We Fought The Law
Chapter 3
Little Girl Lost
It wasn't until halfway into her second month of work she got a big break. Or more like her big break came to her.
As much as she wanted it to be, working on the Winchester's case was not the only thing she did. Johnson had given her three unsolved cases and since none of them dealt with the Winchester's she felt it was all right to use her abilities. The first one was a simple child abduction case. She found the kid in a week and happily he was fine, safe and alive.
The second one was a murder investigation. Some rich man was found shot in the head of his bulletproof car, windows up and everyone were baffled. It took her another week on this one. It turns out that the rich guy wasn't the target it was his driver, who was indebt to a loan shark. The killer had misfired and killed the rich guy by mistake. The driver had made a deal that he would keep quiet and all of his debt to the loan shark would be considered paid in full. Of course after a few moments with Kalika in the interrogation room he was singing like a lark.
The third one was the one she got her big break on. A five-year old girl had been found beaten in the bushes in an ally by two high school kids. The cops had nothing to go on.
Kalika stepped under the yellow tape with Hendrickson right behind her. "So the paramedics say that she is in pretty bad shape, if those two kids hadn't found her she'd be dead right now." He walked past Kalika not even bothering to see if she would follow him. She stopped to talk with one of the boys.
The shorter kid looked like he was about to puke, while his buddy seemed more interested in looking at Kalika's chest. She let this past given he couldn't have been more then sixteen. "So which of you found her," she asked pulling out her pad.
The one looking at her chest pointed to the kid who was green. "He did."
The green kid nodded, "Yea we were walking out bikes past here and some other little kid came bursting out of the ally, nearly knocked James and I off our bikes." Kalika nodded but didn't write anything down, she had an excellent memory. "So I happen to glance down the ally and see this foot sticking out from under the bushes."
"So Adam and I go to check it out and," James butted in, "and we see Ashley lying there."
"So you two know Ashley, how?"
"My sister baby-sits her most Fridays," Adam said still looking a little green. "So James goes and calls 9-1-1, and I stayed with her. God, I didn't think she was breathing. I mean there was all that blood." Adam looked away and Kalika turned her attention to James.
"This kid you saw, you get a good look at him?"
"Not really, it happened really fast and I was a little busy trying to keep my head from getting cracked open. If I had to guess I would say he was about the size of a ten year old."
Kalika flipped her notebook shut, "Alright you two go talk to the officer over there and I'll be in touch." The two left and Kalika made her way to Hendrickson, "Looks like there was a third kid."
He was bent over the bush where Ashley had been found, "You think." Kalika could tell he was being sarcastic. "According to the officer I was talking to it was a boy named Ty Sorensen. Eleven years old and known as the school bully. Guess he decided to take it a step further." He got to his feet.
"So tell me Victor," he hated it when she called him by his first name, like she cared, "you make it a habit of jumping to conclusions?"
Hendrickson glared at her and pointed to the bush, "You have a better idea, Miss Moore?"
Kalika bent down and knew right off the bat that there were five sets of footprints, two belonging to the two teens, two to Ty and Ashley and a fifth set to an adult. Kalika closed her eyes and took a deep breath. The scene before her started to wave like a pond with a stone thrown into it. After a few seconds it cleared. She was standing in the ally way and so were Ty and Ashley.
Ty was picking on her, "Oh look at the little baby with the pigies. Where's you diaper baby?"
"Ty stop it. Leave me alone." There were tears in Ashley's eyes.
"Cry baby titty mouse, laid an egg in grandma's house. Egg was rotten and so was she…" Ty's song faded off and his eyes got big. Kalika turned towards the trashcans and saw a woman cloaked in black raise out from behind them.
Ashley turned towards where Ty was looking and didn't have time to yell. The woman swung her arm and caught Ashley in the side of the head, her body was thrown into the bushes and the woman floated to her and continued to beat on her. Ty stood there a little longer his eyes huge, before he bolted out of the ally.
Kalika closed her eyes, she had seen enough. When she opened them again Hendrickson was standing in front of her with a very impatient look on his face, "Are you even listening to me Moore?"
Kalika ignored him; this was not something he would be able to help her hunt, "Nope not really. But you'll notice that there are adult footprints over by the bushes and behind those trashcans. I seriously doubt Ty Sorensen wears a size ten in adults." She brushed past him. This was going to be her kind of case, her first in two months.
Unfortunately with this kind of case she would have to tread carefully. She followed the ambulance to the hospital, flashed her badge at the receptionist and walked into the ER. Finding Ashley was easy; she was the only kid there. Kalika pulled back the curtain and a small gasp escaped her lips.
Ashley was lying in the bed, there was an IV hooked up to her right arm, blood pressure cuff was on her left and her face was an assortment of colors. Her eyes were swollen so bad you could barely make them out. Kalika stepped up to the bed and gently took Ashley's hand; the little girl stirred and turned her head towards Kalika.
"Mommy?" That nearly made Kalika cry, nearly.
"Sorry Ashley but your mommy's not here yet, but don't worry I'll stay with you tell she gets here. My name's Kalika but you can call me Kali."
Kalika could see tears start to form in Ashley's eyes, "I want my mommy."
She grabbed a chair and sat down, her questions would wait till Ashley was calmer. "It's alright honey, you're going to be okay. We just need you to be brave for a little bit longer. Your mommy is on her way." She brushed Ashley's hair back, hoping it would calm her down.
"Ashley it's alright," Kalika looked around and saw a nurse coming towards her.
"I'm sorry miss but only family is allowed back here."
Kalika started to let go of Ashley's hand but the little girl gripped it tighter, she looked down and saw her looking up at her. "It alright Ashley. I'm going to talk with the nice nurse. I'm not leaving I promise." She slipped her hand out and faced the nurse, showed her badge and asked quietly, "How bad is she?"
The nurse crossed her arms, "Well she shouldn't be talking to you just yet. Her parents are on the way. You can ask them."
Kalika drew herself to her full height, "I'm asking you." Granted Kalika was not very tall, she barely topped five foot six inches, but tick her off and she could give the aura of height.
The nurse shrunk back a little bit. "You're going to have to talk to the doctor." She turned quickly and left. Kalika hadn't expected too much information from her; she just wanted her to leave.
She sat back down and took Ashley's hand, the little girl had gone back to sleep. Kalika sat there till she heard a high pitched voice, "Where is she, where's my baby!"
Kalika turned and saw a young looking woman about twenty-five being held by an older looking guy. She stood up and walked towards them. The nurse from earlier was trying to get them calmed down and fill out some paperwork.
"Ma'am, if you and your husband would fill out these form the doctors will be out in a little bit to talk to you."
"NO! I Want To See My Daughter, NOW!" It was taking the man to hold her back from the nurse.
Kalika stepped between the woman and the nurse, "Ashley is doing alright, and she woke up asking for you but is sleeping now."
She saw the woman sag against her husband, "Oh God! Is she all right? What happened? Who are you?"
Kalika motioned for the chairs, "I'm Agent Kalika Moore, and I was at the scene and followed the ambulance here. I've been sitting with her till you got here."
The man helped his wife into a chair then sat next to her, "Sorry about Amanda. The officers didn't tell us much. Just that Ashley was hurt and had been taken to the hospital. So you've seen her, is she alright?"
Kalika set her hands in her lap, "Like I said she woke up asking for her mommy and has been asleep. I don't know her full condition but the doctor will talk to you about that. I have to ask and I am so sorry if you take offence, but have you or your wife ever been suspected of hurting Ashley at anytime?"
To Kalika's surprise the husband wasn't offended but looked at his wife, "Last year the state accused me of sexual abuse on Ashley. I was cleared but it came out during the investigation that it was Ashley's uncle who had done it. We got her counseling and she's been doing very well. I don't see how that could have anything to do with this."
Kalika leaned forward, "What happened to the Uncle?"
The wife looked up, "No. Quinn couldn't have done this. He's been in jail ever since he was convicted."
Kalika nodded, "Is there anyone else who might want to…"
"What the hell are you doing Moore?"
Kalika tried to plaster a smile on her face as she turned to face Hendrickson, "My job." She added in an undertone, "You should try it."
"What I was talking about is why you felt the need to question the victim without her parents present?"
Kalika looked past Hendrickson and saw the nurse with a smug look on her face. She nodded to the hallway, "Lets continue this outside."
She walked past him not caring if he followed, she turned around just as he was coming through the door, "First off, Vic-tor," she started making sure his first name sound more like she was mocking him. "Never, and I mean NEVER talk to me like that in public again. You got it!" She stepped up to him her face inches from his, "Second off, I didn't question her, I simply sat with her."
She took a step back. "I don't know who you think you are Moore but lets keep in mind that I am your superior…"
Kalika scoffed, "No you are not, you have simply been working this job longer. That does not make you superior. And I'm sorry but I don't report to you in anyway, shape or form. You are suppose to be my partner. Not my boss." She brushed past him and he grabbed her arm, spinning her around.
"Now you listen to me," he growled at her, "I don't care if you slept with every Dick in the bureau to get here. These are my cases and you will learn to work how I want you to."
Kalika grabbed the hand on her upper arm and squeezed it, "The next time you lay your hands on me like this," she told him twisting his hand off of her. "I'm keeping it." She turned and walked through the doors. I am so going to hurt that SOB first chance I get!
