Sequel to Someone in the Same situation

Disclaimer for this chapter and any that follow: I don't own any of the characters from law and order SVU but it would be nice if someone bought them for my birthday.

Chapter 1

Precinct

Detective Elliot Stabler walked into the office carrying the bags and smiled as he saw fellow detectives Amy Novak and Olivia Benson sat across from one another in deep discussion. He was amazed at how quickly they'd bonded since the Amy the younger of the two women had joined the team, however he wasn't amazed or impressed on how fast they'd been able to turn him into their dogsbody. He approached them and placed the bags down on Olivia's desk with a sigh pretending that they were heavy.

"One latte, one fresh orange juice, one cream cheese bagel and one double chocolate chip muffin." He said handing the women their breakfast with a smile and as usual he gave them the wrong drinks on purpose.

"Thank you." Amy smiled taking a bite out of her muffin as Elliot sat down with them; she also went to pick up her orange and discovered that it was coffee when she almost scolded her hand.

"So what were you two talking about, you looked pretty deep in conversation when I walked into the office?" He asked beginning to eat his own breakfast watching Amy carefully pass the steaming coffee to Olivia.

"If Munch had a tattoo where would it be and what would it be?" Amy asked with a twinkle in her eye her smile making her look much younger than she actually was.

"And?" He replied not really bothered by what they were saying, he just found that humouring them led to a much quieter life.

"We thought you'd be able to give us a better answer, neither of us can picture him with one; actually neither of us wants to picture it." Olivia answered with a smile and a quick glance over at where Munch and Fin were sat working totally oblivious to the other three detectives as normal.

"Maybe on his forearm, a heart saying mum, what about you Amy?" Elliot responded flashing a smile at his young co-worker.

"I can't actually see him having one, and if he did I wouldn't want to see it." She replied taking a gulp of her orange juice knowing full well that wasn't what he meant. Elliot looked at Olivia with a raised eyebrow asking the same question with his eyes.

"I've never wanted one or ever had one, so there's no point looking at me like that." She replied blankly, Elliot once again tuned his attention back to Amy; she was far more likely to reveal any hidden gems.

"I'm not telling." Amy said throwing her rubbish in the bin; she'd quickly devoured the muffin.

"I can always ask your sister." Elliot added knowing that ADA Casey Novak would spill the beans on any tattoos her little sister had, they loved getting one up on each other.

"Casey couldn't even tell you if I had a birthmark and we shared a bedroom for years, the woman notices if I have lipstick on my teeth or if I've worn the same shirt twice in one month, anything else she's totally oblivious, no wonder she never decided to become a cop. And before you ask she's always been too much of a good girl to do something like that, plus she's got a massive phobia of needles, I know for a fact that the last time she went to the dentist she fainted." Amy replied laughing at the memory of Casey fainting.

"It's always the quiet one's you've got too watch she may surprise us. How did we get onto the topic tattoos anyway?" Elliot asked trying to read his colleagues expressions, both of which were grinning.

"This case file we've been reading on those sex attacks, the perp has an obsession with women with tattoos." Olivia replied handing Elliot the file the pair had been looking at before he'd arrived with their food.

"Anything else?" Elliot asked flicking through the notes.

"Waiting for Warner to give us the DNA results and for Huang to give us the results of the criminogenic profile. However I'm not so sure about those anymore." Amy replied, Olivia simply shook her head and laughed knowing what was coming next.

"Go on." Elliot said completely oblivious to what they were saying, they had a habit of talking in what seemed like code to him and all the other males in the office, and they all found it somewhat annoying.

"According to feminist criminologists, women who are short and have dark hair are more likely to be criminals, and if you ask me, of the 3 Novak sisters as we are today I'm the one that's least likely to engage in criminal behaviour, because I struggle to tell lies my mum just has to look at me to know I'm not telling the truth, I'd be no good as a criminal. Assaulting convicts is something entirely different before you say anything else Benson." Amy responded shooting a look before Olivia had a chance to say what she was going to. Olivia just put her hands up in surrender, she'd get Amy back at a later date the only question would be how. And sure enough within half an hour the opportunity arose, there were 3 tasks that needed doing, and Olivia gave Amy the one she knew she'd least want to do.

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ME's office

"Got a match on the DNA." Melinda Warner told Elliot who'd just arrived at her office, Olivia was with the most recent victim trying to establish what the attacker looked like and Amy was with George getting an update on the profile of the attacker from the most recent cases, he smiled recalling her expression when Olivia divided up the work and gave Amy the profile, the pout and the sad eyes were perfect, a look from Olivia was the only thing that stopped him from trading places with her.

"Got a name?" Elliot asked, he'd spent some time looking at the photos of the other victims and the attacker had done a real job on them, almost beating them till their faces were unrecognisable, even after years with the department he still struggled to believe that people could do such horrible things to other people.

"No, but it matches to a case from a few years ago. I've pulled the files for you to have a look at." She replied passing Elliot the file.

"We've got the most recent girl trying to do us a picture fit; she got a pretty good look at the guy despite how fast it all happened. What else can you tell us from the evidence?" He asked not looking up from what he was now reading.

"He's meticulous, leaving DNA this time was only a pure accident, I doubt he even knows. I believe you've got Huang doing a profile on him?"

"Yeah, Amy's gong to pick it up." He replied not able to prevent himself from smirking.

"I'm willing to bet that this guy's crimes go back more than just five years, he probably has dozens of victims out there. But then I'm not a psychologist, so I can't really offer any input."

"You're only saying what the rest of us are thinking. Thanks for the results let me know if anything else turns up." Elliot replied leaving.

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Dr George Huang's office

Amy was pissed at Olivia for suggesting that she go to see Huang about the profile, why not send Elliot. Since her evaluation he'd been trying to get into her head, always asking probing questions she simply wanted to punch him when he opened his mouth, she'd began to think about setting him up with Casey, then they could talk one another to death and pick away at her faults as they pleased. Anyway there she was waiting for George and his questions.

"Good morning Amy, how are you doing?" George asked as he found Amy lurking in the hallway.

"Excellent, over worked, underpaid nothing out of the ordinary. I take it you've done the profile?" She asked as he showed her into his office, she immediately felt uneasy and George picked up on it.

"How's the relationship going? Last I heard you were dating some lawyer." He asked sitting down and directing her to a seat across from him, not in the mood for a fight she sat down with a sigh.

"Jack's been offered a job in Boston, it's still his father's firm but it's a much better position, needless to say I'm not going to be following him. So what can you tell me about our guy?" Amy enquired trying to change the subject to the case and she kicked herself for saying what she'd just said, George knew he wasn't going to get anything else from her so he pulled out a file and passed it to her, at least he'd been able to get more information out of her than he normally did.

"Definitely not his first lot of attacks, he's been doing them for years, he obviously knows about forensics and the DNA was definitely a mistake, one that I doubt he's even realised." George replied matter of factly.

"How many years do you think he's been doing this for?" Amy asked reading the doctors notes.

"I'd say at least 10, but his MO is likely to have changed."

"So he wasn't always interested in tattoos?" Amy looked up from the file.

"No, but features on body's interest him, but they have to be visible, he wouldn't have gone for the victims if they had been wearing clothes covering their tattoos. I think he may have started out going for women with moles of beauty spots on their faces before progressing further, a birthmark on the leg for instance, somewhere visible, somewhere that people don't really think anything of. Where were the victims tattoos?"

"Most recent one was on the small of her back, the ones before both similar, there was one on the shoulder, a few on arms. What about this guy's state of mind?"

"Gets a kick out of it, he probably thinks that the marks were put there to amuse him. Relationships maybe had a few but none that have lasted longer than a few months, he's a loner, but likes body art and beauty spots. Everything's in the file for you to read, also I'd guess he keeps something of the victims, a souvenir, maybe hair, item of clothing or even a picture." Amy stood up and nodded she was halfway out the door when George spoke.

"None of the girls mentioned a camera, but then again they were knocked out."

"You know where I am if you want to talk, about anything, not just profiles." He said.

"I'll bear that in mind, I better get back to the office." Amy replied politely and made her way back to the precinct.

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