"Where exactly do you think you're going?" Elizabeth asked, causing Rachel to look up at her in surprise.
"I don't know… I figured I'd find somewhere to stay tonight… I don't want to be a bother…" Rachel replied as she picked up her backpack from the ground. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come."
Elizabeth shook her head as she gently took the backpack from her hand and set it back down before sitting next to her. "Rachel." She said softly as she gently placed her hand on Rachel's arm. "When I said you were always welcome here I did mean it."
"Then why didn't you want to see me!?" Rachel burst out suddenly.
"Rachel…"
"Don't act like it didn't happen!" Rachel yelled angrily. "I understand okay! You don't have to help me because you feel bad for me! I'll figure something out!"
"Rachel I realize how it seemed to you…" Elizabeth tried to explain.
"I understand you don't want to deal with another one of your dead husband's daughters." Rachel said, clearly livid.
"Rachel I'm pregnant." Elizabeth said immediately.
Rachel looked up at her in shock. "I'm… sorry…" She replied quietly.
"Rachel it's not your fault." Elizabeth said gently. "I just didn't know how to handle you when you simply showed up." Rachel looked down at her hands in response. "You need help Rachel." Elizabeth said gently.
"No… it's fine… I can go back to St. Louis I shouldn't have come." Rachel said softly.
"Rachel who are you going to go back to?" Elizabeth asked her.
"I'll find a friend to stay with… I'll be okay…" Rachel replied before reaching for her backpack again.
"The same friend who beat you?" Elizabeth asked, grabbing Rachel's wrist.
"HE LOVES ME OKAY?!" Rachel screamed as she pulled her wrist away.
Elizabeth grabbed on tighter. "Rachel… He doesn't love you if he hurts you."
"You don't know what he feels like!" Rachel replied angrily. "You can't tell me he doesn't love me!"
"Rachel, your father loved you very much and while you aren't mine, I still care about you very much. I may not agree with all of the decisions you've made but you still matter to me. You matter to Ella. You're her older sister. What kind of an example are you setting for Ella if you let him control you?" Elizabeth said softly as she took Rachel's backpack from her shaking hands. "I'm sorry this happened to you… But you need to admit to yourself that he didn't love you."
"How do you know!?" Rachel asked, tears streaming down her face.
"Because you have three broken ribs and a large yellowing bruise on your back." Elizabeth said softly. Rachel burst out into tears and Elizabeth gently pulled her into her arms. "Shhh… it's going to be alright… We're going to go back to the ER and everything's going to be alright…"
"Hi Ella." Rachel greeted her younger sister softly as Elizabeth handed Ella to her.
"Rachel I know you don't want to tell us but we need to know who did this to you." Elizabeth said softly.
Rachel shook her head in response. "I don't want him to get into trouble."
"Rachel I need you to tell me before we file in the report." Elizabeth said softly.
"NO!" Rachel yelled, scaring Ella before she began screaming. Elizabeth carefully took Ella from Rachel.
"Rachel why don't you want us to know who he is?" Elizabeth asked gently.
Rachel stared blankly in front of her. "I told him to meet me at Doc Magoo's in about an hour." She whispered.
"WHAT?!" Elizabeth asked angrily. "Why on earth…"
"I didn't mean for this to turn into what it did. When I left St. Louis it was because I knew that the hospital in St. Louis would report him. I told him that if I came here I could get treated and no one would ask any questions… I didn't think this would turn into what it did. He's bringing his car to come get me…" Rachel explained nervously. "He'll kill me if he finds out…"
"Jerry call security and ask them to make sure no one enters in through the ambulance bay unless they're coming in in one." Elizabeth said hurriedly before turning back to Rachel. "Rachel do you have any photographs?"
"NO YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO HIM!" Rachel screamed angrily.
"Rachel…" Elizabeth tried to reason with her.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD DO THIS!" Rachel cut her off. "I SHOULD NEVER HAVE TRUSTED YOU I THOUGHT YOU'D WANT TO PROTECT HIM!"
Elizabeth rolled her eyes, completely unable to think of a better solution to the situation. "Abby can you get 10 milliliters of Seconal?" She asked as she set Ella down on the chair next to Rachel.
"Yes Doctor Corday." Abby replied before preparing the shot.
"Rachel I know you're scared but you're going to take a bit of a nap and when you wake up it will all be over alright?" Elizabeth said gently as she took the shot from Abby.
"No you can't do this! You have no right!" Rachel tried to protest.
"Abby can you hold her arm still please?" Elizabeth asked gently. "Alright it's going to hurt for just a second Rachel and then you're going to feel numb. It might scare you but it's not going to hurt you." Seconds later Rachel was drifting off to sleep.
"Okay we have less than an hour before some guy I don't even know comes to try to take Rachel back." Elizabeth said frantically as she helped Abby move Rachel onto a gurney behind a curtain and closing the curtain. "Jerry if anyone not staff asks for a Rachel Greene tell them she's not here. And if anyone tries to go behind that curtain call security." Elizabeth said quickly.
"Elizabeth what can we do?" Kerry asked gently.
Elizabeth ran her fingers frantically through her hair. "Someone needs to put Ella to bed it's nearly seven and she's been up since about six this morning."
"I've got her." Chuney said as she picked Ella up off the chairs. "I'll watch her in the nurse's lounge."
"Thank you." Elizabeth responded absent-mindedly. "I need a picture of him… I just don't know how to get it…"
"Check her backpack." Abby responded immediately. "When I was in high school you really weren't dating if you didn't carry around a picture of said significant other around with you at all times."
Elizabeth nodded before picking the backpack up off the floor and emptying the contents onto the counter. She was rummaging through loose papers and notebooks, seemingly endless amounts of trash, and way too many sticks of Chap Stick.
Abby was watching over her shoulder and grabbed the wallet from the middle of the pile. She flicked open the wallet and pulled out an obvious stack of pictures. One of Mark, one of Ella, another of Mark, one of Rachel's mother, "Found it!" Abby replied handing Elizabeth the photograph of a boy with long brown hair and piercing blue eyes.
"Alright someone get me a police officer." Elizabeth said hurriedly as she studied the picture for herself. About five minutes later a member of CPD came running into the ER accompanied by Doctor's Romano and Chen.
"We've got a picture?" The officer asked. Elizabeth nodded and handed it to him.
"He's supposed to be meeting Rachel at Doc's in about fifteen minutes." Elizabeth said hurriedly.
"I can have a couple of officers waiting inside for him." The officer offered.
Elizabeth shook her head. "He sees a police officer he leaves." She replied softly.
"What other options do we have?" The officer asked.
"I'll go." Romano spoke up.
"Robert…" Elizabeth began.
"Look there will be plenty of other doctor's in there from other departments nothing is going to look off if I'm in there." Romano pointed out.
Elizabeth bit her lip nervously. "Page me when he gets in there?" She asked quietly as the officer handed him his picture.
"Yep." He replied as he studied the picture.
Elizabeth stood there confused for a moment before looking at Romano. "Why are you doing this Robert?"
"He hurt her Elizabeth and there's no way I'm letting him get away." He replied. "I've got to get over there so I can look nice and non-conspicuous."
He was almost all the way out the door before Elizabeth spoke up. "Thank you Robert." She said sincerely before sitting down with her pager gripped tightly in her hand.
Author's Note: Hallo! Weekends are sort of the best because long writing sessions of awesome! Thanks so much for the reviews I've gotten so far. I promise that the title will be explained in future chapters for the person who's been asking :)