The Last Chance Book 2

Chapter 3

TW: Violence , blood

NuNew ended up falling asleep. However it wasn't for long because he has another nightmare. He's sitting in a chair. Alone in a dark room. In front of him is a tv. On the tv is the video from earlier. It keeps repeating over and over and over again. He knows he's having a nightmare. He keeps telling himself to wake up. He keeps hitting his leg. Wake up he tells himself. Wake up.
His eyes open and he quickly sits up. " What's wrong NuNew " he hears Max ask. He rubs his forehead a little frustrated. " Nightmare ". Is all he has to say for them to understand why he's a little anxious. Nat goes to move away to give him time to calm down but he quickly grabs his hand. Nat stops immediately. " What happened NuNew? Did you " he stops Nat. " I was in a dark room with a Tv and it was playing the video repeatedly. I'm ok though. Just a little shaken up from it. I knew I was having a nightmare which was helpful I guess " he says quietly. Nat squeezes his hand. He turns and looks outside. Deciding that being asleep was not a good option.
When they start to pull into the station he squeezes Nat's hand gently. Trying to communicate how nervous he is. He feels Nat squeeze his hand back. He's nervous as well. They are the last ones to arrive. When the cars parked he doesn't get out. He closes his eyes and takes deep breaths. Trying to calm his nerves. He's so focused on calming himself down that he doesn't realize everyone's left the car already. Only when Zee opens his door does he open his eyes. " NuNew are you ok " Zee asked gently. He looks at Zee. He needs to be honest. So he shakes his head no. Zee just unbuckles his seat belt and helps him out of the car. Zee then shuts the car door and looks at him again. " I think I have something to help ok ". He nods as Zee walks to the trunk of the car and opens it. Not to long after he hears the trunk close. When Zee walks back over he has one of his hoodies in his hands. " I brought a lot of my hoodies just in case something happens. I know how they make you feel safe when you wear them ". He smiles while looking at the hoodie. He's touched by how thoughtful Zee is. Grabbing the hoodie he says " Thank you Hia. You always have a way to help ". He puts on the hoodie and smiles. " Are you ready to head inside ". He shakes his head no. " I don't think I'll ever be ready. I just know that I have to " he says quietly. Zee pulls him into a hug. " I'll be here with you almost the whole time. I will only leave your side when I'm being interviewed or when you're being
interviewed " Zee says. He nods and grabs Zee's hand nervously. " Let's go " he says. Zee nods and walks with him inside. Once inside they walk up to where the others are. " You must be NuNew right " a tall man asked him. He nods his head. Not daring to speak because of how intimidating the man is. " Im the main investigator who is in charge of your case. You can just call me Mr.Ive ". He nods again. Zee squeezes his hand to try and help him calm down a little. " Let me tell you what's going to happen. One of the other investigators is going to interview everyone that was at the beach. As well as both of your parents. We want to interview you first so that your nerves won't start to get the best of you before the interview " Mr.Ive says. He once again nods. " Follow me this way then ". He looks at Zee who gives him a quick hug. He then silently follow behind Mr.Ive. Once he takes him down a long hallway and towards the last room. Mr.Ive opens the door and gestures for him to walk inside the room. Once he's inside the door closes behind him. He turns around quickly and sees the Mr.Ive left him in the room alone. He turns around and sees a table. There's two chairs. One on each side of the table. He slowly makes his way over to the chair and sits down in the one that has a clear view of the door. He does not like the idea of not knowing who's coming in to the room from behind him. Once he's sat down he wraps his arms around himself. He closes his eyes trying to imagine it's Zee hugging him. He sits this way for almost 5 minutes before he hears the door open. His eyes opening immediately. He watches as the woman who just entered the room sets a bunch of files as well as a laptop down on the table. She then sits down and smiles at him. He bites his lip nervously. " Hello NuNew. My names Lyn. I'm the one who will be asking you questions today as well as going over some information to make sure some things are correct ". He nods. He's glad that Mr.Ive is not the one asking the questions. " Can you start off by telling me your name and why you are here ". Taking a shaky breath he quietly says " My name is NuNew. I'm here so the people that hurt me can be locked away ". She gives him a gentle smile before opening one of the files. She pulls out 4 photos and sets them in front of him. His eyes immediately go to the first photo. Which is a photo of Nate. " Can you tell me one by one who these people are and explain how you know them ". He keeps quiet for a little while before he says " Yes ". He then points to the photo of Nate with shaking hands. " T-that's Nate. He's the one who hurts me the most. He's the leader of the group ". He then points to the photo of Tyler. " This one's Tyler. He's the one who always helps Nate with anything he needs. He's the one who has the knife ". He then points to the two last photos. I don't know their names. They never said them. But these two are the ones that always held me up when ". He hesitates " When Nate or Tyler would hurt me ". When Lyn goes to grab the photo of Nate he flinches and backs up. " I'm sorry for scaring you NuNew. Are you afraid of people touching you ". He thinks for a while. He's never really thought if he's become afraid of strangers touching him. " I never thought about it before. I flinch a lot whenever someone moves to quickly near me or when I am thinking or doing anything related to the case ". Lyn nods before writing something down in her notebook. " I'll try to move more slow around you from now on ". She then slowly picks up the photo of Nate. " When I was watching the video from the interview you did at the hospital you mentioned punishments. When he was hurting you, why did you never ask for help from teachers ". He shakes his head quickly. " That would earn me more punishments. All the teachers were in on it. They would let Nate or anyone come get me for punishments. They'd even tell Nate things I did that deserved punishments " he says quickly. " What about your parents. Why didn't you tell them ". He backs away a little. " He said he'd hurt anyone who hurts me. He threatened to kill my parents or anyone if they helped. They knew where I lived ". The investigator keeps asking on. " What did they threaten to do. Have you seen Nate hurt anyone because they helped you ". His eyes widened. Of course he has. Why would he be this afraid if he hasn't. " I did. They'd threaten to stab them or beat them up. When there was a new kid at school they started talking with me and helped me when I tripped. They beat him up and then made him watch me be beat up ". He says a little frustrated. " Tell me about the first day of junior year. What did they do when they brought you outside ". Lyn asked as she puts the photo of Nate directly in front of him. Then moving the photo of Tyler in front of him as well. He just looks at the photos. He can feel himself start to panic. " Nate he threw me to the ground and just started to beat me up and kick me. They asked what I thought I did wrong. I said I don't know. He kicked me hard in my ribs that I couldn't breath for a couple of seconds. He stopped and then gave me time to remember and I did. I spoke when not spoken to. He told them to hold me up. I couldn't stand on my own. He was so scary. I've never seen him that angry before. He kept beating me up so much. I was crying. He even punched me in the face. I was crying and screaming for help. No one was coming ". He holds his head in his hands. He doesn't want to remember. " What happened next " Lyn says. " When Nate stopped beating me he had Tyler give him a knife. I was screaming and telling him to not kill me. That I would run away and never come back. He dragged the knifes unsharp side across my chest and arm. He then
stopped here ". He said pointing to the large scar. " I think I did the best reaction there and he dragged the knife across my chest. It was so slow and painful. They were all just laughing. He then started to cut all over my chest and legs. Tyler even cut me with the knife at some points. They only stopped when I was covered in my own blood. They just dropped me and left " he says loudly. " After that you walked to a house and knocked on the door where an elderly lady opened it and had her daughter call and ambulance. Is that correct " Lyn asked sounding a little strict. He just looks at her scared. " Is that correct NuNew ". He quickly nods. She then takes out photos and sets them in front of him. When he sees them he covers his mouth. He feels like he's going to throw up. It's pictures of him covered in his own blood unconscious. It shows the scars clearly and covered in blood. He looks away not wanting to look at them anymore. He's trying to hold his tears back. He refuses to look at the photos until he hears a video of him screaming. He looks at the laptop. On the screen of the laptop it shows him screaming in horror and begging everyone not to kill him. It's when he woke up for the first time. He's drenched in his own blood and screaming. Anyone would be horrified to watch the video. But knowing it's him is far more worse. There's several doctors holding him down until he becomes unconscious again. " Why are you showing me this " he screams at her in tears. She turns the video off and turns the photos over. " Tell me about the day at the beach. What happened ". He just looks at her in shock. He's still panicking over the video and photos. " NuNew I need you to tell me about the beach ". With a shaky voice he try's to talk.
" W-we went to spend the whole day there. It was our last full day. We sat on the beach for hours before me and Nat walked to the waters. We talked about fate and things ". He's starting to really hate the investigator Lyn. " Tell me what happened next NuNew " she says a little loud. Making him flinch and scoot the chair away from the table. " We hugged and then I herd someone clapping. I turned around and it was Nate so I hid Nat behind me. We tried to run but Tyler got ahold of Nat and held on to him. I couldn't get him away from Tyler because I got held back. He kicked me and was yelling at me how I shouldn't have moved schools ". He closes his eyes tightly. " What happened next " Lyn asked. " Nate started to beat Nat up really bad because Nat was my friend. I was screaming at them to stop hurting him. That he could hurt or kill me if he stopped hurting Nat ". Lynn interrupts him. " Why did you tell him that he could kill you or hurt you instead ". He hits his knees trying to pull himself together. " I thought that me getting hurt or killed would be better then Nat getting pulled into the situation with Nate and getting hurt ". His head is starting to hurt. " What happened next ". He shakes his head not wanting to continue. He just wanted to be with Zee and the others. " I need you to tell me what happens so we can build the case NuNew " Lyn says. " He told me he tried to kill me that day. He ripped my shirt open and pointed to all the scars and started shouting how he gave me those scars. He said he was going to do what he did to me to Nat. I was screaming and the next thing I know Hia Zee stops Nate from hurting Nat while P'Max helped Nat get free from Tyler. I told P'Max that Tyler might have a knife. Then P'Jimmy and P'Net helped me get free. So I rushed over ignoring my pain to get to Nat. He was lying and saying he's ok. I herd P'Max get stabbed I saw Tyler holding the bloody knife! I herd him fall I was screaming. I felt so hopeless and guilty. Nate said he would hurt anyone who helped me yet I still became friends with everyone. He told me what would happen but I still became their friends! At the hospital I was terrified to have people help me! I still  terrified because I'm my head Nate is around every corner waiting to hurt me and my friends " he screams. He looks up and sees Lyn press play on a video. It's from the beach. It shows everything he just said. Angry he shouts " You have the videos and the photos! You saw the interview from the hospital! Why did you make me watch the videos and explain everything again! Why do you make me relive the feelings I felt then ". Lynn shuts the laptop and puts the photos away. " Because I needed to see how it effected you mentally. I have all the evidence of how it effected you physically. Now, I have evidence on how it effected you mentally. How much trauma they gave you ". She points to a camera in the corner of the room he failed to notice. " I have been recording how you acted since you came into this room ". He stands up rubbing his forehead frustrated. " I just want to go back to my friends. Is this over ". She shakes her head and he sits back down on the chair exhausted. " Tell me what you want us to do. What do you want to happen to the four of them ". He leans towards the table and puts his head in his hands. " I want you guys to put them in prison. They're monsters. I won't ever be able to fully recover. I can't even start to recover until I know that they're all in prison. Everything started to happen when the school found out my sexuality. If they did this to me just because I'm gay. Whose stopping them from doing it to other people. I want them to rot in prison. I want you to get enough evidence so I can start to recover ". He says looking up back at her. She smiles at him. " I will make sure that you will be able to start to recover ". He doesn't trust her. " The police system failed me once. Don't fail me again or I will take this to the internet until they are put in prison " he says. She nods and the. The door opens. " You are free to go see your family and friends now. I'm sorry for putting that much emotional stress on you ". He doesn't say anything else. He's both angry and exhausted from the interview. He just wants to see everyone.

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Investigations from what I read about are very emotionally exhausting for victims because they have to talk from start to finish about what they went through.