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Elliot hung up the phone, his eyes fixated on the TV. Olivia stood next to him with her hand over her mouth. Her other hand immediately went to Elliot's. She intertwined their fingers, as if holding on for dear life.

"What the fuck is this?" Elliot screamed. "How is this on the news already? It's been like 4 or 5 hours!"

"El, shhh. Turn it up."

TV ANNOUNCER: The body of former federal agent, Dean Porter was found in a house on Long Beach Island earlier today. Agent Porter appears to have been killed by a single gunshot wound to the chest. In an usual twist, Agent Porter was presumed dead three years ago along with Detective Olivia Benson of the Special Victims Unit of the NYPD. Now, that clearly appears not to have been the case. The reports we are getting in, state that Agent Porter along with Detective Benson were in witness protection for the last three years, a necessity stemming from an investigation of the Fanelli Brothers, known sex traffickers out of Miami. The motive for the killing of Agent Porter is not yet clear, although speculation is that the Fanelli Brothers found Agent Porter and Detective Benson. There is no word on the whereabouts of Detective Benson at the time at the time of Porter's death or where she might be now.

Olivia pulled away from, Elliot sinking onto the bed.

He looked at her and could see she was barely holding it together at this point. "Liv? You okay?" he asked concerned.

Pointing at the TV, she managed to get out "They know. Everyone knows I'm alive, El. It's only a matter of time before they find me and kill me or figure out I killed Dean."

Sitting down next to her, he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close to him, "Liv, no one is going to kill you. I promise. They'll have to kill me first. As for Porter, it was self-defense. We just need to figure out who the hell took that gun to prove it. What I want to know is how the hell this shit is on TV right now? You are a protected witness. Someone is fucking with you. You need to tell me everything that you and Porter found out."

Olivia began to explain to Elliot that she and Dean had been posing as a married couple, looking to buy a young girl . The Fanelli Brothers were connected to the New York mafia but their reach went as far as Florida where they were importing young girls from Cuba.

Olivia went on to explain they had been working these guys for months gaining their trust. They were supposed to be flying to Florida to pick up their "girl" the night the car exploded. They had gotten word that they were made, which is why everything was faked and they went right into witness protection.

"We never found out how we were made" Olivia explained. "There was no time for anything. We got into the car and were ushered out the other side. The car blew and everyone was to think we were dead."

"Okay, well we need to first figure out how you two were made as cops and go from there. It doesn't sound like these guys would take the gun you shot Porter with, they wanted you dead, not sent to jail. Someone else is pulling strings here also. The missing gun, how this is already on the news. Jesus, Liv, we can't do this alone. We need help. Problem is, I don't know who we can trust anymore".

"Who were you talking to on the phone, El?"

"Cragen..it was Cragen just telling me to turn on the news. Did he know you were alive all this time?" Elliot asked suspiciously.

"As far as I know, he didn't. Obviously, a lot of what I thought was true turned out not to be though. I thought you knew I was alive but you didn't." She said tears now streaming down her cheeks.

Elliot moved closer to her. He knelt down on the floor and placed his hands on her knees. "Liv, it's okay. I know now, and that's all that matters. You will be fine. We will be fine. I will make sure of it. Do you trust me?"

"You're the only one I do trust, El" she said wrapping her arms around his neck pulling him up from his knees.

Not wanting to pull away from her when she obviously needed him, he felt guity as he eased himself from her arms. "Liv, I need to call Cragen back. I just…I don't know what to tell him. He will obviously know from my voice that I now know you are alive. We need all the help we can get. Do you trust Cragen, Munch and Fin enough to let them help us?"

"Do you trust them?" she asked.

"Liv, honestly I don't trust anyone but you right now but this is far-reaching. We need help. If I have to trust someone, it would be them."

"Okay, then. Make the call" she told him.

Elliot grabbed his phone and dialed.

"Cragen" the voice on the other end said as he picked up.

"Hey Captain. It's me".

"Elliot. I assume you watched the news. Tell me she's with you and she's safe."

"She is with me, and yes she is safe for now but this is bad Cap. Someone is….. he was immediately cut off by Cragen.

"Elliot, I don't know if this line is secure. I'm gonna call you back in fifteen minutes" and he hung up.

Elliot ran his hand over his unshaven face and sighed, throwing the phone on the bed.

"El? What's wrong?" Olivia asked.

"Nothing, baby…nothing…Cragen's gonna call me back. Look we need to get out of here and figure this out."

"Where are we going?" she asked.

"Where it all started, Florida" he told her. "I know you're exhausted and need sleep but I think we need to get on the road and get out of here."

"Okay. I'll be ready in ten minutes." She said, her voice trembling as she made her way into the bathroom.

He hated seeing her like this. She seemed broken, defeated. This was not the kick-ass Olivia that he knew. He understood that three years away from everyone and everything she knew had to have taken its toll on her, but she was even different than she was a few days ago. The shooting, the running it was beginning to really affect her. But true to her word, she emerged from the bathroom ready to go.

"We'll drive like 4 or 5 hours, hopefully make it to Virginia and then stop so you can get some rest okay?" he asked.

"Yeah…yeah…whatever…that's fine…let's just go okay?" she replied.

"Liv, look at me." He said in an almost demanding voice.

She couldn't. She didn't want him to see her so broken. He cupped her face in his hands and pulled her head up. "Liv, I swear to God I will find a way out of this. I will not let anyone hurt you, ever. I will kill them first. I promise."

She lost it. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him as close as she could and began to sob into his shoulder. He felt a part of her slipping away. He snaked his arms around her waist and pulled her close also and just let her cry it out as he whispered into her ear "its okay, Liv. Let it out. I'm here. I've got you. I'm not letting you go".

His words of love and protection made her sob even harder. She wasn't sure why. She knew in her heart he meant everything he had said to her. She knew he would lay his life down for her without hesitation, as she would for him. She prayed it would never come to that. She also knew at the end of the day and at the end of this horrific adventure they were on, he was still married. That weighed on her. She cared, yet she didn't. She was in love with him. She always had been.. She had pangs of guilt here and there over sleeping with a married man, but justified it in her head by the fact that he hadn't known she was alive. If she was completely honest with herself though, she actually didn't feel as much guilt as she felt she should. Isabella was a nice woman. She seemed to love Elliot very much, but in Olivia's mind she had been there first, and if not for a cruel twist of fate, Elliot never would have married his wife.

She also knew that as long as she was in danger he would never leave her. She did, however, question whether or not he would leave her when the danger was all over and she was safe. Would he go back to his wife? She had him now, she was with him in every sense of the word. After what they shared, she knew she could never totally let him go again. Could he let her go though? He said he couldn't, but was that all talk to make her feel better?

He broke their hug and wiped the tears from her face. "I'm sorry" she said softly.

"For what?" he asked.

"For being so weak. I never wanted you to see me like this El. This isn't me. I feel like a shell of who I used to be."

"Liv, you are the strongest woman I have ever met. You have nothing to be sorry for. This would be a tough situation on anyone, and most people wouldn't have survived it, but you have. You have because you are tough as nails and always fight back. I'm asking you to dig down deep inside and find a little more fight in you. I know you have it, baby."

His words touched her deeply He believed in her. He knew there was some of the old Olivia left in her. She just needed to find it.

She lifted her head up, wiped her face and said "Yes…Olivia Benson still has a shitload of fight left in her. So let's go get these bastards that are trying to ruin my life!"

"That's my girl" Elliot said beaming.

She was half way out the door when she turned back and said "Stabler! Come on…time's a wastin. We have some ass to kick."

He responded with a hearty "Yes, ma'am!"

They were on the road for about 2 hours when Cragen finally called. Elliot pulled over so they could talk and the captain informed Elliot he was on a disposable cell and suggested they also get a couple. Elliot responded "Already done, Cap. Take these two numbers down cause I'm ditching my phone afterwards.

Elliot proceeded to give Cragen his new cell number along with Olivia's. Cragen gave him his new number along with the one's Munch and Fin would be using. After exchanging all the numbers, Cragen let Elliot know that Isabella had paid him a visit at the station.

"Shit, Captain, I'm sorry. I meant to tell you she would probably call you. I didn't think she would actually show up."

"It's fine, Elliot. I figured after speaking with you and finding out Olivia was with you that you had to make something up. I covered. Told her you were deep undercover, it came up suddenly and I was the only one who could reach you." Cragen explained.

"Thanks, Cap. I appreciate it. Sorry to put you in the middle of my marriage" he said looking at Olivia. and seeing her eyes become distant when he said the word marriage.

"It's not a problem, Elliot. So what's the plan?" Cragen asked.

"Well, we figured we'd go back to where this all started, Florida. The Fanelli brothers were supposed to meet Olivia and Porter there to give them a girl the night their car blew."

"Sex trafficking?" he asked not knowing anything about the case Olivia had been working on.

"Yeah, long story I'll explain it all when I see you. Can you guys meet us in Florida? We are close to Virginia now and we're gonna stop when we get there so Liv can get some rest. We should get there sometime tomorrow afternoon."

"We'll be on the first plane out" he responded.

"Oh, Cap. Listen, get together whatever you can on these asshole Fanelli brothers would you?"

"Yeah I can do that, Elliot. I need to ask though, Porter..what happened?"

Trying not to upset Olivia, Elliot got out of the car to finish the conversation with Cragen. She looked at him curiously wondering what the big secret was. He motioned that he was getting a bad connection. He closed the door and began to explain what had happened between Porter and Olivia.

"Do you believe her?" Cragen asked.

Elliot was taken aback by the question. "Of course I do! I hope you do to. Look, this is Liv we're talking about here. She wouldn't shoot anyone in cold blood, not even that prick Porter!"

"Okay, okay calm down" Cragen said. "Of course I believe her, I just wanted your take on it."

"Just get the info on the Fanelli brothers. I need to know if these are the kind of guys who would try to set her up and make it look like a bad shoot or not. If it's not them, then someone else is fucking with her also. Cap, the gun was my off-duty weapon. Someone out there has it and it's got Olivia's prints all over it. I need to find that gun."

"Okay, we'll get it done. I'll dig up what I can and call you back. You guys get moving. I'll talk to you later. Be safe. Both of you," he said as he hung up the phone.

Elliot got back in the car and was greeted by a pissed off Olivia. "Bad reception? Really? If you wanted to talk to Cragen about me all you had to do was say so El."

"Damn, why do you know me so well?" he responded with a laugh. "I'm sorry Liv, I had to explain what happened with Porter and didn't think you needed to hear it."

"It's fine, El. I appreciate it. Really. Just don't lie to me again. Too many lies already" she said softly.

"I promise" he said as he grabbed her hand and kissed it.

A/N: ROADTRIPPIN to Florida with EO…what could be better? Well, they have the mob after them, and someone who wants Liv in jail but other than that…what could be better? Sexy times ahead for the dynamic duo and a mysterious meeting between two mysterious people!

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