Tia knew she'd lost the battle as she got dragged out the door. She quit struggling, trying to catch her breath to make one final stand when they reached the car.

"Get the door." One of the Socs said once they reached one of the cars.

Tia quickly evaluated her situation, it was now or never. There were only 5 Socs there with her, the rest were getting into the other cars. She had two big ones on either side of her, who had a hold of her arms, she recognized them all from the rumble. One Soc was already on the other side of the car getting into the driver's seat. One opened the door and started to get into the back seat. She quickly jumped up and kicked the car door as hard as she could, the Socs foot was still on the outside of the car and the sound of him cursing filled the air.

With her two captors surprised, she twisted her arms free and bolted. She didn't look back, she just took off running. She could hear several sets of feet pouding the pavement behind her. She was already out of breath from struggling and knew that they would catch her. She lengthened her stride and pressed on, if only she could make it to Tim's house, a few blocks away. Although he wasn't there, she knew his family and they would let her stay there till the Socs buggered off. Her thoughts were cut short by a Soc jumping on her once he got close enough. He caught her around the waist and slammed her to the ground. Her hands weren't quick enough to break her fall, the side of her head hit the pavement and painfully scrapped up the side of her face.

Tia lay there, cursing, as the rest of the Socs caught up. She lay there on the cold pavement, knowing she was defeated.

"What the hell were you doing letting her go?" The Soc who had tackled her yelled.

"Paul, we didn't let her go! She kicked the car door in on Cory's leg and bolted!" Another one yelled back.

She remembered the name Paul, she should have known he would have been around here. A kick to her rib cage surprised a yell from here. She clutched her stomach and kept her eyes closed. Her face still felt like it was on fire.

"Paul! Lay off it! Go get the car and bring it over here." A deep voice yelled.

She flinched when someone pushed her hair away from her bleeding face.

"You're not going to try that again are you?" The same voice who had told Paul to get the car said quietly.

Tia didn't reply, she was too focused on breathing. Once Paul got back with the car she felt herself being lifted off the pavement and placed into the back seat of the car. She was laying down, but she knew her head was on someones lap, as were her legs. She tried to sit up, but couldn't. She cracked her eyes open to see a blonde Soc watching her.

"Cory, did you bring the needles?" The blonde Soc asked.

"Yup." He replied, tossing him a bag from the front seat.

Tia watched as the Soc opened the bag and took out a needle and a small bottle. He filled the needle and reached for Tia's arm. She resisted, but already weakened, she couldn't put up much of a fight. After a few second she felt her eyes grow heavy and her vision started to blur. She tried to fight it, but it overtook her. As she passed into an unnatural sleep, she could have sworn she heard the blonde Soc whisper "I'm sorry" as she zoned out.

"Where the hell have you been?" An angry voice invaded her unnatural sleep.

She glanced around and recognized her old house, she knew the voice all too it well. It was the drunken slurrs of her father.

"I stayed the night at a friends house." She heard her weak voice reply.

"Probably a guys house, no doubt." Her father sneered, coming into the kitchen.

"No, she's a friend from school." Tia replied, not going any closer to her father.

"Don't lie to me girl. I've heard all the stories around you hanging around with guys all the time doing God knows what." Her father spat.

Tia knew argueing with him would do no good, he was too drunk. Instead she tried to inch towards the hall where she would be able to get to the refuge of her bedroom.

"Don't you dare walk away from me!" He father yelled coming towards her.

She continued walking, but his callused hand grabbed her arm and jerked her towards him.

"Don't you ever be disrespectful towards me you worthless little punk. You're not worth the trouble to make." He yelled and shoved her backward against the stove.

He wouldn't leave it at that, she felt his fist connect painfully with her cheek. Her hand went to her face and she turned her shoulder towards him to block any other hits. He grabbed a hold of her shoulder and pulled her away from the counter, shoving her against the fridge and grabbed a hold of her neck.

"Look at me, damnit!" He yelled as she looked anywheres but at him.

She gasped for air as he increased pressure, knowing she needed air despretly, she looked up at him. She hated what she saw, he had the exactly same eyes that she did. His face was wrinkled, aged before his time. As her eyes welled up with tears from the lack of air and the emotion, he let go.

"Weak." He sneered, as she collapsed on the floor, gasping for air. "Just like your mother."

With that he landed a good kick to her shoulder, knocking her to the ground. Sprawled out on her stomache, he landed another kick to her neck and another to her rib cage before storming out the room. Tia laid on the floor, gasping for air for quite some time. Once she had her pain under control, she slowly got up with the help of a chair and slowly made her way out of the house.

As much as she hated it, she knew there was only one place to go this late at night. She walked a few blocks before coming to an older house which still had its lights on. She climbed up the stairs and knocked lightly at the door. A tall well built guy opened the door. He had greased back brown hair and brown eyes to match. A sly grin and a devious look entered his eyes when he saw her.

"Hey baby." He said smoothly.

She looked up at Benj, he then saw the bruise starting on her face and the way that she was clutching her rib cage.

"Your dad?" He asked, he was used to seeing her knocked around by her father.

"Yeah." Tia said quietly.

He moved out the way so that she could come in.

"Evan, your sister's here!" Benj called out and led the way into the living room.