Hello friends. Sorry for not updating for a long time. I knew exactly how I want Olivia's and Casey's situation to play out but was having trouble with the police portion of the story. Major writers block. Well I was sitting at my Aunt's store today, bored out of my mind so I grabbed a notebook and started writing. I wrote four pages, back-to-back so eight pages? I don't know how long or short it will be once typed. I wish I brought my external hard drive with me so I could have typed it up. Well, I guess I gotta type it up now. Sigh. Lol Oh well…here it goes… oh and my police friends always say this to me. "Two in the chest, one in the head."
"Alright, listen up people." Alexis said to a room full of FBI Agents. She had asked Fin to call off the patrol unit that was supposed to pick up their suspect. She wanted to see the report from CSU on the bullet. Once it was confirmed that the bullet belonged to one of the men associated with Jonathon Koda, she called her superior agent and he got started on getting a warrant. A judge issued an arrest warrant for Jonathon and his team. The SVU team wanted in on the search but it was now in the hands of the FBI. Cragen sent Fin to watch over Elliot and Munch was at the 1-6. "These guys are armed and highly dangerous. You are to proceed with caution. One of these men knows the ware bouts of Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak and SVU Detective Olivia Benson. There is no limitation on the warrant. I want Jonathon Koda captured alive. I want you guys to stay alive. Be careful out there. Let's get these bastards!" All the agents raised their fist in the air and yelled out their usual battle cry before exiting the room.
Alexis walked over to Cragen. This operation had to be pulled off smoothly and quickly. There was no room for error. The lives of two hostages depended on it. "I know you want in on this, Caption. But you gotta trust me."
"I do, I just want my people back safe." Cragen said as they began to walk out of the room. Time was running out. The sun would be setting soon. God only knows where Casey and Olivia are.
Casey and Olivia ran full speed through the forest. They had pinpointed their location on a map they found in the bag. According to the map, there was a road up ahead. They still had miles to go. Casey kept up with Olivia's speed. They spent time jogging together when they had free time. They both came to a stop at the trunk of a large tree. Casey checked her gun to make sure it was ready to fire. Her father had taught her everything she needed to know about guns. From how to properly clean them to shooting a clean straight shot. She trusted Olivia with her life and Olivia trusted Casey's with hers.
Olivia looked up at the sky and noticed that the sun was beginning to set. They needed to find shelter. "The sun is starting to set. We need to find some place to stay for the night."
Casey looked around but couldn't see anything but trees. "We can hide in the tree for now. It's safer than being on the ground." They would have more than just Zack to worry about when the sun set completely. "Can you climb?"
Olivia looked at Casey and smiled. "You think that just because I grew up in the city it means that I don't know how to climb a tree?" Olivia asked before she started to climb the tree. She stopped and jumped to the ground when she heard a gun shot ring through the air. She heard Casey scream and as she grabbed her arm. Olivia grabbed Casey and pulled her to the other side of the tree. "Casey?"
"It's fine Liv, just a graze." Casey said as she let go of her arm. Casey grabbed the rifle from her back. "Cover Me," Casey said as she loaded the rifle. Casey attached the scope that she had found earlier to the top of the rifle. She positioned herself on the ground and looked in the direction the shot came from moments ago. Olivia was on the other end of the tree. Casey figured he was a bad shot since he missed her and she was standing perfectly still.
Olivia saw movement in the brushes and she aimed her gun and fired one round. She saw him duck and move quickly to get behind a tree. "Casey, he's behind the tree."
Casey viewed growing up with older brothers both a curse and a gift. Right now, she was glad she had older brothers. Especially when they taught her how to shoot a sniper rifle. She took a deep breath to calm herself. She looked to the edge of the tree and saw the man lean forward to try to take another shot at Olivia. She released her breath and pulled the trigger. Successful. She watched his head slam into the tree as the bullet went right through his skull. "Gotcha."
The raid was successful. A few of her agents were wounded but all would live to return home to their families. Alexis walked through the warehouse observing her agents tagging and bagging evidence. They had found a large storage room full of weapons. From 9mm handguns to .55 caliber rifles. From the looks of it, there had to be at least two hundred guns in the storage room. In another part of the warehouse, they found a large stash of crack cocaine. She walked to the back of the warehouse where the suspects had been apprehended. Three out of the six men on Koda's team was killed in the line of fire. Koda on the other hand was unharmed.
Alexis nodded to the Agents standing behind Koda. "Bring him over here. Load the rest into the van." The two agents placed Koda down in a chair. His hands had been zip tied behind his back. Alexis had just the baby blue scarf around her neck and placed her hands inside her jacket pocket. Her heels clicked loudly on the floor as she walked over to Koda. "You're a very smart man, Mr. Koda. You hire the right people, train them as they trained you when you were apart of S.W.A.T. Expect you slipped up when you hired Edward Delaney. You see, Mr. Koda. Mr. Delaney is wanted in a rape homicide. The gun he used to shoot a New York Detective is the same gun he used to kill Kathleen Johnson. You didn't know that did you? When you set up the team to kidnap Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak and New York Detective Olivia Benson, you briefed them on their roles. Each person had a specific role with specific weapons. However, you didn't think he would be so cocky that he would bring his own personal gun. One that could be traced back to you and your team." Alexis paced back and forth in front of Koda. She grabbed a chair, turned it around so she could rest her arms on the back of the chair. He sat down and folded her arms over the back of the chair. She looked directly into Koda's eyes. She wasn't afraid of him. She has dealt with worse.
"You have men and I have men. But the difference between your men and mine is that mine are loyal to me." This was true. She was their superior agent but her men showed her respect. They respected her as their leader and as one of their own. "My men will always have my back just as I will always have theirs. But your men, Mr. Koda. Your men will turn on you the moment they get something that benefits them."
"What do you want?" Koda asked.
"Your cooperation."
Casey and Olivia ducked behind a fallen tree as bullets flew past them. Three more men had shown up within the last thirty minutes. Olivia saw one of the men running across the path hand fired two shots at him, hitting him once in the arm and another in the chest. She looked around for Casey. "Casey?"
"Here." She heard Casey call from a few feet to her left. Olivia had to admit, the ADA was a good shot. Olivia heard a snap and turned to her right and saw the second man with a gun pointed straight at her. Luckily, he didn't see Casey as she fired two bullets into his chest. Olivia knelt down beside him and began to check his pockets. She handed his gun to Casey. Olivia patted down his jacket and felt something in his left pocket. She reached in and pulled out a cell phone. She stood up and quickly dialed Elliot's number. She heard it begin to ring then she felt Casey jump on top of her. Olivia heard the sound of a gun shot ring through the air as Casey fell into her arms. She dropped the phone and turned Casey over. She felt blood on her hands causing her to panic. It's not my blood. She frantically ran her hands over Casey's body to find the source of the blood. Her hands stopped on Casey's back when she felt a hole. "No, no, no." She said quickly as she tried to apply pressure to the wound. "Casey, Casey, stay with me."
Fin looked at Elliot with worry written all over his face as Elliot began to yell Casey's and Olivia's name into the phone. He placed the phone onto speaker as Fin began to have the call traced. Fin was talking with John on the phone when what he heard next caused him to sit down. Bang! "Casey, Casey, stay with me." Olivia's voice was soft and they could hear her crying. Begging their friend to stay with her. Elliot's face went white. "Fin trace the call now!"
"I want eyes in the air with inferred camera. We got a call from Detective Munch stating that Detective Stabler received a phone call from an unknown number and what he heard was a gunshot and Detective Benson calling for ADA Novak. I want paramedics on the ground and in the air. If we have to fly her out, we will fly her out. I want snipers ready to take out any hostiles. I want men on the ground with night vision. The sun is almost down. We don't have a lot of time." Alexis jumped into one of the awaiting helicopters. "We have exact coordinates from the GPS on the cellular phone" She could only imagine the pain they were all going through. Listening to their friends fight for survival and they could do nothing about it. Time was running out.
Olivia held Casey in her right arm as she held her gun out in her right. Casey hadn't moved or made a sound over the last five minutes. Olivia gently placed Casey on the ground as she stood up to face Zack who was slowly walked her way. Her face was wet from her tears. Her clothes was covered in Casey's blood. Olivia stood her ground and kept her gun aimed at Zack's head. "What kind of man shoots a woman in the back?"
"That bullet was meant for you, Olivia." Zack said as she stopped in front of Olivia. He kept his gun aimed on her. "I should have expected Casey to jump in front of you. You see, Casey always cared more about the people around her than herself. That was her major flaw."
It was dark outside now. The sun had set and the only light they had was from the full moon. "You claim that you love her. You don't love her at all. She was right for leaving you. Casey deserves a real man to take care of her, to love her unconditionally. A real man doesn't shoot a woman in the back. You don't have the guts to shoot me. You're nothing but a coward. You pull the trigger, I pull the trigger. Game over for both of us." Olivia kept eye contact with Zack. She was waiting for the right moment, the moment he would take his eyes off her. She heard Casey whisper something and that was when Zack lowered his eyes to look at Casey. Olivia ducked to her right and fired two bullets into his chest then fired one more into his head. She watched as his lifeless body fall to the ground and land with a thud. She got up and kicked the gun out of his hands.
She felt a strong wind blow against her as she heard people screaming their names. She heard the sound of the approaching helicopters. She ignored the calls and focused on Casey. She ran back to the ADA and picked up her body into her arms. She cried into her friend's neck. There were flashlights shinning everywhere behind her. The light from the helicopter was pointed onto her. But she did not move. She held her friend's body and cried. She brushed Casey's hair out of her face. "Casey. Don't you die on me! You can't leave me! I need you to fight. I need you to fight." Olivia toned out her surroundings. People were still yelling her name. Trying to call out to her but she would not respond. It was as if time had slowed down. She rested her forehead against Casey's as she continued to cry. "Casey."