DISCLAIMER: Nope not mine.

SUMMARY: We looked back to see what had made Kim so skittish around guys. Does Tommy know and how deep do the scars go?

Knocking on the door of the suite, Tommy waited patiently for his friend to open the door. He wanted to know why Kim had reacted the way she had to Howie's innocent touch.

The door opened and Jason sighed when he saw his friend standing at the door.

"Hey, Tommy." Jason gestured for Tommy to come in.

"Where's Kim?"

Jason chuckled. "I see nothing's changed on that front. She's sleeping. Tanya gave her a painkiller and those things knock her out."

"What happened to her? Why did everyone circle up to protect her? What do you guys know that I don't?"

Jason's hand went up in a gesture of surrender. "Bro, you already know what I'm going to say. Kim's gonna have to tell you what happened. But I guarantee that you won't like the story. It's really ugly."

Just then, the two young men started to hear whimpers and cries coming from the bedroom to the left. Jason stepped toward the room followed closely by his long-time friend.

Tommy stopped in the doorway where he watched as Jason sat down on the edge of the bed. Kim was tangled in the sheets and curled in a little ball, shaking like a leaf on a breeze.

Jason brushed the hair back from her face. "Hey, Kim, it's okay now. You're safe."

"Please don't. I'll behave. I promise." The fear in her voice and the gentleness in Jason's spoke volumes to Tommy.

"Kim, come on. Wake up. Wake up, Pinkie. Please." Tommy heard the desperation in Jason's voice growing.

Tommy walked into the room and sat down on the other side of the bed. "Can I try, Jase?" Jason nodded, having noticed how much Kim had calmed with Tommy simply sitting down next to her.

Tommy reached out to tuck another stray lock behind her ear. "Hey, beautiful, it's time to wake up."

Kim's eyes fluttered open. She straightened out under the covers as Tommy and Jason both helped her untangle her legs from them. "Tommy?" She questioned as the guys simply sat beside her.

"I'm here, Kim. I'm right here."

Tears started flowing from the young woman's eyes as she realized from the look on his face that she'd been talking in her sleep again and he'd heard every word.

Jason took her hand in his and she looked over to him. "Tell him, sis. Tell him what happened."

Kim sat up on the bed with a look of stark terror in her eyes. "I – I don't know if I can."

"Do you want me to leave the two of you alone to talk about it?"

Kim hesitated for a moment before nodding. She felt fear overtake her as Jason nodded and got up from the bed. She felt an irrational fear grip her. 'Get a grip on yourself. This is Tommy. He's not going to hate you for this.'

Kim took a deep breath and met Tommy's eyes. "You know that I was in the Olympics and broke my knee?" He nodded. "Well, right after that, the team got a new doctor. His name was Alexander Tims. He was a specialist in orthopedics or bone injuries. He was the one helping me to get my knee back to a point where I could actually walk on it. One day, I was at the office when he told me that he needed to give me a cortisone shot to reduce the swelling in my knee. I was a little suspicious when he went to give me the shot in my arm but he insisted that it was better to give it there."

"What did he do to you, Kim?" Tommy asked as he reached out and stroked her arm. She pulled away from him and noticed the hurt look on his face.

"Sorry. After he gave me the shot, he stood there stroking my arm until the drug took effect, knocking me out. The next thing I knew we were in Tennessee and heading north. He kept giving me more of the stuff until we ended up in New York City. He kept me prisoner in a small apartment for days." Kim found herself seeing everything happening to her all over again.

FLASHBACK

Alexander threw her to the floor as he pushed the door closed before turning back to her. "Now I have my own little trophy," he gloated.

Dragging her behind him, he walked into the living room. He manhandled her onto the couch, where he started tearing the clothes off her body. Kim fought but she was still groggy from all the drugs he'd been pumping into her.

"See, Kimmie girl, I can do whatever I want to you here. No one knows where you are and no one cares. You're just a washed up Olympic has been. You're not even a blip on the radar anymore."

Once he had her naked, he made sure she was laying down and tied her to the couch before taking her clothes and bagging them up and throwing them out. "I think I'll keep you just like this for now," he said as he came back into the living room and started taking off his own clothes.

Later that night, he got up off her and went into the only bedroom in the place, leaving Kimberly laying on the couch with a puddle of fluids between her legs.

FLASHBACK ENDS

Tommy sat there watching Kimberly talk about the kidnapping as if it had happened to someone else. He felt the tears welling up in his eyes. He hadn't been able to protect her when she needed it the most.

"Kim, I'm sorry. Sorry I wasn't there to protect you."

Kim shook her head. "It wasn't your fault, Tommy. Dr. Tims was a sick freak who went to jail and hopefully will be there for a long time to come yet."

"When did you send the letter?"

"I sent it from New York. Didn't you notice the postmark?"

"No. I was too focused on the words in it. That was a cry for help wasn't it?" When Kim nodded, Tommy bowed his head and let the tears fall. "I didn't even open the letter. Adam did. He had read half of it out loud before I took over. I was working out at the time and asked him to read it to me. It took us all by surprise but I don't think any of us even thought to check the postmark."

Placing one hand on either side of his face, Kim forced him to look at her. "I don't blame you, Tommy. I really don't. I took one hell of a beating for sneaking that letter out of the apartment. I don't know how he found out that I had sent it out. Of course, that was nothing compared to the one I took when he found me on the phone with Jason."

"He beat you?" Tommy felt a sudden flash of anger run through his body.

Kim nodded, trying not to show that she had seen the flash in his eyes when she said that. "For the letter it was with his belt. For the phone call, he used the phone line. That night, after he had beaten and raped me, he tied me up tight with the phone line. I bore marks on my wrists for a couple of months after I escaped. That was a flight straight into a nightmare. I thought him keeping me naked in the apartment was bad. The trial was a whole new level of hell."

"How did you escape?"

Kim took a deep breath. She knew that he was angry; she could see it in his eyes. "About four days after I made my phone call to Jason, who was working with the police in the special victims unit, he left me tied loosely and so I managed to get loose and rig a sheet around me before going out the fire escape and getting away. While I was running away, I bumped into a female officer by the name of Olivia Benson. She loaned me her cell phone and I called Jason again. We told him where we were and his partner drove him to the location. She stayed with me until he arrived." Kim looked down at her hands sitting in her lap. "When Jason got there, he was the only guy who could get close to me. I wouldn't even let the male medic near me when the ambulance got there. They had to call in a female doctor because I freaked out completely when a male doctor entered the room. Jason actually had to physically restrain me until the doctor left the room."

"Kim, I'm glad that Jason was there for you. And, despite what you might believe, I can understand why you wouldn't want a male doctor anywhere near you after what you'd been through." He held out his hand, hoping that she'd take it. She looked like she needed an anchor right then. She looked a little uncertain for a moment but then she reached out and clasped his hand tightly.

"I was so scared. After he was put in jail, Jason quit the force and he, Trini and I moved back to Angel Grove. For weeks I wouldn't even leave the house. Not until Jason finally told me that if I didn't start getting out and doing something, I had let the doctor win. He told me that by giving up and refusing to live he won and I wouldn't ever be able to get control back. I started working at the Youth Center shortly after that. Ernie let me stay mostly in the back cooking and cleaning and keeping up with the inventory." She smiled sadly. "I always knew when you were there. That cheeseburger with no onions and no lettuce extra cheese and add bacon. Of course, can't forget the tater tots with ranch dressing. And a strawberry banana smoothie."

"I only drank those because they kept me close to you. I think Kat always knew that. How is it that we never knew you were there?"

"Ernie kept my secret. Jason will tell you that it was hard for him to hide that he knew I was there after he went gold but he knew that I wasn't ready to face you." She looked back down at her lap. "He understood that I was afraid of what your reaction would be to having me back in Angel Grove."

"I would have been thrilled to have you back. But, Kim, I want you to know that I know you haven't told me everything." When she looked up to him with fear in her eyes, he held up a hand. "I won't push for details. You can tell me when you're ready. Just know that I'm there for you."

Kim felt the tears start burning her eyes as she flung herself into Tommy's arms where she still felt safe after all these years.