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A/N: So this is a re-post and I hope it goes better this time then the last.


One Sick Man

A bright day in the city of New York, Detective Olivia Benson was sitting at her desk at the Manhattan SVU 1-6 precinct. Her partner, Detective Elliot Stabler was sitting across from her filling out forms for the upcoming trial to put a pedophile in prison for a very long time. Olivia was watching her partner when he looked up at her and grinned.

"What?" he asked with a chuckle.

"Nothing. Just that the sun coming off your head is blinding me," she replied stifling a laugh. He narrowed his eyes at her.

"That's not funny!" he replied stiffly. She lost her battle and burst out in laughter.

"What's so funny?" asked Detective John Munch. Olivia laughed harder. John looked at Elliot who shrugged and went back to his paperwork.

Not too much longer after that had transpired, Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola came into the squad room saying, "We've caught a case."

Olivia, Elliot, and John followed him to the monitors as he explained the case.

"Leslie Nichols, 27, found raped and beaten outside a Chinese place on 3rd and Lennox. There were fluids recovered from the rape kit. Maybe we will get lucky. The doctor said she was lucky to have made it away from the animal alive. Bastard almost bashed her head in," reported Fin.

The detectives shook their heads. They were never shocked at a case such as this.

"Will she make it?" Olivia asked, concern crossing her face.

"She is in a medically-induced coma until the swelling goes down. Docs don't know when she will be able to wake," Fin replied.

Olivia looked at Elliot, pleadingly. He nodded. They turned and grabbed their coats.

"Where are you guys going?" asked John.

"Hospital," said Olivia as she entered the elevator next to Elliot.


At the hospital, Olivia walked to Leslie's room. The poor girl was bruised from head to toe. Olivia gasped at the sight. Elliot came in behind her.

"Liv? Les is strong. She'll make it," he said rubbing her back to comfort his partner.

Olivia couldn't speak, but nodded. No one knew of the females' love affair, but Elliot and the captain, of course. He knew almost everything about his partner and she him. Olivia could feel the tears falling down her cheeks.

"I can't lose her El," she said, breaking down in his arms. The pair crumpled to the floor. Elliot rocked Olivia to the steady beeping of the heart monitor.

"You hear that Liv?" he asked gently, "Her heart is strong, she will pull through."

He just hoped that she didn't have any lasting effects from the beating she received. Elliot looked at Les' hands and noticed that her knuckles were bloody and raw and that she had other defensive wounds.

"Liv, look at Les. She is a fighter. I bet she got a piece of that bastard. We will put him away for good. Okay?" he said. Olivia nodded, more determined than ever to find the man who did this to her love.


Back at the precinct, Fin and John were going over every lead they had when the pair walked in. Fin noticed Olivia's puffy eyes and raised an eyebrow towards Elliot who shook his head indicating that it was a bad time to ask. Fin nodded and looked back down at his papers. He had a few more numbers to call before he was finished. Olivia sat at her desk ready to start when Captain Don Cragen walked into the squad room from his office.

"Olivia? My office," he stated with authority. Olivia knew what was coming as she followed her superior into his office.

"I'm going to take you off-," the captain started, but Olivia interrupted, "Captain, please, don't. I need to work this, for Les. I need to do this for her. I can't just wait around knowing that the son of a bitch who did this to her is out there."

Tears were brimming her eyes.

"I can do this, sir. Please let me. I'll go crazy doing nothing," she said, her voice cracking.

The captain nodded and said, "One toe out of line, any excessive force, and you will be benched for the duration of the case. I'll let you stay on under those conditions, am I understood?"

She nodded trying not to break down in front of him. He looked at the poor officer in front of him and he knew she was in agony. He knew she was trying to be strong so that the others wouldn't think her weak. She was trying to put on the façade and failing miserably. He reached out and touched her shoulder. She looked up at him, tears falling down her cheeks.

"I can do it," she whispered, more to herself than the man in front of her.

"I know you can," he replied encouragingly. She gave him a weak smile and wiped the tears away.

Captain nodded to the door, "You've got work to do," he said, his tone light. She nodded, turned and walked out of the office to join her coworkers to find the rapist of her lover. Fin and John looked at Olivia as she walked back to her desk. They looked at each other.

"Uh, Liv," said Fin, cautiously, "We have a store clerk who says he saw the attacker and that he has footage of it on his camera."

Olivia looked up at Elliot, determined more than ever to find the bastard.

"Let's go interview him," said Elliot. They got up and walked to the interview rooms where a Mr. Merrick Davis sat. Elliot entered the room first, followed by a wary and weary Olivia.

"Mr. Davis, could you tell us exactly what you saw?" asked Elliot.

"I saw a white man; mid-30's come out of an alley. He seemed to be following the young woman. So, I followed them. I wasn't sure what was going to happened when I decided to follow him. I lost track of them in a crowd for a few minutes, but I found them shortly after. He had her down another alleyway and had already raped her. I noticed the poor girl was beaten quite badly and had put up on hell of a fight. I yelled at the man. He looked at me. He was angry and surprised. I didn't know what else to do. I ran. He tried to follow, but I hid and he couldn't find me. The man had green eyes like a cat's. He had brown hair with blonde highlights. I've already turned the tape over to the other detectives. I hope it helps. I'll be praying for the woman." He said.

Olivia was feeling very numb at this point and a knock on the glass caused her to jump. She got up and thanked Mr. Davis, turned and walked out of the room, Elliot following close behind.

"Leslie is awake," said the captain, "And she is asking for you." Olivia felt a great weight lift off her shoulders.

"I'll drive," whispered Elliot. Olivia nodded following him out.


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