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Heather groaned at hearing noise outside her door, she just snuggled under the covers hoping that whoever was fighting would stop. She was slowly falling back to sleep until she heard knocking on her door, she instantly got up recognizing it anywhere.

She unlocked her door and looked to her son "What is it baby?"

"Silver and Judas are fighting." He said with a yawn

I pick him up, kissing him on his cheek "Mommy will get them to stop, now how about you get ready to help Mike and Alec today." I ask though it's not a question as I walk him to his bedroom, which isn't much but thankfully he doesn't complain.

"Really!" He asks jumping up and down

"Yes, now go and get your clothes." He closes his door and I can hear him rummaging in his drawer.

I head to the kitchen , since that's where the fights usually end up, though as I enter they aren't fighting just standing across from one another sizing the other up. Though there are some bruises and cuts on them. "Sure, now you're both quite," I say annoyed "after you wake me and Dylan up!" I push past them to get my cup, I swallow the bit of scotch down and get the coffee maker running.

I look in the fridge and see no juice, I slam the door closed and feel eyes on me "I'm not paying you to stare at my ass!" I turn at them throwing something at them both. They both leave and I search my pantry. Barely anything there as well "I need money and soon." Wishing I hadn't slept in on the Hatter case, but a kidnapped molested girl who was pregnant was not something I was up for.

"Mom I'm dressed." Dylan yelled behind me, I turned to inspect him, cap to hide the face, clothes that make you blend, and he was wearing a blonde wig.

"Did you eat?" I ask going to the communal pantry and grabbing bread.

"I can eat with them." I can hear the worry in his voice

I shake my head, as I make him a bologna sandwich cutting off the crust. "They are nearly grown, they can wait until lunch. Now eat." I put the plate in front of him and watch as he sit down, I get him a glass of water and kiss him on the head.

I go down the stairs to the living room, Meri and Carmen are watching the news, and before I can ask is anyone going to come, pounding is on the door.

We look to one another, before racing to the door unlocking it quickly we see Hatter exhausted and panicked holding a blindfolded, bleeding girl.

"Alice! Help Alice!" He yells repeating that same line over

I look at her, she was visibly shaking.

"Come on!" We all help the now kicking girl up the stairs and to room four and place her on the bed.

Meri and I wash our hands and Carmen tied her up the bed and took off the blindfold, and went to get tea and sign us out, Meri starts to take her heartbeat. I look to Hatter, I calmly look at him "Hatter, what happened to Alice?" I ask in a horrible British accent.

He moves away from me, I pet his head slowly "Hatter, you can tell me remember you said I was like the white queen. I'm so nice and helpful."

He nods and is about to answer though we jump at the girl screaming. I look at her mad, though smile back at Hatter. "Please tell me." I say petting his head again, encouraging him.

"Alice did not want her tea, Alice did not want her tea!" He yelled standing up and screaming

I get him to sit back down "Hatter do you want your tea, we have some?"

He nods, I wait for him to move but refrain from groaned at his child like behavior "You want me to take you there?"

He nods again, I have him lean on me and we walk down the stairs and I give him a remote. "Your tea will be here soon, and Alice will-" I stop myself not sure what to say

"Alice?" He asks hopeful

"We'll see." I say smiling at him and kissing him on the head

He turns to a kids channel and moves along to the beat, I head back upstairs, only to hear more pounding. I go to the door and I see two of Pam's girls. I check them their not blonde, so I let them in closing the door. I see them stiffen at seeing Hatter "You're not blonde, you'll be fine" I whisper to them keeping my eyes on Hatter. I give one a clipboard "Write down your issues, and the cash you got on ya."

I head back upstairs, washing my hands again and go back to the girl, I look to Meri "What's with her?"

"Hatter failed to mention drugs or the beating." I shake my head and look at the girl who was tied to the bed for her own good.

"How old would you say she is?" I whisper looking at the frightened girl

"Sixteen, he probably got her off the streets after a game or something." She says not looking at the girl

I sigh while putting on gloves "What are we going to do?"

"Besides check to make sure no internal bleeding, not much, I checked she ain't pregnant like the other one."

"Why the bleeding?" I ask looking to the girl whose nose kept gushing of blood.

Meri shrugged "I checked, and he didn't hit her, I talked to her it's been going on and off for days."

I go over to her and give her a towel as a peace offering. She takes it, but is still fidgety "Sweetheart, I'm a doctor just like her." I nudge to Meri "Now, I need to see why your nose is bleeding, and to do that I will have to wait for it to stop. The good news is that, Hatter won't be up here without supervision, the bad news is he'll be here."

She started to cry, but had to stop as she began to cough up blood, Meri gave me the trash can and I had her spit into it. "Now," I start to rub her back which makes her jump "I will have to leave to check on other patients. You get to stay here, get cleaned up and new clothes without Hatter's or any man's watch." I say slowly, I look at her "Do you understand me?"

She nods and put her head back in the bucket as she begins to spit out blood. I continue to rub her back "Try to spit it all out, because if you swallow too much blood your stomach will start to hurt all right?" I ask, she nods again head in the trash

I leave Meri and head downstairs to see the girls sitting as far as they can from Hatter. "Girls come on."

They smile relived "Make sure to give them a lollipop they were good!" Hatter yells

"Alright." I say and have my hand out for the clipboard, the oldest gives it to me. I read it as we go to a room "In here." I close the door and look at them "alright, so good news your both covered!"

They let out a sigh of relief, I take of my bloody gloves and wash my hands again. "Now which one's arm is hurting?"

"Mine." The youngest squeaks out

"Alright get undressed so I can see it." As she does I get out morphine lollipops, I get a small one for her size.

I give it to her, she looked at me crazy "Trust me, you'll want it."

I look to her "You want to suck on it now or later?"

"Later." She says proud

I nod and check her arm, I look to the other one "Distraction."

She nods and kicks her friend as she jumps and screams, I pop her arm back in its socket. Her scream is louder this time. "Eat the lollipop."

She takes off the wrapping with her teeth and sucks on it mad at me.

I move over to the girl "Alright, let me see your leg." She pulls down her pants and I look at it, I want to ask how but I know I can't. "Just a few stiches, you won't need a lollipop, though you'll have a new battle scar."

I go over to get the needle "How come she doesn't get one!" The youngest asks already slurring

"Because she's seasoned, and used to the pain I'd just be getting her addicted to drugs." I go over to the girl.

"Oh." She says slowly

I roll my eyes and begin the stitching "So how's Pam doing, she was on the news two days ago."

I watch as she winces slightly "Good, she was making a new plan until Harley came over." She said with bitterness.

"Yeah the loud mouth clown can rub you the wrong way, but I like her at times." I say doing my work getting annoyed the girl would make a noise every five minutes.

I still work and I cut it "Alright just let me get a sling for the arm, and you can hand me the cash."

She nods and takes out bills as I get a sling, and put it on the young girl with ease. She's spacing out on me, though she hands me her cash and so does the other. I show them their papers and light it on fire and say goodbye, I check on Hatter and find he's watching Alice in Wonderland. I hesitantly walk to him "Hatter, do you need some more tea?" I ask while sitting next to him.

He looks to me after watching a scene, he looks to his cup pouting and nods. "Okay." I pick it up and go upstairs, preparing his tea. I roll my neck and look to my coffee and make myself a cup and drink it, enjoying my peace. I make another cup and get my ass back to working, though not before using the bathroom. I head back to Alice two, she looks to me relived, I smile walking in "Don't worry he's watching Alice in Wonderland." I wash my hands and walk over to her, I lift the towel and see she's spotting. I take it away from her, which she complains at. "This would be the best time to find out why you're bleeding."

She stops fighting and I go get a flashlight "Raise your head up." She does and I look in her nose, and I look to see that it's really inflamed. "Did you blow your nose a lot?" I let go of her head.

She shakes her head "Just cry and plead."

I sigh "Alright, where he's keeping you, affected your allergies." I sit on the bed, she moves away, though can't "I will say it's some other sickness and you'll be here for longer days. Once you're treated, you'll escape during a problem, get black bagged into a van where it shall take you to a shelter. There, you get to be reunited with your mommy and daddy and other loving family." I say smiling with her though she doesn't believe me.

"No it's your allergies, I know shocking they do all this damage. I can get you the med's now, though how about you bathe, and I will stay right outside the door.

She shakes her head and tries to fight her binds, I grabbed onto her "Sweetheart, I am trying to help you, now before both of us end up dead stop!" I yell and look to the door, though I don't hear him coming. I look to her "It's not trap, alright I am trying to help you. You've seen what happened to the girls who anger him, you don't want to be next, and neither do I. So be a good girl, take the bathe because you desperately need it. Wear the clothes I give you, fake sick when need be and soon you'll be in a shelter and then home."

She was frozen looking at me with frightened eyes "Won't he find me?" She whispered

"No," I say shaking my head "He'll just get another girl or battle the Batman, who you'll meet and he'll beat him harder. I'll keep doing this until he catches on or the girl is de…meets an unfortunate end." I say noticing she looks ill at the dead part

"What about you, wont' he hurt you?" She asked in concern

I'm shocked, personally I have only rescued eight girls and only three ever cared about what happened to me. "Sweetheart, look at my skin." I say showing her my arm, she does and looks to me confused "Have you ever seen a black Alice, and I don't have blue eyes, or straight hair." I say fingering one of my braids. "I'll be fine, though I want to make sure you'll be." I look to the door and go over to it closing and locking it. I go over to the drawers "I'm going to perform a rape kit on you, so you can give it to the doctors."

"Will it hurt?" She asks, I can hear her trying to move on the bed.

I shake my head "No, it will be uncomfortable though." I look at her "Do you want me to tell you what you'll do, to help you feel better?" I ask my tone changes from my bored one to my caring tone.

She nods, I collect everything I can and put it close by for the demonstration "Alright, once I tell you what it does use it, give you a breather and keep going alright?" She nods, I wash my hands and put on gloves, I get swabs "Swabs, I need to collect from your lips, cheeks, thighs, and every opening down below." I see her stiffen

I give her the swabs "I figure that one of the best steps to recovery is to do it yourself."

She shakily grabs them, and I undo one of her hands, though I hold it before releasing "I'm trusting you here, I really don't want you to break my trust alright?"

She nods scared, and I let go and I step back, I get baggies prepared and she hands me the swabs one by one. After I close them, I mark them I look at her "Alright the ass" I undo one of her leg restraints and, she uncomfortably swabs, and gives to me. I put it away, take off my gloves and wash my hands before putting another pair on, I get a comb taking off the wrapper and give it to her "I'm going to collect hair from your head, and then you'll collect hair from your pubic."

She nods but flinches as I slowly comb her hair, and put them in an envelope, and then I let her do herself. I let her zip it up and then I look to her "All done, let's get you bathed."

She sighs relived but jumps as someone knocks on the door. I take off my gloves and partly open the door. Meri "Hey I gave Hatter his tea and convinced him to go home, that she's puking." She said counting the cash and giving me my share. I put the eight hundred in my bra, I look to the girl "Ya hear that?" She nods with a relieved smile on her face

I look back to Meri "She's going to need some clothes, what can cover her up the better."

"Got it." She heads off to get them, I take off the binds and let her get used to feeling circulation before I take her to my personal room. I unlock the door and let her in "It's dirty." I close the door

"If it really bothers you, clean it." We walk through my death trap of a room and I let her enter my bathroom. "Wow."

She looks from my room to my bathroom, I start the bathwater and put in bubbles and bath fizzers. I sit on the bath, while she awkwardly puts down the toilet seat and sits down.

"You should really appreciate this bath, those are my last bah fizzers in lavender." I tell her while feeling the temp.

"I do." She says quickly

Only thing is the rushing of the water, though I guess she didn't care for the silence "You keep this bathroom clean, but your bedroom has a smell."

I chuckle and look at her "The room came with a smell." I look at her clothes, they have some school logo and she's wearing jeans and skirt that are caked with dirt, and blood and most likely sperm. "Are those the clothes he kidnapped you in?"

She nodded "How come you're not wearing the blue dress, it's what all his girls are wearing?"

She looks to the ground "I'm too fat."

I get up having her look at me "No you're not, you are a perfect size don't let him or anyone tell you different…unless they're a doctor and that might be because of being overweight." She giggles a little "but otherwise you are wonderful, you actually need a little meat on your bones." I say playing with her arm.

She laughs a little, getting her arm back "I think my bath is ready."

I go back to the tub and check it, I like it I go into a cabinet and give her a towel though it has trucks on it. She's grateful but gives me an odd look "I'm used to only having my son in here."

I step back "Enjoy your bath, Meri will give you new clothes and soon you'll be gone. Forgetting all of us here." I head out

"Wait!" She yelled running after me, she bumps into me, I look at her "Thank you, for doing all of this. When HE left the first time some girls left me, saying he would need someone to take it out on." I nod "You'll be fine, once you have clothes stay in here." I head out, and head downstairs smelling lots of different smells.

I look at them from the top of the stairs, some are parents with their kids firmly in their lap, and some are thugs and henchman. I smile looks like I can go back to having Starbucks, and my son can have his orange juice. I stay on the first floor and go to the back, I knock on the doorway and wait "Enter!"

I go in pushing the curtain aside, I see Carmen with a young male, and the way he looks he just got initiated in a gang. "I took care of Floor two."

She nods, and the boy swallows, everyone knows that's where the criminals go if there are any "Were getting filled up, are Judas and Silver working?" she looks to the boy angry as he flinches again.

"They should be, we have patients and if they leave we lose money." I leave and head up the stairs, and go to the bedrooms. Silver's is first, I pound on his door "Get your ass up, ya got work!" I head to Judas's room, though I'm not shocked he isn't there. I groan and go to the stairs, going up. I walk pass the flowers, vials and beakers, weapons, and other junk and head for the tiny room he built himself. I knock on it "Stop prayin and start savin!" I head back down to the first floor the waiting room/ living room.

I walk to the patients, noticing the air is much nicer "Alright single moms and dads first."

I watch as they get up, I go for the clipboards. "What! Why should they go first?" A man yells

I roll my eyes and walk to the door opening it "You don't like it your asses can go to a real hospital with expensive bills or get arrested, or die out in the street!" I notice everyone is quite, I slam the door close and lock it.

I look at the single parents with their kids, and then pick up clipboard stifling through. I find one's with kids and clear my throat. "King, Gates, Graw, James, Stinson and Bible." They come forward and I have ones that are with girls go in a room and ones that have boys in a separate room.

I look at the boys "Alright Bible, Gates let's take a look at you two." I wash my hands and go over to the boys. I go to the youngest Gates, I check the child fever. I look to the mom "Fever, how high?" I ask looking at her.

"Last I checked it was in the hundred's." She said with thick accent

"Has he been coughing, or throwing up?"

She nods "Having a headache, and he's been sleeping in more."

I look to the poor baby whose cheeks are really red, I take pity on the child and leave come back giving him some real candy. I give the mom some baby medicine "One every six hours, let him sleep but watch him and get him to drink fluids, lukewarm baths no cold baths it can make it worse, cash." I say ripping up her child's paper, though I see how little she has. I accept it, but give her back hundred winking at her and let her leave.

I look to Bible and check the child over, he just had a bad cold, I told the relived mother and just let her pay me ten dollars. I will just have to get more from the scum, I go to the girls smiling at them. I look to clipboards and wash my hands. King could talk so I looked to her "Aright angel Pie, what happened to your hand?" I ask taking her hand to see how red it is

"I got stung!" She said proud

Her mother's tssked at her "Doc, it's been red for two days now, I have put ice on it as well." One said

"It's normal for a bee sting to be like this they can last for as long as a week, plus it's not raised which is a good thing as well."

"So she'll be fine in a couple of days?" The other asked breathing a sigh of relief, I nod "It might still be itchy, just keep her from scratching."

They both look relived "I don't get a scar?" The girl pouted

"How about I give you a band aid so that you can say you got one."

She smiles wide, I give her one and I only have them pay five dollars, I put that in my bra and look to the next girl.

Graw is a little older, I can tell she's a sporty girl and she hasn't stopped scratching her arm "What happened to you?" I ask looking at her arm

"I was playing outside and I kept getting itchier and itchier." I look to her mom "Any particular area she plays in?"

"Her and some of the other children, they play out in some grass." She says shrugging, not really caring

I look at the mom, she's a type three she has some nice clothes that she did not buy. The way the kid looks, playing all day, probably doesn't go to school as much and soon the mom will ditch her for the guys who's paying for a necklace that if she sold could get her out of the neighborhood, pay for hospital bills and a good education .I look at the girl, and I continue to work "So sweet face, where were you playing near or by?"

"Near the water, and sometimes in this old building."

I nod and look at the arm, I already know what it is I try not to show my anger as the mom huffs for the fifth time I have been examining her daughter. I smile at her "Would you like to wait outside?"

She smiles and leaves "Thanks."

I roll my eyes as she leaves "Some mother." A woman says

I shake my head "Tell me about it." I get the cream and put it on the girl, she wrinkles her nose at the way it smells. "Okay sweet heart, I need you to do an adult thing and make sure to put this on yourself four times day. You also need to put it in a refrigerator, for two weeks. I'm going to have you stay here and we can make a schedule." I give it to her, she nods

I look to the other one James, she was simple just having allergies and so was Stinson, she was just constipated. I accepted the low money and stuffed it on my bra, I look to the little girl. "Stay right here." I leave and see that it's not crowded with people, though I don't see the mother in sight. I search for paper and markers and go back to her.

"Alright, now are you going to go to school?" I ask looking at her

"I don't go to school." I refrain from groaning and smile at her "Okay what do you do?"

"Watch my favorite shows, and play outside."

I nod "What are your favorite shows?"

She start's rambling the kid crap, I stop to ask her questions and make the chart. I look at her "Okay in the morning as you eat breakfast you'll put it on, and when you come in to watch my little pony to put it on and then when the marathon is over you put it on, wash your hands then have lunch and then before going to bed you put it on. You follow that schedule even with different shows and you mark off the times and days." I look at her "Okay?"

"She nods, "What do you do after you put it on?"

"Put it in the fridge, but not where my dog can chew it, wash my hands."

"Very good, now I should not be seeing you in two weeks."

She hugs me, which I stiffen at "By doctor." I follow her out and say goodbye to her, though her mother stops me.

"Aren't you going to ask me to pay?" She asked insulted

I shrug, hands in my pockets "You have a kid, you know my rules." She grabs onto me firmly "I insists that I pay." She digs into her not knockoff purse and gives me a stack of cash. I look to the little girl, from her shoes to her headband has holes and is broken.

"I forgot to tell your daughter something." The mom's smile leaves, and she sighs, she calls her from the bus stop "Hurry up, I have a date."

The little girl looks to me, I bend down to her level "If you ever need anything, just ask for Doc and I can give you some money." I look at her "Alright?"

She nods and goes back to her mother who's at the bus stop, I put this money in my pocket and head back inside.