Faded

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Matthew was furious. Not only had he been accused of murder but of the attempted murder of his sister! The man was ready to beat some sense into these idiots as he makes his dramatic entrance! Targetting Jane he punches him hard making Jane stagger back.

"WHY THE HELL WOULD I HURT MY SISTER!? WHAT MOTIVE CAN YOU GIVE ME TO PROVE ME GUILTY! I AM INNOCENT!"

"Matthew please! Jane wasn't accusing you of murder he said you were framed!"

His anger melts once he notices that Tess is in the room but Jane's very presence brought his rage back to life.

"I am not the killer."

Matthew takes a step toward Jane who instantly backs away.

"I believe you! You're innocent!"

"I don't. You're under arrest."

Cho says taking over the situation.

"Wait! Can't we interrogate him here? He's my brother, Matthew won't do anything!"

"I second this, Matthew's innocent. A guilty man wouldn't strike me and come to prove his innocence."

The team exchange looks but eventually Grace speaks up.

"Well...alright, we'll be at the CBI if you need us."

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"Matthew? What do you know about the drug?"

Teresa asks, scared that she will be crippled forever. Matthew studies her for a bit, searching for the right words to say. The guilt becomes evident on his face and he shifts a little on the couch facing hers. At that moment Jane realizes what he's going to say and instinctively wraps his arm around her shoulders, gently rubbing her arm.

This was going to hit her hard.

"Teresa...you need to understand that no one has ever survived this, Pacata Mortem is a kill drug anyone who takes it dies."

"But there's a cure right? You saved me didn't you?"

"I-I did but-you're not getting it Tess you took the drug it's a miracle you're still alive."

"I think that, what your brother is trying to say is that he doesn't know."

Jane says softly, he knew she was falling into a depression it showed every time he had to carry her or hold something for her but sadly Jane couldn't fix this. He couldn't fix her.

"This doesn't make sense, if you don't have a cure then how do you have the drug?"

Matthew lets out a sigh.

"When we put people down in the hospital there's an 90% chance that they won't feel a thing. However, there's also the other 10% that die in pain. Patients have had heart attacks when we pulled the plug, some are overwhelmed with pain it's horrible. So, someone invented Pacata Mortem. It was designed to knock the patient out and shut down their nervous system, I had to use it on a patient who was overrun with disease...It was the oddest thing, he fell asleep and I would check on him from time to time. There was no fever, no groaning, but the machines indicated that his heart was beginning to fail. He just fell asleep and that was the end of it."

Lisbon shivers at the thought of that happening to her and Jane squeezes her shoulder in reassurance.

"Matthew, I can't walk."

"..."

She looks down in shame.

"I can stand but when I try I fall."

"I know, can you...feel anything? Like the carpet or a rug burn?"

"Yes. But what does that have to do with anything?"

"It has to do with everything! You're not paralyzed, you're just weak. There's a chance that if you practice then you'll get better!"

"But my hands?"

"I don't know, I think the drug shut down some of the nerves in your hands. I'm not telling you to hurt yourself but you should see if you can feel anything."

"Oh."

"I'm so sorry Tess but I can't do anything, the only person who can give you your strength back is you."

"I'll help you practice, I said I'd be your strength remember?"

Jane offers but she doesn't reply, her brothers words circling in her head. He can't help her, maybe no one can.

"Are you going to be okay?"

"Yes."

No.

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I hope you like it! sort of a downer but it's important to the story and I PROMISE that the next chapter will be a jisbon chapter!!!! so please comment and vote ; )