Children of S.W.A.T

Chapter 5

TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Depression and attempted suicide

Previously on S.W.A.T

Hondo went to her side immediately.

"Oh baby.." Hondo started. "I know it isn't.
How could I have not seen this before. You're depressed." He started.

That's when it all clocked for Maya. The lack of energy, the need to go against authority, her lazies with her duties. She was depressed.

"I don't want to do this anymore dad, it hurts..." Maya cried some more. "It hurts in here." She pointed towards her heart.

At this point she was sobbing and hyperventilating.

"Maya calm down." Hondo said.

"No I-I don't want to do it anymore." Maya kicked. She had done something that shocked Hondo to his core. She had pulled out a knife and slit both her wrists before he could stop her.

"SOMEBODY HELPPP, I NEED SOME HELP IN HERE! PlEASE SOMEBODY!!"

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Flashback

"Nate come play with me." Young Maya said as she ran around the foster care group home.

"Maya please calm down, I have to make sure that I finish doing this work before I play with you."

"No NATE!" Young Maya huffed. "PLAY NOW!" She demanded.

"Maya, how about this you sit and do your homework first that then we can play." Nate said. "Look Jim is doing his work, now you do yours."

Young Maya looked at Nate disappointed but sat down to complete her work how her young brother instructed her to.

"Nate I'm done can we play outside now?" Maya questioned.

Nate laughed. "Yes we can."

"YAY!!" Maya screamed and ran outside.

"MAYA!! MAYA!! MAYA.."

"Maya can you hear me?" The doctors asked. Maya woke up to lights in her face, and bandages around her wrist.

"What- what's going on?" Maya questioned licking her lips and bring her hand up
To her head to see a bandaged wrist.

"Maya do you know where you are? Or what happened?" The doctor asked her.

Maya looked around the room taking everything in—-"I'm- I'm in a hospital why?" She questioned.

"You don't remember what has happened?" The doctor asked writing some things down.

Maya shook her head no.

"Well that's to be expected with all the blood loss you endured." He stated to her. And she shook her head she confused. "Blood loss?" She questioned.

He sighed, know it was never easy to tell a patient what had to be said.

"Maya you tried to attempt suicide, that is why this psychologist and this psychiatrist are in the room as well." the doctor pointed toward the two additional people Maya had failed to noticed the first time looking around the room.