She ran across the road, her mind in another place, tears dripping from her dirt covered face. She stopped running just wishing she could be dead, she stopped thinking hoping for everything to be over praying for a savoir to wake her from her nightmare. Only one problem, she wasn't dreaming.

A car swerved around the corner towards the girl, as she stood crying in the middle of the road. "Please kill me. Please kill me, please just fucking kill me!" she sobbed to herself, closing her eyes and waiting to be hit.

Pattie saw the girl and quickly hit the brakes just inches from the crying girl, Pattie took a few breaths and quickly climbed out of the car. She slowly walked over to her and looked her over. Her brown looks were covered in twigs and dirt and her blue dress was ripped in every direction, just covering her body.

"Are you okay?" Pattie whispered inching closer to the girl to place a hand on her shoulder. The girl screamed, causing Pattie to jump backwards. "Please just run me over." The girl cried. Pattie didn't know what to do, she surly wasn't going to kill her and she couldn't leave a young girl who was obviously in danger out on the street, her heart was just too big to do it.

"Honey get in the car, I'm going to find you some help." She said pulling the girls arm over to the car. The girl burst into tears, flinching as Pattie grabbed her. "Please don't hurt me please." She begged. Pattie's eyes started to water, as she tried to imagine what the girl had been through. "Sweetie I promise I won't hurt you, just let me help you." Pattie soothed as the girl climbed into the front seat. She sat as close to the door as possible as if she would make a jump as soon as something went wrong.

"Do you know what your name is?" Pattie sighed.

The girl looked scared and she just clung to the door handle even tighter, Pattie felt sorry for the girl, she wasn't sure where to take her. She needed medical help but she wasn't sure what to do. "Honey I'm taking you to the hospital."

Pattie pulled into the hospital parking lot and helped the girl out of the car; she looked like she was going to make a run for it. But she realised she had no were to run. They walked into the hospital, the girl trailing slowly behind Pattie.

"How may I help you?" The nurse mumbled to Pattie

"She needs help." Pattie said almost in tears. The nurse saw the girl and quickly rushed over to her and dragged her into one of the room's, Pattie following closely behind. They waited for a doctor to come in, the girl glanced around nervously.

The doctor walked in and smiled towards the girl, the girl quickly pulled her legs up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. "p-please d-d-don't hurt me." The girl sobbed. Pattie held on to her hand as the doctor kept a safe distance detecting her fear of him. "Maybe she might feel comfortable with one of our child doctors." The doctor sighed leaving the room.

"Sweetie your safe now I promise." Pattie said rubbing the girls back. The girl looked up her eyes red and puffy; she glared at Pattie and pulled her hand away.

"Nowhere is safe.... he'll find me like he normally dose.... and he'll do it all over again....so don't tell me I'm safe." She hissed through her tears.

A small lady walked in smiling at Pattie, she walked over to the girl and looked down at her sadly. "Hi there sweetie my names Dr. Young, what's your name?" she smiled down at her. The girl shrugged her shoulders, her face still buried in her hands.

"Honey were you raped?" the doctor asked. The girl flinched when she said this and burst into tears. "Do you know who did this to you?" the doctor asked, her voice sounding very safe and warm. The girl quickly nodded her head and cried even harder. "Do you want to tell me?" the doctor almost begged her. The girl quickly looked up and shook her head, fear danced in her dark brown eyes.

"I think that's enough." Pattie sobbed, feeling the girl's distress. The doctor nodded towards Pattie and then glanced back at the girl. "Ma'am may I please speak with you outside." The doctor smiled towards her. Pattie followed her out the door, leaving the girl on the chair.

"Yes what's the problem Doctor?"

"Well Pattie, she seems to be suffering, and from my experience I can tell she has been raped and possible more than once."

"Well what can we do, she is too afraid to even tell me her name?"

"We can either try to find her parents but we won't be able to find them until they claim her as missing or if she gives us her name."

"Well where will she stay?"

The doctor looked at Pattie expecting her to catch on, and Pattie did indeed. "Stay with me? Look I would be happy to but it is up to her." Pattie sighed. They walked back in to see the girl still in the same position, quietly sobbing.

"Sweet child, would you like to stay with me until we find your parents?" Pattie asked, placing a warm hand on her shoulder. The girl pepped up through her long lashes and nodded her head. The doctor sighed and quickly jotted down Pattie's details. "Pattie we will contact you when we find them and we will send a nurse around to check on her." The doctor sighed opening the door to let them out.

~(TB)~