Red Grim

What Happened to Elizabeth Leviathan?

~Elizabeth~

The clouds are grey and the rain is cold. I trace my fingers over the words on her grave. My brother, Jared, stands over me, I can feel his eyes burning into the back of my head. My heart aches as I think back to that day. I was 7 years old when it happened. The night my parents and my big sister died. I guess I died too but the difference is, they brought me back.

~Flashback~

We're on our way home from seeing my Aunt Julie. Cameron and Jared are staying the night with her,
"Honey, you and Aaron can stay with her tomorrow night, you know she can't take care of more than 2 kids a night." Mom says to me from the front seat. I huff and cross my arms. Aaron was angry at me as well as mom and dad because I wont give her doll back,
"Aaron. Talk to me, please. I said I just wanted to play with her till we get home." Aaron rolls her eyes. We're almost home, just down the road, when suddenly mom screams and dad jerks to the side. I close my eyes as I'm thrown from my seat as something slams into my left side. The car is moving like it was going really fast. When it stops a few seconds later I open my eyes, Aaron is lying underneath me and mom and dad look like they're sleeping in their seats.
I go to get up when I feel a sharp pain in my stomach. I look down to see blood and a giant piece of metal sticking out of me. I looked at Aaron, her eyes are wide open and her lips are blue. I carefully reach over and take her. I doze off. A while later men wake me up and put me in their van. Soon after arriving at the hospital, I had abdominal surgery due to internal bleeding, a small part of my intestine was cut out. As I lay in the emergency room, I often saw the faces of my Mom, dad, and sister.
The anguish in their faces was frightening. I couldn't help but be afraid. At some point, I had an x-ray to assess the damage, if any, to my neck and spine and it was revealed that I had broken a few, 4, small bones in my lower back, the small bones that are attached to the spine. I was eventually told that these bones would heal themselves and nothing could actually be done.
After the abdominal surgery, I was taken to a room where I stayed for eight days. I had a brace around my neck and a tube in my nose for the first couple of days and my left hand was bandaged heavily. There were broken bones in that hand, I had plastic surgery on that hand and the surgeon inserted a 2 inch by 1 inch metal plate with six screws. I never even got to go to my families funeral.

~End of Flashback~

I sigh whiling standing from the ground, "Love you guys." I whisper to their graves.
A hand comes down on my shoulder, "Come on, Liz."
I huff and throw his hand off of my shoulder, "Whatever." I get in his car so he can drive me home.
He stops in front of my apartment, "Why don't you just come live with me and Sarah?"
I roll my eyes and get out of the car, "Cause I'm 18, I can live on my own." I leave him sitting there and go inside my apartment, "I'm home, Carrie!" I turn on the light.
Carrie is sitting in my seat on the couch. She looks up at me, "What did I say about sitting in my seat?" I put my hands on my hips, Carrie sticks her tongue out at me and hops up from the couch. She walks up to me and rubs against my leg meow! I smile, bend down, and pick her up, "Silly kitty." I set her down. I'm about to sit when my phone rings.
I groan as I pick it up, "Yo." The man on the other end of the phone chuckles, "Hey Liz. Kristen called off today, do you think you could come in? Ed's bugging the shit out of me for this file."
I sigh and rub my eyes, "Yea, give me a few." I hang up the phone and quickly feed Carrie. I walk the 2 blocks to the GCPD.
As soon as I get through the doors, Ed is standing in front of me, "I need a file!"
I raise a brow at him as I lead him to my office, "Why can't you just get it yourself?"
He smirks, "Maybe I just like seeing you everyday."
I blush as I open the door and turn on the switch, "Find it, DON'T mess up our order or I'll gut you."
He chuckles as I sit at my desk, "Have you heard about the new M.E/ Forensics intern? Her first day is today."
I look up from the stack of papers on my desk, "Really? I don't care." Ed frowns at me and continues go look through the files. I stand up and walk over to him, "Sorry, it's been a long day."
He huffs as he picks up a file from the cabinet. He turns to me and smiles sarcastically, "Sure." He goes to hand me the file but drops it on the floor, "Oops." My mouth falls open as he leaves, "Bitch."
I sigh as I pick up the file and slam it down on my desk, "Fuck." I leave my office to go search for Ed, "Hey, Harvey. Have you seen Ed?"
Harvey rubs his beard and looks around, "Uh, yeah. He went up to the roof for something."
I lean my head back and groan in annoyance.
"HEY!" He grabs my arm,
"You okay?" I nod,
"Yeah, I just need to find Ed. I made him angry." Harvey purses his lips as I go towards the stairs that lead to the roof.
The door is open and it's raining slightly, "Ed?" He's sitting on the ledge with his feet hanging off, "Hey! Ed come away from there."
He turns his head to look at me, "Come sit with me."
He pats the ledge so I slowly go over and sit next to him, "Look, I'm sorry for earlier."
He shrugs and smiles at, "Sorry I called you a bitch...and farted on your coat in the lobby." I make a face, trying not to laugh, "It's cool."
Ed looks at me with this cute, shy, dorky smile, "Whats short, beautiful, and red?"
I look at him as I tilt my head to the side, "A rose?"
Ed shakes his head and blushes, "You."