AN: Well here's the second chapter. Much longer than the last. Hope you
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Stabler stood pacing outside Lexy's room. The doctors were still inside treating her. He wasn't family, so no one would tell him anything. Police benefits only went so far. It was frustrating as hell. They wouldn't even let him ride in the ambulance.
On the way over he called Benson and told her everything, including his suspicions that the girl had been raped. If she was that meant the case was SVU's. Stabler had no intentions of giving the case to anyone else.
"Elliot," Olivia called from down the hall.
Stabler stopped pacing and looked over at her. He was more than glad that she was here.
"How is she?"
"I don't know," Elliot said exasperated. "They're still working on her and no one will tell me a damn thing."
Olivia nodded. "What do you know about her?"
Stabler sighed. "She's a kid. No more than seventeen. She has black hair and green eyes. Her first name is Lexy and she's had a hell of a night."
"That's it?"
He shrugged. "She passed out before I could get anything else."
Olivia took out her cell phone and said, "Until we can see her I'll have Munch and Finn run her description through the database and see if they come up with anything."
Before Olivia could hit send a crashing sound tore through the hall way followed by a piercing scream. Stabler and Benson exchanged a glace before racing in to Lexy's room.
She was backed in the far corner wearing a hospital gown and holding a scalpel in her hand. Most of the nurses were standing there with their mouth hanging open. The Doctor, who was a young man, was trying to approach her.
"It's all right. No ones going to hurt you." He said in a gentle voice.
"Stay away!" She yelled waving the scalpel for emphasis.
Elliot walked up behind the Doctor and gently pushed him aside. The Doctor didn't look happy, but he didn't argue either.
"Hey Lexy, remember me?"
She nodded. "Elliot right?"
He smiled. "That's right." He took a step towards her.
"Don't!" She said.
"You trusted me before and nothing bad happened remember?"
"You brought me here," She said. "And they started touching me."
"She woke up during the rape kit," The Doctor explained.
Elliot looked over at the doctor. "You're not authorized to do that without her consent."
"It was obvious that she had been raped," He argued. "She was bleeding from between her legs for Christ sakes."
A young nurse interrupted. "She had lashed on the inside of her thighs. She was not bleeding from her vagina at all."
Elliot looked glared at the doctor, who was glaring at the nurse.
"Look, I don't care if it was tattooed on her," Olivia said angrily stepping up to them. "You're still not authorized to do it without her consent and being that she was unconscious I would guess she didn't do that."
"The sooner we get the evidence the better!"
"What's your name?" Elliot asked.
"Mike Peterson." He answered nervously.
"Well Doctor Peterson I suggest you leave the room now."
"This is my patient.."
"Wrong," Elliot told him. "This was your patient. When I get done talking to your superiors your not going to have any patients."
Dr. Peterson did not look happy but stormed out of the room, glaring at the Detectives the whole time. Elliot turned his attention back to Lexy.
"He shouldn't have done that. He should have asked your permission first, but he was just trying to make sure you weren't hurt."
He took another step towards her. Lexy began to shake.
"It's all right sweet heart." He took another step towards her and held out his hand. "Just give me the scalpel. You don't want anyone to get hurt do you?"
She shook her head and Elliot reached for the scalpel. Lexy didn't fight him. He took the blade from her and she sank to the floor, sobbing. Elliot handed the blade to Olivia and kneeled down next to the distraught girl.
"Lexy."
She looked up at him.
"I know this is really hard for you, but I need you to tell me what happened."
"Are you going into cop mode now?" She asked defensively.
He nodded. "A little bit, but mostly I'm going into friend mode. I want to help you."
"It doesn't matter what happened."
Olivia kneeled down next to Elliot.
"Lexy my name is Olivia Benson. I'm Elliot's partner. Is there anyone we can contact for you? Your parents or a guardian."
The girl shook her head. "No there's no one."
The detectives exchanged a glance.
"Lexy why don't you get up off the cold floor and sit on the bed?" Elliot asked.
She nodded.
"Is it all right if I help you."
She nodded again and Elliot helped her up and over to the bed.
"Where do you live?" Elliot asked her after he covered her with the blanket.
"No where."
"Excuse me Detective," A nurse said walking up to them. "But we really need to finish tending to her wounds. Could the Q& A wait a while longer?"
Elliot nodded. "Of course. We'll be just outside."
"Wait!" She called as the two of them walked towards the door.
"What's wrong," He asked.
"Can you stay?" She asked in a small voice. "I don't want to be alone."
Elliot nodded. "Sure sweet heart. I'll stay."
"I'll meet you outside," Olivia told him."
She walked out and Elliot walked back over and took her hand. The nurse came over with a tray full of tools and bandages.
"I'm sorry about Dr. Peterson she said. I told him he was jumping the gun, but he wouldn't listen." The nurse said while cleaning Lexy's face.
"It's not your fault," Lexy told her.
The nurse smiled at her. "Can you roll on your side, facing the Detective?"
Lexy rolled on her side and green eyes met blue ones. Elliot smiled at her and she partially smiled back. Lexy winced as the nurse began cleaning the wounds on her back.
"So where are you from?" Elliot asked, trying to divert her attention.
"Florida."
"You're a long way from home. What are you doing in New York?"
"You asked where I was from, not where I live." She told him.
"Well where do you live?"
"New York City."
"Did you run away?" Elliot asked.
She shook her head. "No, my mom met a guy and we moved here so she could marry him."
"I thought you said you had no family."
"I don't."
"Care to explain that?"
"Not really."
Elliot sighed. "Look Lexy I want to help you, but you've got to tell me what's going on."
Lexy winced again.
"A few of these lacerations are going to have to be stitched up." The nurse told her. "I have to get a doctors authorization first though, so I'll be right back."
She nodded to Elliot and walked out.
"Lexy what happened tonight?"
The tears started to well in her eyes again. "I just got roughed up a little."
Elliot looked at her skeptically. "Lexy come on. What really happened."
She sniffled, but didn't say anything.
"You were raped weren't you?"
She looked away.
The nurse came back in a moment later with an older female doctor.
"Hello Lexy, I'm Doctor Greene. I'm going to stitch up your back. Is that all right?"
Lexy nodded.
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave Detective."
"No!" Lexy said jerking her body upwards. She cried out in pain.
"Calm down Lexy," Elliot said, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Please don't go," She whispered.
Elliot looked over to the doctor who nodded.
"Don't worry," He told her. "I'm not going anywhere."
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Stabler stood pacing outside Lexy's room. The doctors were still inside treating her. He wasn't family, so no one would tell him anything. Police benefits only went so far. It was frustrating as hell. They wouldn't even let him ride in the ambulance.
On the way over he called Benson and told her everything, including his suspicions that the girl had been raped. If she was that meant the case was SVU's. Stabler had no intentions of giving the case to anyone else.
"Elliot," Olivia called from down the hall.
Stabler stopped pacing and looked over at her. He was more than glad that she was here.
"How is she?"
"I don't know," Elliot said exasperated. "They're still working on her and no one will tell me a damn thing."
Olivia nodded. "What do you know about her?"
Stabler sighed. "She's a kid. No more than seventeen. She has black hair and green eyes. Her first name is Lexy and she's had a hell of a night."
"That's it?"
He shrugged. "She passed out before I could get anything else."
Olivia took out her cell phone and said, "Until we can see her I'll have Munch and Finn run her description through the database and see if they come up with anything."
Before Olivia could hit send a crashing sound tore through the hall way followed by a piercing scream. Stabler and Benson exchanged a glace before racing in to Lexy's room.
She was backed in the far corner wearing a hospital gown and holding a scalpel in her hand. Most of the nurses were standing there with their mouth hanging open. The Doctor, who was a young man, was trying to approach her.
"It's all right. No ones going to hurt you." He said in a gentle voice.
"Stay away!" She yelled waving the scalpel for emphasis.
Elliot walked up behind the Doctor and gently pushed him aside. The Doctor didn't look happy, but he didn't argue either.
"Hey Lexy, remember me?"
She nodded. "Elliot right?"
He smiled. "That's right." He took a step towards her.
"Don't!" She said.
"You trusted me before and nothing bad happened remember?"
"You brought me here," She said. "And they started touching me."
"She woke up during the rape kit," The Doctor explained.
Elliot looked over at the doctor. "You're not authorized to do that without her consent."
"It was obvious that she had been raped," He argued. "She was bleeding from between her legs for Christ sakes."
A young nurse interrupted. "She had lashed on the inside of her thighs. She was not bleeding from her vagina at all."
Elliot looked glared at the doctor, who was glaring at the nurse.
"Look, I don't care if it was tattooed on her," Olivia said angrily stepping up to them. "You're still not authorized to do it without her consent and being that she was unconscious I would guess she didn't do that."
"The sooner we get the evidence the better!"
"What's your name?" Elliot asked.
"Mike Peterson." He answered nervously.
"Well Doctor Peterson I suggest you leave the room now."
"This is my patient.."
"Wrong," Elliot told him. "This was your patient. When I get done talking to your superiors your not going to have any patients."
Dr. Peterson did not look happy but stormed out of the room, glaring at the Detectives the whole time. Elliot turned his attention back to Lexy.
"He shouldn't have done that. He should have asked your permission first, but he was just trying to make sure you weren't hurt."
He took another step towards her. Lexy began to shake.
"It's all right sweet heart." He took another step towards her and held out his hand. "Just give me the scalpel. You don't want anyone to get hurt do you?"
She shook her head and Elliot reached for the scalpel. Lexy didn't fight him. He took the blade from her and she sank to the floor, sobbing. Elliot handed the blade to Olivia and kneeled down next to the distraught girl.
"Lexy."
She looked up at him.
"I know this is really hard for you, but I need you to tell me what happened."
"Are you going into cop mode now?" She asked defensively.
He nodded. "A little bit, but mostly I'm going into friend mode. I want to help you."
"It doesn't matter what happened."
Olivia kneeled down next to Elliot.
"Lexy my name is Olivia Benson. I'm Elliot's partner. Is there anyone we can contact for you? Your parents or a guardian."
The girl shook her head. "No there's no one."
The detectives exchanged a glance.
"Lexy why don't you get up off the cold floor and sit on the bed?" Elliot asked.
She nodded.
"Is it all right if I help you."
She nodded again and Elliot helped her up and over to the bed.
"Where do you live?" Elliot asked her after he covered her with the blanket.
"No where."
"Excuse me Detective," A nurse said walking up to them. "But we really need to finish tending to her wounds. Could the Q& A wait a while longer?"
Elliot nodded. "Of course. We'll be just outside."
"Wait!" She called as the two of them walked towards the door.
"What's wrong," He asked.
"Can you stay?" She asked in a small voice. "I don't want to be alone."
Elliot nodded. "Sure sweet heart. I'll stay."
"I'll meet you outside," Olivia told him."
She walked out and Elliot walked back over and took her hand. The nurse came over with a tray full of tools and bandages.
"I'm sorry about Dr. Peterson she said. I told him he was jumping the gun, but he wouldn't listen." The nurse said while cleaning Lexy's face.
"It's not your fault," Lexy told her.
The nurse smiled at her. "Can you roll on your side, facing the Detective?"
Lexy rolled on her side and green eyes met blue ones. Elliot smiled at her and she partially smiled back. Lexy winced as the nurse began cleaning the wounds on her back.
"So where are you from?" Elliot asked, trying to divert her attention.
"Florida."
"You're a long way from home. What are you doing in New York?"
"You asked where I was from, not where I live." She told him.
"Well where do you live?"
"New York City."
"Did you run away?" Elliot asked.
She shook her head. "No, my mom met a guy and we moved here so she could marry him."
"I thought you said you had no family."
"I don't."
"Care to explain that?"
"Not really."
Elliot sighed. "Look Lexy I want to help you, but you've got to tell me what's going on."
Lexy winced again.
"A few of these lacerations are going to have to be stitched up." The nurse told her. "I have to get a doctors authorization first though, so I'll be right back."
She nodded to Elliot and walked out.
"Lexy what happened tonight?"
The tears started to well in her eyes again. "I just got roughed up a little."
Elliot looked at her skeptically. "Lexy come on. What really happened."
She sniffled, but didn't say anything.
"You were raped weren't you?"
She looked away.
The nurse came back in a moment later with an older female doctor.
"Hello Lexy, I'm Doctor Greene. I'm going to stitch up your back. Is that all right?"
Lexy nodded.
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave Detective."
"No!" Lexy said jerking her body upwards. She cried out in pain.
"Calm down Lexy," Elliot said, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Please don't go," She whispered.
Elliot looked over to the doctor who nodded.
"Don't worry," He told her. "I'm not going anywhere."
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