Chapter 15

Elliot had kissed Olivia on the cheek, hugged her, then left for work. She needed a day off and was glad to hear that Cragen let her stay home. The first thing she did was turn on the shower, it felt so good to be under the steaming water.

After an hour, her hair dry and styled, and dressed ready to go, she headed out the door. It had been awhile since she'd bought new clothes and she figured why not today, why not the day she has off.

She locked the door and headed down the stairway to the main street. She was trying to wave down a taxi, not wanting to deal with a car. But after many attempts and no success she walked around the building to the building's garage. She got in her car and headed out for the store.

She was on her way, taking what she thought was a short cut, when a car ran into the back of her. Olivia sighed, all she wanted was a day off from hassles. She got out of the car carefully, not wanting to hit the car door on the alley wall.

She looked up to see a familiar man. She backed away slowly eyeing the crowbar in his hands.

"Get away from me!" She said loudly as she pulled out her phone. She had Elliot on speed dial, but he didn't answer, "Elliot! I'm in some trouble…" she backed up not looking and falling over, she continued her voicemail message, "Elliot!... it's who you think it is! Please its…" she continued to crawl backwards on the ground, placing her hand over a sharp nail.

"Elliot!" she shouted once more before everything went black.

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"She should be here by now!" Elliot raised his voice at Cragen, "where is she!"

Munch and Fin looked at each other then at Cragen, "Come on, Elliot," Fin pulled him outside the apartment.

Munch stepped closer to Cragen, "he may just be over reacting, I mean you know they have a type of thing going on— this is what happens."

Cragen thought for a moment, "I know Elliot and Olivia both very well… I agree she should have been here by now and I agree that we should be worried."

Munch nodded, "What do can I do to help?"

"Get on the phone with the police, tell them the situation and who they should be looking for. If you can, get some agents who are off duty to scan the area…" Cragen told Munch as he exited the apartment. He met up with Elliot and Fin, "Fin talk to Munch, Elliot come with me."

Elliot followed Cragen, they walked outside to get a little fresh air, as fresh as it gets in New York.

"Elliot I need to know the situation…" Cragen told him with all seriousness. Elliot took in a deep breath.

"I think it may help to just say it all out loud anyway, why don't we go down to the diner. Fin and Munch are calling the police, their getting officers to scan the area, alright?"

After a deep breath Elliot nodded, the two men headed for a small restaurant. Cragen wasn't all that good at talking like he'd seen Olivia do, but he made sure that Elliot was comfortable and knew that he could share anything, this was all off the record.

Elliot began from the beginning of the story when he invited Olivia to play basketball with him and his kids…

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The man pulled over in his car along a rural road. He walked around the car, looking around to make sure no one was coming. He smirked as he opened the trunk.

"How are you doing?" Olivia glared at him. A bandana was wrapped around her mouth, tape around her ankles and wrists. She mumbled a few words, nothing real audible or understandable. He softly placed his hand on her cheek, she tried to pull away but he wrapped his hands around her neck firmly.

"You better behave yourself. I have something that you want… and if you die, they die…" He smirked. Olivia frowned, trying to figure out what it was he had. He leaned in close to her, whispering in her ear, "don't want those cute kids to die do you?" he smiled once more. She frowned almost in awe, as he once again slammed the trunk.

Not only was her life at stake, but the life of Elliot's kids, the life of Dickie, Lizzie, Maureen, and last but not least, Kathleen. It was her duty to save those kids, those kids she'd become so fond of and them of her. Nothing would stop her from getting them to safely- her life didn't matter, only theirs. She would do anything he asked her to, but the bad part was she knew he knew that. She knew he'd use it against her. She would go ahead and let him win the battle, but never the war.

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After a long few hours Cragen was all caught up on the quite fascinating story that Elliot entailed.

"I'm sorry Elliot… for everything."

"Don't be Captain, most of it is for the best… I just need to find Olivia…" his voice cracked in dread, when he felt a vibration in his pocket. He pulled out his phone to see a voicemail message.

After listening to the awful message from Olivia he rushed out of the building, Cragen running behind. They sped to the station and had one of their 'guys' listen to the message over and over again. They were able to figure out it was an alley near uptown, and after only a few minutes another cop called saying they found her car.

Elliot rushed to the scene, the door still wide open, and her phone on the ground, smashed in two. He was grateful the voicemail went through, but now terrified that the events he thought took place, really did.

It only took him but a few minutes before a light went off in his head. He knew who took her. He knew of only one person who could have taken her. Jim.

TBC