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The pair walked into the precinct a few minutes later. Cragen intercepted Olivia, pulling her to the side.
"You're not to interrogate him. You're not to go within fifty feet of him. Do you understand me?"
"Yes, sir. I understand. Les told me everything that had happened."
"How is she doing? Is she holding up?"
"She's dealing. We spoke about what happens next. She understands that she may have to face him again, when she testifies in court if this case goes to trial." Olivia felt her anger building.
"I hate what this bastard did to her! It makes me sick!"
Cragen pulled Olivia into an embrace.
"I know, but you have got to keep it together for Leslie."
Olivia nodded. She kept taking deep breaths to calm herself down. Soon she saw a tunnel that kept coming closer and then everything went black.
Cragen had Olivia on the floor. She had fainted in his arms.
"Call a bus!"
Elliot ran over.
"What happened? Liv! Liv!"
"She'll be okay Elliot, she just fainted." Cragen let the EMTs take over. They pulled out smelling salts and ran them under Olivia's nose. She shook her head and moaned.
"Where…what..?" She realized she was at the precinct. She felt her cheeks redden as embarrassment washed over her.
"Liv, are you okay?" Elliot asked worriedly. She nodded.
"What happened? No, wait, I know what happened."
"Are you sure you're okay?" Elliot asked.
"I'm fine, El." She sat up.
"Ma'am, not too fast. We want to make sure that you don't faint again. We need to get you checked out." Olivia glared at the EMT.
"I'm fine. I don't need to go."
"You may not need to, but you're going, Detective," ordered Cragen.
"But…" she started to say. Cragen gave her the 'that's final' look. She put her head down and nodded. She wanted to refuse the stretcher, but decided against it. As soon as she was strapped, the EMTs whisked her out of the precinct and to the hospital.
At the hospital, Olivia arrived from the ambulance. She was still unhappy that the captain made her go. Not too long after she arrived, Elliot did too. She glared at him.
"Don't look at me like that. I'm here to spring you."
Olivia's face lightened up, "Thank you!"
"You're welcome, but don't tell the captain." She nodded happily.
After Olivia was discharged she went up to see Leslie. She hoped Leslie was sleeping peacefully, but that was not the case when she walked into the hospital room. Leslie was thrashing all around the bed. She was screaming at the top of her lungs and the nurses were trying to hold her down to wake her up.
Olivia walked over and said softly, "Les, time to wake up baby. It's only a nightmare."
At the sound of Olivia's voice, Leslie immediately calmed down. She lay back against the pillow, still asleep.
"Leslie, wake up baby. Come on. It's okay," said Olivia, rubbing Leslie's forehead. Leslie opened her eyes slowly.
"Liv?" She sat up quickly, too quickly. She grunted at the sharp pain shooting through her abdomen.
"It's okay baby. I'm right here."
"Liv, it was horrible! He was after me again! He came too close!"
Olivia sat down and embraced Leslie, rubbing her back, and saying quietly, "It's okay baby. I got you. He's never going to come after you again."
Leslie started sobbing into Olivia's shoulder. The women sat like that for a few hours.
Elliot walked into the precinct.
Fin spoke up, "How's Liv and Leslie?"
"Better. It's going to take some time." Fin nodded in agreement.
"Did you take that rat bastard to arraignment?"
"Yeah. Alex just called. He got remanded."
"Good. I hope the son of a bitch rots before trial!"
"Me too."
John walked in, "Got another case."
The other two men looked at each other.
"Can't catch a break, can we?" asked Elliot. John shook his head.
He pulled the picture of the victim up on the screen, "Karmen Fredrickson. 29, graduate from Hudson. She works as a vet clinic off 5th and West. She was found this morning, beaten and raped. Rape kit had fluids. Bastard did a number on her. Broken arm, a few ribs, and a leg. She's at Mercy General now; docs took her straight to surgery in fear of internal bleeding."
Elliot looked at Karmen's picture. He winced at the pain she looked like she was in.
"I'm going to go to Mercy and check on Liv and then check in and see if Karmen is out of surgery. Call me if there is any other news?" Fin nodded. Elliot grabbed his coat and left.
John nodded in his direction, "What was that?"
"Man, how am I supposed to know what is going on inside the guy's head?" John chuckled.
Later, at the hospital, Elliot knocked on Leslie's door. Olivia opened it.
"She's asleep. It was rough. She had a nightmare about that asshole."
"She's going to be okay. You're here for her. Oh, by the way, Alex arraigned the bastard. He was remanded."
"Good. Do you know when the trial date is and whether or not Leslie will have to testify?"
"Fin didn't say, but we caught a case."
"Already?"
"Yeah. Karmen Fredrickson, 29. She was found beaten and raped. Similar to Leslie. I think the guy got to her before we got to him." Olivia heard the catch in his throat when he said her name. She looked at her partner.
"El? Are you okay?"
"What? Yeah, I'm good. We need to get downstairs to see if she's awake and to take her statement." Olivia nodded.
"Just give me a second." Elliot nodded. Olivia walked into the room, leaned over the bed and kissed Leslie on her cheek.
"I'll be back baby. I love you."
"I love you too," Leslie replied softly. Olivia walked out of the room to join her partner.
Downstairs, Elliot found the doctor in charge of Karmen's care.
"She's awake and alert, but keep the questions at a minimum. I don't want her upset. I don't want to mess with her healing time," said Dr. Emma Meyers. Elliot nodded as did Olivia.
He held the door to the room open and Olivia went in and he followed. Olivia and Elliot took in the sight of the young woman lying on the bed. Her brown hair covering the pillow, covered in bruises and cuts and plaster. Her eyes were closed, making her seem like she was sleeping.
"Karmen?" said Olivia, "Karmen, my name is Detective Benson and this is my partner, Detective Stabler." She indicated the man standing at the door.
He knew from experience that a number of female rape victims don't want a male standing so close to them after what they had been through. Karmen opened her bright green eyes and looked at the female detective and then towards the male detective. She smiled, wincing at the pain as she tried to sit up in order to get a better view of her surroundings.
"You want to know about what happened, right?" she asked, innocently.
Olivia nodded and said, "If it is okay with you, we would like to ask you a couple questions." Karmen nodded, wincing as the small movement caused her pain.
"Detective Stabler, you can come closer. I'm not afraid of you. I'm okay." Elliot looked at Karmen and at Olivia. He walked up to the opposite side of the bed and sat down in the chair that was there.
"Karmen, what exactly happened in the alley where you were found?" Olivia asked, sincerely.
"I was walking to my car. I heard footsteps behind me so I walked a bit faster. The footsteps kept pace with me. I was on edge and had my keys ready to be able to defend myself against the person who I thought might attack me, but he came from behind so fast and knocked them out of my hand. He dragged me down that alley. He hit me over and over. He even kicked me a few times," Karmen stopped to catch a breath and continued, "I thought he was going to kill me, but the he stopped hitting me and before I knew it, he was on top of me. Raping me. I was so scared that I was going to die. That's when I heard this voice in my head. It said, 'keep holding on.' I fought to not fall asleep, but I lost. Next thing that I knew, I was here. All bandaged and wrapped up." Karmen started sobbing.
Olivia got up onto the edge of her bed and wrapped her arms around her.
"It's going to be okay. I promise," Olivia said softly.
"Karmen," said Elliot, "Do you remember what the man looked like? Could you pick him out in a line-up?" Karmen looked at Elliot in awe and nodded.
"Are you sure you're not an angel?" Karmen asked suddenly. Elliot looked at the woman, dumbfounded.
"What do you mean?" asked Olivia.
"The voice I heard was his. It was his voice that kept me fighting," she said.
Elliot looked at Olivia and then back at Karmen and said, "I don't know how you heard my voice. I wasn't near where you were found."
Karmen looked confused as did the detectives. Karmen lied back against her pillows and was asleep. Olivia indicated that it was time to head back and check- in with the victim's statement. Elliot nodded and they left the sleeping woman.
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