Chasing Your Dreams

Mind Fog

Sean's pov

I had my hands in my pockets talking to Cole. Jason suddenly ran down the hall, looking freaked out. "Hurry. Your sister needs you." That one sentence snapped me.

Jason's pov

I barely caught my breath before he sped off. "I'm getting too old for this." I mumble running after him.

Sean's pov

I run into the room. She's crying hysterically. "What happened?" I gasp sitting beside her and holding her hands. "Sean.... W-Was I ever in a wreck?" What the? "How do you remember that?" She was thirteen. She shouldn't remember that. She didn't start remembering little things like that til she was fifteen "Everything is coming back full force. Where's dad?" Oh I just left him. He runs through the door breathing heavily, placing his hands on his knees, trying to catch a breath.

Jason's pov

"Dad I'm so scared.. What do I do?" I shakily sit beside her. I don't have a clue. "Whatever it is, I'm right here. Nothing can hurt you." She shakes her head, tears coursing down her face. "Y-Yes it can. I could feel the pain from the wreck. And the needles in my arms!" Needles? "It's.... I can't take it dad!" What do I do?! What do I say?! "Needles?" I ask. "After the wreck, her brain swelled, causing her to have intense seizures. They had to give her fluid through an IV." Sean says, staring terrified at his baby sister. Brittany got back after putting Steven in the nursery. The doctor explains everything to her. "Miranda I want you to lay down and relax. Take a deep breath and focus." "F-Fuck you." She growls, looking lightheaded. "You're just.... Trying to make me remember..... I don't... Want to remember." "The sooner you do, the sooner it'll be over!" I can tell Sean's seething with rage. He stands up and before I can stop him he punched the doctor so hard he flew out the door. He slams the door shut. "I need to tell mom... About dad." I'm so confused. "Mom knows, Miranda. That was a long time ago." What? He sees my confused look. "When she was five, she saw our dad cheating on our mom. She said the same thing to me back then." Oh shit! She saw them?! Suddenly she screams. Crap! "STOP IT!!!" "Stop what?! What's going on?!"

Miranda's pov

"Leave him alone!" I yell, my voice sore from crying and screaming. My father brought the belt down hard across his face, he was shaking. I hold my arms out. "Hit me instead!!! Please!" I beg.

Sean's pov

My breath catches. I back up. "Stop hurting him!" "Sean... You okay?" "Our.... Our dad.... He.... When he beat me.... Oh God! I have to snap her out of it!" I run to the bed and grab her shoulders. "Miranda no! Don't think about it! Close your eyes!" She screams again and then is back. "Oh Sean why wouldn't you let me help you? Why'd you take my beatings?" She whimpers. I wipe a tear from her eye. She touches the scar on my neck. "Why?" She whispers then goes limp.

Jason's pov

He starts crying. Brittany has been crying uncontrollably for a while now. "What do we do?" She gasps. I don't have a clue. "You go out to the waiting room we'll figure this out." Thankfully she leaves. He covers a scar on his neck. "What... What happened?" "He... Tried to kill her.... He got me... Instead." "We have to stop this." He whispers. The door opens and a man in a lab coat and glasses walks in. "Who are you?" "My name is Dr. Trederhosen. I am the head neurologist at the lab upstairs." "What? You're not comin' near my daughter! I told the other guy she isn't a damn lab experiment!" He looks pissed. "You think I give a fuck about experiments! My top priority is the welfare of my patients! What she's going through is a living hell obviously you don't know how to stop it but I do!" He does?! "The mind is a very tricky place." "What do you have to do?" "It's not what I have to do. It's what you have to do, Mr. Aldean." I tense up. "What.... What uh do I gotta do?" I shakily ask, standing up. "This might freak you out but you need to go into her mind." Huh? "How the hell-" "She's terrified right now. She can't fight it on her own. So until she gets through all of her worst memories, you'll fight off what comes at her!" "How do I do that?" "It's too difficult to explain." "Wait! Why him?! Why not me?!" "I don't do business with children." He's pissed. "Stop it. This guy is the only guy who knows what to do. Just let it go, Sean." He glares at him. "Whatever it is, doc. I'll do it."