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Ch. 7 Blame

Pain, that's all his mind could process. Andros opened his eyes slowly to find his parents and siblings staring at him. He attempted to sit up but Katerina pushed him back down. As his head hit the pillow he remembered what had happened to Karone.

"Where is she!" he screamed, shooting up from the hospital bed.

"Calm down, Andros," Zhane stated climbing into the bed. "We need you to tell us what happened." Zel stepped to the door and motioned for Officer Tenpenny to come into the room.

"We were playing with the ball and then Karone got it," he began. "She was mad at me so she threw it over my head. I went to get and then I heard her scream. I ran back out of the bushes and saw a monster carrying her away. I went after them and kicked the monster but he pushed me away and I hit my head." Tears begin to form in his eyes as he looked pleadingly at the officer. "You'll find her right?"

"We'll do our best," he answered honestly, wishing that he could magically bring Karone back. Officer Tenpenny left the room and headed back to his headquarters to report to his captain.

"This is all my fault," Andros cried, shoving Zhane away as he tried to calm him down. "I should have stopped him."

"Andros," Katerina began, "you couldn't have stopped him. We'll find Karone, don't worry." She held him down as he tried to get out of the bed and Danielle rushed in to sedate him.

"We thought this might happen," Danielle stated, checking the monitors hooked to Andros. "We have arranged for Andros to meet with a psychiatrist whenever he feels better. Dr. Shocker believes it will be the best thing for him."

"Who is it?" Zel questioned. He knew many of the doctors on KO-35 and had hoped to see this doctor before Andros.

"Dr. B," she answered, "but she said that she didn't want to meet with you before Andros." Zel smiled slightly, amused that his friend would know what he would want to do.

"Well then, I guess I'll just have to wait," he replied, taking a seat beside his wife.

A week later Andros was going for his first visit with Dr. B. His father had promise that she was very nice and just wanted to help him but deep down Andros wasn't convinced. Why would a complete stranger care about him? She would probably blame him for Karone's disappearance just as he had for the past week. As they pulled up to the building Andros began feeling scared. The last time he had trusted someone it had lead to his parents' arrest and now they were even madder at him. What would happen if they found out he had let some monster take Karone?

"Andros," Zhane began, shaking his friend lightly, "come on." Andros followed Zhane and the rest of their family into the building. They walked into a relatively small waiting area and sat down. After a few minutes Zhane, Bryce and Zarkin went to play with the toys on the other side of the room. "Do you wanna play?" Andros just shook his head and watched as his brothers went to play. Behind a see through mirror Dr. B looked on, saddened by the young boy's lack of enthusiasm. She watched for a few more minutes before realizing that this child needed a lot of help.

"Andros," she stated gently as she opened the door to the waiting room, "you can come back now." Andros stood slowly looking back several times before following her into her office. He was surprised to see that there were even more toys in here than had been in the waiting room. "You can play with those while we talk if you want to."

"I better not," he whispered, taking a seat in a rather large chair.

"Why not?" Dr. B asked. She was very surprised to see that a four-year-old boy who should be extremely hyper was refusing to play with any toys or even to do anything but sit in a chair.

"I don't want to break them," he answered honestly.

"Do you want to talk about what happened?" she questioned, hoping to get him to open up, even if it was just a little. She was shocked to see the tears that immediately formed in his eyes. What had he been through? "It's okay," she soothed as she went over to the chair and pulled him into her arms. At first he resisted but soon tears were flowing freely down his face.

"I didn't mean for it to happen," he gasped out. "I tried to get him to let her go but I wasn't strong enough. Now, my mom and dad will get me back and make me pay for it." He hadn't realized that he had let the whole story come out until he pulled back and saw the look on Dr. B's face.

"What happened?" she found herself asking before she could lose her nerve. Seeing Andros break down made her fear that even worse things had happened to him than he had ever told anyone.

"Can I start at the beginning?" he whispered and she nodded. "The first time I remember my dad hitting me was when I turned two. We didn't even get a party. All we got was a phone call from our grandma and grandpa. We wanted to play outside and dad told us no so we went upstairs to play. We didn't have a lot of toys so we just pretended." He took a break, wondering if he should tell her the rest. "While we were up there dad got drunk and came upstairs. He said one of us was making too much noise and I told him it was me. The next thing I knew I was in the hospital and Karone was in a bed next to me. The doctors said they wouldn't let me or Karone stay with our parents but they lied. We were home in a few days and it started getting worse. Both of them started hitting me but not enough to take me to a doctor. They would just do it a lot everyday."

"Do you want to tell me the rest or do you need a break?" Dr. B questioned.

"I'll keep going," Andros responded, seeming almost relieved to have everything out in the open. "I would always take the blame for whatever Karone did but they still hurt her. They didn't hit her as much but they would put her in our room for days without food or anything to drink. Then, Cestra came. I tried to protect her but I couldn't. Dad would just do whatever he wanted and mom didn't believe me when I told her what he was doing. And then he killed her. The doctors believed me but they're all scared of my dad. When the police finally came and found me I tried to tell them where Karone was, but they wouldn't listen."

"Did you lie to Zhane when you told him you were in the hospital for surgery?" Andros only nodded, staring down at his hands. "Why?"

"I didn't want him to know the truth," he answered. "I didn't want him to tell."

"Well," Dr. B began, "our time is up, but I'll see you again tomorrow, okay?" Andros nodded and followed her back to the waiting room.

As he left with his family Dr. B was happy that he was at least interacting with his brothers now.

A/N: Please Review. Only four more days of school for me so hopefully after that updates will be regular.