SVU FANFIC- STAGES OF GREIF

Chapter 3-Anger

A frantic race to the M.E's lab and she knew that whatever Melinda was going to tell her was important, and did help with this traumatizing case. She burst through the swinging doors of the medical examiners' room. The place stank of sanitizers and cleaning products, as it always does. A distraught Melinda was standing over Eli's table with a computer next to her, showing some DNA result or something. A sudden rush cost Olivia a huge headache and some dizziness, as she rushed here and then started to get her flu symptoms back. Few seconds passed and the detective recovered, staring at Warner's weary eyes.

"Melinda, what've you got?" Olivia exhaled, exasperated and exhausted by her rush to the lab.

"As procedure, I ran a DNA test on Eli to check that he's…well…Eli."

"Isn't that what Kathy's for? To identify the victim?"

"This is just for medical confirmation. I wouldn't usually bring you down here unless it was something unusual. Check this out."

Melinda opened a few images on the computer; one Eli's DNA, one Kathy's DNA, and one Elliot's DNA.

"Elliot volunteered a sample when he came here, like the rest of the detectives."

"Ok…"

"Hey, when was Eli born?"

"January 17th I know that better than anyone why?"

"Do you know when Elliot went home?"

"Uhh…around June?"

"That's 7 months…"

"Eli was premature."

"Then why do all the doctors report's say that Eli was a full grown, 9 month, healthy baby?"

Olivia stood there shocked for a second. She was there when Eli was born. Maybe she was wrong about when Elliot came home? No, that didn't make sense, seeing as 9 months before Eli's birth Elliot was in Philadelphia with Olivia trying to track down her brother. Nothing made sense in her head anymore, her memory was jumbled, she obviously couldn't make sense of it…

"I noticed something strange when I tried to merge the DNA patterns together…they don't match up."

"So…that's not Eli?"

"No…that is definitely Eli, but…he's not Eli Stabler."

"Wait…What?"

"All the DNA given from the mother is the same, Kathy is definitely Eli Stabler's mom. Elliot, on the other hand…"

"…Is not the father…"

"Bingo. The reason why Eli was born fully healthy was because Kathy was with another man 2 months before Elliot went back there…which also means-"

"Kathy cheated on him…" Olivia's tone quickly switched from shock to fury. How could she treat someone like Elliot so badly? How could Elliot be so blind? Why would you do that? She had no right to cheat, fall pregnant and act like Eli was Elliot's child! She had NO right to play with Elliot's feelings like that! She tricked him for a whole 4 years? Really? It was rude, it was selfish, what Kathy did could never be excused because it was unfair…to Elliot, to Eli, and to her.

And you know exactly why, Liv!

As much as she wanted to stop her thought process, it was indeed correct. Olivia had been completely possessed with a fiery rage, and anyone who could see the embers flare in her chocolate brown eyes would know that she will kill Kathy Stabler at any cost, but most people won't know why. Vengeance? Maybe. Anger? Definitely.

Love?

Well…as much as she denied it, hell yeah.

Minutes passed and Olivia finally spoke up, "I'm gonna go tell the Captain."

"He already knows," Melinda chirped in, "I sent the results to him, Kathy has been brought in the precinct for questioning."

Olivia nodded with a slightly evil smirk on her face.

"Liv…I know how badly you want to take this whole thing out on Kathy…but she just lost her son…"

"Yeah? A son that shouldn't even be hers!" And with that, Olivia Benson stormed out of the M.E's office and towards the squadroom, only to find Kathy there, speaking to Cragen in the middle of the room.

This was it

For the pain and the anger

For revenge of an immoral deed

But most importantly

For Love

Olivia Benson blasted through the huge SVU doors and bolted towards Kathy Stabler. Furious as anything, she screamed her heart out at the frail, yet bitchy mother.

"You lying, cheating, manipulative BITCH!" She screamed as she stomped towards her and threw her hand across Kathy's cheek, leaving a distinctive red handpirnt on her face.

But she didn't stop.

"HOW could you do that to Elliot, hm? HOW?" A backhand to the other cheek.

"After EVERYTHING he did for you, THIS is how you repay him? You see another guy? You sleep with him, cheat on your husband who was NOTHING BUT FAITHFUL TO YOU! You get pregnant and pretend that Eli is HIS for the next four years? Are you insane? Why would you do something like that to such an honest person? He doesn't deserve that!"

About 10 slaps later and Olivia calms down a little. Her rage subsides only just enough for Kathy to finally speak out.

"You're right…He didn't deserve that…"

Olivia glared, "You're damn right he didn't!"

"But in all fairness…we were already divorced…"

That didn't help Olivia calm down at all, "He still loved you…he was still faithful to you…he wouldn't have done anything like that to hurt you…"

"I was worried at the time that he was screwing you…"

Oh no…not now…not again…

Kathy using that argument…that was pretty stupid, but before Olivia could bite back she spoke again. "I mean, he wasn't entirely faithful to me…I'm sure you can agree with at least that. But I will admit that lying to him wasn't a good thing, I should've told him the truth. Do you know why I didn't?"

Annoyed, Olivia had to answer, "Why?"

"Because I knew that if I told him Eli wasn't his then he would go straight back to you!"

Olivia stood there, shocked, dumbfounded…but ultimately appalled. Kathy was lying to her face! Not like Olivia didn't want it to be true…but still she knew it wasn't. "That's not the kind of person he is… he would've helped you! For Eli's sake, and for the rest of the family!"

"Liv…he was in love with you. Elliot didn't go a day without talking about you and the job. Now I'll admit I was jealous but you stole his heart a long time ago…"

"You're lying."

"Cross my heart. I always knew he would fall for you."

"He never did."

"That's why I lied about Eli being his…to make sure he would come back and that we would be a family again. And besides, Liv, I'm sure you would want that to be the truth too." She stormed out of the squadroom, leaving a scornful tone resting in Olivia's ears. The Great Detective walked away…so blinded with rage that she didn't bother to notice the other squad members, including Cragen, stare at her in shock, all with their jaws dropped as far as possible.