A/N: This story primarily starts in Season 1, though the timeline is also somewhat alternate. I want to include characters from the show's different seasons possibly together, this is my first fan fic. It's a story that has been jangling around in my head for a awhile.
LITTLE GIRL LOST
The silence of a quiet snowy morning was broken by a roar from Tet. The usually mild-mannered dog was ready to charge out the door. Hawke was getting dressed but it seemed not fast enough for Tet who was now scratching and jumping at the door. " I wonder what has got him all stirred up." Hawke thought as he made his way down from his bedroom to find out what all the fuss is. He opens the door and Tet charges out like a rocket to where a little girl is lying unconsciousness covered in snow. Hawke runs down to find her covered in cuts, bruises and dirt. She appeared to be hypothermic. It was so severe that he thought she was dead. "Oh my god!" he thought as he checked to see if she was breathing. Feeling a very faint pulse, he gently picked her up and took her back to the cabin.
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"Get out of the car!" the two armed men yell as they pull a man, woman and child out and shove them to the rear. "Get down on your knees with your hands behind your heads and face the car!" the little girl cried for her parent's as they tried to assure that everything was going to be ok.
"Run!" her mother yelled, fearing the worst. The little girl turned around and kicked one of the men, startling him enough for her to escape down the wooded hill.
"Get her!" the other man yelled.
His accomplice complied and began shooting at her.
"She'll be no problem now, I got her," he replied, confident that he succeeded in eliminating her.
"Good, now go get the body," the other man ordered."We don't want any loose ends."
"Won't have to," he replied. There's a mountain lion approaching, he'll do the job for us."
Next, they turned their to her parent's. Their screams of grief were silenced with one bullet to the head each before their bodies were placed in the trunk of the car to be disposed of.
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When Hawke got her inside the cabin, he immediately strips his shirt off and got her out of her wet clothes. He wrapped her in a blanket and held her tightly close to him. He hoped the body heat and the fireplace would help.
"It's going to be ok little lamb, your safe now." he keeps repeating as he gently holds her close and tight to him, both cocooned in a large blanket.
After a little while Hawke grabbed a sweater he left on the couch and put it on her before wrapping her back up in the blanket. He slipped his shirt back on with one hand and quickly carried her to the helicopter, strapping her in before taking off and calling for help.
"Angel1 this Briar Rabbit come in."
"Briar Rabbit this is Angel1 we copy, go ahead."
" I have a medical emergency, I need a medical team to meet me at the tarmac, I have a unconscious little girl with hypothermia possibly severe. My eta is 15 minutes..over."
"Ten-four, roger Briar Rabbit "
Hawke arrived at the Firm with the medical team waiting along with Archangel and Marella. The medical team charged to the helicopter and quickly unloaded the little girl onto a stretcher before rushing her away.
"Hawke, what happened? Who is she?" Archangel asked.
"I don't know Michael," said Hawke. "This morning Tet was going crazy when I let him out he went straight for her. She was lying right outside the cabin, all she had was the clothes she was wearing."
"I'll start checking all the missing children databases," Marella told him. "Hopefully we can get a fingerprint identification."
"How did she end up there? It's not camping season." Archangel said.
" I don't know but I'm going to find out. She was running from something or most likely someone brought her up there. How she managed to survive that snowfall is a miracle," said Hawke.
"Well, we know one thing about her." Archangel says
"What's that?" Hawk asked
"She's a strong girl." Archangel replied.
"Yeah, your right about that. I'm going to take Tet and have him follow her scent, to see how far she climbed before she found me." Hawke said.
Just then there's a knock at the door and the Doctor appeared.
"Sorry to disturb you both, I'm finished with the initial exam." The doctor says.
"Oh, Hawk this is Doctor Rudy Wells,"said Archangel. "He's the best physician there is. We were lucky today, Doctor Wells normally doesn't work the regular hospital."
"Nice to meet you. How is she?" Hawke asked.
"It's a miracle she's alive. Her core body temperature is 81 degrees which puts her in the severe category he replied. " I'm guessing she was lying out there about maybe 2 hours. That's not counting the rest of the time we're assuming she was out there running."
"Does she have any frostbite?" Hawke asked.
"Thankfully no," he replied. "Her cardiac issues are minor that are usually associated with Hypothermia. We're treating her with warm IV fluids and warmed humidified oxygen. We're also using lamps and trying a new medication. All we can do now is wait for her to respond."
"When do you think she'll wake up?"Archangel asked.
"Not tonight, definitely tomorrow though." Doctor Wells said.
"Can I stay with her?" Hawke asks as he gazed out the window watching her.
"Yes, absolutely that would be very beneficial for her. Now I must be going. I'll check in on her in an hour," Doctor Wells said.
"Thanks doc. Will you be here tomorrow?" Hawke asked.
"Yes I will." Doctor Wells replied.
"String? Where the hell are you?" Dominic yelled into the phone."We have to go practice that stunt for tomorrow's film and you know it's that 'one take only' looney director!"
"Dom I can't," said Hawke. I'm at the Firms hospital something happened."
"Oh my god! String are you ok? what happened?" Dom asked nervously.
"I'm fine," he replied. "It's who I found outside my cabin this morning."
" String what are you talking about? I don't understand?" Dom said.
"I found this little girl outside the cabin this morning," he explained. "She was unresponsive and hypothermic."
"Oh my god! Is she alright?" Dom asked.
"Too early to tell but they think she will be," he told him.
"That's good to hear, I'm on my way."
Hawk took his place next to the mysterious little girl's bed and quietly sat as he held her tiny hand. He could finally get a good look at her. That morning it was just quick glances as he was rushing to get her to help. He could see that she was a beautiful girl with long, thick brown hair the color as Hawk's and thick full lashes that seemed a mile long. Her skin still had the appearance of a china doll but it seemed to be warming up now. "Who would want to harm you little lamb?" As Hawk thought to himself. "She had to be running from someone. Why else would she be up there?"
Unbeknownst to him, Dominic was standing in the doorway watching him. He watched quietly and smiled at the sight of him with this little girl. He looked like a concerned father watching over his daughter. A few moments later Dom knocked on the door and it jolted Hawke out of his deep thoughts.
"Hey, can I come in?" Dom asks.
"Yeah, sure." replied Hawke.
"Is this her? She's a beautiful little thing." Dom exclaimed with a smile "So, what happened? I'm all confused."
Hawk explained the whole situation to him and Dom agrees to help find out what happened to her. But Dom could see that Hawke was troubled and he was starting to get concerned.
"Are you ok?" Dom asked.
Without even looking up at Dom, Hawke watching the girl said "How could I not know she was out there? I was sleeping while she was outside my door, dying."
"String, I know it's hard not to feel guilty, but you saved her life." Dom replied.
"Maybe." Hawke said with a look of guilt that Dom has seen many too often of him over the years.
"Dom, I don't think I'll be able to do the stunt tomorrow," Hawke said. " I'm going to stay here with her tonight or at least until she wakes up."
Dom smiled "I understand kid. I'll call the director and see if we can do it the day after. I'll find a good excuse."
Hawk grinned and gives him a hug of thanks. Dom left with a grin thinking "He's hooked."
All night Hawk is by her side with only a few little slips of naps in between, exhausted he goes quick to get a cup of coffee.
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"Now listen to us. When we get out and when I say so, you kick the man and run. Don't look back just keep on going , ok sweetie? We know you can do this." Her parent's whispered to her.
"Run!"
Shots rang out and the little girl fell with a thud. She didn't stir even as the mountain lion approached. It was soon scared off by the sounds of screams and two more bangs. After the car pulled away, the little girl got up and untangled herself from the web of branches she tripped over. It was a dark, freezing cold, windy January night. The snow was starting to come down heavier than before.
Crying and cold with no coat she started to claw and crawl down the steep, wooded, wilderness which seemed to go on for miles. Once at the bottom she was exhausted, near rigid and ready to collapse. In the distance she heard a helicopter. She started to run towards the sound hoping there would be help with it. As she got closer she could see lights and the smell of smoke. Eventually she saw that it was a cabin. With every last bit of energy she ran towards it. when she reached the bottom of the small hill her legs gave out. No longer able to stand, she crawled the rest of the way. Darkness consumed her as the cabin came into view and she passed out.
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She awakens-