Without You There Is No Me

"Stop worrying. I'm fine." I told Vic. I shifted on my bed and Vic watched me carefully.
"You're not." he shook his head. "Stand up so I can bandage that cut that won't stop bleeding."
"Are you okay doing this?" I asked.
"Of course I am. Now stand up." I did as told and stood up. Vic lifted my shirt up and dressed the cut. He ran his fingers over my stomach and kissed my shoulder. "Are you tired?"
"No." I shook my head. "I want to tell everyone what I saw. They're all probably all freaked out."
"Han', we watched to possess me. I think they're okay."
"I should still talk to them." I shrugged.
"I hate seeing you like this." he told me.
"Do you see me any other way?" I teased.
"I guess not. I just wish you were happy."
"I am happy when I'm with you."
"Really?" he asked.
"Vic, do you not get how much I love you?" I sighed.
"Love and happiness aren't always the same thing."
"For me it is." I told his hand and squeezed.
"I have something for you." Vic told me. My eyes brightened up. Vic reached under the bed and held some papers in front of them.
"What's this?" I asked.
"I found it in your son's trunk. With a baby photo it thought you'd like." Vic said. He handed me a small black and white photograph of me holding Oliver. I smiled widely and ran my fingertips over the photograph.
"He's beautiful." I breathed.
"I think he looks like you." Vic said.
"He does. I wish I could remember him."
"Nothing at all?"
"Nope." I shrugged. I looked at the papers and flicked through them. "What is this?" I asked.
"Research that Oliver did." Vic said excitedly. "I guess he wanted to know what happened. So he searched for Robin. Who already looked for you when he came back. Robin heard you died so wanted to help people like you."
"What did he do?"
"He brought a large house. Then he had it blessed. He helped The Haunted and gave them a place to stay. He gave them help to try and save lives."
"What?" I gasped.
"He carried on your work, Han'." Vic smiled.
"What happened to him?"
"According to Oliver he spent his life doing this. He never approached your family again after the deaths. He died when he was fifty something. No kids. Looks like he spent his life thinking of you." he explained.
"God." I mumbled. "Are you okay knowing this?"
"Of course. If you're okay, so am I." Vic rolled his eyes. I smiled at him and wrapped my arms around his neck. I kissed Vic gently and he kissed back. I took his hand and he squeezed mine.
"Let's go see everyone else." I said.
I walked out into the corridor and walked down stairs. I went into the drawing room and saw Mike, Jaime, Jess, Tony and Carrie. I waved when I walked in and Mike moved so I could sit down too. Vic sat on the arm of the couch and I leaned back.
"How you feeling?" Jess asked.
"Sore, but I'm okay." I shrugged.
"Is it story time?" Mike asked.
"You mean explanation time." Jaime corrected him. "So, what went down, Han'?"
"I was just remembering everything. First there was my mom and Jaime's dad. Some men were hurting them and killed them. After that I could feel the cuts. It was weird. I could see around me but the visions were inside my head.
"After that I saw trees with nooses. I saw Mike, Tony and Karen hanging there. You were all dead. I think I understand what it all means. They used people I love now to tell me what I saw. They showed me my parents before. And they showed me my friends and people that care about me too.
"Then I saw Jess. She was running down an alley. This guy was following her. He grabbed her and started to take her clothes off. The vision ended just as the guy had taken his pants off and climbed on top of her. I think that means I saw Elsie getting raped before.
"Then I saw the worst. Vic was tied to a chair. These people were torturing him. It was like something out of the old prisoner of war films. They threw a cloth over his face and poured water on him. He thought he was going to drown. Then they told him I was dead. I could see everything fall apart for him. That means they showed me Robin being tortured." I explained.
"Fucking hell." Mike muttered.
"Are you okay? After seeing all that I mean." Jess said.
"I'm okay." I shrugged.
"No whiplash?" Jaime asked.
"No whiplash." I promised.
"Is that why you didn't want me there?" Carrie asked.
"You don't need to watch me be like that." I told her.
"It's better for you to not see it. Even I don't like seeing it. I don't want you to get upset." Tony told Carrie quietly. She took his and kissed his cheek.
"So. . ." I sighed heavily. "What are we going to do about this?" I asked and gestured to Tony and Carrie.
"What?" Carrie frowned.
"You two. We're leaving really soon. But we can't split you up." I said. "You know that Tony is your person? Did you figure that out?" I asked Carrie.
"Yeah, we did." Carrie nodded.
"It was kind of obvious to me after I spoke to Vic." Tony added.
"You have to come home." Vic said quickly. "You can't not go home."
"I can't leave Carrie." Tony replied immediately.
"What about your mom?" Jaime asked.
"Mike, can you look after my mom for me?"
"Fuck off." Mike laughed. "You have to come back."
"If Tony comes back then so do I." Carrie said quickly.
"God." I muttered. "Jess?" I asked.
"I have the room." she told me. "And as soon as I tell them who Carrie is they'll agree for her to stay."
"It's not with Tony." I said.
"Vic stayed with you all the time."
"That was different." I sighed. "If he didn't stay I could have died. You're not at that stage yet."
"You're really doing this for me?" Carrie asked excitedly.
"Wait here." I told her. I stood up and walked over to the door. "If I didn't know how you feel around him I wouldn't do this."
"Where are you going?" Tony asked.
"To talk to her parents. I need to talk them into this." I explained heavily and left the room.

Notes

Hey! What did you think? Hannah knows what Robin did. Were you expecting it? What about the photo? And Carrie is moving back with them. Is it a good thing? Or a bad thing? Any predictions? :)