Title: Destroyed

Summary: A girl faints in the squad room and is rushed to the hospital. SVU finds out that she was raped but the girl is refusing to tell them anything. What secret is she keeping?

Disclaimers: I don't own SVU, Dick Wolf does.

Author's note:

Thanks for your review. Thanks for all your suggestions. I've got a really good plot but it's just harder to explain it. Maybe I shouldn't have left the cliff-hanger I left at the end of chapter 2. –Sigh-

ARGH! I just realized I made a mistake in my summary! A girl is faints ARGH! I can't believe how bad my grammar is! (Not that I didn't know that)

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Munch entered the newsagency and walked straight up to the counter. He flashed his badge and asked

"The girl, Nicole? What can you tell me about her?"

Mr Poldfera looked up at Munch, puzzled.

"She's done nothing wrong. She's a good girl."

"I didn't ask for your opinion of her. I ASKED, what can you tell me about her."

"Why? Is she in trouble?"

"Just answer my question!"

Munch was trying to keep calm but he was starting to lose it.

"Okay, Okay." Asked Mr Poldfera, not wishing to get into a fight, "She works here five days a week, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday."

"What's her surname?" interrupted Munch.

"Ladger, Nicole Ladger"

"Where does she live?"

"I don't know. She never told me so I never asked. Quiet girl who keeps to herself a lot of the time."

"Anything unusual about her?"

"Nothing that I noticed."

"Friends?"

Mr Poldfera shrugged.

Out of the corner of his eye, Munch spotted Fin outside. He muttered his thanks and then left.

Once he was outside, he asked

"I thought you were tailing her? What happened?"

"She ran so I followed. Red light, and then she disappeared. Boy, can that girl run fast!"

"Well, we better get back. At least we got something."

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When Munch and Fin entered the squad room, Olivia and Elliot looked up, both with the same question on mind, what did you find out?

"Name, Nicole Ladger" said Munch

"Anything else?" questioned Olivia

"She works at a newsagency five times a week, other then that, nothing."

"That's it?"

"I would tell you what's in her mind if I could."

Olivia rolled her eyes and typed 'Nicole Ladger' into the computer. Five matches came up. Olivia immediately crossed off four out of the five of them because of age; because of age. They were either too old or too young. The last one was 16 and lived in Brooklyn. Olivia grabbed her jacket and left. Elliot followed.

The car ride down to Brooklyn was quiet. Finally they arrived at the Ladger's residence. They rang the doorbell. There was a series of footsteps and a woman answered. They presumed that she was Mrs. Ladger. Elliot and Olivia showed her their badges. Mrs. Ladger looked confused. She had never had any trouble with the police before.

"Mrs. Ladger? I'm Detective Benson and this is my partner Detective Stabler. We were wondering if your daughter, Nicole, was home?"

"Umm, yeah, she's upstairs. She's not in trouble is she?"

"Oh no, we just want to ask her a few questions."

"Sure, come in." Mrs. Ladger offered.

Mrs. Ladger led them upstairs to Nicole's room. She knocked on the door.

"Nicole, um there's detectives here to see you."

There was a pause.

"Nicole?" Mrs. Ladger inquired again.

The door swung open.

The detectives entered the room. The walls where covered with pictures of boys. The room was a pig stye. They looked around the room before their eyes fell on Nicole.

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Author's note

I think I'll leave it here for the time being. It's a good spot. I promise the next chapter's going to be longer.