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This is Laurens PoV for chapter Forty-five of 'The Summoning' requested by Milymet P. Runsage. Again it starts somewhere in the middle of the chapter and continues until the end. I hope you all enjoy!
I have been worried about Chloe in that awful house since I had heard of the Derek boy, and how he had tried to hurt Chloe. I would have had him transferred to another place with his brother but Chloe would not let me, which surprised me.
I was in room, in the middle of a large debate between me and my subconscious when I heard the doorbell. I had no idea what time it was, but as I looked out my window I could see it was well past midnight. Who would be at my door at this time of night?
I walked toward the door and started to unlock it. I looked out the side window and saw two figures on the other side. I quickly fished unlocking the door and wrenched it open. There stood Chloe and Rachel.
"Chloe? Oh my God! Where-" I pulled the door open further, so the light would hit them better. "What are you doing here? Are you okay? Is everything alright?" if she was here and looked as bad as she did, something was definitely wrong.
I then tugged her in by the arm, and I swear I heard a small wince come from her. Then I turned to Rachel. What did she have to do with any of this? Did she cause it?
"Aunt Lauren, this is Rae. From Lyle House. We need to talk to you." Oh no.
When we were all inside, Chloe introduced us properly. Then they told me the whole story. It felt like they were hiding something from me, but I didn't push it. The EG had a feeling that the boys would try and escape, but I had no idea that they would allow Chloe to go along! I wouldn't have sent her to Lyle House if I had known that Simon and Derek were there. I would have pulled her out of there at a moments notice after the marks that Derek left on her arm. Would have brought her home, then taken her to Headquarters so she could get proper training for her abilities.
When Chloe got to the part of the warehouse, when she told me they had shot at her and Derek, all I could do was stair at my poor niece. She had been through so much tonight, and all because of those damned boys. Then Rae pulled out the dart. I hadn't thought that they would use real bullets for the pursuit, but seeing the dart made it all the more real. Marcel said that if they would try and escape that they would simply track them down and then take them back to HQ. He never said ANYTHING about shooting at the poor kids!
I then gingerly picked the dart up off my coffee table and examined it closely. When I got a closer look I knew that it was just a tranquilizer, but that barley helped with that. They had still shot at my niece and her friends-no matter how much I hated the male parts of that- and I was furious! But I couldn't let Chloe think I knew anything about this yet.
"It's a tranquilizer dart," I said instead of screaming at the top of my lungs.
"That's what we thought," Chloe said.
"But- They shot at you? At you?" I still couldn't believe that the group would do such a thing.
"At us."
I then slumped back into my leather recliner, completely deflated by this news. Then Rae piped up.
"I was there Dr. Fellows. Chloe's telling the truth."
"No. I-" I lifted my gaze from the table to Chloe. "I believe you hon, I just cant believe-This is so completely…" I couldn't finish, afraid that I would say something. I just shook my head.
"Where did you find Lyle House?" Chloe asked, interrupting my thoughts.
"Find?" I asked puzzled. I hadn't found it. Marcel had given it to me when I had told him about Chloe. It was the closest house to her home so her wanted her there.
"How did you find it for me? Through the Yellow Pages? Through recommendation?"
"It came highly recommended, Chloe. Very highly. Someone at the hospital told me about it and I did all my research. Their recovery rate is excellent and they had glowing reports from the patients and their families. I cant believe this happened." That wasn't a complete lie. It did come very highly recommended, just not from one of the hospital people. It did have glowing reports from those who had been released after they had their powers under control. I couldn't believe that this had happened to my poor little Chloe!
"About the ghosts…" Chloe started after a pause.
"You mean what the Gill woman said?" I wasn't ready to have this conversation with her, so I just used an excuse that she had given me herself. I was mad that the woman would even talk to her about it, especially out side in the middle of the night!
I slammed the dart back on the table, knocking a pile of magazines over in the process. Not that I cared.
"The woman was obviously in need of mental help herself. Thinking you can communicate with ghosts? One whiff of that to a review board and her license will be revoked. She'll be lucky if she isn't committed. No sane person believes people can talk to the dead." I knew I was hurting her by saying that, and I was hurting myself as well. My whole family had been ABLE to talk and raise the dead even! My brother had died because of it, and my sister was killed by the them!
She said nothing.
I rose and continued. "I'm going to start by calling your father, then my lawyer, and he can contact Lyle House." And by my lawyer, I meant the head of the Edison Group.
"Dr. Fellows?"
I turned to Rae.
"Before you do that, you'd better take a look at Chloe's arm." Huh?
I took one look at the gash on my nieces arm and completely flipped! How could this had happened? She needed stitches and medical care. I was a doctor, but I only had so much at home with me. I needed to take her somewhere to get looked at and fixed up. I wouldn't take her to the hospital because then they would asked what had happened and I couldn't explain that. I thought for a moment and decided to take her to HQ. They had all the medical equipment that I would need and more doctors that cold help if needed.
I decided to give her some sedatives that would calm tha pain and make her sleep until I got her to Headquarters. I re-banged her arm and within ten minutes we were on our way to HQ.
Chloe was asleep before we had made it to the first traffic light. I needed to call Marcel, but Rae was still here. I was afraid that if she heard that she would tell Chloe where I was taking her.
"Dr. Fellows?" Rae said from the back seat.
"Yes, Rae?"
"I was supposed to call someone when I knew we were safe. Do you happen to have a cell phone?" That was odd. Why would she have to call someone when they were just going out to goof around with the boys? What did Rae know?
"Why would you need to call anyone Rae?"
She looked uncomfortable, and wouldn't look me in the eye, but she said, "When I found out that Chloe, Simon and Derek were going to try and get out of Lyle House, I confronted Chloe, and the only way for me to get her to tell me or not was to ask f I could escape with them. When they agreed and told me when, I, umm…I told Dr. Davidoff about it. I knew that the boys had done something to Chloe to make her go with them, and I didn't want my only friend left to leave and possibly die because of them. I couldn't let her go. So when I told Dr. Davidoff he told me that he would deal with it and to just stay with Chloe…But then she stayed behind to find Derek, and told us to go on without her, that she would catch up, I couldn't stay….I told Dr. Davidoff that I would tell them when we were going and where we were. I told Simon that I had to use the washroom when we made it to the factory. He let me go by myself, and I called Dr. Davidoff on the cell phone he gave me." She still wouldn't look me in the eye when she was finished. I could hear the tears in her voice.
"Rae, you did the right thing. You made sure that you and Chloe were safe, or as safe as you could be. You wont need to call Dr. Davidoff because I have to. Im going to take you girls there, where you will be safe and well looked after. I work for Dr. Davidoff." She looked up then to look at me through the mirror. Her face was a mixture of surprise, anger, and relief.
"Thank you Dr. Fellows."
"Rae, call me Lauren."
The rest of the ride was quite. Well it was quite until Rae caught site of HQ. She didn't say anything, just gasped.
I pulled up to the front door, and stopped. I went around to open Chloes door. She was still asleep.
I shook her lightly. "I know your tired, hon. Just come inside and you can go back to sleep."
She stumbled out of the car, but I caught her in time. Rae dived in to help me lift her.
"is she okay?" Rae asked. "She lost a lot of blood."
"Shes exhausted. You both must be."
When the breeze blew by us Chloe yawned and gave her head a sharp shake. She then looked up and studied the building in front of her.
"Is this the hospital?"
"No, it's a walk-in clinic. I called Buffalo General and Mercy and their emergencies are packed. A typical Sunday morning. Between the Saturday night gunshot wounds and the drunk drivers, it's a zoo. I know a doctor here and he'll get you strait in." I told her. I knew she was out of it, but I still didn't like lying to her.
I then looked up to see Sue walking around the corner towards us. "Oh, there's Sue. Shes a nurse here. Rae, Sues going to take you over to the waiting room, get you some breakfast, and heck you over." Rae knew what was going on. And I knew that she wouldn't tell Chloe now, but she could still use a once over to make sure she was fine from their excursion last night.
Chloe seemed to be studying Sue quite closely, but she probably still couldn't see strait.
Sue stopped to talk to me. We had been friends since I started working here 16 years ago. Chloe was still studying her, but Rae was completely oblivious to the whole exchange. She was still focused on the building.
We made our way in through the front doors and into the main lobby when Chloe stopped dead and wheeled on me.
"That woman-" I wasn't having any of this.
"Sue, yes. Shes a nurse here. She'll take good care of-" But she cut me off.
"No! I saw her last night with the man who shot at us." What? No. That couldn't be. Sue wouldn't try to hurt the kids….but what if she did chase after them? No.
"No, honey, that's not the same woman. You've been through a lot and your confused-" But she pushed me away.
"Im not. I saw her. Is she the one who recommended Lyle House? We need to get out of here."
She then ducked out of my grasp, and ran back toward the front door. She was still a little out of it so it was easy for me to catch up to her and hold the door shut.
"Chloe, listen to me. You need to-"
"I need to get out." She then grabbed the door handle with both hands and tugged, but I was still holding on tight. "Please, Aunt Lauren, you don't understand. We have to get out of here." She looked so broken. I almost let go of the door to let her go. But then a voice came from behind us.
"Would someone please help Dr. Fellows?" Both Chloe and I turned to see Dr. Marcel Davidoff striding down the hallway. Then a man came from behind him, carrying a syringe. He went to Chloe.
"That wont be necessary, Marcel. I've already given her something." I said.
"and I can see its working very well." I knew he was being sarcastic, but he didn't sound it. "Bruce, sedate Chloe, please."
Chloe then looked up at me, tears clear in her eyes and voice as she said, :y-you drugged me?"
I wrapped my arms around her. "You'll be okay, hon. I promise."
Then she did something I never thought would ever happen. She hit me so hard that I stumbled back. I turned to look at Marcel.
"I told you this wasn't the way to handle it. I told you to let me handle it."
"Leave what to you?" I turned to see Chloe backing toward the door, eyes filled with tears looking strait at me.
I reached for her, but her hands flew up, swatting at me. Keeping me away.
"Leave what to you?" She asked again.
Bruce then caught her arm. When she tried to pull away, it was to late. The syringe went in. I stepped toward her, wanting to tell her the truth, but not knowing where to start. But then I heard Sue come back down the hall calling to Marcel.
"The team just called in a report. Theres no sign of the boys."
"Surprise, surprise," I said turning to Davidoff. "Kit taught them well. Once they're gone, they'll keep running. I warned you."
"we'll find them." He assured me.
"You'd better, and when you do, I expect that brute to be handled the way he should have been handled years ago. Put down like a rapid dog. Wait until you see what he did to Chloe's arm." I know that the bruise would be gone by now, but I could tell them that the gash on her arm was from him. It very well could be.
"D-Derek?" Chloe said, struggling against Bruce. "Derek didn't do this. I cut myself-" She started to stumble back towards the wall. I caught her before she hit the ground.
I called for Marcel to get the stretcher, then leaned over Chloe, holding her steady.
"you don't need to cover for him, Chloe. We know what he is." I whispered to her, then glanced at Marcel. "A monster. One that didn't belong in the…" I trailed off, not wanting her to know about the experiments.
"But we wont let him hurt Simon, Chloe. I promise you that. When you wake up, you're going to help us find Simon and bring him back home. I know he's important to you. He's important to all of us. You all are. You and Rachel and Simon and Victoria. Very special. You're all very special." I finished, but doubted that she even heard the last part. She was out cold before I could finish.
The stretcher arrived then, and the a few men picked Chloe up and placed her on it, then walked away, toward the medical ward.
"Dr. Fellows? Is Chloe going to be alright?" I turned to see Rae standing on the opposite wall.
"Yes, she will be Rae. And please call me Lauren."
"Okay, Lauren."
"Rachel, why don't you follow me to your room. Im sure you are quite tired after what you have been through the past few hours." Marcel said as he came up the hall again.
"Okay, Dr. Davidoff." She then left with him. Father and daughter. Not like she knew that but still.
I hope that they can find Jacida so they can be a family again. She was such a nice girl, and didn't deserve to have her life taken away by her heritage.
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