(Starting a new fic! Read and Review please, I hope you enjoy!)

NOT MINE, NOT MAKING ANY MONEY IT JUST FOR FUNS!

Angel

Stephanie sighed sitting on the hood of her car. Tonight had been a hellish night, again. She had been forced to go over to her parents' house for dinner again. Her grandmother had been gone that night, out with a group of friends from the senior home near the 'burg. It had been her mother, her father, her and Joe fucking Morelli. Both Joe and her mother had surrounded her, demanding her to give up her job as a bounty hunter. To settle down, like any good burg girl, and marry Joe, have his babies, keep house and make sure that there was a pot roast on the dinner table by 6 PM sharp. The usual shit. Her father had left the table early, leaving her to deal with Joe and her mother. They kept hammering the fact that she was lousy at what she did, and that she was embarrassing both of them. the moment she had a chance to, she escaped the dinner table of her parent's house, got into her POS car, and drove off. She had no real destination, all she knew what that she had to leave the 'burg, she had to leave Trenton.

She had driven out of Trenton via a back road. She drove until she stopped at a little picnic area that looked like it had seen better days. She climbed out her car and sat on the hood of it, contemplating her life. She knew it was a shitty life. Here she was, a 30 something year old woman, who had a shitty job. She chased after 80 year olds who manage to get a slip from her. she was 50 years younger than them! she could hardly afford to pay her rent, and she was the laughing stock of Trenton. Everywhere she went, people would make bets on her, talk about what she did, it was like nobody had a life of their own!

'There goes Stephanie, blow up another car?"

"I won the pool this time Stephanie! 600 bucks! Thanks to your ability to blow up shit!"

"I bet her mother must be so embarrassed!"

Stephanie growled lowly, wiping tears from her eyes, she fucking hated it! And what was worse was Joe! He would show up and make a scene in front of everyone

"Jesus Cupcake! You need to stop running around here, pretending to know what you're doing! You need to stop embarrassing me, marry me and stay at home and make the food I bring home!"

Stephanie had never felt so low before in her life, people were putting more pressure on her to quit, and become a 'burg robot. She didn't want that, she wanted to live her own life and do whatever she damn well please!

Ranger had left two weeks ago, suddenly. Even Tank didn't know where he went, all he knew was that Ranger left early in the morning, left a curt message to Tank to take care of Rangeman and then was just dust in the wind. Without Ranger, it felt so horrible, but now, even Tank doesn't know when he'd return, if ever.

Stephanie laid back onto the roof of her car and looked up at the stars. Sometimes she wish she could be a star, to be far away from people and shine. She'd be free from her mother, Joe, the 'burg and any other duties people wanted to force on her. there were times when she just wanted it all to end.

Stephanie got into POS car again, and drove out of the picnic area, to god knows where. She was just driving. She drove as the spring sun began to set on the horizon. She drove as it became darker. The thought of ending it all seemed to call her. she pressed the gas pedal harder, until she was going 85 in her car. She needed to go faster, to leave Trenton behind, to leave it all behind.

Stephanie had hit about 90 when something ran out of the woods and she hit it with her car. She cursed loudly and slammed on the brakes, as the thing hit the hood of her car and then her windshield, cracking it. the things lurched forward from the breaking and flew several feet in front of her headlights.

Stephanie groaned and looked up, seeing the crumpled form bathed in her headlights. It must have been a deer crossing. Stephanie frowned and looked harder and gasped, seeing a hand and a bare leg. Oh goodness, she had hit a person!

Stephanie unbuckled herself and climbed out the car, her frame shaking. She had hit the person hard enough to likely kill them instantly! Stephanie ran over to the limp form, bent down and turned them over. She gasped looking down. She had hit a woman. The woman had soft milk chocolate skin. Her face looked angelic. She had slightly opened pouty lips and a small button nose. Her eyes were closed and her long black hair partly covered her face. The woman had cuts, scratches and bruises all over her. in the bright headlights Stephanie could make out deep marks from a tight chain that must have been wrapped around the woman's wrists and ankles. The woman wore a torn pink silk slip that was dirty and covered in blood. Stephanie gasped at the shit of blood staining the area between the woman's thighs. What had happen to the woman, before she crashed into her.

Stephanie didn't know what to do, should see leave the body here, call the authorities? She didn't know what to do!

Stephanie cried out as the woman opened her eyes and grabbed her wrist in her hand. Wide and wild amber eyes looked up into Stephanie's blue eyes and then the woman said, "Help me…" her voice rough from either lack of use or from screaming in pain, "Please help me!"

Stephanie turned her head into the woods, hearing noises coming from it. they were far away, but they were getting closer. She had to get the woman out of here, quickly.

"Can you get up?" Stephanie asked the woman, earning a nod, "Okay, I'll help you to my car, okay? We have to leave!"

Stephanie, helped the woman up, and the two limped over to Stephanie's car. Stephanie placed the woman into the back of her car, got into the front. She did a quick turn around on the deserted road and drove back to Trenton. She really didn't want to , but she needed to get the woman in the back of her car some help.

Stephanie turned the inside light of car on and turned to look at the woman lying in her car. She had passed out, and was hanging half way off the seat in the back. Whoever had this woman did a number on her. It was a miracle she survived the car impact.

Stephanie turned the light off and said, "Don't worry, I'm going to get you some help, okay?"

Any thoughts of ending it all had flown out the window. Right now, she had a woman who needed her help. There wasn't any time to be thinking about her self."

"Please hang on…"Stephanie said looking into the rear view mirror, "Please, just hang on for me, please!"

TBC….