Chapter 9
Elliot and Cragen arrive at Mercy General. Elliot pushes the car door open, and races into the hospital. He goes to the front desk, and finds nobody sitting there. He starts pounding on the counter. A moment later, a nurse comes to the counter.
"Sir, you are going to have to be a little more quiet please." The nurse tells him.
Elliot shows her his badge. "My partner Olivia Benson was brought here." He tells her. "Can I see her please?" The nurse tells him to wait there, while she slips off to the back area. Elliot paces around the waiting room.
"What the hell is taking so long?" He asks Cragen. Don puts his arm around his shoulder.
"Elliot, why don't you sit down." Cragen tells him. "The doctor will be out soon to talk to you." A few moments later the doctor comes out to the waiting area.
"Elliot Stabler?" The doctor asks him. Elliot stands up.
"Yes, I'm Elliot Stabler." He tells the doctor.
"I'm Doctor Mann," the doctor tells him, as he shakes hands with Elliot. "I just got done examining your partner. Whoever raped her, did quite a number on her." The doctor begins to tell Elliot, but Elliot interrupts the doctor.
"What do you mean raped?" Elliot questions the doctor, as he sits back down on the chair sitting behind him.
"Your partner was raped repeatly, her jaw is broken, she has multiple bruises and contusions on her face. There is also multiple deep bruises on the inside of her thighs, like somebody held her legs apart." The doctor tells Elliot. Elliot stands up, and begins to walk to the door of the emergency room.
"There is one more thing," the doctor tells Elliot, as Elliot turns around. "She was six weeks pregnant."
"What do you mean, pregnant?" Elliot asks the doctor.
"When we were doing the rape kit, we found out that your partner was pregnant." There was so much damage, we are going to have to take her surgery. Does your partner, have any family?" The doctor asks Elliot.
"Yes, she has a brother Simon Mardsen who lives in New Jersey." Elliot tells him. "I will call him right away."
"Good, you may want to get him as soon as possible." The doctor tells him. "I don't know if your partner is going to make it through this one. You may want to come back and see her now. We will be taking her to surgery in about an hour." Doctor Mann tells Elliot, as he walks to the back with Elliot. He takes him to the room, where Olivia is lying a bed, tubes coming out of her nose, iv lines coming out of arms. Her face unrecognizable from the swelling, and bruises. Elliot walks over to the bed, sits down beside it, takes Olivia's hand, and begins to pray.
In New Jersey, Simon Mardsen is getting ready to start his day. He comes out of the shower, and gives his wife of three years, a kiss on the cheek, and picks up his daughter, and gives her a hug.
"Going to have to work late again tonight." Simon tells his wife. Pamela gives a kiss on the cheek.
"Don't be to late," she tells him, as he walks out of the door. After Simon leaves the house, the phone rings. Pamela answers it.
"Is Simon Mardsen there?" Cragen asks the lady.
"No, he just left for work." May I ask who is calling?" She asks the caller.
"My name is Donald Cragen, I'm from the Special Victims Unit in New York City. It's important that I talk with Simon, his sister Olivia has been seriously hurt." Cragen tells her.
"You must have Simon confused with somebody else. He doesn't have a sister." Pamela tells Cragen.
"I don't know what your husband has been telling you, but he does have a half sister. They have the same father, but different mothers." Cragen tells her. Confused Pamela sits down, and listens to what Cragen has to tell her. After their conversation, Pamela promises that she will contact Simon right away. After hanging up the phone, Pamela dials her husband phone. Simon looks at the number on his phone, and answers it right away.
"Pamela, what's wrong. Is everything ok with Kimmie?" Simon wants to know.
"Kimmie is just fine." Pamela tells him. "Why didn't you tell me, that you had a half sister in New York." Pamela conforts him over the phone. Simon pulls to the side of the road, and quietly sits there for a few moments.
"Look, I am going to call in, and I will be home in about 30 minutes." Simon tells her. "Did my sister call?"
"No, a Donald Cragen called." Pamela tells him. "Your sister has been hurt." Simon tells his wife that he will be home soon.
Melinda arrives at home, and finds Tiffany sitting in her room, with her earphones on. Melinda goes over, and turns the stero off.
"Mom, what did you do that for?" Tiffany demands to know. Melinda sits down next to her daughter on the bed.
"Tiff, I have some good news and bad news for you." Melinda tells her. Tiffany closes her book, and looks up at her mother.
"What is it?" Tiffany asks her.
"The good news is, that we found out who raped you, and your dad, and Uncle Munch are out searching for him." Melinda tells her. Tiffany starts to get defensive.
"Mom, why did you do that?" Tiffany wants to know. "He told me that if I told anybody, he would come after my family." Melinda takes her daughter into arms, and feels Tiffany shaking aganist her.
"Tiff, there is something else." Melinda tries to tell her. "Olivia was kidnapped, by the same man who raped you." Tiffany pulls away from her mother.
"Have they found her yet?" Tiffany asks her mother.
"No not yet, but hopefully soon." Melinda tells her. Melinda gets up, and walks over to the door.
"How about we go out for a hamburger?" She asks Tiffany. The phone rings, just as Tiffany stands up, and grabs her coat. Melinda goes into the living room, and answers the phone.
"Melinda, it's John. Are you sitting down?" Munch tells her. Melinda sits down on the couch, and listens to what Munch has to tell her.
"They found Olivia," Munch tells her. Melinda breathes a sigh of relief, just as Tiffany walks into the room. She stands there listening to her mother's conversation.
"Melinda, things don't look good right now." Munch tells her. "Elliot is at the hospital now with her, and I am on my way over there now." Melinda starts to cry.
"Tiffany and I are on our way right now." She tells Munch. "Could you have Fin meet us at the hospital." Munch agrees to get a hold of Fin. Melinda searches for her purse, but cannot find it.
"Damn, where is my purse?" She asks, as she continues to search for the purse. Tiffany looks on the counter in the kitchen, and grabs it.
"Here mom." Tiffany tells her. Melinda grabs the key, and they get in the car, and drive to the hospital.
Elliot continues to hold Olivia's hand, as Cragen walks into the room. He walks over to the bed. He doesn't recognize the woman that is laying on the bed. The woman, who has been like a daughter to him. He puts his hand on Elliot's shoulder.
"She will pull through this." Cragen tells him. "She is quite the fighter." Elliot stands up, and starts to pace around the room.
"Why didn't she tell me, that she was pregnant?" Elliot asks himself, as he tips over a tray in the room. Cragen tries to calm him down.
"Maybe she didn't know." Cragen tells him. "Six weeks is pretty soon to tell with some women." Elliot picks the tray up, just as the doctor walks into the room.
"We are going to get her ready to go to surgery now." Dr. Mann tells them, as a nurse comes in to prep Olivia for surgery. Elliot goes over to her, and gives her a kiss on the lips.
"I will be right here, when you come out of surgery." Elliot tells her, as they wheel her down the hallway, towards the OR. Elliot makes his way back to the waiting room. He sees Maureen and Kathleen standing there. Both girls walk over to their father, and give him a hug.
"How did you know that I was here?" Elliot asks his daughters.
"Dickie and Lizzie told us what happened, when we stopped over by the house." Maureen tells him. "How is Olivia doing?"
"She just went into surgery," Elliot tells them. "The doctor doesn't know, if she will make it." Elliot breaks down. "There is something else. "Olivia was pregnant, six weeks along." Maureen puts her arm around her father.
"I'm sorry dad, I know you really love her." Maureen tells him. Kathleen turns to her father.
"How could you do this to mom," Kathleen yells at him. Maureen tries to keep her sister quiet.
"Kathleen, dad doesn't need this right now." Maureen tells her. Kathleen looks away from her sister and dad.
"Dad hasn't even been divorced for five months, before he is sleeping with another woman." Kathleen yells at them. Elliot takes his daughter by the shoulders.
"You will maintain yourself, Kathleen." He tells her. "Your mother and I couldn't work it out, and we both agreed to move on. I love all of you kids." Elliot lets go of his daughter's shoulders. Kathleen turns, and runs out the front doors of the hospital. Elliot wanting to go after his daughter, knows that Kathleen needs a little time to herself.
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