Thanks for the reviews so far. Sorry these first few chapters are short, they will get longer but for now they're short just to get the story moving along quicker.
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Chapter 1
Three years later
As Elliot ran, moving faster and faster, the bitter cold New York air stabbed at the back of his throat. It was winter, and a particularly harsh one at that. As he continued to run the snow crunched beneath his feat and the fog in front of him blurred his path. He didn't mind, he was used to it. He'd been running every morning and night for the past three years, since they'd lost Olivia in the explosion, images that still flashed constantly through his head.
Even after three years it still hadn't got any easier, he still missed her everyday, he still hated how temps came through the SVU, assigned to her desk, none of them ever stuck. He knew he never made it easy for them but he didn't care. He only wanted one partner.
Everyday the guilt he lived with got harder and more unbearable.
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After almost two hours of running, Elliot was back inside his nice warm building. He was quickly trying to get his door open to rush in and answer the ringing phone he could hear. Finally he was in and he answered it just in time.
"Stabler," he answered simply.
"Elliot, its Cragen. I need you to get down to the precinct now." The captain said, not offering an explanation before he hung up, leaving Elliot confused but intrigued.
He quickly changed and then left for the SVU, dersperatley trying to think of what could be so important.
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It was gone midnight by the time Elliot walked into the squad room. He became even more intrigued when he saw Fin and Munch had also been called in. They all still worked there, setting some sort of record for longest serving SVU detectives. Probably.
Huang and Melinda were there too. Huang still helped out within the SVU department when needed and Melinda was still a medical examiner. A job she feared she'd never be able to give up.
Casey was also there. She still worked for the ADA's office but was currently off on maternity leave. Elliot couldn't help but think she had doubled in size since he had last seen her a little under a month ago, she looked ready to pop, and she was.
"What's all this about?" Elliot asked no one in particular.
"I think it's best if I just show you." Cragen said as he stepped out of his office and into the squad room, the three years after loosing one of his best detectives showing on him.
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They had all followed Cragen into the observation area of interview room 1. None of them were prepared for what or rather who they saw through the glass. All of them were left shocked and confused. All of them were speechless.
"Officers brought her in when she assaulted one of them. They were breaking up a fight she was having with some guy. He gave her one hell of a pounding on her cheek then ran. Officers didn't catch him." Cragen said.
The others continued staring, still not moving or talking.
"We're gonna do a blood and DNA comparison to confirm it's her, not that I think we need them."
Elliot in particular remained silent and frozen in front of the glass as he watched the agitated woman inside pace, the bruising on her cheek more than obvious. Suddenly she launched forward, banging the glass with the palm of her hands, "Let me hell out of here!" she yelled.
Elliot just continued staring at her as she stood there. He'd never forgotten even the slightest detail of the face looking back at him. How could he? She was his partner, his best friend, the person he loved with his whole heart.
It was Olivia, back from the dead…
TBC
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