Authors Note

Ok I have updated sooner! Yes, mission accomplished. So I have gotten several reviews requesting or asking that I get a beta. So if anyone wants to beta my story(s) feel free to contact me and see what you can do. I would appreciate it either way. So are you all ok with the story so far? Any suggestions? I'm always open to them. Please enjoy the next chapter of Found!

~Ranger'sBabe16

Warnings

Ok so I don't really have any for this chapter as of yet, I have yet to figure out what I am writing so as the French say, transmettre mon historie fidèle(Forward my trusty story)! So I may have taken French for two years, but still do not know it, or Spanish so google translate is my friend. Anyways transmettre

Found

Chapter 4: Long Awaited Awakening

Previously on Found

"Now Mr. Plum your daughter's condition is very bad, but she is currently stable. She has many lacerations, ranging from deep and needing many stitches to ones that look like mere paper cuts. The lacerations litter about three forth's of her body, and many are infected. Most of her cuts are on top of old scars that she will have, and she will have lots of them. We have started her on an antibacterial IV drip to help her body fight the infections. Now, she also has burns ranging from cigarette burns to three degree lost nerves and feeling in certain areas. The most obvious and horrendous ones being on her left leg. Her upper thigh will most likely have very little feeling to it. She may be able to walk, or she may need a wheel chair depending on if we can repair the nerve damage. The burns do cover about half of her body, mostly the lower half. She has several broken bones that we have set, but she has many more that we broken over the course of the last sixteen years that did not heal right and will hinder her. We had her sedated and we rebroke some of them so that they will be set right and save her pain in the long run. We didn't do that to all or she would be in a full body cast that is not possible at the moment. She has most definitely been raped numerous times and has extensive scaring in her vagina. This will not prevent sexual intercourse but it will take awhile before she is ready for that, in my best guess. It also looks like she was recently pregnant but the baby was killed inside of her. That has been corrected. We had to remove her spleen and parts of her intestines due to extensive scarring. Her right eye has been forcibly removed and there is nothing we can do to help her develop sight in that eye. We can give her a glass eye so she doesn't go around with an eye and a socket. The nerves in her body are very alert and sensitive so she will be jumpy and shaky for months possibly years as her body tries to a just to this new life. She is very malnourished and we have started her on a IV that helps her regain some of that. Her mind is severely underdeveloped. She will not know many things that a normal child would know at the age of six. She will not understand many things. You will need to be patient with her and teach her like a child in that sense, as well as some others. Her vocal cords are ripped to shreds' and there is no fixing them. She will never be able to talk; I suggest teaching her sigh language as well as English. Her right ear is also injured. All sounds in that ear will be diminished and will likely stay that way. Now teaching adults new things is normally hard, but Steph's mind is that of a six year old. She will need extensive work for her to be able to function properly in today's society. I suggest she live with someone that can help her and teach her. So think on that, but remember that she will need constant care and will most likely be on crutches or in a wheel chair for a few years. She will be staying here in the hospital for no less than the next three months at the earliest. If you have any questions you may ask. If not we can go see her, but she will be lightly sedated for the next few weeks so she has some time to heal." Dr. Henderson told us. I nodded my head ready to see her again. For the umpteenth time I wondered who had done this to her and what was the most painful way to die.

"I am ready to go see my daughter." Frank said. Dr. Henderson stood and nodded before walking into the drear hallway and down to Steph's room.

"Here she is, be gentle and I will be back in several hours." Dr. Henderson said walking out and leaving us to sit with her. I looked at her sleeping form and sighed. I wasn't leaving so I settled down and quietly fell asleep with the sight of Tank and Lester guarding the door.

Ranger P.O.V.

It seemed like time moved so slowly but at the same time it went by so fast that before I knew it three weeks had passed and Steph still hadn't woken up. The doctors wouldn't tell us, but they seemed worried. You didn't make it in Special Forces if you couldn't read people. I spent all my spare time at the hospital, weather it was just a quick stop between skips or a night long visit. Frank didn't seem to mind; in fact I think he liked it. Helen and Valerie on the other hand did not. Whenever I stopped by they would look at me as if it was my fault that Steph was here, but weather it was because she'd been found, or because they truly believed that this was my fault still remained to be seen.

Flashback

Frank and I were sitting at Steph's bedside quietly. We said nothing and I think that suited the both of us just fine. Frank couldn't keep his eyes of his lovely daughter. She had been here two days and was just as pale and looked like a mummy rapped in all the bandages and casts. It was seven o four when the screeching could be heard.

"The witch figured it out." I deadpanned. Frank gave me a wary smile but said nothing to contradict me.

"—WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT MY HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER ARE HERE? FRANK WOULD HAVE CALLED ME! DON'T LIE YOU SKANKY BITCH!" Helens voice screamed shrill and grading on my ear drums the whole time. Frank stood up opened the door and walked out. Brave man, I thought to myself.

"FRANK WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN? NO NOTE, NO NOTHING! I COME HOME FROM THE STORE AND YOU'RE GONE NEVER TO BE HEARD FROM AGAIN. DO NOT TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!" Helen yelled. I smirked to myself and walked out into the hall leaving Steph in her room.

"Helen dear, they found Steph, I told you she wasn't dead, I told you." Frank said. Helen sobered up quickly.

"What, that disgrace is still alive? I thought she would've been dead years ago." Helen said dismissively."

"Oh, there it is." Lester said, he had been guarding the door with Hector, who had surprisingly taken to the sleeping girl like a duck to water.

"Lester," I hissed. "Stop quoting 'Pitch Perfect'." I muttered under my breath. I turned back to Frank, ignoring Lester's shocked stare. Just because I'm me doesn't mean that I don't keep up with the times. Frank's eyes narrowed considerable and he looked like Mount Saint Helens was going to blow. In this case Mount Saint Frank, because Helens blown.

"Don't you ever disrespect my daughter in front of me or others ever again, Helen. Stephanie had been brutalized for the last sixteen years, sixteen years, the least you could do is care you old hag." Frank said, he never raised his voice, but his quiet demeanor was almost worse. Helen just nodded before walking towards Steph's room.

"And just who are you?" She asked me, stopping just shy of Lester and Hector.

"Carlos Manoso, ma'am." I told her wondering if she recognized me. I didn't have to wait long. Her eyes got this glint that she quickly covered. I narrowed my eyes, she knew something, I just knew it.

"Yes, you are, Maria's son right? How your twelve siblings doing?" She asked me.

"Yes, Maria and Ricardo's son, and its only seven Helen, Zachary, Alexandria, Cassandra, Noël, Samantha, Delaney, and Alison." I tell her quietly (AN I don't know Carlos's siblings names if they ever gave them, so I'm using my own.) She huffs before looking at Lester and Hector.

"And you are?" She asks with false politeness.

"I'm Lester Santos, Carlos's cousin." Lester says knowing the next statement.

"Kyla's son right? How are your seven siblings doing?" Lester lets a hint of a smile show through.

"Yes Kyla and Bruce's son, and its only four siblings. Annabelle, Leah, Alexander, and Tammy." Lester said, "And before you ask that's Hector, he doesn't speak English, but Greek he does. His parents are Helen and Paris and he has a sister named Briseis." Lester said shaking with silent laughter at his joke on the Trojan War. Helen glares at Lester with that look. She huffs out air, making her look like a tow pack a day smoker, and walks into Steph's room. I smack Lester's head and walk back into Steph's room.

End Flashback

This seemed to be the norm for the moment. Val had the same reaction as her mother, which made me wonder. My team was still looking into Steph's capture and her rescue. At this moment in time I was on my RangeMan issued laptop running background checks on our new hires, to see if they were fit for RangeMan. A creak made me jump as it was just me and Steph in the room. I looked over at her and saw she was waking up. I stood over her bed until her blue eye opened and looked at me with curiosity.

"Steph, you're awake." I whispered, just before she closed her eye and the heart monitor line went flat.

Authors Note

I know, I know you're going like what the hell, but it's ok I promise. You'll all get to see what happens to Steph later. I swear. Wouldn't it just suck if I discontinued this right now? But no worries I won't. Hoped you enjoyed, and please review. Thanks a ton!

~Ranger'sBabe16