Broken And Alone (Up for adoption)

Part 15

Scott

I started crying as I gathered his small body in my arms. He hugged me tightly and I could feel his whole body trembling. I whispered quietly as i rubbed his back and held him close to my chest. After about 30 tear filled minutes he fell asleep, I could feel his warm breath on my neck, making me shiver.
Everyone was outside the room waiting for Mitch to calm down.
I heard the door open and I turned to see Esther walking in, everyone else following behind her.
"You knew...?" I asked quietly, looking down at the broken boy in my arms.
"Scott..." She said as she walked towards us.
"Why didn't you do anything? Why didn't you tell anyone!? He could have died!" I said my voice gradually getting louder.
"He begged me not to Scott!!!" She said. "And even if I told you you couldn't have done ANYTHING!" She said.
I held Mitch's small hand and started crying... I've been doing that so much lately... But she was right, I probably wouldn't have been able to do anything.
"What exactly did he tell you...?" Kirstie asked.
She stood in silence. "I think that is something Mitch needs to tell you himself..."
Was it really that bad...
We all sat in silence for about 45 minutes until Mitch began to stir.
I felt him shift and his lips were resting on the skin of my neck. He sighed and made a small, adorable high pitched noise as he stretched. I felt his eyelashes flutter against my skin and then he sat up.
"Scott! I am so sorry... I didn't mean to fall asleep on you!" He said rubbing his eyes but looking at me.
"Mitchie..." I asked. He looked up at me.
"What did Travis do to you...?" He looked like he was going to cry as he looked around the room.
"He would hit me..." He said looking down at his lap.
"They deserve to know the truth Mitch... All of it." Esther spoke up.
He looked at each of us.
"Travis liked to yell a lot and he would punch me and kick me a lot. One time he threw a glass vase at me..." He said lifting the blanket and moving his gown to show a long, mostly healed gash in his side.
"He liked to play with me... He would always hurt me so I was really weak and then he... He would..." He couldn't finish the sentence, he started crying, clinging to my shirt.
But I knew where he was going...
I will kill Travis for hurting my Mitch.
I looked around and saw that the others haven't quite connected the pieces.
"Mitch..." I said while rubbing my fingers through his hair. "Did Travis..." I took a deep breath but forced myself to conpleate  that heartbreaking sentence. "Did Travis rape you...?"
He let out a sob and started shaking his head slowly up and down. Everyone gasped and were looking at Mitch.
"How many times has he hurt you Mitch...?" I asked slowly.
He shuffled but looked up, wiping his eyes.
"I don't know... It has been happening almost everyday, multiple times a day, for the past year and a half..." He said looking at our hands that were intertwined. "They day that I took the pills I was raped more then 10 times the night before... Travis had some people over... 5 boys and 4 girls and they all payed him to have sex with me..." He started sobbing again and we all were staring at him in shock. "There was so much pain Scott... I hope you guys will never understand..." He said.
Everyone came over and we all hugged Mitch.
"I am so sorry Mitch..." Avi said.
Mitch cried but hugged Avi.
"So... You don't hate me...?" He mumbled into the fabric on Avi's shoulder.
"I could never hate you Mitch... You are one of my best friends." Avi said back, rubbing Mitch's arm soothingly.

+++++The next day+++++

I was lying on the small hospital bed with Mitch. I was reading to him when a female doctor walked in.
"Mitch?" She asked looking up from a clip board.
"Yes?"
"We need to preform a physical examination. When you came to us you were showing many signs of abuse... Is that true?"
He nodded sadly.
"Then We need to do a full physical examination." She said. She turned to me.
"Can... Can Scott stay...?" He asked glancing at me.
"Well, we will need to completely undress you and run some tests but if you are more comfortable with him here I don't see a problem with that."
I felt his hand grab mine.
"Scott... Will you please stay with me?" He asked, his voice sounding small and vulnerable.
"Of course, Mitch!" I said.
She started by testing his reflexes and his eyes.
"Mitch, can you undress yourself?" She asked. He looked at the floor.
"Would you like Scott or I to help you?" She asked
He nodded and squeezed my hand to tell me he wanted me to help. I helped him stand up and we started by unwrapping his arms. They were covered in bruises and many, many little cuts in a neat line. I bit back tears. As if Travis hurting bad him wasn't enough he was hurting himself too...
I helped him undo his thin hospital gown and soon he was naked, blushing like mad but never letting go of my hand. He was so broken... There were cuts and bruises and even what looked like burns covering his whole body. His back and the back of his legs had long red marks everywhere almost as if the were from a belt or a whip...
I almost had to leave the room but I couldn't do that.
The nurse spread some cream on his burns and bruises and Mitch would sometime hiss or cry out in pain. But I held his hand the whole time.
Once she checked his *cough* area, she said he was done and she brought some sweats and a tee shirt so he would be more comfortable. I helped him into his clothes and back into the bed. He snuggled into my chest and fell asleep rather quickly. I held him close and shut my eyes, trying to keep the images of Travis hurting Mitch from getting to me. Then a thought hit me...

Where is Travis...?