Summary: A case hits a little too close to home as the Stabler's struggle to save one of their own.
A/N: This is the last of my 3 part series. The first was Tradition, and the second was Roses, read those first! I hope to get as much positive feedback on this one as I did from the others!
All the Pieces Fell into Place
Disclaimer: I don't own them, sadly
Summary:A case hits alittle tooclose to home as the Stabler's struggle to saveone of their own.
A/N: the story kinda takes offin this chapter. The plot will thicken! Enjoy!
Chapter 5
"Rise and Shine sleeping beauty and the beast." Munch called into the crib, waking Elliot and Olivia with a start.
"What time is it?" Olivia asked as she shot up in the bed; her hair all over the place.
"It's almost 10." Munch said.
"Man, I think my body might shut down if I ever were to get more than 6 hours of sleep at a time." Elliot said sarcastically as he rose from his bunk.
Olivia let out a small laugh before realization set in. "Oh No!" She suddenly said.
"What is it?" Munch asked.
"Emma, she's supposed to be dropped off at preschool at 8." She explained.
"Don't worry about it Liv, Alex called, she took care of it." Munch said, calming Olivia down.
"Thank goodness for her." Olivia said as she got herself together and headed back down to the bullpen.
"So, did we get anything else on Stanford?"She asked as she walked over to her desk.
"Sorry Liv, nothing." Cragen answered from the coffee machine.
"So then he's back on the street hunting down his next victim." Olivia noted with a sigh as Cragen handed her a cup.
"Don't worry, we'll get him." Cragen comforted. "Stevens." Cragen said surprised as he looked up and saw the lab tech entering the precinct. "What are you doing here?"
"Can I have a word with you Captain, in private?" He asked.
Cragen showed the young man to his office.
"I wonder what that's about." Elliot asked, sitting down at his desk.
Olivia just shrugged, and drank her coffee, allowing the hot liquid to slowlywake her up.
"Benson, can I see you in here for a moment?" Cragen called, sticking his head outfrom his office.
Elliot looked up at her with a questioning look. She shrugged, out her cup down on her desk,and headed into the office.
"Close the door behind you Olivia." Cragen said.
She did, and walked over to the two men in the room.
"What's going on?" Olivia asked.
"We got two hits on the DNA you sent over." Stevens said, answering her question. "There were none that fell in the statute, but I figured that if this guy was 60, there must be more victims out there."
"Okay…" Olivia said trying to move the young man along.
"The first one is from a woman named Anne Clancy. She reported being date-raped by her boyfriend at the time." The man continued.
"Lemme guess, the boyfriend was Stanford?" Olivia asked as the man handed her the girls file.
"Yeah. Unfortunately, the charges were dropped shortly after." The man finished.
"And we have DNA for this one?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah. It happened the year that DNA testing first became mainstream." Stevens answered.
"This is all very good to know, but shouldn't Elliot be here?" Olivia asked, remembering the absence of her partner.
Cragen looked down, and Stevens seemed to be at a sudden loss for words.
"What?" Olivia asked. When no one answered her, she decided to take a chance and asked, "What about the other victim? You said that there were two."
"The other one... isn't exactly a victim." Stevens answered quietly. "When I only got one hit on a complete DNA match, I decided to run a partial. Just to see if I got any hits."
"And, what did you find?" Olivia asked hesitantly.
"We got a hit on mitochondria DNA." Stevens answered. His answers were suddenly becoming quite terse.
"So, are you trying to tell me that this bastard has a son who's followed in his father's raping footsteps?" Olivia asked, fishing for an answer.
"No, that DNA was a match to a daughter." Stevens answered, again shortly.
"So, what, is she a victim or something?" Olivia asked, questioning whyhis daughter'sDNA would be in their computer.
"She's a cop Olivia." Stevens answered.
Cragen then handed her the second file. She opened it cautiously, and then suddenly felt herself go weak. Her eyes widened as shelooked atthe file in front of her.
"This, this is my file." She finally muttered.
"I'm sorry Liv, but it seems that Martin Stevens... if your father." Cragen said as he put a comforting hand on her shoulder. He knew that this must be killing her.
"Excuse me." Olivia merely said. She than pushed her way around the two men, and made a b-line for the stairs. Elliot looked up questioningly at her as she rushed past his desk. He knew that something had to be wrong with her acting like that. He grabbed his coat, and hurried after her.
He soon found her on the roof. He knew that she would be there; it was where she always went to think when something at work was bothering her. She was standing near the edge of the building,with her arms wrapped tightly around her self. She was just staring out into the city, blankly.
"Hey, what's goin on?" Elliot's voice came from behind her.
"Nothing." Olivia answered, not moving from her spot.
"Really? Than why did you run up her with out as much as a sweater, in the middle of the winter?" Elliot asked. It was then that he noticed the single tear that she had let escape.
"Liv babe, what's wrong." He asked, growing concerned.
"The first time I brought in a perp; I could have sworn he had my nose. I mean, he didn't, but Istill saw it.Then, the next, he had my mouth. It got so bad that each time I questioned a rapist, I would make myself see something in him that could make him my father." Olivia finally opened up, still not looking at Elliot. "I had to make myself stop. Each time I though I saw myself in someone, I forced myself to ignore it. Convinced myself that it was all in my head."
"Liv, what are you talking about?" Elliot asked. He was now utterly confused.
"When I saw his eyes, those eyes.Mom was right about those eyes. They were hollow and cold. I knew that they were mine. I just, wouldn't let myself believe it. I had a feeling that it was him when I saw the crime scene. I just knew. I'd gone over my mother's so many times that it's imprinted in my head." She said almost in one breath. With that she finally turned to face Elliot who was still confused.
"I talked to him El. I sat across the room from him, and I spoke to him. I had the man who raped my mother, and I just let him walk right out the door. How could I do that?" Olivia asked, her eyes pleading.
Elliot noticed that she was shivering. He didn't know if it was from the cold, or because of what she had just discovered. He draped his coat over her shoulders, and she allowed him to hold her. Olivia rested her head on Elliot's shoulder, and let the tears flow freely. She was too tired to stop them.
"Liv, it's gonna be okay." Elliot said, trying to comfort the broken woman in his arms. "We'll get the bastard. We'll get him." He said.
Olivia forced herself to calm down, and eventuallypulled herself out of Elliot's arms.She didn't want to though, in fact, she wished taht she could just stay in his arms there, on theroof of the 1-6 forever, That's why she knew that she had to end the embrace."We have to get back to work." Olivia said simply as she headed back inside the building, and headed down the stairs, wiping the tears from her face.
Elliot couldn't believe how strong his wife was. Seconds ago she was falling apart in his arms, and now she had on a brave face so that shecould get back to her job. He followed her back into the bullpen.
"Where's Munch and Fin?" Elliot asked as he returned.
"I sent them out to talk to the date rape victim. See what we could get from her." Cragen answered. He then walked over to Olivia's desk.
"Liv, I'll understand if you want to be taken off the case." He said quietly, so that only she could hear him.
"Are you kidding Cap?" She asked. She than pushed her chair back, and sat up straight, looking the captain in the eye.
"Look, Cap, my mother told me that she was raped on night when I was 12. She had finally gotten tired of having to lie when ever I asked where my daddy was. The day I found out I swore to myself that I would bring him to justice. Every night that my mother needed me to help her into bed, I would tell myself that when I got the chance, I would make the man who did that to her pay. Each time I cried myself to sleep, I vowed that Iwould bring the man that didthat to me to justice.It's finally my chance Cap. Please, don't take that away from me." She finished.
"Okay Benson, but if I start feeling like it's getting to be too much, I'm making the call." He warned. Olivia nodded her agreement, and then returned to her computer.
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