A/N: This just came as an inspiration as I was watching a scary movie, so I hope you guys like it! They're all seniors in college because it's not mentioned very often in here. Please, leave a review and read my other stories!

July 3

"Come on, Elliot!" Olivia huffed as they continued to zoom down the deserted Alaska state highway in Fin's brand new, shiny range rover. "You don't honestly believe that." Elliot looked at her with a serious expression on his face and ushered to the thick, green trees moving past them outside of the window in the chilly summer night air.

"I do." He said, looking into her dark eyes, his turning a shade darker as he saw the pure fear reflected back at him.

"Elliot, there are no cannibals living in the forest, now quit scaring them." Nick huffed from his reject seat in the very, very back of the car with luggage squished around him on both sides and Liv's husky, Samson. He probably would have been much happier if he had been seated between Casey and Liv, like Elliot was.

"I'm not scared." Casey said with her ipod still plugged into her ears, her head resting against the window as a few strands of red hair fell out of her sloppy bun. Nick snickered from his place in the backseat and crossed his arms, waiting for Elliot to continue his story.

"There's a whole legend behind it, but I'm not sure you wanna hear it." Elliot said looking into Liv's eyes once more. She nodded, slowly. Even though Olivia secretly loved scary things, driving along a deserted highway in the dead of night with not another living soul in at least fifty miles made her shiver down to her bones.

"Give it a rest already, Stabler." Alex Cabot, the beautiful blonde, snipped from the front seat with her feet on Fin's lap as he drove, faster than the speed limit, down the long stretch of highway. Fin snickered and Elliot shot them both a look to shut up, loving the feeling of teasing Olivia.

"One night, a group of friends were driving down an old abandoned highway." Elliot began in a deep, mysterious voice. "It was pitch black outside and they hadn't seen another human being in at least one hundred miles. All of a sudden they felt a bump under the car, so they pulled over to see if they had run over something." Elliot slinked his arm around Olivia's waist when he felt her shiver. It felt really good to have her this close to him, especially since she was scared.

"They didn't find anything, but then one of them went missing." He whispered in a low, hollow tone. Olivia narrowed her eyes at him.

"Missing?" She squeaked. Elliot nodded.

"She just disappeared, out of the blue. They turned their backs for only a second and she just vanished. They assumed she was somewhere in the woods, maybe playing a joke on them, except she didn't come back after they called her name for hours and hours." Olivia scooched her body closer to his, anticipation and fear taking over her.

"Three of them went out into the woods to look for the girl and two of them stayed behind by the car in case she showed up. When the three of them didn't come back either, the two remained considered driving to the nearest rest stop and calling for help, except the girl had the keys to the car, so they couldn't go anywhere. All they could do was wait." Elliot recognized that Alex had began to breath deeply through her nose and Nick had too. The only one's awake and listening were him, Liv, and Fin, who probably didn't even care that much.

"Soon the wait became nerve racking, so they had to go out and look for them. So, they walked and walked and walked." Elliot spoke slowly, emphasizing every word. "They called all of their names, even tried to find their way back to the highway, but succeeded in both to no avail. That's all the cops had managed to get out of the survivor."

"Survivor?" Olivia shuddered in his arms when he nodded into her hair as he rested his own against hers.

"Yeah, Liv. She said that there were these deformed men that ate her friends, every last part of them." Elliot murmured softly. He felt Olivia burry her head into his neck and the feeling of her soft eye lashes brushing back and forth against his skin. He kept repeating to himself in his mind that they were just friends, but the way she felt safely caged in his arms made those feelings he'd tried to conceal bubble up to the surface again.

"It was just a story, Liv." Elliot mumbled after a few quiet moments, still feeling her shaking.

"I know." She whispered back. Elliot could feel her hot breath on his neck and he wondered what it would feel like to have her warm, welcoming lips on his. His breath caught in his throat when he felt just a touch from them, and to his despair she sat up and looked away.

"Sorry." Liv mumbled under her breath, not quite meeting his eyes. Embarrassment and humiliation swelled up inside of her. Elliot Stabler was way far out of her league and to think that she could just press her lips wherever she pleased on his body, was absolute insanity. Sure they were best friends, but nothing more than that. Nothing more. She heard Elliot shift behind her and she uncomfortably crossed her arms over her chest. God, she was an idiot.

"Don't be." His voice was closer than expected as she felt his breath on her neck. "Liv, I-"

"DAMN!" Elliot was interrupted by the sound of Fin slamming his hands against the dashboard, frustrated obviously. Alex yawned and stretched, and Casey yanked the ear buds out of her ears.

"What now?" Nick moaned from the backseat, sleepily. So much for being alone. Disappointment flooded through Elliot when he realized that he wouldn't be able to tell Liv what he had been thinking for the past three years since they met as freshmen. He wouldn't tell her, not tonight at least.

"Runnin' out of gas. Almost empty." Fin groaned, sounding upset. Olivia exchanged a look with Alex, still feeling Elliot close. It felt good, like she was safe even though they had no clue how far they were from the nearest gas station.

"Have you seen any road signs?" Casey asked, biting her lips uncertainly. "Any sign of civilization?" Fin's face paled, as did everyone else's when they realized how truly far they were away from any other human.

"Guys, guys," Alex said swinging her feet off of Fin's lap to pull on her shoes. "There's bound to be a gas station in a few miles. We've been driving for at least five hours." Olivia's nostrils flared.

"What if there's not? How the hell are we going to find help?" Olivia asked in a shaky voice. Fin opened his mouth to say something, but Liv cut him off.

"We're not going to get any reception up here, idiot!" She snapped, trying to wiggle out of Elliot's arms which were securely wrapped around her waist.

"Liv, calm down." Elliot whispered, trying to sooth her. Dammit, he shouldn't have told her that story. Olivia lay her head in her hands as panic began to overtake her.

"El, I hate the forest." She whimpered. For the first time, Elliot saw her at a truly vulnerable state; her pupils dilated, beads of nervous sweat forming on her forehead, and her arms were shaking again, this time in true fear.

"Then why the hell did you come?" Nick snipped from the backseat. Everyone turned to glare at him.

"Nick, shut up." Elliot growled in a warning tone. The last thing he wanted was for Liv to think that she should've stayed home. God, no. This trip would suck if she weren't with him. Nick held his hands up in surrender, but he was still pissed that he had been the one forced in the very back.

"Oh thank god!" Casey said pointing her finger out the window to a small, raggedy sign on the side of the road.

SAL'S GAS AND DINER

1/2 MILE

Fin laughed in relief.

"And diner." He said staring in awe at the sign. "What I could use for a nice cheeseburger right now." The rest of them continued to argue over how badly Alex had packed their food, as Elliot whispered to Olivia.

"You okay, baby?" He asked with concern, placing his hand on her hip and pulling her body gently against him once more. This time she didn't resist. She seemed to have relaxed more when she saw the sign. Olivia nodded and lay her head on his chest, finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

"How about no more scary stories." Elliot said, as he heard Alex say something to Nick that sounded like, 'fuck off, asshole.' Now that wouldn't surprise anyone.

"How about you continue to tell me them as long as we're not in the middle of nowhere." Liv murmured, smiling against him. Elliot smiled when he heard her response.

"Deal." He said, snaking his other hand around her stomach.

A few, short minutes later the six of them pulled up to what must've been Sal's Gas and Diner, but boy did it just look like some old broken down house.

There was only one gas pump, and each of them had doubts that it was actually working, and a rickety looking shack behind it, with faded red paint pealing off of it. There was an old ford parked on the side of the shack, but it probably wasn't working by the looks of it. None of them saw another person outside with the green trees in the background framing the scene perfectly. It looked like the set of a horror movie, except they were the stars of the show.

"Oh dear god." Alex said as they all got out of the car, including Nick who was still struggling to untangle himself from his seatbelt. Everyone would have snickered in amusement, had they not all had the same thought floating around their minds. What if there wasn't anyone here?

"Shit.." Casey muttered under her breath as she began to walk towards the door of the shack only using only the front lights of Fin's car to guide her safely there. She knocked on the door and it immediately swung open to reveal a man in his late seventies with the serious need for some new clothes and a hair cut.

"Can I help you?" He croaked in a low, shaky voice that scared the shit out of Casey, not to mention the fact she hadn't been expecting anyone to answer the door with the first knock.

"Yeah, uherm, we just uherm need some gas. We're uh, running low." Casey stuttered. The man stared at them for a minute going from figure to figure.

There was the delicious looking redhead in front of him, with the nice, pretty green eyes. Then there was the beautiful blonde, with those long, long legs that would please him very much. At last there was that gorgeous dark haired girl, with a sweet vulnerable look to her. He could only imagine what she would be like. As for the young men that were with them, they were all very handsome, but not his type. He was sure that some of the girls would enjoy their meat if he didn't.

"I'll be right with ya." The man said extending his hand out to Casey, who hesitantly shook it. "The name's Sal, young lady and what might yours be?" Sal asked in a low, predatory voice. Casey shifted uncomfortably, as did the rest of them, not quite trusting this guy.

"Casey." She mumbled, looking at her feet. Sal used his other hand to reach up and brush away a piece of her stray hair on her face.

"You can't be more than twenty, now can you? You're a young thing." He said licking his lips. Casey looked at him with scared, wide eyes. The rest of them stood in shock. It was creepy enough he was eyeing her like he wanting to ravage her body, but the fact that he was actually making contact with her skin, freaked them out a lot.

"Hey!" Nick shouted from behind Casey, making his way up to her. "Can we just get the gas and leave?" He asked harshly, as he tugged Casey's hand and pushed her lightly to the rest of them, now just facing Sal.

"We're all friends here." Sal said in a more friendly tone, showing him his hands which was supposed to be some kind of friendly gesture. "I just gotta get my key to the pump, and I'll be right out." He went back into the shack without another glance behind him.

"Get in the car." Elliot demanded to Alex and Olivia who looked extremely alarmed at what had just happened. They were all taking courses in self defense, as they lived in New York, but this guy just seemed like a complete maniac. Olivia looked at him.

"What?" She asked, confused.

"Just get in the car, Liv."

"Why?" God she was so fucking stubborn.

"For protection." He said grabbing her hand in his. "It'll be fine, just I don't want him touching either of you like that." Alex and Olivia nodded uncertainly and climbed into the back of the car, making sure to get as far away from the windows as possible. Samson was sleeping in the backseat, as he had been for the whole time, but Olivia nudged him awake and patted her lap, so he would come up front and snuggle with her.

"You okay?" She whispered to Casey when she climbed in the car a few moments later. Casey nodded lightly, but Alex and Olivia still saw the pain and fear she was holding back. Casey wasn't one to expose her emotions like Alex was and Olivia could understand that. In fact because they both weren't into that, it made her feel closer to Casey, like they were sisters. Olivia wrapped her arms around Casey's shoulders that began to shake as she began to gently cry.

"That was so fucking weird." Casey sniffled through her tears. "Ah, god, I'm such a wimp." The three of them laughed with Samson safely tucked between them. At least they were safe and together, for now...

A/N: What's going to happen? Who the hell is this Sal guy and why is he having these weird thoughts about the three girls? Next chapter will be much, much longer and more exciting and angsty.