When Tragedy Strikes Two Hearts
A.N. I don't own anything pertaining to SVU. Otherwise, what happened Tuesday April, 4th 2006, never would have happened. Olivia never would have been harmed and Elliot would have saved that little boy and therefore never would have almost lost his mind. Although, had none of that happened Elliot and Olivia couldn't have realized the reality of their colliding worlds. I hate it when good comes out of bad. But, what is going to happen to Olivia? She better stay with the SVU, just switch the partners around or something. I mean, she can't leave it just CAN'T be done that way! Anyway, I was asked to continue, but I knew that if I was going to I had to watch the episode first so that is why it took me this long. Also I am staying up way late for school tomorrow but I REALLY don't care. SVU is more important to me right now. Anyway, I had to alter some things, so don't hate the EXTREME FICTION I had to put in here. I am still going to put most of the last scene in here because I kind of have to since I know that it happened. So I tried my hardest so please, no flame. Heats.
Chapter Two:
The cut on Olivia's throat turned out to be a slashed artery. She would have to get stitches but then all should go alright and she shouldn't have to miss any work time. Not that she was going to even if it was suggested by the hospital staff. She had to help Elliot catch this bastard.
At around seven o' clock that night, once the surgery was finished, Olivia heard the door to her hospital room open. She looked up hoping that it would be Elliot and found herself disappointed when Fin entered the room.
"Hey there, Liv." She smiled at him and started to sit up. "Oh, don't get up on my behalf." Olivia shook her head slightly,
"No, I'm gonna go to the station anyway." Fin smiled,
"We figured that. Cragen sent me down here to give you a ride." Olivia laughed slightly. "I'll be outside the door." She nodded and started to change into her regular clothes as quickly as she could. She grabbed her cell phone off the bed stand and her coat off the foot of the bed and walked out the door.
The ride to the precinct was a quiet one. Olivia wasn't sure why Fin was quiet but she was too busy thinking of how her conversation with Elliot earlier that day would most definitely alter everything in both of their lives.
When they reached the precinct Cragen was just hanging up the phone. He told Olivia that Elliot was checking out Gitano's whereabouts for the past month and told her where he was heading next. Olivia went to a cruiser and got there as quickly as she could. She found herself at a rundown metal factory and saw Elliot just about to enter the chain-link fence when she pulled up. She jumped out of the car almost forgetting to close the door behind her.
"Anything
interesting?"
"We'll see." Elliot lifted the chain that
held two parts of the fence together and let Olivia go first. They
went in prepared for anything and carefully looked around piles of
metal rubbish and metal boxes making sure they weren't heading for
a trap. Olivia smelled cigarettes and motioned Elliot over to her
side of the place. He nodded and decided that they had better split
up. Elliot went to the left and Olivia went to the right.
She walked around slowly looking for anymore clues to find out where the bastard was. Then suddenly she heard a loud crash and clanging of metal accompanied by the sound of two men struggling. She followed the sound but waited right next to it behind a metal box until a sound of distress was heard. A gunshot rang out and Olivia jumped forward, gun ready, and landed on her stomach to see Elliot dropping his weapon and in the grasp of Gitano, gun at his head. Olivia swallowed hard and all three of them began talking at once. Olivia was trying to connect with the guy, Elliot was telling her to shoot, and Heranzo was telling Olivia to drop her weapon. Olivia slowly stood still holding the gun level with Gitano's head keeping her aim while trying to ignore Elliot's request.
As she stared over the gun she realized that she wanted to shot the guy, she wanted to shot him more then once. But realized, even before his taunt that no matter what Elliot would die if he did, Olivia didn't want to risk Elliot's life, it was too precious for her. Gitano forced Elliot to stand after being forced on his knees for this entire time. The three of them began talking again but all Olivia could really hear was Elliot telling her to make the right choice and just shot the damn gun. But she couldn't do it. She couldn't risk being the cause of Elliot's death, she loved him. She let this thought cloud her vision along with tears. Then the decision she realized she had to make-but her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a sniper shooting his gun and causing Gitano to fall to the ground.
Elliot and Olivia stood there with tears on both of their faces staring at each other. There was nothing they could do. Olivia wanted to run to him, hug him, make sure that his heart was really beating, tell him again that she loved him. But she didn't. Then Elliot screamed for everybody to be quiet. She then heard, along with Elliot, the whimper of a little girl in the far distance. She remembered then why she was in this situation-her job.
Olivia and Elliot ran towards the sound calling out for Rachel. When they found her she was afraid. Of what neither could be one hundred percent sure of, but it didn't matter, they had found the little girl. That's what mattered.
After Olivia finished answering Elliot's questions about Rachel's condition she sat on the couch and they sat there in silence. Then Elliot spoke up.
"That sniper hadn't beaten you to it, I know you would have taken that shot, Olivia."
"No I wouldn't of. Did you really expect me to? Did you really expect me to cause your death? What about your kids?"
"I don't know. I just couldn't get that boy out of my head."
Olivia paused, then quietly stated, "What about me?"
"Look, we both chose each other over the job. We can't let that happen again. Otherwise…we can't be partners." Olivia looked at him fighting the tears she was sure would come anyway.
"I can't believe you're saying that." Deep down, Elliot couldn't either. But he knew the reality behind his words.
"You and this job are about all I have anymore…I don't want to wreck that. I couldn't take it."
Olivia hesitated before knocking on Cragen's door. She didn't wait for a reply. Cragen looked up surprised and dismayed.
"Olivia, what's up?" Olivia closed the door behind her and leaned against it for the support that she needed.
"I want a new partner." She looked to the ground to avoid eye contact because she wanted to leave it at that. A simple statement that she prayed that Cragen would understand. He did, but he needed an explanation.
"For what cause? Elliot didn't mean what he said about you not being able to do your job. He was upset." Olivia looked up suddenly, she had forgotten all about that, probably because she knew that Elliot didn't really mean anything he had said in his mad rage.
"It's not about that." She paused and saw both confusion and realization cloud Don's eyes. "It's a personal matter." He nodded but stopped her before she turned and left.
"Sit." Olivia did, reluctantly. "On a business level I have no right to pry any further into this…but as a friend, I think that you should care enough to let me know." She nodded because she knew what he said was true and she did want to tell him, she just didn't know what to say.
"Elliot…I…Well…" She sighed exasperated. "I don't even know what to say."
"I care about him as more then a partner…more then a friend, even." She looked up and realized then what the realization was from earlier. He knew, and she figured he had always known.
"If you know, then why are you asking me to tell you?"
"I just want to make sure I'm right." She smiled slightly, as did Olivia. But the smile didn't stop the pain of the memory that came flooding back, and the pain did nothing to stop the tears that she didn't want to cry.
"He said that…if we let this happen again…we couldn't be partners." She sputtered out. She felt like a child but Don didn't say anything, he knew the best thing he could do was, to stay quiet, and let her talk. "I know he's right, but…" She swallowed another burst of tears before they came. "And I know why he doesn't want to mess this up." Don stood and Olivia did, too but she held her palms to her eyes to try and stop the tears.
Don slowly wrapped his arms around her in a hug, like the one a father gives his daughter. Olivia hugged him back and laid her head on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry about this, Don." He patted her back and said,
"If you feel anything right now, it shouldn't be apologies for this." They pulled apart and she looked at the floor before Don put a hand under her chin and made her look him in the eyes. "You made the right choice Olivia." He paused as he thought his words over quickly yet carefully. "About everything."
Olivia was confused. About more then just Don's remark. About how she was feeling, wondering if she really had made the right choice, wondering what would happen. Would she be taken off the squad? Don wouldn't do that but the IAB might. Anything could happen. All she knew was it was too late to go back now. She leaned up against the wall until her tears stopped. She excused herself from Cragen's office and walked up to the roof. She sat down and leaned against the block boundary around the edge. She was probably alone up there with the cool Spring breeze about five minutes when Elliot came up. He sat across from her and looked at he cement roof underneath him. They sat there in silence and didn't say a word. Enough had been said today, enough had been said for tomorrow as well but that couldn't be predicted right now. They just sat there, in their last moment of partnership, in silence. Neither of them knew what would happen, but at least they knew the truth. They loved each other. The future was not in their hands. It never had been, and never would be, and they had to except that. All they could do is hope and pray that something good could come from this.
