***DISCONTINUED*** Savior [Colby Brock]

14 - Rescued

I wake up some time after. I'm still naked on the mattress. My whole body aches. There is pain shooting through my head, my legs. Between my legs. There is no part of me that doesn't hurt in some way or another. I look at my body in disgust. I am covered in bruises all over my body. Some are bright red, while others are purple and blue and some of them are green. It almost feels like Dylan still has his hands on my throat, form the bruises it is covered in. I am still feel them between my legs. I can feel them all over my body.

Then I notice the blood on the bandages. My wound reopened. Fuck. I feel myself tearing up in fear, disgust and despair. I look around and find Colby's hoodie and my underwear thrown in a corner. In pain I get up to grab it and hurry to put it on. I sit back down on the mattress and find my phone, being sure that no one is around. I check it and see another message from Colby, saying they contacted the police and are going to be here soon. He send it an hour ago.

I can feel the anxiety and frustration taking over my body. My eyes are watering and within seconds tears are running down my face. I bury my head in my lap as I curl into a ball and try to hide myself.

My whole body aches in pain. From the bruises. The abuse. The mental pain. I can feel myself breaking apart as I lay here on the dirty old mattress. I start to sob and curl into an even smaller ball. The only thing keeping me strong is knowing that Colby is trying to find me and that I have his hoodie. And that it's big enough to hide myself in it.

I lay there for what feels like hours. Curled into a ball, escaping the situation I'm in. Keeping up my hope for Colby to find me before Dylan and Brennen come back again. I just managed to stop crying when I hear someone getting closer to the door. I sit up and crawl all the way into the corner, with my back against it and my legs held close to my upper body.

Anxiety takes over my body and I start to shake. My whole body is trembling in fear. The tears are burning my eyes as they fill up and eventually drop. The thoughts start spinning in a spiral, getting worse every second. I breathe uncontrollable so the air barely reaches my lungs.

The door unlocks and creaks open. I want to scream, to run, to do something. But I just shut my eyes in fear and hide my head on my knees, wrapping my arms tight around my legs.

The footsteps are coming closer - slowly but steady. Then they stop right in front of me. There is no voice, no nothing. Until the body drops down beside me and wraps a couple of arms around me. Pulling me into a tight hug.

"Y/N, baby, it's me", the voice says in a relieved but shaking tone. I recognize the voice and the arms instantly. Without saying anything I jump into his arms. Letting him embrace me with an even tighter hug. Colby. He found me. I start to cry uncontrollably. Both in relieve and in fear.

"Tha-thank.. Thank you" I eventually stutter. He answers with tightening his grip for a second and kissing my head.

Then everything goes black. Out of exhaustion, relieve and pain.

-- Time skip --

I wake up in the hospital - again. I growl quietly and blink slowly as I wake up. Colby jumps up from the chair as he notices and wraps me in his arms. "Oh baby, I'm so sorry" he says. Still not fully awake I mumble, "It's not your fault". He doesn't answer me, but I know that he thinks it's his fault. He kisses my forehead instead and goes to find a nurse.

A couple minutes later he walks in with the same nurse, who already took care of my when I was here after my suicide attempt. "Hello again miss" she says and chuckles, I give her a faint smile, still not feeling awake.

"We had to give you a lot of medication, both against the pain and your anxiety" she starts to explain. I guess she noticed that I'm not fully awake. Everything sounds like a faint echo, I guess it's caused by the sedatives.

The nurse explains some stuff about my situation. Basically, I have been abused, I have a lot of bruises all over my body and the wound on my arm has reopen. She then talks about a psychiatrist coming to visit me tomorrow to run some tests about PTSD and some other things, which are obligatory for people who have been through the same things. She finishes off by telling me that the police is going to ask me some questions too as soon as I'm stable again. I nod at everything she says, but only understanding half of it because of the sedatives.

I can't feel my body and I can barely keep my eyes open. Not because I'm tired, I just don't have any control over my body. It feels limp, like cooked spaghetti.

Eventually the nurse leaves and Colby walks up to me, looki'g really sad. I want to hold him. Kiss him. Tell him it's not his fault. But the sedatives won't let me. The only thing I can get myself to, is saying, or whispering "cuddle".

As I catch myself drifting off again, I can feel him getting into bed with me. Wrapping his arms around me. Kissing my head and talking softly, letting me know everything is okay. I fall asleep, feeling safe in his arms.

-- Time skip --

I wake up again some time later. My head is resting on Colby's chest, and his has one arm wrapped around me, while the other caresses my arm, which is wrapped around him. I hear faint voices, getting clearer as I come back to reality. I hear both females and males. All familiar voices. Then I can hear who the people are. I hear Colby, Sheila, Jake and Devyn. With the realization that Sheila is here I almost jump up. I sit up so fast that I am getting lightheaded. But I'm fighting through it. "Baby" I just say, looking at her with tears filling my eyes. She embraces me with a tight, loving hug. It feels so great to be back with her. Then she pulls away. "I'm so glad you're okay Hun. But you should thank you knight in shining armor on your left side first. after all you wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him" Sheila says and chuckles a bit. I can see the tears build up in her eyes, but it's happy tears. I know that.

Then I turn around to Colby, who now sits up too. I wrap my arms around him as I start to cry some happy tears. "Thank you... I.. I..." I stutter but then give up. I just can't find the right words. No words can describe how I feel. How thankful I am!

He hugs me back, kissing my head. "It's okay sunshine" he says and as I look up our eyes meet. Then there's just us in the room. The guys are gone. The beeping sound from the machine is gone. The hospital is gone. There is nothing else. Just him and I.

I look into his deep blue eyes. They look like an ocean I would love to drown in. Without thinking I lean in to kiss him. Actually we do at the same time. Our lips meet and it feels like the world explodes. The thoughts are shut dead. All I can think of is him. Our lips move in perfect sync. Wrapped in each other's arms. Everything about this moment is perfect. Everything about him is perfect. I don't want to ever pull away again. I long for him. For the safety I feel by being around him. The happiness he gives me. I love how his able to shut up the voices in my head. How he makes me feel special without doing anything.

I am pulled back to reality by Sheila squealing in a high pitched noise. "OMG!", she screams at us, "since when have you guys been a thing?".

Colby and I pull away from each other and I start to blush. Not able to answer her.

"Hello, earth to Colby and Y/N" she tries again. Then Colby looks at me, then at her and then at me again. Eventually he looks up, "since now" he says, "you don't have any choice Y/N" he then adds in a teasing but loving tone. I chuckle, "You're lucky. I have nothing to complain" I answer and smile at him, hugging him again.

A/N
Soooooooooo..... Colby rescued you!!!!!! And you two are a thing now! How amazing is that?
But the story isn't over yet. Some of the most difficult parts are still waiting ahead - the psychiatrist, the trial. You having to go back to Europe eventually when your visa runs out.

Read on and see what happens!

- Anni, xoxo