Aubrey's POV
Aubrey was alternating between watching the news and washing dishes when her phone rang. She wasn't going to answer it until she noticed it was Beca's father and then she couldn't have moved faster. He hadn't called her since the 6-month mask and it was now nearing the 12-month mark.
"Aubrey Posen, speaking."
"She's alive"
"I'm sorry what did you say?"
"She's alive Aubrey. 911 received a phone call about an hour ago from her. Their taking her to the hospital right now" his voice seemed as if it was caught in his throat as he struggled to form the words over tears.
"Which hospital? I'm on my way."
"Atlanta Medical Centre."
"I'm on my way. I'm 30 minutes away" with that she hung up the phone and collapsed against the counter. Trying to catch her breath, trying stop herself from sobbing hysterically at the news, trying to stop her mind going overtime at what must have happened to Beca.
"Chloe!" her voice echoed through the decent sized apartment that she was sharing with Chloe. No reply.
"Chloe!"
"Bree, I'm kind of busy right now can it wait?"
"They found Beca and she's alive." to that there was no reply until two seconds later when Chloe was standing breathless in front of her before she let out a startled,
"What?'
"They found her. We need to go the hospital and I am in no state to drive right now."
"Yeah sure Bree. What hospital? She's alive?"
"She's at Atlanta Medical. Yes, she is or at least that's what her dad said. Let's go."
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Chloe had barely parked the car and Aubrey was already out of it and running. She bolted through the doors and skidded to a stop in front of the counter. All of which was out of the ordinary for the well put together Aubrey Posen. She hadn't even stopped to change before bolting out of the door. Due to that fact she was wearing her tracksuit and sneakers rather than a more presentable outfit. She hadn't really had any plans for that evening other than maybe watching some Brooklyn nine-nine with Chloe will trying to recover from a crazy day which had only gotten crazier. When she skidded to a stop in front of the counter the nurse looked up at her startled by the suddenness of her arrival.
"May I help you?"
"My girlfriend Beca Mitchell, wait maybe you have it as Rebecca Mitchell, was brought in? Her father called me and he told me to come here. Where is she?" The words came tumbling out of Aubrey's mouth so fast that they all blended together. The nurse frowned at Aubrey before she replied in a tone that was much calmer than Aubrey's
"I'm sorry ma'am, I'll have to ask that you repeat that slower"
"Sorry. My girlfriend Rebecca Mitchell or you may have her down as Beca Mitchell was brought in. Where is she?" before the nurse could reply though Aubrey saw Professor Mitchell pacing in the waiting room.
"Actually never mind I see her father. Thank you though." with that Aubrey walked towards Beca's dad. Before she was even next to him she started speaking
"Mr. Mitchell, sir, how is she? Where is she?" it was obvious that Mr. Mitchell hadn't realized that Aubrey had come up behind him. He was so startled over this fact that he spilt some of his coffee over his hand swearing as he wiped his hand on his pants.
"She's in bad shape. There doing some tests on her at moment. But as it stands currently she is severely malnourished and shows signs of multiple variations of abuse" Aubrey felt her legs buckle so she allowed Chloe who had by now caught up to guide her to a chair to process the information she was just given. On the one hand she felt like she could fly. Beca was back. Beca was safe. Beca wasn't dead. On the other hand, Beca was alive, that meant she had been kept captive. Beca had gone through unimaginable trauma that was most likely hell on earth by the look on her father's face. That reminded her,
"Who did it?"
"Luke Morgan. Her boss from the Radio station."
"Luke! Seriously? He was always so concerned whenever he spoke to me."
"It was Luke. The police apprehended him at the scene." It was around this point Chloe just couldn't keep her questions in and joined into the conversation where previously she had surprisingly just been a silent observer.
"So what happened? How did they find her?" the words came tumbling out of Chloe's mouth like they were desperate to escape. Desperate for information.
"Police received a 911 call from Beca. It appears that she managed to steal his cell phone and called for help. When police arrived at the scene they found Luke sprinting away and detained him. They'll need Beca's testimony to convict him though. And so far unfortunately she hasn't spoken"
"What do you mean that she hasn't spoken?"
"I mean Aubrey that she's refusing to speak about it. She's barely said anything since she got here. Just her name and personal information. Nothing about what happened. Nothing, not a word."
"That is understandable however considering the circumstances. Have you seen her?"
"Not yet. The doctor was going to come speak to me again when they are done with the tests." Aubrey started moving towards the chairs in the waiting room. Up until this point she had been operating on adrenaline. And only now was the reality starting to slowly sink in they had found Beca. They found her 24 days before it would have been a year.
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"Hi, Beca it's me again. You were meant to be here an hour ago. Where are you? We are going to miss our reservations if you don't get here soon."
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"Beca, seriously? You bailed on me on our anniversary of all days."
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"Beca answer the phone."
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"Beca where the hell are you?"
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"You're not in your dorm and you're not answering your phone. Are you okay? Where are you Becs?" At that Aubrey hung up the phone before letting out a huge sigh and turning to face Chloe.
"I don't know what is going on Chloe, she didn't show up for our date and I can't find her anywhere."
"She had a shift today didn't she? Maybe she's still there"
"Her shift ended 4 hours ago Chloe. It's ten at night I highly doubt that she's still there"
"Maybe she got caught up in a mix?"
"She was more excited for this date than me."
"Wouldn't hurt to go take a look though would it?"
"No I guess it wouldn't."
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"Family of Rebecca Mitchell" Aubrey wasn't quite sure why the doctor felt the need to say that. Aubrey, Chloe and Professor Mitchel were surprisingly the only ones in the waiting room. Nothing of importance ever really happens on a Monday night except apparently the discovery of long missing girlfriends.
"Yes that is."
"I'm Dr Sara Richards, I'm Beca's doctor. I am also a specialist in regards to these kinds of trauma cases?"
"What kinds are you referring to?"
"Sexual assault"
"Sexual assault?" Aubrey wasn't sure what she was expecting. She was studying to be a doctor she knew the facts. The chances that Beca had been kidnapped and not sexually assaulted were extremely low if not non-existent but for Beca's sake she really had hoped that Beca had been spared that cruelty.
"Yes. Some of her injuries are concurrent with repeated sexual assault. She does have multiple other injuries though."
"Such as?"
"She has scars on her arms and legs that show signs of struggle against restraints. She also has scars that appear to have been made with a knife. She also has some burn marks on her body along with other injuries that it really will be up to her to tell us what happened"
"Am I able to see her? Are we able to see her?"
"You can. However, be aware that she is currently unconscious due to the fact that we had to sedate her as she was becoming hysterical." That seemed to be what Professor Mitchell need to finally join in on the conversation that had previously been pretty one sided between Aubrey and the Doctor.
"Sedated? Hysterical?"
"She has been trapped in a confined space with less to no human company for almost a year. It was natural for her to be in shock and suffering from sensory overload. It's normal for patients to have to sedated after this kind of event."
"But she's fine?"
"She will be Mr. Mitchel in time"
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The moment that Aubrey lays her eyes upon Beca for the first time in 341 days it was like she had been sucker punched in the stomach. Beca looked terrible. Normally when Beca slept it was with a slight smirk still lying on her face but today there was no smirk. Beca looked scared. She was sleeping and she looked scared. She was also covered in a myriad of bruises in various stages of healing. Alongside the bruises were scars. Scars of various shapes and sizes some as the Doctor had mentioned were obviously done with some type of blade. All of them held stories that Aubrey knew would make her nauseous but she also knew that she would let Beca tell her. She would hold Beca. She would listen. She would love Beca. And she was going to tell Beca that what has happened to Beca at the hands of this monster was horrible and life changing but that she wasn't going to let Beca define herself and her life by this one horrible disgusting event. Aubrey is pulled from her musings by a chocked sob coming from behind her. Chloe's. Shortly after Chloe's chocked sob she is once more interrupted by Doctor.
"I'm sorry but visiting hours are officially over. Under the circumstances though we will allow her father to stay with her."
"When do visiting hours start again?" That was Chloe's contribution in to the conversation she had obviously noticed that Aubrey was gearing herself up for an argument with the doctor.
"8 am."
"That's okay then-"
"No that is not okay Chloe. That's my girlfriend –" Chloe didn't respond and just looked back at the Doctor and said thanks before turning back to Aubrey.
"It's okay Aubrey. You can wait outside okay? I'll go home call the Bellas and be back in the morning with coffee"
"That's Beca, Chloe."
"I know"
"She is alive"
"Yeah"
"She has been through hell. And I don't know how to help her Chlo. I don't know how to help her. I want to help her. But I don't know how."
"It'll be okay Bree. She won't be alone Bree. She'll have you and me and all of the Bellas. You won't be alone either. We'll figure this out Bree, we'll figure it out."
AN: So yes this chapter is shorter than the last one sorry but it was the best place for me to end it so whatever :) Anyway like I said last time I don't have a particular update schedule like I have a couple of chapters written ahead but they still need to be edited and restructured and stuff also I still have a lot of stuff that's going to happen *Smirks and laughs evily* (I'm really tired okay I have 3 assignments this week and an exam and I haven't done any of that instead I edited this for you guys). Also I am in the process of setting up a AO3 account to load my stories up to but we'll see how that goes. Last chapter I tried to tell you guys my tumblr but it doesn't look like it worked and I tried editing it a couple of times but it just wouldn't so call this take 1001 my tumblr is the-essence-of-awesomeness dot tumblr dot com. Maybe all the spaces and spelling out the dots will mean that it isn't edited out this time. Anyway so thanks for the reviews I did get on the last chapter it made me incredibly happy. Seriously though I need validation. Self validation just isn't enough I'm addicted to it. Please review guys makes me happy :) now that I've successfully just begged for reviews which I told myself I wouldn't do I will stop. But anyway I hope you guys liked this chapter and there will be more to come :)
