Travis sat in silence looking at his hands shaking. They were covered in blood. Olivia was driving, she looked over at Travis his face was bleeding on the side, from where he hit the cement when he fell, she couldn't tell what was wrong, he sat in silence and had no expression on his face, he just kept staring at his bloody hands. He felt her eyes on him.
"Are you ok?" He said still looking at his hands.
"I'm fine, are you?" Olivia said glad that he said something.
"To tell you the truth, I really don't know. I mean I…I let Mike get shot, I let my best friend get shot. I don't know what happened back there, I saw Mike bleeding I lost it completely. I almost killed that asshole with my bare hands liv, with my bare hands, if you weren't there I probably would have. " He said putting his head on the cold window.
"You can't blame yourself for what happened, you're the last person to be blamed. If you weren't there something a lot more worse could have happened. You can't blame yourself, you saved me and Casey, and if you weren't there I don't even want to say what could have happened." Olivia said putting her hand on the back of his neck.
They drove in silence until they got to the hospital. They arrived right behind the ambulance. The paramedics got Mike inside the hospital. The doctor came by Mike.
"The gunshot wound hit a major artery on his left shoulder. He lost a lot of blood. We gave him adrenaline, because his heart was slowing down." The paramedic told the nurse as she put the oxygen mask on Mike's face.
"Get him ready for surgery, now" The doctor said as he ripped mikes shirt open trying to stop the bleeding.
Casey, Olivia, and Travis just stood watching. Nobody said anything.
"Coming threw guys!" A paramedic said right behind them. They all moved out the way. Travis looked at the face of the guy lying down. He noticed it was their attacker.
"What happened?" Another doctor came by looking at the man; his face was all cut up and bloody.
"He is the attacker of the guy who came a minute earlier. He needs stitching on the back of his head and he has a mild concussion." The paramedic said to the doctor.
Travis heard this and just sat down realizing what he did. Olivia and Casey looked at him and sat next to him. He sat for about a minute and got up.
"I'm going to get cleaned up, Il be right back." Travis said as he headed toward the bathroom. Olivia followed him.
"hey" she said behind him. He stopped and turned around.
"you did what you had to, don't beat yourself up over it." She said putting her hand on his chest.
"yea, well someone has a concussion because of me, but thanks anyway." Travis said as he started walking away.
"Travis!" Olivia said after him. He turned around.
"its not your fault." She said. He walked back to her, taking off his jacket.
"here, its kind of cold, go check on Casey, see if she's ok." Travis said as put his jacket around her and walked into the bathroom. Olivia just starred at him, understanding how he felt. She felt the same way when she shot someone. She walked over and sat next to Casey.
"you guys alright?" Casey said as Olivia sat down next to her.
"yea, Il just let him cool off, you ok?" Olivia said.
"Il be fine, I just wish I could say the same for Mike." Casey said looking at the doors of the room where Mike was having surgery.
"yea same here." Olivia said looking at the door of the bathroom where Travis was.
"Michael Seroulli" Sarah said as she came to the table where a nurse was sitting. Hearing this Olivia and Casey both looked in that direction.
"who's that?" Olivia said in low voice.
"Mike's oldest sister" Casey said in a low voice.
"his in surgery right now," the nurse said. Sarah turned around and recognized Casey. She went over to her.
"what happened? Is he ok?" Sarah said her eyes starting to get watery. Just then Travis came out of a room where a doctor put a bandage on his cut.
"Travis! What happened?" Sarah said seeing Travis.
He looked up and saw Sarah. He walked over to where all the girls where.
"Sarah. What are you doing here?" Travis said confused.
Just then he saw Elliot walking through the Hospital doors.
"Captain called me said that Mike got shot, what the hell happened?" Elliot said walking towards them. Casey and Olivia turned around seeing Elliot.
"Travis, what happened?" Sarah said still looking at him. Travis looked at her and then up at Elliot.
"mugging" Travis said as he felt Olivia's and Casey's eyes look at him. Elliot looked confused he knew that wasn't true because his captain wouldn't call him for that. Just then the doctor came out with blood all over him. Olivia saw him first.
"Is he going to make it?" Olivia said looking at him as everyone else turned around.
"Yea, it was close, but his going to be fine. You can go see him right after they transfer him to a room." The doctor said taking his gloves off.
Travis went over to the nurse "excuse me, who called Michael Seroulli's sister?" He said looking confused.
"When we entered his name in the computer it came up where he works, so we had to call the person he had down in case of an emergency." The nurse said looking up.
"Ok, thanks." Travis said then he walked over to Olivia.
"You can go see him now, his going to wake up in a couple of minutes." The nurse said coming out Mike's room.
"Can I go first?" Sarah said looking at Casey.
"Of course." Casey said as Sarah walked towards Mike's room.
"Why did you lie to her?" Olivia said when Sarah finally went inside the room.
"She doesn't need to know why it happened, Mike gets enough crap from his family about his job, we don't need to add this to his plate." Travis said.
"It isn't up to us. If he tells his family what happened that's his choice, you don't need to make that choice for him." Casey said looking at Travis.
"I don't want to be rude to you Casey but I know him better then you. He would have done the same thing if he was in my place." Travis said looking at Casey.
"What lie to your Family?" Casey said looking at him.
"He doesn't want his sisters worrying every time he puts on his badge. If he had to lie to my family for a reason like that he would have and I would have understood that. Just because your sleeping with him doesn't mean you know him." Travis said looking mad at Casey. Casey looked shocked. She couldn't believe what he just said.
"Stop it! Both of you knock it off." Olivia said.
"Whatever, I'm going to get some air. Hopefully you won't object to that choice. " Travis said looking at Casey and heading out the door. Casey said nothing and just sat down. Elliot was leaning on a wall looking very confused and surprised at the same time.
"Ok what the hell happened tonight?" Elliot said looking at Olivia.
"The guy we arrested yesterday for the kidnapping case, his brother threatened to kill me and Mike, Travis and Mike fought him off, as they were fighting him the gun went off and hit Mike in the shoulder, Travis started hitting him, gave him a mild concussion, and here we are, the guy that attacked us is in the room right next to Mikes. Excuse I'm going to go check on Travis." She said and then headed for the doors.
Travis just sat on the ground leaning against the wall. The wind just blowing in his face. He saw Olivia come out. She walked up to where he was sitting.
"I was out of line, I know, Il apologize to her." Travis said as Olivia sat next to him.
"yea, you were, but I understand why you lied to Mike's sister." Olivia said taking his hand.
"yea, and I'm sorry for being an asshole to you earlier, I was just really upset, I didn't mean to take it out on you." Travis said putting his arm around her.
"its ok, babe. Talk to me why did you get upset up beating that guy up?" She said putting her head on his chest.
"I wasn't upset that I beat him up, I'm glad I did, I was upset the way I did it. I gave him a concussion with my bare hands. I was completely out of control, did you see what I did to his face? I just don't like how acted tonight, especially you being right there." Travis said wrapping his other arm around her.
"You where a hero tonight, and you reacted like anybody would have in your situation, and I'm glad I was with you tonight." Olivia said looking into his eyes and giving him a gentle kiss on the lips.
"Thanks" He said in a low voice. She just smiled.
"you want to come inside? Its kind of cold out here." She said looking into his eyes.
"sure." He said getting up, taking her hand and pulling her up. She started walking toward the doors, he grabbed her hand and pulled her back towards him. Their bodies met, he wrapped his arms around her.
"Detective Benson" He said in low voice smiling.
"yea?" She said smiling.
"I know this is early but I just have to say it, you don't have to say anything if you don't want to " He whispered into her ear. She looked up into his eyes.
" I love you." He whispered and pulled her closer to him. She put her arms around his neck and hugged him. She knew they just started dating, and it was early to say it back, but she felt so happy when she was with him, and felt so safe around him.
"I love you too" she whispered into his ear and rested her head on his shoulder. He smiled.
Sarah came out of the room. Casey and Elliot looked up at her. She walked over to Casey.
"He wants to see you, I have to go home I left Alex with the neighbor. Hopefully we will see each other again, but not here." Sarah said smiling.
"hope so" Casey said smiling and getting up.
"Goodnight" Sarah said walking towards the doors.
"Il be back," Casey said looking at Elliot. He just smiled and nodded.
"Mugging, huh, that's the best you guys can come up with?" Mike said in a weak voice smiling as Casey came in the room.
"Travis's idea. How you feeling?" Casey said with a smile, standing by his bed.
"been better, it always sucks to get shot with a bullet. Is everyone else ok? " He said smiling as he took her hand.
"Yea, everyone is fine. Glad to see you still have your sense of humor." She said smiling as she sat on the edge of his bed holding his hand. Her eyes started tearing up, as she realized that Travis was right, she hardly knew Mike. She hardly knew him, but she was already in love with him. Mike felt her tear drop on his hand.
"Why are you crying? You cry when I go into surgery not after you know I'm ok. What's wrong? " He said smiling and pulling her to lie down next to him. He wrapped his right arm around her body.
"nothing." She said smiling and putting her head on his chest.
"tell me what's wrong?" He said as he kissed her forehead.
"nothing, I'm fine, just hold me ok?" Casey said putting her arm around his stomach.
"you got it" He said as he pulled her closer to him. They stayed liked that for a while, neither one said anything.
"Il go get Travis he probably wants to see you. Il be back later." Casey said as she kissed Mike. She got up and went out the door.
"You can go see him." Casey said looking at Travis and seating down.
"ok, look I'm really sorry about earlier, I was pissed, I didn't mean to be rude to you." Travis said looking at Casey and getting up.
"Its ok, you where right anyway," Casey said.
"I was what?' Travis said smiling.
"Travis" Olivia said smiling.
"just kidding, I'm going to go talk to my one arm friend." Travis said laughing.
"I'm going to get coffee anybody want anything?" Olivia said getting up. Casey shook her head.
"Il go with you." Elliot said getting up.
"so…you and Travis." Elliot said as they walked toward the coffee machine.
"Yea. Problem?" Olivia said smiling and looking at him.
"No…its just that his kind of…young." Elliot said looking at the floor then at her.
"oh c'mon, El don't start that crap. Yea, his younger then me. That doesn't matter." Olivia said her smile fading.
"ok, if you say so, as long as your happy." He said pulling change out of his pocket as they got to the coffee machine.
"well I am. I know your protective, but you have nothing to worry about." Olivia said as she took the coffee from the machine.
"I'm not. I know his a good guy. You work the same job as me you can tell who's good and bad." Elliot said as they walked back to where Casey was sitting.
"it wasn't me!" They heard Travis yell out as two guys put him on the wall and pulled out handcuffs.
"What's going on?" Olivia said looking at Casey.
"I don't know, two homicide detectives came looking for Travis," Casey said getting up. They all ran up to Mike's room.
"Detective Stabler, SVU, what's going on?" Elliot said as he pulled out his Badge.
"His under arrest for the murder of Kelly Michaels." One of the guys said as he put the handcuffs on Travis.
"Murder?" Olivia said shocked and looking at Travis like he betrayed her.
"I didn't do it, liv, you know I didn't do it." Travis said looking into her eyes as the officers dragged him outside. Olivia just starred at him, could he have done it? Did I actually kiss a murderer? She thought to herself, watching the man she loved being put in back of a squad car.
"So much for you telling if his a good guy." Elliot said behind her. Olivia gave him a cold look and started crying. Casey grabbed her and pulled her out the room.
"its ok, honey." Casey said hugging her.
"Elliot" Mike said weakly looking at Elliot. Elliot turned around.
"he has a twin brother, his been out to get Travis since I busted him when I was working for homicide 5 years ago, Travis knew about it before I arrested him, his been blaming Travis for going to prison ever since. Travis didn't want anything to do with him. He was supposed to get out a couple of months ago." Mike said in a weak voice.
"What's his name?" Elliot said going to his bedside.
"Trevor Smith, you have to clear this up, tell Olivia, Travis didn't do it, and she needs to know that." Mike said.
"I will, thanks." Elliot said. He went out the room.
"He didn't do it, he has a twin brother, Trevor Smith, he was arrested for homicide by Mike 5 years ago." Elliot said as he came out closing Mike's door. Olivia looked up.
"What?" Olivia said wiping her tears away.
"Travis knew he was going to get arrested and did nothing about it, brother has been blaming him for going to jail, he got out a couple of months ago, Travis didn't want anything to do with him. He is a good guy, I'm sorry, go home, Il go clear this up. " Elliot said sitting next to her.
"I'm going with you." Olivia said getting up.
"no, your not" Elliot said getting up.
"yes, I am," Olivia said.
"fine, but we have to stop by your house, dressed like that you're not a very convincing detective." Elliot said looking at her dress.
"fine. Here are Travis's car keys you can go home when you want. " Olivia said giving Casey the keys in her purse and looking at Elliot the whole time. She headed towards the door.
"stop being such a jerk, leave her alone." Casey said looking at Elliot as she got up and went into Mike's room. Elliot looked at the ground and headed for the doors.
"hey." Mike said as Casey walked in.
"hey." She said smiling as she sat on the edge of his bed.
"well you wont forget tonight's date" Mike said smiling as he took her hand.
"well since I met you only trouble follows," Casey said smiling as she lye down next to him.
"oh well thanks, that makes me feel great now. What time is it?" Mike said smiling, as he put his arm around her.
"just kidding. It's almost 4" Casey said smiling as she looked at her watch.
"don't you have to get up early? Go home, Il be fine." Mike said looking at her.
"are you sure? I don't want to leave you" She said putting her head on his chest.
"yes, go, I can sleep all day, you cant. Go " He said.
"well thanks for putting that in my face." She said laughing as she kissed him.
"Il come by tomorrow, well later today." Casey said getting up and smiling.
"you better. Do I get the sympathetic kiss now?" Mike said smiling as he let go of her hand. She smiled and kissed him. She left his room.
Olivia and Elliot showed up at the homicide precinct. Olivia was wearing jeans and a button up shirt. They drove in silence the whole time.
"why did you arrest Travis Smith?" Elliot said as he walked over to one of the detectives that arrested Travis, as he put up his badge. The detective looked up.
"Stabler, right?" the detective said.
"yea, this is my partner, Benson. What do you have on him?" Elliot said as he pointed at Olivia.
"we have his description from a witness, and the same line of DNA found at the crime scene." Said the other detective that arrested him, as he walked up to his partner.
"I'm Parker, this is my partner Stevens," The first detective said as he pointed to his partner standing next to him.
"well you guys should have done your research, he has a twin brother, who was arrested 5 years ago for homicide." Olivia said standing next to Elliot.
"no way, nothing came up in the system, we only had Travis because he was in the Reserves." Parker said walking over to a computer.
"His brother's name is Trevor Smith, we got the detective who arrested him but his in the hospital now." Elliot said.
"Stevens, Parker, my office now." A tall man said appearing in the doorway.
"Captain, these are detectives from SVU concerning Travis Smith. They said we made a mistake." Stevens said.
"well then all four of you, in my office." The Captain said going into his office.
All four detectives walked into the office.
"close the door." The captain said as the last detective came in. Parker closed it.
"you said we made a mistake?" The captain said looking at Elliot as he sat down behind his desk.
"yes, sir, Travis Smith has a twin brother, Trevor Smith, who obviously has the same line of DNA since there twins, obviously matching his description. He was arrested 5 years ago for homicide. " Elliot said.
"Detectives, this isn't your case why are you so interested in this? And how do you know all of this?" The captain said.
"We worked on a case with the man that arrested Trevor Smith, he was there when your detectives arrested Travis and he told us everything. We know Travis Smith so this concerns us. " Elliot said.
"This is conflict of interest, nothing came up on the computer, and we don't even know if he has a twin brother." Stevens said.
"so you're going to let an innocent man go to jail, because you're to lazy to do research?" Olivia said looking at Stevens.
"not a word, Philip, there right, the only reason Trevor Smith never appeared on the computer is because someone hacked into the system and removed names. I got a call from the Tech department and they sent me this." The captain said as he handed Parker a file. He opened it, it was Trevor's file.
" did you put Travis in the system yet?" The captain said looking at his detectives.
"no, sir," Stevens said.
"good, release him, detectives thank you for your help. I didn't get your names" The captain said getting up.
"Stabler, and Benson." Elliot said shaking the captain's hand.
"Which SVU?" The captain said shaking Olivia's hand.
"Manhattan." She said.
"Cragen, right?" The captain said as they walked out the office.
"yes, sir" Elliot answered.
"Il give him a call, thank you again, give Travis my apologizes, Parker go get Travis and cut him loose." The captain said as he walked out the squad room.
"why don't you get him, Il go start the car." Elliot said to Olivia, she just nodded.
"your letting him go!" Another detective that was questioning Travis said as Parker said to release him.
"the computer made a mistake, I have it right here." Parker said lifting the file. Travis knew it was his brother's file.
"hey I'm sorry about the misunderstanding." Parker said putting out his hand as Travis walked out the room.
"no problem." Travis said as he shook his hand. He walked out and saw Olivia standing by a desk waiting for him.
"hey" Olivia said as Travis walked up to her.
"so guess you know about my brother." He said walking out the door of the squad room.
"yea, Mike told us. I'm sorry I didn't believe you, why didn't you tell us right away you had a twin brother? " Olivia said as they walked toward an elevator.
"I screwed him over once already, you should have believed me, I wouldn't lie to you." Travis said as they entered the elevator.
"I know, I'm sorry, I should have." Olivia said hugging him.
"Its ok, I understand," He said low voice, putting his arms around her.
"I let Casey burrow your Car Il bring it you later today. Elliot will drive you home." Olivia said as they walked out of the building. It was already 5 in the morning.
"so how you enjoy interrogation?" Elliot joked when Travis came in the car.
"fun, if that's what you guys do everyday, where do I sign up?" Travis said smiling.
"That's my apartment, right there." Travis said as Elliot pulled over. Travis got out the car.
"well I have to be up In 2 hours for work, so Il call you later." Travis said as he bended down and kissed Olivia.
"Thanks Elliot" He said as he headed for his building. Elliot just nodded. He looked over at Olivia.
"what you're still not talking to me?" Elliot said.
"I don't feel like talking to jerks." Olivia said looking out the window.
"you talked to Stevens, he was a jerk" Elliot said smiling. Olivia smiled a little.
"I saw that smile, don't try to hide it, c'mon I'm sorry I was the assholes of all assholes tonight I know that. I'm sorry, I really am. Now please talk to me before I start feeling crazy for talking to myself" Elliot said smiling.
"shut up, and drive the damn car, Stabler." Olivia said smiling. He just smiled and said nothing.
It was 4 o'clock in the afternoon when Casey came back to visit Mike.
"How you feeling?" Casey said coming into his room.
"Better then earlier, they have me hoped up on drugs, so I'm good." Mike said smiling.
"Well I'm glad, I thought you might want to know they got Travis out last night, probably going to arrest his brother." Casey said sitting on the edge of his bed.
"Yea well he probably did it, did you get enough sleep?" Mike said holding her hand.
"Yup, went home after work slept and here I am, how long do you have to be in the hospital?" Casey said looking at him.
"The doctor said about a week, until the broken artery heals." Mike said.
Back at the squad room, Cragen got off the phone and called Olivia and Elliot into his office.
"Did you two get Travis Smith out of the homicide precinct last night?" Cragen said looking at his two detectives.
"Yea, they made a mistake." Elliot said.
"Ok, the captain from that precinct called me, he wants you two to go to a hotel, when they were about to pick up his brother, Trevor Smith, something went wrong and he took one of the detectives as a hostage." Cragen said handing them a piece of paper with an address.
"why don't they call SWAT, why did they call us?" Elliot said taking the paper.
"SWAT is already there, since you guys know most about the situation he thinks you two can calm him down, and Trevor asked for you." Cragen said looking at Olivia. Elliot and Olivia looked at each other and then went out the door.
"Who's the hostage?" Elliot said looking at the Captain from homicide as he and Olivia got out of the car.
"Parker." Stevens said as he put ice on his head.
"What happened to you?" Olivia said looking at Stevens.
"He hit me with his gun, and threw me out before I could do anything, he grabbed Parker and locked the door." Stevens said as a Paramedic put on a bandage.
"He asked for you. Do you know why?" The Captain looked at Olivia.
"I'm dating his brother, but I never met him, and I'm sure Travis didn't say anything to him." Olivia said looking at the captain.
"Ok, get these detectives a vest," The captain said to an officer.
"You two want to talk to him or no?" The captain said looking at Olivia and Elliot. Elliot looked at Olivia.
"sure." She said as they both put on the bulletproof vest.
"are you sure about this? It will be weird for you he looks exactly like Travis." Elliot said to Olivia as they walked toward the door of Trevor's room.
"Il be fine," She said.
"Trevor, I'm Detective Elliot Stabler. Talk to me" Elliot yelled out standing by the door where Trevor was in.
"not until your name is Detective Olivia Benson and your dating my brother." Trevor yelled out. Elliot looked at Olivia.
"I'm Detective Olivia Benson, how do you know all of this?" Olivia yelled standing where Elliot was.
"That was pretty quick, Elliot, how did you do that magic trick? Well to tell you, Olivia, after your twin brother lets you go to jail, and your best friend arrests you, you learn to have resources in Jail." Trevor said. Elliot looked at Olivia and she looked at him.
"well he has Travis's sense of humor, for sure." Elliot said in a low voice.
"why don't you come in Olivia, I want to see the face of the girl my brother is dating, since he doesn't talk to me anymore, you can even wear a vest if you want." Trevor said.
"I cant do that, Trevor" Olivia yelled out.
"Sure you can, you wouldn't want this detective the get a bullet in his head" Trevor said. They heard him cock the hammer of the gun.
"Alright, Il come in, but put the gun down." Olivia said.
"Alright, Il put the gun down, but you have to come in unarmed, and don't even try to put a weapon on your ankle." Trevor said as Olivia pulled the gun out of her holster on her ankle and handed it to Elliot. She slowly went inside the room with her hands up standing by the doorway.
"you are pretty, even though my brother is a jerk off he still has good taste." Trevor said as he grabbed Parker and wrapped his arm around his neck. He saw Elliot standing by the doorway.
"I guess you want me to let go of him," Trevor said slowly walking toward the doorway.
"yea, you would be doing yourself a favor." Olivia said hating that he looked exactly like Travis.
"Don't do that detective, don't try to mess with my head, I know your tricks, I grew up with Mike, I know you know him," Trevor said as he pushed Parker toward Elliot and grabbed Olivia and put his arm around her neck. An officer grabbed Parker, Elliot pointed his gun toward Trevor.
"I wouldn't do if I were you, If you want to save your partners life go find my asshole of a brother." Trevor said putting his gun on Olivia's head.