WHEN THE RAIN STOPS- Scrutinized [TANNER x LUNA] 2 IN 1

The Aftermath Pt. Two

|LUNA|

"What?" I asked confused, "You made us all worry for you. For god sakes Luna, we thought you were kidnapped!" I looked around the room as we walked to the elevator. "Wait-." "God! We even thought you were killed! So please tell me Why. Did. You. Hide?" I paused in the middle of the living room. I took everything in. All the memories of Tanner flooded back in my head when I was interrupted with screaming. A man jumped back on the floor and covered his mouth in shock...facing the fridge...
"BODY! DEAD BODY!" I looked in horror at the arm of Will. "no..." I heard the police rush over to check it out. They talked on their radios as I shook I fear.
"w-wait.." my shaky voice winced out. I couldn't get 2 words out though before they slammed me to the ground and cuffed me. My face smushed into the ground before they lifted me up to the elevator. They legit thought I was a murderer..Cathys eyes looked at me in disgust. Like she had any room to judge. Last year she had shot and killed someone, just because they were on her property. She was a waste of space. I wanted to scream! 'I was innocent! Tortured here for days and for hours on end! And they had the nerve to blame me?' The elevator dinged and I got in with 2 officers. Officers Dante Welmer, and Lucy Perkins. Dante was more cocky and rude, so of course he was the first one to call me out,  "Gotta say Luna..I never thought you would-." "I didn't.." a second of silence went by before he bent to my level. "What did you say princess?" "I said, I DIDNT!" Another pause happened when he gambled with me. "Sure. Whatever you say." I clenched my shirt while they grabbed my forearms again and led me outside.

~Time Skip~

I was in a car.. being led to.. I don't even know. I'm their only suspect in Will's Murder, so I guess they were taking me to jail. I felt numb and like I was being choked. I told them all about Tanner and how he held me hostage for days. I even showed them the scars left behind on my legs from the woman, thankfully after they saw them they started to take me seriously. "Luna.." I looked up at my boss, he was the only one the state trusted to take me to wherever I needed to be. "Are you telling the truth..about the man?" I nodded. "Do you really think I would ever kill anybody? Let alone eat them?" I exhaled " I-." I sniffled " I've never felt so alone in my life! He controlled my life and mind like it was a damn game! And no one wants to help.." he gave me a look of pity as my head went to looked down on the floor while I cried. "I don't think you're guilty." I looked back up in hope "I've known you for years. And you have such a big hope for justice that I know you would never do this crime. But.. I'm sorry.." he sighed and rubbed his nose bridge. "I'm so sorry...the state didn't budge." "What are you saying?" "I'm saying..the state thinks your unstable. Therefore they're making me take you to.. a psych ward." My eyes filled with more tears while my voice croaked out "what?" He talked fast, "I tried to get them to believe you but they think you're making up the man and that you harmed yourself to make it believable." I clenched my fist with my hands behind my back in cuffs. "You do see my face right?" He looked back in the mirror. "Do you see my burnt and bandaged up face? Did they see the scab left behind on my cheek? Like I would do that." He looked sad when he stopped the car in front of a building. "I won't stop trying. I promise. One day I will get you out, and I will prove your innocence." My lip quivered while I asked "promise?" He nodded. "Promise." I sniffled and he got out of the car, coming over to my side and unlocking the door.

That was the day I marched into hell. The cold and dim white walls set the red flags off immediately. It smelt of alcohol, like the dentists office. My boss looked worried for me while he walked to the nurses that waited for me at the front gate. "Welcome Ms. Youngman. We've been waiting for you." They spoke in unison, which freaked us out even more. He handed me to them as their cold hands wrapped around my forearms. He sighed. "I'll keep my promise, I swear to god I will... take care kiddo." A tear left my eye when the woman dragged me away to the elevator. "S-sir don't leave me! PLEASE DONT LEAVE!" "I'm sorry Luna.." "JONES! PLEASE DONT LEAVE!" He cried before the elevator doors closed. The nurses looked at me with a cold stare when I cried out a scream. "CALVIN!" But as soon as the elevator doors closed they stuck a cloth over my nose and mouth while the elevator went down.

I woke back up in a white and patted room, in white lounge clothing. I was groggy, and my hair was stale and not greasy like I thought it was going to be. "Good morning Luna." An old female voice spoke. "Where am I?" "You're in the ward. But don't worry, we'll take care of you." "I want to go home." "You can't. Now-." "PLEASE LET ME GO HOME." There was a pause before the woman spoke annoyed. "You yelling just shows more of your mental instability Ms. Youngman. I hope you note that. Now if I may continue.. One of our highly elite psychiatrists would like to speak to you before we move you to a new room." A horn went off after the door opened as a man with scrubs came in to carry me to the psychiatrist's room. Once he knocked, a woman with glasses and brown straight hair opened the door. She looked kind, at least more than the others. She welcomed me in and sat me down. "Oh! How I've been waiting for you!" She said in a cheery voice. "You're a very interesting patient." She opened a file and looked through it while she talked. "Let's see.. You refuse to acknowledge that you murdered you childhood friend.." "wait." "You instead blame it on an imaginary man named.. Tanner? And also harm.." "Wait." "-Ed yourself to make it look real and-." "Wait!" She looked up and stopped reading. "I didn't. Kill. Will." She cocked and eyebrow. "Oh really?" I frantically shook my head. "No! I didn't! It was Tanner!" She scoffed and laugh and put the file down on her desk.

Then placing her head in her palms. "Then tell me." "What?" "Then tell me. Tell me what things he did to you that hurt you." I hesitated and she reassured me. Sighing and patting my hands. "I'm here to help you. I want to prove your innocent but I can't without you telling me. What. Happened." I took a deep breath before telling her. "He.."

~Time Skip~

At this point she knew everything. Everything but the fact that I had slowly been falling in love with Tanner. She nodded and took it all in. It was a lot for a human to process all at once but she did it so quickly that it almost scared me. "I see.." a timer rang before she informed me our time was up. She cheerfully led me out of the room while she told me how happy she was with this challenge "I knew your brain was more damaged than the others. I just knew it! You don't have to fret though Luna, I'll take care of everything." She patted my head before closing the door. Leaving me alone with the 3 male nurses. They all were there to make sure I didn't go off the rails and led me to my new room. "What's the difference between this one and the other one?" I asked curiously. "This one isn't patted and more of a jail cell with a walls and doors." I nodded and 'oh'd.'

They swiped the key card and the door opened. "Have a nice night Ms. Youngman." ... "Goodnight."
They closed the door and left me in the silent and cold room alone. It had a small shower next to the door and a toilet behind the wall of the shower while the sink sat next to it. Infront of the sink was the bed and next to that was a window. It had bars outside but I could see it was snowing. I smiled and looked out the window, while sitting on the bed. I was tired as I watched the snow fall. I thought about the theory that each snowflake was different, and I just watched in awe of the different types that could be out there. "It's funny no?" I heard an imaginary Tanner speak. I nodded "yea it is...where are you?"
"Somewhere. Why, do You miss me?" I blew a raspberry. "Pfft, Yea right." "Don't play coy, I can read what's going on in your thoughts. I am your imagination." I sighed "I know..." his voice faded as I laid down on the bed and closed my eyes. Slowly drifting to sleep.

I woke back up with a man standing over me. "What?.." I asked, still sleepy. "Hello Luna." I shot up and rubbed my eyes. It had to be fake. Once I uncovered my eyes I saw a man with a lab coat, red tie and light blue shirt. "T-Tanner?" "You know it." He didn't sound like Tanner, his voice was a bit off. A more deep pitch. I looked up at his face to find a mere copy cat of Tanner. "You're not-." He shushed me and covered my mouth while shoving me to the window. Slowly climbing onto the bed while his legs startled my lap. "Did you miss me?" He licked his lips and I couldn't help but doubt my own memory. 'Did Tanner always look like this? Or was I right and this was a different guy?' I stayed silent and he slammed me to the bed. Pinning my wrists down. Now that I looked closer at him I noticed that he had a mole where my Tanner didn't. This was an impostor. He quickly moved his hand to hold both of my wrists while the other hand played with my lips. "I bet you did..." out of no where he shoved his fingers down my throat. Activating my gag reflex without the throw up. "I know how clingy you get." I thrashed around the bed, trying to get out of his hold as his fingers went deeper into my throat. I choked and coughed til my eye sight went blurry. He said something else before I fully fell asleep.