𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒔 (𝑫.𝑮.)

𝑻𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒚~𝑻𝒘𝒐

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠

"Oh god..." Talia groaned as she sat up. She tried to lift up her arm and realized she was cuffed before she could rub her eyes. She was in a psych ward, chained to the wall. "You've got to be kidding me." She sighed before the door opened.

"Ms. Hart. Nice to meet you. This is my officer friend, he's here for mine and your safety." The doctor said walking in.

"Cut the bull shit. How'd I get here?" Talia scoffed.

"You tried to attack a woman, she turned you in." The officer spoke.

"I didn't attack anyone." She rolled her eyes. "She roofied me!"

"You certainly attacked your fiancée."

"I- that was- he tried to kill me!" She shouted, tears of frustration filling her eyes.

"So it was self defense?"

"Yes."

"Then how does a woman like you get him off the ground and stick him to a wall with a knife, huh?" Talia couldn't find a lie to excuse it. "We found someone else's fingerprints in the house. Not yours, Caleb's, or Juliet's. You wanna know what I think?"

"You're gonna tell me anyway."

"I think you were unfaithful. I think Juliet found out so you killed her and framed Caleb. I think your special friend helped you kill Caleb so you could run off together. I think you have a partner."

"You're the dumbest cop I've ever met then. And I've met some pretty stupid ones. I didn't kill anyone out of willingness. Caleb tried to attack me and I fought him off. He killed Juliet and then tried to kill me." She said trying not to lose her cool.

"The fingerprints go unexplained."

"We had guests over a lot. We had house parties. We had get togethers. We had family gatherings." She lied.

"Mhm, sure. Who knows maybe you had a psychotic break and just killed them. But I do know you're going away for a long time Talia Hart. Once I find that partner it's over for you. Count your days." The officer said before the doctor began to speak.

"If you did have a psychotic break, you're going on meds. We're going to give them to you as a precaution." He said holding out a cup of pills.

"I'm not taking those." She shook her head.

"Nurse!" Then two nurses came in holding her down and holding her mouth open as she squirmed. The doctor forced the pills into her mouth before the nurses closed her mouth and plugged her nose, forcing her to swallow.

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Talia was huddled in the corner of the padded room as she hugged herself. She was rocking back and forth as she went insane from the silence. She decided that she needed something to listen to. So she began to hum. "Fresh out the slammer I know who my first call will be to..." she softly sang.

"It won't be me, you killed me." Talia's mind was playing tricks again, Caleb was standing in front of her.

"As I said in my letters, now that I know better I will never lose my baby again." She said as she continued to sing trying to ignore him.

"You did lose me, you killed me."

"All those nights you kept me going, Swirled you into all my poems."

"What poems?"

"Ain't no way I'm gonna screw up now that I know what's at stake. Here. At the park where we used to sit on children's swings, wearing imaginary rings."

"I liked that other song better. The one with paper rings. That was catchy." Caleb was right in front of Talia now. "Stop with the singing. It won't work. I'm never leaving you." She broke down as she muttered to herself that it wasn't real. "I'll never leave you again baby, that's a promise."

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She was broken. Utterly broken. She didn't sing, didn't hum, didn't talk. She listened to Caleb blame her, over and over, and over. She realized this must be what Klaus felt like when he was sober for the first time. She stared blankly at the wall as Caleb screamed at her. She wanted to die, honest. She wanted the sweet release of death so it would all be over.

Diego was worried sick. Lila drugged him and claimed him as her boyfriend. She basically forced him to do as asked or he'd be killed. Lila had won, she got what she wanted, but Diego was not giving up on the love of his life so easily. He was not giving up on the reason he didn't give up all those years ago. Talia saved him, now he was going to save her. "It's a really big place. Don't get lost." Lila said.

"Or what you'll kill me?" Diego grumbled as they walked down the steps.

"Oh, you still mad about that, you big baby?" Lila asked.

"I'm mad about a lot more than that." He said.

"Okay, well, let's just make sure you're the best agent possible, and no one has to worry about who kills who, okay?" She smiled.

"Oh, you need to worry about me killing you. I don't like you Lila. You made a move on me when I was in a bad place emotionally and mentally so you would get an answer you wanted. But here's the reality. My heart is with Talia, always has, always will. I love her not you. Deal with it and don't act like a spoiled selfish brat." Diego spat out at her. He reluctantly went to orientation only so that he could get the hell out and find Talia.

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The drugs, the pills that Talia was hopped up on had to be part of the reason she was tweaking out, right? Right?! I mean if Talia is freaking the fuck out who's gonna save her, huh?! Diego's stuck god knows where and all the other siblings are busy doing god knows what so who is going to help Talia, damnit?!

No one. No one is going to save Talia. She has to save herself. She snapped out of it as she ripped the chain out of the wall and whipped the other end at Caleb causing him to disappear. The doctors came rushing in causing her to scream at them. They all went flying back as she marched through the halls.

She was sick of being a damsel in distress.

She was sick of always losing when she was so close to the finish.

She was sick of everyone thinking they could walk all over her.

She was sick of bitches taking what was hers.