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At about an hour later I arrived at the general hospital at Area S, it was really busy because of the aftermath from the clash. I rushed over to the reception as I tried to ignore the lifeless bodies in front of me.
"Excuse me, I'm looking for a Mr and Mrs Alexander, they were in a car..... accident about a few hours ago. I got a call from an officer to come to his hospital." I said to the nurse who was really busy answering calls and arranging files.
"I'm sorry, what did you say, it's really hectic here you know, so I'll need you to speak up dear." I was surprised that she was this calm and nice under all this stress.
"I need an answer miss." she said distracting me from my train of thoughts.
"S-sorry, M-mr and Mrs Alexander please." I said as she typed at the hospital computer.
She paused as she looked up at me before giving me a sad smile, I guess she found them.
"Officer Donald is waiting for you in the waiting lounge, do you need anything dear, coffee, water, maybe something to eat?" The nurse asked me.
I was taken aback by the question but I just shook my head, I just needed to see my parents and brother.
"You sure dear, you look tired and obviously drenched by the rain. You know what, I'll inform officer Donald about your arrival and get you a warm cup of tea, how does that sound?" I just nodded giving in to the nurse's kindness.
She dialed a number on the phone as she spoke, she turned to me and nodded in a direction as she disappear and another nurse coming to take her station.
I walked into the lounge area and there were alot of people, I guess I was not the only one affected by the clash. There were also a number of police officers there taking notes from the people around.
"Adira Alexander?" I turned at the mention of my name and there was a huge officer standing behind me.
"Officer Donald Mayers at your service, I believe we had a conversation over the phone earlier." he said as he stood there watching me but all I did was nod, I wasn't ready to talk just yet.
"You parents were victims of circumstance, at the right place at the wrong time. These people here also feel the same way you do, some of the lost people close to them, some in critical condition like your brother and some with injuries that could destabilize their entire lives." I just stood there not particularly listening to the cop.
I saw the people around me who were crying, and morning their loss, it was almost too much to bare as I stumbled a little but was caught by the sturdy hands of the officer, who also set me down on a vacant seat.
Immediately I sat down I felt something warm over me and a paper cup held to my face. I looked up and saw the nurse from earlier, she motioned me towards the cup, which I took taking a sip, the warmth of the tea made me feel a lot better.
"I'm sorry dear, but you have to fill some files concerning your parent death." the nurse said slowly as if trying not to trigger me.
"C-can I see them after this?" I asked.
"Yes, sure definitely, you just need to fill in this little pice of paper so that all the proper documentation can be taken care of." I nodded as I also asked for a pen.
I carefully filled out the form, still I'm a state of shock. I still couldn't believe my parents were dead, I mean, I hadn't seen their bodies so there was still a little hope left for me.
I filled the form and passed it to officer Donald as he inspected the pages before nodding slightly to me. He started walking and I followed closely behind, careful not to trip on anyone crying.
We got to an empty white passage hall with doors on each, I could hear the voices of people screaming, then I had a faint idea of what this place was.
I bumped into something hard as I almost fell on the floor and saw that officer Donald had stopped in front of a door. He looked down at me as he moved away from the door, as if to give me space.
I took a deep breath as I slowly walked towards the door, my head was pounding, my heart was beating so fast I could hear it through my ears.
As I opened the silent room, I found two bodies side by side on the stretcher, I could feel the rhythm of my heart slow down as I proceeded to move closer to the bodies.
With every step I took, I could hear the echo in the empty room with two dead bodies. I turned to the table on my left, the shape under the white cloth looked like a woman's body, I reached out my hands shaky and sweaty all of a sudden as I proceeded to pull the white cloth off the face of the body.
"Nooooooo!!!!!" For the first five minutes everything was in a blue as what I feared the most was right in front of me. The body of my Mom.
Still screaming, I turned around and tossed the white on the other body aside, and sure enough it was my day, I screamed again as I tried to wake both of them up but no response.
Their once warm bodies were so cold, I almost couldn't recognize them. I kept moving from one stretcher to the other trying to wake them up even though I knew it was of no use.
As I screamed my head off, I felt dizzy as I began to wobble round the room and finally collapse on the floor... I could hear my name but I couldn't make out who was calling me, I was probably going to die like my parents, I actually wanted to join them since there was nothing left for me in this life, and with that everything went blank.
I woke up again that evening to the sound of a beeping machine, and the smell of antibiotics, I guess I was still at the hospital. I sat up as I took in my surroundings trying to find out where the beeping sound was coming from.
I looked towards the bed and saw a person sleeping peacefully but with wires on almost every part of the person's body. I stood up still feeling my head throbbing from screaming so much, I walked over to the sleeping person and was shocked to see that he was actually my brother...
"Charlie, Charlie, it's me, Adi, you need to wake up now, I'm all alone and I need you, I need you to wake up, please Charlie." I said as I began to cry again.
"Please wake up Charlie, I need you right now... WAKE UP!!!" I screamed at the lifeless body as I cried harder.
"You're gonna fall sick if you keep this up you know," I heard officer Donald by the door.
I gave him a deadly glare as I looked back to my brother.
"I understand you're in a lot of pain, you lost both your parents in a day and your brother's in a coma, I mean, that shits messed up." I heard him take a sit behind me.
He could never understand how I felt, I thought to myself, I just got denied and disgraced by my boyfriend and then almost immediately after both my parents were declared dead and there's a possibility my little brother would never wake up. What could he possibly know about how I'm feeling right now.
"This could all have been avoided if the government would take the punishment of these gangs more seriously, I mean, it a crime feast everyday on these streets."
That's right, it's not entirely my fault that my family is in this condition, right. It was those stupid gang member that can't keep their fists to theirself and because of that I lost my family....
"Who were they?" I asked in a low voice.
"What kid?!?" The officer asked.
"Who were the gangs fighting?" I screamed again.
"That information wouldn't do you any good girl, you'd be barking on the wrong tree?" The officer tried to warn.
I stood in and walked over to his front to get my answers "I don't care, I want to know who did this to my family" I said through my teeth.
Officer Donald looked into my eyes for a few seconds before letting out a sigh and standing up.
"The Black Arrows had a falling out with with a minor gang called The Anvil around this parts. Look, I didn't tell you this so you could go kill yourself but so if you can, do something about when your older. I need you to put your brother and his safety first. There's only so much the police can handle." After that day I never saw Officer Donald, the next I was assigned another officer to check up on me and the state of my brother.
*It's been almost two months since the incident. Most of the money left behind by my parents were used for their burial and Charlie's treatment and now I barely had enough for myself but if it was to keep my brother alive then it was worth it.I eventually decided to take up part-time jobs just to scrap up money here and there, but there was only so much I could do with what I was getting.I was whipping down a table when I heard the bell from the diner's door, being one of my many part-time jobs. I watched as a group of girls loudly walked in and made themselves comfortable in their regular booth.I sighed as I looked at Mandy behind the counter, immediately our eyes met she vigorously shook her head as no one wanted to deal with the set of over privilaged brat.I walked over to the counter picking up the pad and pen Mandy set out for me as she mouthed
*One month earlier. I got a call from the hospital during one of my training sessions. The doctors called to inform me that my brother had finally woken up after almost seven months of being in coma.I rushed out of the gym as I took the first cab I saw to the hospital, I couldn't wait to see my brother, to hear his voice again."Are you okay, miss." the can driver asked only then did I realize in was crying."No no, I'm fine really. Infact, I'm overjoyed. My brother who's been in a coma has finally woken up?" I said happy with more tears poring out of my eyes."Well then, congratulations." The cab driver said and the car fell back into a comfortable silence.When we got to the hospital I came down to pay f
* It's been a week since I left the hospital, also a week since I quit my part time jobs and went into full time kick boxing. For every night I fought and won, I got part of the money bet on me but it wasn't enough. I already put up our house for sale, and sold a bunch of valuables but it isn't that easy getting buyers in the area. I was working out at the gym earlier when I got message. 'I saw you ad online for the house. I'm ready to pay now and in cash if that's alright with you." The stranger said. "S-sure, I'm free now. Where do you want to meet, do you wanna see the house or-" "I'm around the location of the house, I would like to see it before we finalize the deal." She said. "Sure, I'll meet you at the house in 10 minutes." I dropped the call, wiped my sweat with a towel nearby, pick up my bad and dashed out of t
*I came to the hospital the next day to discuss with Spencer about the preparations for the operation on Charlie.I was excited to see Charlie again like always but a little part of me wanted to really see Spencer, so I did what I never did before.Immediately I enter the hospital, I usually just go up to Charlie's room and wait, but today I made a turn to Spencer's office.I knocked and lightly pushed open the door peeking in to check if doctor Spencer was around, I looked up and saw him flattered with a smoke in his hand.Although I despise smoke alot, it was actually cute to see how flattered he was by my presences."I- (*cough*) didn't know you were around, please, come in." He said opening the window.&
* Spencer and I explodes through the hospital doors and without a second to waste and took the stairs to Charlie's room instead. There were a good number of doctors and nurses around him with some of the nurses crying in the room as we walked in. "He woke up and called out your name but you weren't here, h-he went into a cardiac arrest and we tried all we could but we couldn't save him." The head nurse said struggling to hold back her tears. "I'm sorry, I couldn't do anything for him. Forgive me Adira." She continued in tears. I walked slowly to Charlie as the nurses cleared the way for me and sat down by his bed side, looking at Charlie now he just looked like he was sleeping peacefully. "Hey Charlie, I'm here now, your big sis
* After the wholesome breakfast Spencer made for me, I took a shower and went out to get stuff I needed for dinner. I was low on cash but I wasn't going to let that stop me from doing something nice for Spencer. So I bought what ever I could get, in smaller portions of course so I could surprise Spencer with dinner later. Few hours later, I was done preparing everything I needed, I set the table and placed the food in the middle. When I was done I stepped back to admire everything I had just finished and it was looking good. I cleaned up the table top and took out the trash so I could shower and wait for Spencer, it was about time he got back from work. I finished up and went up to freshen up and wait for Spencer. Immediately I stepped out of my room I heard the front door unlock, I rushed down the stairs and was now face to face with Spencer.
*I had bruises on my body the next morning I woke up, Spencer not only raped me the night before but he brutally beat me up, he said just slapping me wouldn't be enough to satisfy him.With every movement I made I was in excruciating pain, moments from last night flashed through my mind, how I begged but he wouldn't stop, how he punched me everytime I told him to stop.At least my body wasn't tied anymore, I croched my body at the head of the bed and cried. I cried for what felt like hours.When I stood up I immediately tried opening the door but I was locked and from what I could here, it was more than just a key.I looked around and saw a tray with food on it and a little note:Don't try to escape, I've taken extra mea
*It's been a month since I moved here, and frankly speaking, it wasn't easier than I had thought it would be.A month ago, Stacy had put some money in my bag, which I was obviously living on but it wasn't going to be enough for me. I eventually took up some part time jobs in the day time and at night I'd drink and participate at an underground fight club.Everyday I'd go home with new bruises since most bets are place on me losing and I had to lose if I wanted to get paid. I fought 4 nights a week and trained like hell after because I didn't want my fighting spirit to die.I also now lived in a really messed up apartment that no matter what I did, it always still smelled like shit. But this was the life I had to adapt to till I die.It was another Tuesday like any other, Tuesday mixed fight night, so if was luck I'd get to fight a big strong guy, the bets aga