Stable but still unconsious

"I'm sorry sir, you can't go in there" said a police officer in uniform standing outside Stephanie's door. Before I managed to get my SWAT ID, an enraged woman, who seemed like the worst nightmarish creature from hell slammed the door open, "Where the fuck were you?" The enraged Helena shouted, only to notice the swelling and bruises across my face, "What the fuck happened to you?" she asked, in a softer voice, as her terrifying figure calmed down to her somewhat normal self. "I'm fine, how is she?" I asked, ignoring her looks. "She's stable, but she still hadn't woken up" Helena answered in a soft voice. "Sir, I still can't let you in, it's part of a case, you'll have to stay outside" the police officer said again, now actively blocking me from entering, Helena shot an angry look towards the officer. "I'm with the SCU, Lt. Lisov" I told him, showing him my Central City SWAT ID, I still didn't have GCPD badge, hoping the shock of seeing an unexpected SWAT officer will be enough to deter any questions. "Ah, sure sir, let me know if you need anything" the officer was taken aback. I never had any bad feelings towards uniform cops, they were mostly honest people doing their jobs, but for some it really did seem it's the highest they can go in the police ****, others can be squandered being stuck as uniforms. "Yes, you could do me a favour, if you can, find a wheelchair and send it to the headquarters, the commissioner's daughter is there without one" I asked him, "Umm,, sure I can ask my partner to do it." he replied. I wanted to say something about not separating with your partner, but I didn't.

The first sight I saw as I entered the room was Stephanie's beautiful face, it was covered with bruises and cuts. This sight had me break down on the spot, I couldn't care that she was Batgirl, I didn't care she fought me, she didn't deserve this, she didn't deserve to be tortured like that. "What happened to her?" I asked, tears gathering in my eyes, "She was.. Look Adam, why don't you sit down?" Helena asked somberly, her tone changed to comforting little by little, I understood it means something really bad happened to the sweet pancakes lover. "Someone beat her up, bad" Helena said quietly, "She.. She was.." Helena continued as the door opened behind her cutting her off.

"Who are you?" asked a short stocky woman in a formal pantsuit, surprised to see us in the room. "She's with the patient" said a nurse who came behind the woman, until she looked at me, "I don't know who he is" she pointed at me. "I thought I told the uniform to no let anyone in.." The short woman said, as the nurse shrugged. "Right, I need IDs and an explanation on why are you here and your relationship with the victim" she said, the use of the word victim hit me hard. "I'm sorry, who are you?" Helena asked. "I'm detective Foreman, now, will you answer what I asked?" the woman asked, in a more firm tone, annoyance creeping up to her round face. "I'm..." Helena started, as I cut her off, knowing she'll find some lie to tell the detective. "I'm Lieutenant Lisov with the SCU, this is my sister Helena, we're Stephanie's friends" I said, it a defeated voice. Helena shot an angry look at me. She was good at it, I knew she could lie her way out of the most secure prison if needed to, but I just had it for now, the only thing I care about is what had happened to Stephanie, and was it because of me?

"Can I see your badge?" the detective asked, a suspicious look on her face. I handed her my old SWAT ID, "I'm starting only Monday morning, so I still don't have a badge" I told her. "So you're not with the SCU, tell me, how do you know the victim?" she asked, looking at the bruises I had on my own face. Connecting the dots I could see why she was suspicious, a bruised up man, a bruised up girl, the two can be connected quite easily. "She's my sister's friend" I answered, giving Helena a small look. "And where were you between 2:00 and 4:00 AM last night?" she continued to prod. "I was in the headquarters' holding cells, Cpt. Alanca can attest to it, I'm also pretty sure there's footage of me being there" I answered. "And what were you doing there? Seeing you're not part of the GCPD?" she had an almost malicious tone to her voice. "I helped in catching one of the Bats, so the Captain debriefed me there." I answered, prompting a confused look from Helena. "And what did you do afterwards?" she asked. "I was lying on the floor after Batman attacked the headquarters" this made her stop her prodding to reevaluate. "Should you ask if I was the one who attacked Stephanie, then no, I wasn't the one, I believe there are enough evidence to put me far away from where she was attacked, wherever it was." I said, mild annoyance in my own tone. "I appreciate you working every lead, but for now please leave us alone for a few moments, I will want to hear where you at with the investigation if you don't mind, but only after we have some time for ourselves." I finished, the detective giving me a nod.

"You'll have to excuse me, I couldn't but notice that you have some bruises yourself, indicating you were in a fight, I thought maybe you were here to tamper with evidence." She said, standing up from her chair, "You cannot be too careful when it comes to sexual ****". This brought me pluming down hard. "Sexual ****?!" I exclaimed, my sister put her arm on me, a worried look in her eyes. "Yes, she was assaulted last night, around 3:25 based on an eye-witness who also found her." she could see the pain in me as I came crumbling down on the chair, Helena continued to support me, clearly none of it was news for her. "I am sorry" Detective Foreman said, as though regretting she shared it, only to continue "We know the apartment she was thrown from, I'm heading there now, we found blood on her that we are analyzing now, and we also have a sample of the semen we extracted from her, so I'm sure we will catch whoever that is assaulted her soon." she said, seeing me plummet even further in my chair. "It's most likely my semen." I said defeatedly, knowing it will prompt more questions. "We had sex yesterday morning" I explained, shutting down and looking at the floor. "I see, I will leave you alone for now. If you wouldn't mind, the nurse will take a DNA sample from you, just to be on the safe side." She finished, gave a quick look at my sister and went away.

I looked at Helena, my eyes swelling as she rushed in for a hug.