[A bad day is losing your keys or missing a bus. A bad day is burning dinner or getting fired. What Charlie had was probably the worst day in all of City History. It was right up there on her list of Really Shitty Days, hovering just beneath seeing her father die as the worst day. Really, they were tied.
It was the last day of her honeymoon with Merlin and she woke up to find just his ring on the bed. The rest of him and his stuff? Gone.
She went to the Hall of the Missing after being unable to reach him and sure enough, there was her husbands picture.
And then it got worse. She'd run into Karl and upon feeling threatened, tried to set him on fire. When nothing happened, Charlie ran.
She wasn't sure what happened next, just that something hit her and sent her into a wall hard enough to knock her out and when she came to, she was in the City hospital with several dozen stitches in her back to close up a message Karl left for Saya (come home, saya), a broken wrist and a concussion. And for once in her life, Charlie didn't want to leave the hospital. She wanted to stay where she was.
She was told someone found her and that someone was waiting to see her so Charlie tried to look somewhat okay. The best she could do was curl into a ball on her side, undamaged arm wrapped protectively around her own waist as she watched the door.]
[Uhura had stayed at the hospital all night, waiting to see the young woman she found. The doctor had almost told her to go home, but after one look at her shaking hands, had a nurse get her a blanket and a coffee instead.
Her training should have prepared her for this. Her training should have prepared her for this. She is a Starfleet officer who has seen combat action. She's seen mangled bodies bodies before.
But tonight she'd discovered there's a world of difference between someone injured by an exploding panel and someone beaten and left for dead on a city street. She hadn't been prepared for that.
It's a relief when she's finally told she can see the woman, and Uhura peeks around the doorframe, almost shyly.]
[Charlie watches the woman carefully, not recognizing her straight off. When it does register that she knows the woman, she almost smiles but holds it back. She's not in the mood to actually show too much emotion and will blame being tired and sore if anyone asks.
When she speaks, her voice is strained. Scratchy. Sounds unused or overused, just bad in general.]
[Charlie doesn't really react much to the contact. Doesn't hold Nyota's hand in return. Her own hand is just there. She sighs, nose wrinkling and brow furrowing in frustration before nodding.]
Yeah. I pissed someone off. They're...unhealthily obsessed with a friend of mine. My friend is genuinely afraid of this thing named Karl. He doesn't like that I'm between him and my friend so he attacked me while I was on my way home from...
[Oh. Shit. She has to say it.]
...home from my honeymoon. I couldn't fight back. Not my way. He's invulnerable to what I can do and he's too fast for anything else.
I don't think the police will be able to do much. He doesn't have any sort of grasp with reality. [But then Charlie shrugs a bit.] I will try suggesting it when I get home.
[Except. Oh. Right.] This is going to sound stupid but the doctors suggested I get in contact with people and let them know where I am. I don't want to just yet. Merlin left. He went home and I don't think I can handle telling anyone yet.
I know, Nyota. They should know. But then I would have to tell them it happened while I was on my way home from my honeymoon and then I would have to tell people Merlin left. People would ask where he was and I would have to explain and I can't handle that right now. !I>[Charlie's voice is far from steady. It shakes and hitched s and breaks and as hard as she fights it, tears well up in her eyes and roll down her cheeks. Everything hurts and sympathy from her friends and family would make it worse.]
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Date: 2012-11-22 03:38 am (UTC)It was the last day of her honeymoon with Merlin and she woke up to find just his ring on the bed. The rest of him and his stuff? Gone.
She went to the Hall of the Missing after being unable to reach him and sure enough, there was her husbands picture.
And then it got worse. She'd run into Karl and upon feeling threatened, tried to set him on fire. When nothing happened, Charlie ran.
She wasn't sure what happened next, just that something hit her and sent her into a wall hard enough to knock her out and when she came to, she was in the City hospital with several dozen stitches in her back to close up a message Karl left for Saya (come home, saya), a broken wrist and a concussion. And for once in her life, Charlie didn't want to leave the hospital. She wanted to stay where she was.
She was told someone found her and that someone was waiting to see her so Charlie tried to look somewhat okay. The best she could do was curl into a ball on her side, undamaged arm wrapped protectively around her own waist as she watched the door.]
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Date: 2012-11-22 03:52 am (UTC)Her training should have prepared her for this. Her training should have prepared her for this. She is a Starfleet officer who has seen combat action. She's seen mangled bodies bodies before.
But tonight she'd discovered there's a world of difference between someone injured by an exploding panel and someone beaten and left for dead on a city street. She hadn't been prepared for that.
It's a relief when she's finally told she can see the woman, and Uhura peeks around the doorframe, almost shyly.]
Hi there.
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Date: 2012-11-22 03:57 am (UTC)When she speaks, her voice is strained. Scratchy. Sounds unused or overused, just bad in general.]
You're Pavel's friend. From the bar.
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Date: 2012-11-22 04:11 am (UTC)Yeah, I am. Nyota.
[She comes in and takes a seat.]
Charlie, right?
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Date: 2012-11-22 04:12 am (UTC)[She was finalizing wedding plans that day.]
Thank you for getting me here, Nyota.
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Date: 2012-11-22 04:20 am (UTC)[She inches closer, and reaches out for Charlie's hand.]
Do you remember what happened?
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Date: 2012-11-22 04:24 am (UTC)Yeah. I pissed someone off. They're...unhealthily obsessed with a friend of mine. My friend is genuinely afraid of this thing named Karl. He doesn't like that I'm between him and my friend so he attacked me while I was on my way home from...
[Oh. Shit. She has to say it.]
...home from my honeymoon. I couldn't fight back. Not my way. He's invulnerable to what I can do and he's too fast for anything else.
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Date: 2012-11-22 06:02 pm (UTC)Has she contacted the police?
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Date: 2012-11-22 06:40 pm (UTC)[Except. Oh. Right.] This is going to sound stupid but the doctors suggested I get in contact with people and let them know where I am. I don't want to just yet. Merlin left. He went home and I don't think I can handle telling anyone yet.
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Date: 2012-11-23 08:15 pm (UTC)Charlie, you've just been assaulted. Don't you think your friends should know?
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Date: 2012-11-24 10:17 pm (UTC)Re: action:
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Date: 2012-11-24 10:29 pm (UTC)If you're sure.