Disclaimer: I do not own Law and Order SVU or any of the characters you see regularly on there. I only own Holly Noel, her parents, and the mysterious 3midnight3, everything else belongs to Dick Wolf and other big time producers and/or TV companies.
Summary: Olivia and Elliot are on a new case, one involving three teenagers that meet a psycho maniac on the internet. Coincidence or not, they are all now missing, with little clues to find their wareabouts and weather they are alive or not. Olivia is determined to find them, because after all, terror strikes close to home.
Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, and mild swearing.
Chapter One: Strike One
Holly Noel snuck back into her apartment, trying not to awake her neighbors. They for sure would call her parents and tell her that she was sneaking in at three o'clock in the morning. As it was, her parents were in Washington DC on an important business trip and it left Holly alone for the weekend. She flicked on the light and waited for her eyes to adjust to the new found brightness.
She looked around the small perimeter looking for the calico cat that she had had since she was young. Now the age sixteen Holly was no less than beautiful. She stood at five foot six and had long auburn hair that flowed like a river down her back pleasantly framing her flawless face. Her eyes, as most would say, matched her mother's identically. With they're sharp green color anyone would know that she was indeed Maggie Noel's daughter. The only way you could tell that she was Jack Noel's daughter was her attitude. She was sweet and kind to most people, but if you said something wrong or were unkind to anyone, she was quick to snap. Holly was also fully able of protecting herself if the case ever arose that she would need to.
Not seeing her cat she shrugged and turned on the computer. It came to life with a small hum and a beep. While the computer was booting up she went to check the answering machine. The light was flashing saying that she had two new messages. She pushed the button and listened while making a cup of hot cocoa.
"Message One," the machine said in a robot voice. "Hey Missy! This is your best bud Jas calling. Just to let you know, I'm picking you up at ten thirty tomorrow, the usual place. Don't be late this time! It's hard enough keeping this secret without you being late! Just be ready to knock some socks off girly! Love ya!"
With a beep the message ended and Holly smiled to herself. Jasmine was her best friend since they were young. They had done everything together. To anyone who knew them they were inseparable, almost joined at the hip.
"Message Two," the robot voice again said. Immediately after the robot voice had stopped, heavy breathing on the other end could be heard. It was sharp and rigid like the caller had been running from something, or was expecting something big to happen. There was a laugh and then a click and the robot voice came on again and said, "End of messages."
Holly stared at the machine for a moment, expecting it to continue and explain what the last message had been about. Sure a lot of people didn't like leaving messages, but usually no one breathed into the phone and then hung up. The thought alone sent chills down her spine.
Her silent reverie was interrupted as the small musical sound came from her computer signifying that messenger had instantly signed her in. She jumped a little, and then laughed at her own foolishness. She sat at the computer sipping her hot cocoa and talking leisurely to her friends.
After a while a message popped up on screen reading, "3midnights3 would like to contact you. Would you like to allow them to talk or block this person from your list?" There were two radio buttons for her to choose from. After thinking a moment she decided to talk to them, to see if it was just one of her friends with a new address.
3midnight3 says: Hi
HollyNoel says: Howdy
There was a long pause between them and Holly glanced to see that 3midnight3 was writing a message. She hoped it was an explanation of who he was. She would be too embarrassed to ask.
3midnight3 says: What color thong are you wearing?
Holly stared at the screen in utter shock. This was definitely someone she didn't know, and she didn't like to have strangers on her buddy list. She was smart enough not to trust the wrong kind of people.
HollyNoel says: Why do you want to know?
3midnight3 says: Just so I can imagine you in it.
HollyNoel says: Imagine this then... I'm an old lady. I'm full of wrinkles. In fact, I could be in the Genies Book of World Records for the oldest wrinkliest person on the earth! People run away from me because they know that even though I'm old I can whack people really good with my walking cane that I carry with me everywhere. And what's more!? My face is one that looks exactly like your mothers. Now tell me, do you still want to know the color of my thong you THICK DISGUSTING PERV?
3midnight3 says: Thick is right, sweetie.
HollyNoel says: Thick in the mind, dumb ass! And for your information, no one has the right to know the color of my thong! Not even my boyfriend! It is personal and I wouldn't share it with you if I was paid to! I don't know you; you don't know me, let's just keep it like that!
3midnight3 says: Oh but I do know you Holly Noel! I know your every move. I know the secret you're keeping from your parents, the fact that you've been sneaking out at night, and the fact that you are desperately in love with Trevor. I know every detail. Down to the fact that you love hot cocoa with honey and candy canes mixed in! But you don't know me, and you never will.
Holly's eyes widened and she dropped her hot cocoa to the floor. The crash was loud and echoed inside her mind. In shock she looked at the spilled cocoa and saw the honey gooey globs floating at the top and the half melted candy cane floating out onto the hardwood floor. The fact that he knew about the cocoa isn't what scared her. It was the fact about everything else. What she had been up to and most importantly Trevor.
She turned to the screen to make sure that everything he had said was true and she wasn't just making this up in her mind. After re-reading it she confirmed that she had a stalker and that thought terrified her. Shakily she typed a reply.
HollyNoel says: Who are you?
3midnight3 says: Not to sound too cliché, but I'm your worst nightmare.
Tears sprung into her eyes as she desperately reached for her phone. It wasn't on the jack and she didn't have time to look around for it because 3midnight3 had written another message.
3midnight3 says: I'll give you three guesses to guess who or where I am. Guess wrong and pay the consequences. Guess one wrong, I expose what you've been doing. Guess two wrong, I hurt you, Guess three wrong and...
He stopped typing and Holly was openly sobbing now. She didn't want to be scared, but this man scared the living daylights out of her. She held onto the chair's arms with a death grip waiting for what he would say next.
3midnight3 says: Guess three wrong and I do all of the above, adding Trevor to the mix.
Holly's head bobbed up and down as she cried into the silence of the night, hoping that the neighbors would hear. But the sounds were only loud in her mind, not to anyone else, and she was too weak to shout to anyone.
HollyNoel says: No! I can't guess! It's impossible.
3midnight3 says: Wrong answer. Consider yourself exposed.
HollyNoel says: Please, I'm begging, you please don't do this! Three guesses isn't enough!
3midnight3 says: Wrong again! But you're right. Three isn't enough, and it isn't fair, is it? Oh well, three is what you get, and life is unfair sweetie.
HollyNoel says: No please! Are you in Manhattan? Where are you?!
There was no answer. A message came up on screen saying: 3midnight3 has logged off at 03:24 A.M. on Friday the 23rd of April.
Holly watched the screen blankly, hoping that it was all a big misunderstanding.
"Where am I?" a cold, hard voice laughed. "I'm right behind you!"
To Be Continued...
A/N: Ok so what do you people think of the first chapter? I hope you guys like it! I hope it strikes your interest and you'll continue to read it. I'm new to fanfiction and also to Law and Order SVU...in a way. I've watched the show off and on, and love it, but I have some unsolved questions about it. But this story should work out in the end, if I have any questions, I'll be sure to ask you people for the answers. I hope you enjoyed it!
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