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Author's note- I had a burst of inspiration for this one so here ya go. I hope you enjoy, maybe leave a review, it doesn't take long and it will make you feel great. Thanks-Pie.

Alex sat in between Olivia and Serena, her left hand was intertwined with Olivia's right and her right was intertwined with Serena's left. They just sat there, nobody in the room was really talking and the only noise that could be heard was that of a flat screen TV that was in the middle of the room. Nobody was really watching it but the background noise was better than the deafening silence.

Every once in a while the door would open and everybody would quickly look to see if the doctor had finally come to give them some news on how Cragen was doing. So far though there was no such luck. People continued to stream into the room which quickly started to run out of chairs, so some of the hospital personal and a few of the cops went to get more.

Mary had come in a couple times to check on everyone and see how they were doing, but she still didn't have any news; just that the doctors had started to narrow down what they thought may have happened and that the Captain was stable. They also knew that an O.R had been booked for him in the event that he would need surgery, so it looked like all the bases were covered.

Everybody looked up when they saw Elliot walk in. He walked to the middle of the room and cleared his throat to get everybody's attention.

"Alright guys, I just talked with Mary and she said that a doctor is coming in a minute or two to talk with us. It seems as though they know what happened and are just working out the finer details of how they plan to fix it. I think right now it would be a good idea to start moving all of our chairs around. It would probably be best if we made a circle so that way we can all hear what's happening, Chester and Fin are bringing more chairs in so everybody should be able to sit. So," He stopped and took a deep breath. "Uh, that's all I have right now." He gave a small nod before walking over to the rest of the SVU squad and taking a seat next to Kathy. He gave Alex a sad smile when he realized that she had made it there, before turning his attention back to Kathy and asking her how everything had been going.

No sooner had everyone finished moving their chairs around when a woman in light blue scrubs and tennis shoes walk into the room.

"Wow you guys are organized." She said when she saw the circle they had formed. "My name is Charlie VanDyken, I'm the head doctor on Captain Cragen's case." She paused to make sure she had everybody's attention before continuing. "Okay so we have narrowed everything down and have determined that Captain Cragen has had a heart attack."

"What does that mean?" Chester asked.

"Well basically a heart attack occurs when blood is unable to flow properly through the heart muscle, and when blood is unable to flow through the heart it makes it very difficult to flow to the rest of the body. What we have determined is that your Captain has a block in his right coronary artery, which is why he had the heart attack."

"What is your plan to fix it?" Elliot inquired.

"Well we're going to go into surgery and remove the blockage and then do some repair work."

"Repair work?" Casey asked.

"Yes. Blockages like this can cause damage to the surrounding areas of the heart."

"How much damage?" Serena implored.

"We won't really be able to know until we start the surgery; it really just depends on how big the block is."

"How can this happen? Captain Cragen always seemed to be healthy enough." Munch told her.

"Honestly it's hard to know for sure. It could do with the fact that he's a recovering alcoholic or stress or it could run in his family. Sometimes we don't have a cause, it's sad but it happens and all we can do is try to fix it the best ways we know how and in his case that mean doing this surgery. At this point he is stable and this surgery looks hopeful, the aspirin he was given at the time of the heart attack probably saved his life." She paused to give everybody time to ingest the new information they had been given before continuing on. "I have about thirty minutes until the surgery starts so I am more than happy to answer any questions any of you have."

"Can we see him?" Olivia looked up to meet her eyes. It was the first time she had said anything since Alex had first gotten their. The look in her eyes was sad and desperate; it broke Alex's heart to see the normally strong detective broken down so much.

The doctor looked Olivia in the eye. "Right now they are prepping him for surgery, but we will make sure to let you know when we move him to the O.R you can come see him."

Olivia gave a small nod before going back to being silent. Alex squeezed her hand reassuringly and Olivia looked up at her.

"He'll be okay. I know it, don't worry too much okay?" Alex said softly so only Olivia could hear.

"Okay." Olivia said back.

They all sat there for the next half hour or so. Some people asked Dr. VanDyken questions but mostly they just sat there waiting for when they would be able to see him. The doctor sat in the room with them even after everybody was done with the questions. It had soon become very quiet and they all jumped a little when the Dr. VanDyken's pager went off.

She looked down to read the screen before addressing the group. "Alright, they are going to roll him out now. He'll come down this hallway and go through the doors at the end of the hallway, so I'll have the surgical team stop so you all come out and see him." She got up and started walking out motioning for them to follow her. They made their way out into the hall and a few minutes later a few nurses rolled Captain Cragen out.

He was asleep and there were IVs in his arms and a oxygen mask over his face. Everybody stayed up against the wall to give the squad a few minutes alone with him before they had to bring him into surgery.

Elliot, Fin, Munch, Monique, Chester, Casey, Olivia and Alex surrounded the gurney, four people on each side.

Olivia reached out and took one of the captain's hands in her own. "Hey Cap. We're all here, okay? Don't worry about us we're okay. We just want you to know that we love you and we want you to get better." She whispered trying very hard to keep her voice from cracking.

For the next few minutes they sat there and talked with him, letting him know that everyone else was fine and that they just wanted him to focus on getting better. Finally Dr. VanDyken came over.

"I'm sorry guys but we have to take him now."

They all backed up slowly and Olivia reluctantly let go of his hand.

"I'll keep you all updated, I promise." The doctor told the group before nodding to the nurses and rolling the Captain down the hall to the O.R.

People started to file back into the room, but the squad waited until they could no longer see him down the hall before going back in.

Olivia turned to Alex and Huang. "I think I'm gonna go for a walk, try to clear my head a bit."

"Yeah, sure. We'll come get you if we hear anything." George said.

Olivia nodded before turning and walking down the hall. Alex really wanted to go with her, make sure she was okay, but she knew she couldn't.

"It's okay Alex. You just need to give her some space to think, a lot has happened tonight for her. She'll be okay. If she's not back in a half hour you can go look for her."

Alex took a deep breath before looking at him. "You're right. Why don't we go back in there and wait for a while."

"That sounds like a good idea." He said. Then they turned and joined the rest of the group in the hospital living room.

'This is going to be one long night.' Alex thought as she settled back into her chair.

P.S- I just got news that Chris and Mariska are for sure coming back for the next season of SVU.