Chapter Two

Title: [b][i]Dumped to Hell[/i][/b]
[b][i]Rating:[/i][/b] PG-13 (Some violence)
[b][i]Paring:[/i][/b] None [b][i]Author:[/i][/b] Walt [b][i]Disclaimers:[/i][/b] See Part One. Casey's has been rejected by a man she was falling for, and that's only the start.

Seated at a bench on 6th avenue and Charlton Streets in a small park on the northwest corner of the block, Casey was again trying to hold back tears as she called Olivia's cell phone number.

"Benson", awnsered Olivia after she picked up the phone.

Saying in a sad tone while seated with one hand in her face, "Olivia, it's Casey", then looking up at the sky for a moment and wiping some tears off her face before contiuing, "Remember I said I had a date with a guy I was hoping to go to the next level with?", with tears again coming out of her eyes as she said it.

"Yes", said Olivia.

"Well, he did take it a few levels, but they were down below the basement" as tears continued to roll down Casey's face while saying that, pausing for a second before continuing, "He was with another woman he never told me about, saying she was an old girlfriend he realized he still loved", Casey would reply.

"Terrible, though it possible it really was the case", said Olivia as the tears coming out of Casey's eyes were slowing up.

"True, but the way I find out about is just like those wives who find their husbands in bed with another woman and catch them red-handed. It seems I always wind up dating nothing but scum like that....", then said Casey with her voice trailing off at the end.

"Are you all right?", asked Olivia, suddenly worried about Casey as reflected in the tone of her voice.

Casey looked around at the streets from where she was sitting for a second before saying to Olivia, "Physcially, yes, but something around here doesn't seem right", then pulling off her boots, doing so after noticing what appeared to be a middle-aged woman with long blonde hair watching her closely.

"What do you mean?", asked Olivia as Casey had grabbed her bag and boots, carrying those as she resumed walking up 6th Avenue.

Casey then said "Someone seems to be following me", while walking as fast as she could until forced to stop for a light at Houston Street, then asking Olivia "Are you still working?"

"Yes, finishing some paperwork that can't wait until Monday", Olivia would reply.

"Good", then said Casey, breathing a big sigh of relief, then saying after taking a deep breath, "I'm coming over there. There's what appears to be as I just said a middle-aged woman with long blonde hair, who looks to be my height following me as I was walking up 6th avenue and now west on Houston. I'm not sure if she knows that I know she's following me"

"Where on Houston are you?", asked Olivia.

"Between 6th and where 7th Avenue South becomes Varick", said Casey as Elliott (sitting next to Olivia) listened in as best he could.

"Stay with me", Olivia would ask.

"Of course. I'm close enough to Varick where I don't think she'd try anything", said Casey as she crossed Varick Street, then briefly ran west on Houston.

"Are you there?", Oliviia would again ask.

"Yes", said Casey, a bit short of breath from the brief running, then adding "Hopefully, that's the end of it", or so Casey thought.

While Casey had run briefly once across Varick Street, so did the woman following her. The woman did so on a red light, nearly causing an accident as several cars had to come to a sudden stop to avoid hitting her at Houston and Varick Streets. Casey heard the noise from behind, as did Olivia and Elliott on the cell phone.

Casey then said to Olivia, "I'm all right. Whatever happened occured behind me, but I'm close to Hudson on Houston and can't see what happened."

Olivia then replied, "It's OK. Just keep walking. Elliot and I are coming over there, and I'll stay on the line."

Casey then said to Olivia, "Thanks. I'm crossing Hudson now, heading towards West Street on Houston" as Olivia and Elliott left the SVU headquarters at the 16th Precint to walk towards Casey, knowing she was only a couple of blocks away from them.

The instinct to do so turned out to be correct, as the woman following Casey then crossed Hudson Street, and between Hudson and West Steets ran up and tried to strangle Casey with a chain around her throat, casuing Casey to drop everything in her hands. Eliott and Olivia had already started running from where they were, just outside the 16th precint when this happened.

The woman would yell to Casey upon trying to stangle her, "You killed my son!! Now it's your turn to die!!", as Casey tried to escape before a uniformed female cop yelled "Freeze!!", casuing the woman to become distracted and allowing Casey to break free of the chain around her throat by backing into the woman. Elliott and Olivia got to the scene just as Casey was escaping the woman's stranglehold.

"She killed my son!!! She deserves to die for that!!", the woman screamed as a number of people looked on. Casey, Elliott and Olivia recognized her as Eleanor Webster.

"Eleanor Webster, you're under arrest for the attempted murder of Casey Novak.", said Elliott as he cuffed Eleanor and with the help of uniformed officers at the scene helped her into a waiting police car.

"Are you all right?" Olivia would ask, with Casey replying "I'm OK, but a bit shaken", still breathing a bit heavily and feeling her throat where the chain had been wrapped around before getting up and grabbing the items she had dropped, then saying to Olivia "This certainly has been the night from hell", while putting her boots back on before heading with Olivia to the 16th precint.