Maya Thomas took her 7 year old son to the biggest toy shop in the New York; the door way was a castle front, a child's fairytale. Inside oversized building blocks were stacked to the ceiling, a giant teddy bear with a smile sat welcoming all the visitors.

Charlie's eyes grew with each new sight, each oversized toy fascinated him. He stood still and stared at all the toys, he'd never seen so many.

"Mom it's amazing"

Maya looked at Charlie with a smile, she touched his hair stroking it gently.

"Go and find the action figure you want, I'm going to look for Lottie's birthday present, come and find me when you've got it, I'll be over there" she said pointing to the dolls stacked high to the right of them.

Charlie nodded and grinned as he ran off to find the display of the newly released action figures. He ran with such joy, he didn't look back. His focus narrowed on the plastic men behind the clear film, the box was the only thing stopping him from ripping it open there and then. He stood amazed staring at the toy that stood so proud now in his hands. He turned and looked for his mom who was now out of eye sight.

Maya had headed towards the girls toys, she entered the pink section, women dressed as princess's filled the department store, beautiful women in more beautiful dresses. Maya was slightly shocked when someone touched her arm.

"Excuse me, I don't mean to intrude on your day; it's my nieces birthday tomorrow and I have no idea what to get her, could you help me?"

The man that stood before her was tall, at least 6"2, green eyes dark hair and muscly. Maya stared in to his eyes for a moment then at her arm that was neatly clutched in his hand. She broke off the stare, and smiled.

"Sure, how old is she?" The smile still lay resting on her lips. Married she was, but this man was movie material, a true hunk.

"She's turning 8, she likes dolls, but there are so many to choose from" his bright white, teeth perfectly alined smile captured her gaze once more.

"Does she like the princess's? My daughter loves Belle at the moment, they are roughly the same age" Maya continued to smile, her cheeks slightly flushed.

"Well I bought a couple of dolls the other day, they are some limited edition Disney dolls, I know this is out of the blue but it would mean a lot to me if you'd check them out, I have no idea if they are good".

Maya smiled brightly, although married the attention she was receiving was flattering to the mom of two. Her husband hadn't shown an interest in her since he got his promotion, and began travelling. She nodded her head;

"Sure where are you parked? I'll go and tell my son"

"No need, I got a spot right around the corner, don't spoil his fun this is a kids dream, it's a shame they didn't have stores like this when I was a kid, all my allowance would have been spent in here" he chuckled, as he began to walk out the shop, and before Maya knew she was following. All thoughts were clear out of her head, she followed like a dog, loyal to it's owner.

"Thanks for this, I really appreciate it, I did ask one of the Princess's inside to help me, but they're not allowed to leave the store whilst on shift" he laughed nervously.

"It's not a problem, honestly" Maya continued to smile as she involuntarily walked with this hansom stranger.

They had both arrived at the blue van that sat parked on the corner, just as he had told her. He opened the side and leaned in pulling a bag out, he opened it and pulled out two limited edition Disney dolls.

"You think she'll like them?"

"She'll love them! They are stunning, for dolls I mean. I'm sure you'll be her favourite uncle" Maya laughed still basking in this mans presence.

He reached in the bag and pulled out one more surprise, a black .38.

"Scream and I'll shoot you here and now, then I'll kill your son"

Maya's eyes widened, her hands began to shake, she obliged without questioning, for her sons sake more than her own. Her eyes met the gun, mesmerised by it, controlled by it. She couldn't bring herself to look at the handsome stranger that had seduced her. Instant shame engulfed her whole body, she got in to the van as commanded. She heard the door shut, the room had begun to spin, she felt sick, not one thought of what was going to happen her, she couldn't think, although she felt, she felt stupid, vulnerable and panic for her son.

"Mom, MOM"

Charlie's eyes welled up as he sobbed for his mom, he gripped the box that held his hero. He stood still by the entrance of the store, a princess approached him.

"Hello young sir" she started until she saw his tears "hey what's wrong? Where's your mommy?"

Charlie broke down, sobbing uncontrollably, shock stopped his cries for only seconds as a blue van screeched around the corner at high speed throwing a semi conscious Maya Thomas out the side door. Charlie's sobs turned in to screams as he saw his mom laying on the floor, her inner thighs saturated with fresh blood.

"She lost a lot of blood Detectives, she's very weak, make this quick please" spoke a middle aged doctor who looked like he had better things to be doing. He walked off feeling rather good about himself.

Olivia and Elliot walked in to the room occupied by Maya Thomas, her small son sitting clutching the action figure. Elliot looked at Olivia and nodded, they both knew how they were going to work this.

"Mrs Thomas, I'm Detective Benson, this is Detective Stabler, from the Special Victims Unit"

Maya looked at them, she had a tight hold of her son's hand, a silence that seemed to last for minutes was soon broken.

"Hey buddy, why don't we go and get a drink? You can introduce me to your friend?" Elliot smiled

Charlie looked to his mom for approval, she nodded at him and smiled. Olivia smiled at the young child as Elliot took him for a drink, she sat down next to Maya.

"I know you've been through a lot Mrs Thomas, but can you tell me what happened to you?"

Maya looked at Olivia and sighed.

"Please call me Maya" she said blankly, her eyes cold, empty. The emotion had left her eyes when her son had.

"I was in the toy store with Charlie, he's been wanting that action doll for months, as soon as he heard it was coming out he had to get it. We left it a couple days, to let the crowds die down, I said he could get the doll whilst I picked out his sister's present".

"Where's your daughter Maya?"

"She's with her grandparents, it's her birthday on friday, I was getting ready to throw her a surprise party, the Belle doll was the last thing on the list I needed to pick up. I told Charlie to go and get his toy, I said i'd be over in the girls department. I was there looking around when someone touched my arm, I thought it was Charlie". She paused remembering the face of rapist. "He was so handsome, tall, muscly, green eyes, dark hair and the most amazingly perfect smile you've ever seen. He asked me to help him pick out a present for his niece". A tear ran down her cheek as she relived the moments of stupidity leading up to her rape, Olivia cupped Maya's hand with her own. "We talked, he was so confident, and, and normal. I was stupid, I should have known a guy like that wasn't paying attention to me because of my looks".

"Maya don't say that, most rapists are opportunists. He prayed on you because you were in the right place at the right time". Olivia comforted the victim.

"He told me a cute little story about how he'd asked one of the girls dressed up as princess's to help him, but she couldn't leave because she was working. So he asked me, he told me he was parked on the corner, and we'd be gone 5 minutes at the most". Maya's voice began to crack with tears as they etched their way up her throat. Olivia stroked her hand reassuringly. "He took out two dolls, limited edition Disney dolls, I couldn't take my eyes off him, then he got a third surprise out the bag, it was a gun, he told me if I screamed he'd shoot me right there, then go after my son, I got in to the van, he gagged me and hit me in the face" her voice shaking with every word as mascara sketched lines down her cheeks. "He was on top of me, then inside me, he was grunting like he was really enjoying it, I laid there with my eyes closed, I tried to pretend I'd fainted but he didn't stop. Then he hit me with something, hard around the head. Then I woke up here"

Olivia smiled at her warmly,

"Thank you Maya, you've been really brave"

Elliot returned with Charlie. Both detectives left the hospital and got back in to the car, heading to the toy store. When they arrived the on scene police officer was talking to the manager of the store.

"I've been waiting for you" the officer said "We've got all the video footage from in the store and the street footage but this was careful, planned, he knew where the cameras were and avoided them like the plague".

"Bastard planned this from the beginning" Elliot sighed looking at Olivia.

"We've got him in the store, but if he was confident enough to show his face on camera in there, he knows he's not in the system"

"Can't we do facial recognition?" Olivia suddenly said looking at Elliot "Run his face, if he has a license then we should be able to find him. He knows his car is traceable, it's gotta be why he hid it".