So I deleted A Saviour's Salvation because I didn't like how it was going, this is a lot like it but set up differently. It took me a while, but I like this so much more than my other one. I really hope you like it. Please follow and favorite! And tell me what you think.":)

It was a brisk winter day and the city was becoming dark,as Sergeant Hank Voight walked into his favorite deli. "The usual?" The man asked from behind the counter. Voight didn't answer he simply just shook his head . He was mentally and physically exhausted, todays case was a tough one but they managed to get a pretty big lead, and tomorrow they were going to pursue it. He ran his hand over his smooth shaven face as he leaned against the counter waiting for his Italian to be made. He stood there investigating his surroundings. One of the side effects of being a cop was no matter how hard you tried you could never turn it off.

Down one aisle a lady stood with her two young children, they looked to be shopping for the typical groceries. Up at one of the registers there was a man a little younger than Voight buying beer, and in the refrigerated aisle stood a girl about fifteen, staring at the pre-made sandwiches and salads. For some reason this girl caught his attention. She looked clean cut, in a royal blue pea coat, black pants and a pair of brown leather boots, but her eyes looked sad. Her shiny dark brown hair was pulled into a bun at the top of her head, and her face showed a natrual glow of beauty. He couldn't imagine why such a beautiful young girl, would be so sad. He continued to stare at her profiling her moves, trying to discover what exactly her story was. She looked up from the shelf she was browsing and looked towards him. He met her piercing blue eyes only for a second before she shamefully looked at the ground. She was hiding something, Voight knew it. He wasn't sure if it was necessarily bad, but years of being in law enforcement taught him that there was something she didn't want him to know.

He wondered if she had just felt uncomfortable being in the deli alone, only to find the eyes of a guy that was a good thirty years older than her, he knew that sort of thing used to creep Erin out.

"Here you go Hank, that will be six forty three ." Voight was handing him over the money when he heard Frank, the man who worked the cashier, yell out the front door.

"Hey come back here! You can't just take something and not pay!" Voight looked back to see the girl he once was staring at running out the door with what looked to be a sandwich in her hand.

"Keep the change,"Voight yelled, running after her. As soon as he got outside he could see her about fifteen yards away.

"Hey!" Voight yelled trying to get her attention as he himself was sprinting after her. Slowly he was gaining on her as both of them got tired. Finally he saw her coming to a stop at the end of the block only because of traffic he was only about two yards away.

The walking light turned white and thats when Voight made his move. He lunged at the teen wrapping his arms around her stomach as the people flooding around them made their way through the street. If she was a grown man or maybe even a teenage boy she probably would of been tackled I the ground.

"Let me go!" She yelled, squirming against his hold. "Let me go!" She screamed again, kicking at his chins. Pain reered it's ugly head, but thier was no way he was loosening his grip. "Please I'll give you anything you want, just don't hurt me." She cried. Voight could feel her getting tired against his strong arms, there was no doubt that she wasn't going anywhere.

He then realized that she didn't think he was chasing after her about the sandwich, but she thought he was attacking her. " I'm not going to hurt you kid, I'm Sergeant Voight, Chicago PD, if I let you go, will you promise not to run away?" Her limp body was warm against his arms .

"Yeah yeah please just don't hurt me," She pleaded. Voight set her down, watching her relax as his arms loosened their grip from around her. He could see the thought of running racing through her head, and then he saw her lunge. Before she could get anywhere his hand was wrapped around her wrist.

"Hey now we made a deal." His deep voice growled. Now they were standing on the side of the deserted side walk. The cold winter breeze cut through his brown leather jacket.

"Please dont arrest me," She pleaded, tears running down her face. "I cant, I'll lose my scholarship, I wont be able to afford to go to college without out it. Please, I'll pay for it somehow, just give me a few days to make the money. Or or I'll work it off. I can sweep for them.. or something. Anything, I can't lose my scholarship please." She blurted out, now a waterfall of tears soaking her face. Voight new this girl meant no harm, he could see it in her eyes, he could hear the struggle she had been through in her voice. "Please sir, I'm so sorry."

"Hey calm down kiddo, I'll make you a deal."

"I'll do anything, please just don't arrest me ." She insisted. Her eyes grew even more blue when she cried. Voight wiped away her tears with his one free hand and she winced from pain. He knew something wasn't right. He took this situation as an opportunity.

"I'll make you a deal." He stated. "If you let me take you to get some real dinner, I won't arrest you." He could tell wherever she was living couldn't be good for her by the way she flinched, and the way she begged him not to hurt her.

"Whats the catch?" She sniffled,trying to regain her composure. Her innocence was vibrant, Voight could tell she was a good kid just by looking at her.

"No catch, you just look like you could use some good food, and I could use some good conversation. It's a win win situation. Is it a deal?"

"Can I see your badge first? Just so I know I'm not getting in a car with some creep who's pretending to be a cop." Her face showed concern as if her trust had been broken before.

"Smart girl." Voight smiled, "See Sergeant Hank Voight, Chicago PD," He continued pulling his badge out of his pocket. "And what am I going to call you?" His composure was loosening like it did with any kid. He may have been a no hearted ass hole when it came to cases, but when he had an opportunity to help a kid, even just a little bit he took it. Erin had a lot to do with that side of him.

"Uh, my names Teddy, I know it's stupid, but I didn't really get to pick it so." She replied. He could tell that she was filled with shame by the way she looked at the ground when she spoke to him.

" I like it, it has a nice ring to Teddy, my cars just around the corner. You look pretty cold, so why don't we get going?" He suggested, wrapping his arm around her shoulder, he wasn't quite sure if this gesture was more to comfort her, or to make sure she wasn't going to run. He knew something wasn't right and he was going to get to the bottom of it .

Ten minutes later, the two of them were sitting in Voight's favorite diner on the West side of Chicago.

"What you looking at getting?" Voight asked from behind his menu, simply trying to spark up some conversation. The fluorescent lights made his hair look grayer than it actually was.

"I'm not that hungry, I think I'm just going to stick with a water." She answered playing with the straw that stuck out of her glass. It was only nine o'clock but she looked tired, not tired from the day, but tired from living life.

"We wouldn't be in this situation if you weren't hungry, trust me kiddo one meals not going to break me." She didn't say anything and went back to playing with her water and put her head down on the table. The whole situation was so soothing, it had been a long time since she could just sit somewhere and not worry about anything.

"What can I get for you two?" A waitress asked walking up to the table sporting a cheesy smile.

"Two cheeseburgers, a plate of fries to split, and two chocolate shakes." Voight answered, if Teddy wasn't going to order anything he was going to order for her.

"So Teddy thats interesting, what's that short for?" Voight questioned.

"Theodore, apparently when your mom was a heroine addict you end up with a boys name." she smiled. Voight was relieved to finally get a smile out of the girl.

"Was?" He betrothed, he couldn't help it it was in his nature to investigate these things.

"Yeah she overdosed."

"Oh I'm sorry," Voight apologized, now he felt like crap. Teddy could notice the wrinkles from hard work scattered throughout his face. They didnt make him appear old, but more well rounded.

"Don't worry, I think she died when I was like two. I dont even know what she looks like. I'm pretty sure I'm better without a drug addict than with one." Teddy didn't know why she was telling this man, who was basically a stranger, her life story. She guessed that it just felt nice to have someone who actually cared. He seemed to be a sweet man and his presence warmed her heart.

"So you live with your dad?"

"Step dad." The light brought out a purple bruise that laid across her face that looked to be a result of someone slapping her. Voight wanted to confront her about it, but not now, he needed to make her more comfortable with him first.

"So you said you had a scholarship, what for? You can't be any older than 16, so I'm guessing you're a sophomore?"
"Yeah I'm a sophmore, but I'm fifteen." She stated, "Northwestern offered me a full ride if I signed to be on their track team by March, I sign next week." You could see the pride in her eyes.

"Wow, you're fifteen and already a Wildcat, I'm impressed. That means you have to have pretty good grades too."

"Yeah, school and track right now are my life. Thats how I get my clothes Northwestern took me shopping on the trip they took me on to try to convince me to sign to them. I might or might not of told them I had an offer on the table from MIchigan." She giggled at her own joke. Voight couldn't help but think of Erin when he looked at the girl. He seemed to be in the same situation with her twenty years a go.

"I'm guessing you don't?" Voight laughed.

"Shhh, what they don't know won't kill them."

"Couldn't have done it better myself," Voight smiled again, satisfied that he had finally figured out how a girl from such a distraught home could have such class. All those outside influences had done her good.

The waitress returned to their table with everything Voight had asked she left Teddy had enough courage to say something she had been trying to for the past couple of minutes. "I'm sorry if I had seemed rude earlier, I'm just really embarrassed that you… you had to see that. It isnt me to steal, it broke my heart doing that, I just really needed food." Tears were welling up in her eyes once again and regret filled her face.

"Eat babe, let's just forget about earlier okay?" He reassured her. With that she dug into her food graciously, but you could tell she was starving. They sat there silently for a while , as they both ate their dinners. Every few minutes Teddy would look up and thank him, and he would reassure her that it was no problem. He finished a few minutes before her and just sat there grinning at how happy she was to eat, simple things like this made his job worthwhile.

Finally after she finished he decided to ask her a couple more questions. " How long has it been since you've eaten kid?" As much as he knew the answer would probably kill him he wanted to know.

"You want me to be completely honest?" He shook his head yes. "A couple of days. But its normally not like this, it's just we're going through a rough patch right now that's all. I mean it's not always this way." Both Voight and Teddy knew this was a lie.

Voight hated what he was hearing all he wanted to do was help this kid out, he didn't know how to reply so he didnt.

"So why are you doing this any way?" She continued. "I mean I'm just some lousy kid, you could of just let me go and not of pursued this." He could see her low self esteem kicking in. Years of experience, told him she was abused, normal kids weren't drove to steal, they didn't flinch when someone touched them graciously, and they didn't have such a sense of low self esteem.

"What's that bruise on your face kiddo? " Voight was going for it, ignoring her other question

"Uh... I got into a fight... Yeah a fight at school." She reassured herself. She was a terrible liar, even she didn't believe herself .

"You don't hit me as the fighting type, and that bruise doesn't look like some teenage girl made it."

Teddy just adamantly kept shaking her head trying to convince both of them that the words she was saying was the truth.

"Babe I can protect you," Voight said reaching out and grabbing her hand, she flinched just a little but he kept his hand there.

This was different for Teddy, it was the first time a man had grabbed her hand to comfort her instead of hurt her. She inhaled sharply before replying to his statement.

"I don't know what your talking about, I think it's about time I get home." She was so flustered and scared as she looked up at him with big eyes, almost ready to break down in tears once again.

"We both know you're lying, I can help you, you don't have to live like this . "

"I dont need your help, my home is better than any foster home there is out there." She replied hastily, standing up and putting on her coat.

"So you're admitting that something is going on?"

"I didnt say that, this is why I hate cops they're always twisting words around. Thank you Sergeant for the meal, but I think it's about time I get going." Voight frowned at her response, she was stubborn just like him, he never realized how inconvenient that could make some situations.

Teddy fixed her boot and was about to go when Voight spoke up again, "At Least let me give you a ride home. I'm not letting a pretty little fifteen year old walk to god knows where at ten o'clock at night in downtown Chicago." He was now standing in front of her blocking her way out of the booth.

"I'm fine I do it all the time." She sneered rolling her eyes at him as she tried to push threw his grip.

"You dont have a choice, I'm driving you home kid." Voight inforced, giving the waitress a wad of cash and grabbing his coat. He grabbed Teddy's shoulder and lead her out of the diner.

When they got to Voight's black SUV Teddy sat pouting in the passenger seat, staring out the window.

"I knew there was a catch to this dinner, there's always a catch. Nobody ever says what they really mean, theres always a catch." You could tell she was mad by the mocking tone she sported.

Voight pulled into the parking lot of what Teddy said to be her building. It wasn't the dumpiest place he had ever seen but it definitely wasnt a place for a teenage girl to live, he doubted any other kid lived in that building.

"I'm sorry that you think that there was some sort of catch to dinner tonight," Voight said, not unlocking the doors purposely so he could talk to her. "I know you don't want to admit it, but what he's doing to you you dont deserve. You shouldnt have to live with a piece of scum Teddy. Just say the word and I can give you a safe place to stay." He continued.

She didn't say anything, or even look at him for that matter. She was trying to hold her self together because she knew everything that this man she had just met was saying was true.

"Heres a hundred and fifty dollars for food for a week, and here's my card. Teddy look at me." He said cupping her chin and making her eyes meet his. "When you do decide that you're sick of being treated like a punching bag, you call me. " His deep voice echoed through her was stern and demanding, but she could tell he meant well by it."And if you ever need anything, a person to talk to, a ride home from somewhere when you feel unsafe, even a meal like tonight, you call me, day or night I'll be there. Now let me walk you inside."
"Thanks Sergeant for everything, but I'm fine I swear." She smiled at him, one to try and convince him that all the things he was assuming were untrue. She saw that he was about to open his door, but before he could she put his hand on his shoulder to stop him. "If he see's me with a cop he's going to kill me, I'll be better off going up there alone." She said her herself getting out of his car.

"Thanks again Sergeant, for everything."

"It's Hank," Voight yelled out his window, "And Teddy," She looked back at him from inside the door of the building. "Everything I said, I meant, anything I mean anything, you call me." Teddy gave him a mocking salute, turned and walked away.

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