Two rooms down, Walter was having some difficulty with his patient. "Look, Tina, I'm a medical doctor. Without your leave, I'm bound to silence on anything you tell me. So are Prinea and Glynda. Now, I can see that this is a tough subject for you, but I need the information. So please answer the question?"
Tina's nostrils flared and she fought the tears that threatened to fall. She swallowed the large lump in her throat as she made a decision. "Do you know anything of our family history?"
"I'm afraid I don't. I only met all of you earlier."
Tina nodded. "As I understand it, Mom and Janie were already lovers when they both met their future husbands. I don't know how they did it, but the asshole that contributed to my genetics actually got Mom pregnant twice. You see, the bastard is gay.
"I have nothing against homosexuality, or those that practice it. Hell, I'm bisexual! So if I call that fucker a flaming faggot, please don't think I'm gay bashing."
"I understand," Walter said. "Please, continue."
"When I was just about fifteen, the bastard decides he's had enough of trying to live like a man, and divorces Mom. He moves out to be with his boyfriend. He wanted custody of his 'son' and sued Mom over it. In the ultimate irony, the judge gave him custody of me, and left Tammy (then Tommy) with Mom.
"Well, unknown to anyone, Jimmy, Tommy and I would sneak out and have sex together. I fell in love with Jimmy and I suppose Tommy too, but I think he was starting to not feel well, so it ended up being mostly Jimmy and I.
"Since I wasn't on the pill or anything, we'd only have anal sex. But when the faggot won custody of me, he made arrangements to ship me off to a very strict, private religious school. I didn't want anything to do with it of course, but he wouldn't listen, he's still on a real woman-hating binge.
"So, I got an idea. I'd make love to Jimmy and get pregnant. Then the school would send me home in disgrace. I didn't care, as long as I could come home to Jimmy, Tommy and Mom. I thought I was so smart!" Tears slowly crept down her face. "I had no clue about reality."
Tina wiped her eyes and continued. "Well, my plan partly worked; I did get pregnant. I was so happy that I started packing as soon as I got back from the nurse's office." Here she stumbled, and seemed to deflate in on herself as she relived her nightmare.
"They came for me right after lunch. Two large men, I grabbed my bag and followed them out. They didn't take me to the airport. Instead, they took me to this nice building and said that my dad wanted me to go in and see the doctor; I already had an appointment.
"I asked them if they were taking me to the airport afterwards, one of them chuckled, and the other just nodded his head. I left my bag in the van, and walked inside. It wasn't a normal doctor's office; it was an abortion clinic.
"Before I knew it, I was strapped to a table, and they ... they ruined me. They ripped out my soul and laughed while they threw it away like garbage. I can still hear them laughing." She shuddered and sniffled. Walter handed her a box of tissues and a glass of water, she blew her nose before taking a drink and thanking him.
Walter had the answers he needed, but he knew she needed to finish this, she needed to get this poison out of her system. He suspected it was slowly killing her.
After regaining her composure, she continued. "The men took me back to the dorms, and the head-women walked me back to my room. She told me I had no one to blame but myself and that this was the price of being a 'Jezebel'. She locked me in my room and said that she would be back to let me out for dinner. I was to use the restroom then. Once finished, she would return me to my room, and lock the door. I was no longer allowed to move about freely.
"The worst part was that the few girls that I had managed to make friends with now shunned me. Rumors were all over the school about me. None of them were true of course, but it seemed that even the instructors believed them. Every night I returned to my room and wished I would just die. I'd thought about doing it myself, but knew I couldn't. I resigned myself to living out my days broken.
"Then I overheard the head-woman telling one of the old bats they had for instructors what had happened, and who had given them the authority to do it. She even said that he had requested that she remain on lock-down for the duration of her stay. When the other old bitch questioned it, the head-woman mentioned something about a large donation. I had finally found something to give me the strength to keep going; my butt-monkey, cock-slurping, fuck-bag of a father." She paused to take a drink of water, and Walter got her a new glass.
"Since I was six, I have been enrolled in martial arts. I'm told I'm very good at it. By the time the putrid cum-bucket sent me to that school, I was about to test for black belt. The school had allowed me to continue with their instructor since it filled the phys-ed requirement.
"I tried to tell the sensei what had happened to me, but she didn't believe me. She told me that the school was pro-life, and they'd never allow an abortion under any circumstance. I let it go then, but I think she might have asked about it. She started treating me differently, trying to convince me that I needed to accept my sins so I could be forgiven for them.
"I refused to talk to her anymore. I followed her instruction on the mats, but when it came to conversation, I just walked away from her. I quit talking to everyone. Unless it had to do with class or was required, I refused to speak to all of them.
"Finally, one evening, while my keeper had me out for dinner, (it was one of the gorillas that took me to the clinic this time) I decided I'd had enough. Even after two years, he still thought it was hilarious that I thought I was going home after my 'doctor's visit'.
"I took him out so fast no one even noticed he was slowly falling to the floor. I asked one of the girls to watch over him while I ran to get the nurse. I grabbed his keys since she was in another wing, and took off. I found his car in the parking lot, and was out the front gate before anyone actually knew I'd left." She sipped some water to moisten her throat.
"The big ass-hole must have been selling drugs or something on the side, because I found a huge wad of cash under the seat. I drove to a Walmart I knew was close by, bought some clothes, and a few other things I'd need. I took the clothes and the make-up I bought into the bathroom, and changed my appearance as much as I could, then called a taxi to take me to the airport.
"I made it home, and Mom picked me up. She didn't ask, and I didn't say anything, I just asked her if I could file a restraining order against the faggot. I haven't seen him since. It's probably a good thing too, because I want to kill him."
Walter had been affected by this sweet young woman's story. He was a doctor, and he wanted to kill the bastard. However, he could tell there was still more to this tale that she wasn't saying. There was strength in this young woman; more and more she reminded him of their last Avatar, Hidoku.
"So, why didn't you and Jimmy get back together? I'm sure he had to miss you very much."
Tina sniffed and her expression hardened. "No, he didn't miss me. He forgot completely about me until I got back, then he didn't want me anymore; I can't really blame him after what those monsters did to me."
"That sure doesn't sound like the Jimmy I've met. Did he contact you while you were at school? Calls, cards or letters?"
"No, nothing. That's how I know he forgot about me. I wrote to him almost every day, and got nothing in return. No letters, no calls, nothing. I was only allowed to call the faggot, and the head-woman dialed the number. When I asked him if he would call Jimmy for me, he told me that Jimmy had said he didn't want anything to do with me anymore."
Walter looked at the girl like she was a bit slow. "And you believed him? Sweetheart, you know as well or perhaps better than I do that Jimmy isn't like that. Have you ever considered just asking him directly?"
"Yeah, a couple of times, but then something would happen that would support what the faggot said, so I'd let it go. If he doesn't want me anymore, I don't want to make a fool out of myself, again."
"Dear Lady, you really should talk to the three of them as soon as you see them in there. I saw how he looked at you when you and Sheba were kissing. I'd bet my buttons he still has strong feelings for you!"
"In there?" she asked. "I thought I'd be alone in the tank?"
"You will be, but while you're in there, you mind will be in the virtual world of the AIs so they can teach you whatever you'll need to know. I'm sure either Prinea, Sheba or Pollux will explain it better. Suffice it to say you'll only be in the tank for a couple of days, however, subjectively it'll seem like several months; time passes differently there," Walter said smiling kindly.
"I'll ... I'll think about it, Grandpa. You're the only person I've told all of this too. Thank you for not pitying me. I don't think I could have dealt with that, too, right now."
"Pity does have its place, but not in this situation. I admire you for the strength it had to take to get through what you have. The question is; can you do what's necessary to finish the journey? That's what will finish healing your soul."
Tina kissed his cheek, dropped her robe, stuck the suppressor on her arm, put the mask on, and nodded to Walter. He touched a control on the holographic control board, and she was beginning her new journey.