Elliot woke up the next morning next to Olivia, she was still sleeping. She really must have needed some rest, God she is so cute when she sleeps! He thought.
He got up and started to make a pot of coffee, when he heard a knock on the door. He reached for his gun, when he heard Munch, "Elliot it's John"
He opened the door.
"Hey Elliot, how is she?" he asked
"She's still sleeping" He said pouring the water in to the coffee pot. "Don't wake her, wait on her hand and foot…and shit…" He knew that her bandages were going to be changed, but he didn't want John to do it, that just might be to weird, not to mention that Olivia would not want John to see it.
"What?"
"Nothing, I will be back in a few hours, hopefully she just stays asleep"
"Hey Elliot--"
"Yeah John"
"I know are you going to look at those tapes, but I'm telling you, don't. There horrible. This guy did a real number on her mentally and physically…We could only stomach a few minutes, and I had nightmares last night. You think it is hard to watch those sort of tapes when it's people you don't know…but when it's someone you really care about---I just don't think It is a good idea. That's all I'm saying"
"Are they really that bad John?" Elliot asked looking him straight in the eye.
"Yeah, they are that bad. When we find this guy I'm going to seriously kick his ass. He's fucked up, and what he did to Olivia is completely fucked up!" John started to shake a little bit.
Elliot knew that what ever was on those tapes was bad. But there was no way he wasn't going to watch them.
"I'm just going to say good bye to Liv" He told John as he went into his bedroom. She was still sound asleep. He kissed her forehead and said, "I'll be back before you know it, I love you Olivia Benson please remember that"
He walked out of the bedroom and John gave him a look.
"What?" Elliot asked.
"Well obviously Olivia slept in you bed…but where did you sleep?"
"On the couch…what? Why?" He asked smiling when John gave him that, 'I'm totally not buying that look'.
"Ok I slept in the bed too--but it wasn't like that" He laughed. "She asked me to just hold her…OH!-like you wouldn't have done the same thing?"
"Oh I would have, believe you me…I'm just jealous actually!" he said with a smile.
"I'll call you later, don't let her out of your sight ok?" he said and walked out.
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Elliot walked into the station house, everyone was looking at him. Everyone knew, he wondered if they had all seen the tapes. He walked right into Cragen's office.
"Who saw the tapes?" He demanded to know.
"Good Morning to you too Elliot…sorry. Just Munch, Fin and me. I gotta tell you Elliot, from what we saw, I don't think you should watch them. You don't need that in your head"
Elliot sat down and but his hands over his head. "You know I need to see them Cap"
"Yeah I know, I just want to make sure you are prepared. Did Olivia allow you to take photos of her injuries?"
"Uh Yeah…" He gestured to the file he put on the Caps desk when he first walked in. "But I have to warn you, there hard to look at"
The Captain opened the photos, he shook his head the entire time. If I ever get my hands on the this prick, I swear to God I will kill him, He thought. He wasn't surprised when he saw the photo's of Olivia back. Elliot's brows turned in.
"You don't seem shocked...you caught the live show huh?" Elliot said shaking his head back and forth.
The Cap didn't have to say anything, he didn't have time to say anything. Elliot stormed out of his office and ran upstairs to until he saw the TV and about 20 tapes. They weren't labeled. He took the one on top and put it in the VCR. He took a seat.
"YOU LYING BITCH!" Rick was screaming at her. They were in her bedroom.
"Rick I'm not lying, I got held up on a case" She tried to plead with him.
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH! I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE OF YOUR LIES! YOU ARE AN EMBARRISSMENT! SNEAKING AROUND WITH YOUR PARTNER, YOU MAKE ME SICK!" He spit on her. "I TOLD YOU I WANTED YOU BACK HERE AT 5! ARE YOU AS DEAF AS YOU ARE DUMB! HUHHHHHHH!" He was right up in her face. But she didn't move, she just stood there. "YOU WANT ME TO KILL HIM DON'T YOU? I SWEAR TO GOD OLIVIA, IF YOU EVER EVEN THINK ABOUT LEAVING ME I WILL KILL THAT SONOFABITCH--I'LL FUCKING KILL HIM. I WILL SLIT HIS THROAT SO FAST HE WILL NEVER SEE WHAT HIT HIM, AND DON'T FOR SECOND THINK THAT I WON'T!"
"You know that's not true Rick, you KNOW there is nothing going on between Elliot and I, why do you keep doing this?" she pleaded
He slapped her across the face.
"Nothing going on? Nothing going on? Well let's have a little a looksy should we?"
Elliot was madder then hell. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. He couldn't stop watching.
Rick went to Olivia's dresser and pulled out a journal. He started flipping through the pages, he read out loud to her, "Elliot was such a prick today, I don't understand it. How can he be so cold? You know what the weird part is? Is that I catch him starring at me, with those love sick puppy eyes. How can his voice say one thing and his eyes, those eyes say another? Get a grip Liv, he's not in love with you, not like you want him to be, so just get over him it's never going to happen" He shoved the book in her face.
"You still going to tell me that you don't have feelings for him? You better watch yourself Olivia, because if I ever catch you 'eyeing' him, I will cut those eyeballs right out of your head, and don't even think for a second that I won't. But…maybe you need some reinforcement, Lay down on your stomach now!"
Olivia was in complete tears, she slowly laid down on the bed. She flinched when she heard the sound of the army knife being opened.
Elliot couldn't physically watch it, but he heard it, she had screamed like he had never heard her scream before. It was so painful to hear. Elliot couldn't believe that the voice was his Liv's.
"Stop! Stop! No----owe! Please don't, I swear nothing is going on with Elliot, please Rick, you have to stop this!" She begged him.
"It either him or you Olivia. You want me to go over to his apartment right now?"
She shook her head no.
"Cause if you don't want me to do this then fine, I'll go, I'll go right to his apartment and who even knows how crazy I will get with him. He won't come out alive though, I can tell you that much…so you want me to stop Olivia?"
She shook her head no. her body became lifeless. She went numb.
Elliot had to turn the tape off when Rick started raping her, it was too much for him, he couldn't take it. The Captain walked in the room, and handed Elliot a tissue, he hadn't even realized he was crying. Don sat down next to him and put his arm around his shoulder.
"Do you really think she stayed with him because she was afraid he would kill me?" Elliot said not being able to believe it.
"I don't know Elliot, but he sure was scary, if I was her I just might believe it too."
"So what do I do?"
"You gotta find him Elliot, because until he's caught, she's never going to get any peace"
"Did people see her…when he was…" He couldn't even say it.
"No no, we wouldn't do that to her" He said. "You know she's like a daughter to me El, she probably doesn't know that, but I've always held her in that respect. To see what the bastard did to her, to see him break her spirit like that---it kills me. You gotta catch this guy, you gotta get him for our girl." He patted his backed and walked out.
Elliot couldn't help it, he had to play another tape. He put in another tape in the VCR braced himself and hit play.
Olivia was sitting up going over some case files. She had on a sexy silky navy blue night tank. (Elliot couldn't stop starring her and thinking, God she is so beautiful) Rick came out of the bathroom. "I went to your partners apartment today"
She looked up from case files, "You what?" She asked worriedly.
"You heard me, I went to you partners apartment today. It was nice. I liked the photo he has of you two hanging in his hallway.
(Elliot gasped, he knew the photo he was talking about, she looked great in it, but Rick would only be able to see the photo if he was actually inside Elliot's apartment. Elliot felt the goose bumps rise over his forearms)
"He's got a big bed, but I bet you already know that. He doesn't love you, you know? You're just a cheap slut to him. If he cared about you he would be here with you. But he's not is he? So tell me Olivia, whose going to save you tonight? The same person who saved you last night, and the night before? " He was crawling up on the bed and on top of her. "If you weren't so damn pathetic I would have left you months ago, but it's obvious you cant take care of yourself. I mean look at you. You wouldn't know what to do with out me." His hands were pressed down hard on her thighs, you could see it in her face how hard he pressing. He got up and walked out of the room for a minute. Olivia let out a sigh of relief, and rubbed her thighs. Rick was back with in seconds, he had a beer this time. "You make me sick, you know that? I'm so embarrassed of you, I can't even bring you around my family. Do you know how that makes me feel? I don't know why you have to do this to me. Why can't you just behave for one day. Get out of the bed." he demanded and Olivia got out. "Go sleep on the floor, I can't stand to look at you. Wait Wait---Crawl to me and tell me you are sorry for acting like such a whore" Olivia got on her knees…
Elliot hit stop. He couldn't take anymore. This guys was seriously crazy.
He walked down the stairs to the Captains office. "Cap--we can't keep her at my apartment, he knows where I live, he has been there, it's the first place he is going to look for Olivia" He said sort of frantic.
"Shit" The Captain took a deep breath and thought of what to do, and then in hit him. "She's staying with me. Go get her, pack her things and meet me there in an hour."
"Captain, no. I'll get Munch or Fin--" He said. He didn't like the idea of Olivia staying with Captain, for the single fact that it meant Elliot wouldn't be able to sleep beside her and protect her like he did last night.
"My minds made up Elliot. Meet me there in one hour"
Elliot got up and headed for his apartment.
