Visitation

[lvpd_sidle]

The sheriff had brought her the news personally.

Found dead in his holding cell...no inquiry...statements...case closed.

She breathed in as deeply as she comfortably could, and let it out. Relaxing fully against her pillows in the hospital.

Safe. From him at least. And they still won't tell me his name.

Not her problem anymore.

The bruises stood out in sharp contrast against her skin, and all her movement was stiff, ginger. Barring an infection, she would be released in another two days.

She had finished the book Angel sent. She had terrorized the orderlies with the toy Naraht so thoughtfully provided.

She was bored.

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Elrond & Celebrian

[gris_bug_man]

Under better circumstances, the Elves would have asked questions about the various things they saw around Las Vegas. The very sight of a city in the midst of a desert was astonishing.

Neither was considering such and the group entered the hospital with a somber air.

Shortly therafter, Grissom knocks on Sara's door. "Sara? I've brought some people to see you."

Sara looks up from the book she has been rereading, surprised. "Ada? My lady?"

Re: Elrond & Celebrian

[elrond-healer.livejournal.com]

Elrond's smile is quiet but peaceful as he moves to her side, one hand rising to touch her face gently.

"Sara... my daughter. it is good to see yoiu."

he will not say well, but his love shines in his eyes.

Re: Elrond & Celebrian

[lvpd_sidle]

Despite his gentle touch, she flinches, a silent testimony to the abuse heaped upon her. "It's good to see you both," she says quietly. "There was a time when..." I doubted I'd make it back.

Re: Elrond & Celebrian

[elrond-healer.livejournal.com]

Elrond winces at that and draws his hand back. He sinks to his haunches beside her.

"My daughter... I feared... I feared I had lost you."

Re: Elrond & Celebrian

[lvpd_sidle]

By this point, Grissom has withdrawn from the room, knowing the small family needs time to reconnect.

"I feared the same thing, dear Sara," Celebrian says melodically, a hand gently touching the back of Sara's. "Can you bear to speak of what has passed?"

She tells them the entire story, voice breaking at times when recounting the isolation, the overwhelming terror of the time she was with the madman.

"He wanted to own me. All of me. But I wouldn't let him. Thank God Jim and Gil found me at that point or..."

Re: Elrond & Celebrian

[elrond-healer.livejournal.com]

Elrond's eyes spark with anger and then he nods.

"I am glad you are safe now... and I am glad that you will hopefully be able to come home again soon."

he casts a glance at her body and hios eyes betray his worry.

Re: Elrond & Celebrian

[lvpd_sidle]

"There's significant bruising," she says quietly, noticing his gaze, "as well as some minor fractures and cuts. Infection is the biggest worry right now, so I have to stay here a few more days."

Re: Elrond & Celebrian

[elrond-healer.livejournal.com]

he nods.

"When you return to Milliways... if you wish, I can speed your healing and yet preserve the illusion of the illness. You are... I do not like seeing you hurt."

His eyes are controlled now, but his love still shows.

Re: Elrond & Celebrian

[lvpd_sidle]

"I might not return right away," she says quietly, not wanting to hurt him or Celebrian but being honest. "I have to find a new place to live and take care of some things. But when I do return, I won't go anywhere for a while. That's a promise."

Guppy

[lvpd_sidle]

Sara is methodically shooting darts out of Naraht's dart gun. There is a lovely and surprisingly accurate replica of a DNA strand on the opposite wall.

Her bruises stand out sharply on her skin, and her movements are ginger.

Re: Guppy

[guppy_sandhu]

"You know Sara if you wanted a holiday I'd have been happy to take you to Holby."

Doc with tulips. And not even bearing nasty things like injections.

Re: Guppy

[lvpd_sidle]

"Guppy!" She sits up sharply, and then hisses with a muttered that was stupid, Sidle.

Re: Guppy

[guppy_sandhu]

"Woah, easy there Sara." he says gently, putting a gentle hand on her shoulder.

"I brought you some tulips. How do you feel?"

Re: Guppy

[lvpd_sidle]

"Thanks." She grins, taking the vase and putting it on the windowsill next to her bed.

"Sore. And bored mostly. Glad everything's over."

Re: Guppy

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy smiles. "I'm glad too, I was worried."

He sits down next to her. "Nothing much going on back in the bar. And back in Holby the only thing of interest is an epidemic of people glued to toilet seats."

Re: Guppy

[lvpd_sidle]

A blink.

"Wow. Any idea who and why?"

Re: Guppy

[guppy_sandhu]

"No, but I'll have to be restrained if I find out. It's not just the fact that we've had to unglue twenty two people, but two of them were in the hospital toilets at the time and now we have to fill in incident report forms."

Angel

[lvpd_sidle]

She's taken to making caricatures of the personnel attending her.

And they are surprisingly accurate.

Re: Angel

[the_antiangst]

"Don't go looking too excited there. Somebody might think you were enjoying yourself."
He's only teasing a little, honest.

Re: Angel

[lvpd_sidle]

"Angel!" Jerking up immediately reminds her that, yes, she's in the hospital bed for a reason. Cue muttered Gaelic profanity. "Hi."

Re: Angel

[the_antiangst]

"Hey, don't hurt yourself worse on my behalf, you'll just be here longer. You holding up all right?"

Re: Angel

[lvpd_sidle]

"Other than boredom and dispositions, yeah, I'm doing okay. Haven't been having nightmares like I would've expected."

Re: Angel

[the_antiangst]

"Well, that's something. How'd you like the book?"

Re: Angel

[lvpd_sidle]

"It was good, very good. Not something I would normally read, but I think I'll check out more from the same author."

She closes the book in question, laying it aside. "And thanks for making me sleep that day. If I hadn't..." she shudders.

Re: Angel

[the_antiangst]

"Mark let me borrow his copy, while I was in the hospital. They're good books for passing the time, especially in places like this.
"No problem. You've got a good head on your shoulders, but I didn't think it'd help you much if you were more than half asleep. Granted, I had no idea anything like this was coming..."
But still.