Chapter 2

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Darkness all around not even a tiny pin prick of light to help see what's around.

The spinning as I sit up trying to gauge where I am and the disorientation and nausea in my stomach almost makes me curl up in a ball.

Flashes of memory assault me as I slowly unfurl myself and rise shakily to my knees.

The doorbell ringing

my fathers panicked shouts, the thumping of what I saw was my fathers bodies hitting the floor as I screamed from the top of the stairs.

The masks on their faces as they move towards me. The searing agony of one of them grabbing a handful of my hair trying to stop me getting away as I try running down the hallway to my room.

I can't stop I have to escape.

Get to the window climb to the tree and get help.

oh god I'm going to die.

The slamming of the door as one of them breaks through.

Screaming into the hand that covers my face kicking and struggling and then the pinch from a needle desperately struggling to stay awake as one of them runs their fingers through my hair.

"Rachel ! Rachel, Berry wake the fuck up! Jesus christ Puck!. Hold her hands she is going to re open her stitches" I say loudly to Puck as we both try our best to get Berry to wake up from her nightmare.

We had been on the other side of the house when the sound of her screaming started both of us flat out sprinting into her room.

Seeing her on the bed thrashing in her sheets crimson lines of blood already showing where some of her stitches have started to pull.

Puck finally manages to get Rachels hands in his grip and he starts speaking quietly in Rachels ear,her struggles getting slower as she slowly starts to come back to us.

Watching her face as her brown eyes blink open tears glimmering in the depths the haunted expression contained within tugs on my long buried compassion.

I'm not good with the comforting part of this so I leave it to Puck as I get up from the bed.

"Santana?" Rachels voice is barely a whisper as she looks at me from where Puck is holding her closely against him.

"Was it the same dream?" I ask my tone cold, I try to soften my look when I see her flinch and Pucks glares at me over her head.

"Yes, i'm sorry I bothered you both" Berrys voice is so soft you'd think that after all the time I spent wishing she would stop being so loud that I would be happy. But I find myself wishing for the old berry not this broken caricature in front of me.

Sighing in frustration I run my hand through my hair before I crawl onto the bed and slip an arm around the other side of her.

"you didn't bother us B, I'm no good at this feeling shit." I say as I cuddle up against the other two.

Hearing Puck snort at that I give him the finger and a glare.

"we need to get cleaned up before the SONS get here" Puck says as he runs his hand against berrys arm as she sighs and nods before moving away from us. I give a disgruntled sigh and flop back onto the bed before tugging Puck to lie down with me. This isn't unusual for us we have been friends and Lovers since we were 15 and while neither of us would ever be the others one and only we still find comfort from being near each other.

" We did do the right thing didn't we getting out of town like that?" I ask.

" There was nothing keeping us there and its safer if she is away" Puck says his voice rumbling as he murmurs into my hair.

"You know as well as I do that whoever did this to her is someone we know right?" I try to keep the sneer from my voice but its pretty much ingrained by now.

" I know my monies on Jewfro the creepy little asswipe had been stalking her for years it wouldn't take much for him to snap and ya know he was really fucking creepy" Puck says as we wait for berry to finish in the bathroom.

"What do you think of the Bikers?" I ask him hearing the shower turn off. I get out of the bed and start getting some clothes and laying out fresh bandages for Rachel.

"They seem ok but that doesn't mean I will trust them straight up"Puck says as the door to the bathroom opens and Rachel comes out in a sports bra and boy shorts. Her hair up in a towel.

I sweep my eyes over her wounds and i'm glad to see they are starting to heal and while still angry looking they are much better than a week ago.

" Come here B lets fix these up and then get dressed before we have to deal with Bikers. oh Joy"

Berry gives a soft laugh at my dry tone and Puck rolls his eyes before he and I quickly doctor up Rachels wounds. The two of us moving in cohesion to quickly bandage the marks from the damage those assholes doled out to Rachels once flawless skin. Most of the scarring won't be to bad and eventually would fade but whether her character would ever be the same again was another question.

Hearing the chime for the intercom Puck gives Berry a kiss on the cheek before going and letting our guests in. I help her get into the loose shift dress and tights and after she puts on a simple pair of tights we head downstairs to the lounge room where Puck is showing the group of nine people in.

I instantly put my bitch glare on and put my arm around Berry large groups of people are still enough to make her nervous at the moment.

Jax

Pulling up to the house on hillcrest, we see the security fence and video intercom system. As Clay buzzes the main house we get the ok to head on up and we park our bikes before we head to the door which is opened by the kid Puck.

As he leads us all into the Lounge room area I look around and see that while there are some personal touches the house still looks pretty bare.

After a few minutes of small talk the Latina girl and the girl they call B come into the room. Everyone kind of quiets down as they make their way to the lounge closest to the door Puck standing next to them his arm resting on the small girls shoulder.

Her face I notice is starting to clear up from the bruising and while you can tell she is nervous she is trying to be calm.

"B this is Clay he is the president of the Sons of Anarchy not sure if you remember from the other day, but they are going to help keep you safe when Satan and I are at work" Puck says while the girl Santana glares at him .

"Its nice to meet you, Sir" The girl Rachel says looking towards Clay, who smiles a little sadly at her.

"Wish the circumstances were better darlin, This is my wife Gemma" Clay says as he motions towards my mum beside him on the couch.

"Her son Jax,the guys are Tig,Opie, Piney,Happy,Juice and Chibs the short one is half sac" when he gets to Half sack and says his name you can see Puck and the girl Santana give each other a grin. Before they both look at the Girl Rachel who looks as though she is trying not to say something judging by the looks of glee on the other twos faces it will be a losing battle and surely enough it seems she can't hold it in any longer.

" I apologise if this causes any offence but I simply can not in good conscience call any one half sack. May I please know your true name?"

we all give a chuckle at that from my perspective i'm just glad she is actually saying something and not being timid. Watching half sacs face flush as he mumbles that his name is Kip is a hilarious bonus.

After we spend a bit of time making sure that Rachel is at least aware of who we are and who she can trust before we all head on out.

I notice that her eyes are still clouded with pained memories and wish I could see them shine with any other emotion.