"Excuse me?" Olivia said stepping away.
"You... its you. Mariska! You died Mariska!" Kiah, the old nurse, stared into her golden eyes and turned white. "Its like you never died!"
"Im sorry, you have the wrong woman," Olivia said trying to cope with this woman's insanity.
"No, you died at Pearl Harbor! You and Chris. You saved me from the sea and shortly after you died. I watched you die!"
"Mam, Im sorry for your loss, but that woman isn't me." Olivia shook her head trying to remove the eerie familiarity with the older woman's voice.
"No," Kiah said squeezing the young woman's arm. Olivia froze in a memory as she brought a little child's body to the shore. Her naked torso was then covered with warm kisses and her voice moaned for a man named Chris. He had Elliot's bright blue eyes. Within his eyes, she was then taken to a cliff where an airplane crashed into the land beneath her.
Olivia shook herself away from the memory and met the woman's green eyes. "Kiah?" she whispered.
"You remember me?" Kiah said looking into her eyes. "I will save Chris. I will try."
"I--"
"Olivia!" Don said moving to her side.
"Nurse, we need your assistance!" the doctor spoke from Elliot's room. He would be ready for visitors shortly.
"I will be back dear," Kiah said moving back into the room and from Olivia's presence.
"Olivia, any word?" Cragen said.
"I can see him in a moment, but..."
"But what?" Don said growing frustrated.
"I am the last person Elliot would want to see right now," Olivia said gathering her coat.
"You are running away," Don said as she moved away.
"Excuse me?" she said turning to him. "Don't you ever judge me again!"
"Well, isn't that why you are marrying Caleb Morley?" Don said turning to face his detective.
"I am marrying Caleb for my own reasons," Olivia said through clenched teeth. "I don't appreciate you doubting that."
"Do you love him?" Don asked right into her eyes.
"What is with the millions of questions?" Olivia said in an exasperated sigh.
"Olivia, can you tell me or anyone that you don't love the man behind these doors? Can you walk away from him? He wouldn't leave you."
"Don..."
"Shut up!" Olivia stood shocked by her boss's verbal halt. "I have let you run away countless times. Computer crimes, FBI. Olivia. You don't hurt him anymore. You need to be honest with yourself and if that is with Caleb, then you aren't the woman I hired."
Olivia stood stunned as her superior stormed passed her without the opportunity for rebuttal or reply. With tears glistening, Olivia turned and left the man she loved to confront the man she is forced to marry. In the hole in the bottom of her stomach, she knew that he ordered the hit on Elliot. Now she needed to find the truth before making the worse decision of her life.
The doctor left Elliot's room trusting Nurse Kiah to take down Mr. Stabler's vitals. Kiah stood staring at the familiar man in the bed. After she recorded his vitals, she ran her aged hand over his strong face and spoke softly. "You and Mariska saved me so long ago. I will take care of you now."
She placed a newspaper article on his bedside table and smiled when a young woman entered his room. "How is he?" the blonde woman asked.
"Your father is doing just fine dear," Kiah said grasping her young hands.
"Thank you for taking care of him," the blonde one said looking into her eyes.
"My name is Kiah and I will take care of your father."
"Maureen, Maureen Stabler," she spoke squeezing the older woman's hand. Kiah nodded and made her way to the nurses station.
Maureen moved over to her father's side and kissed his warm forehead. "Oh Daddy," she whispered as she sat beside him. She grasped his left hand and was no longer surprised not to find a wedding ring. "Where's Liv?" she asked aloud. Her father continued to breathe deeply and she kissed his hand. "She will come to you, Daddy. She will."
Elliot's unconscious was filled with memories. He lived through each of his lifetimes, the love, the pain, the loss, His Olivia. Each time her skin made contact with his, his heart soared and his body was in flames. Each time she was taken from him, his heart shattered. He remembered a time where they laid in his bed, warm and sticky with sweat. His uniform hung on the door and she placed kisses upon his naked chest. He was comforted by her deep raspy voice when she would sing their song...
When I think back
on these times In my dreams
I'll always see you Well you showed me
how it feels In my dreams
I'll always see you 'Cause I always saw in you In my dreams
I'll always see you
And the dreams
we left behind
I'll be glad 'cause
I was blessed to get
to have you in my life
When I look back
on these days
I'll look and see your face
You were right there for me
soar
above the sky
In my heart
there will always be a place
for you for all my life
I'll keep a part
of you with me
And everywhere I am
There you'll be
And everywhere I am
There you'll be
To feel the sky
within my reach
And I always
will remember all
the strength you
gave to me
Your love made me
make it through
Oh, I owe so much to you
You were right there for me
soar
above the sky
In my heart
there will always be a place
for you for all my life
I'll keep a part
of you with me
And everywhere I am
there you'll be
And everywhere I am
there you'll be
My light, my strength
And I want to thank you
now for all the ways
You were right there for me
You were right there for me
For always
soar
above the sky
In my heart
there will always be a place
for you for all my life
I'll keep a part
of you with me
And everywhere I am
there you'll be
And everywhere I am
there you'll be
There you'll be