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Olivia picked up her keys and shoved them in her pocket. Last night was the first night she spent in her apartment since the ants attack. She knew once she got to work there would be a ton of questions from Elliot but she was prepared to face it. She even worked out some answers during her sleepless night. It was simple, she would tell him that she was sleepy and she didn't trust herself to dive back.
She told him that she would pass and pick him up, which meant she had to get going. She took one last look in the mirror and exited the room. Someone was outside waiting. It was Michael Hays.
Olivia froze. The first she thought about was getting her gun. She didn't have it, it was at Elliot's.
Michael put his hands up to show that he wasn't armed. "Olivia, listen to me."
Olivia looked at him. Her heart was pumping. She was alone and unarmed with a crazy man who was trying to kill her. This was not the situation she wanted to be in.
~*~*~*~
Elliot took a taxi to work. Olivia said she would pick him up but she must have forgotten. He expected to see her there when he came in the office but her desk was the same as she left it the night before. The rest of the squad was there already, waiting for them.
~*~*~
Olivia felt herself drift in and out of consciousness. Something was running down her head, blood she thought. She tried to focus her eyes on the image in front of her. It started off blur but the image began to get clearer. By the time she could see clearly, she realized who it was, Jake the maintenance guy. None of this made sense to her.
Jake looked at her and smiled. She was awake. The fun could begin. The good thing about being the maintenance guy was that he knew every corner of the building. He knew that there was a room that housed the main water line. He was the only one who ever really went down there. It was perfect.
He took Olivia's cell phone from his pocket and smashed it with a hammer that was in his toolbox. He then took out another cell phone and began to dial. He could hardly contain his excitement.
~*~*~
"SVU, Stabler speaking." He was half expecting it to be Olivia.
The voice on the other line was raspy. There was no introduction he just began to talk. "She's wearing, a brown jacket, a black turtle neck, a pair of brown pants, brown boots and black underwear. Who do you think it is?"
At first Elliot wasn't sure if it was a joke but as the voice continued he knew that it was serious. "Who is this?"
The voice returned. "You don't need to know. All you need to know is whom I have. Who do you think I have with me?"
Elliot thought about it. "Olivia," he whispered into the phone. It all made sense. Could that be the reason why she wasn't there?
"Correct," he said laughing like it was a game show. "Now listen carefully. Are you listening?"
"Yes," Elliot shouted. This gave him the attention of the entire department.
"Good," the voice said. "Now Olivia here has six pieces of clothes on. Every half hour I'm going to take off a piece. When I'm finished taking off her clothes.... well I'm sure you could guess what comes next."
Elliot could feel his blood boiling. Who was this, where was he calling from. Did he really have Olivia there with him?
The voice continued. "You know what the best part is, I'm going to call you when it's happening, every half hour. You're going to remember this, her too."
At that very moment the line went dead. Elliot tired to open his mouth to tell somebody what was happening but he couldn't talk. He couldn't even breathe. He could tell that he was sweating but he was actually freezing cold.
Fin looked at Elliot who was now looking as white a ghost. "What's the matter with you?"
He looked at him, frantic. He was talking now but he wasn't sure if he was making any sense.
Fin continued to looked at Elliot who was at the moment making no sense. He was just mumbling something, it didn't even sound like English. The only word he recognized was 'Olivia'. Something had to be wrong, with Olivia.
~*~*~
Olivia looked at the pieces of her phone on the ground. Her only hope was gone. She heard what he told Elliot, she didn't understand why Jake was doing this. "Jake please let me go."
He looked at her laughed. "I can't do that?"
Olivia tried to get herself out of the ropes that were tied tightly around her wrist to a pipe. "Listen Jake, I'm sorry about whatever I did, you're right but this is not going to do you any good."
Jake looked at her and raised an eyebrow. He went over to her and couched down to meet her. She was afraid, he could tell. He cupped her cheek in his hands. "This has nothing to do with you sweetie, you just an innocent casualty."
~*~*~
Elliot managed to get most of what 'the voice' had told him out. This got everyone's attention. One of their own was in danger, the worst kind. The only thing they had going for them was the fact that they knew who the voice was. It was Michael Hays, the guy who was stalking Olivia. The only problem was they had no idea where he was. They tired to trace Olivia's number they got nothing, the phone was no longer in existence. They also tried tracing the number that called Elliot. The phone was prepaid. They couldn't trace those. The only thing they knew was that the phone did in fact belong to Michael Hays.
~*~*~
His plan was a good one. In fact he congratulated himself many times on it. He loved how he had them running all over the place. He was waiting for a while. Imagine his luck when he saw Michael Hays outside the building trying to get in contact with his target. The plan hit him. He was doing a lot of checking up on Olivia and he knew her history with him. He realized he could use it to his advantage. He put the flowers outside the apartment; he put the cyanide in the bottles.
He had to admit. That one scared him a bit. He wasn't expecting her to come home so soon. He was supposed to call the department and report that he saw Michael leaving the apartment. Then they'd think he poisoned the water. But it worked out that way anyway. Luckily one of them noticed something was odd before they drank the water.
The next step was to seal the deal on it being Michael Hays, so he killed Clayton, another friend of Olivia he learnt about. No one expected the stupid maintenance guy to behind it all.
When Olivia showed up last night he knew he had to act fast. It was the perfect time. The only problem was that Michael Hays showed up for some reason. He must have figured out he was being set up. He maybe came to warn Olivia. He had to take him out. It turned out good for him because he got to use his phone to make the calls to Detective Stabler. The calls would never lead them to him. He had more time to get his work done.
He picked up the phone and dialed SVU.
~*~*~
"SVU, Captain Cragen, speaking." They all surrounded the phone waiting for ' the voice' to call.
"Where's Stabler?"
The conversation could be heard by the entire room trough speakerphone. They all looked at Elliot who was in no condition to talk. He was sitting there staring into space. "He can't talk right now, you'll have to deal with me."
"I need to talk to him," he demanded.
"You have one of my detectives, you talk to me," Cragen shouted.
There was silence for a while. "Change of plans. Every fifteen minuets I remove an item. When I call again I want to talk to detective Elliot Stabler. This is between him and I"
The line went dead. They were baffled. Why was Michael Hays so interested in Elliot?
They managed to lose an hour and a half. They could lose more if Elliot didn't snap out of it.
~*~*~
Olivia began to breathe heavily. She knew what that meant. She could see him bending down and talking a knife from his tool kit. He walked up to her and bent down slowly. "I guess your partner abandoned you."
She wanted to say something in his defense but at the moment couldn't think of anything. She was preoccupied with the fact that Jake and a knife and grudge.
He moved the knife slowly towards her jacket. He would have to cut it off. He couldn't take the risk of cutting her loose.
NOTE: Okay, I hope I didn't loose anyone there. If so tell me and I'll try my best to explain.
Olivia picked up her keys and shoved them in her pocket. Last night was the first night she spent in her apartment since the ants attack. She knew once she got to work there would be a ton of questions from Elliot but she was prepared to face it. She even worked out some answers during her sleepless night. It was simple, she would tell him that she was sleepy and she didn't trust herself to dive back.
She told him that she would pass and pick him up, which meant she had to get going. She took one last look in the mirror and exited the room. Someone was outside waiting. It was Michael Hays.
Olivia froze. The first she thought about was getting her gun. She didn't have it, it was at Elliot's.
Michael put his hands up to show that he wasn't armed. "Olivia, listen to me."
Olivia looked at him. Her heart was pumping. She was alone and unarmed with a crazy man who was trying to kill her. This was not the situation she wanted to be in.
~*~*~*~
Elliot took a taxi to work. Olivia said she would pick him up but she must have forgotten. He expected to see her there when he came in the office but her desk was the same as she left it the night before. The rest of the squad was there already, waiting for them.
~*~*~
Olivia felt herself drift in and out of consciousness. Something was running down her head, blood she thought. She tried to focus her eyes on the image in front of her. It started off blur but the image began to get clearer. By the time she could see clearly, she realized who it was, Jake the maintenance guy. None of this made sense to her.
Jake looked at her and smiled. She was awake. The fun could begin. The good thing about being the maintenance guy was that he knew every corner of the building. He knew that there was a room that housed the main water line. He was the only one who ever really went down there. It was perfect.
He took Olivia's cell phone from his pocket and smashed it with a hammer that was in his toolbox. He then took out another cell phone and began to dial. He could hardly contain his excitement.
~*~*~
"SVU, Stabler speaking." He was half expecting it to be Olivia.
The voice on the other line was raspy. There was no introduction he just began to talk. "She's wearing, a brown jacket, a black turtle neck, a pair of brown pants, brown boots and black underwear. Who do you think it is?"
At first Elliot wasn't sure if it was a joke but as the voice continued he knew that it was serious. "Who is this?"
The voice returned. "You don't need to know. All you need to know is whom I have. Who do you think I have with me?"
Elliot thought about it. "Olivia," he whispered into the phone. It all made sense. Could that be the reason why she wasn't there?
"Correct," he said laughing like it was a game show. "Now listen carefully. Are you listening?"
"Yes," Elliot shouted. This gave him the attention of the entire department.
"Good," the voice said. "Now Olivia here has six pieces of clothes on. Every half hour I'm going to take off a piece. When I'm finished taking off her clothes.... well I'm sure you could guess what comes next."
Elliot could feel his blood boiling. Who was this, where was he calling from. Did he really have Olivia there with him?
The voice continued. "You know what the best part is, I'm going to call you when it's happening, every half hour. You're going to remember this, her too."
At that very moment the line went dead. Elliot tired to open his mouth to tell somebody what was happening but he couldn't talk. He couldn't even breathe. He could tell that he was sweating but he was actually freezing cold.
Fin looked at Elliot who was now looking as white a ghost. "What's the matter with you?"
He looked at him, frantic. He was talking now but he wasn't sure if he was making any sense.
Fin continued to looked at Elliot who was at the moment making no sense. He was just mumbling something, it didn't even sound like English. The only word he recognized was 'Olivia'. Something had to be wrong, with Olivia.
~*~*~
Olivia looked at the pieces of her phone on the ground. Her only hope was gone. She heard what he told Elliot, she didn't understand why Jake was doing this. "Jake please let me go."
He looked at her laughed. "I can't do that?"
Olivia tried to get herself out of the ropes that were tied tightly around her wrist to a pipe. "Listen Jake, I'm sorry about whatever I did, you're right but this is not going to do you any good."
Jake looked at her and raised an eyebrow. He went over to her and couched down to meet her. She was afraid, he could tell. He cupped her cheek in his hands. "This has nothing to do with you sweetie, you just an innocent casualty."
~*~*~
Elliot managed to get most of what 'the voice' had told him out. This got everyone's attention. One of their own was in danger, the worst kind. The only thing they had going for them was the fact that they knew who the voice was. It was Michael Hays, the guy who was stalking Olivia. The only problem was they had no idea where he was. They tired to trace Olivia's number they got nothing, the phone was no longer in existence. They also tried tracing the number that called Elliot. The phone was prepaid. They couldn't trace those. The only thing they knew was that the phone did in fact belong to Michael Hays.
~*~*~
His plan was a good one. In fact he congratulated himself many times on it. He loved how he had them running all over the place. He was waiting for a while. Imagine his luck when he saw Michael Hays outside the building trying to get in contact with his target. The plan hit him. He was doing a lot of checking up on Olivia and he knew her history with him. He realized he could use it to his advantage. He put the flowers outside the apartment; he put the cyanide in the bottles.
He had to admit. That one scared him a bit. He wasn't expecting her to come home so soon. He was supposed to call the department and report that he saw Michael leaving the apartment. Then they'd think he poisoned the water. But it worked out that way anyway. Luckily one of them noticed something was odd before they drank the water.
The next step was to seal the deal on it being Michael Hays, so he killed Clayton, another friend of Olivia he learnt about. No one expected the stupid maintenance guy to behind it all.
When Olivia showed up last night he knew he had to act fast. It was the perfect time. The only problem was that Michael Hays showed up for some reason. He must have figured out he was being set up. He maybe came to warn Olivia. He had to take him out. It turned out good for him because he got to use his phone to make the calls to Detective Stabler. The calls would never lead them to him. He had more time to get his work done.
He picked up the phone and dialed SVU.
~*~*~
"SVU, Captain Cragen, speaking." They all surrounded the phone waiting for ' the voice' to call.
"Where's Stabler?"
The conversation could be heard by the entire room trough speakerphone. They all looked at Elliot who was in no condition to talk. He was sitting there staring into space. "He can't talk right now, you'll have to deal with me."
"I need to talk to him," he demanded.
"You have one of my detectives, you talk to me," Cragen shouted.
There was silence for a while. "Change of plans. Every fifteen minuets I remove an item. When I call again I want to talk to detective Elliot Stabler. This is between him and I"
The line went dead. They were baffled. Why was Michael Hays so interested in Elliot?
They managed to lose an hour and a half. They could lose more if Elliot didn't snap out of it.
~*~*~
Olivia began to breathe heavily. She knew what that meant. She could see him bending down and talking a knife from his tool kit. He walked up to her and bent down slowly. "I guess your partner abandoned you."
She wanted to say something in his defense but at the moment couldn't think of anything. She was preoccupied with the fact that Jake and a knife and grudge.
He moved the knife slowly towards her jacket. He would have to cut it off. He couldn't take the risk of cutting her loose.
NOTE: Okay, I hope I didn't loose anyone there. If so tell me and I'll try my best to explain.