A/N: Okay, I know it's been a REALLY long time. I've been busy… so sue me! I received a request to have a flash forward chapter, and I agree that it's time to see how the "hunt for Stabler" is going.

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"I need to find a reason
To live this way
I'm running out of patience
And my life is over
I'm standing here
But I'm on my way
Searching to find an answer
I'm standing here
But it's all the same
And I'm running out of patience" -"My Reason" Linkin Park

Unknown Location, Long Island

October 30

One night. That's all we spent: one night.

I wished that I could apologize to her. As the water slowly rose around my ankles, regret slowly filled what was left of my heart. We'd promised to try not to hurt each other anymore. Yeah, that happened. Why are all of my promises worth jack shit?

"I'm going to die in here," I said into the darkness. My voice sounded hollow, even to me. "I'm going to die down here, and for some reason I deserve it."

Revenge can be both a terrible and a wonderful thing. In this case, one man's revenge is turning out to be my worst nightmare. Where are you, Liv? I don't deserve your help, but if you ARE looking for me…

Suddenly, I heard a loud crashing sound. A panel of the door cracked and water began gushing in. "I guess I'm going to die sooner than I thought," I muttered. A piece of the door crashed into my leg. My utter panic took over, and I started to laugh fatalistically. Then, my laughter gave way to screaming. "Somebody help me! Don't let me die down here! God damn it, help me!"

Of course, no one heard me.

Olivia POV

Rita Scion screamed as she sank to the ground, blood pouring from the gunshot wound in her leg. She clawed at it, until her hands were stained red. Olivia went down on one knee beside her. "Now," she said calmly. "Are you going to tell me where Elliot is or not?"

"I need to get to the fucking emergency room!" Rita squealed.

Olivia shrugged. "Have it your way, then." She turned her back and started to walk away.

The blonde woman stared at her, mouth agape. "You're not going to help me? If you don't, I'll sue the department."

Olivia snorted derisively. "Not if you bleed to death first, which you will, unless you tell me where Elliot is, and who kidnapped him."

Rita continued to claw at her leg, slowly rocking back and forth. Tears poured down her face. "Fine, I'll tell you. He's on Long Island, underneath this warehouse." She gave her the address.

"So, what's his name?" Olivia asked impatiently.

"He goes by several aliases," Rita began, but the growing-more-enraged-by-the-minute detective cut her off.

"What the hell is his real name?"

Rita took a deep breath. "It's someone you know, someone who has a huge grudge against Detective Stabler."

"Who?"

Rita told her. Olivia's jaw dropped. "Are you, are you-"

"Serious? As serious as this damn leg wound is."

Olivia took off running towards her car. "Hey, wait!" the blonde woman shouted. "What about me?"

"Hurry your sorry ass up, and I'll give you a ride." Olivia knew that what she was doing was wrong, and yet… she didn't feel any sympathy at all for Rita Scion.

SVU Squad room

Fin and Munch sat across from each other at their respective desks, both wrapped up in their own thoughts. Then, Fin's cell phone rang. "Tutuola," he answered.

"It's Liv."

"Turn the speaker on," Munch mouthed.

"Have you found him?"

"I know where he is," she told them. They heard her chock back a sob.

"Liv? What's wrong?" Fin demanded.

"He's on Long Island, but the tides coming in." She paused. "If we don't find him soon, he's not going to make it." Se gave them the address and hung up.

Fin massaged his temples with a shaking hand. "We should have told Cragen."

"We did. He knows that Elliot's missing."

"No, I mean before. When all of this shit started. Maybe he'd have had a chance."

They stared at each other hollowly for a moment. "What did the past note say, the one left in Olivia's car?"

"'You destroy my life, I'll destroy yours. I sure hope you have a good life insurance policy,'" Fin recited from memory.

"All that for revenge." Munch shook his head. "I hope we get there in time."

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A/N: No, I'm not going to reveal Elliot's stalker yet. This time I PROMISE my next update won't take as long.