Conflict Of Interest

Chapter 22: Too Late

Chapter 22...... Too late

*Dave's Point Of View*

As soon as we finished the broadcast and as soon as the cameras were gone we took off to find Mia. I hope we would get there in time to stop Scott and save her, we have to save her. Her not coming back is not an option. She has to live. We all piled into a cop car. 2 cops, including Jet sat in the front and Mel, Brandi, and myself piled into the back. There wasn't much room but it was enough. I guess they thought Brandi could be some help so they took her out of the cell, but she was still handcuffed

I was so excited to see Mia again and get Scott behind bars! But also Brandi would be put behind bars because she was also a part of this too. I had to keep hope because I couldn't be negative. When the car started to go I felt happy, I was so fidgety and I couldn't help but feel that something wasn't right. My happiness was slowly coming down. I could sense it in the air and also from Jet's, and the other cops, vibe. It was dark like a stormy sky. The seemed very doubtful, I could tell by looking at their faces in the mirror. Everyone looked the same but me, I was hopeful

"Look Dave, just don't get too hopeful." Jet said

I tilted my head in confusion, I felt like a kid in a candy store and my parents just told me no you can't have that candy or any candy

"Dave we might be too late." Jet said

He didn't bother looking in the mirror at me, he could tell that I was sad now. The sadness made me stop being fidgety and I felt my heart slow down. The happy feeling I had was now gone

"What?" I asked quietly

"We can't be." I added

Jet sighed and didn't say anything else, that should explain what he meant and it did. The vibe I had changed. I was so caught up about seeing Mia again that I forgot all the possibilities that could have happened in the past few days. I sat there now and just waited as time ticked away as Jet drove. It felt like hours now

Every minuet felt like an hour and I could slowly feel myself giving up the little hope I had left, but I must hang on to what hope I have left. Would Mia even be alive? Would Scott actually kill her? I know he loved her so much even though he abused her. I could see it when he first saw her but I knew that I would love her more than he ever would

It seemed to like forever by the time be got there but it was only a little after 7, the sun was slowly starting to set and I knew that we had to find her now or it would be never. We came to a motel that was beaten down and it was 3 towns away. The place seemed abandoned and not busy, it seemed closed. Jet and the other cop went to the little office with a vacant sign but soon returned

"There's no one running the place." Jet said

I nodded, that was easy to tell due to the condition of the place

"Can we look for her now?" I asked

"Yes but let me go first." He said

I followed him but Mel and Brandi stayed in the car. I followed Jet around the place, and so far there was no sign of anyone. We checked all the doors on the main level until we came across a room with a bloody hand print on the door. The one cop came over and took a picture of it and Jet placed gloves on his hands before he opened the door. This could be a crime scene of a murder and I was scared to see what is behind those doors. Mia could be dead or alive. Jet opened the door all the way and started to go in then paused, I decided to poke my head beside his

What I seen will forever be engraved in my mind. It almost looked like it was a TV show and the killer had left the body in horrid shape. But sadly this wasn't a show, it was real life. The one bed you could see from the door was all messed up and there were cut ropes and the metal bars were bent indicating a struggle. Torn clothes were on the floor. The other bed closer to the door was blocked by the wall, but it held a different story. From what I could see there was feet. They seemed a little blue and they weren't moving. Jet slowly approached the body and looked at it. I knew who's feet was and my stomach turned with fear and sadness, but I still followed him

"Dave I wouldn't." He said

He held his arm up to block me but I didn't obey his warning so I just walked towards him and stood behind him. What I seen almost made me drop to my knees. Mia laid there looking like the angel she was, well minus what Scott has done to her. Her body was slashed numerous times and the bed she laid on was soaked with her own blood. She had a bloody lip print on her forehead and she had 4 lines going from her eyes to her lips. It was almost like bloody tears, but it looks like they were placed there. Her eyes were closed. Her body was just covered in blood and it was still coming, she must be still alive. Jet placed his fingers over her jugular vain but his lips went into a further frown. He shook his head. He slowly grabbed the blanket from the other bed and placed it over her

"We are too late." He said as he walked away

No it can't be. He took pictures and took prints off of her feet, it was the only thing exposed from under the sheets. I knew she wasn't dead but I was the only one who thought so. Does that make me crazy? Or does that make me right?

"Call EMT stat." He said to the other officer

Soon an ambulance showed up and moved me away from Mia's body, I wanted to stay with her to see if she was still alive. I knew I couldn't touch her because it would contaminate the body. They placed her on a gurney and took into the ambulance which was close to the door. I could see them moving her body. They were checking her vital signs once more just to make sure that she was gone. One guy put a heart monitor on her finger and it started beeping and I could hear it clearly

"She's got a pulse." One said

I heard it echo and I ran out into the small parking lot where they had Mia's body. Mel and Brandi stood close to the ambulance just looking at Mia's slashed and torn body. They looked shaken and terrified

"Can I come with?" I asked

They nodded and let me in the back while they placed Mia there safely and tightly making sure she doesn't move. They started to hook her up to machines so she could breath and live. They stitched the smaller wounds and put pressure on the bigger ones so they wouldn't bleed as much though she has lost a lot of blood

"Her vitals are very weak." One said

I just watched them as they tried to fix her in a moving vehicle. It was like she was a broken china doll and the others were trying to fix her but I could do nothing. I just looked at her and it seemed unreal. I kissed her forehead. Just after I took my head away from hers, her monitor went crazy

"She's going into V- fib."

One of them grabbed the defibrillator and placed it on her chest, I could hear it charging before he called the words

"Clear."

Her chest raised and fell and they did this twice and finally she was stable enough to keep her heart in check. They sighed with relief and the trip to the hospital couldn't have been fast enough. We arrived and as soon as we did we were bombarded with doctors and I was pushed back by nurses. Her gurney was rolled away from me

"She needs a blood transfusion and emergency surgery." The doctor said

They crowded her as they rolled her off and then they were gone and I was left alone. I stood there, I felt so lost, she was gone and there was no telling if she was ever going to come back out. Soon afterwards I was guided into the waiting room where I found Jet, Mel, and Brandi. I sighed and sat with them and waited. We all waited for Mia's fate

In silence