It was a long night at SVU. Olivia was staying longer than usual to finish up a case,when really she just wanted to be home with her son and daughters along with her husband. But on this particular night.. something felt..weird. That's because it was about to turn out that way. Her phone rang. Confused,she picked it up. Who would be calling her at this hour?

Then she checked the caller ID. Casey.

"Case,what is it?"She asked,rubbing her eyes,exhausted.

"I don't know! I..I came home f..from work and she..she was passed out. S..she had cuts on her lip and cheek and the babysitter was..she was dead,Olivia. The other two were fine. He didn't touch them but...oh lord."Casey exclaimed. Olivia stopped her from talking before she could get even more confused.

"Wait,babysitter? Who are you talking about Casey? What other two? Which hospital are you at,I'll meet you there."

"Bellvue."Casey said. Olivia grabbed her jacket m,keys,and badge and drove to Bellvue.

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Olivia ran into the emergency room to find Casey standing near a trauma room in tears. Something that stood out to her first was the young boy that stood next to Casey. He had short,combed fiery red hair and a jacket on that was way too oversized for him. It was Casey's coat,the boy must've gotten cold. Then her eyes scrolled up a bit and she saw a bump. Casey was pregnant!

She finally approached Casey nonetheless.

"Case."Olivia whispered. Casey jumped slightly but was careful not to startle the boy next to her.

"Olivia! Thank you,I..I just didn't know who to call. You were the first person I thought of. John!"She whispered. The young boy in the oversized jacket then turned around and stared at Olivia. She then noticed the boy shared Casey's green eyes and porceline skin.

"This is my friend,Olivia. She's here to help Carrie."Casey whispered gently,rubbing the boy's shoulders. They must be..no. It can't be.

The boy continued to stare,remaining mute after Casey's words. Casey,noticing this, kissed the boy's head and whispered again.

"How do we introduce ourselves?"Casey said. The boy blinked into reality,beginning to speak.

"My name's John Novak and this is my mommy. My bigger sister in the bed over there is Carrie. Are you going to help Carrie? Promise you'll help Carrie."John said.

Casey's mouth opened and closed as she was about to talk but chose not to. Olivia stared at John,just as he had stared at her,and nodded.

"Yeah. Yeah,I promise."

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"So when did you come back?"Olivia asked. Casey smiled and chuckled.

"After that case in 2012. Johnny was almost 18 months and Carrie was eight. Her full name is Carol Elizabeth,Carrie's just a nickname. Same with Johnny, Johnathan Clarence." Casey said taking a small sip of her water. John sat next to her,reading a book.

"Who..who's the father?"Olivia asked. John stopped and looked up at his mother who offered a warm smile and hugged him.

"Carol...Carrie is Charlie's daughter. John is a donor and so is this one," She motioned to her stomach. "I had Carol right before I first met you and Elliot but the birth was far from ideal for me."

Casey cried in pain as she tried not to push. It was early,she was only eight months. Charlie had been going off and on his meds and all the stress had caused her to go into labor. He was so out of it that he refused to let her go to the hospital and she was close to not going at all but then he fell asleep and she called 911.

In the midst of trying not to think,her doctor came in and checked her.

"Casey,I'm going to ask you to push,only push when I say...push!"The doctor said. Casey took a deep breath and beared down. She clenched her teeth and prayed for it to be over.

The doctor announced she could stop and Casey groaned. She just wanted her baby boy to be here already. Her little Matthias Andrew, named after his grandfathers.

She began pushing again and after two more rounds,she heard the most joyous thing in the world. A cry. She had a son. Or...did she?

The doctor lifted up the baby for Casey to see but something was wrong. No..it was...

"A girl!! You have a beautiful baby girl!!"Her doctor exclaimed to make himself be heard over the baby's shouts. Casey stared in awe and cried tears of joy. A girl. A beautiful girl. They cleaned her up and handed her to Casey who admired her daughter.

"Carol. Carol Elizabeth."Casey whispered her newborn's name. Then everything went wrong. Just a few seconds ago,Carol was crying but it suddenly stopped.Her baby got heavy. Correction,she went limp. She wasn't breathing. The doctor took Carol from Casey and pushed the code button. An alert then shot throughout the hospital.

"Code blue in labor room 5. Code blue in labor room 5."The system repeated the message every five seconds until nurses and more doctors came in.

"What happened to my daughter?!What happened to Carol?!"Casey screamed. Then all of a sudden,there was that sound again. Carol was well again. Casey began to sob and shake her head. Lord, why did everything have to go wrong on this day? Why?