Protection - I've assumed that Alex and Olivia have got an established relationship that everyone knows about and is set after Alex has returned from WPP. As ever I don't own any of the characters, they belong to Dick Wolf.
Chapter 1 –
"ADA Cabot."
"Alex? It's Jess, Jess Samson."
"Oh hello Jess, my god how long has it been, nine, ten months?"
"About that yes, do you fancy meeting up for a drink tonight?"
Alex took a breath and looked at the pile of files stacked high on her desk and then at her watch, it was then coming up to 5pm.
"Yes that would be great, how about 7 at Morrell's?"
"Ok I'll see you there Alex."
Alex put the phone down and smiled at the memories that the phone call brought back of her and Jess in their college days.
Alex walked into Morrell's just after 7pm and immediately spotted Jess sitting at the bar and wandered over to her old friend.
"Evening Jess, you look great you haven't changed a bit!"
Jess smiled at the compliment and pulled out a bar stool which Alex gratefully sat down on.
"Well you don't exactly look bad yourself Alex, what do you want to drink?"
"Red wine please. How are you Jess, how are Bryan and the kids?"
Jess motioned to the bar tender for the drink before answering.
"Great thanks, the kids keep me busy plus there are my 'kids' at school as well!"
"And I thought my life was hectic and I only have myself to look after!"
"What no special person in your life yet Alex?"
Alex smiled as she took a sip of her drink.
"So spill Alex, I know that look...I shared a room with you for three years so who is she?"
"God you are wasted as a teacher, your cross-examinations are devastating! Ok, her name's Olivia and she is a detective I work with."
Alex dipped her head at her embarrassment of talking about her private life.
"I'm glad to see you finally happy Alex...but I've got a favour to ask you."
"What is it Jess?"
Jess played with her wine glass before taking a deep breath.
"There's a girl in my class, 14 years old, name of Katie Robins, I'm worried about her Alex."
Alex looked at her old friend concern in her eyes.
"What's wrong Jess?"
"I thinks she is being abused. She has gone from a lively bubbly girl to this quiet withdrawn person, I've noticed some marks on her body and she won't let anyone touch her. Her parents are both dead so she lives in a group home, Alex I didn't know who else to speak to."
"Why didn't you report your concerns to child services Jess?"
"She's in a group home Alex, if she is being abused she's not going to talk to them."
Alex sighed and got out her notepad and pen and wrote down the details.
"Ok Jess I'll look into it, will she talk to you?"
"I've tried but she won't open up, I'll try again tomorrow."
Alex nodded and finished her drink before getting up to leave.
"It's been great to see you again Jess, I'll look into this tomorrow and give you a ring later ok?"
Jess nodded and ordered another drink as she watched her college friend walk out of the bar.
Alex stood at the apartment door, fumbling in her bag for her keys, just as she was about to open the door it was opened for her. Alex walked in and stood whilst Olivia closed the door behind her and wrapped her arms softly around Alex's waist.
"I missed you."
Olivia bent down and whispered softly into Alex's ear before kissing her softly on the neck.
"I saw you at the precinct just after lunch Liv!"
"Doesn't mean I still can't miss you!"
Alex groaned as Olivia carried on kissing her neck and found the spot that she knew made Alex turn to jelly.
"Mmmm bedroom Liv..."
Two hours later Alex opened her eyes and untwined her body from Olivia, careful as to not to wake her lover, she stood up and wandered out of the bedroom and walked to the kitchen to get herself a glass of water. Alex sat on a stool at the kitchen counter and pulled out her notepad from the bag that had been thrown on there earlier.
"Hey the bed was cold! Something on your mind Alex?"
"Oh sorry Liv, I didn't mean to wake you...I met Jess my old roommate for a drink tonight, she's a high school English teacher, she thinks that one of her students is being abused and asked for my help."
"What's the child's name?"
Olivia poured herself a glass of water and sat down next to Alex.
"Katie Robins, she's 14 years old and lives in a state run group home."
"Katie Robins...that name is familiar."
Olivia took a sip of her water and examined the name scrawled on Alex's legal pad.
"There was a detective Robins in vice a couple of years ago, he was going to be arrested on drugs charges, Fin and Elliott were involved in the raid to arrest him. Robins didn't want to be arrested so decided to try and shoot his way out, I believe it was Fin that fired the shot that killed Robins. Hang on I'm trying to rack my brain here, I'm pretty sure that he had a daughter called Katie but I'd have to check to be certain...I wonder what happened to her mother?"
Alex stared again at the legal pad before finishing her glass of water.
"Well it will have to wait until morning, come on Liv let's go back and get some sleep."
Alex stood up and took a hold of Olivia's hand and led her back up to their bedroom.
Chapter 2 –
As soon as Alex got to her office the next morning she was swamped with files that needed her immediate attention, before she had time to look at her watch the morning had come and gone and the only thing that tore Alex away from her work was a gentle knocking at the door.
"Come in."
"Hey thought you could do with some lunch!"
Olivia walked in with coffee and salad for the two of them.
"Oh my god is it that time already? I've been so bogged down I don't think I've moved an inch since coming in this morning."
"Well here you go, one strong coffee and a Caesar salad. I've also got some information for you about Katie Robins."
Alex put her head in her hands at the mention of the young girl's name, she had completely forgotten about her even though there was a big post-it note on her desk to look into the matter. Olivia reached across the table and stroked Alex's hair in sympathy before placing a file in front of her.
"Katie Robins has been in the 'system' for nearly a year, her mum died of cancer and there were no other relatives so she got placed in a foster home and then moved to the group home where she is now. I was right last night, her dad was a dirty cop and Fin confirmed this morning that he was the one that shot him. There have been no reports of any abuse at the group home, of course that doesn't mean that it isn't happening. If you want I can go and speak to her?"
Olivia stopped and started to eat her salad waiting for Alex to digest the information and some of the coffee she had just sipped.
"I was going to go to the school later, Jess said last night that she was uncomfortable talking to people, you being a cop that helped, indirectly, to kill her dad, probably isn't going to help her to open up."
Olivia shrugged her shoulders and continued to eat her lunch, knowing that her lover was right didn't help the feeling that Alex was going to get herself emotionally involved in the case.
"Ok, well I'd better get back before Elliott starts moaning, I'll see you at home later."
Olivia stood up and walked around the desk to get closer to the blond ADA, leaning down she placed her hands around her face and pulled Alex's face around to hers before bringing her lips against her lovers.
"Mmmm, you should bring me lunch more often...!"
Olivia grinned as she tore herself away and waved goodbye.
As Olivia left Alex forced herself to finish the salad whilst reading the file that Olivia had left, it didn't tell her much other than she needed to speak to Katie and find out if there were any signs of abuse and who was abusing here. Knowing that she wouldn't be able to concentrate on the files on her desk and that none of them were that urgent now, having dealt with the most important ones already, Alex picked up the phone and gave Jess a ring.
"Hello?"
"Jess, it's Alex."
"Oh hi, how are you?"
"Fine thanks, I was wondering if you had had any luck speaking with Katie today?"
"I haven't seen her yet, she is due in my class last period today."
"If it's ok with you could I come down and have a word with her?"
"Sure, come down at 3pm and I'll keep her after class for you to have a word with."
"Thanks Jess I'll see you then."
Alex put the phone down and decided to busy herself with the rest of her workload for a couple of hours before she headed out to the school.
Alex walked through the empty school corridors to the classroom that Jess was teaching in, she wanted to make sure that she was there before the bell rang and the stream of students enveloped her. Alex stood outside the door and looked in and saw her friend at work, amazed at how she controlled the mass of students in the room and had their undivided attention, that was until the bell rang and they quickly on mass leapt up to leave for the day. Alex quickly moved to let them escape and then walked into the classroom when it was finally safe, she smiled at Jess who was sitting beside a teenage girl that she assumed was Katie Robins.
"Hi Alex. Katie this is my friend I was telling you about, is it ok for us to talk to you?"
Katie looked down at the table and folded her arms to hug her stomach tightly.
"I've got to get home soon, if I'm not home by 5pm then I'll get into trouble."
Alex looked at Jess who motioned for her to start talking to the girl.
"It's ok Katie, this won't take long, I'll make sure that you get back home in time. Did Mrs Samson tell you who I was?"
Katie looked up at Alex but kept her arms tight around her waist.
"She said that you were a prosecutor. Why do you want to talk to me?"
Jess looked at Alex and shrugged her shoulders, not knowing how to explain but Alex spoke up.
"Mrs Samson is my friend, she rang me because she is worried about you. I work for the Special Victims Unit, do you know what that is?"
"Yes my dad was a detective."
"Katie...has anyone done anything to you, touched you in any way or hurt you?"
Alex tried to look Katie in the eye but the teenager stared down at the desk, Alex got up off from the chair and knelt down right next to Katie and placed her hand on the girl's shoulder which immediately made Katie jerk away.
"Katie, it's ok honey, you can trust us we're not going to hurt you in any way we only want to help you."
Alex could see the tears welling up in Katie's eyes, she knew that the girl was being abused she just needed her to open up and tell her.
"I...I can't...they'll find out and then...please just let me go!"
Katie pushed the chair away and ran out of the classroom leaving Jess and Alex sitting there wondering what exactly was going on.
Chapter 3 –
Alex looked at Jess who wanted to go after her student, she put her arm out and stopped her friend.
"Let her go, she's not to say anymore to us today."
Jess nodded and sat back down again.
"So what do you think, am I right to be concerned?"
"Most definitely, I'll get someone to look into the home where she is currently living. If it's ok I'd like to try and talk to Katie again tomorrow?"
"If you think that it would help, why don't you come down at lunch I'm teaching her in the morning so I'll get her to stay behind."
"Thanks Jess, I'll see you tomorrow then."
Alex gave her friend a quick hug before leaving to go back to the office.
Katie ran out of the school and didn't stop until she reached the sanctuary of the public library nearby. Walking through the doors she breathed a sigh of relief, this was her 'home', where she came every afternoon after school before she had to go back to the horrors of the group home. She took herself to the desk where she always sat and tried to calm herself down, she opened her bag and reached for her book, Wuthering Heights, as she flicked it to her place something fell out onto the table. Katie looked confused as she picked up the small card but then her heart dropped as she saw that it was the business card from the woman who had just spoken to her. Katie was scared, she had spent the past six months living in fear, not knowing what to do, run, stay, talk...and now people were starting to ask questions, Katie's hands were shaking as she tried to turn the pages of the book, not knowing what she was going to do.
It was almost midnight by the time Alex walked into the apartment, closing the door quietly she walked into the kitchen area and placed her belongings on the counter before she crept into the living area where she saw the beautiful figure stretched out on the sofa, her eyes shut with the television on quietly in the background. Alex tiptoed around the sofa until she reached the brunette, she crouched down and brushed the strands of hair that had fallen across her eyes, the soft contact brought a gentle murmur from the detective as she began to stir.
"Evening Liv, I hope you didn't fall asleep on here waiting for me?"
Alex kept her hand on Olivia's cheek as the brunette slowly opened her eyes and saw her lover smiling back at her.
"Alex...what time is it?"
"Just coming up to midnight, sorry I'm so late I had some stuff I needed to do at the office."
Olivia sat up and gestured for Alex to join her on the sofa which Alex quickly did, cuddling up to her lover before telling her more.
"The interview with Katie didn't go great, she didn't open up at all, but something is definitely wrong. I had to go back to the office to finish off preparations for the Crossley arraignment in the morning and then I started to do some research into the home and the staff that work there...I'm sorry I completely lost track of time!"
"It doesn't matter Alex, you're here now. Is there anything I can do to help?"
"I don't think so, until Katie decides to open up and talk we can't do anything. I'm going to try and speak to her again tomorrow, maybe if she can learn to trust me."
Olivia leaned over and kissed her partner tenderly on the lips before stroking her hair away from her face and cupping her cheeks to bring their faces close together.
"You know how much I love you Alex, I want you to be careful, please don't get too emotionally involved in this case...and before you say anything, I know I frequently do get overly attached and you see how hard those cases hit me."
Olivia bent in once again to kiss her blond lover, checking that the contact would be welcomed and that she hadn't upset her too much.
"I know Liv, but someone has got to help this girl, she's got nobody..."
Alex was cut short by Olivia's lips pressing tightly on hers, with her hands moving from Alex's waist and started to caress her body as they moved up towards her breasts. Alex gratefully accepted the contact and moaned as Olivia's hands gently stroked her body.
Katie lay awake in her bed, she glanced at the clock in the room, it was coming up to 3am and she hadn't shut her eyes yet. He had come into her room at 11pm, like he did every night, after he left she had cried for over an hour, but still she had yet to fall asleep. Katie didn't know how much more of this she could take, she flicked on her torch and grabbed her book, as it opened the business card fell out once more, Katie picked it up again and saw that there had been a cell phone number scribbled on the bottom of it. Taking a deep breath, Katie got out of the bed and put on some clothes, shoved a few things into her school bag and quickly jumped out of the window and climbed down the fire escape.
Alex and Olivia had fallen into a deep peaceful sleep, their bodies intertwined and their hands still touching. The peace was suddenly shattered by the shrill ringing of a cell phone, both woman quickly woke up and took a second to establish whose phone it was, Alex reached over and grabbed the offending phone.
"ADA Cabot."
"Please, please can you help me?"
Alex's brain was still half asleep as she heard the crying child's voice and tried to distinguish who it was.
"Katie is that you?"
"Please, can you help me?"
Chapter 4 –
"Katie, where are you? Are you ok?"
Alex sat bolt upright in the bed, concern all over her face at being woken up by the unexpected phone call. Olivia had also sat up with her hand resting on the small of Alex's back, rubbing it softly as her blond lover dropped the phone on the bed in despair.
"It's gone dead!"
"Did she say anything?"
"She was pleading for help, I could hear her crying and then...nothing!"
Olivia grabbed the phone up and quickly scrolled through the display and found the last number that had called and rang it back.
"It's ringing."
Liv passed the phone to Alex who was shaking as she waited for an answer.
"Katie...Katie it's Alex...are you ok?"
Alex put the phone on speaker as Olivia and Alex finally heard Katie speak.
"He's after me, he found out I talked to you, I can't stay he'll kill me!"
"Ok Katie where are you?"
"I'm in a taxi, I had to get away quickly but I don't know where to go."
Alex looked at Olivia who just nodded, she knew what the ADA was going to say next.
"Ok Katie, tell the driver to bring you to East 63rd Street, ask him how long it will take."
The two women listened carefully as they heard Katie talk to the driver.
"He said about five minutes Alex."
"Ok Katie, listen you're going to be safe now, I'm going to meet you outside when you get dropped off and I'm going to keep talking to you until you get here, ok?"
"Thank you Alex."
Alex got up off the bed and quickly pulled on a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt, all the time she kept talking to Katie as the taxi got closer to the apartment building.
As soon as the cab pulled up outside Alex went over and handed some money over to the driver and opened the door for Katie to get out. Alex immediately put a protective arm around the girl's shoulder and helped her into the building, it wasn't until they were inside the apartment that the silence was broken.
"It's ok Katie you're safe now."
Alex led Katie over to the sofa where she sat down beside her and tried to stop the young girl from shaking.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know what else to do, it was so much worse than normal...he was going to kill me!"
"It's ok Katie, listen we need to get you to a hospital get you checked out."
Katie looked up at Alex and saw another female approaching, not knowing who it was she immediately started to panic.
"NO! They'll find out where I am, I'm ok, I'll go, I shouldn't have come here in the first place..."
Katie got up to leave but Olivia went round and caught her arm before she could move, immediately the pain was obvious in Katie's face as she dropped to the floor. Alex rushed over to her and knelt down beside her.
"Come on Katie let us help you...I promise you that nobody is going to find out where you are...this is my partner Olivia, she's a detective in the special victims unit, we can make sure that you are safe Katie, but please let us take you to the hospital and make sure that you are ok physically?"
Katie nodded as she felt the two women help her to her feet and walk her out of the apartment.
Olivia and Alex stood protectively outside the examination room at the hospital. Olivia knew a lot of the staff from meeting rape victims there so she had arranged for the examination to be done under a false identity to begin with. Olivia had slipped her arm around Alex's waist as the blond ADA tried to see through the closed blinds as to what was going on.
"Alex, don't worry she's safe now, Carrie will look after her and we will find out what the damage is."
Alex nodded as the door began to open and they quickly pounced on the female doctor to find out how Katie was.
"Katie's resting at the moment, I've given her a slight sedative so that she can get some sleep. Goodness knows when the last time that girl had a peaceful night's sleep or a decent meal. She's definitely been sexually abused, over a long period too, but I've done a rape kit for the assault tonight. Katie has got significant bruising on her inner thighs, shoulders and chest, X-rays also show that she has a broken wrist and has broken her ribs in the past. I'd like to keep her in for at least the next twelve hours but I understand if that is not possible."
"Thanks Carrie, is it ok if we go in now?"
"Of course Olivia, just be aware that she needs to rest, no questions for a while. Oh and here is the memory card with the photos on it."
Olivia took the card and watched as Alex walked into the room and sat by Katie's bed holding tightly on her hand as the girl's eyes stayed firmly shut.
Olivia walked into the squad room at 6am, she had waited with Alex for over an hour but Katie was still sleeping as Olivia decided to leave and start the investigation into the group home. Olivia quickly saw that Cragen was also already in and went to go and talk to him.
"Have you got a minute captain?"
Cragen turned around, surprised to see Olivia in at such an early hour and looking like she hadn't gotten much sleep.
"Of course, what's up?"
"I've just come from Mercy, we've got a bad case of abuse. A young girl, Katie Robins, in a group home, abused by a member of staff there. I wanted to give you a heads up as early as possible as I've got a feeling this could turn out to be pretty ugly."
Cragen sat down and looked intently at his detective.
"Robins...as in detective Robins' daughter?"
Olivia nodded as Cragen flicked through a random file on his desk.
"Well she isn't going to like talking to us...that girl used to like a daughter to Fin...keep me updated on this one Olivia."
"Will do Captain."
Olivia left Cragen's office and went to get herself a cup of coffee, she knew that it was going to be a long day ahead.
Alex had rested her head against the side of the bed, her eyes were firmly shut until she felt her hand being squeezed, quickly she sat up and saw Katie's eyes beginning to open.
"How are you feeling?"
Alex reached over and brused the hair out of Katie's eyes and saw the tears were already starting to fall down her cheeks.
"It's ok Katie, you're safe now, I'm not going to let him hurt you anymore."
Alex spoke softly as she carefully wiped the tears from Katie's cheeks.
"But you can't stop them, it's not just him it's his friends too, you don't know how powerful they are!"
Alex looked confused at Katie, not knowing what the young girl meant.
"Before I got away last night, I took something from him, that is why he wants me dead. Look in my bag, it's in my book with the card you left me."
Alex let go of Katie's hand and reached into the bag and found a memory stick.
"Is this what you mean?"
Katie nodded and fought back the tears once again.
"It's got all his contact on it and a few other things I managed to save before I had to get out of there."
Alex nodded as she put the memory stick into her jeans pocket, making a mental note to look at it as soon as Katie was allowed to leave the hospital.
Chapter 5 –
Alex was sitting quietly beside Katie's bed, holding her hand and gently stroking her forehead as the young girl fell into an unsteady sleep once again, she was just was starting to wonder what the time was when the alarm on her cell phone started to sound loudly. Quickly she let go of Katie and grabbed the phone out and turned the alarm off before examining the reason why it had gone off.
"Crap!"
Katie sat up and looked over at Alex who had stood up and started to pace around the room.
"What's the matter Alex?"
"I've got to go to court this morning, I'd completely forgotten about it...I'll have to go and change before I head over...oh and I'd better read through my notes too."
Alex turned and looked at Katie who had a confused look on her face as it dawned on Alex that the young girl had nobody else and was starting to open up to her. Alex walked back over to the bed and sat back down next to Katie.
"What's going to happen to me? Please don't make me go back to them Alex!"
The tears suddenly gushed out of Katie's eyes as the emotional rollercoaster of the last few hours caught up with her. Alex's heart immediately sank as she moved to sit on the hospital bed and wrapped her arms around Katie, holding her tightly and allowing her to release her emotions. After five minutes Alex felt that Katie's sobbing had stopped but she still held her tightly as she spoke softly into her ear.
"Katie don't worry I'm never going to let you go back to that place, as for the moment that's up to you. You can stay at the hospital while I'm at court, or you can come with me and wait in my office, or I can ring Olivia and see if you can stay with her. The thing is I've got to go soon so you'll have to tell me in a couple of minutes what you want to do ok?"
Alex felt Katie's head nod and allowed her to think for a while before Katie pulled her head up form Alex's shoulder and looked at the older woman.
"I don't want to stay here...I'm frightened he'll find me...if I go with Olivia will she ask me loads of questions?"
"Not if you don't want her to, we do need to ask you some questions but we'll wait until you're ready ok?"
Katie nodded as Alex got off the bed.
"Ok I'll go and speak to the doctor and sort out about you leaving, you get dressed whilst I'm gone."
Katie wiped the tears away and slowly started to get out of the bed as Alex left.
Olivia was sat her desk searching the computer for the social workers who were based at the group home, sipping her coffee she was glad that Fin had yet to arrive, she was making some notes when her phone rang.
"Detective Benson."
"Liv, I need a favour. It's Katie."
"Is everything ok Alex?"
Olivia sat upright and put her coffee down paying attention to what her partner was saying.
"I forgot that I've got to go to court this morning for David Reagen's arraignment, can I bring Katie over there to stay with you?"
"Of course Alex, how is she?"
Olivia heard Alex take a deep breath before she answered.
"Pretty bad, she isn't willing to open up yet she's too scared, listen I've got to go but I'll see you soon...I love you Liv."
"No worries Alex, and I love you too."
Olivia put the phone down and returned to her coffee.
"Hey Liv you're in early, trouble in paradise?"
Olivia quickly turned around to see Elliot walking towards her with a big grin on his face.
"Morning El, and for your information everything is fine between Alex and I but it looks like we've caught a bad case."
Elliot quickly sat down and listened as Olivia told him about Katie.
Alex had been gone for five minutes sorting out the paperwork to allow Katie to leave, as she opened the door she saw Katie struggling to put her top on through the pain of her broken ribs and the awkwardness of the plaster cast on her wrist.
"Katie, stop sweetie, let me help you."
Alex calmly walked over and took the t-shirt from Katie's hands and helped her put it on wincing as the young girl cried out in pain several times. Once she had finally helped Katie put her clothes on she gently rubbed the girl's back.
"Right are you ready? I've spoken to Liv and I'll drop you off there first."
Katie managed a small smile as she nodded and picked up her rucksack, Alex put her arm around Katie as they walked out of the hospital.
Olivia and Elliot were chatting about another case as they saw Alex wandering towards the squad room with a frightened teenager reluctantly walking beside her. Immediately Olivia got up and walked towards them as Elliot busied himself with a file knowing that any male presence would make Katie uncomfortable, when she reached them Olivia didn't say anything but instead led them to the interview next to Cragen's office.
"I'm sorry Liv but I've got to get going."
Alex turned and looked at Katie who had sat silently at the table.
"Olivia will look after you and I'll be back as soon as I can ok?"
Katie nodded and grabbed her book and started reading it as Olivia turned and put her hands on Alex's cheeks.
"Are you ok? You look completely drained."
Alex put her hands on top of Olivia's as she nodded in reply.
"She hasn't opened up yet but I think she will soon, I'll have my cell on silent so please let me know if anything happens."
"Of course Alex. Look you'd better get going before you get case thrown out because of your lateness!"
Olivia lent in and gave her girlfriend a quick kiss before watching her tired body leave the room and stop briefly at Elliot's desk.
"Hi Alex, everything ok?"
Alex fumbled in her jeans pocket, trying to find the memory stick Katie had given her.
"Katie gave me this and I haven't had a chance to look what's on it, she said that it was the reason 'he' was trying to kill he, so..."
"I'll get right on it Alex."
Elliot took the memory stick from Alex and watched her leave passing Munch and Fin who were then coming in with fresh coffee for everyone. Olivia walked out of the interview room and saw Fin, her heart racing as she debated in her mind the best way to tell him about Katie. Deciding that the best way was to be direct Olivia walked straight over to him.
"Fin I need a word with you in Cragen's office."
Fin exchanged puzzled looks with Munch before shrugging his shoulders and followed Olivia into their captain's office.
Chapter 6 –
Cragen had left the precinct before Elliot had arrived earlier, he had a breakfast meeting at one police plaza, so Olivia shut the door behind them as they entered his office.
"What's the matter Liv? Why all the secrecy?"
Before Olivia had a chance to answer Fin turned around and looked through the glass and saw Katie curled up on a chair reading a book.
"Jesus is that Katie? What is she doing here?"
Fin turned and went to run out of the door but Olivia quickly grabbed his arm and stopped him.
"Fin wait you can't go in there...when was the last time you saw Katie? Don't you want to know why she's here?"
Fin stopped and looked back through the glass at the young girl who he used to adore and look after. Olivia walked beside him and started to explain when had happened in the past eight hours.
Katie sat in the room staring at her book. The pain from last night's attack was still extremely raw as her right hand rested on the plaster cast on her left wrist before moving to apply pressure to her ribs that hurt like hell. Katie had known pain before...when her mother sat her down and told her that her father had died and the man she called uncle was the one responsible...then when the nurse took hold of her hand and told her that the cancer had finally taken her mother...but this morning the pain was different, more intense, both physical and emotional. Katie was unsure of what to do, she knew that Alex and Olivia would want some answers soon and she would have to steady her nerves in order to give them the explanation they deserved after rescuing her in the middle of the night. Katie was relieved that Olivia had left her alone, all she wanted at the moment was to be somewhere safe to collect her thoughts.
Olivia left Fin alone in Cragen's office to process what she had just told him, but it wasn't long before he caught up with her as they walked towards Elliot and Munch who were staring at a television screen in the squad room.
"What's going on?"
Munch turned and looked at his partner before pointing at the news coverage.
"There's a fire downtown, a children's home."
Fin looked at the expressions on his colleagues faces and immediately knew the answer before Munch continued.
"It's the one where Katie was staying at, there are a couple of children hurt and at the moment they are trying to contain the fire."
Elliot grabbed the memory stick from his computer and passed it to Munch.
"Fin and I will go down and find out what's going on at the home. John, Alex gave me this apparently it contains some stuff that Katie took from her abuser, it's password protected and I can't break it, can you have a look? Liv I think you need to try and speak to Katie again, maybe she is ready to give us some answers?"
Everyone just nodded in reply, Munch took the memory stick and plugged it into his computer as Olivia walked back towards the interview room.
Katie was still lost in thought, she had brought her knees up to her chest with her right arm hugging her knees tightly, she didn't notice Olivia entering the room until she had sat opposite her and reached across to shut the book Katie had long since stopped reading.
"Katie, honey, is it ok if I ask you some questions?"
Olivia placed her hand on top of Katie's plaster cast and waited until the girl brought her gaze up towards her before she continued.
"I need you to tell me who it was that hurt you..."
Olivia stopped as Katie put her feet back on the floor and shifted uncomfortably in her seat before looking Olivia in the eyes once again.
"It's not just one person, I don't know who they are, all I know is who comes into my room at night and then..."
Katie stopped and took a sip of her water as Olivia got up and moved to the seat beside the young girl and put a comforting arm around Katie's shoulders.
"At first he used to grab me out of the bed and carry me to another room, but after a while when I heard him come I used to get up and follow him."
Olivia reached around and wiped the tears from Katie's eyes.
"What was his name Katie?"
"Eddie, Eddie Wilson, he's a social worker at the home. He took me to this room in the home, it was down the main corridor but it was hidden away. I never knew who would be in there or what would happen to me in there. So many times I thought about telling someone or running away but I didn't think that anyone would believe me and I had nowhere to go...until yesterday when Mrs Sampson and Alex spoke to me, I finally thought that someone believed me."
Olivia started to rub Katie's back as her tears flowed freely down her face, Olivia reached across the desk for the box of tissues and placed them in front of Katie.
"Thank you Katie, I know how hard that was for you. Don't worry you safe now ok?"
Katie nodded as she took a tissue to try and wipe the tears away.
"Do you know when Alex will be back?"
Olivia noticed how uncomfortable the young girl felt at finally relaying part of her story and that she didn't completely trust Olivia yet.
"Not long now, do you need anything?"
Katie shook her head and Olivia decided that it was best to leave Katie alone to gather her thoughts, plus she had to give Eddie Wilson's name to Elliot and Fin so they could bring him in for questioning.
The fire was just about out as Elliot and Fin got out of their car, they immediately walked over to one of the fire engines to seek out who was in charge and they were soon pointed in the right direction. Elliot soon discovered that everyone had been accounted for other than Katie so he quickly assured the fireman that she was safe and not in the building. The fireman in return told the detectives that they suspected arson as there was a strong smell of petrol. Elliot and Fin soon saw that there was little left of the building and any evidence of abuse there was long gone. The two male detectives shared despairing looks before they were interrupted by Elliot's phone, answering it promptly he quickly noted down some details before turning and speaking to Fin.
"Olivia talked to Katie, we need to speak to a social worker by the name of Eddie Wilson, he's probably around here somewhere with the kids from the home so let's track him down."
"Don't worry it won't take me long to find him."
Elliot gently put his strong hand on his friend's shoulder.
"Just be careful Fin we don't want to blow this case on a police brutality issue."
"Hey don't even go there Elliot, you have no idea of how much Katie means to me...I blew my friendship with her parents a long time ago but that doesn't mean I ever stopped caring about Katie...I am not going to blow my chances again by screwing up her case."
Elliot nodded his head as the two of them went looking for Eddie Wilson.
Chapter 7 –
David Reagen's arraignment didn't take long with Alex successfully arguing for him to remain in custody until the trial, as she left the court room Alex checked her phone but Olivia hadn't rung her yet. Instead of heading straight back to Katie Alex headed to her office to try and get temporary guardianship of Katie in order to stop her being forced back into the foster system. Alex had just drawn up the documents and was about to try and find a judge to sign it when her phone started to ring, looking at the display she saw that it was Olivia calling so she quickly answered.
"Liv is everything ok?"
"Umm I spoke to Katie and she gave me a name, an Eddie Wilson who worked at the home but I think it is more complicated than that...I didn't want to push her too much as she doesn't trust me yet. Also there's been a fire at the group home, Fin and Elliot have gone to investigate, it seems too much of a coincidence for it to be an accident."
Alex was silent for a minute after Olivia had finished, digesting the information and deciding what she was going to do next.
"How's Katie?"
"Quiet, I was surprised she spoke to me but she hasn't told me everything yet, she was asking for you when I left."
"Ok I'll come over straight away."
Alex put the guardianship papers in her briefcase along with another couple of files and headed out.
Katie felt terrible after Olivia left the room, she had thought that unburdening some of her troubles would make a difference, it had but for the worse as she started to question whether or not she had made the right decision and whether or not she would have been better off just taking a chance at running away and living on the streets. Suddenly Katie felt the contents of her stomach start to bubble, glancing round the room her eyes immediately spotted the bin in the corner as Katie ran over and threw up into it. The exhaustion and pain swept over her as she slumped on the floor beside the bin with her eyes closing as soon as her head hit the hard floor.
It didn't take long for Alex to arrive at the precinct and she saw Olivia talking to Munch as she entered the squad room, knowing that Katie would be alone Alex headed straight to the interview room. As Alex opened the door she soon noticed that Katie wasn't sitting at the table and she anxiously scanned the room.
"Liv!"
Alex shouted as soon as she saw the figure on the floor running to Katie as the scream left her mouth. Olivia immediately recognised the distress in Alex's voice and sprinted over to see what the problem was. Alex had knelt down beside Katie and was checking for a pulse as Olivia entered the room.
"She's breathing. Katie, it's Alex...can you hear me?"
Alex held on tight onto Katie's hand and rubbed her back as the young girl slowly opened her eyes, Olivia instantly saw the relief in Alex's eyes as they helped Katie to sit up.
"What happened?"
Katie struggled to get the words out as she looked at Alex for an explanation.
"I was about to ask you that. I came in and round you on the floor, I should have never let you leave the hospital earlier...I'd better take you back there and get you checked out again."
"No, no, NO. I'm ok Alex, I just feel really tired, please I'm ok now!"
To prove her point Katie stood up and walked around to the table but quickly sat down in the chair before she collapsed again. Olivia looked at Alex who shrugged her shoulders as she got up and walked over to Katie.
"Ok but let me take you back to our apartment so you can rest, I need to go and see someone first but it won't take long ok?"
Alex didn't look at Katie, instead her gaze focused on her lover seeing if her suggestion met with Olivia's approval. Olivia nodded and left the room to carry on with the investigation.
"Ok Alex, but where do you have to go...do you want me there?"
"I was trying to sort this out before I came back here but I didn't have time. I need to go and see a judge to get some paperwork signed...I've drawn up an order that, if it is ok with you, will grant me temporary guardianship of you. That means that I'll be responsible for you for the time being, you can stay with Olivia and I and you won't have to go near anybody from child services until we sort things out."
As Alex finished she looked at Katie and tried to gauge what reaction her suggestion was going to receive, she thought it would be a positive one but Katie's actual response caught Alex completely unawares. Katie got up from her chair, standing up next to Alex she wrapped her arms tightly around Alex's waist, Alex could feel Katie's body shaking and the tears that were falling onto her arm.
"I take it that you are ok with it?"
Katie nodded her head as she pulled away from Alex.
"I don't know what to say Alex, thank you, thank you for believing me."
"It's ok Katie and anyway I haven't got it signed yet. Come on let's get you home and rested."
Alex put her arm around Katie's shoulder to support the young girl as they walked out of the interview room.
Alex had already decided on which judge she was going to go and see and knew that the judge was now at home. It was mid-afternoon when she and Katie left the station and Katie's eyes soon shut as Alex drove towards Judge Donnelly's house. As Alex stopped the car she reached across and gently shook Katie awake, knowing that the young girl did not want to be left alone. Alex led the way up the stairs to the door of the large town house and knocked loudly at the door, Katie stood behind her as the door opened and a familiar face appeared.
"Hello Alexandra, what can I do for you?"
"I was hoping for a favour."
Alex passed her old boss the guardianship paperwork and waited on the doorstep as Liz scanned the documents and gestured for Alex and Katie to follow her into the house.
"I think we need to talk about this Alex...Katie why don't you wait in the library whilst Alex and I have a little chat?"
Alex squeezed Katie's hand and nodded at the young girl, so Katie walked into the room and started to browse the books that adorned the room. Judge Donnelly clicked her fingers and Alex dutifully followed her into the office.
"I hope you know what you are doing Alexandra."
Liz walked around and took the seat behind her desk as Alex stood and mentally prepared her answers.
"Of course Liz, I'm trying to help this young girl and find out exactly who has been abusing her. I take it you know who her father is?" Alex waited until Liz nodded in response. "Well she doesn't trust the police...child services are the ones responsible for the abuse...exactly who else do you want to look after her?"
Alex knew that she had raised her voice and her emotional argument would not go down well but it was all she had. Liz shook her head and looked again at the paperwork on her desk, her pen hovered for a minute before she scrawled her signature on it.
"Just be careful Alexandra, look after her."
Liz held out the paperwork as Alex gratefully took it.
"Thank you Liz, I won't forget this."
"I knew her mother, a lovely woman. After what happened to her father the family was so ashamed that she stopped contacting me. This case is probably more complicated than you think Alex so please tread carefully."
Liz got up as Alex and her walked to the library and found Katie curled up asleep in one of the chairs, an open book lay on her lap. Alex walked over and picked the book up and passed it back to Liz to replace back on the bookshelf as Alex gently woke Katie up again.
"Come on Katie, it's all sorted...time to get you home."
Katie yawned and winced in pain as she stood up and walked out of the house with Alex keeping a steady arm against her. Katie stopped at the steps and turned back to look at judge Donnelly.
"Thank you Judge."
Liz smiled as she shut the door and hoped that her prodigy would be able to break the circle of abuse that she had failed to do when she was working as ADA for the Special Victims Unit.
Chapter 8 –
Olivia's phone rang as she was just about the start watching Elliot and Fin question Eddie Wilson, slightly peeved she answered it.
"Detective Benson."
"Olivia it's John, get down to the tech room now, you've got to see what we've found."
Olivia quickly left the squad room and ran downstairs knowing that Munch had finally found out what was contained on the memory stick. She quickly entered the room and saw Munch and James the computer tech sitting at one of the many computers in the room, Munch looked up and saw who had just entered.
"Shut the door behind you Liv."
Olivia dutifully did as she was told and then anxiously made her way to sit down at the computer.
"What have you got?"
"Well firstly there's a spreadsheet, looks like dates, amounts of money paid and what are probably codenames. But after a great deal of decoding James managed to extract these pictures."
Munch paused as James brought up four of the images. Olivia gasped as she saw the graphic photos of Katie being sexually assaulted by four different men.
"There are another 10 like this but they all include these four men. Our resident computer genius here has done some trickery and this is what we think they look like."
James clicked the mouse button and brought up four head shots that had been photo shopped. Olivia lent in closer to the monitor, concentrating on one photo in particular, but they were soon interrupted by the sound of the door opening.
"Benson, Munch my office NOW!"
Cragen left as quickly as he had entered with Olivia and Munch following behind him, confused as to what had just happened.
Fin and Elliot were already standing in Cragen's office and exchanged confused looks with Olivia and Munch as they entered with Cragen shutting the door firmly behind them and then closing the blinds.
"I've been ordered to stop investigating the allegations made by Katie Robins, we are to hand all our evidence over to Internal Affairs."
Cragen stopped and looked at his detectives who were all eager to question him further.
"Don't bother arguing, just box the evidence up and then go home."
Cragen walked back to the door and opened it, motioning for the detectives to leave, which the confused detectives slowly did.
"We're going out for a drink if you want to join us Liv?"
Elliot put his arm on his partner's shoulder as she placed the last of the evidence into the box, they were all angry at the decision and needed to blow off some steam.
"No, it's ok, I'm going to go home and check on Alex and Katie."
"Ok, well give us a ring if you change your mind."
Olivia nodded as she grabbed a couple of files off her desk, put her coat on and grabbed her keys before quickly leaving the precinct.
Alex was in the kitchen, reading a book whilst she waited for the timer to go off, her mind totally preoccupied so she never heard Olivia enter the apartment and sneak up behind her, that was until she felt her arms wrap around her waist and Olivia lips softly kissing her neck.
"Wow, you really know how to surprise someone!"
Alex turned and returned the kiss but this one was passionately planted onto her lover's lips. Finally the timer broke them apart from each other as Alex turned it and then the oven off.
"So what did you find out about Eddie Wilson?"
Olivia reached up and opened a cupboard and got two wine glasses out, and then she walked over to the fridge and retrieved a previously opened bottle of white wine. Quickly Olivia poured two glasses of wine and passed one to Alex before she began.
"We've handed the case over to Internal Affairs, orders from higher up the chain."
Olivia took a sip of her wine and looked at Alex's shocked expression.
"I think it might have something to do with these, I managed to sneak them out."
Olivia placed a file on the kitchen worktop and walked through to sit on the sofa leaving Alex alone to look through the photos, after the day she had had Olivia couldn't face seeing the photos again. Sitting and staring at the floor she could hear Alex gasping in shock as she flicked through the photos, five minutes later she joined Olivia on the sofa.
"So what do we do now?"
Olivia brought her gaze up from the floor and looked Alex in the eye, she could see how close to tears her lover was.
"I want to show the photo shopped images to Katie, see if she can give us any names and then maybe we can figure out what the hell is going on. How is she Alex?"
"Absolutely shattered, she's..."
Alex suddenly stopped as a piercing scream emanated from the spare bedroom, Alex got up and sprinted down the hall as Olivia reached for her gun and followed as they heard further shouts.
"Help...somebody...Alex...HELP!"
Chapter 9 –
Alex rushed into the room and found Katie crying with the duvet pulled tight around her, quickly Alex saw that there was nobody else in the room and sat on the bed next to Katie.
"It's ok Katie, it was a nightmare, there's nobody here that is going to hurt you, and it's just me and Olivia."
Olivia quickly put her gun down and flicked on the light and saw the look of sheer panic in Katie's eyes.
"Katie there's nobody here, you're safe now, Alex and I are not going to let anyone else harm you."
Katie looked at the two women who were sat on her bed as the memories of the nightmare slowly faded away as she sat in between the two of them.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to be any trouble."
Alex put her arm around Katie and stroked her hair softly.
"It's ok Katie you are no trouble, how about we go and get ourselves some hot chocolate?"
Katie nodded as Alex led her through to the living area and wrapped a blanket around her whilst she walked into the kitchen to make the hot drinks. Olivia sat down near Katie and noticed the young girl looking at the photos that had been left on the coffee table. Olivia picked the photos up and passed them to Katie whose hands started to shake as she took a hold of them. Alex walked back over and put the three cups on the coffee table and sat down on the floor in front of Katie, she crossed her legs and put her hands on top of Katie's.
"Katie, sweetheart, do you recognise these men?"
Katie nodded as she closed her eyes to try and escape the memories.
"Please, I know this is hard but do you know any of their names?"
Alex squeezed Katie's hands and the young girl opened her eyes letting the tears drop down her cheeks, she brought one of the photos up and passed it to Olivia.
"His name is Frank. I don't know any of their last names only their first."
Olivia examined the photo and nearly jumped off from the sofa as she finally worked out who it was.
"His name is Frank O'Toole, he is a captain at the 32nd precinct."
Olivia looked down at Alex as she spoke, knowing that this was probably the reason Internal Affairs had taken the case. Katie gave another photo to Olivia.
"This one made me call him Bryan, he said he was a lawyer."
Olivia passed the photo to Alex who shook her head as she didn't recognise him.
"I'll see if I can find out who he is tomorrow, do you know the other names Katie?"
Katie blinked the tears away from her eyes and looked at Alex.
"This one is Simon and the other one is Kevin. I'm sorry I've got to go..."
Katie jumped off from the sofa flinging the photos at Alex as she ran towards the bathroom. Alex quickly got off from the floor as she and Olivia followed the young girl, they soon found her crouching down throwing up into the toilet. Alex crouched down beside her and rubbed Katie's back as she slowly finished and sat back up. Olivia passed a glass of water to Katie which was gratefully accepted.
"Come on Katie, let's take you back to the bedroom, you need to rest."
Alex put her arms around the young girl and helped her up and through to the bedroom.
"Listen Katie I'm going to stay here until you fall asleep ok?"
Alex sat down on the floor by the bed and took a hold of Katie's hand, mouthing 'sorry' to Olivia as she watched from the door, Alex knew that she wouldn't get much sleep that night.
Alex didn't know when she fell asleep but woke up to the sound of Olivia placing a cup of coffee beside her, Alex stretched as she tried to work out the kinks in her body from the awkward position that she had fallen asleep in.
"Morning, thought you could do with this. How was she last night?"
"Thanks, not too bad, tossed and turned a lot. What time is it?"
"7am, I've got to go in a minute. I'm going to talk to Cragen about the names Katie gave us, I'm not willing to let this case go yet."
"Ok, I've got to go and pick up some files, I'll take Katie with me and then we'll drop by and see how you are getting on."
Olivia lent down and kissed Alex softly on the lips before whispering into her ear.
"Take care, I love you."
Alex smiled as Olivia left the room blowing her another kiss as she left.
It was nearly 10am by the time Alex and Katie reached Alex's office. Katie hadn't said more than two words since she had woken up and quickly made her way to the corner of the office and sat down reading her book. Alex sat down behind her desk and started to open the mail, after quickly scanning the first three letters and putting them in a tray for another day, her hand stopped on the next letter. It was a large A4 envelope that had been handwritten, Alex carefully opened it and tipped the contents onto her desk. Alex gasped in shock as she saw the photos of her and Olivia in various places, at the precinct, her office, their home and walking whilst they were in the middle of grocery shopping. With her hands trembling Alex picked up the note that had also fallen out, she looked over at Katie as she read it but the young girl was still engrossed in her book. Immediately Alex phoned Olivia.
"Detective Benson."
"Liv, it's me, can you get here, someone sent me a note."
"Ok Alex, calm down, what does it say?"
"It...it says...if we don't stop looking after Katie and looking into the abuse then...one of us is going to get..."
"Ok Alex it's ok sweetie, I'm on my way, just you and Katie stay in your office until I get there."
Alex's hands were still shaking as she put the note back down on the desk, she turned to check on Katie but the young girl wasn't there, Alex ran over to the chair where she had sat and picked up her book which had a note scribbled into the front cover.
I never meant to put you or Olivia in any danger, I'm sorry.
Chapter 10 protection –
Alex didn't know what to do, to go after Katie or wait for Olivia, but as she had no idea of where Katie had gone Alex slumped into her chair and put her head into her hands and let the tears start to roll down her face.
Olivia had rushed over with Elliot to Alex's office and as they opened the door they were both shocked to see Alex slumped at her desk and no sign of Katie.
"Alex are you ok?"
Olivia rushed over to Alex's side, placing her arms around her and checking for any sign of injury but as she heard Alex sobbing her heart began to ache.
"Alex speak to me sweetheart, what happened? Where's Katie?"
Alex slowly lifted her head up and looked up at Olivia and then Elliot who was standing in front of the desk.
"She's gone Liv, she crept out when I was on the phone to you, she so scared Liv, what are we going to do?"
Liv took a hold of Alex and let her tears hit her shoulder as she tried to think of what to do next, luckily Elliot was also in the room.
"First of all Alex we need to get you out of here and somewhere safe, the note and photos also need to be examined. Let's take you to the station and see what Cragen says. As for Katie I'll ring Fin, maybe he has some idea as to where she would go to feel safe."
Elliot took a pair of gloves out of his pocket and carefully scooped up the photos and note and put them back into the envelope, reaching into his pocket again he pulled out an evidence bag and placed everything safely inside.
"She doesn't want anything to happen to either of us Liv, that's why she's gone. She thinks we can't protect her and maybe she's right."
Alex stared at the evidence bag as she spoke, her body shook in fear as Olivia held her tight and tried to calm her down.
"We'll find her Alex, I'm going to make sure that nothing happens to either of you, I promise you that."
Olivia kissed Alex on top of her head as she helped her stand up and escorted Alex out of her office and to the protection of the precinct.
Katie didn't know where she was heading, she just knew that she had to head out and get away from Alex and Olivia before anyone else got hurt. Heading towards the subway she wanted to head to familiar territory and that meant the Lower East Side where she lived with her parents and near to where they were buried. Katie looked behind her as she entered the subway, she couldn't see anyone that she recognised so she continued on her way, shifting her bag on her shoulder as she walked, using the last few dollars that she had to get her ticket and a bottle of water she got on the train and tried to get away from everyone that had hurt her.
Alex looked completely washed out when she walked into the SUV squad room, Olivia led her straight to Cragen's office. Cragen got up and motioned for Alex to take his seat.
"If you don't mind me saying counsellor you look pretty awful."
"Thanks captain, it's not been my best day."
Olivia filled in Cragen on the developments as Alex sat there staring out of the door, wishing that Katie would walk through at any moment but she knew that it wasn't going to happen. Elliot knocked on the door and appeared with Fin.
"Captain, Fin has an idea of where Katie would be we're going to head out there now."
"No, you'll scare her...Olivia you'll have to go to with them."
Olivia nodded as she let go of Alex's hand and left her girlfriend sitting in Cragen's office.
"So Alex what do you want to do about this case? I know that Internal Affairs is meant to be handling it but after the photos sent to you..."
"Let me speak to McCoy, this case belongs in this unit, I know that I can't prosecute it but we all know that if Internal Affairs keep it they will just sweep everything under the carpet."
"Ok but you know that you can't go home until this is cleared up?"
"I know Don, I just want to know that Katie is ok before we worry about anything else."
Katie walked towards the apartment building that she had lived in with her parents, she stood on the sidewalk staring up at the window that she spent so many happy days in, she knew that she couldn't go inside but she just needed to remember how good things used to be. Katie turned and started walking towards the small park nearby.
Fin and Olivia parked the car outside of an apartment building.
"This is where they used to live, on the 3rd floor, whenever it was a nice day Katie and her mom used to take a walk down to the park and lay down have a picnic."
"Ok so why don't we head down to the park and see if she is around?"
Fin nodded and lead the way, they quickly arrived but there was no sign of Katie anywhere but they were both unwilling to stop looking. Fin told Olivia that the cemetery where Katie's parent's were buried was nearby and they decided to head there. Fin knew the plot where the Robins' were buried and led the way but soon stopped as he saw a figure sitting on the ground.
"I think I'll stop here. I'm the last person she needs to see at the moment."
"Ok Fin, thanks."
Olivia walked slowly towards Katie, she didn't say a word as she sat down beside the young girl. Katie looked across , her eyes all blood-shot and her hands shaking as Olivia took a hold of them.
"Hey sweetie, we've been so worried about you, are you ok?"
"I'm sorry, you shouldn't have found me, I don't want anything to happen to you or Alex...I...I..."
"It's ok Katie, nothing is going to happen to either you or Alex, I'm going to make sure the both of you remain safe ok?"
Katie nodded as she stared at the two gravestones in front of her but suddenly she felt Olivia's hands on her back as Katie was pushed to the ground.
"Get down and stay down!"
Katie stayed still and silent as she heard a gun fire and a bullet pass close by the two of them. She heard Olivia firing back as she put her hands over her ears to stop hearing the chaos around her.
"Fin, he's heading your way."
"I'll get him Liv, back up is on its way."
Olivia fell on the floor as she finished talking on the radio, she fell slightly onto Katie who opened her eyes and saw how white Olivia's face was. Katie sat up and crawled over to Olivia and saw the blood starting to show through her jacket. Instinctively Katie grabbed the radio.
"Officer down, we need a bus at Marble Cemetery."
Katie put the radio down and started to apply pressure to the wound on Olivia's shoulder.
"Olivia, are you ok, talk to me!"
