Author's Note: It's not the end yet! :D

The first place Elliot searched for Olivia was in the apartment but she wasn't there. Numerous times he called her phone but didn't get an answer. The first question Elliot asked himself was if she was really this upset over something that wasn't her fault and why would she be? It was just an angry husband looking for someone to blame other than himself. She saw that all the time, what made this guy so special? He was about to go back and tell Cragen that he couldn't find Olivia when he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He pulled out his phone and read the text message from Olivia's phone:

El,

Meet me at Joanna's apartment. I might have found something.

Liv

Elliot grew suspicious. She would never go back to a crime scene without verifying it with anyone, especially not Cragen. Elliot instantly turned around and went back to Joanna's Fifth Avenue apartment. He knew something was up. He pulled out his radio, "I need backup and possibly a bus on 833 Fifth Avenue. The penthouse suite. An officer might possibly be in danger. Hurry!" He finished and put it back.

"Liv?" Elliot called out when he pushed the cracked door open all the way.

"Elliot!" Came a voice, it was Olivia's voice. It didn't sound as calm as the text message made her seem. She sounded anxious. Elliot followed the voice into the outdoor deck where he saw Olivia standing on the edge of the pool near the pool ladder. Her hands and feet were handcuffed together. There was terror in her eyes.

"Oh my god, what the hell happened?" He cried, pulled out his gun, and rushed over to her only to stop by a gun pointed right at him.

"Get any closer and I'll push her in." Said Tiffany, Joanna's best friend. She took Olivia's gun and her set of handcuffs followed by her own pair.

"Why are you doing this?" Elliot asked, taking a few steps back.

"Put your gun down or I'll shoot her in the head first." She demanded and aimed the gun at Olivia's temple.

"Do what she says, El." Olivia told him as calmly as she could, though her breathing was rapid and heavy and her voice was shaking a little.

Elliot put his gun on the floor right next to his foot.

"Do you know what it's like to lose your best friend because they suffocated? Hm? Something that could easily be prevented if the cops only came sooner. You could've saved my best friend from dying! Well, Detective, you're about to find out what that's like. I can't drug her so drowning her is as close as it's gonna get, and this time you won't be able to save her. Like I wasn't able to save Joanna!"

Tiffany grabbed Olivia by the back of her jacket and leaned her forward towards the pool. The fear in Olivia's eyes grew but her face remained strong. First she looked at Elliot out of the corner of her eye then she closed her eyes, scared of what would occur.

"What's it gonna be, Stabler? Are you gonna risk her life and come and get me or are you gonna grab your pretty little weapon and risk both of you dying? I'll shoot you then I'll drop her so nobody wins."

"Elliot, it's all right. Don't chance anything. Don't get the gun." Olivia said and looked at him. She took a deep breath and looked over her shoulder at Tiffany.

"Tiffany, we all know you lost your best friend and we're truly sorry for your loss but we solved the case and letting two more people or somebody else's friend die won't solve anything."

"Shut up!" She snapped and tilted Olivia closer to the water.

Elliot looked past Tiffany and noticed a police officer walk onto the deck quietly and point his gun at Tiffany. He nodded at Elliot, giving him a signal to get his gun. Elliot was hesitant at first but he did was he was told and grabbed the gun off the floor. Instantly, Tiffany dropped Olivia into the pool and almost in the same second, was shot in the leg by the officer. Letting his gun drop on the floor again, Elliot took off his jacket, rushed over to the pool and dove in. When he tried to pull Olivia out, there was a tug. The handcuffs the were on Olivia's ankle were also cuffed to a third pair of handcuffs that were attached to the pool stairs. Not only that, he noticed a stream of thick red liquid escape Olivia's waist. Not only was she losing a lot of air by the second, she was probably losing more blood.

"Someone get me a key to these handcuffs! Now! Hurry!"

He looked down at Olivia who tried to hold her breath as long as she could. He could see her eyes slowly closing and her body becoming lifeless. He looked back frantically as everybody searched for a key.

"Stay with me, Liv. Please." His voice was shaking, Elliot was almost crying. Finally, someone handed him a key to the handcuffs and Elliot plunged back down into the water to unlock the cuffs. He pulled Olivia out of the water and instantly started performing mouth to mouth.

"Come on, Liv. Come on." He whispered as he pumped her chest. Her breathing was shallow and she barely had a pulse what was worse was, she wasn't regaining consciousness. Another person rushed over to take off the other handcuffs attached to her wrists and ankles.

"She probably swallowed a lot of water. Plus, she has a deep cut on her abdomen and she most likely lost a dangerous amount of blood while Tiffany held her over the pool and after she fell in. She needs to go to the ER now." Melinda said. He didn't notice she was right next to him until she spoke; all of his focus was on Olivia. He hesitated, he didn't want to let her go but if it meant saving her life, then he'd do anything.

Elliot nodded and watched as the EMS put an oxygen mask over Olivia's face and took her out on the stretcher and then Tiffany behind her. Cragen walked up next to him and placed a hand on his wet shoulder.

"Captain, I wish I could've stopped Olivia sooner when she walked out like that. If I stopped her as soon as she walked towards her desk and took her home, none of this would've happened."

"It's not your fault, Elliot. This has nothing to do with your actions."

"When I looked at the extreme horror in her eyes, the only thing that I wished for is to make a deal with God so we could switch places. At least then I'd know she'd be safe."

"You did the best you could, Elliot. At least she's alive. You know Olivia better than anybody else in the whole precinct. You know how strong she is."

Elliot sighed and nodded, then grabbed his coat off the ground.

"You're going to have to stay and answer a few questions. Warner's going to ride with Olivia. Then, we'll send you over to the hospital as soon as you're done."

Elliot tried not to show the disappointment when he heard he had to stay, but an order's an order. Though, he was tempted to just leave and risk getting into trouble. He would do anything in the world to be with Olivia right now.