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Chapter 3

Elliot tossed and turned in bed. He had a thousand and one things on his mind and then some. No matter how hard he tried, or how much he needed to, he just couldn't sleep. He couldn't make the uncontrollable thoughts stop running through his head. The whole thing was starting to give him one hell of a migraine.

A lot had changed for him recently. He had split with Kathy, again, this time it was clearly for good. It had got to the point where they would start yelling when they saw each other, no words needed to be spoken to set it off.

In a way he was sorry about the split. He missed the kids like crazy and he missed Kathy in some ways. He missed the old Kathy. The one who could stand to look at him and who would talk to him, not at him. He knew what had happened was for the best but that didn't mean he wasn't hurting because of it.

One more thing that was seriously bugging him was Kurt Moss. He just couldn't understand how he wouldn't want to be with Olivia and the baby. One thing he knew for sure was if he had Olivia and the baby, he would never let them go.

He was abruptly snatched away from his thoughts by his cell ringing. He reached over and picked it up without bothering to look at caller ID. "Stabler," he said answering the phone.

He sat upright as he heard nothing. He knew in his heart who it was. "Liv, what's wrong?" he said, still not checking caller ID. He could hear crying and it broke his heart. "Liv, honey what's wrong is the baby okay, are you okay?"

"She's gone. Elliot, someone broke in, they took her." Olivia cried hysterically.

Her cries broke his heart. "Liv, call the police. I'm on my way there now. We'll get her back."

The phone went dead and he jumped out of bed and threw on the clothes that he discarded on the floor earlier. He was ready in less than a minute and a half and out of the door as he was putting his jacket on.

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After having broke every speed limit between his apartment and Olivia's Elliot pulled up. There were already police cars and officers surrounding her building, there was also an ambulance and he could see officers walking around with scent dogs. Neighbours had come out of their houses to see what was going on, however, none offered to help with the search.

He jumped out of his car and ran towards the building however he was quickly stopped by two officers. "Sir, you have to stay back. This is a crime scene." One of the officers told him.

"No shit Sherlock, that's my partner in there. I need to see her. I'm Detective Elliot Stabler from the Manhattan SVU." he told them.

"Let him through." Cragen ordered.

"Yes Sir." The other officer said as they both let Elliot pass. He quickly ran over to Cragen. "Where's Liv?" he asked.

"The paramedics are fixing her up now." Cragen told him.

"What do you mean?" Elliot asked.

Before he got his answer they were walking round an ambulance, already he could hear Olivia protesting as the medics tried to help her. Elliot ran round to the back of the bus. The moment Olivia saw him she pushed the medics aside and ran into his arms and began crying.

Elliot held her tight for a moment before pushing her back so he could check her over. He couldn't see any wounds but he could see where blood had dripped down her face and he could see the way dried blood had matted her hair up.

He quickly pulled her back into the bus and sat her down. The medics quickly began to patch her up again. "Elliot, who could have done this, why would someone do this? What's if it some perp we helped put away. What if he hurts her, what if they've already kill…"

"Liv, stop," Elliot said quickly. 'Bingo' he secretly thought to himself. He couldn't tell her that though. Not just yet anyway, she needed to be put back together first and if she knew who it was that had most likely taken the baby then she would never stay still long enough for the medics to help her.

"Look, Liv, I'm gonna go see what they've found out. You stay here…."

"No, El I need to help you." Olivia argued.

"Liv, you're gonna be no good to anyone if you're bleeding to death. Stay here. I'll be right back, I promise." he said as he jumped out of the bus.

"Make sure she stays here till you know she's okay. Restrain her if you must." Cragen told the medics before both he and Elliot strode away from the bus.

"You think this is Clarke's doing?" Elliot asked Cragen.

"It wouldn't surprise me. He should never have been left to get away from the hospital."

"He killed a nurse and a security guard in the process." Elliot reminded him.

"Detail should have been watching him, just like they should have been watching tonight." Cragen said angrily, mostly at himself.

"I should have stayed. I was here tonight…I had no reason to go home. I should have stayed with them, made sure they were safe."

"Elliot, if this was Clarke he would have either killed you to get the baby or just come back some other night. Don't blame yourself. Just concentrate on the case." Cragen said before they walked into the building.

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Elliot and Cragen walked into Olivia's apartment. CSU were already well into their analysis of the place. Elliot quickly noticed a big pool of blood on the floor where he guessed Olivia must have fell. "She was semi conscious when the medics got here." Cragen told him. "She said she never saw the perp, it was too dark." he continued.

"How's Detective Benson doing?" O'Halloran asked as he walked up to both men.

"She'll be better when we get her daughter back." Elliot said as he carefully began walking around Olivia's tiny apartment, trying to find any evidence CSU might have missed.

"You found anything?" Cragen asked.

O'Halloran was about to answer when a tech came over to him. Holding an envelope with 'Olivia' clearly wrote on it.

"Where did you find that?" Elliot asked.

"It was under Detective Benson's pillow." The tech told him.

Carefully O'Halloran opened it. He placed it down on the table and they all leaned over to read it.

"I have your baby, Olivia

If you ever want to see her again

You'll do exactly what I tell you, when I tell you…all of you.

See you soon beautiful.

Clarke. "

"Guess we know the type of perp we're dealing with." Cragen said, feeling sick.

Elliot just looked at him and nodded silently. He couldn't think of anything worse than having your child kidnapped, especially by a paedophile. He had no idea how he was going to tell Olivia now.

As he walked off to go find her he began praying that Clarke wouldn't hurt the baby. He prayed as hard as he could to anyone who may have been listening.

TBC

Sorry it's short.

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