A/N: New story. Pretty much angst. Hope y'all like it!

She was staring into the barrel of his gun; his knuckles were turning white from gripping the gun so tightly.

She knew it'd be only a matter of seconds before he'd pull the trigger.

''Get it over with'' she said softly; demanding. He had his gun aimed at her head; at least it'd be quick.

''My pleasure'' he hissed while his fingers slowly touched the trigger. Just one pull.

One movement. One life.

She closed her eyes, hoping it would be as quick as she imagined.

She heard a loud bang; but it wasn't his gun. It was a loud knock on the door.

His hands rapidly left the trigger; now aiming his gun at the door. ''Leave, or I swear to God, I'll kill her'' he yelled.

He hadn't even said a word, but she knew exactly who was behind that door.

''Just leave, just leave'' were the words racing through her mind. Not because she thought he'd let her live, she knew she was gonna die. No, it was because she didn't want him to hear it. That one bang, that one bullet, wouldn't just kill her, it'll kill Elliot too...

''Just open the door. I just want to talk'' Elliot said desperately; desperate to get Olivia out safely.

''Don't let him come in'' she said pleading; ''This is something between me and you. He has no business being here'' she said.

He looked at Olivia; almost like he felt bad for her. But if that was the case, it didn't last long, because his face quickly got that evil smile back. That evil look that was going to be the dead of her pretty soon. The smile he shot her gave her shivers all over her body and his eyes got that cold intensive stare again; ''Come in detective''.

Her heart dropped when she saw the door opening slowly, his hands in the air; proving he wasn't armed.

''Did he completely lost his mind?'' Olivia asked herself. Ofcourse the answer to that was 'yes'.

The gun who had been aimed at her head for at least ten straight minutes was now aimed at Elliot's heart. Not that it mattered much, because Olivia was practically paralyzed and glued to the ground from the minute Elliot set foot in this room.

''I just want to talk'' Elliot said calmly; still keeping his hands in the air.

''Let her go and talk to me. Let's make a trade. Let her go and take me'' Elliot continued.

''No!'' the words escaped her mouth before she even realized she'd said them.

''Take me'' Elliot repeated; completely ignoring Olivia's outburst.

''And why would I do that?'' Geniro asked. 'That was probably the first smart thing he'd said the whole time she was there' Olivia thought to herself.

Every time Elliot told Geniro to let her go and trade, Olivia furiously shook her head; she didn't even had the strength or ability to actually speak anymore.

There was one thing more frightening to her than the thought of her dying; the fact Geniro was actually considering Elliot's offer..

Elliot was facing her now. He looked at her with his clear blue eyes, turning slightly grey; losing his light in such a dark situation wasn't that strange.

''The only reason we caught you is because I put a tail on your phone. Every phone call you made was traced by our technical crime lab. It had nothing to do with Olivia'' Elliot explained rapidly.

Olivia shook her head in disagree and forced herself to get some words out; ''He's lying''. It wasn't much, but it was a start.

Elliot shot her a desperate look; didn't she know he was trying to rescue her, here?

''Let her go!''

''Don't listen to him''.

It'd be a miracle if Ginero wasn't going completely nuts, because even Olivia was.

''SHUT UP!'' he yelled before he fired a couple shots in the air.

The shots were enough to cut them off guard for a moment.

Olivia's heart was pounding insanely now and Elliot was seeking desperate matters to put an end to this; he lifted his shirt a couple inches until his bulletproof vest got in sight.

''Elliot!'' she said so softly she wasn't even sure he heard it. She wasn't even sure if she even said it out loud at all.

''If you need to blame someone, if you need to shoot someone for that matter...shoot me'' he said while he got rid of his vest in one short tug; his hands in the air again while he let his vest fall on the ground.

'Shoot me' the sentence wouldn't stop repeating itself in Olivia's head. She always knew Elliot would take a bullet for her, she'd do the same for him, but now he was actually doing it, she really realized how special, but awful it really was.

She didn't know what was worse; going to see Elliot die or die herself..

''Are you taking the offer?'' Elliot asked Ginero.

'Elliot and his damn offer!' Olivia thought while she tried to make eye contact with him; get him to back down.

Suddenly, Ginero lowered his gun and kicked the vest away from Elliot.

Both Elliot and Olivia were confused by his sudden action; does this mean he's taking on Elliot's offer?...

Elliot's eyes locked on hers and for the first time that hour, she saw that flickering light in his eyes again; he wasn't going to give up.

''You don't need to do this'' it was the first thing she said to him and probably the most truthful thing she'd ever said.

''I know'' was his short reply.

''Did anyone say you two could talk?'' Ginero yelled furiously while waving his gun to the both of them.

It was like they weren't even aware of Ginero still being there, yelling at them.

''I'm sorry for bringing you into this'' Olivia almost whispered; tears threatening to spill.

It took everything in him not to walk up to her and pull her in his arms.

''You didn't'' Elliot said instead.

They weren't surprised to see Ginero aiming his gun at Elliot again.

''It's okay'' he mouthed to Olivia, who was close to breaking down.

It took all the strength in her body to nod her head and say: ''I'm so sorry''...

A/N: A new story. Not sure if I'm going to leave it here, or continue it. REVIEW and let me know what you think.