"Ray!" she said sobbing.
"Holy Crap, Neela… what the hell happened?" Ray screeched as Neela went into his arms.
"I..I.." Neela swallowed. She had no energy left. She felt so scared. Ray held her tightly noticing the ripped clothes, the bruises.
"who did this to you?" Ray said his voice turning fierce. No reply. "who did this to you, Neela, tell me!"
"I… Don't.. It was…. Ton…Tony,"
"Tony Gates?" he answered his eyes filling with anger.
"Ye…yeah,"
"RIGHT! That's it!" he said loosening his grip on Neela and letting her go. He searched for his keys.
"Where are you going? What are you going to do?" her voice filling with fear.
"Neela, he nearly ra….No one fucking hurts you Neela…ever!" he got his keys and grabbed his coat.
"No please! Please I cant… I don't want to be left alone….I'm feeling so scared and hurt.. i don't want you to leave me ….please Ray!" she said falling to the ground. Ray ran to her, slowly picking her up with ease. He held her in his arms.
"Okay okay, sshhh, Neela. I know you're scared. Please don't cry. I'm here, I'm here. I wont ever leave you Neela, I promise," he said as he cradled her. He'll get what's coming to him. I swear if it's the last thing I do. No one hurts Neela and fucking gets away with it! He thought.
"Lets get you out of these clothes and see to those bruises yeah? He said walking Neela to his room. He got out his shirt… the shirt she liked to sleep in and a pair of pyjamas that Neela had forgot to pack. He went to the kitchen quickly and got out the antiseptic and some wipes and rushed back to Neela.
"This may hurt a bit," he softly said wincing himself just when she did. Tears were rolling down her face. The memories of the previous night flashing back. Ray looked at her and tried to hush her down. He couldn't bear to see her in pain. Pain that someone else caused. How could they hurt her? Someone who only sees the good in people?
After seeing to her cuts and bruises, he left her so she could get changed. She slipped into the shirt. The shirt hat she had so much comfort in. She walked out slowly and Ray quickly got up from the sofa. He helped her over to the sofa and she fell back into the arms of where she felt so safe. No one could hurt her here. He cuddled her close but no too tight to cause her pain. He wouldn't dream of hurting her, not even causing the slightest pain. He wouldn't even take advantage of her. He wanted to ask her about it but knew she wouldn't say, not yet anyway. He would wait until she had some rest and would wait for the answers tomorrow.
Soon after Neela had dropped off and both off them just sat on the couch, Ray keeping his eye on Neela and looking after her, protecting her, even if it meant he got no sleep.
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The next morning, both Ray and Neela had stayed in the same position. Ray did keep dropping his eyelids but it was only for a few minutes because then he'd bat them back so he could look after Neela.
After an hour or so, Neela woke up in Rays arm and sighed. She'd woken up forgetting the previous night but one look on her bruises and all the memories came flooding back. She'd wished that it were a dream.
"Hey, sleepyhead," Ray said softly as Neela rose.
"Hey. How long was i…"
"The whole night. Don't worry; you didn't snore!" he chuckled. She got up from the couch and stretched wincing on the process.
"It still hurt?"
"Yeah. My whole body aches,"
"Do you want to tell me what happened?"
"Do I have to do it now?" she quietly replied.
"I'd want you to. And you're only gonna have to repeat it to the police,"
"The police!"
"Yeah…Neela we can't let him get away with this,"
"what if they don't believe me…it's my word against his!" she said getting hysterical.
"hey hey, I'm behind you 100," he said reassuringly. He went to her and gave her a cuddle." So…?" she took a deep breath and began.
"I think.. he first did it the other night, when I went out with Abby for drinks. It was all a big blur, I thought I was just really drun…"
"whoa hang on! You mean he's already……you've already been.." Ray stumbled. "that son of a bitch! I'm gonna..!"
"Ray please…..it hurts me to even think that he touched…..that I've been rape…" she stuttered, tears beginning to show. She hung her head down as if she were in shame.
"Neela…" he stoked. Sorrow in his eyes.
"…the next morning I was just so wasted that I blamed myself. That it was my fault that I slept with him. I led him on. I was so stupid…. So stupid not to even realize that the night was wrong. That what happened wasn't normal. I'm a bloody doctor, for God's sake! I should know that these types of symptoms weren't good. I should have known! Heck I even had a patient who had an intake of GHB. She couldn't remember things herself! …and I couldn't even notice that something was wrong!"
"you aren't to blame Neela! You didn't lead the guy on what so ever!"
"it was just…. That after … Michael had g..gone I felt so….and then he was there. I knocked him back a few times but he just had this kind of smirk on his face, like he could get what he wanted….with or without anyone's permission. Then yesterday, I went over to his to tell him that the other night was am mistake but he… didn't listen….then he…..and I tried ..but…..but then I…" she covered her face as tears dripped out.
"I know I know," he consoled, grabbing the tissue box. He hugged her, stoking her hair and they stayed like that for half an hour as Neela cried and Ray consoled.
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A knock came on the door. Neela was in the bedroom getting changed and Ray was making breakfast before they headed to the station. Ray stopped the microwave and walked across to the door. When he opened it, his eyes went into full rage as he grabbed the person and yanked them inside. He went berserk and started to punch them.
"you fucking asshole! You ever hurt her again,…why the hell did you do it to her!"
Ray continued to beat the hell out of him. Tony also started to hit back but Ray had so much rage that he overtook him in the fighting and was clearly winning.
In the other room, Neela was getting dresses when she had begun to cry again. Every time she'd wince of the pain, she'd remember what he had done. She started to hear loud thumps and crashes and ran outside of the room. There she saw one of the men who hurt her and the other who always tried to protect her. And he was doing just that. Ray stopped as he saw her in his sight. Tears kept streaming down her face as she saw the look on Tony's face. He had that stupid smirk still on his face.
"Ray…" she sobbed. He ran over to her and hugged her close shielding her eyes away from Tony. "don't worry, he can't hurt you, I'm here,"
"But I sure had fun, watching her not even squirm as I…" he couldn't even finish the sentence as Ray ran and thumped him one. He fell to the ground. "you fucking asshole!" Ray spat. He turned back to Neela as she stared on.
"hey? You ok?"" he said. She nodded. Ray walked over to phone and called the police.
Neela stood staring as the man who raped her, caused her so much pain was taken out. I hope to God he can't do this to anyone else. And if there are others, I hope I've done them justice. She thought. As he was taken out by the police she swear that she had heard him say 'watch out!' she shivered and ran to the kitchen to get a glass of water.
"Neela, are you ready to go? They said that we could take a ride with them to the station and them drop us off at County," Ray said walking to the counter. "and erm…you need to get yourself checked out…. For erm… to see if there is any damage or you have any…"
"Will you be there with me?" she quivered.
"I'll be there all the way," he smiled.
That's it for chapter 3. Sorry if its too long. I wasn't sure if I got the best out of this chapter. It was quite hard to write as I had an image of how it would be in my head but I couldn't quite put it to words. I had to change it a couple of times. The next chapter will be here soon. There will be more Ray/Neela. Sorry if its taking too long. Please read and review!