Authors Note: Thank you for all the reviews, Sorry about the time between Chapters, rewrote Chapter one and two which has been reposted, will do the other chapters over the coming weeks. Back to the story
Disclaimer Big Bang its characters belong to someone else. The story belongs to me,
Present Day
Back at the apartments, Wyatt, Darlene and Mary were busy getting the Christmas tree and other festive decorations. Mary turned to Darlene and said "I am so happy for you that Penny has woken up".
"Yes I am thankful for what your son has done for our daughter, if he had not found her we may not have Penny anymore" Darlene said tearfully.
Mary grabbed her hand and led her to the couch, as they sat down she said "Without Penny, my Shelly would have gone on not enjoying life, I think that they are both good for each other".
"Yes, I have not been the best mother for Penny, it takes something like this to make you realise that our children are precious" Darlene said as she played with one of the decorations on the table. She looked at Wyatt as he continued to work on the tree, "Wyatt and myself have not had a wonderful marriage, which is my fault not his, he is a good man and cared for our children. I was jealous of Penny, she had the looks, and she was the apple of her father's eye, while I saw myself as wasting away."
"But you are working on it now" Mary said patting her hand.
"Yes but it took nearly losing Penny to make me see what a fool I had been, I have a lot to do to make up for all those years that I was not a good person to her" Darlene said putting her hands through her hair.
"Honey, we are parents, we will mess things up and make mistakes, it is not how many you make but what you do after you make them that counts, the amount of times I got it wrong with Shelly, the Lord knows that boy could be a challenge. "Mary said.
"Alright Ladies, enough chatter on the couch" Wyatt said "These decorations need to be up before they all return.
Darlene and Mary laughed as they grabbed some decorations and began placing them around the room. They hope Penny and Sheldon would appreciate what they had done. It was good for them all to have Christmas together.
At that moment the phone rang and Darlene answered it, there was something wrong at the university and they needed Sheldon to go there. Darlene took the message and then dialled Penny's number, Penny told them they would drop Sheldon off at the university on the way back home.
Twenty minutes later Sheldon was walking through the door at the university, he had told Penny that he would call her when he was ready to come home.
He made his way to his office and entered knowing that whoever had placed the call would be waiting in his office for him. He did not have time to react when he came face to face with Leonard because someone grabbed from behind and pushed the door closed.
"Hello Sheldon" Leonard said as Sheldon struggled to get free from the person who was holding him. "I believe you know Kurt".
"Let go of me, what do you want" Sheldon said as he struggled.
"Just going to have a talk about last night" Leonard said as he punched Sheldon in the face." Just letting you know what your life is going to be like from now on"
With that Leonard struck Sheldon again in the face and then the stomach, Sheldon frantically tried to break the hold that Kurt had on him but he could not. He was bleeding from the mouth and nose as Leonard continued to land blow after blow on him.
Sheldon finally went limp and Kurt dropped him to the floor, Leonard still not finished kicked him a few times and gestured that Kurt put in a few kicks in for good measure. When they were finished they left Sheldon lying there, face bloodied out cold. They quickly left out one of the back entrances and hurried off into the fading light.
Back at the apartment Penny was getting worried about Sheldon, she figured that he should have called by now to get picked up. Finally when Missy and Bernadette had given up trying to calm her down they agreed to drive her to the university to check on Sheldon.
The university was quiet as they came to the door, they noticed the cleaners just beginning to work in foyer and knocked on the door.
"Excuse me" Penny said "But could you let us in, we are looking for my friend".
The cleaner came over and opened the door, "Sorry miss but everyone has gone home".
"My friend has not come home, Dr Cooper, he came here two hours ago and he has not called to be picked up" Penny replied, "Can we just check his office"
"I do not know miss" Cleaner replied.
"Look buster Dr Cooper is my brother, I am going in to check on him" Missy said pushing her way past the cleaner with Penny and Bernadette following.
They headed down the corridor, Penny taking the lead as she tried to remember the way to Sheldon's office. Finally they found it, Penny knocked and when she found the door unlocked she went inside.
"SHELDON" she screamed as she saw him lying on the floor. She slid to his side, cupping his face, pleading him to come to "Moonpie please talk to me".
Sheldon moaned a little but still kept his eyes closed.
"Sheldon please baby, open your eyes" Penny said again.
"It hurts" Sheldon finally said, "It hurts so much"
"Bernadette get the first aid kit in the cupboard" Penny barked.
Bernadette moved to the cupboard and grabbed the large first aid kit that Sheldon had put into his cupboard for emergency and disasters.
"Shelly, let me and Penny get up and then we will take you to the hospital" Missy said, "Who did this to you."
"Leonard and Kurt" Sheldon said trying to move to the chair with Penny and Missy's help.
"I will fucking kill them "Penny exclaimed.
"Penny focus, let's get Sheldon up and out of here" Missy said "Alright Sheldon lean on me and we will get you to the car."
Sheldon rose and leaned on Missy, Penny and Bernadette moved to support them if Sheldon looked like falling. Penny opened the door to the office and they made their way down the hall.
As they reached the foyer, the cleaner saw them and came running over.
"Oh my god, what happened" he said.
"Doctor Cooper was attacked in his office" Bernadette replied.
"I will call the campus cops" the cleaner said running to the reception phone.
"Do that but we are taking my boyfriend to the hospital, if they want to talk to anyone then they can meet us there" Penny said, opening the front door for Sheldon and Missy. Bernadette ran ahead and got the car to bring it to the front of the building.
Penny and Missy helped Sheldon into the back of the car, Penny followed him in holding his hand and cradling his head to her chest.
Missy ran around the car and got in, "Boyfriend hey" she said.
"Yes I love you brother, I LOVE MOONPIE" Penny exclaimed.
"Penny only Meemaw can call me" Sheldon mumbled.
"Sheldon shut up" Missy said "Bernie get us to the hospital.
The cleaner watched from the reception as the car sped off to the hospital.
"Yes I said Dr Cooper was attacked, they are taking him to the hospital".
