When Antonio moves out of the way and they see Megan, Sylvie stops dead in her tracks.

'Meg?' Sylvie says quietly.

'Hey, Sylvie.' Megan sighs. Emily and Sylvie kneel down in front of Megan. They both put their gloves on and hook her up to the monitor. Sylvie gently takes Megan's arms and looks at her wrists. 'I didn't know you'd moved to Chicago.' Megan tells Sylvie.

'How do you two know each other?' Emily asks them.

'My mom - adoptive mom - is sisters with Megan's mom.' Sylvie replies.

'So you're -' Emily starts.

'Cousins?' Megan raises an eyebrow. 'Yeah.' She nods. Sylvie opens up a pack of antiseptic wipes and starts cleaning the blood from Megan's arm.

'Aren't you supposed to be at that boarding school?' Sylvie queries.

'I- it's a long story.' Megan says, looking down.

'Where are your mom and dad?' Sylvie queries.

'That's also a long story.' Antonio says. Emily notices the cut on his hand. Antonio sees her looking at it. 'I'm fine. Just concentrate on Megan for now.' Emily hands him a gauze to cover the cut before turning her attention back to the young girl and starts cleaning the blood from Megan's other arm.

'When you get to Med, they'll want to do a psyche evaluation on you.' Emily informs her.

'I know.' Megan nods. 'I've been through it over a dozen times.' Sylvie and Emily start wrapping the bandages around her arms.

'You know you call me about anything anytime.' Sylvie reminds her.

'I know,' Megan sighs and nods, 'but you have your own life to worry about.'

'Are you on any medication?' Sylvie queries.

'No.' Megan shakes her head. 'I don't fit the criteria to be prescribed anti-depressants, whatever the hell that means.' There are a few minutes of silence.

'We're going to start an IV line and start you on some saline to replace the blood that you've lost until we get you to the hospital. They'll start transfusion blood there.' Emily informs her.

'I haven't lost that much blood.' Megan shakes her head.

'You've lost quite a bit.' Sylvie nods. 'You're pale and your blood pressure is a bit low.' She gets the cannula packaging out of the medical bag and opens. She gets ready to insert the needle.

'No!' Megan jerks her hand away.

'Right, fear of needles.' Sylvie sighs. 'I'm sorry, Meg.'

'What have nurses or medics done before to help you with the needles?' Emily questions.

'Oh, they knock me out and do it then.' Megan states. Sylvie laughs softly thinking it was a joke. 'I'm not kidding. They legit give me sedative or whatever and do it.'

'Is there anything else that they do?' Emily asks.

'They just distract me and do it when I'm not paying attention.' Megan smiles.

'You could have led with that.' Sylvie raises an eyebrow. As they talk, Emily inserts the cannula.

'Where would the fun have been in that?' Megan smiles.

'There we go.' Emily says. Megan looks at her hand and sees the cannula in place. The saline drip has already been connected and started. 'You didn't feel it?'

'When you've had so many you don't tend to feel it anymore.' Megan replies. 'I thought that it'd make me less scared of needles but I guess not.'

'Right.' Emily sighs as she stands up and unfolds the stairchair. 'Let's get you down to the ambulance.' Sylvie and Emily help Megan stand up, sit her down on the stairchair and strap her in. 'We're going to take you to Med.' 

'Dawson, go with her. We'll meet you there.' Voight tells Antonio and he nods. 'Make sure you get your hand looked at.' Megan looks at Voight.

'My keys, including the keys to the garage, are on the desk so if you need to look around whilst you're here, go ahead.' Megan tells him. 'I kinda figured you'd want to look around whilst you're here, especially since my parents aren't here to stop you.'

'You're a smart kid.' Voight smiles. 

'I know what my parents are messed up in, or rather what you guys think they're messed up in.' Megan raises an eyebrow.

'You said that your mom and dad aren't here.' Kevin states. 'Where are they?' 

'I have no idea.' Megan shakes her head. 'They weren't here when I got here yesterday. I haven't seen them since they flew to Quebec to see me,' she adds, 'and no, I don't know where they could be.' 

'Do you want us to pack you a bag whilst we're here?' Jay queries. Megan looks at Sylvie who nods and then back at Jay.

'Are you sure?' Megan asks. 

'He wouldn't have offered if he wasn't sure.' Voight answers for Jay.

'Yeah.' Megan nods. 'Thanks.'

'We better make a move.' Sylvie hints. 

'I'll help you down the stairs.' Kevin states. 

'Why can't I just walk?' Megan asks. 

'We don't want you passing out and hurting yourself even more.' Emily tells her. 'It's protocol.' She looks at Sylvie. 'Let's go.' 

'Antonio?' Sylvie motions for him to follow them.

'I'll be down in a sec.' Antonio nods. With that, Sylvie, Emily and Kevin take Megan out and down to the ambulance. 'Do we call CPS?' 

'I don't think that that's necessary.' Voight shakes his head. 'Sylvie is family so, hopefully, Sylvie will let her stay with her.' 

'Why not send her back to the school?' Hailey questions. 

'When I was on the phone to the school earlier, the dean told me that there hasn't been a payment for months.  He said that if her parents missed one more payment, they'll be forced to kick her out. Since her parent most likely won't make the next payment, we may as well pull her out.' Jay explains. 

'What about her stuff?' Kim asks. 

'Her roommate and tutor is going to pack everything up and then her tutor is going to drive here with them.' Jay replies. 'The tutor will be here in a few days.' 

'Let's start looking around the house. Don't take anything for evidence unless it's absolutely necessary.' Voight tells everyone. 'For the sake of gender sensitivity, Upton and Burgess, you two pack a bag for Megan. I'm sure you know the guidelines for what to pack for a psychiatric inpatient.' They both nod. 'Everyone else spread out around the house.' Everyone, apart from Hailey and Kim make their way out of the room and start searching around the house. Antonio walks out to the ambulance. Sylvie is standing outside of the ambulance waiting for Antonio whilst Emily is sat in the back of the ambulance with Megan. 

'Foster will get you cleaned up on the way to Med.' Sylvie informs him. 'Megan will need a few stitches and a small transfusion. She'll definitely be admitted for a psychiatric hold.' 

'Do you know what caused her-' Antonio starts to ask but then stops when he realises he doesn't know how to word what he wants to say. 

'Megan's mental health has been low for a good few years.' Sylvie says knowing what he's trying to ask. 'She was bullied over her weight in middle school which is where it started, I guess. She's recovering from anorexia and bulimia. I haven't seen her in about a year. We've talked over Instagram and on the phone but I didn't realise it was this bad. The bullying is why she was sent to the boarding school in the first place.' 

'Brett!' Emily shouts. 'She's having a seizure!' 

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