Story Title: 800 Miles
Chapter Title: SVU: Chicago
Disclaimer: Not mine, just borrowing.
a/n: Thanks to everyone that reviewed! Sorry you didn't like it DragonWriter, but they do actually send detectives to places as far as Chicago. They did it on the original one when they sent two detectives to L.A. Also, don't forget theCSI epidsode 'Cross Jurisdictions,' the CSI/CSI:Miami crossover. Sorrythat I went so fast in the first chapter, I'm just really anxious to get them to the ER. Enjoy!
Elliot and Olivia's flight took off and landed without any complications. Lunch had been served on the plane, but neither of them had much of an appetite anymore. As they walked off the plane into Chicago O'Hare International Airport, two women approached them.
"Hi, we're Detectives Ilona Haldvogel and Malia Mon of the Special Victims Unit here in Chicago. We're hoping that we'll be able to help you solve this case," said Ilona, a tall, dark-haired woman with stunningfeatures that rivaled even Olivia's. Standing next to her was a shorter woman with dark brown hair that fell to just below her shoulders.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Detective Olivia Benson, and this is my partner, Elliot Stabler," said Oliva, hoisting her overstuffed duffel bag from one shoulder to the other.
"Well, I guess we'll go pick up your bags and then we'll stop off at the hotel where you'll be staying," suggested Malia, turning in the direction of the baggage claim, "Then, we'll get started on this case."
"We don't have any bags except for the ones that we have with us now. If you don't mind, we'd also like to start working on this case as soon as possible. The perp has already killed nine women, we can't waste any time," Elliot told them stiffly.
"Um," said Ilona nervously, "actually, it's up to ten. Another woman, Rosalie Luca was murdered while you were en route. Our other detectives, Dan Mangiapane and Faizan Malik would have been here, but they had to go down to the coroner's." She and Malia had planned on telling the New York detectives about the tenth attack after they had a chance to settle in.
"Damn it!" shouted Elliot, throwing his duffel bag to the ground, attracted a great deal of attention to him and the rest of the detectives. Malia and Ilona exchanged worried looks. Someon had failed to warn them of his outbursts.
"Elliot," said Olivia, in an attempt to calm him down, "we will find him. Who knows, maybe he slipped up and left some epithelials this time. Just pick up your stuff and let's get out of here. The sooner we get working, the sooner we can catch him, whoever he may be." She could almost swear sometimes that she was like his mother, always having to calm him down. Detectives Haldvogel and Mon breathed a collective sigh of relief.
"Well, then I guess we'll just go down to the station house and try to catch this 'Mr. Anonymous'," suggested Malia. The four detectives walked out of the airport and over to where Ilona had parked the car. On the way to the precinct, Ilona and Malia tried to break the tension between the detectives by making small talk.
When they arrived at the Chicago SVU station house, Benson called Captain Cragen to let everyone back in New York knowthat they had arrived safely and on time. She alsotold them about the latest attack on Rosalie Luca. After hanging up, she sent Elliot off to fax the newest case file to New York.
As soon as all the papers thatneeded to be faxedhad been faxed, two male detectives walked into the squad room. They introduced themselves as Dan Mangiapane and Faizan Malik. The two of them gave everyone the details of the autopsy theyhad just witnessed. Nothing had changed aboutthe MO since Elliot andOlivia had left New York The two special victims units then preceded to read over the case files of both the Chicago and New York attacks.
"The killer seems to be doing everything he can to mess us up," remarked Dan, "Look at this, the first victim, Kaye Shelton, was a 28 year-old, African American real estate agent. The second victim, Ann Landers, was a 34 year-old stock broker on Wall Street. There is nothing these vics have in common!"
"Except the guy who murdered them," Elliot said, "Trust me, we spent three hours trying to find any similarities and we found nothing."
"You may be in luck," they were told by Captain Kevin Chibarro, the captain of the Chicago SVU, "There's been another attack."
Elliot's eyes filled with rage, "What do you mean 'you may be in luck'?" he screamed, "Another attack means that we are taking too long!"
"Well, if you hadn't interrupted me, I would have been able to tell you that the woman, Gabriella Feltre, fought back enough to rip a hole in the Ziploc bag," he snapped, "She's alive, and at the ER."
After a few seconds in which everyone was too stunned to say anything, Olivia spoke up, "Which ER is she at? We'll need to interview her."
"Yeah, which ER, captain?" inquired Ilona, as anxious as Olivia was to interview their only living victim.
"County," Kevin told them.
"Oh, good Lord," muttered Malia to herself, "the one place I was hoping it wouldn't be."
Ilona turned to Benson and Stabler and told them, "Well, I hope you guys like the zoo!"
