A/N: this is a slightly re-write chapter. Hope this will be a better written chapter for ya'll as the original, which I guess—didn't go down so well. But the beginning will remain as it should but that written scene between the good Samaritan and psychologist will be re-written and changed differently, slightly. Sorry everyone, please don't chase me with machetes, torches and axes. (slightly re-written and edited 5th October, 2011.) enjoy
Chapter eight-Raph comforts April & A Name finally revealed
...In the infirmary...
Raph remained in the infirmary bed as he waited for April to return with a glass of water. Clenching his teeth, feeling his blood boil as he tried to ignore the exquisite pain that throbbed within him.
"Here raph. A cool glass of water, it will make you feel alittle better." April assured, smiling as she handed the glass.
Raph smiled and accepted the glass then drank the water.
"Ah, that taste so good. Burp! Pardon." Raph said, blushing
April took the glass and giggled when she heard the red clad terrapin belch. "Better out then in." she said, giggling then walked towards to the doorway of the infirmary.
"April." Raph called
"Yeah raph." She answered, facing him as she stood in the infirmary doorway.
"Come here will ya?" raph asked softly
"Sure. Let me take this to the kitchen and I'll be back." she told him
"Alright." Raph answered, giving April a warm smile
April smiled back then walked to the kitchen, placing the glass in the sink then returned back to the infirmary. Grabbing the chair and placing it beside raph then sat down when she felt a large cool skinned hand caressed her cheek.
April looked up and grabbed his hand then smiled. Raph smiled assuring as he gently brushed her cheek with his thumb.
"It is alright. He won't be bothering you no more." Raph assured her
"I still love him. Is that wrong?" April said, tearfully
Raph gazed the red haired woman and didn't know what to say in reply. Sighed and closed his eyes then gestured April to climb up on the bed so he could reassuringly embrace her.
"Come here, April." Raph softly gestured
April stood up and sat beside as he pulled her down and wrapped his arms around assuring her, comforting the woman.
"Ouch!" raph whinced
She pulled away; assuming had hurt the injured terrapin. "Sorry, I didn't hurt you?"
"Nah. It burns alittle." He replied and smiled tiredly
April resumed laying down upon the centre of his plastron chest just above his torso. Finally laying comfortable with the terrapins strong embrace, holding her close, safe.
'Oh crud! Casey you damn bone head. Why Casey? Why?' raph thought
Running his terrapin fingers through her red hair, assuring. Both the terrapin and the red haired woman fell asleep; within arms embrace.
...Topside in the park...
Both Jeana and Kevin waited for the ambulance to arrive when they were getting impatient and wanted to leave but knew they couldn't.
"Where is that damn ambulance?" Kevin tiredly grunted
"Are you sure that they said they'd be here, immediately?" Jeana asked
"Of course, they said that but it seems to be taking longer than what they said." Kevin answered, sitting on the ground near the bench
"I hope they are coming soon; I think she has a fever. She's burning up." Jeana said, as she checked the girl's temperature
"Where are you?" a paramedic called
"Thank heavens, they're finally here. Over here!" Kevin called out, quickly jumping to his feet and waved the location to the paramedics in the distance.
The paramedics saw the wary waiting citizen waving his arms, pin pointing their location. They ran towards them and immediately opened the medical duffle bag then began examined the young girl as Jeana and Kevin stood by.
"Do you know her name?" paramedic asked, needing information about the patient
"We don't know her name. We came across here and found her lying among the bushes on conscious." Kevin replied, holding his girlfriend's hands
"We have to ask you to come along with her to the ER." Paramedic told them
"Of course." Jeana said, willing to help
Kevin remained silent and went along with the paramedics. Lifting the girl up and placing her down gently on the bundy then wheeled into the back of the ambulance along with the couple hopped in the back with the mysterious young woman.
The paramedic slammed his foot down on the accelerator, sped through the traffic as fast as possible. Kevin and Jeana sat beside the young girl with worry for a stranger they know absolutely nothing about but wanted to help. Neither couldn't walk on by leaving the young girl to silently die in the darkness of the park, alone. Then it hit them; if were one of them that needed help and someone saw them lying on the ground hurt; they'd would also hope that whoever the bystander, walk by to help them too. If they continued to walk on and left her to die; they would be no better those who inflicted this vicious abuse upon her.
"Jeana." Kevin whispered
Jeana gazed Kevin with worry in her hazel eyes. "She will be ok."
Jeana didn't reply, turning back to her left and gazed down the young girl, fearing that she may not make it when suddenly felt a slight tightening grasp upon her hand. Scooted closer, leaned in and tried to hear what she was trying to say.
"Kevin, I think she is trying to say something." Jeana murmured
"What is she trying to say?" he asked
"I don't know. She is talking in a language I don't understand." Jeana replied
Kevin leaned in to hear what the young girl maybe saying. As he listened, what he heard shocked him and made him angry.
"She is speaking gypsy. And-"Kevin stated then cut himself off as he tried to keep his cool.
"Gypsy? How do you know that?" Jeana asked confused
"I learned gypsy back in summer camp when I was a kid." He told her, explaining his childhood memory.
"Ok. What did she say though?" Jeana asked again
"It doesn't make any sense but she was murmuring something about and I quote 'let me go—you're hurting me'."
"Could this mean that she was assaulted then left for dead?" Jeana asked, fearful
"Yeah, I think so." He replied softly
"Tell the doctor ASAP, Kevin." She pleaded
"I will. I believe she could be either an illegal immigrant or gypsy is her main spoken language." Kevin replied
As the vehicle came to halt at the entrance of the emergency entrance; the paramedic opened the back doors and wheeled the female patient out and rushed her to the ER along with Jeana and Kevin following behind.
The Samaritan couple were requested to wait in the waiting room and fill out some papers where they discovered her and filled out insurance papers for the hospital bill. Kevin hesitated and glanced Jeana for a second, wondering whether they are willing to take on a responsibility that social services should be sorting not them, then he remembered when his little brother was taken by social services while he lived with his grandmother at the time when his brother was placed in foster care then later that year; discovering his brother was abused and murdered by the people who promised to care for him but they had other plans when they took him.
He vowed to never allow no child to be placed in no such environment that is unsuitable and unsafe. This is was a vow he swore to keep.
"Are you ok, Kevin?" jeana asked, glancing
"Huh—Oh sorry Jeana. I'm ok." he replied, turning back the insurance papers
Jeana unsurely glanced her boyfriend and wondered what he was thinking about as he glared the clipboard holding the hospital papers. Meanwhile in the ER, the doctors cut all the clothes she wore and removed the bandage assuming she was injured badly. When he removed the bandages; and saw there was no injuries then noticed there alot of blood around her groin area. Examining the groin area as they took samples of the blood and whatever other fluids then they quickly cleaned her up and took photos for the police to examine when they come in the hospital to ask the victim some questions.
She was taken to a private single room in the young teens ward. The doctor went to the waiting room and requested for who were the people that found her.
"Who found the girl?" the doctor asked
"We did." Jeana and Kevin answered, standing up and walked to the doctor as they waited for answers.
"Ok I don't know how to tell you this but—we found no such knife injuries but had found that she was sexually abuse. There is alot of scaring and slight bruising around her groin area." The doctor told them, explaining what he discovered
Jeana and Kevin stood in mortified and disgusted.
"Where did all the blood on her shoulder come from then?" Kevin asked
"I'm not sure and I don't know why she was wearing a bandage that covered no injury. But whoever the fiend that abused her in such matter; he or they have bruised her badly as she was—was—" the doctor explaining as he stopped
"She was what?" Jeana asked worried
"A virgin." The doctor replied
Both Jeana and Kevin were in shock and deeply stunned to the information. But Kevin seemed to be more angry then stunned as he closed his hand and began to tremble the tighter he held it.
"Is she ok though?" Jeana wondered
"She is going to be ok as long she has a safe place to go to tomorrow but she has to stay here for the night." The doctor answered
"Can we see her then?" she requested
"You can go in for a minute but will she be staying with you?" the doctor replied, asking for important information about whether they will be taking her in or not.
Clearing his throat and answered softly. "Of course, yes."
She was stunned and glanced in disbelief that her boyfriend would do such an honourable act when he never did before but felt deeply proud to be by his side and have the treasurable part of him—love. Softly and proudly smiled, as she warmly gazed her lover—silently joined him while they waited for the doctor's coessential paperwork.
"Excellent. I'll prepare the paperwork for the bill and her discharge for tomorrow morning or whenever she may wake up." the doctor answered, telling them.
"Thank you, doctor." Kevin said, walking to the room where the girl occupied.
"Kevin." Jeana whispered.
"Mmm." He humed, turning back and softly glanced Jeana.
"Are you sure that you want to do this?" Jeana asked, curious but warily wondered. Despite she knows that he'd would do the same for her. No matter what.
"I couldn't live with myself if she was sent to the shelter when or if she would ever wake up after the police questioned her about who attacked her." Kevin explained, walking down the hallway to the children's ward
"Oh Kevin, you are a good person and this is why I love you." Jeana mused, proudly smiled.
Kevin returned the warm smile then stopped, gently pulled her close and leaned in, giving Jeana a loving kiss. The lovers hugged then continued to the room when they arrived to the room and opening the door. Gazing the young girl lying on the bed on conscious but alive. Luckily. Quickly gazed eachother once more and softly smiled, slowly parted as Jeana waited outside while Kevin went in the room and sat beside her, waiting until she awoke.
Reaching for her hand—softly grasping it.
A psychologist walked to the room, cleared his throat softly. Jeana turned and immediately noticed that someone had stood beside her. "Sorry—Can I help you?" Jeana asked.
"Well, I certainly hope so. May I speak with you in private?" the psychologist requested. "Uh, sure. What is—you want to discuss about in private?" Jeana answered, following the psychologist aside in the nearby corridor counter.
"What I am going to tell and explain—may dampened your decisions of whether if you are prepared to full-time care for this young teen." Psychologist explained. "Whatever it is, may not dampened my decision or my partner's decision as you seriously don't know either of us." Jeana answered, coldly and irritated.
"I am not doubting your ambitions or your partners but—the question is, are you both willing and prepared to fully take on this responsibility." Psychologist replied. "What do you mean?" Jeana wondered, lowly.
"I mean, that we are not out of the woods yet. This is only step one and usually begins not so well as expected." Psychologist answered, stopped quickly as he was re-thinking of how to explain in an appropriate manner that may and will not scare the temporary carers.
"Just tell me and then I'll tell you whether if we are prepared or not to take on the responsibility." Jeana demanded, huskily. "Alright then." Psychologist begun to privately explained the side effects when a victim of such evil act will have repressed images and memories of what she has experienced and may become very disorientated, sometimes violent but very frightened until they gain their self-esteem, courage to trust anyone around them.
"So—Have you decided to become the guardian of this young girl?" the psychologist asked, taking a pen and notebook out
"Yes." Jeana quickly answered, already knowing that is what her partner would reply.
"Ok, here are some pamphlets on how to deal with situations of what the victim will repress while they are in your care. I suggest that she should seek counselling to help her heal and try to regain one piece at a time of becoming normal.." The psychologist explained
"Normal? What happened she does not recover from the assault?" he warily asked
"That is why I suggested to seek counselling. She will need your help doing this, though." Psychologist replied
Jeana turned back and gazed in the room's window. Jeana nodded and softly stated. "When do we start?"
"I'll be back with the counsellor's phone number." Psychologist told her, walking away to the counter and made quick calls for the counsellor that he has good term relationship with and knows that would be the perfect counsellor.
Jeana nodded then walked in the room and sat beside her boyfriend. Kevin softly looked up and wondered what was been discussed. "What was all that about?" Kevin asked
"Nothing much. Just that—we should be prepared when she wakes up that there might be complications with trying to gain her trust." Jeana told him, explaining half what was discussed
Kevin stood up and walked to the window as Jeana took his place, sitting beside the young girl then gently grasped and silently held her hand. Kevin stood by the window facing the outside and wondered where the fiend could be and hoped when she woke. She'd tell them what happened so they could help the police to find this feral rapist and have him under lock without no key to be access.
Slight murmured moaning was heard then he turned and tried to ask her name before asking more questions. The young girl slowly opened her eyes then looked around and tried to get up but she was stopped by a pair assuring hands.
"Hey—you're in the hospital. Are you ok?" Jeana assured politely
"How—how did I get here?" she raspy and breathlessly asked
"We found you in the park and helped you." Jeana replied
"Who are—you?" she asked
"I am Jeana Giovanni and this is boyfriend; Kevin Jenkins." She answered, stating their names.
"What is your name?" Kevin asked, sitting on the end of the bed.
"Brenna—Brenna Madrona."
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To be continued in chapter nine...
Mmm...i wonder where the terrapins were searching when she was discovered by this couple that had found Brenna?
Will this couple have the ability to help her through this or allow the young woman to go about her way after they leave the hospital? Will she accept their offer and stay with them until the trial and arrest of the criminal that assaulted her?
And what will Casey do when he discovers the girl he recently assaulted marks him as the perpetrator but will she allow the police to deal with him or will she wait until later on and deal with him herself?
Also what will the terrapins will say and do when they also discover his dark secret and actions. What will April say and how will she react to the information?
There will not a sequel to this one; sorry guys. And I want to thank those that did read and review my story. Thanks guys. Greatly appreciated.
Read and review until next time...tootles... enjoy reading.