AN: Thank you so much to all of you who have reviewed so far, especially the last chapter it's great to see people are still enjoying the story

Once again this is unbeta'd so if you find any mistakes I'll be happy to fix them

Chapter 14:

It had been too long since Olivia had heard from Abbie. She was supposed to text her once they had finished dinner so that she knew everything was alright. There was no way that it took this long, something was definitely up. She called Alex's mobile, it went straight to voicemail. Now she knew there was something wrong. Alex never turned her mobile phone off, not even on a Sunday morning when neither of them had work to go to and could spend the day focusing on other activities…It took a split second for her to make up her mind. She grabbed her jacket, then grabbed Eliot throwing him his jacket on the way out the door. To her partner's credit he simply followed, calling to the others that they had to 'go check on Alex' as they left. Nobody tried to stop them. Every cop in that room loved Olivia like a sister – which made Alex Cabot sister-in-law material. They would never allow anything to happen to one of their own.

'What's going on Liv?' Eliot asked when they were speeding through blizzard conditions

'Something's wrong.'

The two exchanged worried looks before Eliot hit the accelerator hard – if something had happened there wasn't much time. Luckily the roads were all but deserted, only the odd hardy taxi cab standing between them and their destination.

* * *

Alex and Serena found themselves blindfolded and handcuffed to chairs in a large, echoing, damp room. There was the sound of water dripping constantly somewhere off to the left. The room smelled disgusting, mouldy and unused making Alex feel nauseous as she tried to control her breathing and stop herself panicking. In their vulnerable state Alex in particular found that her hearing was much more acute, she was terrified and she knew Serena was too. Serena was suffering the most out of the two, she was obviously terrified, and she had been ever since their captor had slammed his way into her apartment. They hadn't been here long but ever since their captor had left them her best friend had cried silently, she knew Serena blamed herself for what had happened. It tore her heart in two to hear her sobbing so hard. She wanted so much to be able to wrap her arms around her best friend and comfort her, knowing Serena had never been in a situation like this before. Not that She had either, but working at SVU meant that she had received threats on a regular basis from the worst kind of criminals.

'We're going to be ok Serena. I promise.' She whispered but her words still echoed

'What…about…Abbie?' was the choked response

'She's strong, Liv will find her' desperate hope made her say it

'No Alex.' This time her voice was resolute 'Abbie's dead, and it's my fault. The only woman I've ever loved and I got her killed' with that Serena's sobs wracked even harder, causing Alex's heart to break a little more.

'No you didn't Ser. Abbie will be fine. It'll all be over soon'

Alex felt her own eyes well with tears at Serena's grief stricken confession. She fought to keep them at bay – she had to stay strong. For both of their sakes.

* * *

When the two SVU detectives reached Serena's apartment the scene was enough to send a chill straight through them. There were beat cops all over the area and as they approached the door two homicide detectives, a man and a woman, stood taking notes while a forensics guy explained the crime scene to them.

'What the hell happened here?' Eliot was the first to speak

The two detectives swirled round to meet his gaze. The male detective, taller than Eliot but much slimmer with light brown hair, had fire in his eyes at the intrusion. The female Detective, shorter than Olivia with paler skin and blond hair in a pony tail, was the one who responded.

'Who the hell are you? I think that's a more pressing question'

'Look, I don't know who you are but you better tell us what's going on or I'll…'

'Liv!' Eliot put his arm around his partner to stop her tirade. Turning to the detectives he said 'Benson, Stabler, SVU.'

'Hudson, Arden, Homicide'

'I wasn't aware this was a sex crime Stabler' This time it was the male detective who spoke up. He was clearly not in the mood to have his case taken by another unit, least of all the 'panty police' getting right into Eliot's face and glaring at him daring him to strike.

'Get out of my face you piece of…'

'Detectives, what exactly is it you want here?' Arden was the cooler of the two partners, trying to maintain some grasp on the situation.

Olivia had had enough of this crap. She pushed straight past Arden rushing towards the stairs, taking them two at a time until she reached the fourth floor. The door to Serena's apartment was lying wide open. She could see Abbie lying just inside the apartment. More importantly she could see blood. Too much blood. It was hard to tell immediately where Abbie had been shot but the floor around her was a deep red pool, Olivia could feel herself losing control the moment she set eyes on her best friend.

'Abbie!' she shouted as she fell to her side 'Abbie can you hear me? Wake up damnit, don't you leave me!' the fear and frustration evident in her voice as Eliot and the two homicide detectives barrelled into the room behind her. Eliot immediately called for an ambulance. The other two detectives watched helplessly as Olivia struggled to bring her best friend back. Hudson had the good sense to look sorry for his earlier attitude. Arden knelt beside them and took Abbie's wrist in her hand.

'Holy…I got a pulse…She's alive!'

Sirens could be heard in the distance.