My Secrets and Horrors

Chapter 4 The attack of an innocent fairy, or is she?

Upon hearing the scream, they all froze before racing off towards the sound, towards the hospital wing. Turning the corner, they saw an officer who was obviously the captain of the police force, walk out of the hospital ward with a cuffed Flora in front of him. Her hands was forced behind her back including her injured one, blood was soaking into the top from her wound, her face was wet with tears and pain. Her stomach was also starting to turn blood red, and her feet were barely able to hold her weight.

Flora collapsed to her knees, the pain becoming too much to bear tears fell to the ground as her head fell down to face the floor in a pitiful attempt to stop the pain. "Get up!" the captain screamed into Floras ear, as he provided no help for her. Flora put her left leg up onto the stone floor of Alfea and tried to push herself up but failed and fell back down to her knees. The movement causing blood flow to increase from her stomach wound.

Furiously he shouted again "get to your feet" but Flora managed to find her voice. "I can't, it hurts too much." Her voice was thin, fragile and sounded like a whisper, but hoarse due to the tears. The captain pulled hard on the cuffs forcing Flora to her feet, he slammed her into the wall. She cried out again in a new wave on pain, "that is not pain, pain is what you feel when you find your son was murdered."

Floras head was splitting with pain from the hard force it had taken from being smacked into the wall but she still understood everything that was going on. She didn't have a concussion, yet. She felt blood sliding down the left side of her face, matting in with hair. Feeling a small patch of anger she replied, her voice a little stronger but still a whisper. "I didn't kill him, I wasn't near the museum." In pure wrath, the captain pulled the young fairy back and smacked her into the wall again but harder.

Her forehead slammed against the stone, more blood flowed down her face as her eyesight went dizzy and her head felt weak. "You don't know what pain is" the officer once again yelled in Flora's ear, making her head spin even more. Before

Anyone could do anything to help her he placed a hand on her wounded shoulder and whispered into her ear while using his other hand to keep Floras head hard against the wall.

"I am going to get revenge for my son's death, and trust me it will be revenge." He put more pressure onto her shoulder, causing her to scream. The officers had seen enough and Darren began to jog towards the pair. "That is enough captain" he spoke the other police officers behind him.

Seeing that he was quickly running out of time he gave Flora's arm a tight pull causing her to scream as the joint came out of its socket, dislocating it. If the pain of Floras shoulder having an arrow in it didn't cause it to hurt, the dislocating of it made sure. Flora screamed out in pain and fell to her knees as the captain let go of her. The two officers ran and took hold of the captain while along with the girls Darren went over to Flora who was crying heavily, her tears flowing down her face and falling to the floor forming a puddle.

Darren fell to his knees beside Flora and placed a friendly hand on her shoulder that was uninjured, this contact caused Flora to see who was there and her eyes fell upon Darren who she knew too well. "Hey Darren long time no s see" she spoke as best as she could through her salty tears.

"I know my girl but I wish that we could meet on better circumstances, I'm sorry for what he done." True sadness was in his voice, "You have nothing to worry about and I don't want to sound like I'm whining, but my shoulder it killing me. The nurse is out cold do you think you can put it back in?"

"Sure I can, but what happened?" Darren asked before turning to see the other two police officers holding the captain securely against the wall.

Darren pushed himself to his feet and walked over to the captain allowing the girls to get to Flora, who had tears flowing down her face. "Where is the key to the cuffs captain?" Darren asked his voice telling the captain that he was not very happy with what he done to Flora. "I don't know I flung it out the window, by accident of course" the captain replied in a proud voice. "She deserved it."

Darren's anger exploded and he punched the Captain in the jaw sending him to the floor, "she did not deserve it, we have no hard core evidence we was only given the case this morning. You let your anger for your son get to you and now you are close to losing your job. If Flora files a complaint of which if she doesn't I will, you will have brought disgrace to your family and to your son." Darren looked at the two police officers holding him. "Get him back and lock him in a cell, he will have charges pressed against him."

Everyone watched as the two police officers dragged the captain away screaming, "Sorry John" Darren whispered under his breath. He briskly turned around to see Flora on her knees covered in blood and tears forming a puddle on the floor. "Hang on Flora I will be back in a second." Flora merely nodded and Darren ran into the hospital ward.

As he entered he saw that the place looked like a tornado had hit, as his eyes scanned around the area he noticed that even the beds had moved from their places as they was all crooked. He failed to find the nurse and started to look into the rooms, he eventually came to a closed door that had Flora's name on the front. He placed his hand on the handle and tried to open it but failed, "damn it" he said, after taking a few steps back he ran at the door and hit his shoulder on it causing the door to swing widely open.

He scanned the rooms and his eyes fell upon the nurse who was sat up leaning on her arm as she rubbed the back of her head. She was on the floor by the bottom of the bed which looked like the place had been through a war. Blood drops were over the walls, and the tile floor. "Are you okay?" Darren asked as he knelt beside the Ofelia.

The nurse looked up at the officer, "yer I'm alright what happened I felt something hit the back of my head then all I saw was black" the thought of Flora can to her mind quickly and she stumbled to her feet only to see the bed empty and the room in a mess. "Oh my lord, Flora is Flora okay? What happened?" Darren stood to his feet once more and gently placed his hand on Ofelia's shoulder. "The captain's son was killed and he took revenge on Flora, long story short she is hurt bad. He has dislocated her shoulder and hit her head against the wall several times extremely hard we need your help."

Ofelia's skin turned white "we will have to get her to the hospital; this ward is too damaged. Where is she?"

"Follow me" Darren walked back to the corridor where the girls and Ms Faragonda were comforting Flora, with the nurse not far behind him.

As the nurse saw Flora, she ran to her side and gently placed her hand on her uninjured shoulder. "Flora its okay just take deep breathes." Ofelia looked at the dislocated shoulder, "yer that is defiantly dislocated, where is the key to the cuffs?" Bloom replied "the captain said he chucked them out of the window."

"I can get them off but I need Flora to remain extremely still." Darren spoke as he removed his gun from his holster.

Flora knew what Darren was going to do, and thought about letting him doing it but the ain was becoming too much "Fine just for god's sake don't miss" Flora spoke, the nurse knew as well and so she gently took hold of Floras dislocated arm so when the cuffs shattered it wouldn't fly lose and cause unnecessary pain.

Stella was going mad "are you going to shoot the cuffs off? What if you hit her? You can't risk that." Tecna stepped forward along with Layla and they took hold of her arms. "Calm down Stella if he would miss he wouldn't suggest it." Layla spoke.

"I hope" Tecna whispered beneath her breath.

No one dared to breathe as they watched Darren aim his gun, the bang of the pistol-shocked breath into everyone and they saw the cuffs shatter off Flora's wrist. He uninjured hand shot round to grab her dislocated shoulder but the nurse was quicker and caught it before she could do any damage.

"Don't grab it Flora I know it hurts, we have to get you to Magix hospital out hospital ward is too damaged to help. I can give you something for the pain but that's it okay?" Flora merely nodded as she bit her lip trying not to scream, blood coming from her lip.

Ms Faragonda was on the phone to the emergency services while Darren and Ofelia tied to keep Flora calm, the nurse stood up and walked back into the destroyed ward. Only to return minutes later with a needle, "you will feel a prick in the top of your arm, these painkillers will help with the pain." Gently the nurse injected the drug into Flora's arm, and then put the needle back in the ward.

Flora felt the painkillers beginning to work and so she looked up and stared at the girls, "hey" she said her voice sounded more like a whisper. Musa knelt in front of her "hey, are you okay?" Musa knew it was a stupid question to ask but she felt the need to ask it.

Flora thought for a second, "emotionally of physically?" she asked trying to buy time so she could think to herself, was she okay? "How about both." Stella replied, "well physically I am feeling agony, my head is dizzy, my shoulder is killing me and my body aches from being thrown around the hospital ward." Flora stopped and took a couple of deep breathes. "Emotionally not very well, Musa I didn't kill that man, I swear" a tear fell from her eye as she stared into Musa's eyes.

The girls all knew Flora would not hurt anyone let alone kill someone, "we all know Flora, we know. We will sort this out and find the truth." Flora managed a smile but deep down she hoped that they didn't figure it out. It was the truth that she did not kill the man but if they continued to investigate they will uncover the truth about her, and then all hell will break lose.