A/N: As promised, here's Chapter 10, as fast as I could get it done! I hope you all like it, and once you've read it send me a quick review and let me know what you thought!

'It looks like he raped her, beat her, choked her, tried to drown her, and then when that didn't work he stabbed her repeatedly.' Warner looked up at him. 'So far I've counted 14 stab wounds to the chest and upper body.'

'That's some pretty serious overkill,' muttered Fin. 'Who the hell'd she piss off?'

'Are...' Elliot took a deep breath. 'Are you sure she wasn't already dead when he stabbed her? I mean, maybe... sometimes...'

Warner shook her head. 'She has defensive cuts all over her hands. She would have tried to grab the knife repeatedly during the attack.'

Elliot glanced back down at the girl and quickly looked away again. Every time he looked at her, the resemblance just got stronger and stronger. The dark hair, the dark eyes... this girl was much younger, maybe 18 or 19, but he'd seen photos of Olivia when she was at college, and... it could be her lying there. He closed his eyes and took several deep breaths. OK. He could do this now.

Fin shot him a puzzled look. 'When do you think she died?'

'I'd say probably the night before last.'

'It's amazing someone didn't find her before now.' Fin looked around. 'This is a pretty open area.'

'Well, because it's been so cold lately, there haven't been many visitors. The way the wind comes in off the Hudson, it'd feel even colder than it was. He still took a hell of a risk though.' This had been deemed important enough that Cragen had actually gotten out of bed and come down here himself. He shivered and hunched down further into his coat, looking thoroughly miserable.

'I know...' Elliot paused thoughtfully. 'This doesn't look planned. This is angry, as if... as if... well, it looks personal.' Like maybe he was angry with someone else and took it out on her instead. Someone else who maybe looked just like her. NO, Elliot. Stop looking for things that aren't there. Focus. 'Is there any ID on her?'

Fin was already rifling through the girl's handbag. 'New Hampshire driver's licence says Amy Monaghan, and there's a student ID here from Siena College.'

Elliot felt his stomach turn over. Siena was Liv's old college. He remembered taking her to a reunion event there once after her date cancelled at the last minute and she didn't want to go on her own. 'Uh, why's she in the city? Isn't Siena up in Albany?'

'Yeah, but there's an invitation in her bag for an event at a bar nearby. Maybe she met someone there.' Fin held out the ID and waited patiently for a few seconds before clearing his throat pointedly. 'Elliot. ID?'

Elliot glanced up absently and took it. 'Oh, thanks.' He scrutinised it closely, turning it over in his hands. Jesus, she looked even more like Liv in this photograph. She came into the city for a party, ran into a guy in a bar she liked or who liked the look of her, and then when he found out where she went to college it was like the perfect storm and suddenly his usual thing wasn't enough any more... No, Elliot, stop conjecturing like an idiot. You just need to stop thinking about Liv for five minutes so that you can do your job properly. It's what this girl deserves. Focus. 'It's pretty bad luck to come all the way into the city for one party and then end up encountering the local psycho.'

'You make it sound like there's only one of them out there.' Fin shook his head. 'These girls from upstate, they have no idea how different it is here in the city. You can't just go off with someone you met five minutes ago in some bar.'

I know, I've told Liv that enough times. 'Well, you know, they grow up in a small town, go to a small college, and if it never occurs to their parents to warn them of the dangers out there... how can we really expect them to know any different?'

Fin didn't look convinced. 'I suppose. You'd think they'd get some idea from the TV or Internet or something, though. I mean, how many smartass kids who watch too much CSI do we get to see every day?' He sighed, and then frowned thoughtfully. 'You were right, though, it does look personal. That kind of overkill isn't something you normally see on a garden-variety stranger assault. I mean, that much anger? That definitely suggests to me that it was someone she already knew. Maybe a boyfriend or someone came down from Albany with her, got jealous of the attention she got at the bar...'

I hope so. 'We, uh, ought to go to the bar, check if anyone remembers her or anyone she was there with.'

Fin gave him an exasperated look. 'Oh really, Elliot, because I was thinking we should just go sing and dance in the street until someone comes up and offers us information.'

'Look, just lay off, OK?' snapped Elliot. 'This isn't the time for stupid jokes!'

'Jesus, Elliot, what bit you in the ass today?'

'Nothing, I just think that maybe you ought to stop making silly jokes and focus on this girl! She's someone's daughter, someone's sister, and she's been lying dead in some crappy dogshit-filled park in a strange city for nearly two days! You can't think that she doesn't matter, you can't just pretend like she's not even here just because-'

'Elliot.' Cragen put his hand on Elliot's arm. 'Are you all right? You've been working longer and longer hours lately, and to be honest I think that it's been taking its toll on you.'

'Cap, I'm fine-'

Cragen cut him off. 'You look exhausted, and I don't think I've seen you eat anything in days. Elliot... sometimes you need to take a break if it's getting too much. This job will take it out of you.'

Elliot sighed. It's not about the job. It should be but it's not. 'No, it's OK.' He gestured at the girl. 'This about her, not me.'

Cragen didn't look convinced. 'Elliot, you look awful. I'll understand if you want to excuse yourself from this one.'

'No.' Elliot shook him off. 'No, I'm fine. Let's do this.'

A/N: What did you think? I know that there's no Liv in this one but she'll be back next chapter, and I reckon the big-time E/O and/or smut fans out there will enjoy that one a lot. In the meantime, send me a review of this one, and I'll try and get down to getting the next one finished ASAP.

Also, I have the first chapter of a new and much darker story going up either this evening or tomorrow morning that I've been working on. It's called 'Heritage', and if you like this story, I think you'll enjoy that one too - or, at least, I hope so!