, you need to eat something!" she covered her ears again, and repeated the psalm. He sighed, "What are you saying?" he asked her impatiently. She didn't answer him, but continued saying it.
"You're a Christian!" he breathed.
"A what?" asked the second droid.
"A Christian," repeated the first droid, "someone who worships a man human's call the son of their God!"
"That's silly!" said the second droid.
"It may be silly but it's true," insisted the first droid.
"They believe he rose from the dead and will come back to take his followers back to his home in the sky one day!"
"That's interesting… and how are we going to shut her up?" the second asked grievous.
"I don't know," said Grievous but he was already slipping a needle into Charlie's arm. She didn't even notice the needle and continued with the psalm.
Grievous watched her and nodded as her eyes drooped down and slowly closed. He recitation of the psalm grew quieter and quieter until she was sleeping lightly against Grievous. The two droids nodded and left the cell.
Grievous waited to make sure she was deeply asleep and then laid her out on the bed. He wrapped the blanket around her and left the cell quietly.
He knew it was about time for the Jedi to show up and… try to save her.
Sorry to anybody that doesn't believe in christ, but i do so you'll ge over it. Oh and one more thing, Galdhbeth is now helping me with the story and future ones to come.