Chapter 1: The first visit.

"Excuse me" Ellie whispered with her head down as she approaches the reception desk. The room was bustling with people and the overwhelming smell of antiseptic was getting to her.
"Can I help you?" said a small man in a hurried voice, it was clear he'd not noticed her entrance, as he quickly shoved two action figures under a pile of paper work. She didn't mind though. She was quiet, shy, no one noticed her.

She slowly raised her head, revealing two very swollen black eyes and a cut bleeding lip. The man behind the desk gasped as he saw her face. "Oh my God...".
Ellie could no longer stand the pain radiating throughout her body, especially her ribs. Quickly and dramatically she collapsed to the floor, banging her head on the way down.

~~~~~~~Jeff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I noticed her as soon as I entered the hospital, her long brown hair reaching the middle of her back, her tiny emaciated frame covered by a large, oversized cardigan. She clung to the desk and I could she her white knuckles holding onto her ribs. As I handed over my patient to Dr Tom Kent I made my way over to the swaying young girl who couldn't be older than 16. Before I even reached the desk she fainted onto the ground banging her head as she fell.
"Get a wheelchair Dixie!"

"On it Jeff!" I heard Dixie reply as I pulled the girl into my arms. "It's okay sweetie.. It's okay..." I whispered softly, brushing hair off her face. That's when I noticed her bruises and how tiny she really was. Her eyes were sunken and her skin pale as we slowly lifted her into the chair and into resus.

I stood watching her being carted off as Dr Zoe Hanna and Dr Nichols rushed to her side. "What have we got?" was the last thing I heard as the doors closed.

~~~~~Ellie~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Hello can you hear me?"
who was that? Why was it so bright? Why did my head hurt so much?
"She's waking up Sam" said another voice.

"The light" I said weakly, god I hated when I sounded like that. And just like that the bright light was gone and I could finally see.

A young, beautiful doctor stood next to me, while another female doctor with dark skin and a bright purple dress with matching high heels asked what my name was.

"Ellie" I whispered.

"Okay Ellie, my names Sam and I'm a doctor here at Holby City ED can you tell me where it hurts?"

"The paramedic said you were holding your ribs, mind if we take a look?"

"No.. No don't!" I panicked. Why had I come here? This was such a bad idea, if they saw, they wouldn't understand, he would be in so much trouble.

"Honey it's okay, I'm going to take a look now, my name's Zoe"

I froze. I nodded my head and closed my eyes as she lifted up my top.

A gasp left both the doctors mouths as a tear left my eye.
"Okay, we have severe bruising and lacerations and I suspect that 3 of her ribs are broken" continued the older doctor. What was her name again? Zoe, yeah I remember now.

"We're going to send you to X-ray and check, then move you to cubicles okay?"

I turned my head and closed my eyes as they moved my bed up to X-ray.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Zoe~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Zoe: "Her bruising is very severe"
Sam:"Should we call the police?"
Zoe:"No. She's 16, it's not our choice. And I don't want to isolate her, whoever did that gave her one hell of a beating, and anyway, who else knows what injuries she has. When she comes back from X-ray I'll speak to her, see if she can tell me what monster did this".