It was dark and freezing, she had no coat or shoes on. The strapped on her dress were ripped, her thighs were bruised and she had bleeding scraps on both of her knees. She couldn't hear much, just a few cars and shouting coming from apartments. As she was walking down the street she would every so often look around her several times. After walking for what felt like ages, she leaned against a wall and slid down it, she was now sitting with her back to the wall, one leg was crossed and the other was straight. She had been drinking but she knew that it wasn't enough to make her out of it like she was.
Olivia, Elliot, Fin, Cragen, Casey, Alex and Melinda had just finished their meal and drinks and they were ready to make their way out, Melinda was the first to exit the restaurant followed by Alex then Olivia when she turned her head to the left and saw a young girl in a bad way sitting against the building wall.
She turned to Olivia "Liv"
She walked towards the girl and kneeled in front of her "sweetheart, are you ok" she asked looking over at her. Her face wasn't messed up but she did have mascara running down her cheeks. When checking if the girl had any injuries she noticed the girl's knees were bleeding and her bruised thighs. She stood up and walked over to the others.
"The strap on her dress is ripped, her knees are bleeding and she has bruising on her thighs, she looks out of it, to much alcohol, drugs i don't know" she told them
"She only looks about 14, what is she doing out at this time of night" elliott spoke looking at the girl
"Call a bus, we have to get this girl to the hospital for a rape kit, ill go with her, you find her parents"
The girl looked up and noticed people looking at her then noticed a woman walking towards her, she quickly stood up and started walking back. She didn't know these people, they could've been anybody.
"Its ok hunny, I'm olivia, I'm a police officer, i just want to make sure you're ok" olivia said calmly
The girl continued to back away but it was less steps. She studied Olivia's face to see what and if any kind out reaction. "Where's your badge?" she asked.
Olivia took her badge off and showed it to the girl "right here, these are my colleagues"
She looked at Olivia's badge then at the others behind her. She stopped taking steps back and stood in one spot "im ok, i don't need help, just a party got out of control and i decided to leave" she smiled trying to convince them.
Elliot walked forward to where olivia was but stopped when he saw the girl take another step back "sweetheart, we are detectives at the special victims unit, we investigate, sexual assault, abuse and rape everyday, the injuries you have, how you just reacted when i stepped forward we see everyday, let my partner here take you to the hospital to get cleaned up"
The girl shook her head " no, no hospitals"
"If no hospitals then how about i clean the cuts on your knees, i'm a doctor" melinda smiled
At first the girl was reluctant but then nodded her head "ok, but no hospitals, no other doctors and only you and her in the room" she pointed at Olivia to be the only other girl to be in the room.
She slowly walked over to Olivia who slowly and gently put her arm around the girl's shoulders, they made their way to a patrol car that Cragen had called for. They got in and made their way to the MEs office. Once inside the girl looked around. She sat on the autopsy table making sure that the two women were in sight at all times.
"What's your name" Melinda asked while cleaning the girls cut knees
The girl watched as melinda was cleaning up her knees "Saskia" she mumbled just loud enough for them to hear
" that's a pretty name, how old are you"
"13, 14 in two weeks" she said continuing to watch melinda
"When you said a party got out of control what do you mean" olivia sat down next to the girl but at a distance so she did not scare her
"It was my friends birthday party, everything was ok, we started drinking then some guys that weren't invited came, they brought some pills, some people took them but i didn't, then one of them brought a drink over to me and i accepted it, i know i shouldnt of, i don't know why i did" she looked up with tears down her face
"Its ok sweetheart, take your time" olivia gently touched her arm
"Another one of the guys suggested we play games, i didn't play any of them" she wiped a tear that fell "the rules were that you had to drink as much as you could, one bottle or glass after the other, the person who drank less, lost and take to take a pill, there were 3 rounds." she took a deep breath
"You're doing really well" melinda gave her a faint smile
"Then they started playing truth or dare, if you didn't do a dare or refuse to answer a question they you had to go on the roof and walk around it once while drinking, i er started to feel weird after that but i just thought it was because i was drinking more than i ever had, so i sat down on the stairs, one of the guys came over to check on me, i told him i was fine but he said that i needed to lay down so he helped me upstairs in to of the bedrooms. I must've fell asleep because i can't remember anything else after that"
Saskia broke down in tears, she was shaking then suddenly jumped up "i have to go, i have to get home, my mom and dad dont know i snuck out"
"First of all why don't we get you to the hospital, get you checked out, we can get the guy that did this to you, then we will call your parents"
"No im not having a rape kit, im not reporting it" she stook her head "detective, you can put the guy that hurt me behind bars, you can stop him from doing it again, but what you cant do and will never be able to do is go back and change what happened to me, you cant stop it from happening. The next day you move on to the next case and never have to think about what happened to me again"
"Saskia.."
"No detective, ive made my mind up, i dont want a rape kit done, im not taking this any further, thank you for all you have done for me, both of you" she smiled then left.
