Olivia: Where is he?
Cragen: Gershwin, the receptionist recognized the picture.
Flynn: Is he sure?
Cragen: Yes! And he's willing to confirm by watching the video tapes of the hotel.
Flynn: Good!
Fin: Let's picking up this bastard!
Prescott: Wow wow…wait, we have to make a plan because if he feels like being watched he could fly away and we'll never see Christina again!
Fin: He doesn't know us, you stay back, we go!
Foggs: With which motive?
Fin: Whatever! We need to get him out of the hotel so we can arrest him and interview him here!
Flynn: He'll never talk.
Elliot: He will, trust me!
Flynn: No offense, Stabler, but… I really doubt he will.
Huang: I confirm. He will prefer to wait for the time of the custody to be ended. And by this time the little girl will suffer of dehydration, hunger, and of all what he did to her.
Olivia: Ok, suggestion?
Huang: Follow him, with the most discretion that you can. I think the best would be to have lots of cops in the streets, hotels, as taxi drivers, newspapers sellers, the common wanderers in the street, not the same guy twice
Cragen: If I understand you're suggesting me to ask all the cops of this station to join the investigation?
Huang: Yes. It's a kind of hunt, and we need a big pack of hounds.
Cragen: I'm not sure I can. I mean…technically..
Olivia: What if I was a housekeeper? I may enter his room and try to find a clue. Housekeepers are invisible.
Cragen: Good idea! But you know that anything found in this room …
Olivia: …won't be used during the trial, I know, but it could help us to find a clue of the place where Christina is kept. And with all the cops in the street, we could follow him easier.
Cragen: And how will you explain the Attorney we chose to follow one clue more than another?
Huang: Because two shrinks on a file are really helpful…
Cragen took a deep breathe: Ok ! Contact Gershwin to tell them they have a new housekeeper! But please, take it easy and avoid mistakes or we'll never see Christina again, and Coleman could….
Elliot: Yes, Cap! We got it!
Some hours later everybody was in place. There was a truck in the street, for electricity maintenance, and cops faking to be maintenance men. Inside of the truck Prescott, Flynn and Foggs were watching at the screens displaying the images of the street.
Flynn: C'mon Coleman! Show us your face!
Prescott: Flynn, calm down!
Olivia entered his room.
Olivia: Oh my God, guys, if only you could see that!
Elliot: What?
Olivia: I don't think the housekeepers have a lot of work in his room! He's…
Prescott: Really well organized, methodic, precise.
Olivia: Yes! His clothes are really well fold up, I'm sure he could teach the most famous clothes shops how to fold up a shirt without a fold!
Cragen: Olivia, do you see something that could interest us?
Olivia: I'm afraid not.
Cragen: Ok, go out, change and go to join Elliot.
Olivia: 'k!
She closed the door softly behind her. Nobody in the corridor, that was perfect. She headed back to the locker room and changed. She joined Elliot who was sitting outside of a coffee, drinking and reading a newspaper. She sat near him. A waitress came and she ordered. She felt he was nervous.
Olivia: What's going on?
Elliot: What?
Olivia: Are you okay?
Elliot: Yes, I am.
Olivia: You don't look like.
Elliot: I'm sorry, I know I should not have disturbed you and Flynn on the roof.
Olivia: What do you mean? We were just talking!
Elliot: Liv! Be serious, will you?
Olivia: What?
Elliot: He wants you in his bed! And you're letting him flirt with you! But it's your private life, I mean, I have no word to say but I don't want it to interfere with the case.
Olivia stood speechless.
Olivia: You're right, you have no word to say about my life. You're my partner, period. I can understand you worry about the case but be sure that anything between Flynn and I will interfere with the case.
Elliot: So you date him?
Olivia: None of your business, Stabler.
They heard in their ears:
Munch: I can see him coming; he's walking in front of you, Cap!
Cragen: Yes, I saw him, he's coming back to the hotel. 1st team, go back to the station, thanks for your cooperation, 2d team, take place, Fin, John, Elliot and Olivia, stay where you are.
Fin: How long do you think we will wait?
Munch: Want to pee Fin?
Munch: You're such a kid, man! I just want to avoid losing time for nothing.
Cragen: Nobody moves until I say so! We need to follow him, and for that we need to stay!
Around one hour later all the Detectives heard:
A man: Captain Cragen, Ramirez here, Coleman just went out. He's walking to his car!
Cragen: Sh**! The staff entrance! Elliot, Olivia, go there! John, Fin, follow them but far! Ramirez, where are you?
Ramirez: In my car behind him
Cragen: Ok, as soon as you see Elliot and Olivia, please turn in a street and stay in a parallel street!
Ramirez: Over!
Elliot and Olivia jumped in their car. They turned the building and stayed as discrete as possible to reach Coleman's car and far enough not to be seen.
Ramirez turned on the right and took another road.
Olivia: Cap, we see him.
Cragen: Ok, who's driving?
Olivia: Elliot!
Cragen: Elliot, stay focused on him but be careful!
Elliot: Sure Cap!
They follow him, drove on different streets and arrived to another one.
But suddenly the car took another direction.
Elliot: Shit! We're screwed, Cap! He saw us!
Olivia: I'm sure he wants to cross the Brooklyn Bridge. Ramirez, where are you?
Ramirez: I won't be there in a minute!
Olivia: Sh**! Elliot, drop me here, I'll run to the bridge, with a little chance I'll confirm you the direction and I'll find a way to stop him!
Elliot stopped the car. She jumped out and ran as fast as possible in direction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Elliot speeded up and could see Coleman. He drove faster, passed the red light avoiding cars and followed him on the bridge. He was just behind him. He could feel his blood running into his heart. He was decided not letting him escape, again. He wanted to find the little girl. He wanted to throw Coleman in jail. He was thinking of how he would be happy to find Christina alive, he hopped she would not have been abused, or beaten yet. He was thinking of this and he paid less attention for few seconds to Coleman's car that turned on the left in front of a truck. The truck went straight to Elliot's car. He didn't have enough time to say a word and the only thing he heard was the truck horning. The truck crashed into Elliot's car. It turned round and the car fell down in the river.
Olivia saw the scene from far away.
Olivia: NOOOOOOO!!!!! ELLIOT!!!! ELLIOT!!!!
Cragen: What's going on?
Olivia: Coleman provoked an accident, Elliot, OMG!!! Nooo!!!
Cragen: Olivia, we're coming, did you see where Coleman went?
Olivia was running faster. Her lungs ached, she could barely breathe, but the only thing she had in mind was to save Elliot.
Cragen: Olivia!
Olivia: He reached the end of the bridge!
Ramirez: I think I can have him, I've already crossed the river!
Olivia arrived to the barrier of the bridge and looked down. The car was going deeper in the water. She crossed the barrier and jumped in the water. She came back to the surface to breathe and swam deeper in the water, trying to see something. She felt something metallic and after few seconds could see the form of the car. She came back to the surface again, took a bigger breathe and swam back to the car. She could see him. He was unconscious. The door could not be open. She tried with all her force to open it, but the choc with the truck damaged to much the wing of the car, and the door was blocked. She came back once more to the surface to breathe, her tears melted to water. She told herself to stay focused and swam back to the car. She went to the passenger door, once again, the door was damaged due to the choc with the barrier. She took her gun and hit the glass of the passenger door. Nothing. She tried again, nothing. She was in desperate need of breathe but didn't want to lose him. Resigned she had to come back to the surface and swam again to the door. She hit with more violence and began to see the glass to crack. She hit once again with the gun, then with her foot. The glass broke. She managed to take all the glass pieces off, and went close to Elliot. His seat belt was still fastened. She could not unfasten it. She found a knife in the door pocket and cut with a lot of difficulties the seat belt. She took Elliot in her arms as softly as she could, and tried to support his head. She managed to get him out of the car and began to swim with him in her arms. She reached the surface, out of breathe and she took just two seconds to breathe more and swam to the border. She hired Elliot on the ground and tried to resuscitate him. She pushed on his torso.
Olivia: C'mon Elliot, don't let me!
She blew breathes in his mouth. Pushed again on his torso.
She was crying and talking to him:
Olivia: Elliot, you can't die! You have a family!
She blew breathes in his mouth. Pushed again on his torso.
Olivia: Elliot, c'mon!
She heard a familiar voice shouting:
Fin: Olivia! Keep going! The aids are on their way!
She blew breathes in his mouth. Pushed again on his torso.
Olivia: Elliot, did you hear? Someone's coming, you have no right to give up!
She blew breathes in his mouth. Pushed again on his torso.
She heard the sound of a helicopter. Someone's was going down to join her.
The aid man: Detective Benson?
Olivia was still pushing and didn't look at him.
Olivia. Yes!
The aid man: It's ok now, our team will take over, you can leave him!
Another aid man came.
The first one had to take her hands off Elliot. She looked at him, her eyes full of tears.
First aid man: Benson, it's ok, we take over. How long has he been without breathe?
Olivia: I….I don't know….I saw … the car… and… she cried
First: It's ok, shh…. We'll take care of him. Come with us, we go to the hospital.
The second aid man: Jenkins, we're ready to go.
The first aid man: Ok, come with me.
He attached Olivia to him and they saw the second aid man and Elliot going up to the helicopter. They followed few time after. The helicopter flew to the Mercy General. Someone put a blanket around Olivia but she didn't felt it. She was staring at Elliot. She could barely see the aid men working on him. She was lost in her mind. Her heart was broken. She could not say a word. She just stared at him, tears flowing down her cheeks.
Few minutes later they arrived to the hospital. They entered and went to the intensive care. Olivia stayed outside of the exam room. She was against a wall, and could not feel anything. The noise around her didn't affect her. She was lost in her mind. It took few seconds for her to realize a nurse was standing in front of her.
Nurse: Are you alright?
Olivia: Yeah, excuse me. My partner…
Nurse: I know. Is he married?
Olivia: What?
Nurse: Is he married? Because we have to call his wife if he is.
Kathy. How could she call her and say her husband was at Mercy General? Once again he was injured, but this time she had no idea if he would live or die. And the kids…
Nurse: Madam?
Olivia: Yes, he is. I'll give you her phone number.
She could not call Kathy. Usually she was strong enough to call her and calm Kathy down but this time she was devastated, and afraid. She wrote the number on a paper and the nurse called.
Soon after the team arrived.
Cragen: Olivia! OMG! How are you?
Olivia: I'm sorry Cap, I shouldn't have let him alone in the car, I…
Cragen: This is not your fault Olivia! And nothing can prove us that if you would have been in this car as well, the situation wouldn't have been the same! You're freezing!
Olivia: What?
Cragen: You're freezing, go back to the precinct, take a hot shower, get changed and come back here.
Olivia: No Cap, I can't!
Cragen: Olivia, they'll never let you see him if you're wet!
Fin: I'll drive you there, Liv, c'mon!
She followed him, passing in front of Munch and Flynn.
Few minutes later Kathy hurried in the entrance.
Kathy: Captain Cragen! Where is he?
Cragen: Kathy, calm down, he's still in exam room.
Kathy: What happened?
Cragen: A truck crash. He was following a suspect and there has been an accident with a truck.
Kathy. How's he? Did he lose a lot of blood?
Cragen: Kathy, Elliot was driving on the Brooklyn Bridge and the car fell down in the river.
Kathy: OMG!
Cragen: But Olivia jumped and hired him to the border.
Kathy: Where is she?
Cragen: I sent her to get changed.
About one hour later Olivia and Fin came back. Cragen, Munch and Flynn were still there, waiting.
Olivia: Something new?
Cragen: Concussion. He's still unconscious but he's out of danger. The doctor said he had a lot of luck, and that if you wouldn't have tried to resuscitate him, he would have died. It was in extremis. You did a great job Olivia. He's alive, thanks to you.
Olivia asked with tears in her throat: Can I see him?
Cragen: Kathy is with him right now. The doctor said…
Olivia: I've understood. Call me when he's awake.
She left.
Fin: Liv! Liv! Wait!
Olivia turned to him: What?
Fin: Don't you want to wait a little?
Olivia: Why? His wife is with him. That's all that he needs!
Fin: Do you want me to drive you back home?
Olivia: No, thanks.
She left