Olivia was sitting at her desk when the phone rang. Local police had found a female who was dead in the an apartment. There had been signs that had alerted SVU in their direction of course. Liv took it in stride, it was just another day at SVU. "Rollins, Fin tell me you have a name at least?" she questioned the two other detectives standing there once she got into the apartment.
Fin took his sunglasses off and peered at Olivia. "Petty Officer Shannon Burns" he stated. "Civil rights activist and from what the neighbors are saying top of her class at Colombia" he added.
"So we have a Navy Petty officer who's been raped and strangled. Neighbors saw nothing I am going to assume" she questioned.
"One of the neighbors saw a little girl get in a white van not too long ago. We are tracking the plates now."
"Find me that van" she stated before turning around and walking back out.
Then another voice cameo from behind. It was not a familiar one at all. "Lieutenant Benson? Agent DiNozzo NCIS" he stated "This is my partner Agent Bishop" he pointed out.
"I know why you are here Agent DiNozzo; but I have a missing child I need to find" Olivia's eyes bore into his. Normally, she wouldn't mind working with the federal agents but this was more important than some jurisdictional squabble.
"Well you do have a dead Petty Officer in that apartment and DC has sent us up here" Tony added swirling around to point a finger up at the apartment that she had just walked out of.
Olivia wasn't going to ask why DC had sent them instead of filing people out of the New York office. It was such a moot point. "Like I said I have a missing child to find." She retorted. The missing child was more important on her list right now than the body of a dead navy officer.
"Lieutenant" came another voice. That one did sound familiar. It was none other than Captain Ed Tucker.
"Bad time Tucker." Her voice seemed agitated as she started combing through Victim records.
"This isn't a social call. Officer Ridgewalde is AWOL from patrol this morning and IAB thinks he might be tied up in your case"
"My Case? No no no. The murder of petty officer Burns belongs to the feds." Why not use Tony as a scape goat now. After all she was going to make him play with Tucker.
"Maybe so, but it's also IAB's issue too" Ed pointed out.
"Then go talk to DiNozzo and Bishop. I have the clock ticking" she stated pushing past him. She heard him sigh but went to go talk to the neighbors. For now that was all she could do. Find out who she was looking for. When the plates came back she would know something more. She disappeared leaving Tucker with the feds. Nope they could discuss that one later. She's sure that would be a discussion for the ages.
His girlfriend had left him with the Navy feds. Yeah that had just happened. Just what he wanted for the day, Liv turning her problem over to him.
"Agents, any reason you are stepping into an NYPD IAB investigation?" Ed knew the reason but he wasn't going to let the federal agents steer his investigation.
"Well seeing as that is a dead Petty officer it makes it NCIS' case And you are?" Tony questioned as he looked over the IAB Captain. Working with him wasn't going to be near as fun as the attractive woman who had just left.
"Captain Tucker. NYPD IA. This is an in house investigation. The NYPD can handle this." He assured Tony and Bishop
"Are you two really going to have a pissing contest right now?" Rollins piped up as she came out behind Fin. "Put your measuring tapes away and do something useful?" she questioned. "I have to go tell Liv that the missing girl is Petty Officer Burns' daughter."
"Shouldn't we be helping them find the missing child then Tony. I mean she's the daughter of a navy woman" Ellie butted in. "Perhaps we should put Gibbs in the loop" she offered.
"Be my guest Bish, but you are on your own with that one" Tony pointed out.
"Gee thanks Tony" came the retort as she grabbed her phone to go fill her boss in.
"I need to know what the Petty Officer was into Agent DiNozzo. That is the only chance we have of getting this girl out alive. NCIS better work better than their reputation" Tucker retorted.
"What is wrong with NCIS' reputation?" Tony protested narrowing his eyes in Tucker's direction. What was wrong with this guy?
"Captain!" Liv's voice sounded hurried as she came back to the conversation sounding a bit out of breathe. "Your Officer.. He um.. We think he is the one who has the child." She had her back to DiNozzo as she tried to get Tucker's attention.
Little did Liv see was Tony's eyes glancing over her. Though Ed didn't miss them at all.
"Agent DiNozzo. I suggest you keep your eyes to yourself." Tucker shot back.
Liv raised an eyebrow at Ed for the time being. Did she even want to know? "Officer Ridgewalde, do you have any leads on his whereabouts?" The men were choosing now to discuss where eyes should and should not be?
"What I suddenly can't check out NYPD's finest?" offered DiNozzo. Though the looks he got from Bishop for his corny joke were fairly bad.
"DiNozzo I would quit while you are ahead" offered Ellie. "Lieutenant if we can be of any help in finding this girl" The blonde looked between Liv and Tucker.
Tucker was not pleased with DiNozzo. "I don't appreciate your eyes and comments about my girlfriend. Keep your eyes on your own woman and do your damned job. You have a dead naval officer. I have a missing cop, and SVU has a missing child. Your comments are not needed right now"
"I'm.." Ellie started to say.
"She's not my girlfriend" Tony said at the same time as Ellie had started to talk.
"I am hearing discussions about my body but what I am not hearing is information on Officer Ridgewalde Captain" Liv shot out at Tucker. What had happened to him?
"Lieutenant when I get information you will be the first to know" he replied. "In the meantime we should all get digging for any lead we can find." he suggested.