Chapter One: The Victim

Olivia Benson lay in bed, listening to the quiet that engulfed her room. The covers pulled up to her chin, as if she were trying to keep the world out. It had been such a relaxing weekend, one of the few she got a year and part of her didn't want to get up in the morning. She pricked her ears up, and slowly opened her eyes hearing that familiar buzzing sound. She rolled out of bed kicking the covers to the edge of the bed. She stretched quickly, running her fingers through her short blonde-brown hair, as she grabbed her coat that was lying on the chair at her desk.

"Detective Benson," she said groggily.

"Liv," She snapped awake as she heard her partners voice.

"Elliot, what's up?" She stood up and walked over to her dresser pulling out a pair of jeans and brown t-shirt.

"Can you meet me at Bellevue?" Elliot's voice was calm, but she could hear the exhaustion in his voice, he had worked this weekend without her.

"I'm on my way," She had already begun to strip off her pajamas before she had even hung up. While she loved to have time off, this job was her life, it was what kept her going. To Olivia it wasn't about capturing the bad guy, but helping the victim.

Olivia arrived at Bellevue half an hour later. She strolled into the ER and flashed her badge, before the nurse could Respond Elliot appeared at her side.

"Elliot what's up?" Elliot turned and headed down the hall, Olivia following in suit.

"Fourteen year old girl, Eleanor Delaney, freshman at Manhattan Village Academy. Brought in around 11 o' clock, badly beaten up," Elliot read off the information he had listed on his pad.

"Why'd they call us?" Olivia asked as they turned a corner. Elliot stopped in front of a room, placing the pad in his pocket. The two turned to look in through the window. Inside was a girl of about five feet with curly brown hair and blonde highlights. There was a gash running from her cheek bone to her chin and a dark bruise covering most of the right side of her face. She had her arms crossed in a pout and at that moment looked like an angry five-year-old. There was a bandage around her left wrist that she seemed to be trying to hide. Olivia shook her head and looked at Elliot.

"They found bruises around her thighs but she refuses to let us do a rape kit," Elliot sighed looking at Olivia hopefully. She nodded to indicate she would try. She walked to the door and went inside closing it carefully behind her.

"When can I go home?" She whined. Olivia looked at her and walked over.

"Well, the doctors are trying to reach your parents," Olivia sat down and folded her hands in her lap.

"That's a waste of time," Eleanor mumbled.

"Eleanor--"

"It's Ellie!" She cut in making it perfectly clear that she intended to be rude. Olivia nodded simply.

"Okay Ellie. I'm Olivia Benson, I'm a detective for the Special Victims Unit." She said pulling out her badge to show her.

"Woo hoo," She said rolling her eyes dramatically. Olivia pulled her badge back placing it in her pocket.

"So Ellie, do you know how you got here?" Olivia returned to questioning her keeping her voice calm.

"I was mugged," She turned her head breaking eye contact.

"Did you know you're attacker?"

"Why would I be friends with a mugger?" She looked Olivia her eyes hard. Olivia smiled.

"Do you remember being mugged?"

"Yes. I was taking a shortcut through Madison Square Park and somebody came up from behind me and pushed me to the ground. They beat me up and ran off."

"Did they take anything?"

"No," Ellie looked at her ferociously. "I'm tired. I want to go home!" Her voice cracked with tears as she said the last part. Her cheeks turned red with embarrassment.

"Ellie, they have to release you to your parents--"

"But they're in New Zealand!" She exclaimed. "For the next three weeks! They're not going to come home because of me! Just have them call my brother Jacob!" Her voice was getting more and more unsteady. "I WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE!"

"Ellie, calm down. What's your brother's number I'll call him for you, then you can speak to him if you like?" Olivia pulled out her cellphone and held it out for Ellie, who was wiping tears out of her eyes. She nodded and took the phone dialing the number and then handed it back. Olivia waited keeping her eyes on Ellie as she listened to the phone ring.

"Wassup?" A boy's voice rang in Olivia voice.

"Hello, Jacob Delaney?"

"Who's askin'" His words were slurred Olivia could tell he had been drinking.

"My name is Detective Benson. I'm calling from Bellevue Hospital, about your sister Ellie," She stopped waiting for a response.

"I thought you said you was a cop? What's wrong wit my sister?" He asked nervously.

"She was attacked. But she will be fine--"

"What do you mean she was attacked? I want to talk to her!" He screamed.
Olivia nodded and handed the phone to Ellie.

"Jake?" Her voice trembled.

"Ellie where you at? Whose dat cop?" Jake was talking fast and his voice cracked as he tried to keep his mind focused.

"I was...mugged" Olivia noticed the pause but didn't say anything.

"You aight?"

"No Jake! I need you to leave your stupid friends and come pick me up!" She screamed, tears threatening to spill from her eyes.

"Aight aight calm down I'll be there in twenty minutes or so..." She heard chatter in the background followed by "Shut up" coming from her brother.

"NO! BE HERE IN TWENTY MINUTES!" She hung up and gave the phone back to Olivia returning the position she had been in when Olivia walked in. "He's...coming..."

"Ellie--" Olivia began but Ellie jumped in.

"I'm tired. I don't want to talk anymore...I didn't ask them to call you..." She turned over keeping her bandaged arm out. Olivia sighed and left the room.

"So?" Elliot got up from the chair he was sitting in.

"I think we should check out the Madison Square park." Olivia said looking back in to the room.

"But Liv did she report anything?" He said looking at her worriedly.

"No, she's afraid of something." Olivia sighed as she Ellie rolled back over so as to have her back to Olivia and Elliot. "I'm going to find out."


A/N:

Hi people! This is my first SVU fanfiction I hope you like it. There is only one thing that I know will be 100 correct about this story and that will be any place or address or school etc. that I mention about NY and that is because well I live in NYC hee hee! So I hope you all liked the first chapter please Review and I will update sometime next week! REVIEW!