Disclaimer: Hey I don't own Law and Order SVU I just watch they belong to Dick Wolf
A/N: this is my second fan fic so I hope you like it

It was a fair winter day in the city, Elliot, Fin, and Munch were at there desks looking over old case files for the captain. The sun was shining and the temperature was bearable. When Fin decided to break the silence.

"Where's Benson?"

"She's probably still sleeping today is her birthday and the captain gave her the day off." said Elliot not looking up from the piles of papers on his desk. All was quite among the three friends again as they all returned to the stack of files in front of each of them. Then once again Fin broke the silence.

"We should go and wish her a happy birthday" he said looking up from the stack of papers for the first time.

"What?" asked munch as he and Elliot looked up as well and looked at Fin who looked totally serious.

"Fin, she's probably not even home she has a day off in month I'm sure she wont spend it watching T.V." said Elliot returning to the overflowing pile of work on his desk.

"Come on guys we'll never know until we try" said Fin

"OK we have a lunch break in a couple of hours we can go over then. We'll bring her Chinese." Said Elliot sounding annoyed. Not because Fin wanted to wish Olivia a happy birthday but because they had a lot of work to do and they should give there full attention to it. And like he had mentioned she's probably not even home. The day passed like frozen syrup in Canada. Then finally 11:00 rolled around and they all were ready for egg rolls and Chinese rice. So they stopped at the Great Wall Chinese Restaurant and everyone ordered Elliot ordered Sesame Chicken and Rice for Olivia. They returned to the squad car and started to drive to her house.
"Hey, should we call before we drive across town." asked John.
"No, because if she is home it wouldn't be a surprise then would it?" said fin

"Well Fin you don't strike me as the kind of person who would through a surprise party. Is there something we don't know about?" asked Elliot turning his head slightly but just enough to see fin out of the corner of his eye and still focus on the road.

"No, its just that like you have said earlier Elliot she hasn't had a day off in awhile and I think she would enjoy having someone wish her a happy birthday."

"I think since she didn't have to come in today she's overjoyed she didn't have to see our faces for a whole 24 hours." Said Munch looking over the top of his dark glasses. They drove in silence the rest of the way to Olivia's house. When they pulled up they were relived to see her car parked out front.

"Well at least she's home" said fin

"You don't know that someone could have picked her up to take her somewhere."

"Damn Elliot you have so take the fun out of everything." said munch agreeing with fin for the first time today. Elliot parked the car and grabbed his and Olivia's food, and headed for the door. They one of her friendly neighbors let them in so it wouldn't ruin the surprise. They headed to elevator when they were all in they pressed the number 5 and waited as the numbers slowly changed. Finally they reached her floor and the doors opened they walked to her door and all knocked except Elliot who had is hands full. They waited a couple minutes and knocked again. Fin and Munch were getting worried Elliot not so much he had told them that she probably wasn't home.
"Should we call her?" asked Fin "I mean if she's not home I wouldn't want to interrupt a date or something."

"No we'll call her so you guys get that look of terrified horror off you faces I'm sure she's fine she's just with her mom or something." With that Elliot handed the boxes of food to the others and pulled out his cell phone, hit speed dial number 2 and waited. "THE FOLLOWING RECIPIANTS ARE NOT AVAILIBLE AT THE MOMENT OUT OF RANGE OR DON'T HAVE THEIR PHONES TURNED ON." Said a computerized voice. Elliot still wasn't worried he figured if she was in a movie or something she would have turned it off. So he tried her beeper she never turns her beeper off is she's in a movie or anything she'll have it on vibrate even on her much needed god given day of rest she would have it turned on in case there is an emergency at the station house. He dialed her beeper number and that too was turned off. Now Elliot was getting a little worried as well then he realized he had his key she had given him in case of emergencies. He took it of his pocket and jiggled it in the lock opened the door and called her name. When their was no answer he got worried so he decided to go inside he looked at her bedroom, the door was closed and the light was off.

*Maybe she's still sleeping* He knocked and called her name, there was no reply so he knocked again

"Olivia. Are you here?" he started to say until he saw that the milk was left out.
*This isn't like Olivia* he thought then he called her name one more time and then finally cracked the door and peaked in she was laying on the floor covered in blood it looked like she had been stabbed in the arm and beat and left to bleed out. Elliot's knees about gave out before he rushed to the side of her and yelled for Fin to call the hospital and tell them that they were coming and for munch to go start the car. The light from the window illuminated the room giving her a childish gleam. She was curled up in the fetal position she looked so small and fragile in the big brightly lit room. Elliot stared and started talking to her.

"Liv, Liv can you here me?" he asked as he stroked her hair.

"Elliot is that you" she asked in a weak voice. And searched franticly trying to recognize something.

"yeah live its me" he said as he started to slip his arms under her and cradle her as he picked her up to take her to the car.
"Wh…Where are we going?" She asked her voice getting weaker.
"to the hospital, hang on liv just hang on we'll be there soon." Elliot said trying to soothe some of the pain he knew she must be feeling. When they reached the car fin and munch were in the front seat so he laid Olivia down in the back seat with her head in his lap. He was still stroking her hair and holding her hand.

"Your going to be ok Liv just hang on until we get to the hospital ok your going to make it I promise." Elliot whispered to her softly as looked at the bruises and cuts that covered her body he had rapped his tie around her arm in order to momentarily contain some of the bleeding. Finally after what had seemed like hours they reached the hospital there was a couple of nurses waiting with a gurney to take Olivia to the E.R.

After about 45 minutes Elliot was getting really agitated. He went over to the nurses station and demanded to know when they will be able to see her.

"Sir you have to calm down" Said the nurse with the same patience as she did the last 7 times he demanded to see her. "if you don't calm down I will have to have you removed from the hospital."

"I'm sorry" said Elliot who went back and sat down beside Fin and munch.

"you guys should get back to the station house we have a lot of work to do I'll stay her and call you if I hear anything new." said Elliot letting his head fall onto the back of the very uncomfortable hospital chairs.

"Olivia is our friend too, Elliot we're not leaving until we know she's ok." Elliot let out a breathe he wasn't aware he was holding.

1 hour later

"Mr. Stabler?" said a nurse with blonde hair. Fin and munch had left about 20 minutes ago they had decided they had to get back to work they let the captin know and that Elliot was going to stay with Olivia until they found out something.

Elliot jumped when he heard his name being called he had drifted off to sleep.
"YES I'm Elliot Stabler" he said raising from his chair and shaking the nurses hand.
"Mr. Stabler your friend is going to alright. She had 3 broken ribs, a fractured wrist and 1 stab wound in the arm and to cuts on each of her legs. She's stable you can see her now she's in room nineteen go down the hall and take a right at the water fountain." the young nurse smiled, turned and started to walk away. She was stopped by the sound of Elliot's voice.
"Miss, when I found her she was on the floor and she had…uhhh…mesh shorts on." Elliot cleared his throat uncomfortably. "Uhh.. Was she raped?"

"We ran a rape kit when she was admitted we didn't find any fluid and no signs of sexual assault. My guess the guy just wanted to beat the crap out of her. I'm very sorry"

Elliot was relived to find out she was still alive and she wasn't raped but the description of the wounds was almost too much for him to bear. Everyday at work he deals with cases like this but seeing someone he was so close to laying there so defenseless, vulnerable it was really getting to him. He picked up his coat and headed down the hall 16, 17, 18 finally he reached room 19 knocked and didn't hear anything so he decided to open and see if she was sleeping. When he looked in he saw his partner resting as peacefully as possible. He walked over to the wall and pulled the orange chair that sat by the end table to the side of her bed. He looked at her. The bruises on her face the one around her eye, the cut in her lip and the bandage over the place were he had stabbed her. All he could think of is who would do this, what motivates these people to do these things.
*Don't get in there head Elliot, Its not a place you want to be* he conscious started to tell him. He reached out and gently grasped her hand in his. All he wanted to do was take the pain away. Just as everything seemed peaceful Olivia started to stir, only a little at first but it only escalated and Elliot was afraid if she kept doing this she would further injure herself and he hated to see her having a bad dream. He tried to wake her up.

"Olivia, Olivia wake up, its ok wake up, I'm here its just a dream" Elliot cooed as he gently as he tightened his grip on her hand then it hit him.

*SEDATIVES DAMNET WHY TO THEY ALWAYS USE SEDATIVES* When she wouldn't wake up he finally decided after careful consideration of how this might affect her would it make it worse? He dropped the side bar on the hospital bed, laid down beside her and gently pulled her to him.

"It's ok Liv I'm here" he whispered as he gently stroked her un-bruised cheek. Finally after a couple more minutes she quieted down and fell back into a restless sleep. Elliot didn't want to leave her. What if she wakes up and no ones here? What if she has another bad dream? Elliot decided to stay with her. He kept holding her stroking her cheek and her hair, anything that he thought would make her feel better. After awhile Elliot too had fallen asleep in the hospital bed next to Olivia.

There was a slight knock on the door. Both Elliot and Olivia were still sleeping so neither heard the door open. When it opened a shocked Cathy stood in the doorway.

TBC plz review this is my 2nd ff so tell me what you think do you want me to continue? I just got into l&O svu about a month ago so I'm sure if I got all the details right and what not but if you have something to say about the "details" plz let me know thanx for reading.