DMG808: So this is the end, besides the epilogue…
Zane: Are you sad about it being the end? Give me a break!
DMG808: No, I'm happy it's the end, but I'll miss writing about you guys!
Syrus: You can still write about us. Maybe next time, though, you could write a, you know, happier story.
DMG808: Aw, thanks, Sy! I didn't think either of you would ever want me to write about you guys again!
Zane: I don't think I want you too…
DMG808: Too bad. You'll probably always be in some of my stories no matter what so there.
Zane: *rolls eyes* And for a second there I actually thought you gave a crap about what we think. Obviously I was wrong.
DMG808: I do care, but I already started a couple stories you're in, but there's not anything bad happening to you guys.
Syrus: Yeah, there's just other characters being hurt instead.
DMG808: … I'm starting this now…
Chapter 10
That afternoon, I was flown off Duel Academy Island so I could go to the hospital to be with my brother. I hadn't told Chancellor Sheppard everything, but Atticus might have been right. Maybe now is the time for me to finally tell someone who can make a difference.
When I arrive at the docks back in Domino, I got out of the helicopter and there was a police cruiser waiting there to take me to the hospital. With my mom in jail, and without any family left, Syrus and I are property of the state for now. 'Syrus… Please be okay.'
"So you're Zane Truesdale, the young Syrus Truesdale's older brother, correct?" The officer driving the car asks me, startling me out of my thoughts.
"Yes, I am. Why else would I be here?" I reply, though I probably shouldn't talk that way to him. I just want to see my brother already.
"I have a few questions to ask you about your mother…" He starts, but I interrupt him.
"Is she going to be put on trial?" I ask him, and he seems a bit startled by my question.
"Yes, she will be. Tomorrow is her trial, actually." He replies, answering me truthfully. I had made up my mind on the helicopter ride over and I know it's what I have to do.
"I would like to testify against her. I think it's time that I tell people what she has been doing to me for most of my life." I state to him strongly, though it is the exact opposite of how I feel. The thought of going against my mother, even in a court of law, scares me to no end. All it makes me think of is the countless times she beat me and abused me.
The police officer, having gotten to the hospital, stops the car and looks at me with understanding. "She was abusing both of you, wasn't she?" He asks me earnestly, looking sad about being involved in a case like this.
"She didn't start abusing Syrus until I left for Duel Academy. I… protected him by taking all the beatings myself." I reply, looking anywhere but at the officer.
"May I ask you a few questions?" He asks me.
"I… really want to see Syrus first. Please, I need to see for myself that he's okay." I say, feeling tears threatening to fall down my cheeks.
"Alright. Just walk in, tell a nurse your name and they'll take you to see your brother. He's pretty bad, so only family is allowed in." The officer admits, and I feel pain at knowing he's in so much pain.
I walk in, do as the officer said, and soon I am beside Syrus, sitting by his bedside and looking at his unconscious form. His face is pale and he is attached to all sorts of machines and there is an IV sticking out of his arm. He looks so… helpless.
I take the hand without the IV and hold it in my own and start to speak my mind to him. "Syrus, I'm so sorry. I wish I could have been able to protect you. I… think I was wrong, Sy. I… should have told someone what was happening. I… understand that now. I'm so glad you're going to be okay. I don't know what I'd do if you weren't going to be so. I love you, baby brother."
And then I lean over him and cry, my tears falling onto the front of his hospital gown. Then I felt a small hand pat my back soothingly, a comforting hand. "Zane, you're here. Why are you crying?" A small, horse voice whispers to me. It sounds strained, but he still used the strength to say those words.
I sit up and look at him, feeling my eyes light up with happiness. He's awake! "Syrus, you're okay! Oh thank goodness…"
"How… how come you're… here, Zane?" He asks, looking tired and pained.
"I'm here for you, Sy. I'm not leaving you're side until you're better. Oh, Sy, what'd she do to you?" I ask him, knowing I just have to know.
He looks away from me in pain, as is ashamed of himself. "She… Sh-she beat me. A lot. She… wouldn't stop. It hurt so much… I just… passed out, I guess. And then I woke up here yesterday." He explains to me, still looking as if he had done something wrong.
"What's wrong, Syrus?" I ask him, not letting the look go.
"I'm… not strong like you, Zane. I couldn't handle it like you could. I… let you down…" He trails off, looking like he's about to cry. My poor little brother.
"Sy, you shouldn't have to handle it. I shouldn't have had to, either. But it's over now, Sy. It's all over." I say, and lean over and hug him tightly. He shakes gently with his sobs and I hold him closer. But it really is all over now. All that's left is her trial.
DMG808: Literally. All that's left of this story is the trial in the next chapter, which I am really considering the epilogue of the story.
Zane: Syrus is okay. Good. But you did hurt him…
Syrus: But it'll be okay now, Zane! She'll go to jail and we'll live happily ever after.
DMG808: Yup! I couldn't end it sadly… That's just not my style.
Zane: Right, because torturing us until the very end of the story where it suddenly becomes all better is a good thing. *rolls eyes*
DMG808: You do that a lot!
Syrus: Please review! That will make the next chapter come sooner and you all know you want to read the next chapter!
