Post by Roxi Johnson on Aug 9, 2013 3:02:48 GMT -5
This is the finale of this story arc. Obviously I never finished it, so here it is before the new one begins.
[ Roxi’s face slams through a glass mirror. Blood jettisons from her head and face. She collapses to the floor in a heap. ]
[Back at the apartment, Vision is on the computer, and looks worried, Sydney is asleep.]
Vision - Sydney! Hey!
Sydney - Mumble…mumble…
Vision - Sydney! Wake up!
Sydney - Mmm….what? What’s going on?
Vision - Syndey….where’s Roxi?
Sydney - I don’t know, its not my day to watch her…
[Sydney rolls over in a vain attempt to go back to sleep.]
Vision - Sydney! I’m serious!
Sydney - I don’t know, out on patrol I guess. She didn’t tell me where she was going.
Vision - Syd, I’m worried.
Sydney - Why?
Vision - She hasn’t reported in if she’s on patrol. Check around, she is she’s there.
[Groaning and sighing, Sydney stands up, and looks around.]
Sydney - Roxi? Are you here?
[She gets no response.]
Sydney - She’s not here.
Vision - Actually check around this time. If she’s out on patrol, she’s not showing up anywhere.
Sydney - Hang on.
[ Sydney looks in the closet, and Roxi’s costume is still in it’s place. Sydney checks around, and Roxi is no where to be found. Sydney walks back to the computer]
Vision - Anything?
Sydney - Her costume is still here. Maybe she just went out.
Vision - Sydney, have you ever known her to go out?
Sydney - Sometimes.
Vision - Without telling anyone?
[ Sydney sighs.]
Sydney - What do you want me to do?
Vision - Sydney, I have a bad feeling that Roxi could be in trouble.
Sydney - She’s a grown up, she can take care of herself.
Vision - No, this is not like her. I mean, ever since Ted’s stuff came up, she…she’s changed.
Sydney - … I guess your right. Wait…
Vision - What?
Sydney - You don’t think …she… Ah crap.
Vision - What?
Sydney - She went to confront Ted. I know she did.
Vision - That means she’s in serious danger.
Sydney - I need everything on Ted. Right now.
[ Flash to later, inside Ted’s apartment, Where Roxi and Ted, both lay motionless on the floor. Sydney kicks in the door and quickly searches the rooms. She finds both of them, laying on the floor. ]
Sydney - Roxi? Jesus.
[Bending down, Sydney picks up a nearly lifeless Roxi, Blood still running down her face. Her right eye is swollen shut, there are cuts all over her. Vision‘s voice is hear on Zelda‘s communicator.]
Vision - Zelda? What’s going on?
Sydney - Vision, I found her. I found both of them.
Vision - What’s the situation.
[ Sydney checks Roxi’s pulse.]
Sydney - *Relieved Sigh* She’s alive. Barely. Get an ambulance.
Vision - Where’s Ted?
Sydney - I…
[ Sydney gently lays Roxi down and cautiously goes over to Ted, He lays still as Sydney checks his pulse.]
Vision - Well…?
Sydney - He’s… He’s dead.
Vision - What?
Sydney - I said he’s dead
Vision - What the hell happened in there?
Sydney - I don’t know! get that ambulance now!
[ Sydney goes back to Roxi.]
Sydney - Roxi…wake up.
[ She gently shakes and taps Roxi’s face.]
Sydney - Come on, you can’t do this to me right now.
[Continuing, nothing is happening. Sydney again checks her pulse.]
Sydney - Come on!
[ Roxi slowly starts coming to.]
Sydney - Roxi?!
Roxi - *unintelligible*
Sydney - Snap out of it.
Roxi - mmm….ugh…Wha…where…where’s Ted?
[ Later, at the guild medical center. Roxi sits in a hospital gown, covering herself up. Sydney enters the room]
Sydney - Hi.
Roxi - Hi.
Sydney - You alright?
Roxi - I’m…no. I’m not alright.
Sydney - You…wanna tell me what happened in there?
[Roxi stares at Sydney.]
Roxi - I…It was awful. Some things I can remember, but some I just can’t.
Sydney - Well, we need to start with what you do remember, but…I’m willing to wait.
Roxi - …What?
Sydney - The have to do a thorough work-up on you. Check you for rape.
Roxi - …Why?
Sydney - Because I found you, bloody, beaten, and unconscious, and your boyfriend dead. They have to be sure.
Roxi - …I…
Sydney - Take it easy. I’ll be back, I’ve going to head back to that place and look for anything that might help you remember. In the meantime, Let them do their work, and…I’ll be back.
Roxi - Okay…
Sydney - Get some rest.
[ Sydney hugs her and notices Roxi is crying. She rubs her head before turning to leave.]
Roxi - Sydney…
Sydney - Yeah?
Roxi - Thank you.
[Day 2 at the guild medical bay.]
Sydney - Feeling any better?
Roxi - A little.
Sydney - I see the tests came back negative on rape. So that’s good, right?
Roxi - …Right…
[Sydney sits down in the chair, next to the bed, and sighs, throwing up her hands.]
Sydney - Well, you know I’m not exactly a finesse person, so, I’m going to just ask outright. Do you feel up to it now?
Roxi - …I…I guess.
Sydney - Well, let me tell you what I know. There’s broken glass, and a bunch of blood, your blood, all over his place. He had several lacerations, and his cause of death is a broken neck. So…you...want to tell me what you remember?
Roxi - …Yeah..
[ Flashback Roxi casually knocks on Ted’s apartment door. ]
I went to confront him about it. About everything.
[ Ted answers, and an obviously upset Roxi comes in. ]
I told him what I knew. How I knew all about him. I obviously broke up with him.
I take it it didn’t go too well.
No. He got angry.
[ Ted starts yelling at Roxi, both getting angry at each other. ]
First, he denied it. Said he wouldn’t hurt anybody. I told him what I saw. And how everything made sense now. How he was not around a lot of the time, how he never stuck around too long in any place. Always had parties and things to do. He was the one out there, doing horrible things to people.
[ Roxi continues yelling and tries to leave.]
Did you try to leave?
I told him everything, and that I was leaving, and calling the police. Obviously, I had planned to go back there in costume and take care of it myself. I put a tracker on his car, in case he tried to leave town. It would have been minutes.
So?
[ Ted grabs Roxi and the two struggle. They begins grappling, but the stronger Ted manages to pin Roxi up against the wall, then produces a knife. ]
He had a knife. He pinned me against the wall. I could have probably done something, but I couldn’t risk his making the connection to the whole hero thing. And…I guess…part of me still wanted to believe that he wasn’t that guy.
[Taking Roxi by the hair, Ted leads her to the couch, pinning her down with a knee in her back. Producing rope from nearby, He ties her hands together. ]
He tied me up. He told me he loved me. Thathe didn’t want to hurt me.
[Ted starts stroking Roxi’s hair, as Roxi stares at him, really unsure of what to do. ]
That’s when he punched me.
[ Ted takes a free shot at the defenseless woman. ]
I don’t know how long I was out, or how many times he threw punches. I just remember the blood on my face dripping on the floor. The sound of it…it woke me up.
[ Roxi’s face is all bloody and battered as she comes to. There is a large gash on her face, and one eye is swollen. Ted has now bound her legs as well. He picks her up by the legs and drags her into the bathroom. ]
He put me in the bathtub. Then….I remember…the doorbell rang.
The doorbell?
Yeah. I don’t know why, but it did. He left me. I…I grabbed a razor, His shaving razor. I broke it open, and…I tried to cut myself lose.
[ Roxi struggles, cutting her own fingers as she tries desperately to free herself. ]
That explains the cuts on your fingers and back.
I got out, and I tried to get away, he was going through my purse…I couldn’t let him find anything…I had to stop him.
[ Roxi sees Ted going through her purse, and tries to tackle him. The once again grapple around, but again Ted gains the upper hand. The continue to wrestle around, both trying to gain control. ]
I got behind him, I tried to take him down, but the beating he gave me was slowing me down. He got behind me, and started choking me.
[ Ted starts a rear naked choke, then starts running Roxi towards the mirror, She struggles to stop herself, then begins kicking and elbowing Ted. Ted gut-wrenches her to regain control, but with all the energy she has left, she lifts Ted awkwardly upside down, Ted lands head-first on the floor. He pushes off of her as he goes upside down, and it smashes her head-first into the mirror. ]
I tried to get up, but there was more blood loss. I could only see stars and vague shapes. I must have passed out afterward.
[ She blacks out. Cut back to the Medical bay.]
Roxi - The next thing I knew, you were there.
Sydney - You going to be okay?
Roxi - I don’t know anymore, Z. I just don’t.
Sydney - You didn’t do anything wrong.
Roxi - Didn’t I?
Sydney - No. He was going to kill you.
Roxi - But I killed him…I took a life. Heroes don’t do that.
Sydney - You did what anyone in your position would do. And you didn’t do it on purpose. It’s not your fault.
Roxi - It is my fault. I should have known. I should have been smarter about it. I was so overcome with emotion that I…I screwed everything up.
Sydney - That’s ridiculous. That -
Roxi - Just…leave me alone for now, Z. I need you to go. I need to be alone now.
Sydney - I…
Roxi - Please.
Sydney - Yeah. If you…need anything, I’ll be right here.
Roxi - …
[With that, Sydney walks out the door, leaving Roxi alone to contemplate everything… ]
[ Roxi’s face slams through a glass mirror. Blood jettisons from her head and face. She collapses to the floor in a heap. ]
[Back at the apartment, Vision is on the computer, and looks worried, Sydney is asleep.]
Vision - Sydney! Hey!
Sydney - Mumble…mumble…
Vision - Sydney! Wake up!
Sydney - Mmm….what? What’s going on?
Vision - Syndey….where’s Roxi?
Sydney - I don’t know, its not my day to watch her…
[Sydney rolls over in a vain attempt to go back to sleep.]
Vision - Sydney! I’m serious!
Sydney - I don’t know, out on patrol I guess. She didn’t tell me where she was going.
Vision - Syd, I’m worried.
Sydney - Why?
Vision - She hasn’t reported in if she’s on patrol. Check around, she is she’s there.
[Groaning and sighing, Sydney stands up, and looks around.]
Sydney - Roxi? Are you here?
[She gets no response.]
Sydney - She’s not here.
Vision - Actually check around this time. If she’s out on patrol, she’s not showing up anywhere.
Sydney - Hang on.
[ Sydney looks in the closet, and Roxi’s costume is still in it’s place. Sydney checks around, and Roxi is no where to be found. Sydney walks back to the computer]
Vision - Anything?
Sydney - Her costume is still here. Maybe she just went out.
Vision - Sydney, have you ever known her to go out?
Sydney - Sometimes.
Vision - Without telling anyone?
[ Sydney sighs.]
Sydney - What do you want me to do?
Vision - Sydney, I have a bad feeling that Roxi could be in trouble.
Sydney - She’s a grown up, she can take care of herself.
Vision - No, this is not like her. I mean, ever since Ted’s stuff came up, she…she’s changed.
Sydney - … I guess your right. Wait…
Vision - What?
Sydney - You don’t think …she… Ah crap.
Vision - What?
Sydney - She went to confront Ted. I know she did.
Vision - That means she’s in serious danger.
Sydney - I need everything on Ted. Right now.
[ Flash to later, inside Ted’s apartment, Where Roxi and Ted, both lay motionless on the floor. Sydney kicks in the door and quickly searches the rooms. She finds both of them, laying on the floor. ]
Sydney - Roxi? Jesus.
[Bending down, Sydney picks up a nearly lifeless Roxi, Blood still running down her face. Her right eye is swollen shut, there are cuts all over her. Vision‘s voice is hear on Zelda‘s communicator.]
Vision - Zelda? What’s going on?
Sydney - Vision, I found her. I found both of them.
Vision - What’s the situation.
[ Sydney checks Roxi’s pulse.]
Sydney - *Relieved Sigh* She’s alive. Barely. Get an ambulance.
Vision - Where’s Ted?
Sydney - I…
[ Sydney gently lays Roxi down and cautiously goes over to Ted, He lays still as Sydney checks his pulse.]
Vision - Well…?
Sydney - He’s… He’s dead.
Vision - What?
Sydney - I said he’s dead
Vision - What the hell happened in there?
Sydney - I don’t know! get that ambulance now!
[ Sydney goes back to Roxi.]
Sydney - Roxi…wake up.
[ She gently shakes and taps Roxi’s face.]
Sydney - Come on, you can’t do this to me right now.
[Continuing, nothing is happening. Sydney again checks her pulse.]
Sydney - Come on!
[ Roxi slowly starts coming to.]
Sydney - Roxi?!
Roxi - *unintelligible*
Sydney - Snap out of it.
Roxi - mmm….ugh…Wha…where…where’s Ted?
[ Later, at the guild medical center. Roxi sits in a hospital gown, covering herself up. Sydney enters the room]
Sydney - Hi.
Roxi - Hi.
Sydney - You alright?
Roxi - I’m…no. I’m not alright.
Sydney - You…wanna tell me what happened in there?
[Roxi stares at Sydney.]
Roxi - I…It was awful. Some things I can remember, but some I just can’t.
Sydney - Well, we need to start with what you do remember, but…I’m willing to wait.
Roxi - …What?
Sydney - The have to do a thorough work-up on you. Check you for rape.
Roxi - …Why?
Sydney - Because I found you, bloody, beaten, and unconscious, and your boyfriend dead. They have to be sure.
Roxi - …I…
Sydney - Take it easy. I’ll be back, I’ve going to head back to that place and look for anything that might help you remember. In the meantime, Let them do their work, and…I’ll be back.
Roxi - Okay…
Sydney - Get some rest.
[ Sydney hugs her and notices Roxi is crying. She rubs her head before turning to leave.]
Roxi - Sydney…
Sydney - Yeah?
Roxi - Thank you.
[Day 2 at the guild medical bay.]
Sydney - Feeling any better?
Roxi - A little.
Sydney - I see the tests came back negative on rape. So that’s good, right?
Roxi - …Right…
[Sydney sits down in the chair, next to the bed, and sighs, throwing up her hands.]
Sydney - Well, you know I’m not exactly a finesse person, so, I’m going to just ask outright. Do you feel up to it now?
Roxi - …I…I guess.
Sydney - Well, let me tell you what I know. There’s broken glass, and a bunch of blood, your blood, all over his place. He had several lacerations, and his cause of death is a broken neck. So…you...want to tell me what you remember?
Roxi - …Yeah..
[ Flashback Roxi casually knocks on Ted’s apartment door. ]
I went to confront him about it. About everything.
[ Ted answers, and an obviously upset Roxi comes in. ]
I told him what I knew. How I knew all about him. I obviously broke up with him.
I take it it didn’t go too well.
No. He got angry.
[ Ted starts yelling at Roxi, both getting angry at each other. ]
First, he denied it. Said he wouldn’t hurt anybody. I told him what I saw. And how everything made sense now. How he was not around a lot of the time, how he never stuck around too long in any place. Always had parties and things to do. He was the one out there, doing horrible things to people.
[ Roxi continues yelling and tries to leave.]
Did you try to leave?
I told him everything, and that I was leaving, and calling the police. Obviously, I had planned to go back there in costume and take care of it myself. I put a tracker on his car, in case he tried to leave town. It would have been minutes.
So?
[ Ted grabs Roxi and the two struggle. They begins grappling, but the stronger Ted manages to pin Roxi up against the wall, then produces a knife. ]
He had a knife. He pinned me against the wall. I could have probably done something, but I couldn’t risk his making the connection to the whole hero thing. And…I guess…part of me still wanted to believe that he wasn’t that guy.
[Taking Roxi by the hair, Ted leads her to the couch, pinning her down with a knee in her back. Producing rope from nearby, He ties her hands together. ]
He tied me up. He told me he loved me. Thathe didn’t want to hurt me.
[Ted starts stroking Roxi’s hair, as Roxi stares at him, really unsure of what to do. ]
That’s when he punched me.
[ Ted takes a free shot at the defenseless woman. ]
I don’t know how long I was out, or how many times he threw punches. I just remember the blood on my face dripping on the floor. The sound of it…it woke me up.
[ Roxi’s face is all bloody and battered as she comes to. There is a large gash on her face, and one eye is swollen. Ted has now bound her legs as well. He picks her up by the legs and drags her into the bathroom. ]
He put me in the bathtub. Then….I remember…the doorbell rang.
The doorbell?
Yeah. I don’t know why, but it did. He left me. I…I grabbed a razor, His shaving razor. I broke it open, and…I tried to cut myself lose.
[ Roxi struggles, cutting her own fingers as she tries desperately to free herself. ]
That explains the cuts on your fingers and back.
I got out, and I tried to get away, he was going through my purse…I couldn’t let him find anything…I had to stop him.
[ Roxi sees Ted going through her purse, and tries to tackle him. The once again grapple around, but again Ted gains the upper hand. The continue to wrestle around, both trying to gain control. ]
I got behind him, I tried to take him down, but the beating he gave me was slowing me down. He got behind me, and started choking me.
[ Ted starts a rear naked choke, then starts running Roxi towards the mirror, She struggles to stop herself, then begins kicking and elbowing Ted. Ted gut-wrenches her to regain control, but with all the energy she has left, she lifts Ted awkwardly upside down, Ted lands head-first on the floor. He pushes off of her as he goes upside down, and it smashes her head-first into the mirror. ]
I tried to get up, but there was more blood loss. I could only see stars and vague shapes. I must have passed out afterward.
[ She blacks out. Cut back to the Medical bay.]
Roxi - The next thing I knew, you were there.
Sydney - You going to be okay?
Roxi - I don’t know anymore, Z. I just don’t.
Sydney - You didn’t do anything wrong.
Roxi - Didn’t I?
Sydney - No. He was going to kill you.
Roxi - But I killed him…I took a life. Heroes don’t do that.
Sydney - You did what anyone in your position would do. And you didn’t do it on purpose. It’s not your fault.
Roxi - It is my fault. I should have known. I should have been smarter about it. I was so overcome with emotion that I…I screwed everything up.
Sydney - That’s ridiculous. That -
Roxi - Just…leave me alone for now, Z. I need you to go. I need to be alone now.
Sydney - I…
Roxi - Please.
Sydney - Yeah. If you…need anything, I’ll be right here.
Roxi - …
[With that, Sydney walks out the door, leaving Roxi alone to contemplate everything… ]
