(Disclaimer in part one.)

The Very Thought Of You 7

4:45 P.M. St. Catherine's hospital

Elliot quietly entered Olivia's hospital room. He could hear the steady beeping of the heart monitors. It was music to his ears. She was on oxygen, but it wasn't a face mask so she would be able to talk. He smiled thinking of Cragen referring to her as sleeping beauty. He approached her sitting down on the side of her bed. Her eyes were closed but there was movement beneath her lids. She must be dreaming. He thought and leaned down and placed a soft kiss on her now red lips. Her eyes fluttered open. "Hey, it actually worked." He said smiling down at her. She blinked a few times trying to focus. "Elliot?" She whispered. He took one of her hands in his and kissed it. Her eyes flew wide when she remembered what she had wanted to tell him. "The kids!" Her heart monitors went off wildly. "Olivia, you have to stay calm. It's ok. The kids will be here soon. Shhhhh......" He spoke soothingly as he brushed her hair away from her face. The nurse came in to check on her and reset the monitors. "Miss Benson, you have to rest or your guest will have to leave." She leveled Elliot with a stern look. "Actually I can't leave. Detective Benson is under police protection until the man that hurt her is apprehended." He flashed his badge at her for emphasis. "I'll update the staff on the security measures to be taken as soon as my back-up arrives." She nodded. "If you need to be relieved before they get here or need anything at all uses the call button. I can watch her." She flashed her marine tattoo at him in the same fashion as he had flashed his badge, it was virtually in the same place as his. " Thank you." He said as she left and closing the door behind her to give them privacy. " Police protection in a hospital? What aren't you telling me?" He sat next to her on the bed again and sighed. He didn't want to upset her but he knew she wouldn't rest until she knew everything.

Fin arrived with Kathleen, Lizzy, and Dickie by 6 o'clock. He hadn't told them much just that wanted them to come to the hospital, he wasn't hurt, but something had happened. He hated to put it on Elliot to tell them about their mother, especially with everything the man had been through in the last day of so, but he didn't want to scare them by saying your mom's been kidnaped by a rapist and murderer. When they arrived Elliot was standing in the hall outside Olivia's room talking to the nurse. Elliot saw his kids and grabbed them in a fierce hug. Kathleen spoke. "Daddy, what's wrong?" She looked past him into the ICU room .The nurse was attending to someone she couldn't quite see. As the nurse moved to adjust one of the monitors She recognized Olivia. She pushed past her fathered and entered the room. Olivia was sleeping .The nurse saw Kathleen standing there. "I'm sorry, but Miss Benson needs her rest right now." Elliot took his daughter and ushered her back into the hall closing the door behind them. Kathleen was on the verge of tears at seeing Olivia laying there obviously hurt. "What happened to her?" Elliot sighed not really wanting to tell her the details. "A lot, but she's going to be alright." Fin, who had been talking on his cell phone, hung up. "That was Munch. Maureen's alright. They're on the way eta about 2 hrs." Elliot smiled thanking God silently. "Hey, I bet you guys are hungry." He said forcing a smile and trying to delay the inevitable. The twins shrugged. "Ok, who wants a happy meal?" Fin asked. "I don't want a happy meal! I wanna know what the hell is going on!" Kathleen shouted at her father. Elliot's mouth fell open. Kathleen had always been the quite one. Now she seemed to be taking Maureen's place as the yeller in the family. "She's so grounded." Lizzy whispered to her brother. "No happy meal toy either." Dickie whispered back. "Ok. Sit down." the twins did as he asked but Kathleen stood her ground and put her hands on her hips. "What happened to her?" Elliot didn't know how to water this down so he decided to just be blunt. "Olivia was raped earlier this morning. Then a few hours ago there was an attempt made on her life. Now them man that did this, Richard White, he is very dangerous and hell bent on hurting us anyway he can think of. That means going after our families." He stopped for a moment so they could take it all in. "Now White killed a cop at the station house and stole his uniform. That's why I sent Fin and Munch to get you. I don't want you to talk or go anywhere with anyone you don't know I don't care what uniform he's wearing. Ok." They all nodded. It was then that Kathleen noticed someone was missing. "Where's mom?"

Telling his children that their mother was in the hands of a madman was one of the worst things he had ever had to do. Lizzy started crying and Dickie automatically put his arms around her. Kathleen was unreadable. "Listen the Captain is heading up the search and every cop in New York is looking for her." " Why aren't you?!" Kathleen shouted at him. The door to Olivia's room opened and the nurse stepped out. "She's awake. You can see her now." Kathleen burst into the room and walked right up to Olivia's bed. She was sitting up slightly and offered a small smile. Kathleen ignored it. "Are you screwing my dad?!" she shouted. Olivia blinked. That wasn't the greeting she was expecting. "What?" "Kathleen!" Elliot shouted. Olivia raised her hand indicating that he should let her handle it. " Why would you even think something like that?" Olivia asked her. "Why else would he be here with you and not out looking for my mom. You promised me you would always tell me the truth no matter what. So tell me are you and dad having an affair?" Kathleen was crying hard now. Olivia looked her directly in the eye. "No." She said simply. The truth never needs an explanation. Kathleen started sobbing and Olivia opened her arms to her. "I'm sorry, I know you would never..."she cried into Olivia chest hugging her tight. "Shhhhh.. It's alright." Liv said softly trying to sooth her. She looked at Elliot and he nodded in understanding. He went back out into the hall and closed the door.

8:00 P. M. Holiday Inn Room 26

Kathy woke up on the floor next to the bed. The first thing she was aware of was her pounding headache. She blinked trying to get her eyes to adjust to the light, but everything seemed disjointed as she tried to focus. She tried to move and was rewarded with crippling pain. She screamed and then fell silent as she slipped beck into unconsciousness.