Author's Note: All locations are purely from my imagination. Any characters that are not regulars on "Law and Order: SVU" are from my imagination. So don't steal them or my trusty muse, Luminita, will kick your ass.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything to do with "Law and Order: SVU". Wouldn't it be cool if I did, though?

CHAPTER ONE

"This way. Eighth-grader found unconscious in a classroom. We revived her and she's fine, but we suspected sexual trauma when she couldn't find her underwear. That's when we called you."

The robust policeman led the way down the hallways of Avodah Day School. Inside one of the classrooms, a young girl sat staring blankly on top of a desk. Special Victims Unit detective Olivia Benson walked up to her.

"Rivky Kohler?" she asked. The girl nodded, not looking up. "Rivky, my name is Olivia Benson. I'm a police officer with the Special Victims Unit. Can you tell me what happened?"

Ricky lifted her face just slightly. Her face was splotchy from crying, but no tears remained in her eyes. When she remained silent, Olivia looked to her partner, Elliot Stabler. He pulled up a chair and sat across from Rivky.

"Rivky," he said gently. "No one's going to hurt you anymore. If you can tell us what happened, we can help you."

"I can't say," said Rivky in a shuddery voice. "He said he would kill me and my family."

"If we know who it was, we can make sure he won't get to you, okay?"

Rivky finally looked right into Elliot's eyes. He was struck by how childlike she looked. She was young, actually – only fourteen – but she had a round face and sweet, wide hazel eyes. This girl was just a baby, and to go through what she did…well, he wouldn't have wished it on his worst enemy.

"Please don't make me say who it was," she begged. "I can't. I have sisters and I have to protect them."

Elliot sighed. "Okay. Will you tell me how he hurt you, then?"

Rivky hesitated, then leaned and whispered something into Olivia's ear. Olivia nodded and motioned that Elliot should leave. Once he had gone, Rivky took a shuddery breath.

"I came here yesterday after school. I had left my notebook and my father called to see if I could pick it up after dinner because the teachers would be here late…they had a meeting or something. So I came back…" Rivky trailed off.

"What happened then?" Olivia asked.

"The janitor let me in. So…so I went to where I had left it in here and somebody grabbed me."

Olivia looked to make sure they were still alone and kept listening.

"After that, he…he kept hitting me and saying that I deserved it because…"

"Because why?"

"Because I broke Jewish law."

"No one deserves what happened to you. Do you remember anything else?"

"No, not really. I remember feeling something hit me in the head and then I remember the police waking me up here."

Olivia hated to ask the next question, but she knew she had to. "Rivky, do you think you were raped?"

"I think so," said Rivky. "I really hurt…there."

"Okay. Tell you what…why don't you come with me and I'll take you to the doctor's? We'll just check and be sure you're not hurt, okay?"

"Okay."

Olivia put her arm around Rivky and started to lead her out of the classroom. As soon as they reached the door, there was a sudden chattering, both in English and in a guttural tongue Olivia did not recognize. Students and teachers were everywhere. Boys with yarmulkes were carefully separated from the long-skirted girls. John Munch, totally unfazed by the commotion, made his way over to Olivia and Rivky.

"John, what's going on? I thought the school was closed!" Olivia shouted.

"The lower and upper schools are open. They only closed the middle school that Rivky attends. You okay, sweetheart?" Munch asked Rivky. Olivia had never heard him call anyone "sweetheart" before.

"I want to go to the doctor's," said Rivky. Munch nodded.

"Okay, everyone!" he shouted. The crowd quieted. "You need to return to your classes immediately. No one is to come into this building except the police and whoever they feel they need to talk to. Is that understood?"

"What happened?" a boy asked anxiously.

"That's what we're trying to find out. Return to your classes, now."

With that, Munch helped part a way for Olivia and Rivky. Olivia felt a twinge of amusement at the sight…it looked as though he were trying to part the Red Sea.