SVU Squadroom – June 4, 2005 8:15am
Detective Elliot Stabler walked into the squadroom just as Detective Odafin Tutuola was coming out of the bathroom. "Sorry I'm late."
"You got no problems with me." Fin said as he sat down at his desk.
Elliot nodded toward Detective John Munch's desk. "Where's your partner?"
Fin looked across his desk at his partner's empty desk. "Late. Where's yours?"
Elliot shrugged as he looked at his own partner's empty desk, only to find a note taped to her desk light. He reached over and grabbed the note.
Elliot-
I did all I could to try and identify our Jane Doe, but I have a feeling that this is going to take some time. I dropped off two pictures at the lab on my way home. They have a few letters on them that I couldn't make out. It may not be anything helpful, but it's the best lead we've got. Casey and I will be in court all morning with the Martin case, so if you need us, too bad. Our cells will be off.
Olivia
Supreme Court – People vs. Anthony Martin 8:30am
Casey stood up and crossed the room. "Please state your name and occupation for the record." She began as she neared the witness stand.
"Olivia Benson, Detective-Manhattan Special Victims Unit."
"What is the nature of your job?"
"We investigate sex crimes, child abuse and child abandonment."
"I see." Casey moved toward the jury box. "Tell me detective, how did you come across the defendant while investigating these kinds of cases?"
"We-"
Casey interrupted. "And by we, you mean…"
"My partner Detective Stabler and I." She corrected. "My partner and I were investigating a sexual harassment claim that was made against the defendant's son, Jeremy."
"Now Jeremy is the oldest son, correct?"
"Yes. Over the course of the investigation we discovered that Jeremy was sexually abused as a child."
"By whom detective." Casey asked, turning back to face Olivia.
"Jeremy claims that it was his father, Anthony Martin."
Casey looked over at the defendant with a smile on her face. 'You gotta love a slam dunk case.' "Go on detective."
-1 Hour Later-
Casey and Olivia were sitting at a little diner about five minutes from the courthouse grabbing a quick bite before court re-adjourned.
"So how did I do?" Olivia asked.
"Good. The jury reacted just as I had hoped-they're disgusted. Hell I'm disgusted." Casey admitted.
"His wife doesn't believe it."
"Doesn't or won't?"
Olivia sighed. "She's way to deep in denial to come back now."
Ring Ring. They both checked their cells.
"It's mine." Casey said, answering her ringing phone. "Novak….meet me in my office in ten." She closed her phone. "Looks like someone wants a deal."
Office of Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak – 9:15am
Even almost two years later Olivia was still uncomfortable in this office. Since Alex's 'death', it had been hard for her to even walk by this office. It had gotten easier with time, but she still didn't like being in it. It was full of too many memories. Her favorite were the countless late night hours spent going over a case or being prepped for an upcoming trial. Many of those nights they never got to sleep. And that had nothing to do withany case.
With the minutes passing by, Olivia got increasingly uncomfortable staying in the room and her pacing was quickly wearing on Casey's nerves. "Where the hell are they?"
"Easy detective. My boss won't be to happy if you burn a hole through the floor."
"Yeah well you know what, these guys are pissing me off. I only had maybe two hours sleep last night-no, make that this morning, because when I went back to the squadroom to get my bag after I left the club last night, I got a call about my next case, who is currently a 16 year-old coma ridden Jane Doe. So every second they waste is one more second this girl remains nameless, one more second that her family is left wondering where she is or if she's even still alive, one more second that the dirt bag who put her in the coma remains free to do this to another innocent child and one less second that I get to find out who this girl is. So I really don't give a shit whether your boss is happy or not."
Casey immediately got up and picked up her briefcase. "Lets go."
Olivia stared at her in disbelief. "What?"
"You're right. They said they would be here and they're not. They're the ones who need a deal, not us. I'd be perfectly happy finishing the trial."
They were already out the door and halfway to the elevator by the time their meeting finally decided to show up.
"Casey." He called after them.
Casey stopped dead in her tracks and turned around. "You know what Langan? I don't like being kept waiting for a meeting that I didn't call and that I certainly don't need….I'll see you in court."
-Crime Lab-
Olivia got there as soon as she could. A phone call from Scott had told her that the lab results were in. She walked up to the door and paused before she entered.
"How are we going to tell Olivia?" She heard Elliot whisper.
"Tell me what?" She asked as she pushed open the door and entered the room.
Silence erupted throughout the room, until Fin jabbed Scott. "Why'd you call her?" He asked in a tone that only Scott could hear.
But Scott, always wanting to impress Olivia, answered loud enough so that she could hear him. "Because she's the lead detective on the case and she told me to." He winced as he massaged the spot on his arm that Fin's elbow had just come in contact with.
"Tell me what?" Olivia asked again, growing more impatient with each passing second.
SVU Squadroom – 11:30am
For once, the usually empty squadroom wasn't so empty. Fin, Munch and Olivia were all sitting at their desks in silence while Elliot was in speaking with Captain Cragen. He was explaining what the lab had found.
A few minutes later, Elliot exited the room and went straight over to the board next to his and Olivia's desks. So far, all that was on the board was a picture of the victim that Olivia had taken at the hospital and the name Ella written below it. "We got the lab results back. Ella was raped by two men."
Olivia sighed and shook her head. 'Why does it always have to be the kids?'
Munch and Fin got up and joined Elliot and Olivia. "DNA in the system?" Munch asked.
Elliot was already ahead of them. He had put up two pictures of a man's silhouette. Then, he drew a red flag above the pictures and wrote 'FBI' in big, bold, black letters right across the flag. "The DNA's in the system. But unfortunately, we got a big red flag from the FBI."
"They can't stonewall us." Olivia exclaimed. "We're dealing with a rape-kidnapping here. What the hell do they have that's so much more important?"
Elliot was about to say something, but just then Cragen came out of his office and everyone went silent. Elliot and Fin because they knew what their Captain was about to say and Olivia and Munch because they wanted to know what was going on.
Cragen stood there for a while. He knew that the information he was about to reveal was going to hurt the female detective he considered a daughter. But it had to be done, so he took a deep breath and began. "Since Ella was a Jane Doe, the doctor got us a DNA sample from her to run through the system. When her DNA was run through the system, an Amber alert popped up."
"That makes sense." Olivia interrupted. "She was kidnapped five to seven weeks ago."
"This Amber alert was from 1990."
Olivia and Munch looked at Cragen in shock. Olivia didn't know whether or not she wanted to know the answer, but she asked anyway. "Who was she kidnapped from?"
"Alex Cabot."