Last Hope - (Sarah Paulson & Holland Taylor)

EMERGENCY ROOM

TW : PTSD, Blood

Lizzie POV :

I could feel the paramedic taking my vitals and I tried my best to answer her questions, even if I was violently shaking. They were too many people around me, now that the cops had joined the park. I was still sitting in the grass, next to my bag that I took the day before in order to run away from Sarah and Holland, when I heard them talking about the fact they wanted to call Helena about me. I was sure they wanted to get rid of me, like all the previous families, but I couldn't handle a new foster home.

After the check up, Sarah came back next to me.

"Honey, they're going to take you to the hospital to heal your wounds."

Suddenly I felt panic enter my body once again. Hospital, with a lot of unknown people.

"C-could you st-stay with me pl-please ?" I asked Sarah.

"Oh of course love. As I said, I won't leave you. I'll stay with you the whole time, if you're okay with that of course."

I nodded and the male paramedic cam back.

"I need to carry her to put her on a gurney. Is that okay ?" He asked nicely, but I didn't wanted a man to touch me, so I shook my head eagerly.

Sarah crouched in front of me. "Hey Lizzie, it's okay, he's just gonna put you in a gurney and then he won't touch you I promise." She assured me.

"No-no, pl-please Sar-Sarah... He c-can't touch m-me !" Tears were again flooding and I couldn't help myself, because of the pain on my stomach and my crotch. This pain was getting worse as I was moving, trying to avoid being hold by a man. Sarah tried to help me laying on the gurney but I pushed her away.

"I c-can do it my-myself." I said sternly but still weakly. But obviously I couldn't hold my body so I once again fell on the ground, and the pain hit me like a billion of knifes from my stomach down to my thighs.

The male paramedic took the decision to help me and he grabbed me, putting me on the gurney. I tried to fight him at once but it was no use, he was far more stronger than me.

In the ambulance, the man decided to sit on the front, so he wasn't close to me because he understood it made me uncomfortable. Two women paramedics sat next to my gurney and I allowed myself to relax because I was so tired from all the emotions. Sarah was able to sit in the ambulance and she held my hand the whole ride. She called Holland to tell her where we were going and that's the last thing I heard until I fell in a deep sleep, probably from some medication the paramedics gave me to calm me down.

Sarah POV :

"Hi darling, we found her. I found her. She was in a park, by herself and she was bleeding badly. I called 911 and now we're in an ambulance, going to the hospital. She is hurt." I said on the phone.

Holland promised me she would join us as soon as she could and I hang up when we arrived at the hospital.

Lizzie was taken to a room very fast because her case was alarming. I wasn't able to stay with her, but I suddenly heard some crying coming from her room. I ran to her to discover that some male nurses were trying to help her taking off her clothes to examine her. I knew she wasn't comfortable around men so I asked them to leave and I called women nurses. The nurses immediately understood the situation and took very good care of Lizzie.

They put her in a gown, but Lizzie didn't want anyone to touch her bloody area. I felt her gaze on me for few seconds when I understood she needed me. Her eyes were begging for some comfort.

I ran to her and squeezed her hand, stroking her hair with my other hand. "I'm here for you sweetie. I'm here don't worry. Everything's gonna be okay."

We waited for a doctor to come and at my biggest surprise, Dr Grey entered the room.

"Hi Sarah."

"Oh Meredith, thank you so much for being here." I said hugging her.

Meredith looked at Lizzie with sad eyes and turned back to me, with a questioning look. I gave her an apologetic sight and she seemed to understand that the situation was delicate. She approached Lizzie and I knew the hardest part was to come.