Chapter 2

It was the next day now. Nicole had stayed at Olivia's apartment, that night. Both women showed up at SVU and before Nicole could talk to Fin and Munch she was called into Cragen's office. When she walked in she noticed another woman and of course her captain, "What's sup?" Nicole asked.

"Nicole, this is Jamie Roenick. She just transferred here from Narcotics. She's gonna be your new partner." Cragen informed her.

"My partner?" Nicole asked, kind of shocked.

"Yes, you need a partner. I'm not sending you out there solo." Cragen said.

Nicole nodded, "All right then. Point taken." She then turned to her new partner, "I guess you and me are partners then."

"Looks, that way. So, I guess we can get to work then. That is if there's nothing else, Captain." Jamie said turning her attention to Cragen.

Cragen sighed, "Just keep her back."

"You shouldn't have to ask that, sir." Jamie replied.

Cragen shook his head, "Just get out there."

Nicole and Jamie left Cragen's office and made their way to the bullpen. Munch walked up to them and turned his attention to Jamie. "So, where's Jimmy Hoffa buried?" he asked.

"I don't know, but the government's definitely involved." Jamie replied.

"Welcome aboard." Munch said.

Nicole laughed, "John, if I remember correctly. You asked me that exact question as well."

"It's a legitimate question. It helps me sort out the wackos from us regular people."

"Wackos, the world is full of 'em." Nicole answered, "Which is why this job never gets boring."

"Ain't that the truth." Jamie said and turned to Munch. "I'm Jamie Roenick, by the way."

"John Munch. Conspiracy theory extraordinaire." he said and shook her hand.

Nicole shook her head, "Don't mind him, he's just himself today."

At that point Fin walked up to the group and looked right at Jamie. "Jamie, what are you doing here?" Fin asked surprised.

"Fin! I just transferred here." Jamie said and hugged Fin.

"I take it two know each other?" Munch asked.

Nicole looked at Munch, "I think they do."

"We do." Jamie answered.

"We worked together in Narcotics." Fin added.

"Small world." Nicole said, "She's my new partner."

"Well, you're getting a damn good one." Fin stated. "At least she was when we were partners."

"Wow, real small world."

"Wait a minute." Munch said. "You're not the partner who was shot are you?"

"That's me. I just hope Fin here realizes it wasn't his fault." Jamie said.

Nicole's eyes were big. But Fin was the one who spoke, "Jamie that was for me, not you."

"Look, Fin, it's something that happened. It's in the past now. And I never blamed you, don't ever think that."

"Okay, enough chit chat." Nicole said, as a paper was handed to her. She turned to Jamie, "We have a case."

"All right. Let's get going then. We'll talk later, Fin." Jamie said.

"Yeah, okay." Fin replied.

"I'll catch ya guys later," Nicole said and started to walk towards the door with Jamie, "So what really brought you to SVU?" she asked her.

"Have you ever worked Narcotics?" Jamie said asking Nicole her own question.

As they walked out the door Nicole shook her head, as brushed a few stray hairs that fell in her eyes. "Nope. I was working with Homicide down in Dallas before I came here."

"Well, I'll tell you this, after you've worked around drugs for as long as I have, you tend to want to get away from that scene."

"Homicide wasn't that much better, ya know."

"No, but at least in homicide you don't have to prove yourself to drug dealers when you're undercover."

"No but sometimes you have to play the next potential victim to catch the killer."

"Point taken. So, I guess we've both put ourselves in uncomfortable situations then."

"More then you realize."

"So, what's the case we get to work on my first day SVU?" Jamie asked.

As they stood just outside the building Nicole looked down at the paper, "16 year old victim was rapped."

"Shit!" Jamie cursed. "Well, one thing Cragen did tell me was that we don't get to pick the victim."

"No we don't, but the least we can do is try to get justice." Nicole sighed.

"Justice. Sometimes I wonder about it." Jamie said rubbing the nape of her neck.

Nicole shook her head, "We can try cant we?"

"Okay, let's go talk to the victim."

/Chung Chung/

Nicole and Jamie were standing outside the 16-year-old rape victim's hospital room talking to the doctor; "She had extensive injuries."

"Did she say who did this to her?" Nicole asked.

The doctor shook his head, "No, not to me or the nurses. All I can tell you is that she was brought in from her home."

"Are her parents here?" Jamie asked.

"That's just the thing. We have been trying to get in contact with her father. And he is no where to be found." The doctor answered.

"Gee I wonder why." Jamie mumbled under her breath.

"Can we see her?" Nicole asked glancing at Jamie.

The doctor nodded, "Sure thing," he said and opened the door for the two detectives.

Nicole and Jamie walked in and saw the sight. The young victim was curled up in a ball on the hospital bed. Her blonde hair was a slight mess, and her eyes were red from crying, "Who are you?" she asked, in almost a whisper.

Nicole walked over to the bed and looked at the girl, "My name is Detective Nicole Green, this is Jamie Roenick. We're here to help you."

"Can you tell us your name?" Jamie asked.

The girl looked at them and pulled her legs tighter against her chest. "My name's Rachel." She said and started to cry again.

"Rachel, can you tell us who hurt you?" Nicole asked.

Rachel shook her head, "I can't. I can't."

"Listen, sweetheart, we want to catch the man that hurt you. But you have to tell us who he is." Jamie said moving closer to the bed.

"He'll kill me if I tell you. And you guys." Rachel said as she started to cry again.

Nicole leaned down to Rachel's level, "No he won't. We won't let him near you."

"No, you don't understand, you can't stop him. No one can."

"We can stop him, Rachel. But we need to know who he is first." Jamie said.

"I can't tell you guys. Don't you understand?"

Nicole looked up at Jamie, "Go get the rape kit from the nurse."

"Got it." Jamie said and left.

Nicole looked at Rachel, "Sweetheart, you have to tell us. That way he wont hurt you again or anyone else."

"No, I'm telling you. If I don't say anything, he'll leave me alone."

"No, he won't Rachel. If you don't tell us who he is, he'll hurt again and possibly other girls." Nicole said feeling like she was getting nowhere.

"Just leave me alone. Find out your own ways. I am not telling you anything!"

Jamie came back to the room and walked up to Nicole. "I got the kit. Did she tell you anything?"

"Nothing. We're gonna have to start with finding her father." Nicole said as they walked out of the room.

"I'll bet my paycheck, he did it." Jamie said.

/Chung Chung/

Nicole was staring at the board, pictures of Rachel. She damn near jumped ten feet in the air when Munch walked up to her, "Your vic?"

"Yeah, 16 year old rape victim. Only problem is, she's not talking." Nicole replied grimly.

"Anything from Warner?"

"She's working on it now."

"Working with rape victims is hard enough, but when it's kids..." Munch started to say.

"It's down right difficult." Nicole finished.

Just then Jamie walked up, "Got the tests back. There was no hits in CODIS. However Warner pointed this out," She said passing it to Nicole, "13 elials in common."

"So, we're looking for a parent. And since we found semen, that means we have to find dear old dad." Nicole said taking the test results from Jamie.

Munch looked at them, "Any idea where they are?"

Jamie shook her head, "Hospital was couldn't find him."

"I'd say the bastard skipped town after Rachel was brought in to the hospital." Nicole said.

"Most likely." Munch added.

"Okay, I say we go to the house. Maybe we can find the mother." Jamie suggested.

/Chung Chung/

Nicole and Jamie walked up to the small house where Rachel was found. She and Jamie stopped at the door. Nicole knocked, "Bryan Samson?" Nicole asked, but there was no answer. She looked over at Jamie, "Wanna try the door?"

Jamie reached her hand out and put it on the doorknob. She turned the knob and the door opened right up. Nicole and Jamie entered the house. "Bryan Samson? NYPD!" Jamie called out.

"Mr. Samson, we're with the Special Victims Unit." Nicole added.

There was no answer, but something in both their guts told them this wasn't right. They pulled their weapons, "Samson!" Jamie called out.

There was no answer, so they entered the house and started to look around. They didn't even make it to the living room when things went down.

Samson charged at Jamie and Nicole knocking both detectives to the floor. Nicole's gun went flying one way and Jamie's went another. Nicole struggled to her feet, when Samson hit her across the face. She fell backward, hit her head on a table by the door and was knocked unconscious. Before Jamie had a chance to move, Samson pulled a gun on her.

TBC…