Olivia knew she shouldn't have trusted Al. After being a police officer for so long, she should have known to trust her instincts. Maybe, then Olivia wouldn't be rushing to the blonde's apartment after receiving a frantic phone call from her, late one night. Amanda screaming for Al to stop hitting her, begging him, telling him he would hurt the baby. Jesse crying in the background, Frannie barking. It sounded like pure chaos and the Lieutenant was driving as fast as the law allowed he to. Stopping long enough to call in for backup, sticking Noah with a neighbor she trusted to watch him, not wanting to wait for Lucy to arrive.. Her only thought was getting to Amanda as fast as possible.
She pulls up outside the apartment building, flashing her badge to get in and racing up the steps. Her new workout routine, met she could practically fly up them. She stops outside Amanda's door and knocks, before yelling that it is her and asking if she can come in. She waits a moment for the detective to reply before kicking the door open and pulling her gun out. Al has Amanda an arm around her shoulders, the blonde's own gun pressed to her head. She's crying, blood pouring down her face from a cut to her forehead and to her nose. Olivia can see Jesse in the corner, looking scared. She's able to identify Frannie's barking from one of the bedrooms, where she is scratching at the door like she is trying to get to her owner.
"Don't come any closer. In fact, why don't you leave. Amanda doesn't want you here, right?" Al said, his eyes looking around the room. He looks like a man who has lost it.
"I'm not leaving. Let her go, or why I won't hesitate to shoot." Liv said her face showing her determination to get her detective away from this man. "Jesse, sweetie, come here. Get behind me. Everything will be okay."
"You shoot me I and I'll shoot her." Jesse runs for the lieutenant, hiding behind her like she asked her. Amanda has yet to speak, she's just staring at Olivia, like she's trying to communicate with her without having to speak. It's why she moved Jesse to a more protected position.
"Why are you doing this, Al? The flowers you sent all the sweet talking you did, why do all that?"
"She messed everything up. I've never loved her and I've never wanted this baby. I wanted her to get an abortion because I didn't want my wife to find out about her."
"So, this is your alternative. How's your wife going to react to this? About what you did tonight?"
"She left me today and all of this is all her fault." He said gesturing to Amanda. Instead of pointing his gun at her, he pointed it at Olivia instead. "And yours. You're the one who convinced her to keep it. I'm going to lose everything because of you two."
Several things happened at once. Amanda elbowed All in the stomach. Right as Al fired the gun. Gollowed by Olivia groaning in pain and falling to the floor as Jesse screamed and cried. Bleeding from a wound to her thigh. Al shoves Amanda to the ground, and runs out of the apartment, right before their backup arrived.
The blonde crawled her away over to where Olivia was lying on the floor, groaning in pain. She placed her hands on her wound applying pressure. "Liv, Olivia, can you hear me? Stay with me Liv, stay with me. It's going to be okay, baby. Jesse, go get a belt from my room okay as fast as you can."
Fin and Carisi burst into the apartment and Amanda's frantic voice is saying "Fin, call an ambulance. Liv's hurt." Jesse runs back into the room with the belt. Amanda wraps it around the brunette's thigh creating a makeshift tourniquet, as Sonny pulled out his radio, telling them he has two officers down. Then, he walks over and scoops up Jesse, trying to comfort her the best he can.
"Amanda, what happened here?" Her apartment is trashed, glass broken everywhere, furniture not in its right place. Carisi lets Frannie out of her confinement and she runs for Amanda, making sure she's okay.
"Al. Al came over and he hit me and he grabbed my gun, but I called Liv and he shot her. Where's the fucking ambulance?"
"Amanda, you need to calm down. You can't be this worked up. It's not good for the baby. Why don't you sit? I'll take over holding pressure to the wound. The ambulance will be here soon."
"No, I'm not leaving her. This is all my fault."
The EMTs and more officers arrive and they tend to Olivia. Fin and Carisi having to pull their blonde colleague away from her. Then a new fight breaks out, with Amanda refusing to get on a gurney herself. They compromise. She'll ride in the back of the ambulance with Olivia, but she must get checked out once they arrive at the hospital. Amanda grabs Olivia's hand as soon as she can. The paramedics take Olivia down from the apartment and down to the bus. The brunette is falling in and out of consciousness, but every time she opens her eyes, she searches for the blonde. "I'm here, Olivia. I'm not going anywhere okay."
Amanda is crying and holding Olivia's hand tight. They arrive at the hospital and Amanda follows along with the gurney until she can't. Fin, Carisi, and Jessie arrive after them. A nurse comes over to take Jesse to check for any injuries, with Carisi following close behind keeping a watchful eye on her.. Knowing the older woman is now is the hands of the doctors, allows this entire situation to catch up to Amanda and she falters. Fin catches her and the next thing she knows she is flat on her back in a hospital bed with a fetal monitor on her belly. There's so many people talking around her, but all she is focused on is her baby's heartbeat, which is strong and the doctor saying she is showing no signs of preterm labor. She doesn't care about her concussion or the bruised ribs or the broken nose. While he was hitting her the only thing she could think about was protecting the baby growing in her belly. The doctors stitch up the cut on her forehead and leaves the room. Fin walking in after.
The first words out her mouth are "How's Jesse and Liv are they okay?" She tries to sit up, but Fin puts his hand on Amanda's shoulder and guides her back into a lying position.
"Jesse is okay. She's not injured, just a little shaken up and worried about her mama. Liv's wound isn't that bad. Bullet went straight through her thing, missed the bone and the arteries. She'll need physical therapy, but she's gonna be okay."
"I want to see both of them right now. Get me out of this bed."
"Let me talk to your doctor he mentioned wanting to keep monitoring the baby for a little while longer. Jesse is with Carisi and I can have him bring her in right now."
"Please, I need to see her." Fin walks out the hospital room and tells Carisi to bring Jesse to Amanda's room. He then asks one of her nurses if Amanda could visit Olivia.
"Hey, baby." The blonde says to Jesse who is tentatively walking towards to where her mother sits in the hospital bed. "It's okay. Mama's ok. I know tonight scared you, but I promise I'm not hurt too bad and Aunt Livvie is okay too."
That's all the little girl needs to hear before she runs towards her mom, climbing into the bed and hugging her tight, crying into her mom's neck. Amanda rocks her back and forth, rubbing her back, murmuring the lullaby that always helps to calm her.
Fin walks back into the room saying he will take her to Olivia after he takes her statement and that Lucy had offered to pick up Jesse from the hospital on her way to Olivia's apartment. She would be able to sleep some before she brought both kids back in the morning. Amanda kisses her daughter, gives her a hug and then asks her to wait with Uncle Sonny, hyping up the prospect of a sleepover with Noah. Once they leave the room, Fin takes a seat next to the bed, and asks her what happened.
"I was getting Jesse to bed and he came in through the door."
"Did her force his way in or?"
"He had a key. I said hello to him, but I didn't turn around because I was Jesse put on her pajamas. He grabbed me by the hair and pulled me away her and just started hitting me. Frannie started to go after Al, so he let go of me long enough to shove her into my room and that's when I called Olivia. He came back and started screaming at me. That me and this baby had ruined his life. How he never loved me and how much of a mistake this baby was. I just went into the survival mode and tried to scrunch up my body so his blows wouldn't hit my belly. He must have grabbed my gun when he put Frannie in my room. I hadn't locked in the safe yet from work. Olivia started knocking on the door and he grabbed me and made me stand up. Al put the gun against my head and told me if I said anything he would shoot her. Liv came in and they argued. She moved Jesse behind her. Al said his wife had left him because of me and the baby. He started blaming Liv because in his mind she helped me decide to keep the baby. He took the gun from my head and pointed it at her chest. I saw he was going to pull the trigger so I elbowed him in the stomach to mess up his aim and he shot her in the thigh. After that he ran out of the apartment still had my gun. Can I see Olivia now?"
"Yeah, c'mon I'll get a nurse to unhook you and bring a wheelchair." The nurse came in and unhooked her from the machines and Fin helped her into the wheelchair and pushed her towards the elevator and up to Olivia's room.
"Give us a minute,okay?"
"Of course."
Amanda grabs her hand and the brunette starts to stir. Muttering something that sounds like the blonde's name and trying to open her eyes.
"I'm here, Liv."
"How are you and the baby and Jesse?"
"Were all okay."
"Any word on where Al is?"
"No he's in the wind. I'm so sorry, Olivia. You got shot and it's all my fault." The younger woman says tears brimming in bright blue eyes.
"No one's to blame but Al he did this." Liv says raising her hand and wiping the tear that had fallen from Olivia's cheek.
The door opens and 2 U.S. Marshalls walk in the door. A man and women introducing themselves solely by their last names, Perez and McAndrews.
"Lieutenant Benson, Detective Rollins, Dr. Al Pollack has disappeared and we believe him to be a serious threat to your safety and the safety of your children. We'd like to move you two into protective custody until he is found or we believe you two are safe. I know your both NYPD trained, but this man is dangerous and we'd like to offer some extra protection."
"You want to move us into witness protection?" Olivia questioned looking from Amanda and then back at the marshalls.
"Not quite WITSEC. We wouldn't be giving you new identities at this time. We're planning on moving you two into a small town Colorado. You'll be given a cover story and we'll be stationed nearby for added protection. You will not be able to tell your coworkers or families where you are."
"What's the cover story?" Amanda asked, not entirely sure about this, but if Al poses a serious threat to Jesse and Noah she'll do whatever she can to protect them.
"You two will be posing as a married couple expecting your third child. Olivia we've lined up a job for you working as the technology manager for company that's based in Colorado. Because of your prior experience working in computer crimes. Amanda, we have not lined anything up anything for you yet. With baby coming in a few months, and your needing to go on to maternity leave as of right now you'll be staying home with the kids. Once you feel ready to go back to work after the baby is born we'll help get you a job. So, are you two willing to go?" Agent McAndrews said looking the two women sitting in front of her.
Olivia turns her attention to Amanda. "I'm in if you are."
"We'll do it." Amanda replies.