"Morning" Warner said as she saw Olivia and Elliot walk towards her.
"It's not even 6 and people are already raping and killing" Elliot said as he kneeled down by the body.
"How long?" Olivia asked looking at Warner.
"About 10 or 9 hours" Warner answered "and we got a weird marking on the body." Warner said as she uncovered the body a little and revealed a word carved into the chest of the victim "I think its French" Warner said looking at them and covering the body again.
"What is…Dieu?" Elliot asked reading the word.
"Lets find out" Olivia said taking her phone out.
"Who you calling?" Elliot asked.
"Eric, he knows French" Olivia answered as she dialed his number and turned to the side.
"Gordon"
"Hey its me" Olivia said as she heard his voice.
"Hey, you miss me that much? I just saw you half an hour ago"
"I need help for this case since you know French"
"Sure, what's up?
"What does…Dieu mean?" Olivia asked.
"It mean's God" Eric answered.
"You sure?"
"Positive"
"Ok, thanks, bye"
"Well I love you too"
"Bye" Olivia said smiling and closed her phone and hid her smile before turning around to face Warner and Elliot. "It means God" Olivia told them.
"Maybe our guy is a religious freak?" Elliot suggested but his phone rang before Olivia could trade their theory. "Stabler, Ok, we'll be right there" He said and hung up his phone.
"What happened?" Olivia asked.
"Another one" Elliot answered running his hand threw his hair and headed for the squad car. Olivia followed.
They arrived at the crime scene and started walking toward one of the M.E.
"You and Eric back together?" Elliot asked.
"Yea," Olivia answered with a small smile as they walked up to the Medical Examiner.
"Know anybody who speaks German?" The M.E. asked moving the blanket and showing a word written on the chest. Feuer
Elliot just looked over at Olivia. She said nothing and pulled her cell out.
"Gordon"
"What does F-e-u-e-r mean in German?" Olivia asked spelling out the word.
"Fire"
"Thanks, bye" Olivia said and hung up her phone "Fire"
"What does that mean and what does it have to do with god?" Elliot asked totally confused.
It was already 2 in the afternoon and they had two dead bodies and all frustrated they couldn't make a connection. Everyone was sitting around the precinct giving their theory.
"Maybe he's trying to get our attention about something," Huang offered.
"Yea but about what, god and fire don't necessarily make sense," Elliot said standing by the pictures of their victims.
"What if the previous word is how he kills the next victim" Cragen offered then picked up the phone that kept ringing. He wrote something down and hung up the phone.
"Fin and Munch go to the new crime scene" Cragen said giving them the address. The guys nodded and left.
"Another one?" Olivia asked shocked
"Yea. Does Eric know how to speak Italian?" Cragen asked.
"Yea, why?" Olivia asked.
"If he isn't working today call him and ask if he can hang out with us cause he knows a lot of languages and find out what this word means in Italian" Cragen said handing her a paper.
"You got it captain" Olivia said as she pulled her cell out and walked down the hall.
"Gordon"
"Hey me again"
"Another word?" Eric asked.
"Yea. My captain asked if you can hang with us today cause you know a bunch of languages, unless you're working of course"
"No, I'm not working today, what word you need?"
"In Italian, T-e-r-r-a"
"Earth. When do you want me to come by?"
"Soon as possible"
"Sure, I'm on my way, bye"
"Hey Eric?"
"Yea?"
"Love you too" Olivia said smiling.
"Bye" Eric said smiling and hung up the phone. Olivia smiled and went back to the squad room.
"It means Earth," She told them
"He is coming?" Elliot asked
"Yea, he's on his way" Olivia answered.
By 5 in the afternoon everyone was sitting around and looking at the pictures and talking. By that time the whole SVU precinct was working on this case, some detectives were talking to witnesses some were answering phones for the tip line since it got out to the media already.
"God, Earth, Fire" Eric repeated as he got off his chair and looked at the pictures.
"You trying to be a detective now?" John teased. Eric smiled and kept looking at the pictures and studying them. Not wanting to say anything since he figured Olivia didn't tell them he was CIA.
"Elements" Eric said in a low voice looking at the pictures.
"What?" Elliot asked looking at him.
"The Four Elements of the ancient Greek science" Eric explained. Everyone looked at him like he was crazy "the four elements are Earth, Air, Fire, Water" Eric said taking one of the pictures and switching them.
"What are you doing?" Olivia asked.
"He mixed the order up, God comes last, Earth is first, then fire, then water and then air. God comes last since it equals all of these" Eric explained.
"Dude you're a dork" Fin teased as he watched him. Eric just smiled and rolled his eyes.
"Warner called she has something and is sending it over now" John said putting the phone down. Everyone looked at the fax machine at the same time. Elliot went over and took it.
"She said this was found in printed in the vaginal area," Elliot said as he took the other paper that was printing and read out loud "Singed by light and fire? Like a moth drawn to the flame? Then let the past burn…"
"Craving heat and warmth? Fleeing from winter's cold? Wrap yourself in blankets." Eric finished. Everyone looked at him at the same time.
"How did you know?" Elliot asked looking up from the paper.
"It's the haikus to the elements," Eric said shrugging "They have one for each, almost like a guide" Eric said looking at everyone.
"How do you know all of this?" Cragen asked. Eric just shrugged not wanting to say he learned it for a mission for the CIA
"Ok, so is this a poem or a clue?" Elliot asked looking at him.
"Was that for the Fire one?" Eric asked. Elliot looked at the paper and nodded. "Moth drawn to flame means its close. Craving heat and warm means scared. Wrap yourself in blankets is a type of release" Eric explained.
"He's describing his victims feelings?" Olivia asked trying not to smile since Eric was extremely smart.
"He goes back and forth, first his and then hers" Eric said.
"What's for earth?" Cragen asked.
"Hemmed in by steep walls? Locked doors? Wait. Look toward the roof. There is a ladder.Buried underground? Weighted down by life's demands? Dig roots into soil." Eric answered.
"Steep walls, that's scared again." George said as he grabbed a marker and started writing on the board "Locked doors is no way out. Ladder is release. Buried underground is scared. Life's demands are pressure. Roots in soil is a way out"
"There's more then one victim for that," Eric said as he looked at the bored.
"How do you know?" Cragen asked.
"Your right. It goes to scared twice and twice has a way out" George said looking at the Eric.
"Another victim" Elliot said putting the phone down.
"Damn it! Elliot and Olivia go, George and Eric try and figure out the next move, John and Fin go find witnesses for new one, I'm going to see Warner" Cragen said as he grabbed his jacket. Everyone nodded and went where they were supposed to.
"You don't really work for a publishing Agency do you?" George asked smirking looking at Eric.
"Yea I do" Eric said looking at the pictures.
"No one who might work there knows all of this" George challenged.
Eric just let out a sigh "Eric Gordon, CIA" Eric said quietly and looked at the board.
"Olivia knows?"
"Yes"
"Ok then lets get working" George said smiling and looking back at the pictures. Eric smirked and said nothing.
They spent another hour going back and forth on the poems and writing all of them on the board and what it meant.
"What does l-u-c-h-t mean?" Olivia asked coming into the squad room.
"Air in Dutch" Eric answered.
"Defiantly your elements theory " Olivia said as she put the picture on the board.
"Why would he put God in there? Its not one of the elements" George asked looking at Eric.
"Maybe he is trying to mix us up," Eric offered
"What about the big bang theory?" George asked. Olivia just watched them since she didn't know what they were talking about.
"The science versus religion theory?" Eric asked looking at him.
"Yea, look at it so far, god was on first victim, his next victims became all of the elements," George explained as he looked at the pictures
"It could be the big bang theory, which would put a sign together," Eric said as he grabbed all the photos and walked over to a map of Manhattan.
"What's the big bang theory?" Olivia asked.
"It's the theory…" George started.
"Battle" Eric corrected as he put circles on the places where the victims were found.
"The battle of science and religion and how everything got started, religion says its god and science says its elements" George explained as he and Olivia watched Eric.
"Got it" Eric said looking at the cross made up of the circles he drew. "And here is your next drop point" He said as he drew the lines together and pointed to the where the lines met.
"You two go and I'll call Elliot" George said as he pulled out his cell phone. They nodded and headed toward the door.
"Thanks for helping us today" Olivia said as she started up the car.
"For you anything" Eric answered as he placed his hand on her knee. Olivia just smiled and pulled the car out of the parking lot.
"Hey the thing earlier about not saying I love you when you said it was just because I was around work and stuff…"
"Don't worry about it, I understand" Eric interrupted.
"Ok, thanks" Olivia said smiling as she drove the car with one hand and held his hand with the other.
They arrived at the address and Elliot, Fin, and John already there. All spread out to find the guy or the body.
They stood there for a couple of minutes until John signaled all of them that he saw someone. Everyone nodded slightly.
"Lets get him" Olivia whispered to Elliot as they saw a guy come out of alley. Elliot just nodded and they walked toward the suspect. Fin and John moved slowly into the alley to find the body. They ran out a couple of seconds later and nodded at them.
"Excuse me, can we speak to you?" Elliot asked putting up his badge, Olivia next to him also putting up her badge. The guy looked at them and started running. John and Olivia got the car as Fin, Elliot and Eric started chasing him.
The guy ran into the alley and climbed over a fence. Eric climbed over the fence and tackled him down.
"Damn man, nice tackle," Fin said out of breath.
"Damn you can run" Elliot said breathing hard.
"Well thanks" Eric said smiling as he held the guy down.
"YOU!" The suspect yelled looking Eric. Everyone looked at him.
"And you," Eric yelled angrily, pulling him up and pushing him against a wall "I shot you in Switzerland, your not supposed to be alive" Eric said grabbing him by the neck.
"What's going on?" Elliot asked walking over to them.
"Mr. CIA here, had me mixed up on one of his cases so now he is angry that I didn't die when he shot me" The guy said smugly still being held by the neck.
"CIA?" Fin asked
"Eric is an agent for the CIA" Elliot answered.
"No wonder" Fin said rolling his eyes.
Olivia and John pulled up to the alley and got out of their cars.
"Eric is more determined to get him then we are" John said smirking as he saw Eric holding the perp by the neck.
"He's CIA" Fin said.
"Eric?" John asked confused.
"Yes Eric is CIA. What's going on?" Olivia asked looking at Elliot and then Eric who was just glaring at the perp.
"One of Eric's old suspects" Elliot answered, "Eric let him go, news is here," Elliot said in a low voice as he saw a news van pull up toward the alley. Eric quickly let go of him. Elliot and Fin grabbed him and handcuffed him.
"Detectives is this the killer?" one of the newscasters yelled as they pushed their way toward the car dragging the guy. Everyone kept quiet and said nothing as all of them went into a squad car.
"He was an old suspect?" Olivia asked as she drove.
"Yea and a guilty one. I shot him in Switzerland a couple of years ago but I guess he lived" Eric said as he looked out the window. Olivia saw him just stare blankly outside, she just took his hand and held it.
They arrived at the precinct around 7 there were more newscasters. Fin and Elliot were holding the guy and pulling him through the crowd as people shouted comments from the side. John right by them holding the angry civilians back. Eric next to Olivia moving the people out of the way so she could get through.
"You bastard!" Someone screamed and threw a beer bottle. It shattered right behind the perp and in front of Eric and Olivia.
"Damn!" Olivia said holding her face.
"What happened?" Eric asked moving her hand away from her face. A small glass piece was stuck in her cheek "C'mon," Eric said taking her hand and pulling her through the crowd and inside the precinct. John ran in behind them and closed the door quickly as officers appeared and helped him.
"Let me see" Eric said pulling her to the side and putting her face in his hands to get a closer look at the cut "Detective Benson I think you will survive" Eric said smiling as he gave her a gentle kiss on the forehead.
"Shut up and just pull it out," Olivia said smiling.
"Jeez were in the hallway liv," Eric teased.
"Not that" Olivia said laughing and playfully hit him on the shoulder. Eric just smiled and grabbed a napkin that was sitting on the table by them.
"Don't move" Eric said as he reached for the small piece of glass.
"It hurts Eric" Olivia whined.
"Stop being a baby. C'mon work hours, time for bad ass Benson" Eric said smiling as he quickly pulled it out and stopped the blood with the napkin.
"Thanks" Olivia said as she took the napkin and held it herself.
"You want me to kiss it and make it better?" Eric asked in a baby voice and pouted.
"Later, I promise. Lets go talk to that perp" Olivia said smiling and pulling him by the hand toward the squad room.
"You ok?" John asked when he saw her.
"I'm fine, no big deal." Olivia answered as she grabbed a bandage from her desk and gave it to Eric. Eric took it and put on her.
"Guys name is Gregory Kohler" John told them as he looked at a file.
"He keeps talking French" Elliot said coming into the squad room with Fin following him.
"Then he switches to German," Fin added.
"You know French, go talk to him" Elliot suggested looking at Eric.
"Sure" Eric nodded and headed toward the interrogation room. Everyone followed and watched from behind the mirror.
Eric went in and sat across the Kohler and just starred at him. Kohler smirked and said something in German. Eric kept starring at him and said something in French. Olivia had to smile a little since she found it extremely sexy when he spoke French.
"Lets talk English" Eric said with a small smirk as he got off the chair and walked around the room.
"So the people watching can understand?" Kohler asked smirking. "And that bitch who took the bottle hit for me. She your new pussy agent Gordon?" he asked smirking looking at Eric.
Eric said nothing and kicked the table toward one of the walls.
"That supposed to scare me?" Kohler asked smiling looking at the table on the other side of him.
"When I get through with you, we'll see how scared you are," Eric said pulling the chair out of him and sliding it over to the table. Kohler stood up from the ground and leaned on a wall.
"You going to shoot me again?" Kohler asked smirking.
"No, this time the state will do that for me with a needle" Eric said as he grabbed him by the neck and slammed him against the wall and pressing his face against the rails for the window. "This time you wont survive" Eric whispered.
"You want me to make a deal? I talk and that ADA you got looking through the mirror gives me a deal? I don't think so Agent Gordon" Kohler said smiling still with his face pressed against the rails.
"So I should beat you up…again?" Eric said in a low voice as he pushed him to the ground. Kohler smirked and sat up against the wall.
"No. I'm not talking" Kohler said smirking.
"Get up" Eric said grabbing him and pulling him up by the shirt and throwing him on the table.
Everyone who was watching from the mirror moved back a little since the table was by the window.
"This is his idea of interrogation?" Cragen asked
"I like him" Elliot said smirking as he kept watching.
"I'm not talking" Kohler said smiling as he put his hands behind his head and kept laying on the table. "You think that hot detective can give me the pleasure those corpuses did?" Kohler said snickering.
Eric grabbed him by the shirt and threw him at the wall. Kohler held his head were he hit it and just nodded.
"Good. Let me get you someone to talk to" Eric said smiling as he grabbed the chair and slid it over toward Kohler. Eric walked out of the interrogation room closed the door behind him. "Now he's all ready to talk"
"Damn, that's how you get them ready to talk?" Elliot said smirking.
"Some. The perks of my job" Eric said smiling with a shrug.
"Sign me up" Fin said smirking.
"Fin and Elliot go talk to him" Cragen said pointing to Kohler. They nodded and went into the interrogation room.
"Olivia you can take the rest of the day off if you want, Fin and Elliot can interrogate him" Cragen offered.
"Are you sure?" Olivia asked.
"Yea, go ahead, make sure all the glass is out of that cut"
"I will, thanks." Olivia said with a grateful smile.
"Thanks for helping us out" Cragen said as he shook hands with Eric.
"No problem" Eric said nodding.
"You two have a nice day," Cragen said with a small smirk. Both of them smirked and left the precinct.
"Guess who I love?" Olivia asked smiling as they walk down the street to his car.
"Um…Elliot" Eric teased as he took her hand.
"He wishes" Olivia said smiling as she rested her head on his shoulder and held his hand.
"You chariot awaits my lady" Eric said smiling as he opened the door to his car for her.
"Thank you your majesty" Olivia said smiling as she got in.
They got to her apartment at 10 o'clock.
"I'll see you later" Eric said as he gave her a hug standing outside her building.
"You don't want to come up?" Olivia asked smiling.
"It's 10 at night, you really shouldn't have boys in your house that late." Eric said smiling as he kept his hands on her waist and looked at her gorgeous smile. "Your dad never thought you not to invite boys up at this hour" Olivia's smile faded. At that moment Eric realized what he said and remembered she didn't like it when he talked about a dad even though he didn't know why.
"Oh liv, I forgot, I'm sorry honey" Eric said quickly as he hugged her again.
"It's ok, don't worry about it" Olivia said forcing a small smile and looking up at him.
"Maybe I should go…"
"Don't start the nervous thing again" Olivia interrupted smiling. "You're not going any where except to have coffee with me" Olivia said taken his hand. She knew she had to tell him about her father. Tell him that she didn't really have one. The fact that she never met her own father and that her father was a criminal.
"Fine I'll have coffee with you but no sex I'm tired" Eric teased as they walked up the stairs together holding hands.
"Who said I was going to give you sex?" Olivia teased smiling.
"I wove you Owivia" Eric said pouting and on purpose mispronouncing the L's. Olivia just smiled thinking how adorable he was when he pouted.
They walked into her apartment both holding hands and smiling.
"I want to talk to you about something" Olivia said as she took off her jacket and went to make coffee.
"I swear I didn't leave the toilet seat up last night" Eric said smiling as he walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and lightly kissed her neck.
"Your not in trouble" Olivia said smiling as she leaned her neck back on his chest and enjoyed the affection she was getting.
"Then what you got to talk to me about buddy?" Eric asked smiling.
"You love me?" Olivia asked.
"Of course I love you" Eric said surprised by the question and stopped kissing her neck and just looked at her. "What's going on?" Eric asked more concerned.
"C'mon lets sit down" Olivia said taking his hand and leading him toward the couch.
"Baby your scaring me," Eric said as he sat down. She sat down Indian style and faced him and held his hand.
"You know how I get weird every time you say something about my father?" Olivia asked as she placed his hand on her knee.
"Yea" He answered as he sat Indian style as well and faced her placing both hands on her knees.
"Well…I never…I never met my father" Olivia said looking down.
"Honey there is nothing wrong with that," He whispered as he took her face and lifted it up so she would look at him and looked into her teary eyes.
"Eric…I'm a product of rape" Olivia choked out through tears and got up and went to the kitchen and just stared at her sink. She felt his arms embrace her from the back and hold her. "How can you love me?" She whispered through tears. His arms held on tighter.
"How can I not? I love you no matter what, I don't care if you're the product of the devil himself or if you're the product of god. You're my Olivia and that's that," Eric whispered turning her around to look at him. "I love you," He whispered as he wiped her tear away.
"I love you for the person that you are and how you got here doesn't matter as long as you're here with me"
"But how can you love me after knowing that?" She whispered crying.
"I thought we went over this. Your not the greatest listener for a detective" He teased smiling wiping another tear away. She managed a small smile "Come here you little weirdo" He said smiling as he gave her a hug. She rested her head on his chest and wrapped her arms around his body.
"I love you Eric," She whispered smiling as she hugged him more.
"I love you too Olivia." He whispered as he gave her a kiss on the head. She just held him and didn't let go.
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