AN: I'm so soorrrry! I have been gone for like 8 months or something like that. I suck. I royaly suck and I'm sorry. I feel really guilty so I decided I just had to update even though I'm sure nobody even reads this anymore. I don't think it's really anything special. But enjoy it none the less. Now go! Read!

At that moment, several things happen simultaneously. Lilly and I walk into the hall, Fin walks out of the room with her parents, and Lilly locks eyes with her parents. Oh, and did I mentioned they weren't handcuffed?

As soon as Lilly saw her parents she advanced on them, furious at what they had done to her sister. "How could you?" she started hitting her dads stomach "Why'd you hurt her so ba-"

Before Elliot could get to her to pull her back her dad had punched her square in the mouth. She fell to the floor instantly and by the time Fin restrained the father he had delivered a kick to her ribs. "You keep your mouth shut." he growled at her before him and his wife were ushered away by Fin.

Lilly was curled into herself on the ground crying from the pain from both impacts. Elliot gently crouched down and picked up her shaking body and rubbed her back to soothe her. "Shhh, honey, it's okay." She continued to cry into his shoulder until he sat her back on the floor. He grabbed her hand and led her to his desk setting her atop it. He went to the mini fridge and got an ice pack out and held it to her face where a bruise was already forming.

"I'm sorry I let him do that, Lilly." he said frowning and hating himself that he let this innocent child get hit.

"It's fine." she said now calming down from crying. "Now Sara doesn't have to be alone." She gently smiled up at Elliot.

Elliot was confused, he didn't know what she was talking about. He took the ice pack away from her face so he could look at her eyes. "What do you mean? Does you dad hit Sara?" he asked.

Lilly looked around uncomfortably before jumping down from the desk and grabbing at her ribs in pain. "Can I go see Sara now?"

Elliot knew she was just trying to change the subject, but he also knew not to push her or he wouldn't get anything. "Yeah, we should get your ribs checked out, make sure they're okay. Do they hurt?"

Lilly nodded slightly before she grabbed Elliot's hand and started walking towards the elevator. Elliot smiled down at her before taking his phone out to call Olivia. He dials her number and it barely rings one time before he hears her voice.

"Jesus, Elliot, since when do you not answer your phone?" she yelled. She was beyond angry.

"Liv, I'm sorry, it was on silent and I didn't know. So uh..." he cleared his throat nervously not wanting to tell her what had happened when they got to the precinct.

"Elliot...what happened? Is Lilly okay?" she asked suddenly worried.

"Y-yeah, shes fine now, but uh, when we got here her parents were uncuffed and before we could break them apart...uh, her dad beat her up a bit..." he trailed off feeling guilty about how he screwed up.

Olivia gasped. "Dammit Elliot! But shes okay?" She really only cared about the child right now.

Elliot sighed. "Yeah, her ribs hurt a bit, but we're on our way to the hospital anyway for her to see Sara, so we can get them checked out when we get there. I'm really sorry Olivia."

Olivia sighed running a hand through her hair. "It's okay, Elliot. We all make mistakes. I'll wait for you guys in the lobby."

Elliot smiled. "Okay, I'll see you in about 30 minutes. Bye." He hung up the phone and got Lilly situated in the back seat before starting the drive to Mercy.

MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL

Olivia hung up the phone before calling Cragen and telling him everything Elliot had told her. Cragen sounded upset, but Olivia was able to convince him that it was an honest mistake. After she hung up with Cragen, she got another cup of coffee and went into Sara's room where she was asleep. After all, it was four in the morning. She sat down in one of the chairs beside her bed not wanting to wake her.

Sara could tell there was somebody in her presence, so she slowly made herself wake up, trying to push away the sleepy feeling that the drugs were giving her. She turned her head to the side to see Olivia sitting there with a small smile on her face.

Sara yawned. "Did you want to talk more? 'Cause I really don't have anything else to say, I don't know where Lilly got those bruises, she probably fell off her bed or something."

Olivia nodded. "I actually just came to tell you that Lilly is coming down to see you." Olivia decided to take this opportunity of her talking. "What about your bruises? Where did they come from?"

Sara scowled at her. "I told you, I climb trees, I spend every minute outside, bruises are pretty common."

"I didn't know trees could make a bruise in the shape of a hand print" Olivia said grabbing the girls left wrist.

Sara yanked her wrist away from the grip. "Don't touch me!"

Olivia held her hands up in front of her. "Sorry." Olivia sighed. One more time. "I know you're scared Sara, but I'm here to help, if you aren't safe you can tell me. I'll make you safe."

Sara seemed to consider this for a second. "No! Lilly is perfectly safe!" she said becoming angry.

Olivia kept her gentle tone. "Okay, so Lilly's safe...what about you? Are you safe?" she asked leaning forward.

Sara just rolled over facing away from Olivia and closed her eyes trying to go back to sleep and forget about all of this.

Olivia sighed and stood up. She wasn't safe, she knew that. She walked out of the room and into the lobby to wait for Elliot and Lilly. She needed to talk to Lilly again to see if she would tell her where her bruises really came from. It wasn't usually hard to convince an eleven year old into telling the police something.

Olivia sat for about 10 minutes before she saw Elliot and Lilly walk in the door. She stood up to greet them and Lilly ran over to her jumping into her arms.

"Hey, honey." Olivia said lifting her up noticing the bruise on her face. "You feel okay?" She set her back on the ground.

Lilly nodded. "Yeah, my stomach hurts a little though." she looked around the hospital becoming a little uneasy. "Can I see Sara now?"

Olivia looked to Elliot then back to Lilly. "Yeah, of course, one second." Olivia walked over to Elliot. "El, can you tell the front desk to send a doctor in to check Lilly out?"

"Yeah, sure thing." He said laying a hand on her shoulder.

Olivia frowned a bit. "Then you might want to wait out here for Cragen, pretty sure he wants to talk with you."

Elliot sighed. "Yeah, okay. Talk to you later." He kissed her on the cheek then ran a hand through his hair when he realized what he just did.

Olivia blushed a bit then ushered Lilly into Sara's room. As soon as the door was open Lilly ran in and jumped on Sara's bed giving her a giant hug. Sara hugged her back despite the pain she was in from Lilly laying on her stomach. Lilly finally let go and sat on the side of the bed. Sara noticed the bruise on her face that was definitely not there before and gently stroked it with her thumb. She looked from Lilly to Olivia and back again with a worried expression.

"L-lilly, what happened to your face?" she asked. She wasn't sure if she was more concerned or confused.

Lilly sighed. "Daddy did it. He blames me for calling the police..." she trailed off. She saw that Sara looked angry and tried to change the mood. "B-but now you're not alone! Now he hit me too and-"

Sara cut her off by putting her hand over her mouth so she couldn't say anything else, she was going to spill everything and they were going to get sent to some foster home somewhere, or an orphanage.

Olivia's eyes widened at this and she sat in the chair by the bed. "Sara, let go of her."

Sara reluctantly did as she was told and looked between Olivia and Lilly in fear. Olivia looked at Lilly gently and smiled. "Lilly, honey, what do you mean?"

Lilly looked at her sister who was mouthing "don't" to her. Olivia raised her eyebrows at Lilly waiting for an answer. Lilly gulped and looked around. He wanted her sister to be safe, and if she wasn't going to tell the police what was wrong then she was.

Lilly looked at Sara. "They're here to help, and I'm gunna let them." she said almost sounding mad at her sister. Lilly looked at Olivia.

"Our Dad hits Sara. He hurts her real bad. They say that she needs to be more perfect and act more like a girl, that's why he hits her." She finished looking like she was about to cry.

At that moment Elliot and the doctor came into the room to check on Lilly's ribs. The doctor quickly checked them to find that they were slightly bruised but nothing more than that. The doctor left and Olivia told Elliot what Lilly had just said. Olivia looked at Lilly seriously.

"Lilly, what about you? Does he hit you?" She asked gently. There usually isn't a case where only one child is getting abused.

Lilly sighed. "No...Just Sara. They don't care what I do because they think it's perfectly normal."

Olivia and Elliot frowned at this. Elliot went to sit by Lilly and took her hand. "What about the bruises all over your arms and legs?"

Lilly shifted uncomfortably. "I told you, they're from soccer." she said obviously lying.

Sara looked at her and scoffed. "You'll tell the truth for me, yet you're still lying about yourself. I don't understand you!" She looked at both of the detectives. "She doesn't play soccer, I told you that already."

Olivia looked at Lilly. "Lilly. Who gave you the bruises?"

Lilly looked down and whispered. "I did."

Elliot and Olivia looked at each other slightly confused. Elliot looked back to Lilly. "What do you mean you did?"

Lilly looked up. "I did it myself. I made the bruises."

Olivia looked to Elliot again only this time she had fear in her eyes. An eleven year old self-harmer? That's new.