Fighter

Chapter 23

Chapter dedicated to Lorak_23
Dalton Carson--->
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"Stop it!!!" I yell and run as fast as my four year old feet could carry me. "I'm going to catch you!" He yells from behind me. Not a second later I'm wrapped up in his arms.

"No fair you're faster than me Ellie." I pout and wiggle out of his grip."It's fun when you lose sis." He says as he lets go of me.

I turn to face him and just stare at my brother. I run to him and surprise him with a hug. "I love you Ellie." I whisper into his shoulder.

"I love you to little Sis, always have ever since mom brought you home that day and I always will." He says and kisses my cheek. "Ellie, since I promised you something will you promise me something?" I ask and look up at him.

"Anything for you Sis, what is it?" He asks and sits down next to me under the big oak tree. "Promise me you'll never leave me? No matter what never leave me, always come back to me?" I ask while starring at the flowers of the clearing we were in.

"I promise Sis. I will never leave you, I will always come back for you no matter what." He says and pulls me into his arms.

He starts to squeeze a little to tight and I try and get his grip to lessen. "Ellie ouch! You're hurting me!" I yell when he begins to crush me in his grip.

"Bitch I'm not Ellijah!" I familiar voice says above me. I look up and I stare into the eyes of my father. He wears a sinister smirk. "We going to play again slut?" He asks.

I feel another pair of hands on me but I'm to busy screaming and thrashing to notice who it is, but from the touch I remember exactly who it is.

I jolt up and feel my sweat covered forehead. I gasp for air and look around my room. I see Jen in the bed next to me and all the guys are sleeping on the floor. I mentally 'aaw' when I see Caleb and Dalton spooning. You'd think Dalton would have been the big spoon.

I take a photo of them, then I climb out of the bed not being able to fall asleep anymore. I step over the guys carefully and finally make it to the door.

I walk down the stairs carefully not wanting to wake anyone up. I walk into the kitchen and open the fridge grabbing the milk. After pouring myself a glass, I walk to the living room to watch some TV but then I see her.

"Mom?" I ask quietly when I see her sleeping form. I walk over to her and shake her gently to take her to bed. "Mom come on get up let's get you to bed." I whisper to her. She doesn't even stir.

Mom, she's always been such a heavy sleeper. I try and shake her again, but get nothing in response. I start to become worried at that moment. "Mom? Mom wake up! Mom!" I yell, I check her pulse but theres barely anything.

"Mom! No, mom come in mom!" I yell and start to give her CPR. I do it over and over. Screaming for help. I hear screaming behind me but I'm in to much of a panic to care.

"Please come on mom, wale up please!" I beg as tears fall, one after the other. I feel hands on me pulling me away from her. "No! Let go of me! Mom! Mom wake up!"

I'm handed over to Jen but I try and see past her to whete I see paramedics using a defibrillator on her. I hear them yell 'Clear' and then her body jolts from the shock.

I watch in fear as they keep trying. Eventually they grt a stabile pulse. They carry her on a gurney to an ambulance. I snap out of it and run after her towards the ambulance. "Please let me come with!" I plead.

They only nod and I don't hesitate to climb in. I take a hold of mom's hand and just sit there. Silently starring at her pale face. I start to think of what would have happened had I not woken up? I don't dwell on it for to long because next thing I know we're at the hospital rushing into the E.R. I hear screaming but I just stick to moms side.

They take her away and I scream for her, not wanting to leave her side. A nurse takes a hold of me and takes me to a seat. She gets information from me then she leaves me alone.

I just sit there starring at my hands feeling so lost and scared. I don't know what I'd do if she leaves me. I feel a familiar hand on my shoulder. I look up and see all of my friends. I try to smile but it most likely came out as a grimace.

"Who's going to tell her?" Jen says while looking at the guys. "Tell me what?" I ask in a small voice. Jacob sighs and hands me a folded piece of paper.

"We found this on the table next to her." He says, I scramble to open it and when I do all I see is red.

She should be fine but she and your friends won't if you don't show up for that fight with 'Killer' tomorrow.

I become livid wanting to kill the person who dare to hurt my mother. Just as that anger came it was gone when I saw a doctor emerge and call her name. I jump up from my seat and run towards the doctor. "Is my mother okay?" I ask impatiently. "We managed to get all of the toxins out of her system. She is resting now, she might be up in a couple hours. You may go see her." Thats all he says then leaves.

I get her room number and run to her room. Everyone not to far behind me. We walk into the room and there she lays. She still looks beautiful just so pale. I sit on the seat next to her bed. I take her hand in mine while everyone else finds somewhere to stand or sit.

"Hey mom, don't worry I'll make them pay for what they did to you. I'll win that fight for you and Ellie. No one hurts my family. I promise. I'm supposed to protect you and I failed. I am so sorry mom. You need to be okay and wake up soon, I can't break Ellies promise completely, I already broke half of it when I put dad in jail. Please don't let me break the other half.-" I'm cut off by Caleb.

"You did what?" He asks, not sounding judgemental but just curious.

"I guess I should tell you three." I sigh and take a deep breath. I don't have to explain this to Jen and Jacob, they already know everything. How couldn't they?

"It started three years ago. Me and my father were very close, I honestly don't know what happened? I was dating a guy who knew my brother really well. Him and Ellie were best friends even though he was two years younger than him.

Ellie always spoke about how he wished that me and Sam would be together. He eventually did ask me out. At first he was all sweet and kind, I thought he really loved me but then he just suddenly changed. One day I went to his house, his parents weren't home so it was just us.

He told me if I really loved him I would have sex with him, I told him it was over because I wasn't ready for it but that didn't work for him. He grabbed me and raped me. It didn't stop after that. I tried breaking up with I'm but every time I tried he would rape me then beat me.

One day my father walked in on Sam doing this to me and he just stood there not moving he just stood there. After just starring at us for who knows how long? He snapped out of it and actually raped me as well. It went on a while sometimes it was just Sam or my father or sometimes it would be the both of them at the same time.

My mom once walked in on us and she immediately called the cops. Sam got away, no one knows where he is but my far her was arrested. I put him away for what he did to me." I finish my story and I look over to the guys. They looked livid, Caleb was pacing, Dalton was running his hand through his hair repeatedly and Foster was clenching his fists.

I hear a voice besides me. I look over and see moms eyes open and looking around the room. "Mom!" I yell with happiness. She looks at me and just stares. "Make him pay sweety." Is all she says before she falls asleep. "I promise I will mom." I say confidently.