Kidnapping Twins

Hailey

A/N: I am starting to write while I'm in school now, so hopefully I can get some parts out faster and faster. And we have over 100 reads! Thank you so much!

I don't think that I have ever been in more pain. I have been trying to remind myself that I needed to take this punishment, not Veronica. But every second that goes by that I am in pain it is harder and harder to convince myself of that. But Veronica is going to start taking the heat for a little bit. Which I am so grateful for. I need the break. But I feel bad. He is going to hurt her. I feel so guilty, but I can't take anymore. I think that if I do take anymore, I am going to die. So even though I feel awful about it, I have to let Veronica take the punishment. She has just helped me get dressed and we are walking back into the bedroom. Grace is smoothing the sheets on my bed, humming to herself. She turns around when she hears us and tries to act normally.

"Oh. Hi guys. I'm glad that you got cleaned up Hailey. Do you wanna get some more rest now?" My eyes start to water again and I force myself not to cry anymore. Veronica squeezes my hand, trying to give me strength. I force the tears back, my vision slowly clearing.

"Grace. She knows. I told her. She figured it out." Grace's face falls and she walks over, crouching in front of me. She grabs my free hand, looking into my eyes.

"Hailey, I know how scary this all must be. But I need you to be strong. As I was telling your sister, I'm a nurse. I know how to take care of you. I just need you to trust me. Can you do that?" I nod slowly, my neck hurting from the movement. Grace stands up and helps me walk back towards my bed. She gently helps me lay down along with Veronica's help and she sist on the edge of my bed.

"Now Hailey, I need to check down there. I know that you don't want anything down there, but I have to check on you. I need to make sure that it isn't getting any worse. Am I allowed to do that?" I nod, a tear sliding down my face. I look over at Veronica, who sits on my bed beside me and grabs my hand. Grace sits down by my feet, smiling sweetly.

"Now, I am going to need you to bend up both of your knees so that I can see down there. I also need you to take off your overalls. Can you do that?" I nod, forcing myself to take deep breaths as I unbutton my overalls, bringing them down to my ankles. I then pull down my underwear gently, holding my breath and closing my eyes. I feel something touch my chest and I look up. It is Veronica. She is taking deep breaths, signaling for me to do the same. Together we both take nice deep breaths, our eyes never leaving one anothers. Grace starts talking and I look over at her, breaking eye contact.

"It looks good from what I can see. It looks like it just needs some time to heal. But I can't be completely sure until I do a more thorough exam. That means that I am going to have to touch you down there. If you aren't ready for that yet, we don't have to. I would not blame you at all if you weren't ready. It's up to you." I hesitate, looking over at Veronica. She smiles at me, continuing to take deep breaths. I look over at Grace, forcing myself to take deep breaths.

"If you look down there, will you be able to help me get better faster? Like, I won't be in as much pain if you check down there and figure stuff out?" She nods, putting her hand on my ankle gently.

"I should be able to help you more if I look down there more thoroughly. I can figure out the things you need and convince Joey to get it for you. Does that sound ok?" I nod, tears starting to blur my vision. I see Grace nod, starting to lean forward again.

"I'll be very gentle. And if you want me to stop at any point, just tell me so." I nod, leaning my head back and closing my eyes. I hear Veronica taking deep breaths and I do too. I suddenly feel something touching me down there and I tense, but don't move. I squeeze Veronica's hand and she squeezes mine back too, trying to give me comfort.

"Hay, everything is gonna be alright. Just listen to the sound of my voice. I'm gonna tell you a story. It was when we had our 7th birthday party. Mom and Dad had rented out a bouncy house and a bouncy obstacle course. We had invited everyone we knew. Almost the entire block came, along with almost everyone from school." I smile at the thought, my eyes still closed but paying attention to what Veronica is saying.

"You and I had decided that we should have a huge race in the obstacle course. With all of the kids that were at the party. So before the cake was going to be cut you and I said the idea. Everyone loved it and everyone ran to the starting line. Mom was the one who told us when to start. When she yelled go we all started traveling through the bouncy house very quickly. But then I got stuck underneath one of the inflatable obstacles and couldn't get out. Everyone kept on going, being sure to avoid me. But as soon as you saw that I wasn't beside you you quickly turned around. You came back and helped me get out. Even though we didn't win, it will still one of the best memories I will ever have." I open my eyes, tears starting to roll down my face.

"I love that memory. Who would have thought that we would have ended up here on our 9th birthday?" We both chuckle quietly, grief starting to fill the air. Suddenly I don't feel anything down there anymore and I look down at Grace. She is cleaning off her hands on a towel. She meets my eyes and smiles.

"Well, I don't see any kind of infection or anything like that. You just have a lot of tearing. The most you can do right now is just continue to rest. I know some medicine that I can try and convince Joey to get to help you heal faster. I will talk with him about it. But for now, you just need to stay hydrated and be eating. I am going to go and fix both of you some sandwiches. I will be right back." She gets up, walking to the kitchen. I quickly bring back up my underwear and overalls, collapsing on the bed in exhaustion. Veronica gets onto the bed and lays down beside me, grabbing my hand.

"Nica?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you think that they will ever find us? Do you think that we will ever get to see mom and dad again?" She squeezes my hand, making my hand hurt slightly.

"Yes. I know that they will find us. We told them what had happened to us. They know how we escaped. They will be able to find us. For now, we just have to stay put. We can try to figure out another way to escape when you are doing better." I nod, forcing myself not to cry again. Veronica sits up and grabs the remote, turning on the TV. I prop myself up against the headboard so that I am sitting up. She finds Netflix and logs on to it. We scroll through movies until I stop her. I see Megamind, and know that I have to watch it. She nods, clicking on it and snuggling up with me. Grace comes in and hands us our sandwiches, pulling up a chair and sitting beside the bed. We all eat in silence, letting Megamind bring our minds somewhere else.

A/N: Sorry for the shorter chapter. These next couple of chapters are going to be about Veronica, so I just needed to write a short chapter for Hailey quickly.