I present you chapter 12, so in this one, things are slowly starting to turn bad, Olivia is on the spotlight. I'll say no more, discover it by yourselves. feedback is always welcomed :)
Monday, November 25th. 1:30pm. The special victims unit squad room.
The squad was under a high level of pressure. One of their detectives was in danger, and they still had to find Samantha Robins' rapist. Even with Becky Anderson's information about him, they still needed to find a way to track him down.
Olivia Benson was in her office accompanied by Samantha Robins, who was in total shock from what she'd heard. Her own best friend setting her up because of a jealousy history, and the worst part of it, is that she didn't even seem sorry, she didn't express any remorse.
"... I don't know who that person is... It can't be... How could she do this? " Mumbled Samantha in confusion, tears rushing down her face.
"I'm really sorry Samantha..." Apologized Olivia while putting her hand on Sam's shoulder. Shortly, Olivia tilted her head to focus outside of the window. Noticing agitation in the squad, Liv left her office in a hurry heading towards Amanda's desk "What's going on here?" Olivia asked. Fin turned around facing Olivia, and while showing her the box, he said "This is bad, Liv".
Meanwhile Samantha rushed out of Liv's office, running towards the interrogation room to confront Becky, but none of the detectives noticed her.
Becky was alone in the interrogating room. Mrs Anderson had left the squad, she was in too much shock, she needed some air.
Once inside the interrogating room, Samantha sobbing, gazed at her friend then muttered "Becky... How could you do this to me?! I heard everything you said... i don't understand... why?".
Becky didn't know that Samantha was there the whole time. The moment Becky saw her, she went nuts and stood up showing her intense anger "You bitch! you ruined everything! you should be dead!".
Suddenly Becky approached Samantha at a fast pace and jumped at her neck, wrapping her hands around Sam's neck and screaming.
Olivia absorbed by Amanda's situation and the package, heard loud screams coming out of the interrogation room, she turned fastly towards her office and saw that Sam wasn't there. Olivia ran to the interrogation room and when she opened the door, she saw Becky on top of Samantha, strangling her and screaming obscenities.
"Becky!" Yelled out Olivia, launching at Becky to get a hold of her, then shouted towards the other detectives "We need medical assistance in here!".
Samantha Robins was unconscious.
Fin rushed in the room and proceeded to subdue Becky, then he ordered an officer to put her in custody, while Olivia rushed near Samantha's side.
"Sam! can you hear me... sam! come on! "Shouted Olivia completely terrorized.
Samantha wasn't breathing.
Meanwhile Mrs Anderson walking back in the squad, saw her agitated and handcuffed daughter being taken away.
"What are you doing to my daughter!" Screamed out Mrs Anderson.
Nick rushing in the room, said "The ambulance is on its way... it'll be here in five".
Liv's heart beats were increasing fast, she was in the middle of an intense situation, she was close to lose control. Olivia felt guilty for what just happened to Samantha. She left her unattended in the office for few minutes, and here she was now, lying on the floor, unconscious. Olivia managed somehow to calm herself down, and started performing CPR on Samantha.
Fifteen minutes later, the paramedics had taken Samantha to the hospital. Olivia was still in the interrogation room with Nick.
"It's my fault..." Whispered Olivia blaming herself. Nick remained quiet and went back to his desk.
When Olivia left the interrogation room, all eyes were on her. She was under extreme pressure, she didn't know where to turn her head to. Too much was going on, and she felt like she was turning into a basket case.
"Everybody, get back to work!" Liv managed to Say, trying to get her self control back.
"You three, my office. Now." Olivia ordered the detectives.
Olivia got inside her office followed by Nick, Fin and Amanda.
"Liv it's not your fault..." Nick said, trying to reassure his partner, noticing that she was febrile.
Olivia shot a cold gaze at him, then looked at Amanda and said in a sharp tone "Where did this package come from?".
Nick didn't understand what Liv was talking about. He wasn't there when the package arrived.
Amanda took a minute before speaking then said in despair "Miller...".
Olivia turning pale, tilted her head down while releasing a heavy sigh, then said "A dead rat... he must think you snitched on him and sent that letter to IAB...".
"Miller? your ex sergeant? " Asked Nick showing his confusion.
Amanda suddenly blurted out "What? How do you ...", and before Amanda could finish her sentence, she suddenly stopped and gazed at Olivia.
"I had to inform him about the assault. And this dead rat is another reason why i'm gonna get you a protective detail whether you like it or not..." Liv tried explaining.
Amanda couldn't believe what she just heard. Her so called friend and boss, revealed to Nick one of the most painful, and atrocious situation she ever went though.
"... You... told him... about the assault?" Amanda stuttered with teary eyes while putting both of her hands on her face. Then suddenly yelled out showing her extreme rage "You had no right! This is my private life! How could you!". Then added while turning away "I was so stupid to trust you... You never wanted to be my friend! All you wanted was to dig deeper into my private life and play the super cops! And now you're trying to show everyone that you know how to make decisions...". Olivia interrupting Amanda, blurted out " Detective Rollins, you're no longer on active duty. You're suspended until further notice. I'll get in touch with the special agents who will assure your security. We're done here.".
Amanda blindfolded by rage, yelled out while leaving the office "Well you know what? I don't care anymore!". Then while opening the door, she stood there, drawing her attention back at Olivia and yelled out "Oh yeah... i forgot, you can take your protective detail and shove it up where the sun doesn't shine...".
Amanda left the office while smashing the door loudly behind her, then walked to her desk , grabbed her coat and purse, then left the building in a hurry.
Nick felt responsable for Amanda's outburst.
"It's all my fault, i'm gonna talk to her..." Nick said while leaving Liv's office.
Olivia didn't object Nick's suggestion. She felt like she had betrayed her friend's trust for the second time. She was speechless.
Fin noticing how Olivia was upset with this situation, tried to reason with her "Liv, look... forget the protective detail, come on... let us handle this!".
"Oh Fin not you... please... what if something happens to her? You, Nick and i will be held responsable for that! Do you want your partner to get hurt?" Explained Olivia with a shaky voice.
"Nothing's gonna happen to her, as long as we're there for her i promise... you need to trust us! and more importantly you need to trust yourself... and i think she's already hurt pretty bad..." Said Fin calmly.
Olivia didn't say anything. She knew that Fin was right. She didn't trust her abilities at making the right decisions anymore.
Olivia stood up, walking to the window, and gazed at it for a minute then turned towards Fin and said "Okay. You and Nick are her protective detail. But if anything happens...", Fin interrupted her "It won't... i give you my word.".
Olivia remained silent, then excused herself "I'm gonna freshen up...".
"I'll go find Amanda and tell her the good news. Oh and Liv..." Said Fin.
"What?" Replied Olivia.
"About what Amanda said, i don't think that's true... she didn't mean it, it was just in the heat of the moment that's all... don't take it too personally... And go easy on her... She needs your support as a friend, even though she doesn't really show it." Explained Fin.
Olivia nodded with watery eyes but remained quiet, then she headed to the bathroom.
Once in the bathroom, Olivia locked herself up in a cabin and couldn't hold her tears anymore.
"I can't take it anymore... I keep hurting people i care about... Why is this so hard... I'm so tired... I can't take it... Everybody's counting on me... It's too much pressure... I'm not even sure i can do this anymore..." Thought Olivia silently while crying uncontrollably.
Olivia let go of all of the haunting emotions she kept bottling up.
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Monday, November 25th. 2:30pm. The parking lot.
Nick rushed outside of the building looking for Amanda. She was leaning against the parking lot's metal grille across the street, lighting up a cigarette.
Nick crossing the road, approached Amanda and said while standing beside her "Amanda... I'm sorry...".
Amanda looking away, ignored his apologies, while taking a puff of her cigarette.
"It's my fault... i was there when you two were arguing..." Nick continued but didn't know what to say anymore.
"Save it. You didn't put your gun on her head forcing her to talk. She did it on her own." Replied Amanda, appearing to be calm.
"But why didn't you tell me?" Asked Nick showing his confusion.
"Ugh... you gotta be kidding me..." Smirked Amanda, then added while throwing her cigarette away " Why are you guys expecting me to blab out every single thing happening in my life? This is unbelievable...".
"That's not what i meant... I'm sorry..." Replied Nick desperately. Suddenly Fin appeared in front of the building's doors, and walked towards them.
"Hey girl, guess who are your new babysitters?" Fin informed her cracking up a half smile.
Amanda snorted while cracking up a half smile but didn't say anything.