Woohooo your reviews make me so happy! I couldn't let you like this, and I'm pretty eager to read you about it.
So here is chapter 3.
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Disclaimer: see chapter 1

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New York Mercy Hospital
17 February -10:37 pm

The rain had long stopped outside but there was still a storm going in Olivia Benson's head.
The images were burnt into her photographic memory. A blessing most of the time in her job, it was a curse today.
A curse that would last long whatever would be the issue for Casey Novak.

If she were honest with herself, she was as responsible as Alexandra Cabot for her current condition. Sure she was not the one who made Liam Connors 'tick' and even less shoot her, but she was the one who brought the ex ADA a file full of ammunitions to trigger his fury. To make the jury see him like he really was.
And it worked, Alex Cabot had always been a great prosecutor, Liam Connors didn't stand much chance once she had this plan in mind.
If only she had trusted Casey Novak in the first place, she'd have talked to her about "Alexandra Cabot's death". That'd have meant breaking a promise but she wouldn't be in this mess: an ADA in witness protection jeopardized and an ADA dying.

- "God Casey, what have I done?" she whispered, tears running down her cheeks, hugging herself.

The truth was that she wasn't used to trust people. She trusted the members of the squad to back her up, Elliot Stabler as her best friend and longest partner, but outside this circle, she hardly trusted anyone.

It had been rough at times but they eventually became friends with Alexandra Cabot. After her "death", she had a very hard time accepting Casey Novak; no easy to welcome her replacement when she knew Alex was hiding somewhere under witness protection. That someday she'd eventually be back.
- "Who the hell are you?" were her first words to her. Not exactly a warm "welcome onboard". But she had worked hard to fit in the live victims' scenario and she was ok. Sure there were still a couple things she needed to learn but mostly she was ok.

She had learned from office's gossips that after her first case, she begged Arthur Branch to take her out of SVU. Thank God he didn't listen.
"Like he ever listened to anyone", she smirked at that thought.

She wasn't close to Casey Novak as she used to be to Alexandra Cabot but there was still a certain amount of trust and respect between them. It was necessary in their field. But revealing even a small part of the truth about Alex Cabot's condition would have meant crossing one hell of a line. So she, they with Elliot, hadn't and here there were: 2 am in New York Mercy Hospital waiting for news about the current ADA.

When she had been brought in, the Doctor seemed quite confident.
Indeed she had lost consciousness on the site, thus not responsive, but it didn't seem like the bullet hit any vital organ.
They were concerned about the way she fell, if she hit her head on the nearby tables she collapsed between. Olivia thought not but they made sure with Xray. After all, the courtroom had been quite a mess from the moment the shot rang and Casey Novak was wheeled out of the court house.

But it has been 3 hours since she was transferred to surgery, 5 hours after her convulsion; she was still waiting for news, and afraid their first diagnostic wouldn't be so accurate.

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To be continued... I promise chapter 4, much longer, is only a couple reviews away :D