A/N: Trigger warning for the beginning of this chapter.

Chapter 1: Forever Changed

It's not simple

Nor is it an easy matter to explain

Let's just leave it at that

She says

She wraps her arms around herself and cries

She covers her eyes

Denying to herself

What had happened...

She was in a dark room. Nevaeh couldn't see her surroundings. As far as she could tell it was a cold wet room as almost as if she was in a basement. She tried to move her arms but they were tied up to a rail. Nevaeh was so scared and confused. "Where am I, How did I get here?" she thought. The door suddenly opened and she was startled. There were three guys circling around her as if she was a piece of meat. She had never been so terrified in her life. The first male got on top of her and caressed her inner thigh and slowly worked his hand up into her shorts. Then he worked his fingers into her insides. He thought to himself so soft, warm and creamy. Tears started to trickle down her face. "Please stop, No!" He proceeded to rip her shorts off and tear her underwear. At this point Nevaeh wanted to just disappear. He shoved himself inside of her. She screamed out in pain. The other men were watching and getting off. They planned to run a train on her. She didn't know what was coming, her innocence was about to be lost and tossed like trash. She felt him release inside of her and she wanted nothing more than to roll over and vomit. She prayed to the Lord above, that if he heard her one request that he let her die quickly. The next guy got on top of her and wasted no time thrusting himself inside of her, she was bleeding. "Please! Stop! Please!" She cried. He laughed and told her to "Shut Up." Nevaeh turned away as tears fell down her face. 'What did I do to deserve this?' She thought? She wanted to die so bad, she was hoping that they would just end her life. He was caressing her body. "Your sweet as sugar, I will never forget you. Ready for round 3?" Her stomach curdled and the sound of his voice. "Don't fight it will just make matters worse!" She was done for, her life was over even if she made it out alive. The third man got on top of her and forced him inside of her and she felt herself rip. She squealed out in pain and tears dripped harder down her face. Her life will never be the same. She could hear him panting in her ear. "Such a good fuck, I will never forget you." When he got off of her she knew her life would never be the same. She pressed her knees together, locking them at the ankle. Fearing they would start all over again. Would anyone come and save her? She knew the answer to that. She knew it was a definite no because Nevaeh had no one. No one cared about her. They left her tied up to fight for her life. She was bruised and broken. Everything ached. They left her to die.

She wanted to escape, she feared they would come back. She worked her hands out of the rope and it made her wrist bleed. She panicked. She could barely sit up. She fought her way to sit up. She ran up the stairs and into the street she was so incoherent. It was the middle of the night.

…AROUND THE BLOCK…

It was the middle of the night, Liv had just left the station. She looks down the street to see a young girl running towards her. Using her detective skills, she notices she's scared, she's crying and she has blood running down her legs. Liv quickens her pace, hoping to find out what happened to her. She grabs her by her arm as Nevaeh runs by. Nevaeh begins fighting against Liv's grasp in a panic.

"No! Let me go! Please!" She screams. "Calm down honey, I'm a police officer. What happened to you? Are you alright?" Liv asks, further assessing the girl before her. Nevaeh fights to catch her breathe.

She just keeps reliving what just happened to her and then she runs into a police officer? 'This can't be real' she thinks. She swallows and shakes her head trying to clear it of the fog. "I'm fine." She gasps taking in huge lungfuls of air. Liv doesn't buy those words for a second. She could see the girl had been through SOMETHING. "What's your name sweetie?" Liv wanted to help this girl so badly. She didn't look like she was no older than 16. "Please just let me go, it doesn't matter what happened. I'm nothing. This isn't real, no one cares." She tried to break free from Liv's grip but she was so weak from the attack. Nevaeh fell to the ground and broke down. Liv crouched down beside her and tried to sooth her. "Get away from me!" She screamed really loud. Liv sighed. 'This is going to be a long night.' She thought. "Honey, you look like you've been hurt. Will you tell me what happened?" She asked softly. Nevaeh looked up at Liv, "Why do you care?" She asked angrily.

"Will you tell me your name?" Liv asked. "Fuck off!" Nevaeh shouted.

Liv stood up and pulled the girl up with her. "I can't help you if you don't talk to me. I know something happened to you. I just want to help you. Please let me help you." She begged.

Nevaeh sighed and shook her head. Who was this strange woman offering to help her? Why did she want to help her so badly? She was nothing. She had no one.

"Nevaeh. My name is Nevaeh Rayne." She said quietly.

"Hello Nevaeh, I'm Olivia Benson. I'm going to get you through this." Liv said determinedly.

Nevaeh looks up at Olivia in disbelief, no one has ever offered to help her like this before. Even when she was in an abusive home situation no one came to her rescue until it was almost too late and even then her new foster home wasn't any better. If no one was going to save her from that situation, how could she believe that this was all real and Olivia was truly there to help her?