Chapter 2- The aftermath

She heard him. He said it, heck he screamed it. Those three words she never thought he would be able to say, he just did. She felt her heart melt. But before she could even take those words in, she was forced to deal with the fact that she was trapped in a room with physco killer.

He grabbed her tightly and forced her onto the bed.

Meanwhile Elliot had brought the girl outside where she was on her way to the hospital to get checked out. The whole building was surrounded. Elliot spotted the Captain and quickly ran over to him.

"What's the plan Cap?" He asked trying to stay calm in front of his superior.

"We are still waiting for the Hostage Specialists to get down here. We can't do anything until they get here."

"What? That is horse shit! We can't just leave Olivia up there with him! There is no time Captain."

"I don't like it just as much as you, but rules are rules Elliot."

"Fuck the rules, I'm going back up." He said and started to make his way back the motel.

"Elliot! Wait! There are other things we have to consider!"

"Like what!"

"Like the fact that the Motel has not been cleared out yet. There could still be civilians in there! Now you will calm down and wait until we get instructions. That's an order!"

Elliot was furious. He couldn't just stand by while Olivia was stuck in there. He began to pace, his anger heated up with every passing second. Every second counted. He couldn't take it anymore. He ran through the crowd and back into the motel.

He broke down the door with one solid kick. His eyes instantly met her terrified ones. She was completely undressed and tied up to the bed. He had already beaten her as her face was covered in blood. He ran up to her and pulled the sheets over her naked body. He lifted her upper body up and held it close to him. He rubbed his fingers through her hair and whispered into her ear, "it will be ok, it's fine, I'm here Liv, everything is going to be ok."

O'Hara came jetting out of the bathroom.

"I thought I told you not to come back!" He screamed at Elliot. "Now she is going to pay for your mistake." He said very coldly. He held his gun up and pointed it at Elliot. Elliot who in return held up his weapon and pointed it at O'Hara.

O'Hara switched his target from Elliot to Olivia, "looks like we have ourselves a little predicament."

Elliot looked down at Olivia who was barely conscience lying in his lap.

She looked up at him and spoke very weakly, "El, You shouldn't have. Come. Back." she was barely able to get out.

With out another word the room was in complete silence except for the sound a gun being shot. It hit Elliot immediately and he fell to the floor. His gun fell into Olivia's lap and she grabbed it and shot it at O'Hara, but not before he was able to get off one more shot, this time hitting Olivia causing her world to go black immediately.

She fell to the ground on top of Elliot.

They were both lying there fighting for there lives. Elliot was losing consciousness fast, he took Olivia's hand and placed it in his and held it as tight, "I love you Olivia." He said before his world went black.

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Elliot was in and out of consciousness the whole ride to the hospital. He heard Munch's voice and knew that he was there with him.

"He and Olivia were both hit, you need to get to the hospital immediately, yes…ok see you soon Kathy." He heard John say.

"Liv…Liv…where is Liv?" He struggled to get out.

"Elliot we need you to calm down, Liv is in the bus in front of us." Munch said trying to calm his friend down. "I just called your wife; she is going to meet us at the hospital. We need you stay strong Elliot."

"Liv…Liv…" Was all Elliot was able to get out.

Elliot raised his hand and John placed it in his. Elliot pulled him down so that Johns face was close to Elliot's. "Liv, ok? Liv…Liv…Liv" He lost consciousness again.

John just bowed his head. He wanted to tell Elliot that Olivia would be fine, that everything was ok, but he couldn't. John put his hands to his head. He couldn't believe that two of his friends were seriously injured and might not make it though the night.

When they arrived at the hospital Olivia and Elliot were brought in right after each other. Kathy spotted John right away and knew that second stretcher must be Elliot. She ran over to it while the Doctors started poking and prodding him.

"Elliot! Elliot, it's me Kathy, can you hear me? Elliot?" She said grabbing his hand and clasping it tightly.

Elliot's eyes opened and looked directly into Kathy's eyes, "Liv…Liv…" I tear rolled down Elliot's cheek. Kathy wiped it away. Sure she was a little upset that he said Liv's name instead of hers, but she played it off as Elliot being concerned for his partner.

"Liv. I love you Olivia, I love you Liv." Elliot bellowed out just before he lost consciousness again.

"He's crashing!" The nurse screamed and whisked Elliot away.

Kathy just stood there, dumbfounded. She was in complete shock. Did Elliot just say that? Did he really just say that he loved Olivia?

John just starred at the floor. Wow. Was all that he could think. Elliot just confessed his love for Olivia with Kathy standing right there. He had to say something a quick.

"Kathy, um…he's completely out of it. He doesn't even know what is going on. They have him on so many drugs to stop the pain; I mean he thought I was Olivia in the bus!" He lied, hoping that would settle the mood.

"Right…um…I think I'm going to go get a cup of coffee." Kathy said and left.

Munch went to take a seat in the waiting room. He was greeted by the Cap and Fin. The Cap had ridden with Olivia on the way to the hospital.

"How is she Cap?" Munch asked.

The Captain looked up from the floor. He had tears in his eyes.

"Unresponsive." was all he said and he put his hands up to his face, and the tears managed there way out of his eyes.

With in seconds all three of them were crying. They couldn't lose her, they couldn't lose him. What would they do if they lost them both?

A nurse walked into the waiting room. They all stood up and wiped there drenched eyes.

"Detective Benson was just moved up to surgery. I'm not going to lie to you guys, it's bad. She took a single GSW to the chest. We won't know exactly how bad her injures are until we get a better look at them. We will let you know as soon as we find out. As for Detective Stabler, he too is up in surgery. His injuries are not as severe, he took a bullet to his upper shoulder, and he should be out of surgery with in a few hours. You'll probably be able to see him once he comes out." The nurse turned to walk away, but then turned back around and sighed, "You should call Detective Benson's next of kin." She said sadly and walked away.

"It's Elliot." John said out loud, not that everyone else didn't know that.