Elliot didn't peel his eyes off the road as his phone rang. He grabbed it and put it on speaker. "Stabler!" He said into the phone.
"Elliot, what exactly were you thinking?" It was the captain. "Cap, you know as well as I do that Gitano is probably taking her there right now. We found blood back at the warehouse. What are the chances of it being his? Cap,... I need her. If I don't find her... I don't want to think about it." Elliot said, his voice cracking at the end.
"Elliot, I get that you can't be without her. That goes the same for her. If you died saving her, you know she'd never forgive herself." Cragen sighed. "I'm on my way there. I see your car. We'll get her."
"We better." Elliot spat before hanging up. He didn't want to be a downer, but knowing Olivia for as long as he had gave you certain traits. He didn't want to get his hopes up if they didn't get there in time. It would be bad enough losing her, but rekindling his hope for her would make it harder in the end.
"I don't care. Liv, I'd do anything for you. I can't help but have hope for you. You're going to make it because I need you and you need me. Enough people die everyday. We aren't going to be added to that list anytime soon." Elliot said letting his heart fill with the hope she'd make.
His phone rang. He again answered it without turning away from the road. "Stabler!" He said. "Well, hello." Gitano greeted. Elliot's blood boiled and heated his face until he was sure he was red. "You have really trained your partner here. All talk no game. Kind of a mood killer."
"What do you want?" Elliot snarled. "Hey, what's with the attitude. You should be nicer, you know cause I can hurt her." Gitano chuckled. "I want to talk to her." Elliot said. "Uh... she's a little tied up and drugged up at the moment. Sorry. No can do. Why don't you call back another time." He laughed as he hung up.
Elliot called up Morales to trace the call. They put a bug on his phone since that's the phone he usually called. Morales located it up in Jersey. Elliot pulled up behind the trees and waited for Cragen.
When Cragen pulled up, they both pulled out their guns and started walking through the trees. Elliot saw the van parked in the garage. The back door was open. There was a hand resting on it. Elliot moved around a tree to get a better view.
Olivia was cuffed to the door, her legs were tied together. Her left leg had blood all over it. Besides I few bruises, she looked fine. Elliot sighed in relief until he saw a hand come over her mouth. She squirmed until a knife was brought to her throat.
Elliot wanted to run. Run to her and take her away. Never let her go anywhere. He watched as the blade moved to her chest. He could tell she was holding back tears. "I'm coming baby."
"You better not make any wrong moves. You can't afford it. In fact, if you do what I say, you could be rewarded." He whispered into her ear. Olivia visibly cringed. Elliot caught this and knew he said something insulting. That was the only time she cringed like that.
"He's going to die." Elliot growled to his Captain. "Just do your job and get her out of their. Let's give the city the pleasure of putting the needle in his arm." Cragen whispered keeping his eyes on Olivia.
A hand came out of the dark van and put duck tape over Olivia's mouth. Her hand was uncuffed but then cuffed to the other one. He cut the rope on her legs and got out taking her with him. She was limping.
OLVIA'S POV
Olivia tried putting most of her weight on her good leg. Gitano had her leaning on her bad one and they were walking fast for her to try it. His hand went from her arm to her hand. Olivia kicked him watching him fall.
She ran towards the van. She heard a gunshot and thought for sure she was dead. A howl came from behind her. She turned to see Gitano laying on the ground gripping his arm. Olivia looked around while uncuffing herself.
Cragen and Elliot came out from behind the trees. They both looked at Gitano in hatred. Cragen went over to Gitano to book him. Elliot looked over at Olivia looking worried. Her heart jumped with joy when he smiled with tears in his eyes.
She let her tears flow and started walking towards him. Elliot started running towards her. They met in the middle and Elliot lifted her a foot off the ground. Olivia nestled her head into his neck and breathed in the scent she missed so much.
"I knew you'd find me." Olivia said when he put her down. He cupped her face and smiled. "I'm just happy you're alive." Elliot smiled. "I couldn't live if you didn't make it."
"Please, don't talk like that. I'm here, I'm fine, I'm yours. I love you." Olivia smiled. "I love you too. I missed you so much." Elliot said. "Me too." Olivia said.
Elliot looked at her with a questioning gaze; she knew what he was going to ask. "No, El. He didn't touch me. Besides, stabbing my leg and a couple of punches nothing happened." Olivia said relieved by her own words.
"Good. Let's get you to a hospital." Elliot said. "Yeah, my leg hurts like a bitch." Olivia said. Elliot took his chances and lifted her into his arms. "El, what are you doing?" Olivia asked. "I'm carrying you to the car. It's not that far. You're injured. Plus, if you kill me, you have to ride in the same car as Gitano. I'd come back from the dead to prevent that from happening." Elliot said.
He set her down by the car and opened the door. She got in. Before he closed the door, he leaned down and kissed her. "I love you." Elliot said. Olivia stroked his cheek and smiled. "I love you too."
THE END