The bedroom door opened suddenly, as the remaining Sevilles had come back from their camping trip. Eleanor could tell who was speaking, and when despite her ehaustion. She couldn't get out of the ropes that tied her to the bed, and Alvin was nowhere to be seen. The ropes cut off her circulation, therefore both Dave and Simon tried to carefully. Her best friend, Theodore, could not stop crying, and was too distraught to even help.
As hard as she tried, Eleanor could not stop Dave from calling the emergency hotline, or prevent Simon from untying the ropes. She was already bleeding, and wanted to keep the pressure on so she didn't pass out, but lucky for her, Alvin's brothers knew first aid, sort of. Simon did all of the bandaging and cleaning, while Theodore just handed his older brother the supplies. By the time the EMTs came, she still hadn't stopped bleeding, but she had been covered up with a borrowed bathrobe. But she didn't want it to happen again, so she tried not to tell the EMTs, in hopes that they would ignore it.
Dave knew what happened, and offered to assist her in getting justice. But even he knew that Alvin couldn't get prosecuted in the juvenile court for another two to three years. Restraining orders had to wait another four years, until they were sixteen. Dave said he would come by as soon as she was in stable condition, which she was grateful for. As she was wheeled onto the ambulance via stretcher, the alarm kept blaring through streets and lights until she drifted into unconsciousness.
Dave sat at his desk at home, after making sure Eleanor had arrived safely to the hospital. He was on the phone with his lawyer, asking for recommendations, after explaining what happened.
"I'm afraid that I've never heard of a rape case between two minors," the lawyer replied. "Especially that young. If you don't go to court, ASAP, the girl could be wrongfully charged if the trial takes place in four years, since the local age of consent is lower for girls. I'm afraid that, although they are the same age, that the case won't be tried, because of certain exclusion factors. It depends on the presiding judge, but it could exclude the case if her hymen is intact, or she becomes pregnant from the incident. It could even be something as superficial as the rapist being a sibling's friend or going to the same school."
"Mr. L, the situation has both of the superficials you mentioned," Dave said. "The two individuals also have professional relations, which may complicate that even further. Even if she doesn't win the case, are there any services that she can receive before she turns eighteen?"
"Most recovery services don't start until fifteen or sixteen, at least by the government," Mr. L. replied. "You could try a private provider, but most of them have a higher threshold, around eighteen, some as high as twenty-one. I can send someone I know to consult, and he'll know the providers that accept under-fifteens. I mostly do adoption and welfare cases, so I know for a fact that you have to be over eighteen to be considered a natural guardian. If the girl ends up having a child, the state may try to take it out of her custody, due to the amount of time until she reaches that age. I need you to call the other lawyer's number, so you'll need to write it down.-"
Dave wrote the other lawyer's number, then called, getting transferred from law firm to law firm. By late evening, there was no sign of Alvin, and his younger brothers were peeking into the office from the yard, already in their pyjamas. Dave was unsure of how to tell them about the incident, especially since the bespectacled one might ask too many questions. He went out to meet them, which was quite the walk, considering that the nearest exit was on the other side of the house. He decided to test their understanding first, after getting them in their bedroom. They then went into the living room, since the blood hadn't been cleaned up that morning from the bedroom. Dave went on the armchair, while the remaining two chipmunks sat on the sofa.
"What do you two think happened last night?" the elder Seville asked. He got a range of answers from the two, who only agreed on who the perpetrator. Surprisingly, Theodore's guess was the most accurate, with everything but the sex. He kept asking about Eleanor throughout the day, including when she would heal from the physical injuries. Simon, on the other hand, was able to accurately say what injuries she had, but was clueless about the incident, only guessing correctly that rape was involved. After, the brothers asked if they should tell Brittany and Jeanette, and when the police would come to investigate (probably to figure out when they could sleep in their own beds again).
Dave found out that Alvin had brought his girlfriends over for the night, keeping the other two awake. Not only did they come to the agreement that after the police investigation, Alvin would have his own room with a door locked from the outside, but Dave also agreed that the younger two would still share a bedroom. Immediate concerns about leaving the room alone arose, including the school bags they left, and any clothes. It was agreed that they could get their items if they were over five feet from the stained area. Dave put a blanket from his room over the boys, who were already asleep.