Chapter 12: 

Jax was walking down the hallway when he notices something in a corner sticking 
out, blocking his way.  He goes closer until he notices it was a hand.  He turns 
the corner and sees the woman.

Jax: Ashley? Oh my God! Ashley?

He bends down and picks up her wrist and tries to feel her pulse, but he feels 
nothing.  He picks up his cell phone and dials 911.

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**AT GENERAL HOSPITAL**

Brenda: Sonny... What happened to me? Why am I here?

Sonny: Brenda...maybe you should take it easy for a while.

Brenda: NO Sonny, I don't care how bad it was.  What happened to me?

Sonny: You were raped...

Brenda just stares at Sonny, then after a while, once it sank in, tears sprang 
to her eyes.

Brenda: Oh my God...Sonny....

Brenda jumps up and hugs Sonny, crying on his shoulder.

Sonny: It's ok...I'm here.

Brenda: Oh no... help me, Sonny.

Brenda and Sonny jump at the sound of a knock on the door.  Brenda and Sonny 
look up and see Liz standing in the doorway.  

Liz: Hi.  You don't know me but...I am going through the same thing you are, 
Brenda.

Brenda: Come in.

Liz walks in and sits on the other side of Brenda's bed.

Liz: I was raped only a few weeks ago.  Obviously it was the same rapist.

Brenda: Who are you?

Liz: Elizabeth Webber, you can call me Liz.  I am Audrey's granddaughter.


Sonny: Nice to meet you.  Thank you for coming to visit Brenda.

Liz: Your welcome.  Brenda...I have come to ask you a favor.

Sonny and Brenda look at each other and all of a sudden Lucky walks in.

Sonny: Hey Lucky.

Lucky: Hey...Liz? What are you doing here?

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**IN STEFAN'S BEDROOM**

Bobbie and Stefan are in bed in each other's arms.

Bobbie: I love you, Stefan.

Stefan: I love you too, Barbara.

Bobbie: This was so wonderful, but we know that we shouldn't have done it.  
Katherine is pregnant with your child.  So I better be going.

Stefan: No Barbara!

Stefan grabs Bobbie's arm and kisses her.

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**IN THE HOSPITAL**

Jax is walking down the hallway when he notices a sign by a room that said 
''Barrett, Brenda'', alarmed Jax walks in and sees Lucky, Liz, Sonny, and Brenda 
in the room.

Brenda: Jax!

Jax: Brenda! What happened to you?

Liz and Lucky turn around, surprised.  Sonny looks up.

Sonny: Well, it's nice of you to show up, finally.

Jax: Get away from her, Sonny.

Sonny: At least I was here when this all happened, Candyboy.

Jax: What happened, Brenda?

Brenda's eyes fill up with tears again.

Brenda: Jax...I was raped!

Jax rushes by her side and hugs her.

Jax: Oh Brenda...I'm so sorry I wasn't here...I'm so sorry.

Jax remembers Ashley's bruised face and then looks at Brenda.

Jax: Oh my God! Ashley...

Brenda: What about her?

Jax: When I was going to our penthouse I found her dead.

Liz and Lucky look at each other, waiting for what would be said next.

Brenda: That's horrible! I never really liked the woman but...why mention this 
now, Jax?

Jax: Brenda...she had bruises all over her face! Like you!

Liz gasps in horror.  Lucky hugs her as Sonny, Brenda, and Jax look on.

Brenda: You don't think that...?

Jax: I think she was raped, and then killed.

Sonny: Good work, Sherlock.

Brenda: Sonny, don't start.

Liz looks up.

Liz: There is some man out there who thinks he can treat women like garbage! I 
am SICK of it! First me, then Brenda, but luckily, we lived!  But one woman 
died!

Brenda: Liz, calm down.

Liz: I can't calm down! I can't forget what happened to me, I can't forget! This 
will always be in my mind forever, I will always have this dark cloud hanging 
over me.  Unless if I find this guy and put him away forever.

Lucky: Liz, You shouldn't get yourself worked up.

Liz: You don't know how I feel Lucky! How would you like it if a stranger just 
pulls you behind a bush and beats you? He screams at you and he is so filled 
with rage that you cannot move underneath his arms!  You feel smothered!

Brenda: Liz, it happened to me too, I can't remember anything of it though, but 
it will come back to me, I know it will.  I know how you are feeling, it 
happened to me, too.

Liz and Brenda hug, as if sisters.  Sonny is very frightened for Brenda, he has 
never seen her so fragile.  Jax holds onto Brenda's hand as she cries on Liz's 
shoulder and so does Liz on Brenda's.  Lucky just looks on, feeling pity towards 
the two women and anger towards the hideous man that made them feel this way.  
Lucky knew that he would pay him back and he will find him, and make him wish he 
had never been born.

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