A/N – Thanks to everyone who has reviewed and alerted the story, this will be the last update before Christmas so please let me know what you think!

Chapter 2 –

Zoe found Tess sitting in her office talking on the phone, she quietly entered and took a seat, waiting patiently until Tess had finished her conversation.

"The police are on their way."

Zoe just nodded her head as she took a deep breath and ran her fingers through her hair.

"What happened?"

"Sam and I were outside when a car dumped her on the floor before it drove off."

"Shit!"

Tess nodded her head at Zoe's response before she turned her monitor around and showed the footage to Zoe.

"Well at least we've got a number plate."

"I doubt that is going to help us."

Tess spoke sadly as the footage finished, she didn't think that anyone would be stupid enough to use their own car but luckily for her it would be up to the police to sort that mess out.

"We need to keep resus clear if possible."

"Couldn't we move her to the large end cubicle in CDU?"

Zoe pursed her lips as she pondered Tess's suggestion before she nodded her head.

"Yes it will be quieter there but we need to be able to get her to talk and be treated first."

Ok let's go and see how Sam is getting on."

Zoe nodded her head as Tess stood up, both of them walking quickly back through to resus.

Both Zoe and Tess walked cautiously beyond the screens, Zoe breathed a slight sigh of relief as she saw the girl lying on the bed in a gown, an oxygen mask on her face as Sam turned to face them.

"This is Rachel, she's got severe bruising all over her body but specifically around the chest, I'm waiting for x rays to confirm broken ribs, she also has a got a large laceration to the back of her head, she is also experiencing a lot of pain but doesn't want any pain relief."

Zoe nodded her head as she noticed that the girl still had a hold of Sam's hand, she smiled softly at the girl before she spoke.

"Hello Rachel I'm Doctor Hanna, Zoe, can you remember what happened to you?"

Rachel nodded her head and squeezed Sam's hand tighter.

"Ok we're going to move you to CDU, it will be quieter and more private there."

Sam nodded as Zoe spoke but then Zoe moved closer to Sam and spoke quietly into her ear.

"We're going to need to examine her more closely, find out her age and further details."

"I know I just don't want to rush her Zoe."

"That's ok but the police are on their way."

"She's got a tattoo on the inside of her right thigh, high up."

Zoe closed her eyes as she listened to Sam before she managed to compose herself.

"Ok we're going to need photos and document everything, you and Linda stay with her."

"Thanks Zoe."

Zoe left resus and headed out to see how the rest of the department was coping, it had been a hectic four hours to the start of the shift and at the moment it showed no signs of abating. Seeing that things were under control Zoe tried to make her way to her office, she had a mountain of paperwork that was well overdue.

"Doctor Hanna, Doctor Hanna!"

Zoe stopped dead in her tracks and closed her eyes, waiting impatiently as Noel ran over to her.

"What is it Noel?"

"The police are here about the girl who was dumped out front."

"Oh ok can you show them to my office please."

Noel nodded his head as Zoe took a long deep breath before she carried on walking to her office, not bothering to close the door as she knew that it would only be a matter of seconds before she would be interrupted.

"Doctor Hanna?"

Zoe lifted her eyes up from staring at her desk and saw Noel standing in the doorway with two uniformed female police officers.

"Thank you Noel, please take a seat."

Noel nodded and closed the door as he left, Zoe gestured for the two women to take a seat.

Linda held the tablet with the x rays and showed Sam who just nodded her head, they had had to sedate Rachel in order to examine her closely and the take the photos and Sam didn't want to leave her just yet.

"Can you find Zoe and show her?"

Sam's voice was quiet and sad as she stood by the bed, looking at Rachel who was sleeping.

"Of course I won't be long."

Sam nodded her head as Linda walked out of the cubicle and headed straight to Zoe's office, knocking loudly before she entered.

"Ah this is Nurse Andrews, she has been helping Doctor Nicholls treat Rachel, I was just showing these officers the CCTV footage, perhaps you could fill us in on her injuries?"

Linda nodded her head as she passed the tablet to Zoe who flicked through the photos as Linda spoke.

"Rachel has two broken ribs, a large laceration to the back of her head, several small lacerations on her arms, her torso is badly bruised. She shows signs of dehydration, malnutrition as well as signs of being sexually abused."

Linda spoke without emotion as it was the only way that she could manage to get it all out.

"Can we speak to her?"

The female officer looked at Linda who shook her head while Zoe passed the table over to the officers to examine the photos.

"Ok well we will track down the vehicle that dumped her and could you let us know when we can speak to her?"

"Of course."

Zoe smiled as the officers passed back the tablet and stood up to leave, she motioned for Linda to stay as she showed them out.

"How is she?"

Zoe turned and looked at her friend, resting her back against the closed day.

"We had to sedate her to examine her."

"Oh."

"Sam is still with her."

"Did you get any further details from her, age, surname?"

"No but she can't be more than fourteen, I would say that she's around twelve."

Zoe nodded her head as she watched Linda drop her head.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah it's just hard, if someone had done that to Britney."

"I know, if you need to take a break then just let me know."

Linda nodded her head before she smiled and walked towards the door, stopping beside Zoe who patted her friend on the shoulder before she left to go and help Sam once again.