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Thanks to all for reading and the ones that have taken the time to review and give me advise, I'm sorry for the mistakes I'm still working on my writing.
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Preview
She was getting delirious she knew it as tears sprang to her eyes, she didn't like feeling so vulnerable.. so.. so alone and in pain, she rested her head against the wall and let herself fall to sleep.
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Clues
Chapter 4
Eight hours before
"That's your witness"
The policeman at the site told them, while pointing in the directions where a woman and the medical team where.
"She has a bump in the head and needs to go to the hospital to be checkout but she refuses, insisted on talking to you guys before we can take her in."
"Had she say anything about what happen?" Detective Benson ask.
"Only thing she say was.. She took her.. That she saw her got hit on the head and tried to intervene, that's when she got hurt, other than that she didn't saw or hear anything."
"OK, we'll take over from here" Elliot told him and hurried his steep to catch to Olivia, who by this time was almost by the gurney.
"How is she?"
"Well other than the hit on the head, it seems she doesn't have any other injuries just an abrasion on the side of her face, probably cause when she hit the pavement, but we need to take her to the hospital just to make sure that she doesn't have a fracture, she may have a slight concussion, her eyes are dilated but she doesn't want to go before she talk to a ..Detective Benson?"
"That's me.. Thanks"
Olivia when to the woman just as Elliot catch up to her.
"How does she knows you by name?" Olivia turned to him and made a gestured with her head letting him know she didn't know.
"I'm OK.. Need to talk to Miss. Benson!" They both heard the woman saying to the second medic when Olivia hear and saw how she was she recognized her.
"Miss. Kim?"
"Who?"
"Miss. Kim, she is the owner of the Chinese restaurant one block down, Casey and I get our food from there sometimes" She hurried to the gurney smiling to the woman on the gurney and ask.
"Miss. Kim, how are you feeling?"
"Miss. Olivia!, good.. You here.. You need to help her, she was hit and.." The woman stared to speak really fast that her heart stared to bit faster.
"Miss. Kim you need to relax, calm down, take your time ok?"
"Ok..mm ok" She tried to calm down and Olivia stared again.
"Miss Kim this is my partner Detective Stabler, can you tell us what happened?"
"Yes, yes, I waiting for you.. I.. She forgot her books at restaurant" She said pointing to the thick bunch of folders laying on the grown bound by an elastic band .. "Miss. Novak.. I try to give it to her.. She was walking.. She hear me and she turn and the woman hit her."
"The woman? What woman?" Elliot asked.
"She was on a truck.. Mm.. A black truck.. closed on the side."
"Closed? Like a van?" Olivia asked.
"Yes.. Yes.. It was black, she came out of van and hit Miss. Novak on the side." She said while touching her left side. "She felt to ground.. I try to help but she hit me.. And I don't see nothing more" Miss. Kim finish and stayed really quiet.
"It's ok Miss. Kim, take your time. Is there anything else that you can remember? Anything that will help us on finding Casey? Did you got a look at the driver?"
Olivia asked and turn to the opposite side of where they where, just a few feet away Casey's briefcase and what appear to be the remains of her dinner were scared on the grown were they had fallen, just a few feet from the folders. "Where are you Case?" Liv thought internally.
"I remember.. The van had a signed on side.. It was from School.. It had children pain on side..Yes children"
Elliot took over seeing that Olivia was distracted
"School? You mean it was a School van?
Hearing this Olivia turn her attention to the conversation again and concentrated.
"Yes, like School van.. Small children on the sign, it was black.. The woman black hair.. Not to tall no to short.. She white.. Blue eyes"
"OK, Miss. Kim did you hear anything the woman may have said?" Olivia asked.
"Mm she said..It's your.. Fault?.. Yes.. It's your fault.. That's what she say"
"Sorry detectives but we need to move her, she needs to go in," A paramedic announce and Olivia acknowledge him, looking at Miss. Kim she asked.
"Miss. Kim, do you think you can describe the woman to one of the sketch artist so we could see how she looks like?"
"Yes, yes I do Miss. Benson, when?"
"Please call me Olivia, and as soon as the doctors make sure you are ok, we can set you up with one of the guys from the drawing department OK?"
"Yes I do what I can.. I sorry I couldn't help her.. So sorry" When the woman finished she was about to cry, taking her hand into hers Olivia try to comfort her.
"It is not your fault Miss. Kim, you tried to help and you couldn't known what was about to happen, you did what you could and now because of you we have a clue to where star looking, you had help us more that you can imagine, we'll find her" She reassured her and squeezing the little woman hand's Olivia gave her a little smile.
"Mai" The woman say and Olivia look at her a little confuse "My name is Mai, you can call me that, yes"
Olivia's smile got bigger and she acknowledge with her head.
"Yes I can; and now Mai you need to go to the hospital to be checkout OK"
Letting go of her hands as the paramedic were moving the gurney she reassure her.
"We'll see you in a little bit."
When the gurney was place inside the ambulance Elliot turn to Olivia asking her opinion.
"What do you think?"
"Other than this been someone looking for revenge, I got nothing, it has to be connected to one of her cases"
"How do you know?"
"Because of what Miss. Kim heard the other woman said before attacking them. 'It is your fault' it sounds personal.. Maybe the relative of a convicted criminal or a friend with a grouched against Casey, in this line of business that's not really hard to find" Olivia finished remembering just how few weeks before she had been attack in her apartment by the crazy comic book guy.
"Maybe you are right, lets go to the hospital, on the way we call Fin and Lake so they can go to Casey's office and see if they find any treat notes or any clues that could help us, Much can work the telephone lines, see if there were any hate calls, maybe her home too"
They walked back to their issue car in silence the only thing on their minds finding Casey Novak, the sooner the better.
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1-6 Precinct
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"Got anything?"
"Anything other than our ADA living a life of solitude and to herself?No.
She has no phone calls other than the annoying telemarketers and credit card offers, a call from a friend upstate and from her office, she got no other phone calls, same at the office; just busyness and Court calls, she had her cell with her but I couldn't get anything suspicious from her account" Munch stated sitting at his desk while waving a thick file on his hand.
"Fin and Lake found anything? Are they back yet?"
"Cap I just got back and they are not here, at least I don't see them, unless they when for lunch"
"Munch don't be an.." John interrupted him before he could finish.
"Cap. All I'm saying is that there is no way anyone in this unit will stop looking for her voluntary, we all want to have her back as soon as possible and I'm sure that as soon as Lake and Fin get back they will tell us what they found, same with Elliot and Olivia, we just need to be patient."
At that moment Elliot and Olivia walk into the bullpen.
"Did you got anything? Elliot asked.
Munch, seen their faces opted for the safe way and just answer the question.
"Nothing on her phone lines, not the office nor the apartment, I just got her cell phone records but I didn't see anything suspicious" He stop and when Liv was a bout to say something he added "Yet, I was just about to go through them."
"You got anything else from the witness?" Cragen ask.
"No Captain, the wit.. Miss. Kim is unconscious or was at the time we came back, the Dr. said it wasn't uncommon for that to happen, when she wakes up she is going to be set with the sketch artists to give us the description of the woman she saw" Olivia answer.
"But we do have a description of the van the kidnapper was driving in.. Black from a school, most likely a private school, and three letters from the plate.. ZST.. No numbers thought" Elliot added.
"Well at least we have something to go on, aren't there any security cameras around the building or the street?"
"All ready check and done, they are at Computer Crimes Lab as we speak, for once I would be grateful to Big Brother spying down on us" John responded and Cragen nodded.
"Ok, so know we just wait for Fin and Lake to come back and see if they found anything and hope the witness wakes up soon, Olivia, Elliot, go to Computer Crimes and see if they have found something else"
The two stared to walk out the bullpen when Cragen hold Liv' arm and say to her.
"We are going to find her"
Olivia shook her head and gave him a small smile "I know Cap. Thanks"
With that they walked out the bullpen.
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On the elevator Elliot keep glancing at Olivia looking at her stoic posture, he didn't know what to say to her or how to reassure her that everything would turn out ok.
"How are you holding on?"
"Barely" Was her only and strait answer.
Elliot didn't know what else to say, or how to respond to that so he did what he thought would help her, he put his hand on Olivia's shoulder and squeeze it a little bit, willing himself to give the support he knew the woman at his side needed.
Olivia couldn't help the tears that shone in her eyes but never let fall.
"It's just. That .. I don't know if I could take it you know? Her been gone.. We have become so closed just like.." She kept quiet.
"Just like you and Alex?"
"Yes, I'm willing to say closer.. You guys are all the family I got.. Well apart from Simon whom I'm just getting to know.. I just couldn't take it if I lose anyone of you.. We need to find her.. I need to find her!" Olivia finished with a little hiccup of emotions on her voice.
She had never open up to him like this, not for the last two or three years at least, it was probably the situation or that they were turning to be the best friends they used to be, but he had never seen her this vulnerable.
Or maybe he hadn't notice before; been to involved in his own problems that he felt like he had deserted her and he made himself a promise that he was going to be there for her.
"We'll find her Liv, and she is going to be fine you'll see; nothing will change.. Well maybe that we are going to be more careful of her and you, so we don't have to be looking for anyone else in the future, but we will find her, you need to believe that" He said and his hold on her got stronger.
She felt his strength and the warm from his hand radiating thru her shoulder and to her soul that make her feel warm inside and Olivia appreciated it, with a little more hope in her heart she look at her partner, her best friend and before walking out the elevator said.
"I know El.. Thanks"
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Ok next chapter coming soon..any thoughts..you know what to do.