Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Extraordinary
Chapter 1
Do you believe?
In the familar Sudan, Olivia rubbed her eyes, it was getting really late, or early if you'd rather. It had just turned one o'clock am. She glanced over to Elliot. He was looking tired too. His hand was resting on the steering wheel, even tough the car's engine was not even on.
"You wanna bet on what time he'll dump the evidence?" Elliot asked trying to make conversation.
Olivia let out a small laugh. "Let's hope soon."
She sighed and let her head fall back against the head rest. She closed her eyes.
Elliot was watching her as she rested for the moment. "Do you want to take shifts?"
Olivia's eyes rushed opened. "No, I'm fine."
He looked out through the windshield. There was a couple of moments of silence then he said, "Olivia, look at this."
He pointed up at window three floors from ground level. Olivia looked up and saw a guy roughing up a girl, that was much younger than him. Olivia left the car without another word. Elliot got out of the car, and yelled to her, "Olivia, slow down."
He caught up to her in the elevator barely making it before the door closed.
"Jesus, Liv." He said panting.
"Sorry, innocent girl's life at risk." Olivia said
A few seconds later the doors opened and Olivia rushed out. Once she entered the hall she stopped, looking down it.
"Which door?" Olivia said
"It was about….three windows from the edge."
Olivia sped to the third door from the end of the hall. She pounded on the door, "Police! Open up."
There was a scream that was muffled. Olivia backed up and kicked the door open.
They ran in pulling out their guns and pointing them towards the empty hallway. They slowly moved forward and into the living room where the assailant stood over the victim, who was now unconscious on the floor, with his hands in the air. Olivia ran over to the girl considering the guy had already given up and Elliot had a gun on him.
Olivia was going down into a kneeling position when she heard a "No!" from Elliot and it all went black.
Olivia opened her eyes to beeping, and a blurry atmosphere. There was talking in the distance that seemed way louder than it should have been. As everything came into focus she saw Elliot standing over her. Her captain at the end of the bed. He was standing with Kacy, her daughter who was had just turned 24.
She heard a "Liv," it was Elliot's voice but it sounded very faint.
She looked up at him, "Hey…" she said
"How you feeling?" Elliot asked
"My head hurts," Olivia responded, "What happened?"
She heard a faint voice, and it was Elliot's again, "You made a stupid move and got a concussion." His lips weren't moving, though.
Then she heard his regular voice saying, "You got a concussion while trying to help a victim."
"Don't try to sugarcoat it Elliot." Cragen said, "She rushed into the perp's reach before he was cuffed. It was not a smart move, Olivia."
"Alright," Olivia said skeptically not remembering it at all.
"The important thing is that you're alright." Kacy chimed in.
Olivia smiled, and glanced at the clock, five thirty. "El, have you slept since this happened?"
"No, I've been busy." Elliot said
"You need to get some rest." Olivia said then added, "You all do."
"Yeah, so do you." Elliot said
He squeezed the top of her hand, right below the wrist, as a gesture. Kacy walked around the bed and hugged her mother.
"I love you mommy." She said in a joking childlike tone.
"Your taking a mental health day tomorrow." Cragen stated, "You've been through a lot."
"But…" Olivia started to protest.
"Olivia!" Cragen said as a warning.
She closed her mouth. Then she heard it again in Cragen's voice, "I thought so."
Olivia watched in amazement as they walked away. Was she hearing their thoughts? It couldn't be…she decided it was the concussion. It was messing with her head.
Olivia was discharged later that morning with low-key pain pills. She was ordered to sleep by the doctors. She entered her apartment, and fell onto the couch thinking about the things she heard. She only heard Elliot's and Cragen's thoughts. There were only a few too. People have seven thoughts a second. She was so glad that she wasn't receiving her thoughts and seven others per person in the room.
She looked at her small reflection in the television.
"She's home." She was hearing things again.
She looked around the room trying to see where the sound came from. Her daughter was standing in the doorway.
"Hi," she greeted Olivia.
Olivia whirled back to facing the TV. She was hearing peoples thoughts.
"Sweetheart…come here." Olivia requested.
Kacy hurried over and sat in the lazy boy chair next to the couch. "What…what is it?"
"T-tell me what you're thinking." Olivia asked
"I'm thinking you're crazy." Olivia heard
"I'm thinking, are you okay?" Kacy said
"No what are you thinking this moment." Olivia said pointing on her thigh near her knee for emphasis.
"What's wrong with you?" said the faint voice.
"What's wrong?" Kacy asked
Olivia's eyes widened at Kacy, at her realization. She could hear the thoughts of other people.