This is the sequel to 'You're My Best Friend.' Hope you enjoy. Please R&R. It motivates me to write more.
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Italics are thoughts.
I don't own these characters I just love the show.
It was her ring. Elliot knew then for certain that Olivia was alive when she left there. He knew she had left this for him, so he would know she was still alive. Or was. But he couldn't think like that. He ran over to Fin to show him what he found.
"She's not here, we need to find her." They headed to the lab to drop of the blood sample. It didn't take long for them to match it to Olivia, so they headed back to the squadroom when they heard the news.
"I found her ring, Cap. She left it for me, I know she did." Elliot said, shaking as he practically burst into Don Cragen's office.
"We'll find her, Elliot, don't worry. She'll be all right. But I'm going to need your head in this case, got it?" Cragen placed a knowing hand on Elliot's shoulder as he nodded in response.
Olivia felt herself grow more and more tired and wondered how long she had been there since she had been in and out of consciousness. Even though it wasn't even a whole day, she'd felt like it had been days because of all the beatings she received. She'd hoped by now Elliot had found her ring, and racked her brain to figure out how to get out of this situation. But she started to get weak and even more tired. A man came in and fed her little bits of food here and there, and periodically gave her water, but it wasn't enough. When Baxter came in the room to check on her himself, she played along with him.
"How are you doing, Benson?"
"I'm hungry. Can I please have some more food?"
"Oh sure. In your condition, these men should be feeding you more." He said a bit sarcastically. "After all, you're eating for two."
"How did you...?"
"I know everything about you." He told two of his followers to take the handcuffs off her and follow him while carrying her. "She's weak enough to not fight back." He almost laughed, knowing she'd still try.
"Where are you taking me?"
"There's someone I'd like you to meet." They carried her to a van they had parked in the back so nobody would see. Olivia had done her best to leave behind some spit and a little blood without anyone noticing in case anyone came this way looking for her. The men blindfolded her, but she still knew what she was doing, and about where she was. Liv had been all over the city, and knew most of the sounds and approximately what areas they came from. After all, it was her job, and she was a great detective. When they got to their destination, they carried her inside, keeping the blindfold on as they tied her to a chair. Just like the movies, she thought. This should be easy to get away from.
"She's here, boss." Olivia could hear someone say when a man opened a door. She heard a few sets of footsteps come near her and stop.
"Remove the blind fold, I want her to see me." A new voice said. He must've been the boss of it all because Kevin removed the blindfold as if he was no longer in command. The new voice, new guy, was now in charge. When her eyes adjusted to the room, she settled them on the 'boss' who was looking directly at her. "Well, well, well, Olivia Benson. It's so nice to finally meet you."
"A real pleasure." She said in return. She didn't know why, but instead of feeling weak and going along with their plans, she suddenly felt strong, but also bitter.
"You've always had a smart mouth."
"How the hell would you know?"
"I know everything about you. I've known you since before you were a gleam in your father's eye."
Elliot sat at his desk thinking about the voicemail he'd heard that morning. It was approaching nine o'clock, and he felt tired and useless.
"Elliot, why don't you go home and get some rest. I'll call you in when we hear something."
"No, I can't go there. I can't." he said, lowering his head and closing his mouth tight to keep from crying.
"Then go hit one of the bunks. You need to rest."
"I can't sleep at a time like this, Cap. I can't."
"It wasn't a request, Stabler, it was an order. You won't do anyone any good by not resting. I promise you'll be the first to know when something happens."
Elliot looked his captain in the eye as tears involuntarily fell down his face. He knew Cragen was right, so he headed up to get some rest.
Olivia looked in confusion at the man standing before her. "Who are you?"
"What, you don't recognize me?"
She shook her head. He looked around at the guys in the room, chuckling.
"How can you not recognize your own dad? Don't you see the resemblance?"
Olivia took a sharp breath and nearly fainted. My father? After all this time, this is how we meet? I always thought he would be a perp that I would collar, not his kidnap victim. "No." She simply said.
"Oh, that's too bad. You know, I bet your kid will have some of my features. Maybe not the dreamy blue eyes it's father has." He said purposely to upset her to talk about Elliot.
"What do you want from me?" She said coldly.
"Weren't you ever curious to meet me? Huh? Didn't you ever want to know half of the reason why you are here? Because of your bitch mother, my life is ruined! And since she's no longer with us, you'll have to pay for her actions."
"How did she ruin your life? You ruined your own life the second you decided to rape her. And ruined hers at the same time." She said with a smug smile.
"You Bitch." He slapped her across the face.
"Now, dad, that's child abuse." She heard herself say before she blacked out again. He had punched her this time because he was so angry with her.
"Take her back. I'm done with the bitch. I'll be sending someone over to have his way with her later." He said, walking out of the room and slamming his door behind him.
Elliot reached his arm out to take Olivia's as she walked down the aisle toward him. Her veil was covering her face, and every time he reached out, she seemed to be getting further away. "Olivia! Come back! Come on, Olivia!" He yelled to her. But the aisle kept getting longer.
"ELLIOT! WAKE UP!"
Elliot jumped up from the bed when he heard Cragen's voice. He had barely been sleeping and the slightest noise could've awakened him, but that didn't keep him from dreaming. "Yeah? Did you find her? Is she ok?"
The next thing Olivia knew, she was back in the van. For a moment, she couldn't tell if she was alive, but when she felt the pain in her leg, she knew she was.
"I got a call from Fin. He had a search team out downtown near some old apartments and found blood on the ground." Elliot tightened his jaw and clenched his fist. "We had it rushed for testing, and it's Olivia's. There wasn't a lot of it, which leads us to believe she is alive. Neighbors say they saw a couple guys carry a woman to their van a few hours ago, so we're expecting them to come back. We have people down there, snipers, SWAT team…." Cragen's voice trailed off as Elliot hurried to put on his shoes and coat.
"Where?"
"You're not going without me."
"I need to get there, now!"
"Elliot, we have plenty of people down there. You can come with me."
"You don't understand, I don't care how many people you got there, Tell me where it is!"
"I do understand. Olivia is like a daughter to me, Elliot. And you're not driving like this. C'mon. You're coming with me."
Elliot gave in and rushed out to the car. He knew if he drove, they would be there in five minutes. But he settled for ten. Men were hidden all over the place so nobody would suspect anything when they came back. Ten more minutes went by before the van pulled up.
Olivia sensed something. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but she somehow knew something was about to happen.
The men pulled her out of the van, trying to be discreet. They got her inside unnoticed.
"I'm going in, Cap. I have to go in."
"We've got people going in there already. I don't want to risk it."
"Please, let me go in."
"Not happening. I'm sorry, Elliot."
Kevin Baxter threw Olivia onto the bed she had been in before. The sun was now starting to rise, she'd noticed, when they took the blindfold off. She looked over at the closed curtain, hoping to see some light. Kevin left the room, and Olivia sweet-talked the guard watching her to open the curtain. He did, and she immediately saw it. They didn't, of course, someone with an untrained eye wouldn't. But she knew they were there.
"What the hell is taking them so long?" Elliot asked, impatiently to nobody in particular. As soon as Cragen was out of sight, he slipped inside the building. He passed a gunman who told him he wasn't supposed to be in there. "What apartment are they in?"
"I can't tell you that, Detective." Elliot pushed him against the wall by his throat and came within inches of his face.
"What apartment are they in?" He asked again with force.
"2C. But you can't go…" before he could finish, Elliot was sneaking up the back stairs. When he got the right floor, he moved slowly into the hallway to find more gunmen waiting. "What are you all waiting for? Get in there!" He said in an angry whisper.
"We're waiting for conformation."
"For WHAT? I'm going in." Before they could stop him, he kicked open the door. "POLICE! FREEZE!" There were about six guys with guns pointed at the four men in the apartment, including Kevin Baxter. "Baxter, you son of a bitch." Elliot whispered in disbelief. The four guys all pointed their guns up, also. "DROP YOUR WEAPONS!" A gunman behind Elliot said. A fifth man came into the room holding Olivia in front of him as a shield with a gun to her head.
"Drop your weapons, all of you! Or I will shoot the bitch in the head!"
They started to lower them, but before they could completely let go, a shot came through the window from outside and shot the man in the head, then four more came right after, killing the other men. Kevin quickly went for Olivia, but before he could even get to her, his arm was shot and taken off at the elbow by three different men; two from inside, one from outside. Elliot rushed over to Olivia who was now collapsed on the floor. He knelt down beside her. "Are you ok, Liv? Are you hurt, baby? Oh, Liv, I am so sorry I let this happen. It's my fault."
"No, no it's not your fault. I'm ok. I just need to get to the hospital."
The other men rushed into the room and carried Kevin out and down to the paramedics to get his hand bandaged up before they took him in.
Elliot's eyes widened, "What did they do to you, I'll kill 'em if they…"
"No, it's nothing like that. I got shot in the leg. They bandaged it up, but I need it checked out. I can't walk." Elliot scooped her up and brought her down to the ambulance. She rested her head against his chest and almost fell asleep to the sound of his heart racing. He rubbed the back of her head with the hand that was holding it up and finally sat her down on the back of the truck. Olivia told the paramedics all her symptoms, and that she was pregnant. They immediately took her to the hospital and Elliot rode with her.
((This was a pretty long one, too. Sorry I left you hanging before! Please forgive me! I hope this chapter makes up for it. More coming soon. Also, sorry if things moved too quickly in this. I'm not used to writing action stuff.))
