Fight

[Aria Campbell]

Aria was walking through the park with her hands in her pockets, minding her own business. It wasn't uncommon for her to walk around here and take in the scenery or to try and think. As she was walking down one of the paths in the park, Aria stopped. In the distance she could see three taller figures and a fourth, smaller figure. By the looks of it, the smaller figure was trying to walk away but the others were preventing them from doing so.

Now, Aria was no genius but it didn't take rocket science to figure out what was going on. Without even thinking, Aria picked up her pace and approached the group. "Hey!" the teen snapped, gaining the group's attention. Upon a closer look, Aria noticed that all four were boys. The older three looked to be around her age, sixteen, and the younger one appeared to be thirteen or fourteen. "What do you think you're doing?" Aria asked as she stopped in front of them, being sure to put herself between the young boy and the three teens.

"We weren't doing anything" the first boy said, causing Aria to glare at him. It was a typical answer, and it usually meant that the person was actually doing something. "See, junior there just owes us money"

"Is that so?" Aria asked, raising her eyebrows. She didn't buy it for a second. "Well, I'm sorry boys. But you're not getting any money from him"

The second boy laughed at this, drawing Aria's attention to him. "And who's going to stop us? You don't stand a chance, girl"

"Listen, you don't want to mess with me" Aria replied, trying to appear confident. Aria couldn't recall a time where she had to fight, so she had no practice and didn't know anything. However, if it meant preventing someone else from getting hurt then she would fight.

"No. I believe you don't want to mess with us" the third, and last, boy countered as he took a step forward. Aria didn't back down though. He then shoved Aria out of the way in an attempt to get to the kid.

Alright, that's it! Aria thought. Without a second thought she ran towards the boy that had shoved her out of the way and jumped onto his back. The sudden force knocked him down, which is exactly what Aria wanted. She then punched him in the face. "Run kid!" Aria shouted to the young boy that the group had been picking on before she showed up.

The kid didn't need to be told twice. He ran off, leaving Aria to deal with the other three on her own. Within moments, a full on fight had broken out between the four of them. It was a fight Aria knew she wouldn't, and couldn't, win. But the whole point of the fight was to distract the three so the younger boy could hopefully find his family and leave.

Olivia Benson

[Olivia Benson]

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Aria Campbell

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Olivia was in the park, she’d been there on her break from work to try and unwind. She had a lot on her desk and sometimes getting out into the fresh air helped. The arguing caught her attention. Olivia never traveled by herself when she came into the park, she had two other officers with her and that seemed to be needed right about now. One officer thought fast and grabbed two of the boys putting them in handcuffs. He couldn’t exactly arrest them on the spot, he had to make calls to the juvenile division etc etc but he could at least keep them restrained so that whomever the girl was could keep from getting beat up. The other officer had the third boy in handcuffs also.

Olivia bent down next to Aria. “Are you alright?” Olivia didn’t know anything about the girl but that wasn’t stopping her from trying to help. She offered a hand if the girl wanted to get up. Olivia understood what it was like to find herself on the raw edge of things. She nodded at the other office. “Those three can spend the night in juvenile hall while this gets sorted.” Olivia knew the faces and they’d been in before.

“But Chief… doesn’t juvenile hall get to make that decision?” Olivia gave him a look that made him shut his mouth. “Sorry Chief they call you don’t they?” He realized his mistake and took the boys to the squad car one at a time while the other officer stayed by and kept watch over Olivia and the other two boys. There was soon a few more cars pulling up. They were obviously close by and there to take the boys away.

“Get me a bus.” Olivia realized her New York slang was slipping in.

“You mean an ambulance?”

“Yes, and quickly.” Olivia stated looking over her shoulder. Aria was too young to make the determination whether she wanted to get checked over by a paramedic. Liv wasn’t going to pressure her into going to the hospital. She turned her attention back to Aria. “My name is Olivia. I’m here to help.”

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[Aria Campbell]

"Are you alright?"

It took a moment for the question to register in Aria's mind. When it did though, the teen nodded. "Yeah. Thanks" She said before taking Olivia's hand and getting up. Aria was a little sore, she had some cuts and bruises, and her head hurt some. Other than that though, she felt fine.

"Get me a bus"

Aria shook her head when she heard this. She felt fine and didn't think she needed an ambulance or a hospital. "No. That's okay. I feel fine, you don't need to call an ambulance" Aria protested.

"My name is Olivia"

The teen bit her lip, debating on what to say. Deciding there was no harm, Aria responded. "I'm Aria. Thanks for the help, but I had it covered"

Olivia Benson

[Olivia Benson]

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Olivia helped Aria to her feet and then moved so she wasn’t crowding the girl. Sometimes people liked their space while they tried to figure things out again. Of course the protests about the ambulance came. Olivia couldn’t say she wouldn’t have said the same thing. Though she didn’t press matters. The ambulance was coming but she wasn’t going to harp on that fact.

“What happened?” Olivia wanted to get her account of things but she wasn’t going to be pushy and badge her way into the conversation. Covered. Right. Teenagers were like that. She had to remember they always thought they were invinsible. Olivia sighed softly and took a stance a comfortable distance away for conversation but far enough that she wasn’t intruding on the girl’s space. Everyone was different, but Liv was worried about the girl.

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[Aria Campbell]

Aria stood up. She didn't say anything right away, and instead took a moment to gather her thoughts and remember what happened.

"They were picking on some kid" the teen began, crossing her arms. "I stepped in and tried to get them to stop. When they didn't listen, a fight sort of broke out. It didn't get very far before you came and broke it up before any serious damage could be done"

Aria let out a sigh after she finished explaining everything. "I may have started the fight but I swear it was self defense" she added. The last thing the teen needed was to be arrested for assault or something.

Olivia Benson

[Olivia Benson]

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Aria Campbell

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Olivia knew what it was like to go after someone because they were in the wrong. She’d done it so many times before. Even in her career she was a bit of a sucker for the person getting the raw end of the stick. It was a humanity thing. Olivia had been through a lot as a child and it was why she did what she did, so that she didn’t have to let it happen to anyone else.

"Self defense of another. There is no law against that.” Olivia decided maybe if the girl knew she wasn’t there to arrest her or anything else, things might go a little smoother. Liv had never been the type to intentionally start fights but she was always the one who was routing for the person who would stand up to people like that.

Liv had to decide what to do with the girl. “Can you tell me what they said?” She maybe could get a little more information while they waited on the paramedics. Taking her to the hospital would have to be run by her parents anyway. There was no harm though in seeing if everything was okay.

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[Aria Campbell]

"Self defense of another. There is no law against that"

Aria visibly relaxed at that. Knowing she wasn't going to be arrested put her mind at ease some. It also meant that Aria wouldn't have to try to run or find someone to bail her out.

"Can you tell me what they said?"

Aria nodded "I don't remember much. But they said something about the kid owing them money. Somehow I doubt that was true though" she explained. The teen was about to say more when she heard sirens in the distance. She didn't think much of it until Aria noticed that they were getting closer.

"You didn't call off the ambulance?" Aria asked, looking at Olivia. She had figured that the ambulance would've been called off when she said she was fine. "I told you, I'm fine. I don't need to be looked over" Aria protested.

"It was just a small fight. There was no reason to call an ambulance" Aria added, trying to get out of being checked out by the paramedics. She felt fine, and probably was fine.

Olivia Benson