Reliving The Past
Chapter 33
A/N: I need to alert people before you read, this chapter is a little more graphic. And I don't want to upset people. So this is a warning. Sexual violence is brought up in this chapter. And some other violence. So read with caution. Thanks and sorry if I bring up sore subjects.
Elizabeth sits in Doctor Maddox's office, waiting for him to show up. Gene stands outside the office door. Elizabeth is trying to keep the scary thoughts out of her mind. Every shadow makes her jump. She keeps checking the clock. She's just so anxious. Then the knock on the door came.
"Come in." Elizabeth looks at the door.
"Mrs. Webber, Doctor Monroe is here to see you." Gene says, then lets Doctor Monroe in. He carries a new bag of saline and a syringe of something.
"Elizabeth, the test came back. You had a hallucinogenic in your system. We know what exactly it was, so we have the drug to flush it out. But I want to replace that bag of saline. Just to play it safe." Doctor Monroe replaces the bag and then injects the med into the bag.
"Griffin, I only will trust one nurse. Please, do what you can to get her. Sabrina Santiago. Oh, I trust Epiphany too. But those are the only two nurse I will trust." Elizabeth looks to the floor. "Whoever drugged me, put it in my IV. Griffin, I'm scared. How could anyone get in my room if one of my guards isn't a bad guy? If he didn't do it himself, then he let the person in to do it. I don't know who I can trust. I need Franco. Please, help me get Franco here. I can't trust my guards 100%. But at least it wasn't something that could kill me. So he or she was just trying to drive me crazy." Elizabeth has a confused look on her face.
"Would you like me to stay with you until Doctor Maddox gets here?" Doctor Monroe asks.
"Don't you have patients?" Elizabeth asks, ringing her hands in nervousness.
"No. I am not off doctor duty. Now I am here as a friend. When Doctor Maddox gets here, I will go to the police station and see how fast we can get Franco released. We will let Doctor Maddox know that your guards are untrustworthy for the time being. And he's not to leave you alone. I will call you as soon as I know what's going on. If I can't get him released, I will come back and stay in your room. So just relax. We will protect you." Doctor Monroe places a hand of comfort on her shoulder.
"Thanks Griffin. I'm sorry to have to take up your free time. I will return the favor. Just ask." Elizabeth puts her face in her hands.
"Are you ok? You might feel a little tired, but is there something else wrong?" Griffin asks, concern.
"No. I'm just pretty tired and this just made me sleepier. Where is Doctor Maddox?" Elizabeth is getting nervous as well as tired. Just as she says that, Doctor Maddox comes in.
"Sorry I'm late. Are you ok? What's Doctor Monroe doing here?" Doctor Maddox asks, confused.
"Doctor Maddox, I was drugged. A hallucinogenic. Doctor Monroe just gave me a new bag of saline and meds to push it out of my system. Funny that it happened when I have two body guards and Franco is arrested. I don't know if one or both of my new guards are in on this stalking stuff. But they either drugged me or let someone come in and drug me. Franco was worried about this." Elizabeth tries to hold back her tears.
"I think that while she's with you, I will try to go get Franco. But don't leave her alone with the guards. We need to call Sonny and let him know what's going on with his guards. Maybe there is one or two that he trusts with his life. But with a serial killer and her stalker cult, we need to watch over her. Franco won't leave her side. And she should be released tomorrow. So we only need to watch her for a little while." Griffin says, standing up to leave. "I will be back as soon as I can. Preferably with Franco. Just don't leave her alone please." Griffin says, shaking Doctor Maddox's hand.
"Will do. See you soon. Be careful friend. We will work on why and who is after Elizabeth." Doctor Maddox says. Griffin leaves. "Ok, now why don't you lay back on the sofa. Get comfortable. Let me know when you are comfortable and relaxed." Doctor Maddox instructs. Elizabeth carefully lays back, holding her IV out of the way. She moves a little bit to get comfortable.
"Ok. I'm ready." Elizabeth takes a deep breath.
"Ok. Now close your eyes. Imagine a beautiful staircase. You are at the top. We will count starting with 1 and the farther down the stairs we get, the deeper you will get into your mind. You will be safe and you will just remember the events, not relive them. So nothing will hurt you. Let's go down the stairs now. 1…2…3…" They start to count together. "4…5…6 and now when we get to 7 you will be safe and sound. 7. Now Liz, why don't you tell me about your home in Boulder, Colorado."
"I loved my house. I could tell you a number of good hiding places. Sarah and I used to play there a lot when we were little. But I was always getting in trouble." Elizabeth sounds sad.
"Why would you get into trouble?" Doctor Maddox asks.
"Because, I like to look at things different then my older sister Sarah. I don't just do things someone tells me to. I want to know why I would do it. Apparently that is unacceptable in my family. I often wonder if they are really my family. I love my dog most. He doesn't judge me for being me." Elizabeth smiles.
"Ok Liz, let's go to the summer of 1997. Isn't that when your parents were called away out of country? Sarah went to live with your Grandmother Audrey. Why don't you tell me about that time." Doctor Maddox says.
"My parents thought it was too much for Gram to handle both Sarah and I. Sarah was the sweet obedient granddaughter. I was the trouble maker and I smoked. So mom talked to a neighbor. Well she lived on our block. She had a daughter that was friends with Sarah. And a son that was 10. She and mom talked. She offered to take me in for the school year. Then see how things went. But Sarah was shipped out first. Mom and I fought." Elizabeth starts to cry.
"What did you fight about?" Doctor Maddox asks.
"What my mom told Mrs. Hogan about me. It hurt. I'm sure it is true, but it hurt nonetheless. Mom always seems to treat me like I'm not her daughter. I'm the only one in the family with dark hair. Even Steve has blonde hair. I don't know why I act out as mom calls it. Maybe if they didn't tell me to act more like Sarah, I wouldn't rebel as much. But they are dumping me with practically strangers. Why they felt they had to leave to help people is beyond me." Elizabeth's rebellious teen comes through.
"Do you resent your parents for leaving and helping other people and not caring enough about you to stay?" Doctor Maddox asks. He thinks this isn't the problem, but maybe he could help with that too.
"Yeah. Maybe mom and I could have gotten close. If she would have given us time. I told her that we didn't have anything else to say. Then went into the Hogan's house. She left. Dad is all about Sarah. Not me so much. He would occasionally tell me to put my napkin in my lap or get my elbows off the table. And of course, be more like Sarah. Mom would have been the one I would have been close to." Elizabeth says, but her voice gets shaky.
"Elizabeth, what's wrong?" He can tell she's upset. More like scared. Her body tenses up a little.
"Jessica. She's going out. I need to stop her. Please, help me stop her." Elizabeth's breathing is labored. She's shaking.
"Elizabeth, remember. This is all safe. Nothing can hurt you. Calm your breathing. Take a deep breathe in and let it out slowly. There you go. Now tell me what is wrong with Jessica going out."
"She is going out. And her parents think it's someone else. I got curious. So I followed." Elizabeth sits straight up and puts her hands over her ears. She closes her eyes and rocks back and forth. "No. No. No." Elizabeth whispers. Doctor Maddox goes over to Elizabeth and pulls at her hands. She opens her eyes and has a look of shock on her face.
"Elizabeth, what happened?"
"No. No. Please! I won't!" Then Elizabeth curls up into a small ball on his couch.
"Elizabeth. Let's go back a little bit. How did you get from your parents leaving to Jessica going out?" He tries to get her to give a date.
"I just read and did chores. For about a month. I used to go and stare at my old house. The one I grew up in. Now I had another version of Sarah and a young kid too. I tried to be good. I would go for a walk to smoke. And I would go to the park to read. No fire! Oh god! I don't want to be here anymore. Please. I'm just a stupid kid. Don't remember! Don't remember!" Elizabeth has tears flowing and her eyes closed tight. Her hands are fisted over her ears.
"Elizabeth, you are safe. Tell me what you see. You are just watching. You can't feel or be harmed. Just tell me what happened when Jessica left." Doctor Maddox tries to be soothing. But he's really scared as to what Elizabeth experienced. Whatever it was scared her to the core.
"I follow her. She goes to a beach party. Some college guys are there. The Hogan's don't allow Jessica to hang with college guys. I heard about this party. I only follow so that I can use it against her if I need to. I wouldn't have been asked to come. I am only a freshman. Well, just finished my freshman year. Barely. They don't want me there. But I follow her and hide in the tall grass. They have a bonfire going. People are roasting marshmallows and drinking. Beer I think. Someone hands a cup to Jessica. She drinks it. I'm surprised. But then things get scary fast. She starts to get really limp and can't stand on her own. She has two older guys, one on each side of her. They are taking her aside, away from the big group of people. To a smaller group of people. They are ripping her clothes off. I'm too afraid to move. Oh God! She's naked. There are two girls there holding her arms and legs. Oh no! Those older guys are unzipping their pants. Oh God! Please help her. No! No!" Elizabeth goes quiet.
"Elizabeth, are you saying that these people were raping her?" Doctor Maddox is stunned.
"Yeah. One guy after another. I'm too scared to move. I'm afraid of what they will do to me. There is like at least 12 guys there. Some go to my school. I can't believe those girls would do that to her. Oh god! Jessica is screaming. They are hurting her so bad. Make it stop, please!" Elizabeth is crying and trying to close her memories eyes to the pain Jessica is going through. "Oh god! She's stopped screaming. I looked. She's…oh no." Elizabeth just stares at the floor.
"What Liz? What's happened?"
"I think they just killed her. There is red all over her chest. Just as I was about to back away from my hiding spot, there's a hand on my shoulder. I look up and…OH GOD!" Elizabeth's eyes got big and she just stops talking.
"Ok, Liz. We are going to go back up those stairs. Count with me. 7…6…5…4…3…2…1 open your eyes Liz." Doctor Maddox says. He's a bit shaken up.
"What happened?" Elizabeth looks at Doctor Maddox. She's shocked by the look on his face. "What?"
"Elizabeth, I think there is reason to believe that you are in real, deep danger. You told me that Jessica Hogan went to a bonfire at a beach party. Was drugged and raped. By many men. While a couple girls held her down. You heard Jessica screaming. Until she wasn't. You said that it looks like they killed her. There was red all over her chest. Before you could leave, someone grabbed your shoulder. You looked up at this person and you said OH GOD! With so much fear. I had to get you out of that memory. Maybe when you have time to process the info I have given you, we can put you under again and get some names. You said some of the boys went to school with you." He takes a deep breath.
"That had to have been why I didn't stay. I must have been scared. I really didn't remember why I came to Port Charles. I just remember finding myself in my Grams front yard. Smoking and watching the woods. Is that even possible?" Elizabeth asks, feeling a little freaked out.
"Yes. It is possible. You can split your mind in a way. You were able to get you on a safe trip to Port Charles. While the other part of your mind kept you from panicking. It's a version of disassociation. Like when something is so horrible you take yourself out of the situation. But you can still function. So people do it while driving. They will be thinking of what they need from the store, yet drive from work to the store. And have no memory of driving from work to the store. But we can try and work on this. Do you know what happened to Jessica Hogan?" Doctor Maddox asks.
"No. I never thought to call or go back. I think I wrote a letter of apology for leaving. My Gram said my parents made me. I don't recall if I did or not." Elizabeth looks a little shocked and confused.
"Well, let me look into her to see if she is dead or what happened to her. I'm thinking next time might be easier for you. Maybe the drugs will be out of your system and I can help you a little better. There were a couple times I thought you might get stuck in the hypnosis state. But we could be just over reacting to what you thought you saw. I have no doubt you witnessed a gang rape. But you don't really know if you saw her murder. It was a very traumatic time. Just try not to think about it. The more you try to the worse the possibilities will be. Like when you were dreading something and when it happens it wasn't that bad." Doctor Maddox tries to make light of it. But in reality he was scared she had witnessed a murder. And now the murderers are coming to seek revenge.
A/N: Thanks for reading and reviewing. You guys are so wonderful. I hope this chapter answered some questions. And didn't bring up too many more questions. lol And for those of you who wished me well on my date, it went very well thank you. ;) Next chapter to come soon.
