Altered Destines

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Law & Order: SVU they all belong to Dick Wolf and NBC Universal.

Author's Note: Bare with me on this story please. Hope you all enjoy.


Chapter 1: Goodnight Olivia

There were glass shards and blood everywhere. It was supposed to be a simple interrogation but things got out of hand and in a flash there was a detective laying semi-conscious in a pool of her own blood. Detective Olivia Benson was interrogating a woman who, with the help of her sister murdered and chopped off the genitals of 3 male strippers. She was alone with the younger sister and her partner Elliot Stabler was interrogating the older sister separately. When the sisters' loyalty to one another was questioned the woman snapped and slammed Olivia's head into the one-way mirror. Captain Don Cragen rushed in to pin the woman down and ADA Casey Novak ran to get help. A few seconds later Elliot and Fin rushed in to help.

Olivia was still breathing and Elliot cradled her in his firm arms. She was bleeding from the back of her head and it was getting everywhere.

"Liv, please stay with me!" Elliot was pleading with her.

"…E-Elliot…?" Olivia breathed out but she soon faded into unconsciousness.

Fin and Cragen were looking at the scene unfold in front of them with sadden looks. As the suspect was being taken away Casey and the medics arrived. Elliot wanted to help her more but he knew there was nothing he could, he stepped back and let the medics do their job. They got Olivia onto the gurney and were taking her away, Elliot went with them, and he wasn't going to leave her side.

"We'll meet you at the hospital!" Cragen called from behind.

Elliot held Olivia's hand all the way to the hospital up until they reached the emergency room. He sat there for hours worried about her.


The sounds of a heart rate monitor filled the room going at a steady pace. Olivia slowly opened her eyes and everything was blurry for a few seconds before coming into focus.

'I'm at the hospital.' She thought. She tried to sit up but it hurt and the back of her head was throbbing. She felt the gauze wrapped on her head. 'What happened?' She thought long and hard but has no recollection of what happened, hopefully one of the guys would tell her.

She looked around the room and saw nothing out of the ordinary, but she didn't see any of her friends either. 'I would at least expect Elliot to be here.' She was slightly saddened by this and she didn't see any flowers or get well cards either. She didn't have any family and her friends were the closes she had, but then again they might be working on a case.

While in thought she barely heard the nurse walk in.

"Miss Benson, you awake," Said the nurse. She walked over to check her vitals. "How are you feeling?"

"Besides the pain in my head I'm fine." She looked at the nurse. "Ugh, what exactly happened?"

"You had a concussion and a fractured skull." The nurse told her. "We found glass shards in your skull as well. You have been in a coma for 2 weeks."

Olivia let this all sink in. "How did I get here?"

"Someone dropped you off in front of the hospital. From there we took you to the emergency room you had lost a lot of blood." The nurse responded. "Let me go get the doctor and tell him that you're up."

"Can I see my friends?" Olivia asked, hoping they would be outside.

The nurse looked at her and hesitated to speak. "I'm sorry Miss Benson but there isn't anyone here to visit you. When you were first admitted we called your emergency contact but the line isn't connected."

"What?" Olivia was confused. 'Did Elliot go undercover?'

"You've had no visitors in this whole time." The nurse turned to leave and get the doctor.

"No visitors?" Olivia questioned out loud. "What's going on?" She knew it sounded a little selfish, but it would have been nice if someone came to check on her.

Soon the nursed returned with the doctor, he greeted Olivia. "How are you feeling Miss Benson?"

"I feel fine; right now I just want to go home." She told them.

"You just woke up," he told her. "You've been out for 2 weeks. I'd at least like you'd to stay for a couple of extra nights."

"Like I said I feel fine, I'd like to leave on my own recognizance doctor." She was asking him. "I'm mentally stable, just let me sign the release forms and go."

With a heavy sigh the doctor nodded. "Alright Miss Benson, but let me at least do a few test first and then you can leave." The doctor and the nurse left.

Olivia was alone again. 'I just want to get out of here.'


A few hours later she had fresh gauze wrapped around her head and was leaving the hospital. While New York has an unforgiving environment it felt good just to be outside and the cool March air was bearable. It was around 2 in the morning, but Olivia really didn't want to spend another night there. While she had no memory of the event that landed her in the hospital she already wanted to throw herself back into her work. She was thinking about heading to the precinct but to be honest she just wanted to rip Elliot a new one for not visiting her in the hospital. However, her emotions are getting the better of her right now so she hailed a taxi and decided to head home.

Olivia paid the cabby and went upstairs to her apartment. She took off her shoes and light jacket and went straight to bed. It felt more comfortable than usual but she chalked that up to not being in her own bed for so long. 'I was in a coma for 2 weeks and the first thing I do is sleep.' Olivia thought to herself as she drifted off to sleep.


As the sun rose over the Empire state it signaled a time for most to get up and go to work. Even though she just got out of the hospital thanks to Olivia's cop training she was accustomed to waking up this early and starting her day. She opened her eyes and was greeted to the sunlight shining through her window. She sat up and before she could react she had a gun pointed to her head. She heard the distinctive click of a hand gun and her heart was racing.

"Alright," it was a woman's voice but it sounded familiar as if it were her own. "I don't want to blow your brain out all over my bed. Put your hands up and slowly get out of the bed." She was commanding with the skill and experience of a professional.

Olivia slowly put her hands up and got out of the bed. She looked at the woman face to face and was shocked at what she saw. The two women looked like exactly copies of each other except for a few flaws. Olivia had the gauze wrapped around her head and she still looked very sleepy, the other woman had an eye patch on her left eye with a nasty looking scar beneath it and an angry scowl.

"What the hell?" the woman spat. "Is this some kind of trick? Who are you?"

Olivia made sure all her movements where slow and steady as the gun was still trained on her. "I'm Detective Olivia Benson."

"Bullshit!" The scarred woman swore. "I'm Olivia Benson and I'm not a detective. You better tell me who you are or I'll shoot you!"


Author's Note: So there are 2 Olivias now, I hope it's not too confusing at the moment. Hoped you guys liked it, reviews are always welcome.