soooo sorry for the delay! lots of things came up in the last week! i'll try not to let it happen again! but anyways thanks so much for reviews guys :) okay, so you might have to reread the last chap to even remember where this was lol.
olivia runs out of the captain's office. she is now going to find elliot to tell him what the connection that she made.. its not a huge deal at first but then it picks up after everything comes out! i promise ;)
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Olivia ran out of the captain's office. She saw Elliot waiting for her.
"Hey," she said giving him a quick peck on the lips. "How did you know I was back?," she asked, knowing she didn't tell him she was back at camp yet.
"I saw you rushing here when I came out of the barracks and figured it was important so I waited for you," he said.
"It is. Do you remember Officer Ryan from the other night? The one who took my statement?"
"Yeah, sort of. Why?"
"She works at Somers PD, that's Pruitt's old PD."
"And you think there's something more to it than just them working together?," Elliot asked, trying to keep up with her.
"Exactly. She went to visit Lauren sometime in the past couple days. Don't you think it's a bit unusual? I know it's not unusual for cops to get loaned out to other PD's but if they're that close to each other? It makes no sense."
"Yeah. So what are you gonna do?," he asked, knowing she probably thought of something.
"I'm going to visit her right now to confront her. She could have taken time off without her Captain knowing where she was. I wanna know if she was cleared to work this or not."
"Liv, be careful. You don't want to be stepping on to many toes investigating this," Elliot warned, knowing she was putting her future job as a cop on the line by doing this.
"I will be. I'll see you in a bit," she said kissing him again. "I love you El."
"I love you, too. Like I said, just be careful."
She walked away from him, with a mission in mind. Officer Ryan didn't feel right to her.
Olivia drove, having some troubles finding what she needed. She was in an unfamiliar area, but was thankful when she arrived without any problems.
Security stopped her as she walked in, wondering why she was there.
"I need to see Officer Ryan, she handled my case last night."
"I have to check to see if there are any weapons on you," the rather large man told her.
Olivia spread her arms as he quickly patted her down, biting her tongue so she wouldn't make the situation worse.
"Head on in ma'am."
"Thanks," Olivia said.
She quickly spotted Officer Ryan.
"Olivia," she said startled seeing the young woman at the precinct.
"Hey. I'm sorry to bother you Officer Ryan... I have to ask you why is it that you went to visit my friend Lauren at the hospital?," Olivia asked, not wasting time.
"Another officer sent me to do follow up," the officer answered without flinching.
"Really? I've learned that they only put one detective with an abuse victim so they don't overwhelm them. So, how'd you get that past your boss?," Olivia said, confident with her answer.
"I don't have to answer to you. You're just a rookie," Ryan stated, with a bit of a snarky tone.
"Isn't this Pruitt's old precinct as well? Why would they send a young officer to a boot camp where they use more experienced officers to train recruits?," Olivia asked, noticing that Officer Ryan was clearly older than Pruitt was.
Olivia saw a flash of emotion go across the officer's face.
"Not here," Ryan said discretely as she got out of her seat and Olivia followed. They went into the ladies room.
"Okay... uhm, what I'm about to tell you isn't easy," Ryan said. "Pruitt... raped me 2 months ago. He had just started here and I was his training officer. He came over to my apartment... it was late at night and unexpected. He pushed me down and before I could react he had me pinned. He is a lot bigger than me and he had his gun and cuffs with him... I'm sure you know how the rest goes," Ryan said, tearing up as she was speaking.
"Oh my... I'm so sorry," Olivia said, now trying to comfort the officer. She felt horrible for embarrasing her in front of her squad now.
"There's more... I'm pregnant," she said as she broke down in tears.
Olivia's eyes widened and she paused before she spoke again. "Did you ever tell anyone?," Olivia asked, hoping she did. She knew the damage of what could happen to someone if they tried to deal with the situation on their own.
"Yeah. A rape crisis counselor, so it was off the books. I started getting PTSD shortly after the attack. Nobody knows though. If only I had told... He would be in jail, and you and that other girl Lauren wouldn't have gotten attacked."
"Don't blame yourself for this. You can't. It will drive you insane. Please, don't blame yourself," Olivia begged.
Ryan stayed silent so Olivia continued her questions.
"So how did the whole boot camp with Pruitt happen?"
"His dad pulled him out of here when he got wind of a few complaints. He was getting complaints from females about inappropriate touching, and his dad protected him. He made sure the complaints disappeared," Ryan explained.
Now it made sense. Someone knew that Pruitt's dad had protected him all this time.
"Well, you and I both know that rapist's start somewhere. Do you have any idea who he would go after first?," Olivia asked, now hoping the officer could help her. Even though Pruitt was dead there was still a murderer to catch. It wasn't Olivia's job, but she was concerned for the victims in all of this.
"No," Ryan said as she cleaned herself up in the mirror. "He was escalating though. I barely had bruises on me after my attack. Lauren looked torn apart. Lord only knows how many others he did this to," Ryan said softly.
"It's not your fault," Olivia repeated. That was always the hardest part for victims to get through. They had to realize that the attack was not their fault.
Olivia hugged the officer. "I need to tell you something... and it can't leave this room. My attack... was planned. We were planning to nail Pruitt for it that way," Olivia admitted. It felt better when she came clean about it.
Ryan looked at her stunned, then cracking a small smile. "I've gotta say, that's kind of genius Olivia."
Olivia smiled. "Well, no one could get him. I figured with witnesses it would at least get him suspended or something... I didn't think he'd end up dead."
"I can't say I'm upset. It's all for the best," Ryan said, realizing that the burden was off of her as well. "And your secret's safe with me," she told Olivia.
"Same to you. If they find out, it won't be from me," Olivia said, extending the same courtesy to Officer Ryan.
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Olivia went back to the camp, and was glad this day was coming to a close. So much in 24 hours had occurred.
Elliot and Olivia felt almost guilty they couldn't do more, but there was only so much they could do as recruits. They had to let their superiors do most of the investigating or they could get into trouble.
"Hey El," Olivia said as she met him outside the mess hall.
"How did things go with Ryan?"
"Long story," Olivia said quietly. She knew she couldn't tell him at dinner. "I'll tell you when we're in the car later."
"Okay."
Elliot felt her uneasiness as they ate. Whatever she had to tell him was bigger than he thought it would be.
Once they were alone, Elliot took her hand.
"El, this is something that... I never thought I would hear," Olivia stated, still in disbelief of what had happened.
"Okay...," Elliot said, not sure of what else to say.
"She was raped by him...and she's pregnant..." Olivia said, her voice falling at the end of her statement.
Elliot stayed silent for a few seconds, then sighed heavily, absorbing what was just said to him. "Is she okay?"
"Yeah, she got the help she needed, but I don't know for sure. Someone can say their okay and hide the fact that they really aren't," Olivia said, explaining from experience. She was very good at hiding what she was really feeling, and Elliot knew that.
"I do know that. So, what else did she say to you?," Elliot asked.
"She said that Pruitt's dad pulled him out of the precinct when he found out about complaints about touching that other girls were giving to police. And Officer Ryan never told anyone at the squad what had happened. I think someone knew when they killed them both that Pruitt's dad was protecting him and is as much of a bad guy in all of this as Pruitt," Olivia told him.
"That makes sense. A father will go to whatever lengths he can to protect their children."
Olivia looked at him. "Okay now that sounds like you're making an excuse for him."
Elliot quickly realized what he said. "Oh no! Not at all. I'm just saying, that's what father's do. It's horrible that he protected that. He legally would have gotten into deep shit. In no way am I making excuses for him. If they would have lived, both of them would have gone to jail."
Olivia backtracked. She didn't mean for it to come out the way it sounded, either. This case was making her more frustrated than anything. "I'm sorry El. I know you didn't mean it to sound like that."
"I know, and I know this is getting to us."
"That's stating it lightly... What are we going to do now? We can't tell anyone, because I gave Ryan my word. They're investigating," Olivia said, referring to their superiors.
"Well, their bound to find out this dirt eventually, so maybe we should wait a while before we say anything," he suggested.
Olivia didn't like doing nothing, but knew it was best for the case.
"Yeah... okay. Hey so you never told me about the meeting with the shrink."
"What is there to say? I gave her my version and she tried prodding at my every thought and feeling," Elliot chuckled.
"That's typically what a shrink does," she said sarcastically.
"Yeah, I know. Sure I was pissed about what happened and wanted to rip the guys head off, but I was prepared for it. She don't know that though," he smiled at her.
"I told Officer Ryan that, too. She knows not to tell anyone."
"Do you think that's a good idea?," Elliot asked cautiously.
"Why wouldn't it be? She confided in me El. She's a cop, I think she knows how to keep a secret," she told him.
"Yeah, but it might come out."
She smiled. "Quit worrying about it. It's over." She leaned over the console and kissed him.
Elliot stayed close to her lips as he spoke. "You're right. I can't keep worrying over it. But just so you know, I could stay like this forever," he said and smiled.
She kissed him. "Because this is so romantic right?," she asked sarcastically.
"You know it. I'm all for the romantic scene," he said as she laughed.
They knew they couldn't do anything else without being seen, so they broke apart before things got to heated in the car.
"I think we have to make time to go to another Days Inn... soon," Olivia said as she straightened her shirt and hair out.
He held in a groan. "Dammit Liv. I've gotta wait, and I don't wanna wait," Elliot said as he tried to recover.
"We can go get ready, have a nice dinner," Olivia said seductively.
"I was wondering why you didn't eat anything," Elliot chuckled.
"All part of my diabolical plan," she said as she placed a hand on his thigh, rubbing slowly back and forth, getting mere centimeters from his semi-hard member.
He quickly grabbed her hand and ripped it away, causing her to smile even wider.
He looked at her, his eye color darkened. "Don't... do that again," he threatened. She knew what she was doing to him.
"Well if you don't let my hand go I can't go get ready," she said quietly and seductively.
He let her hand go as she reached for the car door.
He smirked at her. "See you at 8," he said as she got out.
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okay so i had to do that at the end lol. i didnt realize that the name pruitt is actually used in the ep of SVU PTSD until i watched it the other day! and i thought i was being original ;) so now that the secret is out, what happens? do the superior officers get to find out what happened to officer ryan? any other secrets? do olivia and elliot have any more trouble at camp? hmmmm...
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