Author's note: Sorry for the delay in update....things have been pretty hellified in my part of the country...for example, my entire life...but anyway, I'm posting now, and I will keep it up now that I'm finally on a roll, no more long delays [Hopefully ;(.]...Hope you enjoy and thanxx for being patient!!! ~Brandi

Diagnosis



Elliot silently paced the ER waiting room, waiting for a nameless and faceless doctor to tell him things about Olivia that he didn't want to hear. He was worried about her, scared for her. He had seen the blood in the room, knew that her chances of survival where slim to none, and that if she somehow did manage to live she'd never be the same. He heard a phone ringing and pulling himself out of the fog he'd been in since that morning he realized that it was his cell phone.

"Hello?"

"It's Cragen. How is she?"

"I don't know, Captain. They haven't brought her out of the OR yet." Elliot heard the fear and uncertainty hin his own voice; he knew it came loud and clear over the phone lines to Cragen.

"Elliot, she's a fighter, she's been through a lot to get where she is now, and she won't give it up easily. Olivia won't give up. To be honest, I don't think she can."

"I know, Captain."

"Even though you aren't part of the investigation, we will still keep you updated. Fin and Munch are at her apartment. They said –"

"I don't want to hear anything about it. I can't. Not until she's awake, and coherent" Out of the corner of his eye he saw a doctor hesitantly approach him, "I gotta go. I'll all you as soon as I get news." He hung up the phone and turned to the doctor, who was appraising him silently.

"You're here with Olivia Benson?"

Elliot nodded silently, anticipating the worst news, "How is she?"

"She'll be a lot better after blood transfusions. She isn't breathing on her own, she's on a respirator." The doctor stopped, trying to read by Elliot's face how close he was to her, and how much he needed to know, and how exactly he should break the news.

"What else, doctor?"

He hesitated, then continued, "She wasn't breathing when she came in, so immediately after she got out of the OR our neurosurgeons hooked her up to some brainwave machines."He stopped again, hesitant to finish his diagnosis.

"Well? What-what is it?" Elliot dug his nails into the palm of his hands, not wanting to hear it, but at the same time morbidly curious about his partner's brain waves, and what was wrong with them.

"She isn't fully brain dead. There is decreased activity, but in any case like this, any brain activity is good."

"Okay, What does that mean in the long run?"

"It means short to long term amnesia? She may never be the same again" [if it isn't realistic, and you know that for sure, then please e-mail me and tell me, but bear with me, I don't know much..lol]

Elliot filed that information away, preparing to react to it as a friend later, right now four year as a SVU detective was screaming at him to ask the next question, "Did you have time to get a rape kit done?"

The doctor gaped at him in disbelief, "Maybe you didn't understand me, She wasn't breathing when she came in here. We weren't told that this was a rape. And even if we were told, we would've been more focused on keeping her alive. She's in room 2113 on the ICU floor if you want to visit her. Fifth floor." He walked off, shaking his head and muttering.

Elliot glanced at his watch. 4:15, the kids were probably at home waiting for him. He heard the cheerful ringing of his cell phone and cursed it under his breath, he really didn't feel like talking to anybody. He looked at the caller ID and saw Kathy's number flashing. "Damnit, least of all you." He answered the phone, "Hello?"

"I'm at the house, getting the kids packed up. They're staying with me for the next week. I have a strange feeling that they'll be safer with me." Her matter-of-fact tone threw Elliot over the edge. His rage at his confused emotions towards both Kathy and Olivia bubbled over and Kathy just happened to be the unfortunate recipient of the rage that she caused. He had the presence of mind, however, to walk outdoors where he wouldn't upset the anxious families in the waiting room, "Like you really care, Kathy!?!?!?! You weren't worried about leaving them with me when you hopped that plane to Hawaii with teen that somehow passes himself off as a 21 year-old!!! You wouldn't even talk to them!!! They wanted to hear your voice, to make sure that you at least still loved THEM!!! When you divorced me, you divorced them. Are you just coming now to impress your new damn boyfriend?!?!?! Let me talk to Maureen!!!"

"Elliot..."

"NOW!!!"He heard scuffling on the other end of the line and used the time to calm himself. He didn't want to scare his oldest child.

"Hi Daddy."

"Maureen! You guys are ok?"

" Yes, Daddy. Your boss met me at the house. Told me where you were and what had happened. You stay where you are. We'll be alright with her. I'll make sure of it!"

Elliot didn't answer immediately, not wanting to give in to Kathy's demands, "Okay Maureen. Call me if anything goes wrong. ANYTHING, Maureen."

"Okay. You wanna talk to her again?"

"No Sweetie. I'll talk to you later.

"Okay, Daddy, I'll tell everyone you said hi and bye. Love You."

"I love you too. Bye." Elliot hung up the phone and headed into the building, heading straight towards the elevators. Eventually he would go home to shower, change his clothes, and to call Cragen to thank him for talking to Maureen. But right now he needed to see for himself that Olivia was still alive. To see her at least somewhat peaceful before she awoke to reclaim her life, if she could. And the pain and sorrow that went along with it.

AN: Ok, ok. I'm not sure if I like how I did this, so after I finish this thread of ideas (or whatever the heck it is that I'm doing) look for something like an alternate ending or story of something of the kind to kinda show a different story.

Actually the ending is gonna be the same I'm just changing the middle....or something like that...I'm confused. Thanxx for the patience and the reviews...:):):):):):):):):) I especially want to thank Solo Tiger for reading even though she has no idea what she's reading....Love ya Chick!!!

~Brandi