A/N: Wow... much shorter than i was going for, but got totally stumped at a few parts sooo... yea... and i know a little SOMEBODY (Franella) who was very anxious so here ya go... Callian fans... u r gonna HATE this... just saying.
"Cal… we found something that will help you remember, but it is quite graphic." A doctor whispered, handing Cal the tape.
"Well what's on it?" He asked the doctor, thoroughly looking it over.
"Some sicko taped it." The doctor mumbled.
"Taped what?" Cal was beginning to get frustrated.
"Jack beating you up and hurting you!" The doctor said quickly.
"Graphic, eh?" Cal asked, flipping the tape through his fingers. "Well its happening to me right?" He asked. The doctor nodded. "Then it shouldn't matter. I want Kelly to watch it with me though." He said to the doctor.
"Uh, o-ok, y-yes sir." The doctor whispered, walking out of the room. "My name is Dr. Burns, by the, uh, way." He mumbled, walking out of the room.
Cal gave him a strange look and then continued eating his food.
"Hello, Cal. How are you today?" Dr. Tolleth asked, walking into Cal's room.
"I should have left yesterday…" He said to him.
"Yes, you would have, but look at yourself. If you weren't almost beat to death you would be gone, but then you had your little breakdown and we couldn't let you go after that, what if it happens again tonight? That can't happen at your house; you could hurt yourself or somebody." Dr. Tolleth said, putting a hot pad on Cal's chest.
"What the hell is this?" Cal asked, taking the hot pad off.
"It is to keep the swelling down, now cut it out." The doctor said, laying it back.
"Maybe I like the swelling." Cal said, taking it off again.
"Well too bad." He put the hot pad back.
Cal raised his eyebrows and stared at the doctor, "Yeah, for you." He said taking it off, once again.
"Leave it there!" The doctor insisted.
"I don't want to." Cal said throwing the pad to the ground, "AH!" He said in pain as he tried to sit up.
"Hm, interesting, pain…" The doctor said sarcastically, picking the pad up and laying it on him. "Don't." He said as Cal brought his hand to the pad.
"Wow." Cal whispered, taking the pad for a final time and throwing it across the room.
"Holy shit!" The doctor yelled, becoming totally annoyed.
"What are you going to do? Hit me?" Cal asked the doctor with a smile.
Dr. Tolleth took a deep breath and said, "No but I can take away your pain meds."
Cal's eyes widened and he grabbed the pad, "Hello hot pad, meet my tummy." He smiled and reached for the little table, grabbing his meds. He threw them into his mouth and smiled at the doctor. "Yum." He threw his head back and laid there, staring at the roof.
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"Yes, I will." Kelly said to the doctor.
"Uh, right now he is with another doctor, but I can set up a VCR in his room in about half an hour." Dr. Burns told her.
"Um, okay, sounds good." She said walking away.
"I am going to watch with him as well," Foster said to the doctor after Kelly left.
"Are you sure?" He asked her.
"I am his therapist; I need to see them, with him." She said, walking away.
"Oh, of course." The doctor said with a sigh.
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"You see… I didn't really give your dad this but I am going to be nice. I have a camera in his hospital room, um, I have one in your house. I have one in the office. I have one in his car." Jack said with a smile.
"How the heck did you do that?" Emily asked, trying to pull herself out of the ropes.
"Let's just say… I know people on the inside." Jack said. "I bet you are wondering why? Right?" He asked her. She nodded and he continued, "Right. Well, you will be able to watch them try to find you, fail of course, but they can still try. I am still not sure what I am going to do to you… should I beat you just like I beat your father? Did you know that he is going to be in the hospital for months? And that he will most likely be in pain for the rest of his life? Sounds like a mission accomplished to me!" Jack said happily.
"You are a sicko…" She whispered looking at the ground.
"Yeah, I have been told that countless times before." He said with a fake shame face. "Anyway! I will just improvise. I will do whatever comes to mind…" He whispered. He walked up to her and crouched down to her level. He put his hand on her chin and lifted her head up. He looked her in the eyes and he kissed her on the lips. She struggled to get away but he held her head and began to make out with her. She screamed under the kiss but it was muffled. "That was absolutely lovely." He said, pulling away. "I will be sure to get more of that." He said with an evil smile.
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"Why are you in here?" Kelly asked as Gillian walked into Cal's hospital room.
"I will be watching as well." She said, shooting Cal a look.
He raised his eyebrows and wrapped his arm around Kelly's waist as she sat down on his bed. She turned to Cal and gave him a nice long kiss on the lips. "I love you baby." She said looking at Gillian with a smile.
"Well I love you too." He said with a big grin. He brought his hand to her back and began to rub it. She laid her hand on his thigh and watched the doctor set up the tape. "Are you as worried to see this as I am?" He asked Kelly.
"Yes." She whispered, "I don't want to watch you get hurt."
"Well you don't have to…" He said to her.
"No no, I will, for you." She said with a smile, patting his thigh.
"Finally." Dr. Burns said, pressing the play button.
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"Come in, Cal." A man says. The door slowly opens and Cal walks through. Fists and boots are immediately hitting him. There are muffled cries but they can barely be heard.
Foster gasps as Cal's blood starts to spill out onto the floor.
"Where should we put him?" A young boy asks, holding on to the limp and unconscious Cal.
"I don't know!" Jack says madly. The young boy drags him across the room. The tape then closes up on the streaks of blood.
"Why would he close up on that?" Kelly asks Cal.
"I dunno." Cal says. He doesn't seem quite scared… yet.
"Ok, you can try harder to hurt him then that!" Jack says to the boys, "You don't have to drag as if he is a delicate glass toy!" He yells. "Come on. You know what? Stop dragging. Just kick him over. Yes that's right. Kick him! Like this!" Jack says, continuously kicking Cal, eventually rolling him to the other side of the room.
"Hello?" A Jack says, answering Cal's phone. "Cal isn't available right now." He says. "He will be back in no time, Gillian…" He says, kicking Cal in the gut and laughing as he began to cough and spit out blood. "Don't worry… he isn't going to die tonight… he will definitely get close… but I'm not quite done with him yet." Jack says with a big smile. The person taping the video laughs and closes in on Cal's wounds.
"Wait?" Kelly says, as Dr. Burns pauses it. "So you had a phone call with the guy who took Cal?"
"So that is what was happening while I was talking to him?" Gillian asked herself, not paying attention to Kelly.
"Hello? I asked you a question Gillian." Kelly said looking Cal with an annoyed face. He squeezes her leg and nods.
"Yes, why does that matter?" Gillian asks.
"I don't know… it just shows how close you were, yet you still couldn't help…" Kelly said with a smile.
Gillian stood up and walked over to Cal and Kelly. "I am not going to stand here and take this from you. Now look who's talking. You stayed at home until he was in the hospital. You didn't even confront us to ask if he was okay… you didn't go looking for him. Now I sure as hell helped, and these are the scars to prove it!" She said pointing to her neck. "Don't you dare tell me that I didn't help him? I did what I could! And you did absolutely nothing!" Gillian stared at her, waiting for a response.
"At least I didn't leave him. After he hurt you… you ran away like a rat. You didn't stay to help him. You left, Jack gave you a chance and you ditched Cal. I haven't left this hospital other than to eat and get changed. I haven't left for 3 months. I have been by his side every second other than when you were with him." Kelly said madly, holding onto Cal. Cal's eyes shot between them, watching their reactions. Gillian looked at him and sighed. She looked at all the wounds that happened after she left. He stared back at her, examining her neck.
She ignored the fact that Cal was sitting there and she let it all go, "I have loved him and cared for him MUCH longer than you have. You have known him for what? About 9 months? And for three of those he was in a coma. I have known him for 7 years. I know when he needs to be left alone. I know when he says that he wants to be left alone, but he secretly wants someone to come talk to him. I know when he has just recently been with Zoe and he has butterflies. I know when he is happy because it's his turn to take care of Emily. I know when he is happy because he has her and when he is happy because he solved a case. Yes they are different kinds of happiness. They are different smiles. They are different, brilliant, beautiful smiles. They are the smiles that take me through the day when I need a push. They are the smiles that I look forward to. They are the smiles that make me want to just give him a big hug. They are the smiles that make me want to be with him forever. They are the smiles that give me butterflies, and I know when he is worried because Emily has a date. Or when he worried because Zoe has a date. They are different faces of worry. They are the faces that make me wants to hug him and tell him it will be okay. They are the faces that make me fill up with sympathy." She looked at Kelly with a face of determination.
Kelly looked at Cal and was immediately worried. His mouth had fallen open and he was staring at Foster. After he noticed she was done, he closed his mouth and blinked many times, to make sure it wasn't a dream.
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Emily's mouth was open as well, "Go Gillian!" She said, ignoring the fact the she was tied to a pole. She had a big smile stuck on her face. She watched her father get over his surprised state.
"What the hell?" Jack asked. "She isn't supposed to be enjoying this!" He said, freaking out.
"Well I am enjoying this… what did you expect? I just watched her finally tell my dad that she loves him! Do you know how exciting that is?" She asked Jack staring at the T.V. screen.
Jack walked over to her and leaned down; he brought his hand to her face and laughed as she fell. She was caught by the ropes and she lay there, holding her eyes shut, expecting more. "Do you know how exciting that is?" He asked her, standing up and walking away. She opened her eyes and let go of the breath she was holding. She looked back at the screen and watched Cal start talking.
"Could you turn it up?" She whispered as a joke. Although she now had a red mark, that she knew would eventually turn into a bruise, she was absolutely filled with happiness.
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"If only you had said that about a year ago…" He whispered to Gillian.
"Excuse me?" She asked, confused.
"I just… How the hell am I supposed to respond to that Gillian?" He asked her.
She looked at him with a surprised face. She was surprised to hear him talk and was surprised by the question. She took a deep breath and stared at him. Well how the hell am I supposed to respond to that? She continued to breathe in an off rhythm. She looked at him and waited for him to say something else, when she noticed they were all waiting for her to say something, including Dr. Burns, she opened her mouth but nothing came out, "I…" She mumbled. She had no clue what to say. She awkwardly looked around the room. It felt like time had paused. She glanced towards Cal and he was staring at her, waiting for her to break the silence. "Cal…" She whispered, finally breaking the silence. "I… I love you." She said with determination.
"No you don't…" He said to her.
"What are you talking about? I think that it is my choice…" She said to him.
"You are just saying that, because you are pissed that I am with Kelly and that she cares about me!" He said to her.
"Your love for Kelly is blinding you! She is a jerk and for some strange reason you can't see it!" She yelled at him.
He stared at her then looked to Kelly. "You don't seriously believe her do you? She is just jealous Cal." Kelly said to him. She brought her hand to his face and held it. She looked him in the eyes and whispered, "Cal… I love you and I did from the second I saw you. Just because she has known you longer doesn't mean that I don't love you. I love you to my personal best. I have never loved anyone more than I love you. I am totally serious Cal Lightman. I love you." She then leaned in and gave him a light kiss on the lips. He kissed back and looked down when she broke away. He stared at his feet then looked at Kelly.
"Well…" He whispered. "I don't think that I love you…" He said looking at her with a sad face. He swallowed and looked at Foster, "You know…" He whispered. "Your smile seems to always be what get me through the day." He said with a light laugh.
Kelly stared at him with a look of horror on her face. She stood up and ripped his hand away from her hip. "Well then." She said walking away, "I will see you tomorrow." She said without looking back.
Cal awkwardly looked at Foster and waited for her to say something. She walked up and sat down next to him. She took Kelly's place and placed her hand on his good leg. She watched him chest rise and fall. She looked at his arm that was black and blue with bruises and she looked at his face, which had scars all over it. She sighed and leaned in for the kiss. They were just an inch away, "Dr. Foster I am going to have to ask you to leave… Cal needs to get his sleep." A doctor said walking into the room.
"Oh, um, of course." She smiled and stood up, "I will see you in the morning." She was filled with happiness as she walked out.
"Ok, here are some meds. You might not remember everything that happened today in the morning… they have that effect, but they should keep you from having the bad dreams." The doctor said, giving him some pills.
"Oh I don't think that I will forget." He said taking the pills.
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"Hello?" Foster asked, picking up the phone.
"Hello Dr. Foster. We need you at the hospital right now. It is happening again. He is talking about someone causing the pain. All his is saying is 'It was your fault' and 'pleasure' so I am totally confused. I need you here. Plus, you were the only one who could calm him down last night." The doctor said.
"Oh my gosh, that is when he was trying to kill me…" She whispered, "Ok I will be there as soon as possible." She ran outside and drove to the hospital.
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"What is happening to him?" Emily almost screamed out of terror. She was watching her father squirm around on his bed. She gasped as the doctors strapped him down.
"Well I am not quite sure, but I enjoy it." Jack said with a smile. He was sitting on a couch with his legs crossed. He looked at Emily who was practically in tears, "Oh suck it up, and he was a jerk when he was here anyway…" He said to her.
Emily glared at him then brought her attention back to the T.V.. She let go of her breath as Foster walked into the hospital room.
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"Cal, calm down." She said standing next to his bed. She laid her hand on his face and lightly massaged his cheek, "Shhh…" She said to him. He began to relax his body and he was eventually staring at her.
"I can't believe I did that… what the hell is wrong with me?" He asked, laying his hand on her neck.
"It's okay Cal…" She whispered.
He looked at her and shook his head. He took a deep breath and whispered, "I don't want to go back to sleep…"
"Well you need to." A doctor said to him. "Next time it happens we need to let it run its full course. I could turn out helpful to you." He said to Cal.
"He could hurt himself." Gillian said, standing up and walking to the doctor.
"He is in a hospital, so I am not too worried about that." He said to her. "Go home, get some rest, we will tell you the results in the morning."
"Alright…" She whispered reluctantly. She was soon gone and back at home.
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"Ohhh! This is the good part!" Jack screeched, scaring Emily.
"What are you talking about?" She asked him.
"Oh just watch!" He said excitedly.
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"I can take over for the night, I practically slept all day. I can log what happens. You should go home as well." Dr. Burns told Dr. Tolleth.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"Of course. I will call if I need any assistance." He said.
"Alright, don't hesitate to." Dr. Tolleth said, walking out.
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"Oh! Here it comes!" Jack yelled getting closer to the T.V..
"You look like a little kid who can't wait for the best part of his episode." Emily said to him, nervously laughing. If he was going to like it then she probably wasn't.
"Oh shut up." He said watching.
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Dr. Burns went and shut the door. He then walked up to Cal and got close to his face. "Guess who I work for…" He said to him.
"Dr. Tolleth?" He asked becoming confused.
"No you idiot." He said to him. "Guess again."
"I… I don't know… tell me." Cal mumbled.
"Ok, ok, fine," He said with an evil grin, "I work for Jack!" He whispered.
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"I told you I had people on the inside!" Jack yelled at Emily.
A/N: HOLY CHIZ MONKEYS! I lied to you... i apologize but it just seemed so easy muaahahaha... and i totally tricked you Franella! HA! So please leave reviews... i very much enjoy reading them and i forgot to ask... what did you think of Cal's reaction to the bruises on Foster?It was like 2 or three chapters ago but i wanted to know what you thought? And what did you think of Fosters breakthrough in their relationship? HUH? and what did you think of the whole Dr. Burns thingy? Were you suspicious from the beginning? HM? lol ok i am done... please please please leave reviews!