Ch 10
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Elliot rushed into the emergency room at the hospital and saw his children and Fin were standing around waiting for him to arrive. He rushed over to where Fin was to find out what they knew about the shooter.
"Fin, What happened? Do we know who did it? Is the perp. in custody? What about Olivia's condition, is there any news?"
"Whoa slow down man. She convinced me to let her go downstairs and get her mail herself so I could stay with the kids. Once she had been gone about ten minutes I went to check on her. There was a group gathered around something and when I went to check it out I saw it was Olivia. Some nice citizen had managed to grab our perp. I had some uniforms come get him so I could come here with the kids. No, we don't know who did it. We think it was a random shooting. Last we heard they were taking her into surgery." Fin told him. He knew this was a lot for Elliot to deal with. First Kathleen's in a coma now his best friend gets shot.
"So this shooting Kathy didn't cause it? How long has she been in surgery? " Elliot asked him.
Before Fin could answer Elliot's question, the doctor came out. "Is there an Elliot Stabler here?"
"That's me." Elliot said as he started toward the doctor.
"Miss Benson is awake and in recovery. She was asking to see you. You can go back, but no stress and try to keep it short. Miss Benson needs her rest." The doctor said.
"Hey El," Fin said to stop Elliot. "I'm going to head to the station to help Munch with the perp."
"All right. I'll call you later to find out what's up. Thanks a lot Fin." Elliot turned to head toward Olivia's room.
When Elliot walked in, he saw Olivia's face light up. "Hey Liv. How you feelin?"
"I feel like I just got shot, but other than that everything is just rosy." Olivia said.
Elliot couldn't help blaming himself for this. Fin hadn't answered his question. Kathy could've set this up. He knew he should've stayed at the apartment instead of going to the trial, but Olivia had insisted. He'd had a bad feeling all morning and now he knew why. Just then he heard Olivia's voice. "Hey El are you okay? You looked like you were in another world."
"I'm fine Liv. I was just thinking about some things." Olivia could hear the sadness in Elliot's voice as he said this.
"No, you weren't. You were blaming yourself for this. I know you too well Elliot. Besides you're a lousy liar. But in all seriousness though El I don't blame you for it and you shouldn't blame yourself." She said trying to reassure him.
"Liv the whole way over here I was thinking I'd lost you. We don't know why this happened, but if I'd been at the apartment I could've gone and got the mail." He told her.
"I told you before Elliot I'm not going anywhere. As for you going to get the mail, then it could be you laying in this bed and you have four children that love you." Olivia hated that he blamed himself.
-Meanwhile at the precinct-
"So James why did you feel the need to shout Detective Benson?" Munch asked the man sitting across the table from him.
"Who?" The guy asked. This seemed to anger Fin.
"You know the woman you shot and nearly killed earlier! Why did you do it?" Fin practically screamed at him.
"Look man. Some guy paid me a mil to shoot this woman. I didn't know her name and I sure as hell didn't know she was a cop. I just got an address and a description. " The guy told them.
"Who hired you?" Munch asked.
"I don't know."
"Bullshit! You know exactly who it was. Now who the fuck hired you?" Munch said. He was seriously pissed off now.
"Okay. Okay. It was some guy named Brandon or Brad or something like that. My buddy set it up." This guy was nervous. That much was obvious to both detectives.
"No last name?" Fin questioned.
"Hell I barely remember the first name." He told the detectives.
Both of the detectives were getting angry. "I'm going to have a uniform take him to make his phone call then call Elliot." Fin told Munch.
"All right. After we're done here we can go see Olivia." Munch responded.
-In Olivia's hospital room-
"Ms. Benson it is imperative that you stay at the hospital for tonight. We need to observe and make sure everything is okay before sending you out on your own." Dr. Manicello was telling Olivia.
"I will be fine. It was just my shoulder. It didn't hit any major organs." Olivia insisted.
"Liv, I know you hate hospitals and want to go sleep in your own bed, but consider what the doctor is saying. It's just one night then you can go home. Please Liv stay." Elliot pleaded with her.
"All right fine. One night that's it." Olivia told the doctor grudgingly. The doctor gave Elliot a look of amazement and gratitude.
"You need your rest Ms. Benson." Dr. Manicello said as she was leaving.
Once the doctor was gone Olivia shot Elliot a look that told him she was not happy to be staying at the hospital.
"Where are the kids?" She asked.
"In the waiting room. You heard the doctor you need rest." Elliot told her.
"No I need to see the kids." She insisted.
"Fine. I'll go get them, but just for a few minutes." Elliot relented. He got up and headed for the door. Olivia watched his ass as he walked. 'Damn. I got to get him to walk away more often.' She thought to herself. Elliot returned with his four children following behind him.
Maureen and Katie both gave Olivia a hug and the twins followed their elder siblings lead.
"Are you okay Olivia?" Maureen asked. "We were all so worried about you."
"I'm fine Maureen. I'll be on desk duty at work for a while, but other than that I'm fine." When Maureen gave her a disbelieving look, she added, "Really. I'm ok." She wasn't sure if she was trying to reassure herself or the children.
"Did they catch the person who did it?" Kathleen asked. She saw the look pass between Elliot and Olivia before either answered her. It confirmed her suspicions that her mother had something to do with it. She didn't say that out loud though.
"Well we have a suspect, but nothing to really hold him to it." Olivia replied.
"Ok kids. Olivia needs to rest. She will be home tomorrow." Elliot knew Olivia wasn't comfortable talking about this. "I'm gonna stay here. I've talked to Cragen you guys are going to stay there tonight."
After some grumbling the kids finally agreed to leave.
"Bye Olivia." They told her. "Bye Daddy. See you tomorrow."
"I'm gonna go call Fin. See if there's any news." He told her. "Will you be okay?"
"I'll be fine El. Let me know what you find out." She told him. She loved how much Elliot worried about her.
"Oh one more thing Liv." He leaned in close to her and whispered, "I love you." He then walked out of the room. Olivia was stunned.
