Protection

Chapter 2: Hospital

Jen's Pov:

"It's going to be okay, I'm going to take you to someone who can help you" I try to explain to this little girl

I grab the seatbelt next to her and help her buckle up

"NO!! You can't trap me!" She screams and starts thrashing

"Honey it's just a seat belt" I say as I try to calm her down

"No! Belts hurt!"

I take her hand in mine and show her how to unbuckle the seatbelt, she looks at me confused

"I can get out?"

I look at her sympathetically. "Yes, I'm not going to hurt you"

I jump in the front seat of my car and buckle my seatbelt. I turn the car on and start to drive to the hospital. I see Ainsley staring out the window watching in amazement at the moving objects outside. Eventually we arrive and I open her car door and unbuckle her seatbelt. She looks at me terrified

"Ainsley it's going to be okay"

"What's a hospital?" She asks timidly as she looks at the ground

"It's a building where doctors make you feel better" I point to the building behind us

"I don't want to go" she whispers

"I know sweetie but you're hurt" She looks at me sadly. "Nothing is going to happen to you I promise. I will be with you the whole time."

She nods and I help her out of the car. She isn't wearing any shoes or a coat and there is a lot of snow on the ground.

"Here honey let me carry you" she lets me pick her up and she wraps her arms around my neck.

I walk inside the hospital where there are a lot of people around. Ainsley tightens her grip on my neck and I approach a nurse on the side of the room.

"Excuse me I need help" I tell him. I explain my situation and he brings me to a hospital room next to the ER. The nurse, Kevin, calls an ER doctor who comes into the room with us. I sit down on the bed with Ainsley still clutching to my neck. The doctor, Dr. Miranda McKay, starts talking to us

"Ms. Morrison we have called the police which will need to talk to you and Ainsley."

"Alright"

"I can see that she has some cuts and we are going to need to take some X-rays"

I try to place Ainsley on the bed but she starts screaming.

"NO!!!!" She yells

They try to sedate her but I convince them to leave me alone with her. Dr. McKay leaves me reluctantly so I can change her into a hospital gown. Then they will need to sedate her so they can make sure everything in her body is okay. They don't want her to have a panic attack.

"Ainsley, I need you to put on this gown" I say as she sits on the bed

"Why is there no back?" She asks as she examines the gown in my hands

"To be honest I'm not quite sure. But the doctors are going to make you feel better"

"I don't want to" she whispers

"I know but changing will help you be better. I'm right here you don't have to worry" I try to assure her

Once she agrees, I tell her to lift her hands up and I slowly take off her dress. I hold back tears as I look at this little girl. I can see her bones through her pale skin. She has hundreds of bruises and cuts littering her body. I see the words slut and whore carved into her upper thighs and other words that are fading on her body. I quickly place the hospital gown on her and lay her down in the bed. She looks at me surprised when her head touches the pillow

"It's soft!" She says surprised

I smile at her "Are you comfortable" I ask

She nods her head lightly and I grab her hand reassuringly. Then Dr. McKay comes back in the room and Ainsley holds my hand tighter. She approaches the bed and talks to Ainsley

"Hi Ainsley I'm Dr. Miranda McKay"

"Hi" she says softly

"Do you think you can tell me what hurts"

She shakes her head

"You can tell me don't worry"

"You will hurt me" Ainsley says

"No honey I won't"

Ainsley turns her head and looks at me
"She is here to help" I tell her

Ainsley leans over to me and whispers "My knee hurts" into my ear.  I relay the information to the doctor

"Okay honey we are going to take some pictures of your bones to make sure they are okay. Can you tell me how old you are"

Ainsley stares at the doctor completely confused. Dr. McKay takes me outside the room for a moment so we can talk alone. Ainsley really doesn't know how to tell the doctors what's wrong.

"Ms. Morrison we need you to give a statement to the police. You can do that while we examine Ainsley"

"I know and I'm fine doing that. I just found her like this. You can help her right"

"Yes, we are going to sedate her for a couple hours so we can take some scans and blood tests. You can wait in the waiting room"

"Thank you Dr. McKay"

I go back into Ainsley's room and sit next to her bed

"Ainsley everything is going to be okay. You are going to go to sleep and when you wake up I'll be right here"

"You can't leave. What if they hurt me or hurt you" she says scared

"I promise everything will be okay and I will be here when you wake up"

She starts crying and I hug her and kiss her forehead. Dr. McKay comes over and places an IV in her arm. Which is difficult since Ainsley begins to freak out. Once the medication takes affect I walk out of the room to wait in the waiting room.