Originally posted by Lt_Champion
Rock glances to Lucian and her harsh distrusting look fades she touches his hand gently and opens her mind letting Janet have full access, for the first time ever she is letting someone fully into her mind
Suddenly, everything expanded in Rock's mind. Janet saw things she never expected to see. Felt things she never thought Rock would or could feel. She had to admit to herself that she was more than a little overwhelmed. When the door opened for her, Janet was surprised to see a small pile of pictures, all in black and white. She could feel every emotion a human could experience emanating from the pile.
As she looked on, the pictures started to float up and become suspended in the air, seemingly in no particular order. After the last one got into place, all was silent for an indescribable amount of time. Janet glanced around and that was when the images on the pictures started to move.
There was a picture that showed a rather young looking Rock standing in front of a modest looking, suburban house. The images started with a grungy looking Rock forcing her way into he home. It then skipped to a confrontation with the apparent owner of the home holding a golf club. Skipping again, Janet was able to see the golf club protruding from the man's chest and a woman laying next to him with what appeared to be a knife handle sticking out from her back. A final scene showed a wild-eyed Rock standing face to face with a small child who had pleading eyes.
Janet tore her mental eyes from the picture and another caught her attention. In this one, Rock was scene laying on a bench in what looked to be a large park. She was seen shivering as leaves blew pass her. Another showed the girl running away from some type of food store with a loaf of bread hugged tightly against her chest.
When those images stopped moving, Janet eyes were drawn to a picture of a more recent Rock. This one looked like the room she was staying in after she tried to bring down the school. She saw Ben speaking to her and Rock leaning on the wall with an angry yet empty look in her eyes. The picture then jumped to Rock talking to herself and simply went still. Janet didn't understand that but had no time to figure it out as another picture began.
Janet was surprise to see this one. Rock was sitting under a tree with Lucian's head resting on her legs. They both were laughing. Janet was surprised even further when she realized that she could hear clearly. The picture skipped to Rock playing her guitar for the boy and him nodding his head to the simple tune. Another skip saw Rock and Lucian being intimate with each other. Feeling embarrassed, Janet let out a mental sigh of relief when the image stopped and another picture took its place.
This one saw Rock in the training center taking part in an exercise with the first team of Strike Force: Liam, Naomi, Francois, Leon and Lucian. It then skipped to the team hanging out together in some sort of park. Finally, it skipped to the mission in Russia when they saved Lucian.
Another picture was a montage of meeting Lance for the first time when she was trying to steal a guitar; him taking her to the school; chastising her for her pranks and; him taking responsibility for her. Those memories lasted longer than Janet hoped and welcomed a new picture.
Rock was in a padded white room, strapped to a bed. She seemed to be sleep but her eyes were wide open. Simon and Andrew were talking near the door with a doctor but DJ was sitting next to her with a sad look on his face. It skipped to a scene with Ben, Katt, Sam and again DJ visiting her. Rock then started thrashing about and two orderlies raced in. One held her still as the other gave her a shot. Rock soon calmed down but DJ's head fell and Sam wiped her eyes. Katt leaned into Ben's arm and Janet could see him talking but couldn't make out what he was saying. It sounded like his voice was coming from under water.
Another picture showed Rock again speaking to herself, this time in a room with other people who Janet realized were mental patients. The picture skipped back to the padded room Rock was kept in with the bed now gone. It showed Rock tossing herself all over the room in a straight jacket. She was banging her head against the padded floor; slamming her shoulders forcefully against the walls; and then simply laying on the floor crying.
Janet was getting nauseous watching this memory and was grateful when the images stopped. Another picture showed Rock fighting against four orderlies. She took three down but the fourth managed to give her a shot. She almost immediately fell asleep.
A new picture started with Rock being taken out of the mental institution by Donny. It then skipped to him driving her to some immaculate looking house. Then it skipped to Donny walking towards Rock with a horrifyingly calm smile. Then the picture skipped to the unthinkable. Donny forcing himself on Rock and then beating her senseless and finally releasing her from the home.
Another picture of Rock on the streets with a guitar tried to show itself to Janet but she broke the connection with Rock- knowing full well that the memories were now accessible to the girl, as well- and simply stared at her as she sat on the bed in the arms of the one she truly loved. At that moment, Janet could understand Rock. She could understand why the girl latched on to Lance and Lucian so fiercely and would do anything to keep them near her. Why she was so hostile to other people. So closed off emotionally.
"Rock," the astral Janet said with such a foreign compassion that it shocked even herself. "I don't know what to say." Janet really was speechless. No words would come when she opened her mouth to say something. Her flames vanished and her eyes returned to normal as she floated to the ground.