Duck Drama

Chapter 7 - Athena Part 2

I hear Louie pounding on Theo. But I was to busy sliding down the wall, my face away from them, to even have the courage to look. 

I hear other voices too, and Scrooge's, but they are all tuned out like white noise. I squeezed my eyes shut, and covered my ears as I huddled against the wall. 

The bottom of my dress soaked with blood, and torn from where I tried to struggle out of Theo's grip. 

I felt someone touch my shoulder gently and I jolted, my heart thudding hard against my chest, the action made me uncover my ears and I look up. 

"Z- Zehra?" I choke out. 

Zehra gave me a warm, sad smile, and held out her hand. I stare at it, then, the sound of flesh hitting flesh made me crane my neck and look behind her. 

Louie had abandoned the punching and was smashing Theo's face in with his foot. Over, and over, and over again. Blood flying everywhere. 

"That's enough, Louie!" The blue clad duck, Dewey, shouted at him as he and the one in red was trying to hold Louie back. 

"Athena..." Zehra whispered to me. 

My lower bill trembled and I felt the tears start to fall again. 

"Hey. Hey, let's get out of here." She whispered to me. 

I shook my head. 

I wasn't going to go back. 

I wasn't going to go back to S.H.U.S.H not as long as Theo was still there, not as long as my step-mom was there. When she finds out about this, she'll find someway to blame this on me, and I didn't think I can handle that from her. 

Not now. 

I think I'd rather die then go back there. 

"I- I don't want too..." I told Zehra. "Please..." I whispered. 

Zehra nodded as if she understood, but she won't. She'll never understand... 

I saw the way she and Dewey were earlier. 

So... 

Lovey Dovey. 

How is it that she got the fairy tale ending, and I was always beaten around the bush? Raped? Abused? 

"She can stay with us..." Scrooge's voice rang in my ears. 

I snapped my eyes up to him. 

He looked outraged. 

Not at us. 

But at what had happened. 

"I- I don't know..." Zehra replied, nervously, she looked from me to Scrooge, then glanced over at the boys who were still trying to pull Louie off Theo. 

Theo, 

He was a bloody mess, and had passed out from the beating at some point. I notice a S.H.U.S.H operative get out her cellphone and started dialing a number. 

Three guesses who. 

The operative glanced over at me then at Theo with pity written all over her face, and I suddenly felt angry. 

She pitied Theo! 

Pitied him instead of the girl who actually gotten it a lot worse! 

"Really, Scrooge. I, I would have to check with -." Zehra was saying. 

"STOP ACTING LIKE YOU CARE!"  I shouted at her, suddenly, jumping up. 

Zehra blinked and stared at me.