Okay, truth be told: I totally forgot about this story. Don't hate me but now that I remember, I'm back on track and I will update more often. So we left with Chad killing his latest victim and everyone else in turmoil about what's to come. Well, here we are with some answers. Again, I'm sorry about the wait. And are we really coming up on 30 chapters? Wow, this is officially my longest story! Dick Wolf owns what's his and I own what's mine. Enjoy.


Before we start, lemme give a quick shoutout to Sunshyne2014 for being such a sweet person and one of my most loyal readers. Thanks doll!

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The sun came up over the city, ready to begin another beautiful spring day but for a certain group of law enforcement officers, today would bring nothing but apprehension until they were certain the direction in which the wheels of justice would be turning.

At Olivia's place, she was fast asleep on the couch exactly as she'd dozed off just after four AM; with Noelle sleeping peacefully on her chest. She opened her eyes and gave a small stretch, not wanting to wake the baby and was careful as she sat up and picked up her phone to look at the time.

"Just after seven…" she kissed the top of Noelle's head before reaching over to place her carefully in the bassinette that sat beside the sofa. Once she put the baby down she closed her eyes and took a couple of deep breaths, trying to shake off the dizziness and nausea she was already feeling

"Please don't throw up" she said out loud then stood and made her way to her bathroom.

Inside the bathroom she stood in front of the mirror and took look at herself. She pulled up her t-shirt and smoothed her hand down her stomach letting it rest just below her navel and smiled before sighing.

"Why are you even entertaining this? No, the better question is, how could you be so careless?" she asked her reflection before opening the top drawer of the bathroom counter and picking up the pregnancy test that she bought on her way home from Barba's office yesterday. Taking another deep breath and releasing it, she tore open the box and gave the directions a quick once over then used her teeth to rip the foil pouch that held the test stick and tossed it and the box into the trash. Lifting the lid to the toilet then hooking her thumbs under the waistband of her leggings to push then down.

A minute later she stood drying her hands, having just washed them and glancing nervously at the test strip that lay on the counter. She'd dropped the hand towel and was massaging lotion into her hands when something appeared in the display window of the strip. She ran her hand through her hair as she nervously picked it up and read it, to her shock.

Pregnant

She gasped, dropping the stick in the sink as one hand flew to her stomach and the other to her mouth to catch the sob that escaped.

"Oh my god… oh my god!" she cried, unable to even fully process what had just happened. How was it even possible? The doctor had been so sure after…

"I'm pregnant!"

Her shock was interrupted when Noelle began to cry from the living room and she quickly snapped out of her astonishment and left to tend to her daughter.

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A twenty minutes later during which she tried desperately to wrap her head around the situation, Noelle was fed and Olivia satin a daze burping her when the doorbell rang. Wondering who would be dropping by so early, she got up and went to the door, suddenly even more emotional at seeing Brian through the peek hole.

"Brian, what are you doing here?"

"Good morning to you too" he said as he walked in and stopped to kiss her, then Noelle on their cheeks "I brought croissants from that snooty little French bakery you love so much"

"Um…later" she cringed, her stomach churning as she took the box from him and headed towards the kitchen where she deposited it on the counter. She could smell the pastry through the box and the thought of eating it made her mouth water – and not in a good way.

"You don't look so good" Brian noticed as he reached for Noelle "Hey, beauty queen" he smiled before putting her on his shoulder and resumed patting her back to burp her while taking a seat on the couch beside Olivia

"That's because I don't feel so good" Noelle let out a huge burp and settled comfortably on Brian's shoulder

"You sick?" Brian asked, checking her forehead for fever with the back of his hand then lowered Noelle to cradle her in the crook of his arm.

"No, I'm… I'm just tired. I… I had a rough night" she explained as she looked over at Noelle "That's momma's girl" she cooed and smiled. Noelle mimicked her mother's big grin and squealed happily as Olivia rubbed her little tummy.

"She's one happy kid" Brian said as he too looked down at the baby in his arms

"She knows she's loved" Olivia said, still smiling down at Noelle then looked up at Brian "I need to talk to you" the words had barely left her mouth when her phone rang. Wanting to quickly get rid of whomever it was, she picked it up and answered.

"Benson"

"Liv, we got it" Barba said as he walked the hall after leaving the judge's chambers

"The warrants?"

"Signed and ready to execute" Olivia could swear that she heard tears in Barba's voice, she knew how relieved he must be feeling, as relieved as she was at this moment in spite of being nervous at how wrong it could all go.

"How, I mean… it's barely 7:30, who signed off on them?"

"Who else but everybody's favorite judge?"

"Kent!" Olivia sighed "I could kiss that man!"

"I did kiss that man… almost got a misconduct charge" Olivia couldn't help but laugh in spite of how miserable she felt

"Have you told Rollins?"

"I thought you'd like to do the honors"

"You thought right. Keep me posted, I wanna know the second those bastards are in cuffs!"

"Will do!"

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Amanda was on her way back to her apartment after her daily morning five mile run. She had just turned the corner to her block and had reached her building when she stopped to answer her phone, jogging in place in front of the stoop while she talked

"Liv, hey, everything okay? …um no, on a run, what's…" Tears sprang to her eyes when Olivia told her about the warrants and she was so stunned that she had to take a seat on the stoop, dropping her head into her hands while she wept from relief.

"Yeah… I'm here… I can't believe it's really happening."


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NYPD made the arrests quickly, and by nine a.m. they'd gotten Kip, Dean, Grayson, Jason, Shawn and Jackson in custody, ready to be booked on rape charges and having purposely saved Chad for Last. They'd arrived with practically the entire squad of the 16th, ready to carry out the arrest and search warrants. Nick was already downstairs in the security office with the warrant for the camera footage from that night last summer as Fin stood outside Chad's penthouse with Barba and the squad ready to bust down the doors when they heard the elevator ding and the doors open.

Immediately, they all turned their attention to look down the hall and were surprised to see Olivia step off the elevator, suited up and ready to go in her bulletproof vest. After talking with Amanda she knew she needed to be here for this and so, deciding that she could wait to tell Brian about the baby, she left Noelle with Amanda and let the brass know that she'd be resuming full duty as of today

"Liv?" Fin and Barba said at the same time

"Aren't you still on leave until Monday?" Barba asked he had come along to make sure the arrest was done by the book… as much as it could be.

"And miss this? Not a chance!" she said with a smug grin

"Welcome back, baby!" Fin smiled

"Thanks, let's do this"

"WithOUT brutality!" Barba warned "we give this prick no reason to say we mishandled this in any way. The last thing we need are counter-charges to throw a monkey wrench"

"Relax... we're professionals" Fin assured him

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Chad was upstairs in his bedroom, still passed out in his cocaine-fueled stupor, unaware that the was lying beside a dead woman when his bedroom door flew open with a loud crash and his eyes suddenly jolted open

"What the…"

"Charles Wentworth Cartwright III" Olivia called

"And who the fuck are you?" Chad seethed

"We got a warrant for your arrest, now get ya ass up and put some clothes on!" Fin yelled

"Get the fuck outta here before my dad takes your badges!" he threatened dismissively and turned over to go back to sleep. Fin and Olivia looked at one another, both wearing a smirk and shrugged their shoulders

"Resisting arrest?" Olivia asked

"Looks like it to me" Fin agreed. They both sighed and then as if on cue, Fin grabbed Chad's legs while Olivia grabbed his arms and they yanked him from the bed and threw him face down, onto the floor where Olivia quickly straddled his back and began cuffing him.

"Charles Cartwright, you are under arrest for aggravated rape and aggravated sexual assault"

"Get off me bitch!" Olivia grabbed a handful of his hair and slammed his face into the floor before continuing

"My bad. You have the right to remain silent…" while she read Chad his rights

"You wanna get dressed?"

"Fuck you, Kunta! I want my lawyer!"

"How original. You kiss your victims with that mouth?" Fin said before grabbing Chad by the arm and helping Olivia pull him to his feet

"Do you understand these rights as they've been read to you?" she asked

"I understand that you are one fine bitch I wouldn't mind fucking; I bet that cougar pussy is legit!"Displeased with Chad' choice of words for Olivia, Fin chopped him in the throat sending him into a coughing fit as his eyes filled with tears

"Get him the hell out of here!" Olivia seethed as she handed him off to two uniformed officers, then turned to the rest of the officers and CSU "Guys, leave NOTHING unsearched, I want every inch of this place covered top to bottom!"

"Wait" Fin said to the officers who were escorting Chad out "Cover him" he said as he snatched the sheet from the bed and tossed it to the officers. When the sheet came off the bed, Olivia gasped at the young woman who was beneath it, obviously dead with her bright blue eyes wide open, her lips parted and still.

"Oh my God!" She cried, tears immediately springing to her eyes "Fin" he immediately turned around

"You alri… shit!" he exclaimed, completely thrown at the sight before them as he looked at Olivia who stood there shaking. "Is that…?"

It wasn't the fact that there was a dead young woman lying naked and splayed grotesquely for everyone to see, it was the fact that she and Fin had both known the woman since before she became a woman and was just a little girl running around the squad room what seemed like a lifetime ago.

"Kathleen Stabler" Olivia said in a devastated whisper, unable to contain her tears as she looked at the dead daughter of the man who used to be her reason for breathing.

"Stabler… wait, as in your old partner, Detective Stabler?" Barba asked incredulously "Oh boy!"


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Chad and his band of merry rapists are in custody, what next? And I'm setting the stage for something else you guys won't see coming. Stay tuned.