Clancy Miller (Christina Fougnie) is an abused 12 yr.- old who runs away to escape social workers who threaten to take her from her drug-addicted mother. Out on the streets, she meets up with Nick (Jefferson Moore), an ill-tempered, homeless vet. A plot concocted by a corrupt mayor throws the two lives into turmoil as they are forced to rely on one another, forming an unlikely bond in the process.