It's Time for a Change

A/N: I OWN NONE OF THE RECGONIZABLE REBA OR SVU CHARACTERS!! This is a Crossover AU story!

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PREVIOUSLY:

Olivia turns back around to face her car and notices that Cheyenne has sat up, "Hey honey, there's an ambulance here that's ready to take you to the hospital."

"No. He'll hurt me if anyone finds out." she quietly says.

"Sweetie, my friends took him back to the police station with them. He won't be able to hurt you, or see you while he's there." the woman answers.

The little blond looks up at her with tear filled eyes and mumbles, "I guess." and starts to get out of the car.

"Carry me." she begs the detective.

Olivia smiles and picks up the little girl, wraps the blanket around her shoulders and makes her way over to the ambulance.

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AMBULANCE LEAVING RIVERSIDE PLAYGROUND
QUEENS, NEW YORK
1:45pm.

The male EMT notices Olivia carrying the little girl towards the ambulance and walks around to the passenger side window, his female partner rolls it down, "Tiff, I think you may need to handle this one."

"Why?" she asks.

"Little girl, the SVU detective's got her. She looks terrified." the man answers and his partner gets out and he gets in to drive.

The woman walks towards the detective who's sitting on the end of the open ambulance with the little girl cradled in her lap.

"What happened?" the woman asks Olivia.

"She ran away last night, she was afraid to stay home. She's been out in the snow since I have no idea how long, and we think she may have been hurt." "She doesn't have on very warm clothes, and she's been shivering the entire time I've been with her." Olivia answers.

"Okay, we'll get a temp on her and we can wait to do more at the hospital, but we have to get fluids in her now." the EMT tells Olivia.

Olivia looks down at Cheyenne, "Honey, can you stand up for just a minute so we can get in the ambulance and start heading to the hospital?"

"Kay." the little blond answers and picks herself up and stands just inside the ambulance while Olivia gets up and sits on the bench.

The EMT climbs inside and looks at Cheyenne, "Hi. My name is Tiffany, can you tell me yours?"

"Cheyenne…" the little girl mumbles.

"Okay Cheyenne, how about you lay down on the bed while we ride to the hospital?" Tiffany asks.

Cheyenne looks at Olivia and Olivia says, "It's okay, Tiffany wants to help you, I promise."

Cheyenne nods and Tiffany says, "I'm gonna pick you up on the count of three and I want you to lay down on the bed okay?"

Cheyenne just nods again and Tiffany begins, "One… Two… Three…"she picks up the little girl and the blanket falls off her shoulders.

"I'll let you have it back in just a minute, I need to make sure you're not hurt anywhere so I can tell the doctors at the hospital what they need to do." Tiffany explains.

Cheyenne doesn't respond and Olivia notices her terror skyrocketing, so she gets up to hold her hand.

Tiffany looks in the window on the inside of the ambulance at the driver and hits it twice, telling him he's good to go.

The ambulance pulls away from the parking lot and the rest of the SVU detectives leave behind it.

It doesn't take Tiffany long to notice Cheyenne's fear and she says, "I'm going to be very gentle, I'm going to try not to hurt you." "I'm going to listen to your heart and hook you up to a monitor now." she tells the little girl.

She begins to lift Cheyenne's nightgown up and Cheyenne begins to cry as the bruises are revealed.

"Honey, did you know you have some pretty big bruises on your tummy?" Tiffany asks.

Cheyenne just hangs her head and cries while Tiffany continues to lift the nightgown over the top of her head, leaving Cheyenne in a pair of panties and socks. The EMT hands Olivia the nightgown and says, "You can put it back on in a minute."

Olivia starts rubbing Cheyenne's hand, in an effort to calm the child as Tiffany gets the monitor ready. Tiffany begins to hook up the monitor but then notices that one of the bruises is where she needs to put one of the stickers and says, "I'm just going gently touch this bruise right here, and I want you to tell me if it hurts okay?"

Tiffany puts the sticker in one hand and then gently presses down on the bruise with the other. Cheyenne moans and it worries Tiffany because the bruise is in the area of one of her ribs, "Did that hurt honey?" she asks.

Cheyenne nods and Tiffany then asks, "Can you tell me on a scale of one to ten, ten being really bad, what it felt like?"

The little girl looks at the EMT and mumbles, "Four…"

Tiffany looks at Olivia and then says to Cheyenne, "Do you think I could put this sticky here until we get to the hospital?"

"I… I guess so." Cheyenne answers.

Tiffany smiles and gently places the last of the stickers on Cheyenne's chest and continues to look at the rest of the bruises. "We're going to have to check for internal bleeding once we get to the hospital."

Cheyenne has leaned hr head back on the stretcher and closed her eyes.

Tiffany walks to the side of the bed where Olivia is standing and says, "I need to check her blood pressure and we need to get the IV started."

Cheyenne's eyes open when the EMT mentions the IV and she cries, "I don't like needles…"

"I know sweetheart, most people don't. but we have to put one in you right now." Tiffany says.

Cheyenne just looks at Olivia who smiles back and then Tiffany asks Cheyenne, "Honey, when was the last time you had anything to eat or drink?"

Cheyenne hangs her head and mumbles, "Th… Thursday."

Olivia's heart breaks for this little girl and she prays that they don't turn this case over to Queens.

"Then we definitely need to get some fluids in you. I don't want you to get dehydrated." Tiffany tells the little girl.

Tiffany returns to the other side of the stretcher, begins prepping her for the IV and Cheyenne squeezes Olivia's hand as the needle enters her arm.

Cheyenne looks at Olivia with the tears flowing freely now and Olivia says, "See honey, it wasn't that bad now was it?"

The little blond shakes her head no and Tiffany smiles, "We need to take your temperature, you've been outside in the cold for a very long time with out a coat."

Cheyenne gives no response and the EMT gently puts the thermometer in the girl's left ear. It beeps 30 seconds later and Tiffany reads, "102.3" as the ambulance pulls in the driveway of the hospital.

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ST. MARY'S CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
QUEENS, NEW YORK.
2:00pm

The ambulance comes to a stop and the doors open and the first thing that Cheyenne sees is Dr. Jason Oliver. Her eyes fill with tears and terror as the man begins to speak.

"What do we have?"

Olivia is quick to react and gently covers the child with the blanket to hide her chest and protect her from the gusting wind.

"Cheyenne Brown. We don't have an age on her. Major bruising to the chest and abdomen, 102.3 fever, and she was found abandoned on Riverside Playground at noon by the Manhattan SVU. No food or drink given to her for almost 3 days. She's been started on fluids." the EMT replies.

They wheeled her inside while the EMT was talking and Olivia stayed by her side, holding her hand the entire time they were moving. They have entered the ER and Cheyenne feels the instant warmth that the heat has brought to her cold, tiny body.

Once they get into the partially divided room, Cheyenne sees Reba standing there and closes her eyes. Olivia looks at the woman and reads her name tag, "Reba Hart."

Reba walks towards the stretcher to help lift Cheyenne onto the hospital bed but she stands there quietly, motionless looking at the beat up body that she recognizes as her best friend's daughter.

The other nurse there tries to get Reba back into action, "REBA, NURSE HART!" she snaps at the red head. And she instantly gets back to work.

Nurse Johnson looks down at the little girl and notices who she is. Reba's best friend's daughter. Reba looks at Cheyenne and says, "Cheyenne, can you hear me?"

Cheyenne opens her eyes and nods her head, but doesn't respond. She looks up at the red headed woman and cries, "R…Reba."

"Shhh, honey it's okay. We're going to move you to this bed now so they can put that one back in the ambulance." Reba tells her.

"Don't tell mom." Cheyenne whispers to the red head and she looks at the detective who shrugs her shoulders.

The nurses lift the little girl up off the stretcher onto the bed, gently changing monitors as they do. Cheyenne screams as Dr. Oliver tries to remove the blanket to look at her chest.

Reba looks at the man and says, "We got this call almost half an hour ago, where's Dr. Kennedy when we need her?"

"Right here. Sorry guys, I got stuck in traffic." she answers as she walks in the room.

"You can leave Dr. Oliver." Dr. Kennedy says to the man.

Dr. Oliver informs her on Cheyenne's conditions and leaves to tend to other incoming patients.

Dr. Kennedy approaches the little blond girl and says, "I'm sorry he scared you honey. I won't let any more boys in here okay?"

Cheyenne tries so hard to smile but she can't and Dr. Kennedy notices Olivia, "Aren't you a detective from Manhattan SVU?"

"Yes. Olivia Benson. My partner lives close by and found her on the playground while he was there with his kids and she wouldn't talk to him so he called me, and I was able to get a little bit out of her." the woman answers.

Dr. Kennedy sighs and looks at Cheyenne, "I saw him try to take the blanket off of you, but the EMT told us that you're really bruised up on your chest and your tummy, I need to look at them to make sure they're okay."

Olivia approaches Cheyenne and brushes the blond curl from her face, "Take some deep breaths, you can hold my hand, she's not going to do anything to hurt you, I promise."

Dr, Kennedy grabs the end of the blanket closest to Cheyenne's face, gently picks it up and folds it in half at her waist.

"Honey, those bruises look like they hurt. How did you get so many?" Dr. Kennedy questions.

"Don't make me tell." "He… he… said he'd… k.. kill… m… me" Cheyenne stutters on her words as she forces herself to say them to Dr. Kennedy.

A/N: I know this is kinda long, but I couldn't find a good stopping point, I just wanted to keep writing and writing because I didn't know if I was leaving a serious cliffhanger! Review Time!