Author's note: Well Mariska had her baby eh? I admit I don't dig the name "August" but she gave birth on the 28th, my favorite number, so it's all good. Hmm uh anyways when it comes to updating this story I've decided that I will every week but only if I get a certain number of reviews otherwise well it's far more unlikely that I'll update every week, I might still update unless people don't review at all or tell me I'm horrible at writing and uh what not. Well anyways I think I'll make Olivia go psycho but uh only briefly, so uh well just bare with me, Olivia will uh become normal again soon but certain things must be accomplished first.
Disclaimer: Well obviously I don't own law and order SVU or any of its characters however if I did you'd see a lot more of Elliot walking around with his shirt off.
"Say not I be not human okay?" Kee said to Casey, Munch and Fin who were exchanging worried looks. They were standing amidst a huge market, people were everywhere buying and trading and selling. The noise was becoming a bit overwhelming though and everyone was already wishing they'd stayed on earth.
"Right well oh great Kee," Munch said sarcastically, "Tell me what exactly do you expect us to do here?" He looked around him, the market seemed normal enough, all the people looked like they were dressing up for halloween, their clothes were strange but then he realized it must be odd to see someone like him walking around in a suit. The lake or possibly sea for it was huge went as far as the eye can see, boats were constantly loading and unloading at the docks and up above him a red sun shone brightly casting light upon the world.
"Kee say you buy, you trade, yes? Because we be at market now."
"Kee where are we, tell us about this uh plane first." Casey said.
"This be like yours only no statues, they no like Kee, so Kee pretend to be like you, okay?" Kee said in a very child-like voice.
"Right." Casey responded after a moment's hesitation, "But Kee we need to pay them with money and we don't have any."
"You forget already? Kee be great super powerful, Kee give you money. I tell brown eyed girl and I tell you, trust Kee always, okay?"
"Yeah of course." She responded even though she didn't trust Kee at all.
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Elliot eventually managed to get to his feet, his legs felt like jelly at first but the more he walked the more they gained strength. He couldn't return to the precinct, not yet anyways, but who knew how long he'd been gone for? He could have been unconscious on the road for days before waking up. Ah but of course, he thought, time doesn't exist I can't be late anymore.
This excuse seemed to suit him for a while, besides which he wanted to visit his house and maybe even Kathy if he had time. He wasn't sure why but he wanted to see her,to see the state she was in before Finder froze time. He also wanted to see his children, they had his bloodline hadMunch read their minds too they'dbe with him right now.It wasn't like Kathy'd even be able to see him, technically she didn't exist at all, and the only thing in existence was her frozen statue in which her soul was trapped.
He heard it be before he saw it, wind howled somewhere in the distance. He strained his ears in an attempt to figure out where the noise was coming from. The wind had mysteriously vanished along with time and this was the first time he'd heard it since Finder arrived.
Perhaps it wasn't the wind at all, he reasoned with himself, how was he to know anyways? Still he had to find the source of the noise.
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"You know my old bones aren't what they used to be, all this running around the market is probably a bad idea." Munch complained more to himself than anyone else. He wasn't enjoying the swarms of people around the market, which was crowded to the point that he almost found it hard to breath.
"Please stop your complaining." Casey muttered, "You're not that old, you've never been that old."
"Yeah well when you're my age…" Munch said trailing off slightly, a dim realization spreading through him. He turned his head slightly, just enough so he could see Casey who was half hidden by the various people who passed by. He studied her slender form as they made their way through the maze of people. She was focused on Kee though, trying her best to follow him. Fin followed Munch's gaze and rolled his eyes, he muttered something underneath his breath but neither Munch nor Casey heard him.
"Really though," Munch said regaining himself, "Old or not I feel like I'm 90, so what do you guys say I just head back to the boat and rest there a while."
"Nice try old man," Fin replied, "But you better get that bony ass of yours in gear."
"Oh yeah?" Munch smirked, "And what if I don't?"
Casey sighed, "Would you two shut up?" she said with just a twinge of anger beneath her voice, "In case you forgot we actually have some important things to do."
"Sorry I forgot how important shopping was to a woman." Munch responded sarcastically.
"Excuse me? I'll have you know John, just because I'm a woman that doesn't mean my world revolves around shopping. Besides were not shopping for that kind of thing here, were at a market shopping for food and other important things that were gonna need eventually."
Munch noticed a key opportunity to dis Casey but decided better of it, "Yeah right eventually." He said he looked around him, "I already hate this place." He said darkly.
"Quit pouting John, you sound like you're four…now c'mon Kee's getting ahead of us." She said grabbing his hand and leading him onward. At this Fin raised an eyebrow and sighed but decided better of making an issue.
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Huang soon found that he and Nathaniel had little, if anything to talk about. So in order to pass the time he amused himself by making light balls of light fallow Nathaniel around, and much to Nathaniel's angerimmediately disappearing whenever Nathaniel turned around wildly looking for them.
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Elliot walked amongst what should have been a street crowded with people but was instead filled with statues. It felt oddly eerie, it was dark outside too and he found it slightly hard to see anything. He made a small flame appear in front of him and looked around.
To his surprise and amusement he saw a former colleague's statue: Cassidy. He vaguely remembered a few years ago when Olivia had told him about how she and Cassidy had slept together and how she was mad that Cassidy thought it was more than a one night stand. Elliot had personally always thought Cassidy was bit of an idiot and stupid idiot at that.
Out of the corner of his eye he noticed a girl who obviously was frozen solid but holding an chocolate milk. He smiled slightly, who would care really? With some difficulty he pried thechocolate milkfrom the girl's frozen hands and dropped it all over Cassidy.
"What are we in grade eight now?" Came a voice behind him, which he immediately recognized to be Olivia's.
He spun around, "'L-Liv, you found me." he croaked.
"You make it seem like I was actually looking for you…" She said smiling, "But why would I ever want to see you again after what you did to me?"
He looked down, "'Liv I'm so sorry, please if there's anything I can-"
She cut him off, "There's nothing you could ever do to make up for what you did Stabler."
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Kee gave them each some coins, which all looked the same; small and gold colored. "You buy food or weapon with those, okay?" Kee explained shortly, everyone nodded, "We split up now, once you use all coins go back to boat okay?"
Everyone but Munch started walking in separate directions; he waited a moment so that Fin and Kee were out of sight then started after Casey. "Hey Case'" he said catching up to her.
"Nice job of splitting up you're doing."
"Well we don't know what's out here who knows it could be dangerous…"
"For you maybe."
"Hey what's that supposed to mean?" He questioned.
"Nothing." She said smiling slightly, "Well anyways lets uh buy food and stuff."
"You know since I'm such an old man I say we hurry up and use up these coins then return to the boat so I can catch some shut-eye."
Casey rolled her eyes slightly; "Well I suppose I'll need you to read peoples minds if we end up not knowing their language." She eyed him slightly, "Well hurry up then."
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It turned out that Munch actually did have to use his powers; Casey couldn't help but wonder how Fin was getting along all by himself. "You know I cant help but think," Munch began, "It's odd how our minds all speak the same language, it's like our minds speak the true language the one we were meant to speak."
"Well I suppose the reason for speaking with our mouths though must be for privacy's sake."
"Yeah…" Munch studied the coin in his hand, it was his last one, so far it had only taken them about a half hour to buy plenty of strange exotic looking foods and a couple of small daggers for each of them. The daggers looked ordinary enough Munch honestly didn't think they'd be using them anyways but Casey thought it was important to follow Kee's advice on what to buy.
"C'mon John I wanna head back hurry up and buy something with that coin." Munch did as told and bought some kind of fruit looking thing; he wasn't particularly interested in staying inside the market any longer himself.
They began to head back, which proved difficult because of all the things they were carrying but somehow they eventually managed to get back. They loaded all their goods into the back of the boat and got in themselves. "I figure it'll be a while before Kee and Fin get back." Casey said.
"Yeah well I somehow don't think Fin is faring too well out there…."
"Yes." Casey responded, she looked at Munch for a moment though before saying anything else, "You seem a bit far away today John, is something bothering you?"
"Besides the approaching end of the world no not really… it's just…" He said trailing off.
"It's just what John?"
"What? Oh well if it's the fact that I'm happier now…yes I know I'm usually so sad so my happiness must make you think something's wrong."
"Haha but no that's not what I was getting at…but you're usually sad?"
"I was trying to be sarcastic Casey. But anyways I am happier now though because I realize that I have something that I thought I'd never have but really I've had it for a while now but have just been too naïve to realize it." He smiled slightly.
"Oh? And what's that?"
"Well…I'm sorry Casey but I just-I can't really talk about this." he said rubbing his eyes beneath his dark glasses. He couldn't talk to her about this, could he?
She turned her head so that she was looking him straight in the eye, looking straight through his glasses, "Sorry John but you've caught my interest now, there's no turning back."
"No fair."
"Ya-ya, I don't care just tell me." She said taking his hand and intertwining her fingers with his.
"Fine." He said trying to sound angry but he couldn't keep a small smile off his face. He sighed and looked up at the sky, it was blue just like earth's and out in the distance he could see the small outline of a red sun, "When my father killed himself I thought it was all my fault, I'd said things to him that now I regret…" he paused to catch his breath, "I thought about dying myself, who'd care anyways? But I couldn't instead I focused on my studies, but the world seemed like a far darker place…" he brought his head down with his free hand he pinched his nose, "All I wanted was something to live for, so I spent the better part of my days looking for that something…and until just recently I thought I'd never find it…"
"What was it?" Casey asked hopefully.
"Nah I've said too much, besides it's your turn."
"Right, well great…" she sighed, "well anyways when I was younger I was engaged, in love actually…things were wonderful."
"But?"
"But my fiancé started acting strange…he…he went crazy… I had to leave him…no one could help him, the medicine never worked if he took it at all I have no clue…but I just wonder what could have been, where I'd be if I had gotten married." Her words became a bit shaky, "But I guess I wouldn't be here anyways…who knows maybe I'd never have met you John."
"You would have been fine without me…but Casey I'm sorry I didn't know you'd been through that."
"There's no need to be sorry John and anyways I'm glad I met you."
"Yeah I'm sure you're thrilled that you met the guy whose father named him after a toilet."
Her lips formed a thin half-smile, "That's right I am 'thrilled' I met you" There was a moments hesitation before Casey continued in her usual lawyer like voice,"tell me how exactly are you named after a toilet?"
"Oh c'mon you know 'I have to go to the John.'"
Casey smirked, "Right, well somehow I don't think your father had that particular bathroom fixture in mind at birth, I think that he just liked the name."
"Well now there's a thought."
"And John?"
"Yes?"
"I really am glad I met you." She said. She squeezed his hand slightly and kissed him.
"What was that for?"
"What do you think?" She responded sarcastically, "But no worries based on your complaint I'd say you don't want me to do it again."
"I wasn't complaining…" He responded in what he hoped was an innocent voice.
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"'Liv…" Elliot's voice trailed off, he narrowed his eyes slightly, "Is that you?"
"Yeah it's me."
"No like it or not I know Olivia, we can practically read each others minds…and I know you're not her."
"No this is me, sure I've changed a little but for the better…I'm stronger than you now Elliot, you wont be trying to hurt me again." her eyes flashed red for a moment, shinning in the dim light coming from Elliot's fire and for a moment she didn't look human, she looked like a horrible alien beast. Elliot stepped back, this wasn't Olivia, someone had hurt his Olivia, his best friend, he would get her back, and he'd save her. But Olivia was raising her hand getting ready to punch Elliot, he realized though a he stared into her eyes and realized that the creature before him was in fact Olivia but things had obviously changed, some other being had taken control of her.
"I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT YOU!" He shouted, "I WOULD NEVER EVER WANT TO BRING YOU PAIN! YOU STOPPED ME OLIVIA AND NOW I'LL DO THE SAME FOR YOU!"
Olivia remained calm but still punched him anyways, "Do the same for me?"
"YES I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL YOU'VE BECOME BUT I'M BRINGING OLIVIA, THE REAL OLIVIA BACK!" He bellowed. His anger this time though wasn't caused by any evil demon inside of him but because some evil demon had hurt Olivia, and obviously must've taken over her body, he reasoned with himself, but I can't do anything, he thought, anything I try to do to the demon will only hurt Olivia.
She sent a jet of water at him; it was strong enough to send him tumbling to the ground. Her eyes seemed wild and had just a twinge of red behind them. Elliot managed to get himself to his feet but he felt like he'd broken a rib when she'd hit him. "Olivia! Please what happened to you?"
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Shortly after Munch and Casey's conversation Kee returned carrying an armful of strange objects. It was at least another hour though, when the sun had begun to set that Fin returned, looking rather annoyed. He muttered darkly to himself and dropped all his items into the back of the boat without much care.
"Why's this place so damn hot anyways?" he asked.
"The sun…uh it's position on this world…" Munch offered.
Casey sensing that she didn't want to be around for another one of Fin and Munch's hissy fits quickly sped of with Kee at her tail muttering something about needing to go to the bathroom.
"Well that worked…" Fin muttered, "Casey and Kee are gone, so tell me man, what's going on between you and Casey?"
"Hmm? What do you mean? There's nothing going on between us…" Munch responded in what he hopped was a convincing voice.
"Oh come off it old man, your lies don't deceive me."
"Pity."
"You cant fool me, it's about as obvious that something's going on between you and Case' as it is that there's something going on between 'Liv and Elliot."
"It's that obvious?"
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Author's note: hehe Munch and Casey really are cute together, don't you agree? My friend who's been proof reading my story and giving me subjections kind of thought it was time I actually made something happen between them, okay so it's not like they had hot smutty sex on the beach or made out or…, but it's a start isn't it? Besides which I'm trying to make this story as realistic as a supernatural fic can be….I'll leave it up to you on whether I'm actually succeeding or not. Anyways obviously there isn't very much of Warner in the story but her time hasn't come yet, it will soon though, and also I have planes for good old Huang just bare with me until those planes become obvious, okay? Anyways I'll take this opportunity to repeat how I'm a review whore so uh review or I'll go crazy okay?