A/N: hope you enjoy

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!

Olivia rolled over, hit the snooze button and moaned, sleepily she stepped into the shower. Feeling more so awake when the water hit her, she sped up, as she finished getting ready she looked at the clock, she didn't have to leave for another 20 minutes, she sat down. "I must be more concerned about this than I thought." She said to herself enjoying the cup of coffee she usually had on the road. Thinking about what she was going to say if she said anything. Would it be best to avoid the other detective for today or would it make things worse? A part of her wanted to know, another side of her didn't. Finishing her coffee she set the mug down and headed out the door, still leaving 5 minutes early.

Fin, John and the Captain were already there when she walked into the precinct, they all watched her walk in trying to figure out how she was. She smiled half-heartedly at them, "it's ok guys I'm fine, what are we doing today?" she asked sitting down on her desk.

"Same as the last few days, Elliot called, said he was going to be late," Don told her.

"Yeah he's just tryin' to get out of desk duty." Fin mumbled flipping through a couple pages. Olivia nodded and sat down to work on her own files. An hour later and Liv looked up to see the Captain walk out of his office looking slightly worried. Olivia had been waiting for Lisa to show up so the two could talk. He looked at Fin and John.

"Can you two go by Lisa apartment she's not answering her phone and she hasn't called to say why she's late." Fin and John began to stand up when Olivia stood up as well.

"I'll go captain," she offered, Don looked unsure as to whether that would be a good idea. "We need to talk anyway, we'll have a little more privacy there." She told him already putting on her coat, Don nodded.

Olivia looked down at her directions, apartment 315 she read before locking her car and heading up the stairs. She knocked on the door, "Lisa it's Olivia open the door." She knocked once more then tried the doorknob; it was unlocked. Walking in she took in a sharp breath, the place had been torn apart. On the kitchen counter there was a black tape with a post-it note on it, reading 'Detectives.' Olivia's breath quickened as she looked for a tape player, they were getting to be harder to find.

"Hello SVU," came a deep, gritty voice, "quite a pretty little detective you have here,"

"Screw you," came a distinctly female voice Olivia recognized as Lisa's.

"I'm going to play a little game, we are going play find the detective or she will die, remember that young women you found a year ago, Emily Carson? Detective Benson you remember that girl, right? Bound and gagged after being starved for 3 days she bled to death slowly, from an incision in her left thigh. Quite a painful death really, now I suggest you work harder this time to catch me or it'll be the same fate for her." Olivia could barely hear the crying in the back ground but it was there. It went quiet for a moment before an ear-piercing scream rang through the speakers. Olivia quickly put the tape in some saran wrap and drove as fast as she could back to the precinct. Olivia walked into the precinct her eyes wide with worry.

"Captain we have a problem," she said frantically as she handed him the tape, her hand shaking slightly. She told Fin and John and Elliot who had just walked into the precinct to come into Don's office. Don put the tape into the player being careful not to touch it. Olivia left the room not wanting to hear it again. She instead watched the reactions of the others from outside. They looked at her when they had finished listening to the tape. She looked at them hopelessly, her eyes beginning to water. Elliot walked out.

"Olivia are you ok?" her asked putting a hand on her shoulder, she leaned in and hugged him. "This is not your fault," he said quietly, she thought otherwise. She could remember the case distinctly, Emily Carson a 20-year-old student taking criminology at John Jay College. This guy had a thing for cops, the poor girl, already small, had whittled away to skin and bones while he had her. He gave them hints, left clues and they still didn't find her in time. "If only I'd been a little faster," Olivia thought to herself, it was one of the cases that still got to her. The ME put the girls time of death 4 hours before they found her, 5 days after she'd been kidnapped.

A scream ran through the air as she felt a sharp burning pain cross her abdomen and jolted her awake. She shook her head trying to clear the blur from her eyes, she felt dizzy, she looked up to see the man who had showed up in her apartment while she was in the shower, he must have jimmied open the door. Now, she paused and looked around the room, she had no idea where she was. The pain made her cry out again as she looked down to see the black tail of a whip trail across her belly leaving behind red marks where ever it landed. Wishing she could move her hands to stop it, she couldn't even feel her hands they were tied so tightly above her head. She began to panic, memories, flashbacks began running through her head when she realized she wasn't tied to a wall, she was tied to a bed.

"I want every inch of this apartment swept for any clue as to where he's taken her, how he got in, and what he used to get her out." Captain Cragen directed the crime scene. The other detectives had gone to the neighbours to see if they had heard or seen anything.

"Did you know your neighbour Lisa Madow?" Elliot questioned the lady owning the apartment next door.

"Oh, that young girl that just moved in? Oh, she is very nice, helped me carry my groceries up the stairs. That boy she was with though, now he's a bit odd. I know what it's like to have a fainting spell but I've never screamed like that." The older women answered, Elliot racked his brain trying to remember if Lisa had ever mentioned moving here with her boyfriend.

"Did they move in together?" Elliot asked.

"No the first time I saw him was last night, I think they just started seeing each other, he said they met a bar last night." Elliot thought that a bit odd, given yesterday, he highly doubted she went to a bar and picked up some guy. This guys first mistake was being seen.

"You said something about a fainting spell?" Elliot asked.

"Well yes, that's why the two left in such a hurry, I heard a horrible scream then heard some rustling going on next door. I opened the door when I heard hers' open, to make sure she was alright, and he was carrying her out, they were heading to the hospital, she was unconscious, did something happen to her?" The older women asked concern beginning to show.

"Do you think you could describe the guy to an artist?" The women nodded.

"I can do even better, our manager installed security cameras about two months ago." She told Elliot pointing to the small almost unnoticeable camera in the corner. "There's three on every floor and one in the entrance. Elliot nodded grateful for the information.

"Captain, we have a witness that saw the perp carry Lisa out. On top of that security cameras were just installed." Elliot reported.

"I know, I just sent Munch to go get them," the Captain told him, Elliot nodded looking for Olivia but instead saw Munch heading back with the tapes.

"There's something sad about society now," Munch started, "at least 4 people I talked to heard a scream and did nothing about it, now the manager says he heard a scream as well but didn't bother checking the tape or calling the police." Elliot rolled his eyes, he'd noticed that too. Elliot called the hospital to see if she'd been checked in although he was pretty sure she hadn't been and he was right.

"We know how he got in," Olivia announced walking into the hallway, "we found some glass from her living room window that's been cut open, how he got there though I have no idea, we're three stories up and there's no fire escape there." Olivia paused, "there's also blood in her bed room." Olivia said quieter, the other three looked at her, none of them knowing what to say.

"We'll find her Liv," Elliot said reassuringly although part of him was preparing for the worst.

"We found shoes prints from outside the window on the ledge, it leads to the apartment on the left." A CSU walked up hurriedly telling the detectives, no one had answered the door when Munch knocked on it and the older lady was in the apartment to the right. All four of them began pounding on the front door of 314. No answer, Elliot backed up and kicked the door open, the place was empty, after making sure the place was clear they began to look closer at everything.

"Guys," Munch yelled from the other room, there was an open window leading out to the ledge the perp used to get into her apartment. On the table by the window was a note taped down. The others came in quickly, John backed off so they could read it.

Dear SVU detectives:

I hope it didn't take to long to find this note, your friends life depends on your speed. How are you feeling right now Olivia a little tense, emotional? Think of this as me giving you another chance. You let that other girl die because you were incompetent, you weren't able to follow the clues. You weren't able to save your mothers life either; you knew she wasn't safe when she was drunk, yet you left her alone with no help, so you could police the fair city. You now have a chance to save another family member, if you're fast enough this time, your sister will live.

Adiós for now

All of the detectives were quite; what did this guy have against Olivia? Olivia was staring at the note, how the hell did he know so much? She just stood there mouth open, finally she looked up at Elliot her eye were watery with tears. He knew her mother was a touchy subject even more so now. She quickly blinked the tears away, "I'm going to get this finger printed." Olivia said quickly grabbing the note with a glove and leaving the room.

"I want you guys looking at the old Emily Carson case, look for anything similar or any leads. I'm going to call Fin see if his search on the street has come up with anything." Don told the two detectives still in the room, when they didn't begin moving right away he yelled, "Now!" the two men jolted out of the room. Captain Cragen left the apartment slowly and called a couple CSU's to look through the place. He walked into Lisa's apartment. "Have you seen Olivia?" he asked a CSU near by after glancing through the apartment.

"Yeah, I just finger printed a letter for her and got a perfect print, she's running it to the lab right now." Don nodded and told him if he found anything to give him a call then turned and left as the other man got back to work.

By the time Cragen got back to the office John had already got a clear picture of the perp and was sending it off to the other precincts. Elliot was going through the Emily Carson case and Fin was on the phone with the Concord Police department trying to find out if Lisa had any problems with perps before. Olivia was nowhere to be seen.

A/N: hey hope you liked the new chapter, last one was a little slow but emotional it'll start picking up again from here while they try and find Lisa. For those who saw the new show Conviction, what did you think of it? I was a little disappointed that there was so little of Stephanie March and a few parts seemed a little unbelievable, like working for the ADA's office then leaving evidence in the court room during lunch. Question wouldn't the judge have to throw out the case, or at least all the evidence because the chain of custody was broken? Or that the judge was letting that drug dude goof around and insult the arresting officer, I realize it was part of her closing argument but I don't think a judge would stand for that or be almost laughing at that. Anyway other than that it was good, those parts just irritated me.