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Chapter 11: Accusing Lenny

(2pm in the hospital)

Lenny walked around muttering to himself in annoyance. He had NO idea where Alexander and Nigel were and didn't want to see Fanny at all. So he didn't bother asking where her room was.

"I'm hungry," Lenny whispered to himself, "excuse me," he called to an African American teenager who was a little ahead of him, "do you know where the cafeteria is?" he asked.

"Abby knows," Abby responded and turned to face Lenny, "it's …." she started to direct him but stopped, "YOU!" she shouted when she realized who he was and pointed at him.

"W…Wh…W…Wh.…Wha…What?" Lenny stuttered as he looked around fearfully, "what's wrong?" he asked her.

"When was the last time you saw Wally?" Abby asked carefully and she noticed that Lenny stiffened so she repeated the question.

"Why do you want to know," Lenny asked in a hoarse cracked voice then stopped to clear his throat.

"Wally got attacked," Abby responded, "I visited with him earlier," she added.

"He's in THIS hospital?" Lenny asked incredulously.

"Yeah he's…." Abby responded but stopped, "how did you know that Wally was in the hospital?" she asked, "don't lie to me Lenny!" she shouted when he started to ramble excuses, "you were surprised about WHICH hospital he was in," she pointed out, "not that he was in the hospital."

"I don't have to tell you anything!" Lenny shouted in a high pitched voice then cleared his throat loudly, "I'm not guilty of anything," he added in his regular voice.

"Where were you that night?" Abby asked.

"Where was Wally?" Lenny countered.

Abby was about to shout after him but then she decided to remain silent. A grin soon spread across her face as she chuckled.

"Why don't you ask him yourself?" Abby put forward and Lenny gasped and stepped back, "unless you have reason not to," she said.

"I'm NOT seeing him," Lenny said firmly.

"Fine then," Abby said simply, "Abby will just call your Father and ask him what's going on with his son in the night time," she said, "he was home when you were out that night?" she asked and Lenny looked away, "guess not," she said and started to walk away.

"I'll see him," Lenny conceded, "but I swear to you Abby," he continued, "I never harmed Wally."

"You better be telling the truth for YOUR sake," Abby told him, "follow me," she instructed and they walked together towards the ICU, "how did you REALLY know about Wally being in the hospital?" she asked him suspiciously.

"Cree told Chad who told me just a little earlier today," Lenny revealed.

"That bitch!" Abby exploded, "she knows that she's not to commercialise such information," she hissed in a whisper after several employees and patrons stared at her in surprise.

"Hey I only know that he's in the hospital because of some attack," Lenny told her, "I don't know the details of the attack or his current condition," he stated.

"So you don't know that…?" Abby started to ask and Lenny looked at her blankly, "guess you really didn't do it," she whispered to herself.

"Do what?" Lenny asked her.

"Uh, nothing," Abby lied, "now hurry before I give a special call to your DADDY," she threatened as she increased her pace and Lenny hurried to keep up in fear of her calling Father if she turned around and didn't see him.

(Ten minutes later)

Abby and Lenny stepped into ICU and hurried into Wally's room. Wally and Kuki were talking quietly but both looked up when the door opened. Kuki looked at Lenny suspiciously while Wally glared at him.

"Uh hello," Lenny said nervously.

"Don't hello us," Kuki whispered angrily, "especially not if it was YOU who did this to Wally."

"Wha…Oh!" Lenny started to ask then cried out when he really took a look at Wally, "who did this to you?" he asked as he looked over Wally in shock.

"Took you that long to notice me in bandages?" Wally asked curtly.

"Hey, I was nervous!" Lenny cried in his defence, "you guys haven't exactly been nice to me so far," he pointed out.

"NICE? NICE?" Wally asked loudly, "you expect us to be NICE after what YOU'VE done?" he demanded.

"Done?" Lenny asked and looked Wally over like was nuts, "I haven't done anything," he told Wally.

"What were you doing in the alley that night?" Wally asked Lenny.

"None of your business," Lenny snapped incredulously, "what were YOU doing there?" he threw back.

"Taking a different route home," Wally responded, "you haven't answered my question," he added.

"I can go wherever I want!" Lenny exploded, "especially since it doesn't get me beaten up!"

Wally's face went bright red with fury.

"Are you saying that it's MY fault?" Wally growled.

"I don't care WHOSE fault it is!" Lenny shouted, "I just know it's not MINE!"

"How can you be so sure?" Kuki asked suddenly.

"I warned him," Lenny revealed, "I warned him that it wasn't safe down there!" he shouted pointing at Wally.

"How would you know?" Wally asked darkly.

"It's a FUCKING Alley!" Lenny angrily exploded, "what's safe about an alley?" he demanded incredulously.

"It was safe enough for you," Wally countered.

"I've snuck around there since I was seven," Lenny said dismissively, "I know that place like I know the inside of my helmet."

"Yeah, dark," Wally said sarcastically and Kuki and Abby couldn't help but to laugh.

"At least I KNOW pal!" Lenny shouted.

"I'm not your PAL!" Wally shouted back at him.

"Obviously," Lenny said with a look of disgust and snorted.

"Did you do this to me?" Wally asked Lenny.

"NO!" Lenny shrieked, "I've NEVER laid a hand on you and God knows for sure that now I NEVER will!"

"Do you know who did it?" Abby asked calmly in hopes of finding answers as well as calming down the angry Lenny.

"No," Lenny said as he breathed heavily, "and frankly I don't care," he added.

"You cared enough to tell me to be…." Wally started to speak.

"That was a mistake," Lenny interrupted, "a mistake that I'll never make again," he told Wally.

"So you're telling me that you're innocent?" Wally asked and Lenny nodded despite his breath now being rather loud and haggard, "I don't believe you," he added.

That was it for Lenny. He exploded and told Wally what he currently thought about him.

"Listen to me you worthless blonde pretty boy," Lenny snapped, "I don't give a damn about you, I don't LIKE you and I sure as hell wouldn't waste MY time beating you up in some alley," he told Wally, "whoever it was is a kind person in my opinion," he declared, "he actually left you kicking," he added and stormed out of the room.

Abby and Kuki gasped at Lenny's comment and looked at each other fearfully. Then they dared a glance in Wally's direction.

Wally's eyes were now closed but a vein could be seen throbbing at the side of his temple. His breathing was also deep and it was easy to tell that he was angry.

"I think Lenny might be innocent," Kuki said humbly, "I feel bad for thinking he did it," she added sadly.

"Yeah," Abby agreed, "Abby slight doubted but she don't think he even KNOWS that Wally was raped," she deduced, "he only thinks that Wally got beaten up."

"Would you stop talking about me like I'm not here!" Wally exploded silencing any further conversation between the two teenage girls.

"You did not just shout at Abby young man," Abby said and she sounded angry.

"I don't care who you are!" Wally spat at her, "I want quiet and I want it now!" he shouted.

Kuki looked at her feet. She felt bad for Abby but she didn't want to upset Wally or make him angrier.

"Abby aint going to disturb your peace and quiet," Abby said scornfully, "goodbye, KUKI," she said and walked out of the room.

"You shouldn't have shouted at her Wally," Kuki said after being silent for nearly five minutes.

"I don't need this Kuki," Wally told her, "I have to think."

"About what?" Kuki asked.

"About how to catch the guy who did this to me," Wally said angrily, "I don't want the help of the police," he told her, "I want to get my hands on him myself."

"But what if he hurts you again?" Kuki asked fearfully.

Wally's eyes opened like saucers. There was no WAY he was going to let someone do THAT to him again.

"I need to talk to Abby," Wally said in defeat (he's out of ideas).

"Abby's outside by the door if you're ready to apologize," Abby said suddenly from outside the room.

"Abby!" Kuki squealed happily as Abby re-entered the room, "you're still here," she said and hurried over to hug her.

"Yeah Abby didn't abandon you two," Abby said as she hugged Kuki, "despite one of you being a total bone head," she added angrily after letting Kuki go and giving Wally a dirty look.

"I'm sorry Abby," Wally apologized, "I'm being a total ass."

"Right you are," Abby agreed, "so what are we going to do about this rapist guy?" she asked.

"You agree that I should find him?" Wally asked excitedly.

"Not you alone fool!" Abby cried, "all of us," she continued, "with some trusted help," she added.

"No," Wally responded firmly, "no one else will know what happened to me," he told Abby.

"It will be just you, me, Kuki, Lizzie, Hoagie and well…maybe Mary Jane too," Abby listed.

"No, no way!" Wally cried, "Mary Jane cannot find out!" he refused.

"How long do you think Hoagie's going to keep it from her anyway?" Abby demanded, "and it's better than asking Lenny for help, isn't it?" she added.

"I'd never want help from that helmeted freak," Wally muttered, "why Mary Jane?"

"Because we can get her to keep an eye on Lenny," Abby explained, "she'll be hesitant," she admitted, "but Mary Jane would never allow a rapist to remain under her family's roof," she stated, "she is a founder of the CRA," she added.

"CRA?" Wally asked in confusion.

"Capturing Rapists Association," Abby told him, "She'll help," she said, "I have no doubts."

Done.

Death's Soulmate: Bet some of you were wondering if I was going to update at all. Well here's the update and tell me what you guys thought of Lenny and who do you suspect is the rapist now in your reviews. As usual also tell me what you thought of the chapter on a whole. I will try and update again later today or tomorrow. But I can't give out any guarantees. Welcome to BoxieRoxie and any other new reviewers who started from last week up to today. Thanks for your reviews and a BIG thank you to all those who've stuck with this story so far from the beginning 'til now. Review!