A rumble roared from overhead as the three spies were sat working in HQ. "Wow that was loud," Carrie said as she was just starting to drop off after a long day of working, "I'm going to go get coffee, who wants some?"

After a short pause in which Oscar woke his brain up "Ill have some please, while you're at it wanna make sure Frank is ok I haven't heard him blow anything up in a while" Oscar replied. "Rose is asleep I think but get her some too, I'll try and wake her up."

"Okay," Carrie walked off into another room to get the coffee and check on frank when a few minutes later another roll of thunder crashed above them. Rose suddenly sat bolt upright looking terrified.

"Hey wakie wakie Rose," Oscar cooed as he went to help his team mate up, Rose flinched away abruptly and looked away from him. "Rose, is everything alright?" Frank choose this moment to blow something up in the room next door scaring Rose to the extent where she ran to hide in the corner "Rose I'm getting really worried now, what is going on?" gradually he moved closer to her making sure not to make any sudden movements.

Carrie was just about to walk into the room when she heard Oscar's soothing voice and decided to not enter but to listen out of sight knowing that Oscar as a trained psychiatrist would be the best person for her. Not only that but everyone know that the feelings Oscar had for rose were mutual between the two of them.

"I'm just going to sit down to the right of you with my back also against the wall," Oscar knew that the more prepared she was the less likely she was to run away. "That's it, see nothing bad has happened yet, do you think that you could communicate with me in the way that you are most comfortable?" a long time of silence followed that statement. "Rose can you hear me?" He was starting to become worried about the sudden change in behaviour when she started to look up from the floor. "Well done, now what is all this about?" Helpfully that moment was chosen to receive another loud crack of thunder and Rose dived into his chest. "How about we all go calm down then go home? It's getting quite late and I'm sure you must be tired by now."

"pleasssessdonssstmesssakemssegohsssomssse" Rose muttered crying into his shoulder.

"I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. Do you think you could say it again?" Oscar tried to get her to look up but it didn't work so he tried holding her close to him. To his great surprise Rose winced in pain and curled into a tighter ball "Rose, you need to tell me what going on now please."

"Please don't hurt me"

Silence filled the HQ.

Carrie and frank outside held their breath as they waited to hear what would happen next but knowing that entering would cause more damage than good.

Oscar was in shock.

"Rose?" he asked calmly "earlier did you say, please don't make me go home?" a few moments passed before he felt a small movement from his chest "Why don't you want to go home? Has something happened?"

Rose started to pull away clearly terrified and looking as though she was about to run away. "Rose stay where you are running will not help." Oscar did not move but allowed Rose to assess the room and work out what she wanted to do. After trying the lift, which Frank had helpfully locked, she slowly calmed enough to sit near to Oscar.

"Why don't you want to go home Rose?" Oscar asked the question firmly but not enough to scare the young girl before him. "May I move closer?" no response so he slowly moved so that he was sat right next to her on the floor. "May I please put my arm around you" at this she paled slightly so he didn't move until she had calmed enough "May I put my hand on yours" To this he got a slight smile, the girl clearly wanted comfort but was lost inside herself. Placing his hand over hers not firmly but directly he felt her flinch slightly but still didn't move.

They stayed like this for a long while waiting for Rose to feel same enough to relaxed. When she finally did so he asked again "may I please put my arm around you?" Noticing no reaction, he slowly moved his hand off of her hand and onto her shoulder. The last thing he expected was for her to wince in pain.

"Please don't make me go back I'm sorry be being bad, please don't hurt me." Rose started muttering to herself.

"Rose I need you to look at me please. Do you think you can do that?" she brought her face to look at his lips "I won't make you go anywhere but I need to know why you don't want to do home."

Still no response

"Rose I'm just going to take your jacket off you I promise I will give it back and that I will not knowingly harm you in anyway. Do you think that would be alright?"

A small but scared nod responded to this. "Do you think you can help me to take it off?" No response. Oscar moved forward and undid the zip to her leather jacket and slowly took each arm out, gasping when he saw what was hidden.

All of her arms and shoulders we covered in bruises and slash marks, by the looks of things some of them would need cleaning and dressing soon. "Rose I'm just going to get a first aid kit out of the room next door, would you be able to stay there nice and still for me?" a small nod again responded. "right ok ill only be a few moments."

Leaving the room and going into the corridor where carrie and frank were hidden he put his finger up to his lips ordering them to not ask question.

After locating the large first aid kit he returned to main HQ.

"Rose, I'm not very good at first aid, do you think it would be alright for frank to come and do this for me? I promise I will not let him hurt you." If Oscar hadn't been a spy, he would have missed her nod.

Leaving the room once more he returned with Frank, again warning him not to make a noise. "Rose, frank is just going to lean you up" Rose looked him up and down and finally looked at the ground signifying that they could proceed.

"Rose, did your father do this to you?"

*flashback*

"ROSE, WHY DID YOU GET AN A MINUS ON THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEST LAST WEEK, GET DOWN HERE YOU USELESS LITTLE GIRL."

Rose had come home late from a mission without realising that her father would be home before her and so would get the post before her. She didn't need to move to know that he would be drunk.

Standing up from the desk in her room she slowly made her way downstairs towards her father.

"Well little brat, what do you have to say for yourself?" He demanded

"I was ill I'm really sorry I will do better next time I promise." Rose stuttered trying not to show too much fear knowing what was coming.

"You will do better, and by any chance was it me that supposedly made you ill" he spat at her smashing a bottle across her back, "Guess what else you have done wrong today?"

"I-I-I'm not sure, I was in a rush this morning trying to iron you work clothes for you." Rose stuttered holding back tears.

"You left the iron on girl, let me show you how hot it has been left all day" And with that he put the iron on her back right where he had just smashed the bottle.

Rose screamed

*end of flashback*

"Yes, please would you look at my back?" she replied almost silently.

It was now Franks turn to speak "Rose I will not harm you for asking for help why do I need to look at your back?" Although he almost wished he hadn't asked.

"I didn't get full marks in PE on my report and I left the iron on all day and I keep doing things wro… I'm sorry… I'm sorry…. I'm sorry" lifting her top at the back carefully frank looked and decided that his was too much for them to handle alone.

"Rose, I'm going to call for an ambulance so that they can come and have a look at you. Would you like me to send some people to your house to get some of your stuff and detain your father?" Frank asked calmly.

"No its alright there is no need to make a fuss everything will be alright, I promise, I can take care of myself." Rose stood up far too fast and swayed, Oscar catching her as she fell.

"Rose, listen to me please. We are not saying that you cannot look after yourself this is proof that you can we are merely saying that you are very young still and you have been mistreated by someone you trust so we are only trying to make sure you are safe." Oscar stated "please let us help you for once?"

With that Rose relaxed back into his arms and fell asleep.

"Frank, can we get the paramedics to look while she is asleep?"

"Of course, I was thinking the same thing, apparently Carrie called them ages ago. "