A/N: I have to thank Trace619 for this idea and LBM for being my sounding board as always. This C/O is based off the episode 911. I hope everyone enjoy's this story and as always reviews are welcomed.
Olivia double checked herself in the mirror before heading out. Tonight she had plans with, her girlfriend and their ADA, Casey Novak. It wasn't often that they made plans because one or the other had to cancel due to their careers, admittedly most of the time it was her though. The only saving grace she had was that usually when she had to work over so did Casey so they still had a chance to see each other just not in the context they had planned.
Tonight Olivia had gotten them tickets to a play that Casey had been begging to see since it hit Broadway. This morning she had told her to be ready by six she had a surprise for her. Tonight she was pulling out all the stops to make up for the last five canceled dates. She was decked out in a nice little black dress, or LBD as they are often referred to, and a nice set of heels. Olivia rarely dressed up feeling out of place when she did but would often do it for Casey on special nights like tonight. To top the evening off she had hired a driver to escort them around the city. Tonight would be a night to remember.
"Olivia Olivia I need you" Captain Cragen shouted as he ran out of the precinct spotting Olivia about to get into a car.
Olivia groaned hearing her name. How could this be happening? Cragen knew how hard she had worked for those tickets and how many times she had canceled on Casey in the past month. Sometimes being the only female detective for a squad that investigated sex crimes royally sucked.
"911 got a call from a nine year old girl claiming to be locked in her room and unable to get out." Cragen informed her as they headed back into the precinct.
"Is she hurt?" She asked suddenly forgetting the date she had planned. Nothing took precedent over children in her mind.
"We don't know just keep her talking till we track her down, Line two." Cragen ordered pointing at the phone and ordering the rest to be silent so Olivia could do her job.
While Olivia began the conversation with the girl she quickly texted Casey and told her there was a change of plans. It was night's like tonight she was sure when she came home she would find her stuff packed and on the curb. She was about to go on auto pilot with the little girl, whose name was Maria, when she heard her say that she hadn't eaten in two days and drank the last of her water the yesterday.
For over an hour Fin and Munch chased every lead they had obtained from Maria. Cragen had a dialect specialist coming in but had not arrived yet. When Cragen suggested pushing the girl even more she stated that the man she called her dad said this would happen, the police would never believe her. For over twenty minutes she had beat herself up thinking she had pushed the girl to far and had lost her. They were discussing the background noise when Casey showed up with a woman at her side.
"Captain this is Julia Ortiz, dialect expert" Casey said entering the captain's office. She knew how hard the cases with children hit Olivia so she was more than willing to do what was needed for her. "I worked with her in court."
Julia listened to the tapes they had recorded of the previous conversation and discovered that her accent was from Central America, more than likely from El Salvador, Nicaragua, or Honduras. She needed more to determine where. Maria became terrified and used Honduras slang which assisted them in locating where she was from. Julia attempted to contact the consulate but he was tied up at a reception that was occurring at the consulate. Casey who wasn't about to let anything happen to this girl on Olivia's watch decided to pay him a visit personally.
"What do you want the consulate to do?" Casey asked needing to know exactly what they wanted and needed.
"Put us in contact with the Honduras Police."
"I'll go see him in person" Casey said as she left Cragen's office.
"You know him?" Cragen asked a little shocked.
'Not yet." Casey answered as she headed off to locate him.
After a lengthy discussion with the Honduras consulate Casey was able to get in touch with the police. They had them verify the address and discovered that Maria did live there but died trying to illegally cross the border. They willingly faxed a picture of the little girl and with a little help from Maria they were able to verify that it was her. That was when she recognized the little girl.
About a month earlier Montreal SVU had sent pictures out of a little girl that was used in child pornography. The maker of this child porn was the most elusive and worse they had ever seen and didn't know a thing about him. That was what it took to convince Cragen that this was not a hoax. Fin was contacting Montreal police and Olivia was tasked with trying to get even more information.
While having Maria give her more information she discovered that Richard's hair was brown and he wore silver glasses that he placed in a blue eye glass case. She also told them that she could hear his footsteps on the stair sometime more. Those were the days she wanted to die.
Casey had thought they had made the break through till Cragen called to let her know that before they could get an accurate location on the girl the man known as Richard had returned and taunted Olivia. She could only begin to imagine the guilt her girlfriend was feeling at that moment. Knowing that she wouldn't leave work anytime soon, Casey made her way home and grabbed Olivia a change of clothes. Granted she looked hot in her LBD but it wasn't conducive to chasing down child predators in three inch heels. She stopped by on the way in to grab everyone dinner. It was well after eight and who knew when was the last time anyone took the time to eat.
Olivia had gratefully taken the change of clothes and was walking back into the bull pen when Cragen informed her that Montreal had sent more photos and Munch was going through them as they spoke. Casey's heart broke at the sight of the defeated look on her girlfriends face. She couldn't even begin to remember the last time she had ever saw that look.
"And the judge has given us warrants to examine company employee files and cross reference them against sex offender registries." Casey said as she wrapped her arm around Olivia, breaking their no affection while at work rule, hoping to offer her some comfort even though she knew it was useless.
Olivia briefly leaned into the comfort that Casey offered finding herself extremely frustrated. Even if they could get a lead the man had plenty of time to dispose of the body. They had wasted too much time chasing theories and the Captain not wanting to do more wild goose chases. The little girl was dead and it was her fault.