Disclaimer: They're not mine…but I will take them out to dinner

A/N: Thanks for the reviews. And yes…I know this isn't the most realistic of stories…but it's fanFICTION not fanNONfiction. So I'm not too concerned with being 100 accurate. But I DID ask for reviews, and I will gladly accept whatever advice is given. On my next story I'll try to get with it. Keep in mind that this is my first story. Not the first one finished…but the first one started on here…THANKS THOUGH! YOU GUYS ROCK!

Alex screamed as Bobby pushed her to the floor of the SUV. "Stay down sweetie!" He yelled squatting down as much as he could, but the steering wheel made it hard.

"BOBBY! DID YOU REALLY THINK I DIDN'T SEE YOU?" They heard Declan shout. "HOW OLD DO YOU THINK I AM?"

Goren sighed and crouched lower so he could talk to Eames. "Try calling Olivia again okay? I know it'll probably be out of service, but you have to try anyways okay?" Alex nodded and pulled out her cell phone.

"What are you gunna do?" She whispered dialing desperately. Bobby sighed and shook his head.

"Stay here and make sure he doesn't get near you." He vowed, but he didn't seem so sure about his plan.

BABABA

"Hey! Elliot! Alex is calling!" Olivia called across the bullpen as she opened her cell. "This is Olivia…Alex? Are you okay? Where are you?"

"Oli-via…stu…Dec…we…your hel…" Her voice was fading in and out. Olivia looked to her partner for help, and put the phone on speaker.

"Alex! You're breaking up…We just need to know where you are…can you tell me that?"

"Adir…ack in the…m…tains…"

"AdirondackMountains?" Elliot asked leaning forward to speak. "You're in the Adirondack Mountains?"

"Yes…plea…elp…Declan…trapped!"

"Eames! The Adirondacks are huge…Do you know what part you're in?" Logan demanded stepping into the conversation. There was a moment's silence on the other end; they could hear Bobby's confident voice in the background.

"…bout…twenty mile…orth…Sanf…rd…ake"

"Twenty miles north of Sanford Lake." Olivia translated as she jotted the information down on her notepad. "Let's go El." She exclaimed motioning for her partner to follow her towards the elevators. Logan and Barek exchanged glances, before following them.

BABABA

Gage was getting closer to the car. He kept calling for Bobby and telling him to give Alex up. But that wasn't an option to Goren. The big detective looked over at his partner. She had been quiet since the phone call to Benson. And now he saw why.

A fresh sheen of sweat broke out on her arms and face, her skin was deathly white, and she was trembling. "Alex? Sweetie?" He reached forward to touch her arm, only to find her skin was as hot as it was clammy.

"Ev-Everything…Hu-hurts…" Eames whimpered leaning her head against the seat. She had crouched so low on the ground, that she could probably curl up and go to sleep right there if she wanted to. Bobby cursed himself. Of course she was in pain, she hadn't taken her painkillers since that morning. "Alright baby…they should be here to help us any minute. Just hang tight." He promised her. Alex nodded and grasped his hand in hers.

"Bobby…your gun…"

"What about it?"

"Shoot him."

Bobby stared at her. He hadn't even thought to approach Gage. But of course, even when in immense pain, Alex had always been a sharper thinker. He reached over and opened the glove compartment, being careful of her head as he did so, and pulled out his gun.

"Stay still." He ordered as he slowly pulled the door open and peeked out the windshield. Declan had his rifle poised and ready on him.

"Hello Bobby." Gage greeted as though they were just meeting at the mall. "So nice of you to show your face."

"Dec, I'll give you one chance to turn yourself in." Goren said, "I have a better shot than you and you know it."

Gage shook his head, "Somehow I doubt that Bobby. I've been practicing. I'm steadier now. I could shoot through your car right into Alexandra's head if this gun were powerful enough."

Bobby's glare darkened even more at this sentence. "You'll have nothing to do with her every again." He growled. "Now drop your gun." Gage shook his head.

"I won't step down now. Not after everything I've done."

"All you've done is ruined your name even more! You've only proven that you really ARE the sick bastard that everyone says you are!"

"Shut the hell up Robert! You're only making it worse for your beloved partner!" Declan shouted raising his gun even higher.

"Oh cut the crap! You have no idea where to go from here!" Goren taunted. "You might as well just admit defeat and join your daughter at Rikers."

That was the last straw for Declan. He fired his gun, and Bobby was right, his aim was awful. He hit Goren in his left shin. But it was still enough to bring the big detective down. His piece flew out of his hand into the underbrush to his left.

After a moment's pain, Bobby sat up to see Declan halfway into the driver's side of the SUV. Alex's terrified screams drove Bobby into standing and running to her aid, despite the bullet wound to his leg.

He rushed to the passenger side and opened the door as quickly as he could. Reaching inside, he grabbed his flailing partner and pulled her from Gage's grasp. Scooping her into his arms, Bobby ran into the woods as fast as he could without looking back.

BABABA

"Fin! Do you see anything up from up there?" Olivia asked into the car radio. They were just approaching Sanford Lake and they still hadn't seen any sign of Bobby, Alex, or even Gage.

"Not a thing Liv." Fin's agitated voice crackled from the helicopter. "Are we sure we're looking in the right spot?"

"This is where Alex said they were." Olivia retorted looking around desperately. "Just keep looking." She put the radio down then turned to her partner. "How do you think they got out here?"

Elliot shrugged, "We'll ask them that when we find them." He answered in determination. Carolyn's head poked in between them from the back seat.

"What's this road up here?" She asked pointing at it. Elliot didn't hesitate before turning into it.

"Let's see."

BABABA

When he was sure they had lost Gage, Bobby slowed down to a fast paced walk. He looked down at Alex who seemed to have calmed down a bit. She was still a bit shaky, but she had stopped crying and her grip loosened on his shirt.

"Are you okay?" Goren whispered leaning down to kiss her forehead. Eames nodded and sniffed.

"I can walk Bobby." She murmured looking up at him. Goren hesitated before setting her down.

"Tell me if you need help okay?"

Alex nodded and looked around. "Do you think he's close?" Bobby shook his head.

"No, he always had a bad leg. He'd have enough trouble running on it, but running down hill in the woods? Not a chance." He sat on a rock, but kept his senses open for any sign of gage's approach. Alex turned to say something to him, but stopped when she saw his shin.

"Oh god! Bobby! He shot you?" She exclaimed kneeling down in front of him painfully. "And you ran on this?" Bobby shrugged and winced as she lifted up his pants leg.

"It's not too bad." He told her as he propped the offending limb. "His gun's pathetic." He snorted trying to distract her from her worrying. But that wasn't going to happen.

"What were you thinking?" She choked. "You should've just let me run by myself! My ribs are broken, not my legs!" When he saw the tears streaming down her face, Bobby gathered that his lack of judgment wasn't all that upset her.

"Okay. Okay honey." He soothed reaching out and pulling her onto his lap. "Shhh…Just relax alright? I know you're in a lot of pain, they'll be here any minute okay?" Alex nodded against his shoulder and sighed.

"When I said I wanted to be more involved with the case, this wasn't what I'd had in mind." She muttered trying to get even closer to him. Bobby laughed and kissed the crown of her head.

"Well, you should know by now that you'll NEVER know with me." He teased. Before Eames could retort there was the distant sound of a twig cracking. Goren sighed and stood up. "We better get moving."

He grabbed her hand and walked as quickly as could back into the depths of the Adirondacks.

BABABA

"Son-of-a-bitch!" Elliot cursed as the pulled up to the SUV. The passenger and driver's side doors were open, and the hood was riddled with bullet holes.

"Do you think Gage got them?" Barek inquired as she jumped out of the car to closer examine the scene. Olivia shrugged and looked for any other signs of a struggle.

"Look!" She exclaimed pointing at the ground, "I think there are foot prints." She walked towards the passenger's side and examined the prints, "They're pretty big, could they be Bobby's?" Stabler knelt down by her and looked at the ground.

"It very well could be." He stood up and looked into the woods. "Whoever it is, is running into the woods."

"If it is Bobby, Where's Eames?" Logan demanded stepping into the woods.

"She's with him. She has to be." Barek replied leaning her crutches against the car, "Bobby wouldn't leave her alone." She began to make her way into the woods, when Logan grabbed her arm.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" He demanded. "You're in no condition to go traipsing through the woods! You can hardly stand as it is." Carolyn shrugged out of his grasp.

"It'll be therapeutic Logan. Now c'mon! We can't be wasting time with your melodrama!" She walked off before anyone else could protest. Mike looked to the SVU detectives for help, but they only smirked and shrugged before they followed Barek.

BABABA

"Okay, let's stop here for a moment." Goren sighed as he slid behind a large tree. Eames nodded and sat on the ground next to him.

"Even Stabler and the team do get here soon, they'll never find us now." She whimpered as she grabbed her side. Bobby's heart broke when he saw the agony she was in.

He should've known better than to bring Alex out here with him. She was in enough pain before they went on this little outing, but now? She had sat in a car for almost seven hours, crouched down under the dashboard to avoid getting shot, she was nearly attacked by Gage again, and to top it all off, she had been running through the woods for nearly an hour.

Darkness had finally fallen on the mountains, so the air was getting colder by the second. Goren examined his usual outfit consisting of an Armani suit with hardly enough thickness to keep him warm. He praised god that Alex had never taken her jacket off, or she'd be left with nothing but a tank top and jeans. As thin as her jacket might've been, it still protected her from the cold.

"Okay," The big detective sighed after about 10 minutes of rest, "Let's go-"

He was cut off by a sharp blow to his side.