Song: Fix you- Coldplay(Fearless Soul)

Scarlett:

The moment that I see all the blood on Eli's arm, I already have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. I know the bastard really did hurt her. I order him to get water and washcloths from the bathroom as I glance over her. I don't really see anything much except for the massive bruise on her side and the busted up face as if he used her as punching bag. I have a bad feeling her back side is going to be really bad. I'm not sure what we are about to see will set well with Eli but he insists on helping me. The moment he starts to help me roll her over a million flashbacks flood my memories, years of being whipped.

When we took Violet in, I swore that we would punish her a different way. I never wanted her to be scarred for life, physically or mentally for that matter. Zane only knew a few ways to punish me and the whip was one of his favorites. He thought that he could make me submit to all his orders. The sick thing about it all was as I got older, my body craved the punished. Tgat is when Mekhi took over.  My eyes fill with watery rage. I will kill that son-of-a-bitch for this.

Eli snaps me back into the moment. "What the fuck did he do to her?"

"Looks like he whipped her with a leather whip. She will heal in time. I promise." I ring out the washcloth, trying not to notice all the blood that comes out. I don't look up at Eli, only because I don't want to have to see how he is really feeling about this. "Can you please go get Atticus?"

"Of course, be right back," he says swiftly and heads out the door.

I don't even have to look up to know when they are back in the room. I can notice Atticus's presence. "Atticus, I need my bag. Can you get out the silver container and bring it to me."

When he hands it to me, I whisper, "I need Eli to go away. I can't do this with him in here and he doesn't need to see all of this."

Atticus looks over at him and then tells him to fix me a drink. The moment he is out of the room he shuts the door and locks it. I knew he would be right back and I hate keeping him out but it's not going to do any good for either of us if he is in here.

"You can't fucking lock me out. Open the goddamn door." He bang again.

Atticus walks over towards the door and growls, "Just follow orders, go sit down and have a drink, matter of fact have two. We will be out as soon as she is done." He then walks back over to the bed. "Tell me what to do Scar."

I look up with him with watery eyes. I try so hard not to let them escape. Suddenly I feel his hand on top of mine. "Look at me Scar. She is going to be alright. She has you."

"Why would he do this to her? It should have been me, you know. I should have been the one." I fight back the tears. "I could gave handled the punishment."

"You didn't know this was going to happen, no one did. Hell Mekhi didn't even know about this guy."

I glance up at him while rolling my eyes. "No but because of Mekhi, our girl is going to be scarred for life."

"Scarlett I think we need to focus on this right now and you can deal with him later if you need to but just so you know he is pretty fucked up. He needs medical attention as soon as we land."

"Well looks like he will be in pain another twelve hours." I rinse out the cloth and dab her back again. She has a few good gashes that will need to be sewn up. Atticus already knows and is digging into the bag for my needle and thread. He threads the needle and then hands it to me. I go in and stitch her up. Once done with the one area, I go to the next. She has six sets of stitches and I do my best work so that when she heals in time it will be less noticeable.

"I need to mix up the mixture for her back. Can you stay here and watch after her for a few seconds?" He nods his head as I get up to go to the bathroom. I combine a few ingredients as I stand in front of the sink. Before I leave, I just happen to glance up at the mirror at my reflection. My God where has the time gone? I feel like I have aged so much. I glare at the little crow's feet at the edge of my eyes. Of course my reflection looks rough. Hell I haven't had much sleep in the past two days and all the stress over her for sure hasn't helped any. I wrinkle up my nose as my eyes start to tear up again. I quickly blink them away as I go back over to the bed. "This will help her heal faster." I start to cake on the mixture, covering every spot.

Once I am done, I start to clean up the mess. Atticus pitches in and helps me. "So you gonna take a look at Mekhi now. Scarlett he is fucked up. Just take a look."

"Atticus just go back in there with the guys and Mekhi will be fine until we make it back. Believe me if I wanted him dead, I would have killed him myself."

"You can't be serious."

"He should have taken care of this shit years ago Atticus. Now I appreciate your help, but just go and keep Eli out of here alright."

Once he is gone, I climb in the bed right beside her. I sit there and play with her hair, removing the strands from her swollen face. I reach over and give her a shot to help with all the pain that she will have once she starts to wake up and then instead of checking on Mekhi, I lean my head back on the headboard and dose off to sleep.

I wake up to her groaning in pain. Muffled sounds against the pillow. I quickly sit up all the way and reach out to her. "Hey...you are going to be alright. We got you now. I got you. Momma is here."

She lets out a whimper and I know how much pain she is really in, I have been there several times. However the first few times are the worst. Over time your body just gets use to it. I just hope to God she never has to feel that pain ever again.

"Mom...wait...what? How are you here? Where am I?" She takes several deep breathes in between her words.

"We are on the plane headed back home sweetheart." She tries to roll over but I stop her. "Don't move. I have cream on your back. I also had to stitch you up. He really got a hold of you didn't he?"

She doesn't make a sound for a few moments and then suddenly I hear the soft cry as her body starts to heave up and down. She slowly looks up at me. "He said he wanted to get back at dad for something that he apparently did to his wife. What did he do to her?"

"You should never had to go through that. I'm sorry that he did this to you but I promise you as soon as we get back I will make sure he pays dearly."

She nearly jumps up, looking around the room. "He is here on the plane with us. Mom are you fucking serious?"

I pat her head to try to calm her down. "He is taken care of. He will never ever hurt you again. I swear to you."

She looks up with this worried expression. "Mom where is Eli. Did they kill him? They did didn't they?" I watch as her face reddens while huge tears stream down her face.

"Oh honey no...he...he is fine. He is here with us. If it wasn't for him we would have never found you."

"I need to see him...mom...I got to see him. Please go get him."

"Of course. I will be right back but don't try getting up." I stand up and go to the door. I look back and she is still laying in the same spot. I go out and the guys are all passed out in the chairs sleeping. Atticus looks up at me as if he can tell my presence. I nod his way and give him a soft smile that everything is going to be ok. I walk over to Eli and nudge him. "Hey wake up, she is asking for you."

He opens his eyes wide as he looks up at me. He doesn't bother saying anything as he rushes past me to get to her. In the process he wakes up Mekhi. As he pulls himself up, he groans in pain. Both hands go towards his knee. I can see where Atticus has already wrapped it up to hold it together as much as possible. I make my way over to him and sit across from him.

"Is she alright?" When I don't say anything he asks again with more determination. "Scarlett for fucksakes just tell me is she going to be alright?"

"Yes, she will be fine. It may take several weeks to heal from being whipped however she may never heal from the torture he put her through. This would have never happened if it wasn't for you. Mekhi I told you a long time ago to clear this shit up. You promised me that you had taken care of everything."

"I did. Gia apparently got married and I guess she couldn't get over me. I don't know alright but that fucker is going to pay for what he did to our girl."

"You are right; he is going to pay."