Still your pov
It was the end of camp. We ended up with a scored tie of 2-2.
We we're all in the lobby with our bags waiting for the bus to arrive so It could take us to the airport. It was pretty early so not many people were around.
Once the bus arrived we loaded our bags and got on the bus. Once everyone was on we headed to the airport. We get out and grab our bags and go straight to check in. We check our bags in and head to security, once everyone was through we all broke into smaller groups to the different terminals.
Mal and I stopped to grab a snack, I got a turkey sandwich and Mal got a salad. We head to our terminal and wait for our flight. After a about an hour or so we are able to board the plane. We buckle in and I grab my laptop so we can watch a movie together during the plane ride.
Mal picked Red Dawn so we watched that. I had my arm around her shoulder and her head was resting on me. We ended up watching another movie but I wasn't paying attention to It. I was to busy thinking about the trial.
I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous. There's so much that I've bottled up and tried my best to shut out over the years. I'm sure a lot of that will have to come out and I'm not excited for the world or even my family to hear about It, but at the same time I don't want Rollins to get away with anything. He deserves everything he's getting and in all honesty if I had the chance I'd kill him myself and not even care about the consequences. He doesn't deserve to be here after what he did, how many families he's ruined and torn apart. Parents have lost their sons and daughters. Kids have lost their mom or dad. peoples lives have been changed forever. All because of his selfishness.
Mals pov
I woke up to the pilots voice coming over the intercom.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are reaching our destination and preparing to land, please take your seats and buckle up, thank you for flying with us today.
I sit up and buckle up and realize that y/n wasn't buckled yet, In fact she looked almost frozen. I set my hand on her arm to try and get her attention but she didn't move.
Babe? I say as I grab her hand and lightly tug It to try and get her to snap out of It. She finally does after a few seconds.
"Are you okay?" I ask
"Yeah sorry I was just thinking." She says
"You're okay, were about to land are you buckled?"I ask
Instead of responding she buckles up and grabs my hand again, she brings It up to her lips and kisses the back of my hand. I couldn't help but smile.
The plane lands and we wait until it's our turn to exit the plane. Y/n has a hold of my hand the entire time and we head down to baggage claim. I felt my phone buzz so I pulled It out of my pocket, It was just our Uber saying she was here.
"Uber is here." I say as I text her back letting her know we will be out soon with our luggage. I look up from my phone and y/n had already grabbed my bag and she was just grabbing her bag. We head outside and the Uber driver was waiting for us. Y/n put the bags in the back of the car before getting in the back with me.
"Do you want to talk about what you were thinking about?" I ask
"Just nervous about the trial, it's a little under two weeks away and I know a lot, if not everything is going to come up during It and there's obviously so much you or my family don't know and I'm just not sure how I'm going to handle It. I don't know how you are going to handle It or my parents or siblings." She says looking to the floor still holding my hand.
"Are you going to be questioned? Or are you just going to be giving a statement?" I ask
"It will be a statement but his defense team can ask any and all questions they want at me and I'll have no choice but to answer them." She says
"Well, how about you write everything out? That way you can list everything you want without having to tell anyone. You know I'm always here to listen but I do understand if you don't feel comfortable. I say leaning over and kissing her cheek.
"It's not that I'm uncomfortable, I just don't want you or anyone to feel bad or be sad about It." She says
"I don't think you should worry how It will effect us. You're more important than anything you say. We can see your still in so much pain and bottling It up won't help, It will just build and build." I say softly knowing that I'm pushing as hard as I ever have before.
You're right. How about we get home, unpack shower and then we can sit down and talk about It? She asks looking up at me.
I was a bit surprised that she was so willing to talk about stuff all of a sudden.
"I don't want you to feel pressured into telling me anything if you aren't ready." I say
"I'm ready" she says leaning over and kissing me, I kiss her back before we feel the car stop. We get out and thank the driver. Y/n grabbed our bags, I gave the driver $10 tip on top of the tip I had placed through the app. We headed to our apartment, I pull my keys out and unlock the door.
I get unpacked and throw all my dirty clothes in the wash, y/n does the same but she threw hers in her hamper since she has to wait for mine to finish first. We both got in the shower and change into clean clothes.
Since we didn't really have anything to eat, we decided on ordering some Chinese food. While we wait for the food to be delivered we both sit on the couch. Y/n had her laptop on her lap with a blank google doc. I'm guessing she's wanting to write everything out? I don't know and I don't think I'll ask her. She looked deep in thought.
After a few minutes she closed her laptop and looked over at me.
"We had a list of locations that we knew he had been to or was last seen in. There was 4 of us, Sargent Barnes, Collins, Andrews and me. It was a simple mission, we were gonna go location to location until we either found him or ran out of options."
"I don't know how many locations we had gone through but we we're on our way to the next location and our car gets hit, not sure if It was a land mine or an RPG. We ended up flipping a few times. The car was upside down. Everyone was fine. I had a cut on my head, my ears were ringing. Barnes opened his door and was met by gunfire, so we knew It was an ambush." She says and I nod my head so she can continue without me interrupting."
"Barnes had me get in the pack, he reached over and opened my door and they focus fire on my door and Collins and I get out and we're able to get to cover. We provide cover fire while Barnes and Andrews can get out."
"Each of us has 3 or 4 mags of both pistol and AR on our vests. We we're running out of ammo really fast and I'm sure they knew It. Andrews decided to risk his life to go for the ammo in the back. I had one clip left in my rifle, everyone was on their last mag at this point. Barnes tried to stop him but we we're fucked either way. So he ran for It. We did our best in defending and protecting him."
"There were 2 guys coming from behind, I took one of them down, the second guy hid behind a wall and my gun jammed. I cleared It in seconds but I wasn't quick enough. I yelled for him to get down, he had turned around to try and get behind a wall that was to his right maybe 10-15 feet away but the guy came out from behind the wall and shot him four times in the chest. Blood poured out of his mouth, he fell on his knees and he somehow was able to throw the ammo bag to us before someone shot him in the head. He fell forward and wasn't moving, we knew he was gone."
"They eventually closed in on us. One guy grabbed Barnes and I was fighting with someone who grabbed me from behind, they knocked my gun out of my hand, I was able to grab my knife and I was able to get them off me. I get up to my feet and I shoot the guy on Barnes and I see that Collins was standing there doing nothing."
"I asked him what the hell he was doing and I get grabbed again. All he was saying is that he was sorry and he turns and shoots Barnes. I get knocked out and I wake up in a cellar or something. Barnes was with me, he was shot but It must not have been fatal. They must not have searched us very well. Before we left to leave I made a note with a map of the compound, along with lock picks. I left It in the dirt near Barnes to be safe.
"The guy we were looking for walked in with a few other guys. He knew both of us by names and basically demanded information, he was planning on killing both of us anyways. They ended up grabbing me and Barnes tried to fight them. I told him that I'd be okay and I got taken to a different room. Barnes found my instructions and he was able to get out. He planned on going back and getting back up and coming back for me."
"Well once they found out he got out, they automatically moved me. They thought I had information that I didn't have. But I wasn't going to let them know that. I knew they wouldn't kill me if I had valuable information. I was moved every-time they got close, they tried starving me, beating me, burning me, whipping me, cutting me and I wasn't budging. Once they realized what they were doing wasn't working, they started breaking every bone in my body. Thankfully this was started 2-3 days before I was rescued, so they didn't get to far. They started with my fingers and moved their way up my arm.
The amount of pain was unbearable, I ended up passing out and when I woke up they just started again. I passed back out and when I woke up they were gone. I could hear yelling and shots being fired."
"After a few minutes Collins comes in with the two guys that have been in charge of getting me to talk and he told them to kill me because Carlos, the guy we were looking for was dead. The guards ran to try and escape. I remember being so tired, I was screaming at him to kill me. That bitch had the audacity to tell me that It wasn't personal and I snapped at him and at the time I thought It had only been a year or so, I had no idea It was 3 years until he told me and I remember looking up at him as he said It and he shot me in the chest twice. I remember sliding down the wall and looking down to the ground, I was bleeding and to tired to do anything. I could hear the door open and I heard Barnes voice. I could feel my hearing going in and out, I couldn't make out what he was saying but I knew he was using his radio. He lifted me off the ground and carried me out and I remember seeing a chopper. My hearing came back and I was exhausted, I just wanted to sleep. I tried to stay awake but I remember hearing my name before blacking out."
"I never told anyone this but I remember a really bright flash and I was suddenly at the hospital. The doctors were working on someone and I remember trying to talk to the doctors to ask what's going on but I got no response, It was like I was invisible and no one could hear me. I remember hearing a voice telling me that they couldn't hear me. I had turned and It was Andrews. He was standing to my left. Once I saw him I realized something wasn't right because I knew he was dead. He basically told me I had to decide to keep fighting or to let go and stop. Obviously I decided to fight and you know the rest." She says
We we're both in tears and I get up from my seat and sit down next to her and pull her into me and she just breaks down. I didn't say anything, I just held her. I could feel y/n's phone buzzing so I grabbed It to see who It was and It was Christen trying to FaceTime. I set her phone down and grabbed my phone to text her.
Me: Hey I know you're trying to FaceTime y/n but she's having a bit of a breakdown, she's okay! I'm sure she'll call you in a bit.
Chris: what happened?
Me: she finally told me everything that happened to her and I think she just got overwhelmed thinking about everything. Some of the stuff she told me was really hard to hear and that's what she's worried about at the trial, that everyone will find out and know what happened to her.
Chris: I'm glad she finally told someone. Please have her call me when she's calmed down, no rush whatsoever.
Me: of course I will
I set my phone down and continue to hold y/n, she eventually calms down and we stayed cuddled together until the doorbell rings. I get up and grab the Chinese food and we sit down and eat. Once we finish we clean up and put the extra food in the fridge. We spend the rest of the night cuddling and watching TV.
After a few hours we decided to get changed into pjs and get ready for bed. I was already changed and y/n was brushing her teeth, she just had a sports bra on and some shorts. She finished brushing her teeth and she was looking in the mirror, she had a long scar that basically started in the center of her chest to about her bellybutton. You could see the two circular scars from where she was shot in the chest. I come up from behind her and wrap my arms around her waist and she slowly looks at me.
"Hey beautiful ready for bed?" I ask softly and plant a soft kiss on her neck and then her shoulder. I could tell she didn't believe me when I said It. She didn't say anything, she just nodded her head.
"You don't believe me do you?" I ask And she just shakes her head.
"Well you are, and I'm gonna show you how beautiful you are I say picking her up and laying her down on the bed and climbing on top of her.
👀 y'all know what happens next 😂
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