thanks guys for all the reviews! :) this chap we see what is going to happen to cassidy and elliot.
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Olivia visited Elliot in the hospital. She stayed with him throughout the night. He was going to be released the next morning if everything went as planned. He would have to be home for a few days before returning to work. Cragen told Olivia she could have a day with him in the hospital to get him home and situated.
At around 8 am they heard the door open. It wasn't the doctors. It was Ed Tucker from IAB. Elliot and Olivia knew by the suits that it was them.
"Elliot Stabler," Tucker said. "Agent Ed Tucker. Would say it's a pleasure but it really isn't," he stated.
Olivia already didn't like this guy.
"Detective Olivia Benson, I presume," he said, almost glaring at her.
All she said was "Yes" while glaring at Tucker and the two other agents beside him.
"Okay, I'm gonna need you to go with these guys while I stay here to have a friendly chat with Stabler," he said coldly.
"Why do I need to go with them?," she said, not going to leave without a fight. "And besides he's been in the hospital because of his injuries. Can't this wait?"
"No. Because I don't want you two working out a story of any sort," he snapped.
"What story? I wasn't even there!," she fired back.
"You two can work out what story works best for this to keep him out of trouble! Now go with them or I will suspend you right now," Tucker told her.
It was Elliot's turn to argue. "Hey you can't do that! She wasn't even there. And besides she's just trying to do what's best!"
"Stabler, shutup. She's arguing with a superior that's grounds for suspension. Now if either of you want to keep arguing with my authority I could just fire you if that's what you prefer."
Elliot and Olivia looked at each other. They didn't want that and this was a battle neither of them could win, no matter how much they fought.
Olivia let go of Elliot's hand before leaving with the other two detectives. They led her out into the hallway outside the hospital room.
"Detective, did you and your partner say anything about the case while you were together overnight?"
She glared at them. "No. We mainly slept. He was tired and so was I. We've had a long couple days already."
"Slept together you mean?," one of the detectives chided. She felt like hitting him, but knew that wasn't a good idea.
She let it go, not without clenching her fists together and gritting her teeth though.
"Now why don't you tell us what happened, or what you know."
Olivia didn't have much to say to these guys, considering she wasn't even there.
Meanwhile in the hospital room, Ed Tucker was about to be hit in the face as well.
"Now Detective, you claim that you and Benson didn't talk about this incident?"
"Yes. It's not a claim it's the truth," Stabler told him, getting annoyed quickly.
"Okay. So tell me again from the beginning, what happened."
"Oh my god. How many times are you gonna make me tell you? Cassidy and I had words in the car, he shutup for all of 5 minutes until we got here. I felt something on the back of my head. I blacked out for a second before I tried getting up. He kicked me. I was able to tackle him and get him to drop the iron," Elliot told him. "And then I punched him."
"So you almost killed him just to make him stop hitting you?," Tucker said making Cassidy sound like the victim.
"If I didn't stop him he was going to kill me!," Elliot yelled. "I believe he would have."
"See Cassidy tells us a different story. He says that you provoked him into hitting you."
"How is that even possible since I was walking away from him to go talk to our victim?"
"In the car," Tucker simply stated.
Elliot groaned out of frustration. He still had a huge headache from his concussion and this was not helping it.
"He and I exchanged words. Because he was talking about how hot Olivia was, and then I told him that she was my girlfriend. He didn't believe it. He shut up right before we got to the parking lot."
"So you got defensive with your lady? You told him he wasn't good enough for her?," Tucker said, firing Elliot up even more.
"Basically, yeah because he was giving low blows, including the iron!," Elliot yelled.
"Didn't something happen between Benson and Cassidy the other night?"
Elliot looked at him, not knowing that Cassidy or someone else explained to Tucker what happened. "Yes something did happen. Cassidy tried to get into Olivia's pants, Olivia said no, so he tried harder," Elliot said. "If Cassidy told you something else, it's not true."
Tucker didn't say anything. "Okay, I'll be calling you later to let you know our decision."
He walked out to see a pissed off Olivia and two scared looking IAB agents.
She ran into the room when they left and wanted to know how it went with Elliot and Tucker. "How did it go Liv?," Elliot asked before she had a chance to ask him.
"Let's just say not well." By her tone he could tell she was pissed. "Somehow they wanted me to tell them my side when I wasn't even there! Oh then they kept making jokes about us being together. Some professionals," she stated sarcastically.
"Yeah Ed Tucker is an asshole. Pretty simple. He made me retell it 3 or 4 times. Oh, and somehow he already knows about you and Cassidy. The other night. Who would have told them? Cassidy could have, but why would he? It would be admitting he was with you," Elliot asked.
Olivia looked at him. She certainly didn't say anything to anyone besides- "Cragen," she whispered. "Cragen's the only one that knows besides us and Cassidy."
"Why would he tell IAB? He knew they were coming here to talk to me. Was he assuming that they would just ask about your incident at the same time?"
"I don't know but they didn't," she said. "I'll talk to him tomorrow," she said, trying to keep calm. She couldn't believe Cragen would do that to her, especially on her second day. She was a big girl and could handle it. She wished people would understand that.
"Anyways I don't get it. I get attacked and Tucker made it seem like it was my fault. It's not my fault Cassidy is an insecure prick," Elliot said.
Olivia nodded in agreeance. "Did he say anything about what was going to happen to Cassidy?"
"No but Tucker nicely said that he would call me later to let me know what's going to happen," he said sarcastically.
"Are you pressing charges?," Olivia asked.
"Hell yes I'm pressing charges. Even if he doesn't get jail time he will be suspended possibly fired for doing this. And I'm getting a restraining order for us. I don't care how much you fight one. It's a good way to keep us safe. He's dangerous," Elliot said.
Olivia looked at him, not upset about the restraining order, just nervous. "El, don't you think he's got connections? He's going to get as close as he can without actually being within the limits."
"Does it matter now that we've got a few connections now, too? I don't think he's stupid enough to get close to me again," Elliot said. "Or maybe he is," he said, quickly adding onto his previous statement.
Olivia chuckled. "I'm guessing he is." She leaned over to kiss him, so glad that he was okay.
Just then the doctor walked in. "Mr. Stabler you are all clear to go home if you wish. You can sign out at the desk."
"Thank god," Elliot said as he got out of bed to get changed. Olivia brought him some fresh clothes to change into.
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A few hours later, Elliot's phone rang. It was odd to them because he wasn't working because of his injuries.
"Stabler," he answered. "Really? Okay. Thanks for letting me know Cap." He hung up the phone, not being able to help a bit of a smile he had.
"What was that about?," Olivia asked curiously.
"Cragen was telling me that they have suspended Cassidy already. If convicted he will get his badge taken away."
She smiled with him before kissing him. It was a relief he wouldn't be there when either of them went back to work, not that they were expecting him to be after what he did.
"Liv you should press charges," he said.
She backed away from him. "Why can't you just leave it alone? It is what it is."
He could tell he was pissing her off, which was not his intention at all. "Liv. People should know what he is. He's the kind of guy that we are attempting to catch daily. You know what he said in the car before we got to the hospital? Sometimes girls just need a little encouragement. Basically he said that he would go as far as he wanted. That's not right."
She sighed heavily. She didn't want to go through any of this. This time she was a victim of harassment. The last time it was set up. Now she was a victim.
"Elliot... just leave it alone," she said, pleading with her eyes.
He decided to do that, but he knew it was something she should do. Ultimately it was her decision, but she was very stubborn, as was he. But he knew pressing charges was the right thing to do.
He knew he had to convince her somehow, without saying or doing the wrong thing.
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The next morning wasn't Olivia's favorite because she had to leave Elliot today. She had to go deal with everything on her own. Her first priority was Cragen. What did he get out of telling IAB something that was her business?
She walked into the squadhouse looking normal and trying not to look like she was already pissed. Munch was sitting at his desk, and he attempted to say good morning but she continued on to Cragen's office.
She knocked before hearing him say come in.
"Captain, I need to ask you something," she said hiding the nerves in her voice.
"What is it?," he asked calmly.
"Why did you tell IAB about what Cassidy did? They didn't ask me about it at all yesterday and quite frankly I didn't want them to know," she said, almost ready to explode just talking about it.
"Olivia, I had to. I am required by law to tell them anything that cops do. 1PP also knows. I'm sorry, but my hands were tied. You told me, and I have to tell them. Regardless if you press charges or not," he explained.
"So it would have been easier had I not said anything. That's what you're telling me," she stated.
"No they need to know and I do, too. If things with Elliot hadn't of happened, would you have even come to me?," he asked her, softness in his voice.
She paused and looked down at her hands, a habit of hers when she was thinking and nervous. She lifted her head to answer. "Honestly? Probably not. It didn't seem relevant."
He also looked down before looking back at her. "Olivia... I want you to know right now, that anything that happens in my squad room that's out of line you can come to me. Let me decide if it's relevant," he told her with sincerity and a smile.
"Okay. So will IAB or 1PP question me about it?," she asked, getting back to the original topic she was in there to ask him about.
"They may, if it's pertinent to their case against him. But if you don't press charges I don't see the point-"
"Actually, I've changed my mind. I want to press charges against him," she said, thinking about everything that Elliot told her and her job now. She thought about what the victims needed. They needed someone who could relate to them.
Cragen smiled at her. "May I ask what's changed your mind?"
"Yeah, just being here. I've realized how is anyone going to come to me and share their story when I can't share mine?," she told him.
"Okay. You know I wasn't going to say anything but my brother told me about what happened at boot camp."
She looked at him, kind of stunned but relieved. "Did he know the real story by any chance?," she asked, not knowing if she would share that information with Cragen or not.
"Actually, I think everyone there did. The superiors I mean. They all knew you were a great asset to have and they didn't want to lose you. They kept it between them," Cragen told her. "You forgot most of them have been cops or detectives for years," Cragen said smiling.
She almost laughed. Everyone knew, and still treated her like she was a victim. But if they didn't she would have known something was up. It didn't bother her that they did know. It was actually bothering her that they didn't know, but this made it much easier on her. "But what if it comes out Cap? I mean isn't it illegal?," she asked now scared of what could happen if things with Cassidy went to trial.
"Well... it's complicated. It was dangerous for you to do it without cops intervention and put yourself out there like that but all of them agree that it was also courageous. Thy can claim that they were the ones to set it up. Then it's not illegal. Cops set up sting operations all the time. They knew why you did it without asking you. Your friend Lauren. You wanted to stop him from hurting other people. That's mostly why my brother pointed you this way," Cragen admitted. "You've got that drive within you that I look for in people who apply to come here. It is not an easy job, and you need a certain mindset and heart to deal with it."
She listened to everything he was saying. She smiled a bit. "They would do that for me?," she asked. That could get them all in a lot of trouble if that ever came out.
"Yes, because they know good intentions when they see them," Cragen told her.
"Thanks." That was a relief to know.
"I'll get the paperwork for you to fill out since you're pressing charges. If that's all then you can go. You and Munch are working together today," he told her.
She left his office. There was a million pounds that just got lifted off of her within minutes.
She sighed heavily before headed to her desk where Munch was to get started with her days work.
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sorry for the late update. haven't had much access to a computer this week. :/ and of course writer's block is starting to hit. took me a little while to figure out what to do. that seemed logical? lol. so the superiors at boot camp knew what happened. i tried putting some reasoning in there. idk though! and now olivia's pressing charges. theres some things coming up next. what happens to elliot? we know what happened to cassidy so far. anyways, please review. this chapter is making me feel nervous :P but thanks for reading :)