Vivi is in trouble! What is going to happen? Will she meet her end or will SVU teams get to her in time?
"We went over the security camera from the second victim and found this" Morales played the security footage "the man in the video isn't Agent Smith."
"That's former agent Angel." Merc clarified.
"Another agent of yours?" Elliot asked and Merc just nodded.
"I can't believe I missed that…" Merc gritted her teeth, "I was their captain for more than ten years and didn't even had a slightest idea of this"
"They were all in the same team?" Cragen asked.
"I'm pretty sure you know the stories about these... subjects. Sam and Adi are genetically full-siblings. Angel has same mother as Sam and Adi. Smith has same father. I was the one who took them over sea for operations during Gulf war. When Sam disappeared, the operation termination was actually given to me first." Merc lowered her head, "I should have taken it. Instead, I refused. Didn't expect anyone in my team would take it, not even Adi. Smith, Angel and few others backed out from the operation in Gulf after Sam's death. Vivi and I stayed until the very last. I just thought Smith and Angel needed some time to sort things out when they decided to back out. I never expected Smith to be a father of that child nor Angel doing... this" Merc just threw her hand toward the security footage.
"There was no apparent anger toward Vivi?" Elliot asked.
"Well, many of team members started avoiding her but she also became distant after that. She only talked when it's pertaining to the operations. They all disapproved Vivi for taking that operation but they never did anything physical, not even verbal. Eventually, they all moved on. Many of them knew she was paying for the choice she made." Flash of emotions passed Merc's face. Elliot didn't quite get what it was, "She sometimes couldn't sleep for days because she would remember the time she killed Sam. She would take more operations than she could in order to not remember. I thought everyone eventually let go of that grudge after seeing her like that."
"Guess not." Elliot commented.
"Yeah, guess not…" Merc repeated.
"You know them better than us." Olivia stated and Merc just simply nodded, "How long does Vivi have?"
"Depends…" Merc trailed off.
"Depends?" Olivia quirked her eyebrows "What do you mean?"
"They won't kill her for sure. They want her to suffer. They will most likely torture her" Merc squeezed her eyes shut as she spoke.
"She can be killed during the torture" Elliot said alarmed. Merc laughed bitterly.
"Detective Stabler, we are professional. We know how to keep the prisoner alive" Her word was as bitter as her laugh, "And that's what bothers me."
"They will make sure she suffers…" Olivia frowned.
"That too but what bother me more is… I think I know their plan. I'm not a detective like you guys, so I could be wrong, but I have a guess." Merc murmured.
"Humor us" Cragen requested.
"Their objective is not just torturing her physically. They will try emotionally, too. You said Smith was around before?" Merc asked.
"Once, when she told us about project S.S." Elliot nodded. Merc cursed quietly.
"Was that Munchkin guy there at that time?" Merc asked.
"Yeah." Olivia answered. She was surprised by what Merc just called Munch.
"Do me a favor and keep him out of this investigation." Merc sighed.
"Mind explaining why?" Cragen asked, little offended.
"Soon, there will be photos, and video arriving at this station. It will be relating to her physical torture. They want you to lose our cool."
"And make mistake?" Elliot was little confused.
"No... Well... Sort of... They want you to lose our cool and make mistake so they can kill one of you guys in front of her. She took a life of a person they cared the most, so take the one that she cares the most. Munchkin is most likely to be targeted." Merc bit her lips.
"Why Munch?" Elliot asked "I mean, she did know him the longest but why?"
"She likes him, or like someone might say, she loves him" Merc said casually but surprised at shocked face looking at her, "Wait–You guys didn't know?"
"Never mind that, that's not important. What kind of photos or video are we expecting?" Merc responded with confused look at Cragen's question "What kind of physical torture are we expecting to see in the package they will send us?"
"Well… they will most likely to skin her feet first" Merc said, deep in thought.
"What?" Elliot blurted out "Skin her feet?"
"To prevent her from escaping" Merc scowled, "then they will burn her… with anything available and injure her physically"
"In what way?" Elliot asked as he pressed the urge to slam the wall.
"Breaking joints, shallow cuts all over her body, whipping and…" Merc took a deep breath and whispered, "Raping her…"
"… I will keep Munch distracted as much as I can" Fin was listening quietly the whole time and finally opened his mouth.
"Thanks" Merc nodded.
Vivi was sitting alone with head on the ground in the dark room gasping for airs. Her shirt was unbuttoned all the way down. Her back was pulped beyond recognition. Bottom of her feet was dark red from blood.
How long have they been gone? How long have I been here? Vivi looked around to find any clues of what time it was. There was no window to be seen. She looked at piece of bread Angel left her. Her hand was still cuffed. She picked it up and took a small bite. One of things she still remember from being at war, you eat when you can because you don't know when you will be able to eat next.
Angel had left pieces of bread 5 or 6 times so far. She hasn't slept except for when she passed out. She concluded that she had been here about 36 hours. Suddenly the door slammed open. She flinched and dropped her bread. Angel yanked her hair.
"Get up, princess" Smith smirked, "Time to play a new game" Angel forced her up by hair. She flinched as her wounded feet scraped the scruffy ground. Angel almost dragged her out because she could barely walk.
They exited the room and Vivi saw that they were in some kind of warehouse. The crimson like sipping through high window tells her it's late evening. She was suddenly thrown to the ground and her chain was locked with a railing along the wall.
"We better gag her. They tend to bite their tongue at this stage." Smith ordered and before she could resist, Angel forced the gag into her mouth and snapped the strap behind her head. She knew what was going to happen. Sound of chain rattling echoed through empty warehouse as she desperately pulled and struggled but Smith pinned her down and ripped her pants off. Vivi screamed and struggle with everything she had left.
"Stay still" Smith pushed her down on her back. She flinched in pain when her back touched the ground. "Do you recognize what this is?" Vivi's eyes widened as she recognized her own gun. She screamed and begged but only muffled sound escaped through gag. "You better stop struggling or else it might go off by accident" Smith grinned.
Vivi gasped as she felt cold metal getting pushed inside her. It was painful but she couldn't do anything as Smith violated her with her own gun. In the midst of pain and humiliation, all she could think about is Munch.
Vivi had no idea how long it has been going on but when Smith finally stopped, there was no more light coming through the window.
"We are not done, yet. Time for second round" She heard Smith's voice and rustling of his pants. She couldn't see anything as fear took her over. She lashed out her feet and it caught Smith by the stomach. "You- bitch!" Smith growled.
"It will be safer to use this" Angel pulled out a syringe and a bottle from the bag while Smith held Vivi in a way that her arm was exposed. She screamed as Angel injected the needle into her vein and pushed in the drug. Everything got blurry and Vivi could feel the strength escaping her body.
During all those struggle only one thing, one name, lingered in her mind. Before abduction, she had hoped when this was all solved, she might tell him about her feeling. Now she wasn't even sure if she will ever see him again. For the first time in her life, she was scared.
Munch…
Time is running out!
What will happen now?
