A/N This chapter is to spread awareness on how traumatic going to a hospital can be after being raped,abused or assaulted. Many people especially on tiktok say to survivors sharing their story, "Just go to the hospital don't tell us." It isn't as easy as it seems and I tried to put it in to perspective of why so many people including women,men,and non binary survivors struggle to go to a hospital after this happens. It isn't just going to a hospital and they will ask questions. It is much more traumatic. If you ever say this or believe it is easy please exit this book.

TW- Talking about abuse, assault, and rape. Use of a rape kit and pap smear.

!!PLEASE EXIT THIS BOOK OR SKIP TO THE NEXT CHAPTER IF THIS IS TRIGGERING!!
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AXL'S POV
After about 2 hours of waiting the doctor walks up to us. "She will be fine but please come with me." She says motioning for us to walk with her. She guided us into the room Elora was in and she was all bandaged sitting up on the hospital bed drinking juice.

"We are going to need a statement of what happened before we can release her." The doctor says while bringing in two police officers and 3 more doctors. "Okay what happened wa-" I try and say but she interrupts saying, "From Elora, not you."

ELORA'S POV

"I was getting an uber to go meet up with my friend Isla." I say looking over at Isla sitting next to Axl. "We drove for a while and I started noticing something was wrong so I tried to escape while I could but he wouldn't let me." I say as my voice quakes.

"Who and what did he do?" The huge bald cop asks. "Will you let her take her time." Axl says to him sounding annoyed. "It's okay" I say to him back. "We don't know their names, he covered my mouth with his hand as his arm was holding me to the seat of the car. He then pulled a knife and held it to me so I couldn't fight back anymore."

"After that it's a blur until we got back to the house. I woke up being handcuffed to a wall... naked." Axl looks down at his hands. "Then for a while he just yelled at me but then he started hitting me.

"Where did he hit you and with what?" The same cop asked. I clear my throat then say "He used his belt, it started off with him hitting me in the stomach with it. I thought it was over but I accidentally pissed him off and he started.... he started hitting me on the vagina and breasts over and over again." I say.

I sighed "Then he grabbed a knife and started cutting my stomach cheek and thighs.. then my boobs. Finally he moved the knife up to my neck like he did in the car but didn't end up doing anything to my neck."

"Okay well since that does classify as sexual assault, assault and possibly rape if anything happened while you were unconscious. We are going to need to have a team of fellow cops investigate the cuts and bruises. We also need to do a pap smear just to make sure nothing happened while you were unconscious." He says while writing  on a note pad. "What... I don't want anyone else ever looking at or touching my body besides Axl." I say looking over at him.

     "If you want us to find these guys this is your best bet. We already had a team go over to investigate and it was an abandoned house. They both fled." I keep eye contact with Axl and say "Can I have someone in the room with me when you do the exam?" "One person and that is it." The cop responds. "Okay i'll do it then, I don't want this happening another time with these same people." I say. "Alright we will get the room set up and our team over." He says walking out of the room.

    "Isla can you give us a minute?" I ask her. Isla gets up and walks out of the room. "Come over here." I say while waving Axl over. I move over in the hospital bed and lay down as he lays down beside me wrapping his arms around me with his chin on my head. "I'm going to be with you throughout it all. I will never leave you." He says while kissing the top of my head.

    I felt the first rush of happiness go through me hearing Axl say those comforting words. I knew he was the one for me. "We are ready for you." The doctor says. I stand up being able to walk just a little wobbly. Axl grabs my hand and squeezes it as the doctor takes us to the room.

     My body froze in shock as we walked  in the door. There was a camera and 3 officers 2 male one female. The same sweet doctor that had been with me, and a table with leg holders to keep them open. "Are you okay? Do you want to do this another time?" Axl asks. "No i'll be fine just.. be with me."

     "Okay ma'am i'm going to need for you to step inside and remove all articles of clothing then step onto this square." The officer says. I take the hospital gown off followed by my panties and bra. I get flashbacks of being strapped to the wall exposed in the same way. I saw all of the knife marks and bruises covering me as I shakily walk over to the square.

   The officer grabs the camera and first looks at the cuts and bruises on my stomach the camera flashes as he snaps 3 pictures of them. He then goes to my thighs *snap snap snap*  Taking three picture of each leg. He stopped for a minute to let me re collect myself since I was crying, feeling so violated. I walked over to Axl and hugged him as he whispered "I'm so sorry you are having to go through this love." He kissed me softly on the lips before I walked back over to the square.

     He then took the pictures of my boobs seeing the knife marks going all around each. Three pictures each. Finally he moved to the place I felt most violated by. Taking pictures of the deep belt marks on my vagina, I felt myself shaking from the traumatic memories this exam just making it worse.

"Okay now move onto the hospital bed." The officer says. His voice was muffled as my brain was replaying the torture I went through. I froze for a minute but then slowly walked to the bed which was sitting half up. Axl came and sat down first so I could lay my head on him.

The female doctor walked over putting her tight gloves on and started investigating the wounds further.Her cold gloves pressed on my boobs making me flinch. "Knife marks went one and a half inches through the skin on the left and right breasts. I held my hands above my head so I could feel Axl. He grabbed my hand and placed his chin on the top of my head.

As the doctor inspected my thighs and stomach I started getting queasy from the feeling of everyone looking at me. I slid myself up further onto axl's lap turning my head and burying it in his neck so I didn't have to watch as the tears rolled down my face. "Half an inch into the thigh region and 1/4 an inch into the stomach." The doctor says as the police write it into their report.

"Okay we're almost done now just the pap smear." She says. "I.. I need a minute can Axl and I have the room for a second?" I ask. "Sure" The doctor says as they all walk out of the room. "I can't do this." I say crying into Axl's chest. He strokes my hair with one hand as his other is wrapped around my bare chest. "I'm sorry love." He whispers into my ear kissing the back of it. "Do you want to stop and go home?" He asks. "No it's just one thing left i'm ready." I say while wiping my tears.

Axl walks out of the room to let them know i'm ready. I drape the hospital blanket over my breasts and knees as they walk in. They move me into the position a woman would be in as she is giving birth but with my legs spread out by two foot holders. Axl sits behind me with his arms wrapped around my waist and his head on my shoulder as the doctor gets the supplies ready.

"Okay you're going to feel some cold then some pain as I put the speculum in." She puts some lube on her finger spreading it around my opening then slides the cold sharp edged speculum in. I start crying again and Axl hugs me tight as she puts the swab in all the way brushing it against my cervix then pulling it out and placing it into the testing container. "You're done you are a very strong woman." She tells me handing me some clothes from the storage area.

The doctors all leave and I slip on the huge sweatshirt and sweatpants. "Do you want to go out and get something to eat?" Axl asks. "No I just want to be with you." I say grabbing his hand as we walk out of the hospital.

A/N
This chapter was very emotional to make I just feel it is something that needs to be discussed more. Never feel like you have to do anything you aren't comfortable with. If you ever need to talk please private message me and if you need more serious help here are some numbers to call. For women,men and non binary.

Sexual Assault Hotline
800-656-4673

Dating Abuse and Domestic Violence 866-331-9474

Depression and Suicide
866-488-7386

Eating Disorder Hotline
800-931-2237

General Crisis
Text SUPPORT to 741-741

Mental Illness Hotline
800-950-6264

Veterans Crisis Line
800-273-8255

You are not alone <3