Disclaimer: I don't own any SJA characters, they all belong to BBC. Except Emily, she is mine.
Sarah Jane's POV
I got home from chasing a story to a voicemail from Emily.
Hello Sarah Jane, this is Emily from social services. I just wanted to let you know, well congratulate you. You're now officially a foster parent. Just call me when you get this and we can discuss getting a child placed with you or if you have any questions. Thanks. Bye.
It didn't matter now. It had been two months now and I knew that he had been placed with a family about a month ago. It didn't take too long for him to get placed with a family. Even with Emily's attempts to keep him in the children's home. It didn't surprise me. Even though I didn't know him for more than a day, he was special. Even if those parents don't know it yet, or if they would ever know, but he—Luke was special.
Though I have wanted kids, I wasn't sure if I would go through with this now. I did it in hopes of maybe getting him to stay here like we had planned, but it didn't look like that would happen. I could easily get another kid brought in, but I knew I would just think about Luke and that wouldn't be fair to the child.
They're probably better off not being involved in my life, anyways. It's dangerous. I couldn't give up my life with the aliens. That's been my life since I can remember and I don't want to give that up. I can't. Someone has to protect earth when The Doctor can't. That is my life. It's what saved lives. It's what gave Luke a chance at having a life here; and I am not giving that up any time soon.
I go up to the attic and have Mr. Smith come out.
"How may I help you Sarah Jane?" He asks.
"Do you detect any Slitheen life on Earth?" I ask. Maria and I both had a run in with a family a few weeks back and I just wanted to make sure there wasn't anybody left behind.
"Negative, Sarah Jane."
I did a few more things and that would have been it, but I kept thinking about him.
"Is there something else you need, Sarah Jane?" Mr. Smith asks.
"Has there been any calls or messages?" I ask.
"No."
I sighed. That's what I thought. That's what it's been like for the last month. Nothing. I remember Luke would call every day. And I kind of miss it. No, I do miss it. Though he didn't live here, it was nice to hear from him and I think he liked talking to me; probably because I was the only one who understood what he was. But then the calls stopped. I assumed that was because he got placed with a family. He probably was happy with his new family. He's living the life that he deserves and I shouldn't get in the way.
"Thank you, Mr. Smith." I say.
"Is something wrong, Sarah Jane?" He asks and I shake my head. "Does it have something to do with the boy?"
"That'll be all, Mr. Smith." I say and then go into my bedroom. I didn't want to talk about it. It would just make me miss him more and I couldn't. I shouldn't. I knew that I had to move on and stop thinking about him, but I couldn't. Though I knew eventually I would have to because he has his own life. His own family. I wasn't a part of his life and he wasn't a part of mine anymore.
I decided to get out of the house. The more I was in there, the more I thought about him. I needed to start moving on or at least make an effort in that. And maybe getting out would help.
I went to the market, as I needed to get a few things anyways. I grabbed what I needed and turned around as I thought I heard someone's voice. A voice that I knew. But nobody I knew was in sight.
I must be imagining it.
I went back into the dairy isle to get butter and yogurt when I looked over and saw him.
It was Luke. He was in the isle in front of me with adult whom was small and wide, wearing something that was too tight for her. Then she started yelling and then I saw her take something out of the cart and smash it over his head
I gasped. There were a thousand questions running through my head. But all I could do was stand there and stare at the scene. Luke was on the floor with shattered glass, olives, and liquid was all around him as well as on him. He tried to pick himself up, but was struggling. I wanted to just run over and help but I couldn't move. I just—I didn't even know what to think.
What just happened?
"Hey! Are you going to pay for that!?" She turned around to the man, whom working on restocking the shelves until he, like myself, saw what happened. Why wasn't he concerned for Luke? I then looked down and saw that he was looking directly at me and then when he started to move, the woman start yelling and moved towards him. That was when he quickly moved and then went over to me.
"P-Please. Pl-Please Sarah J-Jane." He stuttered as he hid behind me, glancing at the woman coming closer to us. "He-Help me."
"You know better than to talk to strangers!" She yelled and I looked from her to Luke who cringed and was now shaking. I could see how terrified he was and now that I could get a good look at his face, I saw multiple cuts and bruises.
"It's okay. I know him." I say and as the woman turned around to watch the worker clean up the mess she made, I mouthed to woman next to me to call the police. I was not going to let her take him away. I was not letting him go this time.
"Come on, let's get going." She says, talking to Luke. I look at him and watch as he shakes his head and hides behind me. "Let's go, NOW!" She yells more loudly this time which attracts more people. Now ten, maybe more had eyes on the woman, Luke, and I and no one was doing anything. All they did was stand there and watch, some out of the corner of their eyes, some tried to pretend they weren't watching, though I knew they were, and then some were just staring. They were all waiting to see how this turned out, though nobody was doing anything; no one was going to help him.
"I'm sorry, but would you help me out?" She asks me.
I look down at Luke who looked scared to death. I could see he was hurt; she had to be hurting him and I knew that jar of olives wasn't the first time she did something like that to him. By watching him cringe at her words, I knew it probably happened a lot.
"No." I say as I put my hand on his shoulder which told him to stay behind me.
"EXCUSE ME?!" She raised her voice.
"No. I won't let you hurt him." I say and picks up something from inside her cart and hit me with it. It hurt like a bitch, but I didn't let that stop me. I don't care if this killed me, I wasn't letting her take Luke.
Someone had to stop this. Someone had to help him.
She hit me again and again. I think it wasn't until after the fifth time that the police came and pulled her away from Luke and I. We were then taken outside to an ambulance because we were hurt. And almost immediately, Luke clung to me. He hung onto my arm as we sat down and the doctor took a look at me. When they asked to take a look at Luke, it took five minutes of trying to calm him down until he let the doctor look at the cut on his forehead. They put a bandage on it, knowing Luke wouldn't let them do much to him in his current state and it wasn't very deep. After they left us, Luke buried his head into me and started to shake and sob. I wrapped my arms protectively around him and whispered to him. "She's never going to touch you again." I told him. "It's okay, Luke. She can't hurt you anymore."
Then a tall man in a suit approached us. "My name is Matt and I'm with social services..." I cut him off there as I was not having a long conversation about this right now. Not with Luke like this.
"Yes and I know this is about placing him." I say and he nods. Before he could speak, I spoke up. "My name is Sarah Jane Smith and I know that Emily is the social worker assigned to his case. I'm a foster parent and I am taking him home with me." I say and he nods. I think it was not because I was a foster parent, but because right now, I was the only one Luke trusted.
"It's okay. I'm not going to let anyone hurt you." I tell him. "You're with me now. You're safe, Luke. You're safe."
I let him them take Luke from me once. I was not going to let that happen again; I had to protect him.
A/N: Sarah Jane found Luke and this time she won't let anyone take him from her. I hope you like chapter 2! Please leave me reviews as they keep me writing! And please check out my other story "Sick" :)
