A/N: This is my first fanfic, sorry about that :)
Chapter 1
She woke up to a white room, fluorescent lights, and the constant ear piercing yet reassuring beep of the heart monitor beside her. There was a tube in her newly bruised arm, and she had no idea where that bruise was from. She winced as she tried to look around, soon learning that there were at least 5 cuts and bruises around her face. It hurt to move, but she was happy to just lay there and rest, trying to remember the slightest details of the cause of her broken body.
-Beep- -Beep- -Beep-
She suddenly had so many thoughts in her head, and listened to her heart monitor speed up. What happened to her? Were the kids with her? Is Eli safe? Why wasn't Elliot there?
Granted, Kathy Stabler hadn't seen her husband in a long time, about 3 months, actually. She figured it had something to do with his work, but he never answered her phone calls, and she never questioned. For a long time, she accepted that she could never understand what truly happens at Elliot's work, only Olivia could...
Olivia...
Was that the reason Elliot had left her? Just out of the blue? He couldn't take the pressure of being a damn 'family man' and so he left to be with her? Kathy didn't put it past him, she knew he loved Olivia more than he could ever love her. He had for years. Hell, the only reason he came back was because of Eli, it was never her. He would put ANYONE before her. It was a truth she had learned to accept, but she wasn't upset. She was grateful and happy that he was happy, and now he can live his life the way he wanted to...with Olivia...
-Beep- -Beep- -Beep-
Still, even though Elliot had a busy work life, AND even though she knew he didn't love her, it would have been nice of him to call at least once. Usually she would give him a week, a month was a stretch, but 3? Why the hell wouldn't Elliot have called in 3 months? It was Olivia, it HAD to be Olivia. He was having an affair, wasn't he? He could've at least told her that much so that she wasn't worrying about him all the time. Though what was he going to say? "Hey Kathy, it's me, I'm just calling to let you know that I'm sleeping with Olivia and I'm sending you divorce papers soon. Bye." That would've hurt like a bitch. Maybe it was better that Kathy was finding out this way, through her building insanity in a hospital room...
Through all of this, she had started remembering what had happened last night. While walking to her car after some grocery shopping, she was pulled into a dark alley where she was attacked. Eli was fine, she remembered leaving him alone with Dickie and Lizzie, she figured they were still safe. Kathy kept wincing at every small move she made, and that made her wonder something else...through this attack...she was raped...which could only mean one thing:
Elliot would be coming soon...with...her...