Chapter 9: A Day of Hell

Olivia and Elliot were still standing in Callie's hospital room when Munch and Fin came in. Olivia saw them and immediately pulled away from Elliot, while wiping away any stray tears that were showing.

"Guys what's going on?" Fin asked his two colleagues

"No one saw anybody leave with two kids?" Elliot asked, ignoring Fin's question

"No, at least no one saw anything suspicious. But there are camera's in certain areas of the hospital, including all of the exits. We're just working to get the tapes" Fin told them

"Well work faster. And get an APB out that there are two kids missing. Not just one." Olivia snapped at Fin

"Olivia, who was the kid?" Munch asked her

"He was the witness that saw everything" she told him

"What was he doing here?" Munch asked

"Visiting his friend. That's not a crime is it?" she snapped

"Liv-" Elliot began

"No. Elliot they're missing. Both of them, I'm not going to sit by and explain myself to these two when we should be out looking for them, before something terrible happens. Now lets get pictures and descriptions of the kids out on the streets. And lets get those tapes so we can find out who took them" she practically yelled at all three of her colleagues before turning and walking out of the hospital room

"Geeze, what is with her?" stated Munch

"Yeah it's not like we're the ones who brought the boy here in the first place" Fin added

"Shut up" Elliot snapped, "You have no idea why she is so upset. But when you two find out you're going to feel like jerks"

"Then why don't you tell us" said Munch

"Because it's not my place. But you'll find out soon enough. Believe me" Elliot told them before turning and walking out of the hospital room

He found Olivia sitting in one of the waiting chairs in the hallway, her elbows resting on her knees and her head buried in her hands. Elliot walked over to her and sat down next to her.

"Liv we're going to find them. I promise" he told her

"It's going to be all over the news Elliot"

"I know, but it will probably be our best bet at finding them" he told her

"What if this story makes national television?" she asked, turning to look at him

"Then we'll have an even better chance at finding them if they left the state of New York"

"And an even better chance of Tom seeing the news and finding us. Somehow I can see him declaring to the courts that I'm an unfit mother and gaining custody of Oliver" she told Elliot, still looking at him

"Liv, let's just focus on getting the kids back. And if you have any problems with Tom, you just let me know, because I promise that I will not let him take Oliver from you again"

Olivia just nodded as Munch and Fin came out of the hospital room and walked towards them.

"We are putting out an APB on the kids, but we need a description of the boy" Munch said

Olivia nodded before describing Oliver the best she could.

"He's ten years old, about 4'2 with shaggy brown hair and brown eyes. He also has a scar above his left eye, and he was wearing blue jeans, a blue hooded sweatshirt, a blue beanie, and black skater shoes" she told him

Munch and Fin both looked at Olivia, before Fin spoke up,

"You sure seem like you know this kid pretty well. Is there something you aren't telling us?" he asked

Elliot and Olivia both looked at each other before Olivia turned her attention back to Munch and Fin.

"You need his name, don't you?" she asked Fin

"Yeah that would help" he answered

"His name is Oliver...Oliver Benson. And you make sure that those people know that they kidnapped a cop's kid" she told them before turning and walking down the hall to find out if anyone had gotten hold of the security tape yet.

Munch and Fin just stared at each other before turning to look at Elliot.

"She's not joking. And I would suggest you get that information out on the radio and television as fast as you can or these bad guys won't be the only people running for their lives" he told them before turning and following Olivia down the hall.

Elliot found Olivia talking to one of the security officers and he could tell she was beginning to get more and more short tempered with people. He didn't blame her, I mean her son was missing after all. It was just usually him that was short tempered with people and she was usually the one having to calm him down. He walked up to her and the security officer and could hear the anger in her voice after he had told her that he had given the tape to another officer already. He could sense that things were only going to get worse so he jogged up to the two of them.

"Liv, hey, everything okay?" he asked

She just turned and glared at him, like that was the most stupid question he had ever asked in his entire life.

"Okay then, what's the problem officer?" Elliot asked turning to the security officer

"I already gave the security tape to one of the officers, but this lady just keeps yelling at me"

"Okay thank you officer, you can go" Elliot told him

"Yeah whatever" he answered before turning and walking away

Elliot turned to face Olivia and waited for her to make eye contact with him before saying anything to her. She slowly looked up at him and her brown eyes met blue eyes and she waited for him to scold her for her actions, and was surprised when he didn't.

"Liv, you have to calm down. If you don't you're going to get removed from the case and I know that's the last thing that you want" Elliot told her

"Don't you think Cragen's going to remove me anyways" she said still looking at him

"You don't know that. As long as you act professional and stop yelling at the people who are trying to help you, I think Cragen will let you stay on the case"

"Elliot Cragen's going to find out that the boy is my son. I'm going to get into trouble for not coming clear with him about that to begin with."

"Liv, just tell him the truth. Tell him why you didn't want anybody to know about him. Cragen will understand, he cares about you, you know that" Elliot told her

Olivia nodded her head and then turned to walk back down the hallway towards the elevator.

"Hey, where are you going?" Elliot yelled after her

"To get that security tape to see if we can ID the men who took the kids" she yelled back as she reached the elevator and pressed the down button

He smiled before jogging down the hallway and stepping into the elevator with her as the doors opened.

They found the police officer who had the security tape, so they took the tape and went back to the precinct to watch the tape, to find the man who had taken the kids.

When they got to the precinct they had just walked over to their desks and dropped off their jackets, when the Captain's office door swung open and he yelled across the room.

"Detective Benson. My office. NOW."

Olivia looked at Elliot before taking a deep breath and walked over to Cragen's office. As soon as she entered the office, he slammed the door shut, causing her to jump.

"Is there something that you want to tell me?" he asked angrily

"Well, sir, I...it's just-"

"Why the hell didn't you tell me?" he asked still angry, "This whole time, the kid who saw these men take Anna Blake was your son"

"Yes sir" she answered quietly

"Why?"

"I'm sorry?" she questioned

"Why didn't you tell me the truth?" he asked

"It's a long story Captain. I just...I didn't want anyone to find out" Olivia told him as she sat down in the chair that was in front of Cragen's desk.

"What's his name?"

"Oliver"

"And he's ten years old?"

"Yes sir"

"Why isn't he in your file?" Cragen asked her

"My other Captain told me he wouldn't put it in my file"

"Why not"

"Long story short. The guy I thought was great turned out to be a jerk" Olivia told her Captain

"Olivia I don't want the short story. I want you to sit there and tell me everything from the day your son was born to today at the hospital" he told her

"Okay" she nodded as she began to rehash the story to her Captain in the same form in which she had told Elliot earlier that day.

Some forty five minutes later Olivia emerged from Captain Cragen's office and headed over to her desk. Elliot was waiting for her at his own desk and gave her a half smile as she sat down.

"So how'd it go?" he asked her

"Better than I thought" she answered, "Did you watch the tape?"

Elliot nodded, "Yep and guess which one of the perps was caught on camera?"

"Which one?"

"John Master's"

"The boyfriend" Olivia stated as her eyebrows shot up, "Has anybody else found anything that could lead us to them?"

"No, but John and Fin are at the hospital interviewing everyone that was there at the time of the kidnaping to see if anybody saw the car or license that they got into"

Olivia nodded and right before she was about to say something, Cragen came out of his office and headed to her and Elliot's desks.

"Do you have a picture of Oliver that we can put on the news. John found one of Callie and we are going to start airing their pictures so that maybe we can involve the general public"

Olivia nodded before pulling her purse out of her desk drawer, pulling out her billfold and finding the most recent picture of Oliver.

"Here" she said handing the picture to Cragen, "That's his most recent school picture. His hair is a little longer now, but that should work, unless you want me to go home and get an even more recent picture. I have one at my apartment that I took last week if-"

"Olivia" Cragen said reaching his hand out to her shoulder, "This picture will work fine. We're going to find him, I promise"

Olivia nodded as her Captain looked at the picture and then looked back at her.

"What?" she asked

"He looks just like you" Cragen stated

Olivia smiled, "Yeah we get that a lot"

"I'm going to get these pictures out to the media ASAP" he said before turning and walking back to his office

Only some two minutes later Elliot's phone rang. Olivia listened intently as she watched Elliot nod and answer some questions before asking for an address. Once he hung up he looked at Olivia and jumped up out of his seat.

"Let's go" he said

"Where?" she asked getting up

"That was John, he found someone who remembered the plates of the car that Master's was driving. He sent it in and got an address right away. John and Fin are on the way, so lets meet them there" he said as they both grabbed their jackets and headed out of the precinct

The address they were given was about twenty minutes from their precinct and they sped the entire way there. Once they got there they saw that John and Fin were just arriving themselves along with some back up. They all drew their guns as they walked up the front porch and knocked on the door. When there was no answer Elliot announced that it was the police. There was still no answer so he kicked the door down and they all entered the house, spreading out to different areas. Olivia and Elliot went upstairs while Fin and John searched the downstairs. Elliot and Olivia found nothing upstairs, but Fin and John found what they thought was a sign that someone had been there recently.

"Elliot, Olivia" John shouted upstairs

Elliot and Olivia came running back downstairs to what looked to be the master bedroom. They found John and Fin standing in the room looking into the closet. Elliot and Olivia walked over to where they were and as soon as Olivia looked in the closet she recognized what they were looking at.

"Oh my God" she said looking at the floor, "They were here"

All three of her colleagues turned to look at her as she walked into the closet and picked up a blue beanie.

"This is Oliver's" she said quietly, fighting back the tears

Elliot immediately made a call to get CSU to come and dust for prints as they looked for any other evidence of the kids being here. Olivia walked out of the closet and sat down on the bed, still gripping Oliver's blue beanie. Elliot walked over and sat down next to her on the bed, as John and Fin turned and left the bedroom.

"Olivia...At least we know that they were here" he told her

"What good is that gonna do. We have no idea where to look next Elliot. And you and I both know that these guys are not driving the same vehicle anymore" she said angrily

"Liv-"

"Elliot don't...Don't tell me everything's going to be okay. Because it's not. We are at a dead end unless someone comes forward with information that we don't have" she said as a few tears slid down her cheek

Elliot moved his hand and covered her own, giving it a slight squeeze as they both looked down at Oliver's beanie that he had been wearing earlier that day, hoping that he left it there as a sign that he and Callie were alright.

A/N: Well hope ya'll enjoyed this chapter. I know it's a little shorter than most of the other ones, but I wanted to get this one up this week, so I just ended it a little sooner than I had planned. But the rest of the chapters will probably be the same length as the other ones. Please Review and let me know what you think!