Not Just Another Jane Doe...

This is an A/U story

Warning: A bit on the Dark side. I am rating it M because there is mention of sex with a minor and physical abuse and there are scenes between Sharon and Andy and their sexual relationship. Also I have delved into Sharon's more vulnerable side. When we see her as the Captain or Darth Raydor or as Mama Bear she is strong and invincible. But as Sharon she has been hurt and has built up walls to protect herself. Besides Jack what happened to Sharon
to cause her to have to protect herself? Again this is only my version! Hope you will enjoy!

Disclaimer: These are not my characters they are fully James Duffs except for Savannah, Dr Beverly, the Mullaney's
and the Garcia-Davis's. I just love them so much and love to play with them.

Andy peeked in his Captain's office, "hey" he said.

Sharon's head came up off her folded arms and she stretched. "Hey," she said with a congested sound to her voice."

"Ready to go home?" Swallowing with difficulty, Sharon nodded. She gathered her things but was seized with a bout of painful coughing. "Oh boy, you sound terrible. I guess the next flu season you'll get the shot no matter how much you hate needles, huh?" Andy teased.

Sharon glared at him in her best Darth Raydor mode. "For your...(cough)...information...I...(cough)...missed my appointment to get the flu shot because we had a murder! I kept forgetting to make another...(cough)...appointment." The more she talked the squeakier her voice got and the sorer her throat became.

They walked into the elevator Sharon leaned into Andy, feeling dizzy. He held her close kissing the top of her head. Once they descended to the first floor and the elevator doors opened they could hear the booming voice of the Sergeant at the desk, "oh here they are. Evening Captain Raydor and Lieutenant Flynn this young lady has been asking for you."

Sharon and Andy turned their glances over to the young lady in question. There stood a younger version of their Jane Doe whose picture had been hanging on their murder board for the last six months. She stood about 5' with long dark hair, and beautiful violet blue eyes, which was odd considering she looked Hispanic otherwise . Her face was shaped like her sisters, and although her complexion was quite a bit paler then Jane Does the dimples were the same. The surprising and disturbing thing besides the fact she was a lot like her sister was that although she was only barely twelve she was quite far along into a pregnancy.

Sharon and Andy's mouths dropped open for a moment as they processed the situation. "Umm, w-what's y-your name, Honey?" Sharon strained her hoarse voice to ask.

"Savannah Garcia-Davis. M-Mrs. Joiner in the homeless shelter in Las Vegas told me to ask you about my sister, Alicia."

"We've known her as Alice. Mrs. Joiner knew her as Jesse," Andy said.

"We had a brother named Jesse. He was killed with our father by corrupt federalis in Mexico." Savannah kept her eyes downcast as she spoke of her brother.

Sharon and Andy shared a look, did she know her sister was also dead? Deciding to broach that subject without the Sergeant listening in Andy asked, "are you hungry? Do you have a place to stay?"

"I'm starved but someone stole my purse on the bus and no I don't have a place to stay. I came right here. I didn't know what else to do," tears were threatening to fall. Andy and Sharon could see the child was at the end of her rope. Sharon could relate, she was feeling kind of rough herself. Maybe it was the fact that she was sick and wanted to go home or that her mothers' heart couldn't stand to see a child in distress but Sharon decided to break or at least bend the rules a bit. She cleared her throat and said, "come with us. We were going home and getting take out, what do you like?"

"I've been craving, Chinese."

"Chinese it is. Goodnight Sergeant we will take care of her, "Andy said then the three of them walked out into the parking garage. Andy got Sharon settled in the passenger seat then opened the door for Savannah and helped her in the back. Along with her meager belongings, a small rather beat up suitcase. "What do you like?"

"W-what?"

"What kind of Chinese food do you like?" Andy knew that the girl, like Sharon would be asleep the minute the car started and he didn't want to have to wake her when they got to the restaurant to pick up the food.

"Ooh um, H..Happy Family?" Andy nodded and ordered the food. Hanging up the phone and starting the car, just as he thought the girl was out and so was Sharon before he turned out of the parking garage.

After picking up the food, it took only a few minutes to get to his and Sharon's new house in Silver Lake. Once they realized that they were indeed a couple and in it for the long haul they had sold her condo, his bungalow and had bought a beautiful ranch home with four bedrooms. So that children and grandchildren would have a room when they came to visit. In the backyard was a pond, a pool, a beautiful patio with a grill and one of those covered fireboxes to make a campfire. There was also beautiful rattan furniture to sit on, an awning to make some shade to keep cool and a porch swing. Inside there were boxes they were still unpacking from, but otherwise a combination of hers and his furniture graced the rooms.

Andy carried Sharon into their room then went to get Savannah but she was awake and trying to get out of the car , with a look in her eyes, so Andy made sure he explained. "Sorry, we had the child-locks on. We just had my grandsons over for the weekend. The youngest is a little fidgety in the car and likes to play with anything shiny. We put the child locks on so that he doesn't accidently open the door." After Andy let her out and got the food from the front he showed her in. Savannah's head moved from side to side as she looked around the rooms.

Andy saw her looking around and realized she was looking for Sharon. "She's is in the bedroom, Honey. I put her in bed. She isn't feeling well so I'm not sure whether or not she'll have an appetite. Just help yourself I'll be back out in a minute." Savannahs face fell as she turned to the table dejectedly, and started helping herself to the food. She was very hungry since she hadn't eaten since morning.

Andy went to check on Sharon, she was where he had left her. He touched her forehead . She was burning up . He undressed her carefully. He didn't want to wake her. He put a pink nightshirt on her, then covered her with a sheet, got her meds and a glass of water. "Where is she?" asked a very low squeaky voice.

Andy jumped. He had been so focused on getting her out of her work clothes and into something more comfortable, he hadn't realized she was awake. "She's getting her food. Here are your meds, can you swallow or do you want me to crush them?" She shook her head and gave him a weak smile. She took the pills from him and put them in her mouth. Sharon barely got the pills down. It was so painful to swallow.

"I'll get you a smoothie," Andy said feeling bad for her.

"Thank you, Andy. I love you, I'm so sorry."

"I love you too, Sharon," he said. Then realizing she had apologized for being sick he teased her just a little, "sorry for what, getting the flu or not getting the shot?" She stuck her bottom lip out in a pout and Andy, thinking she was adorable even sick decided to give her a break, "to be honest I would have forgotten too if Taylor hadn't brought the people up from health and wellness to give shots for free. I think you were in a meeting with Pope and the Mayor."

Sharon started to nod, but stopped when it made her head and throat hurt. She squirmed and in a voice barely above a whisper she said, "you were right though, I do hate needles and I might... I might have delayed going back to the murder room until they were gone." She broke eye contact and looked ashamed to be admitting this phobia.

"I knew it, but don't beat yourself up about it. I shouldn't have teased you. Everybody has something they are afraid of even Darth Raydor." Sharon rolled her eyes.

There was a knock on the door Andy answered it. Savannah stood there with a bed tray with Sharon's soup and a fruit smoothie. "Um, I would have brought yours too but I couldn't fit it on the tray," she said apologetically.

"Thank you, Savannah, I'll be out to get mine in a minute. Would you like to join us? We have TV dinner trays around here somewhere."

"If you don't mind. Um, would you tell me about Alicia?"

Andy and Sharon exchanged glances, "okay go get your food. I'll get to the TV trays and my food. Here Sweetheart, try to at least get the smoothie down," he said as he put the tray over her lap. He waited to see her try a sip. She did, her eyebrows went up in surprise. "This is delicious Savannah."

Savannah smiled pleased, "you are welcome, it was the least I could do."

Once everyone was situated, Andy started, "Savannah did Mrs. Joiner tell you anything about Alicia?"

"She didn't have to, when I mentioned her name she got a really sad look on her face and I knew she was... she was dead." Her voice shook with grief for her sister. "What happened to her?"

Andy told her about her sister drowning but he left out the part about the garbage. Then he asked, "could you tell us about her? How she came to be so far from home? Where is home? Also we'd like to know your story too!"

Savannah took a deep breath and began her story. "Mama and papa met when he came to Mexico, she worked for a resort and he was one of the patrons. They fell in love and got married. Papa had some money and he bought a place near the border to live. They lived happily and had their children, Alicia and Jesse were twins and then I came five years later . Jesse loved baseball and was always asking Papa to pitch for him. He and Papa were playing when Jesse hit the ball really far. They were looking for the ball when some men killed someone and they saw it happen. So they were also killed."

Sharon could see tears start to form in Savannah eyes but she fought them back and continued, "Papa had told mama if anything ever happened to him go to his family home in Maryland, they would take care of us. We went to Maryland and found Abuela, and we lived with her happily until I was seven. I guess about two years . Then my aunt and her husband came to live with us. They were living in Louisiana before that. Abuela, and my aunt and uncle didn't get a long. They were always fighting. Then one day when I was going to Abuelas apartment to visit her, I found... her at the bottom of the steps. Her neck was broken."

She sobbed for a moment but then pulled herself together and continued. "After Abuela died things changed. The uncle wanted to throw us off the property. He said "no greasy Mexican was going to steal his wife's inheritance," but my aunt let us stay with the understanding that we would work for her. This lasted for three years until I was ten. Then the uncle started to show interest in me. He would stare at me all the time. When I turned eleven he came into my room and started to do things to me. One night Alicia came home from the big house and she caught him. She yelled at him, and hit him, he knocked her down and burnt her with his cigarette. This happened many times then one night she came in and offered him herself in my place. She said, I was too young, but she was older so he could do those... things to her instead." Savannah took a deep breath and continued her horrific story. "He acted like he was going to go think about it and left. The next morning Alicia told mama we should leave, but she was afraid to tell her why because the uncle threatened to kill mama if we told her what he had done to me."

"What happened then?" Andy asked, afraid he knew the answer. He saw Sharon wiping tears away. She hated crying in front of people but because she was ill she didn't have the strength to hold them back. So the tears were falling too fast to keep up with. Andy handed her a tissue and pulled her into his lap .He held her tenderly in his arms. She snuggled against him and listened to Savannahs story.

"The uncle overheard her talking to mama and when he got her alone he hit her, knocking some teeth out, she was gone that afternoon. She left me a note saying she would send for me as soon as she got a place for us. But I never heard from her again. The Uncle tried to find her, but he wasn't able to. He finally came back and then started on me again. When I turned twelve, he... he started to... to..." Savannah couldn't finish her sentence. Tears ran down her face and she wiped them away. She felt as if her face was on fire, but she tried to continue her story. "I started throwing up, a lot and... um I lost weight at first."

Andy heard Sharon gasp at the horrible things that happen to this poor child. He knew as mother it was hitting her hard.

"Mama thought it was the flu in the beginning, but when I kept throwing up in the morning she realized what had happened and who had done it. She wanted to kill him. I convinced her to leave, because I knew she was no match for him. She packed us up and we left. We... we took the car that mama used to go to the market. We made it together as far as Las Vegas before the car gave out, we were headed to a gas station to get some gas in case that was why it gave out. Then while I was in the restroom, a car ran over her. I ran away and found the homeless shelter Alicia found. I knew it had to be my Uncle that ran over Mama. I have been running ever since," she said sadly.

"Savannah, what was the uncle's name?"

"Walter Mulaney I think. I always just called him the Uncle . My aunt's name was Renee Davis-Mulaney my father's name was Richard. He went by Ricardo in Mexico. "My mama's name was Ana Marie Garcia-Davis."

Andy was going to ask her more questions , but he noticed that although Sharon had not fallen asleep, her eyes were closed and she was starting to get fidgety. Her face was flushed and she moaned. Her head and throat were really starting to hurt. Andy was worried . He could tell her fever was getting higher. "I'll be right back," Savannah said and ran out the door. When she came back she held a cup of peppermint yarrow tea. "Have her drink this, it will make her sweat and it will break the fever. Do you have any vinegar?"

"Bottom cupboard in the back of the lazy Susan," Andy said distractedly as he held the cup for Sharon as she sipped her tea.

Savannah came back in the room with a bowl of room temperature water and vinegar and two face cloths. "Here, dip these cloths in the vinegar water, wring it out, put one on her forehead and one on the back of her neck. My grandmother... my Abuela used to do this for us, whenever we had fevers. She said it would help. Does miss Sharon have any socks?"

"Socks? Yes in the top drawer of her dresser." He watched as Savannah took two pieces of cut onion out of a baggy and put them inside Sharon's socks and then put them on her feet.

"My Abuela did this too. I once asked her why she did it and if it really helped? She said, it couldn't hurt and that the theory was that the onions were supposed to draw the fever out of the body." She shrugged."

"Was your... Abuela a healer?" Andy asked.

"Yes, everyone on the ranch came to her for remedies and sometimes they would send someone to ask her to come to them. She sometimes took me with her to their homes to help her. I liked it. I was always asking her questions. Why? Why? Why and how? She was very patient. She answered all my questions. She said when I grew up maybe I'd be a healer like her."

"Your Abuela sounds like a wise woman. I'm sorry you lost her."Andy said .

"She was…I miss her so much and now I've lost mama too and it's all my fault! What happens to people when they are dead and no one knows who they are?"

"Well, they are taken to a place called a morgue and given the name Jane Doe until she can be identified. Why? Didn't your mother have identification on her?"

"No, I was carrying her wallet in my suitcase. Remember, I said the car died? Well, we were walking to the nearest town. When we got there I had to go to the restroom. I was coming out of the restroom when someone came out of nowhere and ran her down. I ducked back into the bathroom to keep from being seen. It was twilight and I waited till it was fully dark to leave. I know I shouldn't have done that but I recognized the car and I knew it was the Uncle that ran her down." Finally the tears that she had been holding back for so long began. "I wish I hadn't run when she was hit but I was so scared! Scared that he would kill me too. Now she's in a morgue somewhere and no one knows who she is or what she sacrificed for us. I don't want her to be that, not another Jane Doe!"

Andy gave her a hug, "she won't be. We'll find her and have her buried next to Alicia."

"Do you promise?" she looked at him beseechingly.

In that moment Andy could see the little girl that Savannah really was. He nodded. "I promise."

Sharon's eyes were closed during the exchange between Savannah and Andy but she opened them and whispered. "Savannah, you can stay here with us if you like," Sharon said looking at Andy as if daring him to disagree.

Andy sighed, yes the mother-ship has landed he thought shaking his head. Who was he kidding? It wasn't just Sharon, they were both goners the minute they saw her. He just hoped it wouldn't bite them in the ass in the long run.