"Hold her arms, she is going to rip out the IV, hold her still." One of the nurses called out over the top of all the commotion in the room.
"Miss Benson, you need to calm down now, otherwise you are going to hurt yourself even more."
"What happened?" Elliot asked as he entered the room.
"She woke up screaming and grabbing at her IV lines."
Elliot walked over to her and reached for her hand, "Olivia…Liv…can you hear me?"
She showed signs of calming, "Live you need to calm down, you are going to rip out your IV's, and your scaring the nurses here, they will never let you leave."
Her eyes opened and she became aware of her surroundings, relaxing and her arms fell to her sides and she looked towards Elliot.
"El?"
"Yeah it's me."
"Sorry."
"For what Liv?"
"I was having a nightmare, he was all over me, holding me down. I couldn't move Elliot." She broke out into tears and he took her into his arms.
"It's okay, you are safe now."
"I couldn't move, I couldn't move."
"You can now Olivia, please it's all over now."
They sat like there like that for a while, just taking comfort in each other.
"Elliot?"
"Humm."
"What did he give me?"
"What do you mean?"
"I couldn't move Elliot, I was awake and I couldn't move. What did he give me?"
I'll have to check with the doctors, I am sure it's in your chart…I am sorry I have been preoccupied to pay attention.
That brought a smile to her face.
"You have some visitors…" "I know they are standing right outside the door."
"They are all concerned about you."
Elliot turns around and motioned for Cragen and the others to come into her room.
"You gave us quite a scare there for a moment Olivia."
"I am sorry guys."
"So when are they releasing you from this place?"
"I am hoping soon, they say I need to have someone stay with me."
"We have that covered Olivia, don't you worry about it."
"Do you have any leads?"
"Always work and no play."
"Cap, I want to get this guy."
"We will Olivia, what you need to concentrate on is getting better."
"Look, I know this guy, I know his voice, his build, you can't keep me out of this."
"Olivia, look you need to recover…"
"No, stop treating me like this, once I get out of here, I will help you."
"Liv…"
"No you are not going to talk me out of this."
"Gentlemen, the patient needs her rest." The nurse said from next to them.
"See you later Olivia." All three of her friends said as they got up to leave.
Elliot wanted to see if he could stay behind for a little bit with her.
"Can I stay? I promise I will stay out of the way."
"Sure but she needs to rest."
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"She is free to go, with the recommendation that she goes home with someone, se is not to be alone."
"She, is in the room you know."
"Miss Benson is to see her physician within the next two days, or sooner if needed."
"Alright."
"And these are her prescriptions, make sure that she takes these with food." The doctor handed them to Elliot.
"Alright Doc."
"I also recommend Miss Benson go to a psychologist as well. I can make a few recommendations if you like."
"That's okay, we both know someone."
"Good, I don't need to remind you that you both will most likely need to talk with someone."
"And no work until you are fully healed Miss Benson."
Yeah right, I am going to find this guy, she said to herself.
After a few more instructions Olivia was ready to be wheeled out to his car and go home.
Well ready as she thought she would ever be. She still had many nightmares and was afraid to be alone at any point during the day or night.
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When they got back to the city, they stopped at the grocery for some food and headed back to his place.
"Thanks."
"For what?"
"For not taking me to my apartment."
Elliot just smiled and got out of the car.
When they made it up to his place, Elliot opened the door for her, "Go sit down Liv, once I put the food away we will call for some take out, I don't know about you, but I don't feel like cooking anything."
She looked around his new apartment, noticing that his guest room was made up.
"Expecting someone where you?"
"I figured it was to soon to head back to your place. Fin and Munch cleaned it up for you by the way, then they brought some stuff over here for you."
"Now I am worried, maybe I should get back there now, see if the building is still standing."
"You can trust them Liv."
"I know, I was only joking Elliot."
After they had a quiet dinner, Olivia had a bit of trouble moving, so she took her meds and went to bed.
Elliot followed her into his guest room and helped her into the bed.
"Night Olivia."
She grabbed onto his hand and pulled him back to her. The fearful look in her eyes made him stop and wonder what was going through her head at that moment.
"What?"
"I am scared."
"There is no reason to be scared Liv, I will be right in the next room. If you need anything just yell for me."
"He's going to find me El, I don't want him to find me."
"He's not going to find you okay. I will do everything in my power, you have to trust me on that."
Elliot sat with her until she fell asleep then slowly walked out into the living room.
Unsure of what to do next, should he sleep in his own room, or bunk out on the couch, closer to her if she needed anything.
The doc had warned him that the nightmares wouldn't suppress for a while, and that he should expect her to wake up almost every night.
So he put away the dishes and went to get his blanket and pillow from his room. Bunking on the couch wouldn't be that bad?
Right?
But Olivia was worth it. What if he didn't hear her from his room? What if she tried to get out in the middle of the night? What if someone tried to get in to his apartment?
Too many 'what if's' that made him decide to sleep here for the night.
So once he settled in for the night, he turned on the television, the sound on low, not wanting to wake Olivia.
Elliot started to doze off.
In the early hours of the morning, he was awakened by a blood curdling scream coming from his guest room.
"NO!!! GET AWAY FROM ME!!! STOP PLEASE!"