Author Note: Okay so I've started writing this chapter like five times and my computer keeps shutting down and saying it has saved my story and I warm the old girl back up and no file. So that's what's going on with the delay's also thank you for the Reviews Please keep it up.

Story Heads up: So after bouncing the idea of having a chapter about What took place in the Mayer's home I finally come to the conclusion that I will make references and maybe some flash backs but I'm not going to write out every detail of what happened there. The story will now continue back with the squad in the squad room after returning from the Mayer's home. And I will continue this story with more of a bouncing back and forth between the squad and Olivia more like the show. Events are now parallel and occurring in time with one another. The story will become more linear instead of bouncing between current and past event.

Disclaimer: Characters all belong to Dick wolf. Story is mine.

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Chapter 7

The Squad as well as Brian and Elliot returned to the squad room. They gathered around the board.

" What did you find at the Mayer's." Brian asked fearing what the answer might be.

Elliot and Brian waited patiently for one of the others to respond. Each of them seemed to have to brace themselves to some degree before proceeding with what they had discovered.

"Mr. Mayer was dead when we arrived. He had been beaten to death." Nick relayed looking down.

" We discovered Mrs. Mayer hanging from her wrists in the closet. She was alive but slipping into shock. A bus rushed her to the hospital. We won't know her condition for a while." Amanda said casting glances at Nick.

"What about Liv?" Elliot asked.

Everyone looked at Cregan to lead this case. They were at a loss without Olivia.

"Mrs. Mayer wasn't able to shed much light on that. She was hardly holding on when we arrived. It looks like he killed Mr. Mayer and then held Mrs. Mayer and Olivia in the bedroom. Evidence is still being collected; will know more when it comes back." Cregan said. His brow furrowed. Worry stretched across his face.

" So we have nothing. We know what he's driving, where he's been, his MO. Yet we still have no idea where he is or if Olivia is even still alive." Brian Said as his voice cracked.

He started to move away from the group. He needed to get himself together.

" We do know that Lewis transported her in the trunk. We found her necklace hidden by the spare tire. She was alive at that point. We can't give up on her. She's leaving us a trail." Fin Relayed trying to bring some sliver of hope back to the group.

Just then the doors to the squad room flew open and a frantic and disheveled Barba stormed in. As he got closer to the group it was obvious he had been crying and his eyes were red. He was dressed in casual clothing; a pair of jeans and a sweater. But his hair was messy and it didn't seem that he had shaved in a couple of days.

"Is it true?" He choked out as he reached the group.

He looked around at the faces the people he worked with. One face didn't belong, but that was not a fact he needed to focus on right now. Everyone made eye contact with them their faces all answered his question. He felt his heart break.

"I have something you need to hear." He said sucking in a deep breath and steading his nerves.

Barba pulled his phone from his pocket and taped a few buttons. Then before continuing he looked back at the group.

"I was out of the city the last couple of day's clearing my head. Reviewing the case. I didn't have cell reception until I reentered the city an hour ago on my way home. I immediately got several texts from coworkers at the court house asking if I had seen the news. I hadn't so I stopped pulled over and got online. I saw the report." He took a deep and shakey breath watching as everyone waited for him to get to the point.

"I noticed I had a few missed calls. One from the DA and One from the Captain. Both from this Morning. But I also saw that Olivia had called me yesterday… she left me a voicemail. "He took another deep breath appearing to hold it as he pressed play.

They all stared at the phone intently and listened. At first it just sounded like shuffling. Then there was grunts and what sounded like someone being hit. Then there were loud thumps. Someone running. Two sets of feet. Olivia had gotten away from Lewis and he was chasing her. Then there was only silence for a moment. There were several low thuds and what sounded like things being knocked over.

Then a loud smack and a few small cry off in the distance.

Elliot's jaw began to tense. Brian had a few tears caught in the corners of his eyes. Amanda stood with her arms wrapped around her. Waiting for the next sound.

'Keep your eyes open Bitch' they heard Lewis yell. The phone was too far away from them at this point to tell what else was happening but they could hear them talk.

' you hear me?'

'Yes' the weak voice barely made it to the recording. It was so faint and weak it was almost missed.

'You're going to behave or I will start shooting you with your own gun. You got that?' Lewis barked again.

At this point the recording ended the voicemail had ended the call.

They all stood there like the air had sucked out of the room. She had called for help. She had reached out and no one had come. They stood there in shock.

"I tried calling her back the minute I got it." Barba said quietly.

"We have her phone. It was recovered at the halfway house Lewis had been staying at." Nick said flatly and not thinking. Speaking but not ever realizing it. His ears were ringing. Replaying what he had heard on the voicemail in his head

Brian tilted his head. Thinking about what they had heard.

"Why did she call you?" Brian said sharply. He moved closer to Barba.

Barba shook his head and kept eye contact with Brian.

"I…I don't know." Barba said quietly

Barba took a sharp breath and lowered his head. If only he had gotten the call when she had made it. if only they had put this guy away in the first place.

" Hm? Why? Why wouldn't she have called me when she was in trouble? Why wouldn't she call her Partner or the Captain?Why wouldn't see have called the precinct? Hell why didn't she call Elliot? Why YOU?" Brian was yelling at this point.

Elliot blood was boiling. His Olivia would have called him. But she wasn't his. She never really was. Not the way that she was Brian's. But there had been a time when he would have been her first call.

Elliot looked at the short disheveled man. He wasn't familiar to him. But If Olivia had made her call for help to him. Elliot knew there was a reason. And without knowing a thing about the man he trusted him more than the other new faces he had meet today.

Brian moved closer now almost touching him. His rage was boiling over. Everyone watch this display. Cregan finally stepped in.

"That's enough." He said holding his hand's up.

Brian stepped back.

"I need some air." Brian looked at his phone as he walked out the doors.

"You guys keep combing through this." Cregan said motioning towards the Squad.

"Elliot, Barba my office." Without missing a beat everyone did as they were told.

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Olivia sat handcuffed to the door of a car. Her head was spinning. And she was desperate for water. Lewis had pulled into a parking lot told her to be quiet and gotten out of the car. The windows were darkly tinted but she could see that they were at a small store. Somewhere outside of the city. Tree's back-dropped everything in her sight. It was midday but there was no one else around.

She pulled hard against the cuffs. He prayed silently to herself that she could slip out of them. But it was futile. She felt around the door. And realized she could get ahold of the handle. She tugged on it and to her surprise it came open. With her back to the door she started to get pulled out of the car as the door opened. She slipped out; falling onto her butt in the dirty parking lot. Her arms jerking almost out of the sockets as her cuffed hands remained attached to the door. And now left her in an extremely awkward and uncomfortable position with her arms restrained not only behind her back but also now above her head.

Her mouth was covered with tape and she had no hope of yelling for help. She looked for anyone. She knew Lewis would be back any moment and she had to get the hell out of there. She looked at the road. No one passed. She looked up and spotted a security camera attached to a light pool. She looked up at it pleadingly. Hopefully it worked. Suddenly she heard another car she twisted and turned. Then she saw it a small car pulled around from the other side of the door. A woman looked down from the window.

Shock crossed the woman's face as she dove out of the passenger side door towards Olivia.

"Oh my God." She stuttered as she knelt down next to a panicking Olivia.

The woman turned her head back to the open door of her own car

"Frank call 911 Now!" she yelled.

She turned her attention back to Olivia.

"Hold on honey help is coming." The woman said softly

"I'm going to remove the tape okay?" The woman said.

Olivia nodded. And the woman peeled the tape away.

"Please. Please help me." Olivia said franticly

"He's going to come back. He has a gun. Please." Olivia said in one breath.

If it was possible the woman's eyes grew larger. And once again she turned to the car.

"Frank, are the Police coming?"

The man from the car walked around the other side and stood in front of the woman and Olivia.

"Yes there on their way. " He said to the woman

He still held the phone to his ear.

"My…My name is Olivia Benson I'm a Detective with the NYPD." Olivia choked out.

The Woman and Franks eyes met and Frank relayed the message to the 911 operator.

"They're transferring me." Frank said still holding the phone.

The woman stood and grabbed a bottle of water from her car and knelt back down next to Olivia.

" Hold your head up, you need water."

Olivia agreed and sucked the bottle down. She let out a long breath, as the woman took the bottle and set it on the ground in front of her.

"Thank you." Olivia said lowering her head.

"Please. We need to get away. He's going to come back he'll kill me." Olivia said.

"It'll be okay." The Woman didn't understand the situation.

Just then they heard Frank being to talk again.

" Yes, I Found a woman. She says her name is Olivia Benson…"

"Yes, my wife and I found her."

"We are at a hardware store just outside of the city…"

A couple of low popping noises came from the store they were in front of.

" Please hurry. I think the man is in the store and may have just shot someone. " Frank half yelled into the phone

Just then a sharp bang split the air. Olivia began to scream. Lewis rounded the corner as frank collapsed. A large pool of blood formed around him.

Lewis raised his gun aiming it at the woman. Another Shot rang out and blood splattered all over Olivia. She sat there screaming while this woman's body slumped forward onto Olivia.

Lewis walked closer. Holding the Gun at Olivia. She stopped her screaming and began to pull and twist anything she could do to get away from him. But like a animal caught in a trap she just continued to panic and flail. But mad no real headway to escape.

"Little bitch. I told you to be quite. "He yelled.

He kept the gun aimed at Olivia and pushed the woman off of her.

"Look what you did Olivia. You killed these people because you couldn't stay quiet." He said slightly leaned over her.

Lewis stood up straight. And kicked her hard right in the ribs. Olivia couldn't breathe as he kicked her again. He walked closer to her and punched her in the side of the face. Olivia cried out when she could finally breath again.

" Please. Please stop." She begged.

Lewis Pistol wiped her in the head and her world went black.

He Forced her back in the car and quickly drove away just as sirens could be heard in the distance.

He drove down the road toward the woods.

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Cregan rounded his desk and sat down. He looked as if in the last week he had aged ten years.

"Councilor this is Elliot Stabler Olivia's former partner." Barba turned to the man and extended his hand.

" Rafael Barba, ADA for SVU." Barba said, Elliot took his hand and shook it.

They turned there attention back to Cregan.

"What do we know?" Barba Asked. A lump forming in his throat.

Cregan lowered his head to the reports from the lab sitting on his desk.

"We know that she was hurt, and bleeding when they left her apartment. We know her bed was found keys in the kitchen that were used to burn her. We found her hair and blood all of the apartment. We also found traces of semen on the floor in the living room.

We learned from Councilor Mayer that He was on long island yesterday. We went there and found her parents. Father dead and her mother had been brutalized. Olivia was transported in the trunk of the car. Her bedding was found in the trunk as well as her necklace."

Elliot and Barba stood there processing all of the information.

Elliot's hand's balled into fists. He want this bastard dead. He wanted to watch the lights go out in his eyes.

Barba felt like he was being crushed. He couldn't breathe. This had been his fault. He should have put Lewis away when they had him in custody. She should never be back on the street.

Just then Amanda came flying through the door.

"They found her." She said in a hurried breath.

Everyone froze for a moment.

"Shes alive. A couple found her at a Hardware store." She relayed the information she had received from the uni that had gotten the call.

Just then there was shouting cross the squad room.

Everyone in Cregan's office rushed out.

The Squad room was quite again. And the 911 call was on speaker. They Heard a shot ring out. then another. Then the phone went dead.

" I want everyone at that hardware store. Now!" Cregan yelled across the room. Everyone went running.

Elliot and Barba both started to head that way. Cregan spun around to face them both.

"Stay here." Cregan ordered

"Captain" Elliot protested

"No. You're not a cop anymore."

"And you're not a cop at all stay here"

"Captain your right we aren't cops and we don't answer to you" Barba spat.

Barba had no tolerance for being told what he was and was not going to do. His friend was in trouble and he would not stand idly by.

Cregan was taken back by the sharp tonged lawyer. Cregan knew he was a shark in the courtroom but he had never seen the man act anything but professional.

"Fine but you both stay out of the way." Cregan barked and the three men all raced out of the Squad room as quickly as they could.

The Drive to the hardware store was probably only ten minutes but the drive seemed to go on forever. Nick white knuckled the steering wheel the whole way there. He was driving twenty over the speed limit the whole way there. Amanda sat next to him just as focused on the road.

Fin and Munch followed in the car behind them. Cregan followed close behind them followed by four patrol cars and one Jeep carrying Elliot and Barba.

All nine cars bailed into the parking lot forming a half circle around the seen before them. Everyone jumped from their cars and walked towards the bodies.

Cregan immediately took charge.

"Tape off the scene" he said pointing to two uniformed cops.

"Go up this road and start looking we can't be more than ten minutes behind them" he pointed to four of the uniformed cops.

"you two go inside and check the store" he said motioning to the last to uni's

"Fin, Munch go inside and back up the uni's, and see if there is surveillance."

"Go."

Everyone took off following the captain's order's. Meanwhile Cregan, Nick, Amanda, Elliot and Barba walked towards the still running car and the two bodies lying in the parking lot.

Nick walked over to the man slipping on a white glove. He knelt down avoiding the blood and looked at the man crumpled on his side with his phone crushed just passed his right hand. He was in his early thirties. Sandy colored hair matted with blood. A hole in the side of his head. Nick reached into the mans pocket and retrieved his wallet.

"Frank Jones." He said to group.

"He's the one that made the call" Amanda said back.

Amanda stepped towards the woman. She had a bullet hole right in the middle of her forehead and was lying on her back, arms slayed out next to her. In front of her an empty water bottle with no cap.

Cregan watched his people as he called for crime scene techs and Melinda.

They had missed them again.

"Captain!" Fin called from the door of the store.

They all turned their attention to him.

"You need to see this." Fin said to them.

Everyone looked at one another unsure if they could handle whatever it was that Fin had found.

"Guard our crime scene til the tech's get here." Cregan ordered to the uniformed officer's tape off the scene.

The five of them walked away from the horror show of the parking lot to a whole new horror show happening inside the store.

One man with multiple gunshot wounds to his chest lay behind the counter. Blood was splattered all over the wall behind him. Another man lay face down just inside the door. Shot once in the back.

" Over here." Fin called from another door way just passed the counter.

They all followed careful not to disturb the scene.

When they got to the door they saw munch sitting at a computer hair in front of a TV. Munched clicked the play button and they all watched in horror as Olivia tumbled out of the back door of a car. She was covered in shirt was cut down the front and her mouth was duct taped. Her hands were held at an unnatural position by the cuffs. Her eye's looked right into the camera. Looking right at them. Begging for someone to come and help her.

A moment later the couple that now lay dead in the parking lot pulled up and the scene unfolded infront of them the woman trying to help. The man calling for help and then them both being shot. Lewis walked into view of the camera. His back was to the camera but Olivia's face was in full view. Her eyes were full of terror. She was screaming. Then he kicked her twice. Leaned over. as if talking to her punched her. Then he hit her in the head with something and shoved her back into the car.

They were all horrified by the scene they were watching their coworker and friend needed them now.

Elliot couldn't stand it. He shouldn't have come. This was torture. They knew what was happening to her. What had happened to her. And she remained just out of their reach. He turned and walked out of the store after seeing the direction the car had left in.

Barba followed close behind him.

"Where are you going?" Barba called after him

"Going to get my partner" He said over his shoulder.

Barba kept pace and got back into Elliot's jeep.

"Where do you think you're going?" Elliot said eye balling the man.

"I'm going with you. I know why she called me. And I know it's my fault that she's in this situation. I need to help. I can't do that from the court house."

"Elliot!" He heard the Captain call as he walk toward him.

Elliot turned back to Barba and started the Jeep.

"Fine. But only because your already in my car and I will not let the Captain stop me." Elliot said throwing the car in reverse and pulling out of the parking lot.

They drove in the direction the Uni's had headed off in and the direction Olivia and Lewis had last been seen driving in.

Alright so kind of a long and intense chapter. Hope you all liked it. more to come. Thank you for reading please review.