Okay people. I got another idea and I went with it. Read and Review please! Also if you don't like it give constructive criticism, please don't say 'it sucks.'
I don't own Third Watch, but I do own Kaylee and Theresa.
here's the story oh yeah, it's kinda A/U, but I'm not really sure cuz Cruz is really sane in this fic.
Chapter 1
"No, leave me alone. Don't hurt me mama, please." A little girl was backing away from her mother.
"Girl, get over here, now. You don't know what pain is. "
Cruz stood at the bus stop watching this. ~I'll only move if she hurts the girl.~
The girl turned and ran. She was looking back to see how close her mother was to her and she wasn't looking where she was going. She ran right into Cruz. ~Sonofabitch. That hurt.~
The girl looked up at Cruz. "Don't let her hurt me again." The girl couldn't have been more than 7 or 8.
"I won't." Cruz reached down and picked up the girl. "What's you name?" she whispered.
"Kaylee."
"Okay, Kaylee. I'm Maritza."
Kaylee nodded and held on to Cruz tighter.
The girl's mother found Cruz holding her daughter. "Give me the girl." she whispered.
"No." Cruz replied.
"Listen bitch, give me the girl or I'll press charges for kidnapping."
Kaylee started to cry. Cruz felt her little body shaking in her arms. "Guess what?"
The girl's mother looked at her furious.
" I'm a cop and you're going to jail for a very long time." Cruz brushed Kaylee's hair away from her ear. "What's her name?"
"Theresa. Theresa Castillo." Kaylee whispered in-between tears.
"Okay. I'm gonna put you down so I can arrest her."
"No!" Kaylee cried. "Please don't let me go."
"Okay, okay." Cruz walked over to Theresa while carrying Kaylee. "Sit."
"Where?"
"On the ground."
Theresa looked like she was gonna say something, but instead she sat.
Cruz moved Kaylee around, reached into her pocket and pulled out her cell. She dialed the precinct.
"5-5 Precinct."
"It's Cruz. I have a child abuse case. I need a bus and send someone over here to pick up the mother."
"!0-4 Sarge. Umm the only available officer we have is Bosco. Is that okay?"
"Yeah. I's fine.
"What's your location?"
"23 and Lex." She hung up the phone. "Okay Kaylee, we're gonna take you to the hospital."
"Why?"
"To make sure you don't have other injuries, and to take picture of your bones."
"Will you come with me?" Kaylee whimpered.
"Uh....Yeah sure."
Kaylee stopped crying, instead she put her head on Cruz's shoulder and tried to fall asleep.
Cruz walked around with Kaylee, trying to calm her down while keeping an eye on the so-called mother. In about 15 minutes, the bus showed up and Bosco got out of a car, followed by Faith.
"Sarge." Bosco yelled.
Cruz turned. "Keep your voice down. I think she's asleep." Cruz looked at Faith. "Officer." she nodded.
"Sergeant." Faith noticed the little girl. "You want me to take her?"
Cruz nodded.
Kaylee's eyes popped open. "No! I wanna stay with her."
"Why?" Faith asked.
"I feel safe."
"Once again, why?"
"Faith." Cruz snapped. "Now is not the time." She walked away from Faith. "Hey, listen. That's Faith. She's a cop too. She'll make you safe."
"No! I wanna stay with you."
"Okay, but can you stay with Bosco, the other cop while I talk to Faith?"
Kaylee thought. "Will I be able to see you?"
"Yeah."
"Okay." Kaylee finally agreed.
"Okay. Come on." Cruz and Kaylee walked over to them where Bosco was reading the non-mother her Miranda Rights. "Bosco." Cruz whispered.
"What?" He snapped. He turned around to see Cruz holding the little girl.
"This is Kaylee. Can you hold her while I talk to Faith?"
"Why would you..." he started but after seeing Cruz's face said, "Yeah." He leant over and took Kaylee from Cruz. "Hi. I'm Bosco."
Cruz walked away and found Faith. "Yokas."
Faith turned. "What?" She noticed the girl wasn't with her. "Where's your clone?"
"She's not my clone, she's a scared little girl. Don't you have any sympathy for her?"
"Of course. What do you want?"
"Well, Bosco has her now, but not for long. I have to go to the hospital with her."
"Yeah and?"
Cruz~ This is killing me, but she's better with kids.~ "She needs to get a rape kit, just incase her mother ever had any boyfriends. I don't know how to say that to 7 year old. I want you to come with us while Bosco takes the mother in."
"Why?"
"You have kids. You know how they work better."
"You're doing a fine job. I have to go with Bosco." She turned around and started to walk away. "You know I'm surprised you're not asking him to do this."
"I would, but he knows shit about kids."
"Very true."
"Come for her."
"Fine."
Cruz and Faith went over to Bosco and Kaylee.
"Finally! What took you so long?" Kaylee's voice shook a little.
"It's okay. I'm here now."
"Here." Bosco dumped Kaylee on Cruz.
"Nice Bosco." Faith gave him a look.
"Okay muneqita." Cruz said. "We're gonna ride in an ambulance."
"She's coming too?"
"Hi. I'm Faith." Faith smiled at the little girl. "What's your name?"
"Kaylee." she answered.
"How would you feel if Faith rode with you and I sat up front?"
"No!" she shouted.
"Okay okay. Just an idea."
Over Kaylee's head, Faith mouthed, 'What's wrong with this kid?'
Cruz mouthed back. 'I have no idea.' "There's two paramedics, Kim and Carlos. One of them is gonna be in the back with us and the other one is driving."
"I want Kim with us and the other one up front with her."
"Kaylee, do you mean Faith?"
"Yeah."
"Then say her name."
Faith~ Wow. She's not ½ bad at this.~
"Okay. Carlos goes up with Faith."
"Good girl."
Kim and Carlos got out of the bus. They walked over to Cruz and Faith.
"Okay and who is this adorable little one?" Kim asked.
Kaylee smiled. "Kaylee."
"Hi Kaylee, I'm Kim. And this is Carlos." She turned to Cruz. "Are you both coming with us?"
They nodded.
"Why are you both coming with us?"
"She needs a R.K." Cruz answered.
"Oh." Kim looked down.
"What's a R.K.?" Kaylee asked.
"It's a.." Cruz stumbled over her words.
"Red kat." Faith answered.
"Cat's aren't red!" Kaylee exclaimed.
"They're not?" Cruz asked flashing Faith a look of thanks.
"Okay, so I'm guessing Faith will be riding up front and Cruz will be back with Kaylee?" Kim guessed.
They nodded again.
"Carlos you wanna drive?"
"No, but apparently I have no choice."
Kim smiled. "No you don't."
"Come on Faith." Carlos grumbled. "Women." he muttered.
"I heard that." Faith replied and smacked him on the head as they walked to the front.
"Okay ladies. Hop in." Kim opened the doors to the bus.
"Kaylee, we're gonna lay you down on here, okay?"
"But I'm not hurt. Can't I sit in your lap?"
Cruz looked at Kim.
"Yeah, sure." Kim answered.
In the front of the bus, Carlos and Faith were talking about how Kaylee seemed to like Cruz.
Within 5 minutes they were at the hospital.
"Okay, Kaylee, I need you to get up so I can get up."
"Here Kaylee, you want me to hold you while she gets up?"
Kaylee shook her head.
"Kaylee." Cruz said. "Let Kim hold you."
"Fine."
Kim picked Kaylee up while Cruz got herself together.
"Thank you Kim."
Kim handed Kaylee to Cruz. When Kaylee was safely in Cruz's arms she put her head down on Cruz's shoulder again.
Kim caught Cruz's eye and mouthed, 'She seems to like you.'
Cruz nodded.
Faith and Carlos got out and met up with Kim, Cruz and Kaylee.
"Hey guys." Carlos said.
"Shut up.", all 3 women whispered.
"I give up." Carlos turned around and went back into the bus to wait for Kim.
Cruz carried Kaylee into the ER with Kim and Faith on either side.
Nurse Mary Procter looked up and saw them.
"7 year old female, needs a R.K, child abuse case. Also needs a check for other injuries."
Nurse Procter nodded. She escorted Cruz, Kaylee and Faith into Exam 1.
"Bye Kim." Faith said. Cruz nodded.
"Bye."
"Kaylee." Cruz whispered. "Come on muneqita, now isn't the time to go to sleep."
Kaylee opened her eyes and looked around.
Cruz walked over to a bed and placed Kaylee in it.
"No." Kaylee reached for Cruz.
"Don't worry, baby, I'm right here and so is Faith. Let's get you comfortable."
Kaylee nodded and went under the thin blanket.
Nurse Procter motioned to Faith to come into the hall with her.
"That girl needs a rape kit?"
Faith nodded. "And X-Rays. The mother could've had boyfriends over and y'know or she could have shoved something up there herself."
Nurse Procter sighed. "Okay. Is Cruz gonna stay with her during it?"
Faith nodded.
"Why not you?"
"She doesn't like me. For some strange reason she likes Cruz."
"I'll send a nurse in soon to bring up her to X-Ray."
"Thank you."
Faith went back in Exam 1. Cruz looked up at her.
"Soon."
Cruz looked down at the little girl whose eyes were closed and she was lying on the pillow peacefully, her long brown hair spread out. "Who would do that to a child?" she whispered.
"I don't know." Faith looked surprised at the emotion Cruz was showing.
Cruz noticed Faith looking at her. "What? I'm not completely void of sentiment."
"Okay."
Kaylee's eyes popped open. "Ritza. Ritza. I'm scared." She sat up in bed breathing heavily.
"Shh. Shh, it's okay little one. Everything's okay now. Me and Faith aren't gonna let anyone touch you. Turn on your back and I'll rub it for you."
Kaylee listened to Cruz and turned over. Cruz began rubbing her back with one hand, tickling her.
Kaylee giggled.
Cruz~ That's how a 7 year old should sound.~ "Okay little one. First I think they're gonna take picture of your bones to see if you ever broke anything and then you get a special test, that's a surprise." ~I can't believe I told her a rape kit is a surprise.~
Kaylee turned back over just as a nurse entered the room with a wheelchair.
Everyone looked at the nurse.
"I'm gonna wheel her up to X-Ray." She looked around. "Whose going?"
Cruz and Faith looked at each other.
"Ritza! You go!" Kaylee shouted.
Cruz looked at Kaylee and smiled. "Of course. C'mon chicita. Let's go." Cruz reached over and picked Kaylee up from the bed.
The nurse looked at her.
"I'll carry her up myself."
The nurse nodded. "Okay."
Cruz~ Like she had a choice.~
The nurse walked out the door and Cruz followed.
They walked to the elevators and got in. They got out on the 4th floor and went into the waiting room. The nurse walked over to the window and told the receptionist they were here.
The receptionist looked up and saw Cruz. "They're expecting you. Go on back."
The nurse nodded and motioned for Cruz to follow her. They walked down a long hallway. The nurse reached a room and went inside. Cruz followed with Kaylee. "The X-ray technican will be here soon."
"Okay." Cruz sat down and put Kaylee on her lap.
5 minutes later the technican walked in. "Kaylee Castillo?"
"That's her."
"And you are?"
"Sergeant Cruz."
"Okay, I'm Michael. You can just lay her down here." He pointed at the table.
Cruz put her down.
Kaylee started to whimper.
"Shh. I'm right here."
Michael arranged her a little bit and put the protector vest on her. "Okay ma'am and come behind here with me."
They went behind the wall while the machine took endless pictures. Michael turned to Cruz. "Now we're looking for bones that healed broken?"
"Yes." Cruz answered shortly.
After 5 minutes of X-Rays, Cruz finally went over and picked up Kaylee.
"Okay, if we find anything we'll let you know."
"You do that." Cruz told him and walked out of the room. Cruz and Kaylee made it back downstairs and back into Exam 1. Cruz put Kaylee back into bed and saw Faith enter the room.
"They find anything?"
"They're looking."
After about 10 minutes of silence, another nurse walked in.
"Hi. I'm Nurse Simpson. I'm here for the umm.." She looked at Faith who mouthed 'special test.'
"...special test."
"Okay."
"I'm gonna step outside for a minute, okay Sergeant?"
Cruz nodded. "Okay. Now Kaylee. She's doing a ticklish test on you. First she's gonna tickle your armpits, then your chest, then your toes and then she's gonna stick a little ticklish thing inside your umm.... special area and we can see how ticklish you are."
Kaylee nodded. "Okay."
Nurse Simpson took a seat and tickled Kaylee's armpits then went down to her chest and tickled her toes, all while Kaylee giggled. "Okay, here's the special part."
Cruz told Kaylee to split her legs open and Kaylee did so. Nurse Simpson did the test and was in and out in 30 seconds. "Okay young lady. You are extremely ticklish. I'm gonna look for Faith outside and tell her the news. You can go to sleep now."
Kaylee nodded and closed her eyes.
Cruz caught Nurse Simpson's eyes and saw they had tears in them. ~Crap.~
Nurse Simpson left Cruz and Kaylee alone and bumped into Faith in the hall.
"Officer?"
"Yeah. Did you do the test?"
"Yes. The little girl was excellent and so was Sergeant Cruz. She made it into a ticklish test. But the little girl definately had vaginal tearing."
"I see. Thank you."
Faith opened the door and saw one of Kaylee's eyes open. After she saw it was Faith, she closed it again.
"Sergeant. I need a word."
Kaylee's eyes flew open. "Don't leave!"
"Shh. We're just gonna go over there, okay?"
Kaylee nodded and closed her eyes again.
Faith and Cruz walked over to the corner of the room.
"Simpson told you?" Faith asked.
"No, but she had tears in her eyes, so I'm assuming it wasn't good news."
"She said she definatley had vaginal tearing."
"Dios! Who would do that to a little child. She couldn't even fight back."
"She probably could if she had any idea of what was happening to her. But she didn't. I'm not saying it was her fault." Faith knew that rape was a difficult subject for Cruz and really wasn't thrilled about talking about it with her. "Anyway um what do you wanna do? It's kinda late.." Faith looked at her watch and saw it was 11:34pm. "...okay very late."
Cruz looked at Faith. "I wanna stay with her, but I'm not good with kids and I'll probably say the wrong thing."
"You're doing a great job so far."
Cruz looked at Faith.
"You know, I'd be the last person to give you a compliment. But it's true. Your good with her."
"I don't remember you being this blunt, but thank you." Cruz replied.
"Okay how about this? You stay with her here and I'll have my cell on right next to my bed and if she gets annoying, call me."
"Okay." Cruz agreed.
"Okay. My cell is 917-555-8754. 'Nite."
"'Nite."Cruz replied.
Faith walked out of the room, wondering why she gave the woman that shot her her cell phone. She realized it's all for Kaylee and that she'll do anything to get her better.
Cruz ran out the door. "Yokas." she shouted.
Faith turned. She walked back over.
"Will you be here tomorrow?"
"Yeah."
Cruz~I never thought we'd be able to have a civil conversation. This *is* all for Kaylee though.~
Cruz turned around and Nurse Procter was right behind her. "She should probably spend the night here since we need to check the X-Rays. People are doing that right now."
Cruz nodded. "Are you gonna admit her?"
"No. She'll stay down here. Are you gonna stay with her?"
Cruz nodded.
"Okay. Good. I'm gonna check and see if the X-Rays are back."
Nurse Procter turned and walked away.
Cruz~ This has been a very weird night.~ She stood outside Exam 1 watching Kaylee sleep from outside.
Finally Cruz walked back into Exam 1 and was followed by Nurse Procter.
"Sergeant. I need to speak to you." she whispered.
Cruz realized that Kaylee was asleep because she didn't make any noise when the nurse said that.
They stepped outside.
"This little girl has been very badly abused. She's had her right wrist broken twice, her left thumb and her right ring and pointer broken, she's had a broken ankle, most of her ribs broken at least once and there's a small indentation in her skull where somebody probably slammed it into a table, so she probably had a concussion also."
Cruz stared at her in shock. ~I thought it was gonna be bad but this is ridiculous.~ "So then this is all abuse? There's no way this girl can just be really spastic?"
"Not to have this many bones broken."
"Thank you."
"Should we call A.C.S?
"No. We'll stay here tonight and I'll take her into the station with me tomorrow and we can figure out what to do then. Thank you though."
"No problem and tell her I hope she feels better."
Cruz nodded, turned around and walked back into Exam 1. She pulled up a stool and sat on the side of the bed watching Kaylee sleep and wondering who would hurt this little girl and why they would hurt her so badly.
TBC.....
Okay people! Tell me what you think and if you think I should bother continuing it or not.