I need a climax, and you guys probably thought that it would only be the whole 'Paula coming back' thing, right? Wrong. THIS is the turning point. The next chap or two or somethin will not have much humor. It's mostly heartbreaking. Okay people, I'll start off by telling you this, THIS CHAP WILL BE THE REASON THIS FIC'S RATED M! You CAN NOT blame me for any descriptiveness because YOU decided to go on despite my warnings. I'll keep it mild (for my sake as well) and if you think it IS descriptive (which it's not really in THAT area) then remember that you were warned.
-Chapter 18-

The man gave a gruff growl as he held onto her waist tighter, pulling them back deeper in the alley. His filthy hand clamped firmly over her mouth, ignoring her muffled screams. He looked around a little, His eyes adjusting to the darkness. He nodded towards the other man, who then gave a small nod back before walking closer to them. Noodle screamed loudly again and tried to free herself, which only made the man hold her waist tighter. He was now pushing her against a wall of the narrow alleyway. Noodle felt something being held to the side of her head and she gulped, shivering as the metal touched her scalp. A loud click could be heard from the object being held to Noodle's head. The cold sound echoed through the alley's darkness. Noodle gulped as she realized the metal object was a small hand gun. She clenched her eyes shut tightly. The man holding onto her snickered as he ran his hands under her shirt, touching her swollen stomach. Soon, Noodle's shirt was off, and thrown carelessly to somewhere in the darkened alley. Noodle shivered, filled with worry and fear not much for herself, but her soon to be born child.

This is what you saw in movies, or heard about on TV. Noodle never thought it would happen to her. The man soon had her undressed, throwing her clothes everywhere carelessly. He shoved her onto the ground, ignoring her sharp cries of pain. He quickly pulled his own shirt off and then fiddled with his pants button. Noodle tried to scream, but after about a second of that she felt a sharp slap to her right cheek. She let a couple tears drop down from her eyes as the stinging pain ran through her. The man who was now fully undressed smirked down at her, meeting her fear filled eyes; piercing them. Noodle could see a few tattoos on his neck through the darkness of the alley. The man placed one hand on Noodle's bare chest, and she gave another small scream, which only brought the man to bring his hand down and slap her again. Her tears now ran down freely as she thought about how this wasn't even the worst of what was yet to come. The man crawled on top of her. Laughing at her tears, he gave another horrible smirk before pushing himself into Noodle. She gave out another painful scream. She was crying harder, letting out several shrieks as the man pushed and pulled in and out of her, moaning in his own pleasure, laughing at her pain. He brought his hand down to slap her a third time.
"Shut your crying up, whore!" He laughed once again as Noodle gave another small shriek. Her insides felt like they were ripping apart. It had to be the worst pain she had felt in her life. She gave a scream as the man came inside her and pulled out. Her entire lower half felt as if it were on complete fire. She had to gasp for air and she knew she was bleeding, she could feel it running down her thigh. She didn't bother to move. The man got up, still laughing. He motioned for his partner to come, still holding the small handgun, which he now pointed at Noodle.
"Now, Princess," He sneered "If you tell anyone about our little fun night, I will hunt your down, and blow you apart."

She gave a frail nod. It was all she could do, her whole body ached and she was just too weak. He snarled and spat onto her limp figure lying on the pavement. She could feel it run down the side of her face and neck, mixing with her tears. The man laughed cruelly one last time as he picked up his jeans and put them back on quickly, and then he and his partner walked off into the darkness of the alley, their figures soon fading into the shadows.

Noodle closed her eyes tightly, letting her tears fall to the pavement. It took all of her strength, but she managed to sit up, lean against the brick wall, and pull her knees up to her chest the best that she could. She could clearly see her breath as she shakily tried to get a little bit warmer. Noodle looked up to see that snow was starting to fall, and she glanced over to see that her clothes were gone. She couldn't stand up, or even move much anymore, so she had to wait. Wait for someone to come….

-A Few Hours Later-

2D's eyes opened, and he immediately sat up. Something was wrong….he knew it. He looked over to see where Paula once was to find nothing. 2D stood up and grabbed his clothes, finding his boxers and jeans, along with a belt, and a shirt. He quickly got dressed, and ran out into the hallway, looking towards Noodle's room instantly.

The door was wide open and her mobile was sitting on the bed. Yeah, something was wrong. Noodle NEVER went ANYWHERE without her phone. And she DEFINITELY wouldn't be careless enough to leave the room's door open. 2D thought for a while, and then an idea struck him. Murdoc might know where Noodle went to.

He ran down the hallway to Murdoc's room, pounding on the door hastily.

"….fer fuck's sake." The bassist mumbled, standing up and walking to the door angrily. He opened the door quickly. "It's five in tha Bloody morning! What tha 'ell do yeh want!"

"Noodle's gone! I don' know where she is!" 2D explained quickly, he closed his eyes tightly. He was pacing and clawing at his blue hair. "She coul' be 'urt for all I know, and it's m' fault! If I wasn' wif Paula-"
"WHAT!" Murdoc cut off 2D's frantic rambling and grabbed him up (even though 2D's taller!) by the collar of his shirt. "Y' where with PAULA!" 2D could hear the clear anger in the Satanist's rough voice. He winced as he could already feel Murdoc's punch, even though he was only shouting at him so far. "You LIED ta us, Dullard!" Although Murdoc wasn't exactly truthful himself, he still was obviously VERY furious with 2D.

"M-Murdoc, y-ou can beat me up later! Noodle's probably 'urt!"

Murdoc dropped 2D back down, letting him stand again. 2D immediately dashed down the hallway and pressed the button on the lift anxiously. The silver doors opened after a while to reveal a rather dirty looking man, along with another man that was probably aquatinted with the other guy. The first guy looked much taller, and was only wearing his jeans and had a variety of tattoos on his neck, along with a large amount of blood on his skin, not his blood….someone else's. 2D flinched slightly at the cold look in the man's eyes. It looked as if he had done something…..devious and cruel.

They both walked past 2D, who stood with a horrible feeling about those two. He didn't know what it was until he looked into the elevator again and saw a small handgun on the floor. He looked in the direction that the men had walked off in and then noticed that Murdoc wasn't in the hall; he was now also standing in the elevator.

"'urry up Dullard!" Murdoc spat, looking more impatient than ever.

"Oh right…..right…." 2D pressed the red button that would make the elevator go to the lobby and in a few seconds they were there. He dashed out of the elevator and Murdoc followed, they both ran out the double door of the hotel and 2D winced slightly at how cold the winter air was.

It was snowing ever so lightly, and 2D could see his breath. He ignored the coldness and looked over at Murdoc.

"Which way do we go first….?" He asked, completely uncertain if Murdoc even knew. Murdoc thought for a while, his mismatched eyes scanning the streets.

"we'll just start by going tha' way." He nodded to the right and they both took off in that direction.

They soon arrived at an alley that looked rather empty. And the two were about to just turn and start searching on the other streets when something caught 2D's attention. He stopped immediately as he noticed a slightly familiar shirt lying on the concrete.

"Murdoc! I fink I foun' something!" 2D shouted, making Murdoc turn around and face him. 2D carefully picked up the shirt and held it up.

"Sweet Satan…..that's Noodle's, ent it?" Murdoc walked closer and took it from 2D.

"….ya think she's in tha' alley….?" 2D questioned, Murdoc nodded slightly then walked into the darkened alley, with 2D just a few feet behind.

"It breaks off inteh two." Murdoc mumbled, looking over at the two separate alleys that went behind two tall, worn-down buildings. "I'll go left, you go right."

Before 2D could even reply, Murdoc ran the opposite way. 2D quickly picked up on the plan and dashed into the direction that Murdoc had told him to go.

"Noodle! Noodle, luv!" 2D shouted, receiving only an echo and the usual sounds of LA.

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Noodle's emerald eyes flickered open as she suddenly heard a familiar voice. Her body was completely numbed from the cold snow, and the overpowering pain in her abdomen. Was the baby dead….? She had no clue…. Not like it would matter to the child's father. 2D was probably sleeping in his hotel bed, with Paula. Noodle was brought back to her surroundings by that familiar voice. It was 2D. Definitely 2D. She coughed heavily and closed her eyes tightly once more. She'd rather die right here than look him in the eyes again.

Then she heard another voice that seemed recognizable.

"Noodle! Noodle lov'?"

It was Murdoc. Noodle summoned up as much strength as she could to try and get his help.

"M-Murdoc-san…?" her voice was rather hoarse, and barely above a whisper. She tried once more. "M-Murdoc!" this time she had managed to say it loud enough, and soon she heard footsteps, someone running. Noodle weakly lifted her head up to see 2D. He was standing not too far from her, and probably would soon see her dark red blood that was on the cement in front of her. The snow wasn't thick enough yet to cover it.

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2D suddenly noticed a puddle of blood closely ahead of him. He ran forward and instantly saw Noodle. She closed her eyes tightly and turned away from 2D, hiding her exposed and cut up body with her long legs that were pulled up to her stomach. 2D realized where the blood was coming from and knew what had happened, but…he didn't want to believe it.

Soon Murdoc had seen 2D and Noodle and ran towards them.

As soon as he could see what the darkened red puddle of blood on the concrete was, he felt a horrible sense of worry. But he managed to just wince, and not panic.

"Noodle……lov'…?" Murdoc walked forward and realized that Noodle was wearing nothing, and only using her crossed arms to cover up her chest, and her long legs to cover up her lower body. He instantly realized what must have happened to her.

Noodle shivered heavily and looked up at Murdoc, tears filling her otherwise emotionless eyes.

Murdoc removed his jacket and placed it around her trembling shoulders. Then he knelt down in front of her. She embraced him immediately, crying into him. Murdoc said nothing, but pat her back softly, and leered up at 2D with a 'look what you did this time, Dullard!' look. He then carefully lifted Noodle up in his arms, the jacket covering her chest slightly. He held her bridal style, so she was covered enough for modesty's sake.

2D looked down at Noodle and couldn't say a word. He knew it was his fault. If he hadn't lied….If he hadn't cheated on her….If he'd just….been there, none of this would have happened.

Noodle shut her eyes tightly. Oh how badly she wanted to just slap 2D right now. But she didn't have enough strength. Then her mind went to another topic. What would she do next…? She couldn't get help from a hospital…the doctor's would find out that she'd been raped. And those men…they'd find her. And yet…her child could die if she didn't get to a doctor, and quickly. That is…if the baby was even alive anymore. Murdoc and 2D already knew what had happened, it was obvious. And yet…for 2D obvious could be very, very, VERY…..ambiguous.

"Noodle….we need the get ya to a hospital." Murdoc looked down at the puddle of blood and then at her again.

"n-no Murdoc-san. I can't…." Noodle closed her eyes as she remembered the man's threat. A few tears fell once more from her closed eyes, trailing down her pale cheeks. "D-don't take m-me go to a hospital…." With that Noodle passed out, becoming lifeless in Murdoc's arms.

Murdoc hesitated, then started walking, carrying Noodle.

"Where are you going…?" 2D asked, glancing over at Murdoc.
"Where do you THINK I'm going, Dullard! I'm taking 'er teh a Bloody hospital!" Murdoc snapped, causing 2D to jump slightly.

"Murdoc….she told you not ta..."

Murdoc turned to face 2D.
"I know you don't really care, but yo' Bloody kid could be dead. Doesn't matter teh you though. You get ta avoid being a father."

2D cringed slightly. It was the cold way that Murdoc had said that that made him feel guilty. Murdoc shook his head at 2D in shame, and then ran out of the alley, carrying Noodle. 2D followed Murdoc down the city sidewalks, and soon they were at the hospital.

Murdoc kicked the double doors open, and ran inside. The receptionist took Noodle immediately, asking no questions, and carried her off to the nearby doctors.

Soon after that, she returned and looked at the two men awkwardly.

"What happened to her….?" She questioned, staring confusedly.

Murdoc hesitated, and then sighed.

"We think she was raped….." Murdoc muttered, taking his seat in a chair nearby.

"Oh….that's terrible…." The receptionist gave them a truly concerned look, and then walked out. Murdoc sighed once more and faced 2D, who was now also seated.

"Dullard…." He mumbled. 2D's expression didn't change. He was staring at the floor, with no expression other then worry.

-A Short While Later-

After about thirty minutes the two were uncertain of Noodle's condition. No one had told them anything so far. They were both silent, the only noise being the common sounds of hospitals.

People came, people went. No one noticed them, and no one stopped to say anything.

The door that they had carried Noodle through opened at last, revealing a tall and thin doctor, his black rimmed glasses making him look important. 2D looked up at him as he stood in front of him, and then he stood up.

"wull…..'ow is she…..?" 2D questioned, now slightly taller than the man.

"Well, she may lose the child. Chances are, we're going to have to have her deliver the child premature. Very premature. A little less then two months early." He stopped, half expecting 2D to say something, and when he didn't, he continued. "And the baby will most likely die if that's the case. However, when she wakes up, we'll ask her to make the decision for herself because if the child is not delivered soon, the mother may die."

2D winced. He wouldn't let that happen….He loved her too much. Even if….he had his mistakes. His MANY mistakes.

"When should she wake up….?"

The doctor thought for a brief second.

"Any time now." He finally answered, looking back towards the room for a moment. "We'll have to just wait and see…."

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Woooooooo! Chap 18 is done Sorry it took SO long to update! School just started again and blaaaaah…..Well, Review! It makes me cheer and dance! - It realllly does. And. (Throws twigs in the air) I hope you liked this chap! Even if it didn't have the usual GORILLAZLOVER randomosity or humor. I felt like typing something sad for once.