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:

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.

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EMERGENCY ROOM:
ST. MARY'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
2:15pm.

"Sweetheart, no one's going to kill you. We're going to make sure that doesn't happen." Dr. Kennedy reassures the little girl.

Reba's heart breaks as she listens to what Cheyenne has to say. Part of her thinks it's her father but the other part of her thinks differently.

"We need to get her up to radiology for chest x-rays and then we need a rape kit." Dr. Kennedy orders the nurses.

Cheyenne looks at Olivia who says, "It's going to be okay. I'll come with you."

Dr. Kennedy gives Olivia a look and Olivia tells the woman, "She's terrified right now. She wouldn't say one word to my partner and so far she's only talked to me. I don't want to leave her alone."

"Fine. Only Olivia is allowed with us in the x-ray room." Dr. Kennedy states.

Reba looks at the woman and then down at the little girl, "Honey, can I ask you a question?"

"What?"

"What happened that made you want to leave the house?" the nurse asks.

"D.. don't make me…" Cheyenne begs Reba.

"Let's just make sure she's okay right now. Then we'll try talking." Olivia says to the red headed nurse.

Cheyenne sighs in relief and Olivia smiles at the little girl.

By now they have reached the x-ray room and Cheyenne is reluctant to let the doctors examine her, but with the help of a reassuring Olivia, they proceed with the exams.

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16th PRECINCT
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK
2:30pm

Detective Elliot Stabler is angrily staring at Josh Brown and trying to keep his cool, "How come you didn't start looking for you daughter right away when you noticed she was gone?"

"I.. it was 1 in the morning." he replies.

"So your daughter was out in the snow at one a.m. with no coat and no one with her?" Elliot questions.

"It wasn't snowing." Josh corrects the detective.

"Wrong. It was too. I live in Riverside you idiot." Elliot snaps back.

"So."

"So, your daughter doesn't deserve to be out in the cold in the middle of the night without something warm on." Elliot angrily tells the man.

"YES SHE DOES." "IF SHE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN A 'B' ON THAT HISTORY TEST WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION." Josh screams.

Elliot is shocked by the man's statement and sighs, "What did you do to her when she told you she got a 'B' on her test?"

"She told her mother first. That woman thinks getting a 'B' is okay when you're in elementary school, especially in the second grade. But I made all 'A's' in school, I never got anything lower." he explains.

"So that still doesn't explain why Cheyenne ran away. You had to have done something to her that made her want to leave. She told my partner that she was scared and had to leave." Elliot seethes.

"I started yelling at her when I saw the paper laying on the kitchen counter. She started yelling for her mother to come tell me that a 'B' was acceptable and that it was only two points from being an 'A'. I got mad at her because she couldn't tell me to my face." he tells the detective.

"God Josh, if my kid got an 88 on a History test, I wouldn't yell at them. I sucked at history in elementary school and I would be proud of them." Elliot explains.

Just then Josh's lawyer comes in the room and says, "This conversation ends now." Josh smiles at the man and stands up to leave.

"Damn." Elliot mutters under his breath as the lawyer takes the man away.

Fin comes in the room and says, "Come on man. Let's go get a sandwich, I'm starving."

As the two men are leaving the precinct, a blond woman appears at the doorway, "Is this the Special Victims Unit?" she asks Elliot.

"Yes ma'am. Can I help you?" Elliot politely answers.

"My husband got in an argument with my daughter last night and she ran away, and he told me not to go looking for her because she needed to learn a lesson, but I don't want anything bad to happen to her." the woman states.

Elliot thinks for a minute and realizes that this woman could be Cheyenne's mother.

"What's your daughter's name?" he asks.

"Cheyenne Brown." the blond answers. "I went to the police in Queens, but they told me you found her and they gave me your address."

"Okay Mrs. Brown. I'm Detective Stabler, I live in Queens and I was at the park where your daughter was and my daughter found her but she wouldn't talk to anyone. I called my partner who's a woman to come talk to her, and they're at the hospital in Queens right now." he explains to the woman.

"Oh my God, is Cheyenne okay?" "Was she hurt?" the woman asks.

"I don't think she was hurt but she was cold, and scared. She wouldn't talk to me about why she was at the park. We think someone may be abusing her." he calmly explains.

"Oh crap. Josh." the woman mutters.

"Your husband?" Elliot questions.

"Yes. Why do you ask?"

"He showed up at the park when we were taking Cheyenne to the hospital. He was angry with us for trying to take his daughter and he hit me. My partner arrested him for assault of a police officer and we questioned him. He told me that he got mad at her for making an 88 on her history test." Elliot tells the woman.

"Oh god. Oh god. Oh god." the woman begins to freak out.

Elliot puts his hand on the woman's shoulder and says, "Lets go talk in here where it's quiet."

The woman doesn't move when she sees her husband walking out with his lawyer, "Mrs. Brown?"

"Ashley." she corrects him.

"Okay, Ashley, Let's go talk someplace quiet." he tries to lead her into the interview room but Josh puts his hand on his pocket and pulls a gun to Ashley's head.

"STUPID BITCH!" he screams.

"DON'T SHOOT!!" Elliot yells.

Cragen comes running out of the office when he hears Elliot yelling and immediately calls for back up. Fin tries to negotiate with Mr. Brown, "Come on Josh, don't do this. Cheyenne needs her mother, this is not the way to resolve things."

"Ashley cheated on me!" he yells.

"LIAR!" "YOU CHEATED ON ME!" she screams back, and Fin runs to Josh, knocks the gun from his hands and cuffs him, again.

Mrs. Brown is crying hysterically as Elliot leads her into an interview room, followed by Captain Cragen.

"I can't believe my husband just tried to kill me." she sobs.

"Ma'am, I'm Captain Donald Cragen, we're going to do everything we can to protect you and your daughter from your husband. Starting with a restraining order, if you want." the older man offers.

A/N: I'm soo sorry for the long wait! I love this story and I wish I had more time to write, because if I did, it would be up much faster. I will have new chapters of my other stories up this week as well!! Review Time!!!