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Accidents and Revenge
After nine years of working side-by side together Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler, have seen there fair share of heartache. But when it happens to them its another thing all together.
For Elliot only three things matter to him more than anything else in the world and those things are his family, his job and Olivia. As much as he denies it, Olivia sometimes means more to him than his own family. Since she's been one of the constancies in his life, through every problem that has arisen in his marriage and in some way is looked upon as a cause by his wife Kathy and his oldest daughter Maureen. In Olivia's life she only has two things that get her through the day her job and her friends especially her best friend and partner Elliot. Those two have been through everything that you could ever imagine and some that you can't.
So it was only natural for them to work the gruesome rape cases, but this one took a turn that neither of them was expecting. This one was a little two close to home, one of there own was raped as well as brutally beaten and nobody could believe that someone could do something like that to her. Yet when the call came for this scene the only one to respond was Don Cragen, and that was at the request of the officer on scene.
"What do we got here Sergeant?" (Capt. Don Cragen)
"A woman in her late thirties, early forties. She was brutally beaten and we think might have been raped, she's also unconscious so we called for a bus. But upon further look we came across her purse on the table by the front door it had this in it…second we saw the badge and the name we called you directly Captain" (Sgt. David Kendall)
"Thank you, has the medics arrived yet?" (Cragen)
"Ten minutes out, they are stuck in traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. We got lucky two of my own they have just finished there emergency response training, so the two of them are keeping an eye-on her" (Sgt. Kendall)
"Great. You call anybody else, involving this?" (Cragen)
"Nobody yet, thought you'd like to call your team on your own. My officers only work the scene like they've been trained by your lot and CSU" (Sgt. Kendall)
"Who worked with us last?" (Cragen)
"That would be Officer Reilly, just transferred over from your borough. Didn't even have to have him train with SVU he worked one on one with you guys, for close to three years" (Sgt. Kendall)
"You aren't talking about Noah Reilly are you?" (Cragen)
"One in the same why? Is there going to be a problem with him working with you?" (Sgt. Kendall)
"None, he actually worked with us for the past five years, two of them was as an acting detective. I wondered what happened to him after that shooting mishap, a year ago" (Cragen)
"Sent down to me here at the 2-5, to keep an eye on. Was told by the chief that this kids on his way to detective in homicide. Just like his old man. Any truth to that?" (Sgt. Kendall)
"Some he's good but…he's young and he's been living in his old mans shadow's for his entire life and even now he's still in his shadow. Noah needs to experience something his father never faced and this case will be one of those experiences" (Cragen)
"I guess but I don't feel comfortable having him work it. Especially with the three complaints pending against him" (Sgt. Kendall)
"Still, he got those when he was in my borough. Somebody is trying to hinder his career" (Cragen)
"Probably…." (Sgt. Kendall)
"Serge, Cap. She's coming to" (random Officer). The second that was out of the officer's mouth the two older men took off to see for themselves.
Once the paramedics finally arrived Olivia had slipped back into her state of unconsciousness. It was after he had made sure Liv was in the ambulance and the female who was in the room with her was going with her to the hospital that he called in Elliot, Munch, Fin and Chester. Don made sure that he had a good control on his own emotions before his unit showed up, knowing that the second they see all the cruisers outside of her house they were going to go crazy.
"Anything I can do to help Don?" (Officer Noah Reilly)
"Yeah Noah, stay right with your guys till O'Halloran comes up with something" (Cragen)
"Sure thing" (Noah)
"And Noah that shooting wasn't your fault, the guy came from nowhere on you. It was you or Elliott and John, you made the right call" (Cragen)
"Try telling that to the board and the inquiry they don't see it that way neither does the family of the guy, who I killed" (Noah)
"I have told the board and the inquiry, just that and that's why your still a cop" (Cragen)
"No what, I don't care anymore. I came to the 2-5 because I was forced to. But…it's just not fair. I get hounded every day by my old man, he's never going to let me live it down. He's spent his entire career without killing a man and within my first seven years I killed a man" (Noah)
"Don't let your old man get to you. Your not him and you never will be. So go over to your guys and help them out with canvassing" (Cragen)
"Okay" (Noah Reilly). It wasn't what he was hoping for but he couldn't ask for much, he was after all the guy who had screwed up and took a bullet to the chest in his last case with SVU, he only got lucky that the Kevlar caught it.
Shortly after Noah had gone to help his fellow officers out with the canvass that Elliot, Munch, Fin and Chester showed up.
"Cap, where's Liv?" (Det. Elliot Stabler)
"What happened here?" (Det. Fin Tutuola)
"Was it Olivia's apartment or one of her neighbors, Don?" (Sgt. John Munch)
"Captain?" (Det. Chester Lake). Don was coming up empty he kept looking around for some kind of support but Sergeant Kendall was over by a squad car telling his men what to do and Noah was just about to re-enter the apartment building. Just before Noah was to enter the building he looked over and saw that Don was looking around for help, so he sent his guys in without him and told them he'd join them the second he was done, they were cool with that and continued in without them. When Don looked around he caught sight of Noah coming over to him and his guys and felt a little bit at ease knowing he had somebody who could help him tell the guys.
"Hey captain, need some help?" (Noah)
"Noah, that you?" (Elliot)
"Yep, hey El, Fin Munch and…" (Noah)
"Chester Lake" (Chester)
"Hi" (Noah)
"So boy who save my life, what happened here?" (Munch)
"And please don't say Liv was involved" (Elliot)
"That depends, captain you want me to tell them or do you want to?" (Noah)
"I should probably tell them, but I just can't form the words needed" (Cragen)
"Don't worry. I'll do it" (Noah)
"Do what?" (Fin)
"Someone just tell us already" (Elliot)
"A little after ten tonight, a squad from my unit was dispatched to an emergency call to an apartment in this building and upon arrival we found a woman brutally beaten and raped. That isn't why Cragen can't speak upon further investigation we found her purse and inside was a badge, the woman is…" (Noah)
"It's Olivia guys, she was beaten and raped" (Cragen)
"Is she…" (Elliot)
"She's alive but it's bad, she came to once and then passed out again. My serge sent one of our female officer's with her to the hospital and the rest of us our canvassing" (Noah)
"What are you doing?" (Fin)
"Canvassing like the rest of my unit, but I saw the captain and figured he could use some help telling all of you" (Noah)
"I'm good now, Noah. Thanks for your help you should probably go help with the canvassing of neighbors" (Cragen)
"Sure thing, just radio if you need anything" (Noah)
"You've got it" (Cragen). There was going to be to many questions surrounding Olivia and as much as Don knew he had to pass the case off to Brooklyn SVU, he couldn't bring himself to make that call, not yet at least. He knew once he started talking to his guys about the situation he knew his decision would be made for him. They'd want to work the case but he was concerned about the fact that they were going to have to work with Noah and he didn't think Elliot or John could handle that. Actually he knew John could but Elliot he figured would more than likely be trying to put any differences aside from the shooting to work the case.
"We taking it or passing it off Captain?" (Chester)
"I really want to catch this bastard who hurt Liv, but regulations state I have to pass it off. Were too close to the victim" (Cragen)
"Screw the rules, this guy hurt Liv. One of us, we have to catch him" (Elliot)
"If we take this case we will be under scrutiny the entire time, by the brass and we don't need for them to see us acting like jackasses out for vengeance for one of our own, understood, guys?" (Cragen)
"Don't worry, Captain. We can handle it" (Chester)
"You maybe able to Lake, but these guys won't be able to. Since we have to work with the 2-5 on it" (Cragen)
"No problem" (Elliot)
"Elliot, Noah works at the 2-5, can you handle working with him again?" (Don)
"I can try, that's all I can do" (Elliot)
"Not good enough, you have to be able to work with him without any ill-will towards him, he's still dealing with the shooting as well as a few other things. How about you two, Fin, Munch? Can you guys handle it?" (Cragen)
"No problem, Cap. For Liv, I'll do anything" (Fin)
"John?" (Don)
"I've made peace with the kid over a year ago. It won't be a problem for me" (Munch)
"Good. Now Elliot, can you put your differences for the kid aside and work the case with him, remember he was wearing Kevlar that day you and John weren't and the guy was going to kill you guys. Plus Liv respect's him and trusts him just as much as she trusts you" (Cragen)
"For Liv, captain I'll stow my differences with the kid for now, just don't expect me to be chummy with him" (Elliot)
"Noted and thank you. Now you three wait here while I talk to the chief about us keeping the case" (Cragen). It was a long shot at most, but he had to try his guy's wont want any other case until the one with Liv was solved and he wouldn't want anybody but his guys on the case.
It took a lot of arguing and bending to the chief's wishes and rules but they got Liv's case. Once the guy's found out that it was a go on the case, they got to work on talking to CSU and the patrol officer's who arrived on scene first and those who were canvassing the apartment building. Worsted thing for Elliot was that he had to talk with O'Halloran which was fine if he was already talking with Noah Reilly at the time. Not wanting to intrude Elliot waited till the moment he caught Noah saying something about a 'pipe' being used.
"That makes sense, you find it in the bathroom or the bedroom?" (Forensics Tech Ryan O'Halloran)
"Kitchen" (Noah)
"Kitchen? Who'd keep a metal pipe lying around in there kitchen?" (O'Halloran)
"Lot's of people, ever been to the neighborhood two blocks south of here? They keep baseball bats in there kitchens for protection. I should know my partner and I got nailed in the stomach with a Louisville Slugger, just last month" (Noah)
"Guess they didn't call time before entering" (Elliot)
"Nice one Stabler, any news on how Olivia is doing?" (O'Halloran)
"Nothing yet, what did you two find?" (Elliot)
"Not us, a rookie found it when him and CSU were sweeping the place" (Noah)
"And that would be?" (Elliot)
"A metal pipe in the kitchen, covered in what looks like to be blood and hair, wont know more until we get it back to the lab and process it" (O'Halloran)
"Hey, Ryan somebody is trying to wave you over. I'll check in with you later, I'm needed by my sergeant anyways" (Noah)
"Okay and Elliot let me know how Olivia is when you hear, anything" (O'Halloran)
"Sure thing, O'Halloran. You'll be my first call" (Elliot)
"Great, talk to you guys later" (O'Halloran). After O'Halloran had left to see what his colleague had found so appealing that left Elliot alone with Noah for a few minutes before he too took off to find his sergeant to see what was to happen next. By the time that Elliot had gathered himself from seeing the places he heard O'Halloran and Reilly mention, being the bathroom, bedroom and kitchen he couldn't believe how much blood and destruction there was in the rooms.