Chasing Lights

chapter 16

Wednesday, December 15th 2010

It was 3:30 am. Hiram and Leroy were still in the hospital waiting room. They got contact from the police to say Mark and Lucas were arrested. Mark's brother was also arrested. Both men waited nervously for news on their only daughter. Both men ran over to the doctor when they seen him walk over.

"Any news on Rachel?" Hiram asked.

"She's in the ICU. She surgery went well." The doctor said. "Would you like to see her?"

Both men nodded and followed the doctor into the ICU. Both men gasped when they saw Rachel.

"She's very weak." The doctor said. "We're not sure when she will wake up."

Hiram carefully brushed Rachel's hair back. "Hey baby."

"Welcome home sweetie." Leroy said.

Hiram smiled at Leroy through his tears. "She's alive. We finally have her back."

The second Puck woke up that morning he took out his phone and dialed Shelby's number. He waited a moment for Shelby to answer.

"Hello?"

Puck smiled. "Hey Shelby. Have you seen the news?"

"No." Shelby said back. "Why?"

"Rachel was found last night." Puck said.

There was a pause on the phone. "What? Is she okay? Where was she found? Who found her?"

Puck smiled again. "The Glee club found her. Two Vocal Adrenaline member had her tied up in their basement. She has a few broken bones and had surgery but she's fine."

Shelby started crying. "Thank you Noah!"
"It's okay." Puck said.

He stayed for a few minutes then hung up. He then got dressed and went to the hospital.

"Were your parents angry?" Tina asked.

"Furious." Quinn said back.

"Mine didn't know if they should be angry cause I did something dangerous or be happy cause I helped save Rachel." Santana said.

"I think that's the same for all of us." Sam said.

The large group walked into the hospital where they were greeted by Rachel's doctor.

"Your all Rachel Berry's friends?" He asked.

The group nodded.

"How is she?" Finn asked.

"Her surgery went really well. She's in the ICU." The doctor said.

"Can we see her?" Quinn asked.

The doctor nodded. "Only two at a time are allowed in. Also we don't know when Rachel will wake up."

The group followed the doctor into the ICU. When they arrived the group waited outside while the doctor went in.

"Rachel's friends are here." The doctor said. "Why don't you two go home for a while? We'll can you with anymore news."

Hiram and Leroy nodded.

"Thanks doctor." Hiram said.

They walked outside and saw the group.

"We seriously don't know what to think." Hiram said to the group. "What you did was so dangerous."

Santana nodded. "We know. At least Rachel's home."

"They said if Rachel was left there any longer she would have died." Hiram said.

"Mark and Lucas were very drunk when the police arrived. God only knows what they would have done to Rachel if she wasn't found." Leroy said.