"Ready to pick up the new teens?" Elliot looked at the clock hanging on the wall then glanced at his partner of 12 years. He still doesn't know how they put up with each other for so long.

"Yeah, let's go." Olivia could tell Elliot was unsure how teenagers would handle their job. "Don't worry about them El. Cragen wouldn't have taken them from the academy if he didn't think they would do a good job."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Elliot got up to grab his jacket and watched Olivia head for the elevator. 'How can she still be single?' He thought to himself and followed her out of the precinct. They were quiet until they left to go to the high school that the teens attended. "I hope they won't be stubborn, especially the girl."

"What do you mean by that? All girls aren't stubborn." Olivia rebutted. All the females that Elliot really knew were all pretty single-minded, his wife, daughters, and herself.

"True. How old are they anyway?"

"Jayson is 17 and Vanessa is 15."

"How did Cragen get detectives so young?"

"They did exceptionally well in the academy."

"This girl Vanessa is really young." Elliot really didn't like the fact they were having teens on the job. He knew that they would be used to lure the perps to them if they needed. Now that he knew Vanessa was only 15, he was even more uneasy about it.

"Yeah well she was better than most of the adults training. They let her in because she was trying since she was 13, bugging them every month to let her in."

"What are we even gonna do with a 15 year old detective?" Elliot already knew the answer to that.

"Vanessa told Cragen that she would do any undercover work or luring that was needed. Clearly, she is really brave." Olivia didn't like the idea of sending such young kids into undercover operations. After her run-in at Sealview, Olivia has been uneasy about the concept. She had been working with Special Victims for almost 10 years when she went undercover in the correctional facility. One of the guards there had attempted to rape her and he would of if Fin hadn't come in at the very last second. It still haunts her from time to time but she's been able to live with it. The thought of sending a 15 or 17 year old into a situation like that really scared her.

"Liv? You okay?" Elliot grabbed her shoulder.

"Sorry. I'm fine." Olivia snapped out of the trance she floated into.

"Well I was trying to ask you information about this boy Jayson but you blanked out so now I have to find out from him."

"I went to my own little world. I'm sorry." Olivia responded sarcastically.

"You need to stick to reality Liv." Elliot smiled at her. Why is it that he can just smile and make things better? They pulled up to the front of the school.

"Be right back." Olivia then got out of the car to look for Jayson and Vanessa. Five minutes later, she was walking back with two teens following her. Jayson was pretty tall at least 5'9. He looked pretty strong and could take on a perp or two. He had short brown hair and was wearing baggy jeans and a olive green polo. Jayson wanted to look nice but be comfortable on his first day. Vanessa was relatively small for her age, only 5'1 or 5'2 but she was beautiful. She had eyes of many different colors like they couldn't decide which one to be. Her dirty blonde hair was up in a ponytail and was wearing a faded pink sweatshirt and light blue capris. The three got into the car and Elliot began to drive back to the precinct. "Elliot, this is Jayson Banks and Vanessa Stone. Guys, this is Elliot Stabler."

"So you're the one training me right?" Jayson asked.

"Yep, I'll be training you while Olivia will be with Vanessa." Elliot replied.

"He'll teach you everything he knows, maybe even how to bug the crap out of your partner." Olivia added.

"Oh, so that's gonna be fun for me." Vanessa smirked.

"Don't worry. I'll be sure to teach you how to get on his nerves back." Olivia smiled. She didn't know why but she instantly knew she was going to like this girl and she could tell Elliot was starting to get comfortable too. These kids had something about them that you could just like them without really knowing them.

"And she's really good at it. Believe me!" Everyone laughed.

"So anything being investigated now?" Vanessa was so anxious about finally starting this job. She loved helping others, always thinking of them before herself.

"There is one but you'll get the details back at the precinct." Elliot answered.

"I can't wait to get these creeps in jail." Jayson stated.

"Already starting to sound like El. Just as long as you don't get carried away and beat the crap out of them." Olivia remarked.

"Not making any promises about that." Jayson really hated these guys every since his sister was killed 5 years ago.

"So we're going to meet everyone else now right?" Vanessa questioned as they pulled into the parking lot of the precinct. "Yep. We'll introduce you to everyone." Olivia responded and she and Elliot lead them inside.

"Hey guys. Who do we have here?" Fin greeted as the four detectives walked into the bull pen.

"This is Jayson and Vanessa. Our new detectives." Olivia introduced.

"That's Fin Tutuola and John Munch." Elliot pointed to the two men. Just then Captain Cragen came out of his office.

"Hello Jayson. Hello Vanessa. Nice to see you two again.""Nice to meet you all." Vanessa sounded nervous and also felt a little too. Olivia and Elliot could tell the change of tone in her voice and glanced at each other.

"Can't wait to work with everyone." Jayson definitely was more confident than Vanessa.

"Well when you were gone another victim is at Mercy. Jordan Kay, 14. I want Olivia and Vanessa to go and get her statement. Elliot and Jayson head to the scene and see if you can get anything on the guy that he left behind." Cragen ordered and they left.

"So how many victims are there?" Vanessa questioned.

"3. Two 15 and one 13." Olivia replied.

"Does this mean there's a serial rapist?"

"Yes especially if Jordan matches the other MOs"

"Do the victims know each other"

"They all go to the same school."

"I'm guessing it's not Manhattan High."

"No. Brooklyn High. Close though."

"Oh." Olivia could sense that Vanessa was worried about being hunted.

"He's not going to hurt you. I promise if he comes anywhere close to you, Elliot and I will hurt him worse. Especially Elliot, he's very protective and is always willing to risk his life for another."

"How many times has it been you?"

"Only a few times but I have to save him more."

"I kinda hope I don't have to save Jayson all the time."

"He's pretty tough. Elliot will definitely show him how to beat a guy to a pulp." Olivia laughed and so did Vanessa.

"So how long have you worked for Special Victims?"

"Almost 12 years so practically your whole life."

"Yeah, as long as my life has been hell" Vanessa scoffed under her breath.

"What do you mean?" Olivia gave Vanessa a concerned, sympathetic look. "You can tell me." Vanessa sighed and began to tell Olivia her story.

"When I was 3, my parents were killed in a car crash. I was placed in foster care. The first house had lots of kids in it. It's because it was a child labor house. I got taken away at 4 and 1/2. The next house abused me. He hit me until I was 8 and called 911. I was adopted by another man. He was really nice but then one night when I was 13, I walked past his room to go use the computer in his office and I heard a weird noise. I peeked into his room and..." Vanessa started to tense up.

"What happened?"

"He was masturbating and I know he was picturing me because he was moaning my name and he had a picture of me in my bathing suit from the previous summer enlarged in front of him. I just stood there in shock and when he finished he had turned around and saw me." Vanessa now started to cry. "He told me to come in but I said no. He got up and came toward me, I ran to my room. When he started to come in, I bashed his head with my textbook. I packed a bag as quick as I could and I ran away before he could wake up."

"Ness. It's okay." As they pulled into the parking lot, Olivia gave Vanessa a hug.

"I could have been raped! You say that's okay! Being an abuse victim and living on the streets!" Vanessa was having an anxiety attack.

"I know I'm sorry. But you're safe now, okay?"

"I guess so..." Vanessa started to get out of the car. Olivia followed her and then put her arm around her.

"You said you're living on the streets right?"

"Yeah""How about you come stay with me? With this job it's hard to go home alone...trust me."

"Okay. Thank you Olivia. Oh, and would you mind keeping my background a secret? I really don't want everyone knowing."

"No problem." Olivia promised as they went down to Jordan's room.

"So did you just turn 17?" Elliot began to strike up some conversation.

"Yeah, last month." Jayson answered.

"So what made you want to be on Special Victims?"

"5 years ago, my older sister was being stalked by some guy which we didn't know about. When she was home alone one night, he broke in and he raped and murdered her." Jayson replied. "She was only 15. I swore to get rid of these types of people."

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't of asked." Elliot saw the pain in the young man's eyes.

"No, I would have had to tell that story eventually. There is one thing I'm not sure about though."

"What is it?"

"Do you think it's smart to have a girl like Vanessa be a detective?"

"Well, it has its advantages and disadvantages. She could possibly lead us to plenty of perps but also..."

"She could end up hurt in the process." Jayson finished his sentence for him.

"Yeah. She looks like such a sweet girl too. If she were to get hurt in any way...I don't know."

"Has Olivia ever been hurt before?"

"Well, getting hurt comes with the job. There will be plenty of visits to the hospital."

"I figured that but I mean...has she ever been..."

"Honestly...I don't exactly know. I know something happened to her during an undercover op but she never told me what happened."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I make sure to give her her space. She seems to be fine now but I still wonder why I was never told."

"Well, you never know she might tell you soon."

"It hasn't been brought up in a while so I doubt that." Elliot pulled up to the crime scene and the men went over to find any clues to who this rapist was.

"Thank you Jordan. Now I want you to try and get some rest okay. We'll be back later of we get anything or need you." Olivia told the young girl as she left the room. Vanessa had already left and was waiting for Olivia to be done with Jordan. She had sat in the back of the room and watched how Olivia dealt with victims. Vanessa knew that she wanted to be exactly like Olivia when it came to her job. Olivia came out of the room and shut the door. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why?" Vanessa was still thinking about the story she had just heard a girl like herself tell. It was horrible, she teared up hearing it. She had comforted the victim as she went into a flood of tears. No one should experience something that traumatic.

"I saw how close you were to crying while you held Jordan." The pair entered the elevator.

"Well, I just can't imagine someone going through what she did even after my own experiences. Did it match the other three stories?"

"Yeah, they match." Vanessa looked down not being able to believe the fact that three other girls went through the same exact thing she had just been told about a few minutes ago.

"Why would someone do this?" Vanessa thought aloud.

"There's a lot of creeps and pervs out there." They left the elevator and headed for their car.

"Yeah, I know..." Vanessa sighed solemnly.

"It'll be okay. We'll catch this guy." Olivia rubbed Vanessa's shoulder.

"Yeah. I know we will. He's not getting off for doing this to those girls." When they got to the car, they got in and drove back to the precinct to share what they had discovered. Vanessa began to think about other parts of her new job.

"You sure you're alright?" Olivia questioned. She was so good at reading people that she was able to tell that being silent was not Vanessa's personality. Olivia could tell something was wrong.

"I was just thinking...do you think that I might be used to catch this guy?" Vanessa turned to look at Olivia's face."

"I don't think we'll have to go that far." Olivia began to tense up. She knew that Vanessa may be a brave girl but she was still scared to have to be put in a bad situation. Olivia knew how much that feeling sucks.

"Olivia, I don't know if this is wrong for me to ask but have you ever had anything happen to you because of this job? I know there will be hospital visits but I think you know what I mean." She hoped she didn't say anything wrong.

"There have been a few hostage situations that I thought I wouldn't come out of but to answer your question, there was one time when I was undercover..." Olivia began to tell her own personal story that only Fin, Cragen, and her therapist knew. Her therapist knew the whole story and was the only one but Olivia thought she should tell the juvenile all of the story. Vanessa needed to know what affect the job could have on her.

"So what do we have now?" Cragen questioned.

"Well it's definitely the same guy as the other three." Elliot reported.

"Jordan's story is exactly the same as the other girls." Olivia added."

So no other information on how we can catch this guy?" Cragen interrogated

."No, there really aren't any other leads. Only thing we know is all four of the girls were attacked on the same block." Jayson contributed."

We checked the stores right next to all the scenes and none of them saw the girls." Elliot informed.

"Well then we need to check every place on that block to get some kind of lead." Olivia stated."

Right. I want Olivia and Vanessa take the north and Elliot and Jayson the south. Meet in the middle and come back here." Cragen ordered.

"El let's take the same car as us. It's easier." Olivia told Elliot who started to get in the car next to Olivia's.

"Fine." Elliot and Jayson got in the car with Olivia and Vanessa. The ride was silent as Olivia drove to the block where all the attacks happened. She dropped off the guys and Vanessa climbed in front.

"Olivia?" Vanessa sounded a little upset.

"Yeah?""I'm sorry about what happened to you. I'm sorry I had you tell the story too." Vanessa apologized and stared out of the window.

"Vanessa." Vanessa turned and looked at Olivia. "It's okay. You couldn't have stopped what happened and I'm fine. Don't worry about me. It was 2 years ago. I'm able to live with it. Sure I'll get a nightmare now and again but it's getting rarer each day. So I'm alright."

"Okay, if you're sure..."

"I am. It has helped me identify with the victims more actually. I know the fear and I know what goes through their minds so I can convince them to do some things. Sure it's a hard thing to deal with right afterwards with this job but I did eventually take some time off and it helped a lot."

"Well at least you can live with it."

"Yeah, at least I wasn't actually raped."

"But you were dangerously close."

"Yeah." Olivia sighed and parked the car and the girls got out. They entered the first store. About an hour later the foursome met up at one store and shared what each group learned. The man had brown hair, was about 6'1 and was carrying a blue sport jacket with VS written on the arm. No one made the connection that was clearly there.

"Okay, Liv did any of the girls mention the jacket?" Cragen asked.

"I remember Jordan mentioned it." Vanessa recalled.

"Yeah, all the girls said he thought they might be his daughter that he lost and asked them to try it on and that's how he got them." Olivia informed.

"Wait, do we have a picture of the jacket?" Vanessa panicked.

"No. Why?" Munch questioned.

"What did they say the arm say?" Vanessa thought she knew this guy.

"It said versus." Elliot told.

"No it didn't." Vanessa argued.

"Yeah it said V.S." Jayson sat up.

"V.S. as in the initials. I know what it stands for."

"What do it stand for then?" Fin wondered.

"It's my jacket. It stands for my name. Vanessa Stone." Everyone's eyes widened.

"This guy is looking for you?" Cragen was surprised.

"He was my foster dad until I ran away 2 years ago." Vanessa knew she was gonna have to tell that part of her story.

"Why did you run away, baby girl?" Fin asked sincerely.

"He was about to rape me. I found him in his room getting prepared if you know what I mean and he saw me and try to pull me into his room but I ran to mine where he tried to break through my door which I locked so I could pack a bag really quickly. I opened the door and whacked his head with my softball bat and when he fell, I ran out the door. I haven't seen him since." Vanessa explained.

"Oh my god. Where have you been staying then?" Elliot asked really concerned.

"The streets." Vanessa answered ashamed.

"You can't stay on the streets anymore. One of us could take you in..." Jayson started but was interrupted by Olivia.

"I already told her she can stay with me." Olivia announced.

"Well then we can get a warrant on this guy and arrest him. I want the guys to go and pick him up." Cragen told and Elliot and Jayson left to do so. But after 45 minutes, they hadn't come back.

"Where are they?" Vanessa was extremely worried.

"They should be fine. They're tough." Munch assured. Another 20 minutes passed.

"Are Elliot and Jayson back yet?" Cragen came out of his office to see if they were.

"No." Fin answered.

"I'll go get them." Olivia got up and put on her jacket.

"Should I come?" Vanessa asked still sitting at her desk.

"Come on." Vanessa got up and followed her out the door. They got to the house and went inside guns drawn. "Elliot?"

"Jayson?" Vanessa called. They spilt up looking. Vanessa then heard a muffled scream and ran to find Olivia. She saw all three detectives tied up in chairs next to each other.

"Vanessa?" A voice came from behind her. Vanessa turned around to see the man she ran away from. "You came back! I knew you would!"

"Let go of them." Vanessa commanded.

"Come and give daddy a hug." The man began to approach her. She held her gun to him.

"I said to let them go."

"You wouldn't shoot your father, would you?"

"You're not my father. A father wouldn't go around finding girls on the street and rape them because they look like me."

"I was so sure they were you. But I was wrong. None of them were as grown up as you." The man kept getting closer and Vanessa began to back up. She hit the bed and fell backwards on it. "I knew you wanted me!" He made a lunge for her but Vanessa got up quickly. He smacked her arm causing her to drop her gun.

"Let go off me!" Vanessa screamed and all the detectives could do was watch.

"Oh no. I'm not letting you get away this time!" He picked her up over his shoulder and left with her.

"Vanessa!" The detectives screamed under the duct tape over their mouths. They heard the sound of a car door slam and an engine starting. The sound got quieter and quieter as the van drove off.