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It was now close to noon and Olivia and Elliot were walking into the morgue.
"Find anything?" Elliot asked as soon as he seen Warner.
"No, nothing. He left no fluids and no DNA." Warner answered.
Just then Olivia's phone rang. "Benson...okay, thanks." She closed her phone and looded at her partner, "Forensics confirms it was the same murder weapon."
Elliot nodded, "We assumed that. This is just great. We have two dead girls, a probable serial killer, and absolutely nothing to go on. We need to get Huang in for a profile."
Olivia looked at Elliot as if he was missing something, "Elliot we do have one lead. He targets products of rape. We need to figure out how he is finding them. Let's get back to the house and look up the old case reports on the mothers, assuming they reported their rapes.
"How the hell is that going to help? We have one case in Manhattan and one case in Queens. You actually think they are related?"
Olivia glared at him momentarily, "Elliot, you drive from Queens to Manhattan every day. It is not completely out of the realm of possibilty."
"Fine," Elliot said impatiently before he turned to Warner, "Call us if you find anything else."
"Will do, but don't hold your breath," she said with a slight grin. "You two try not to kill each other."
Both detectives rolled their eyes at Warner's last comment. They then turned and headed for the door. Olivia walked side by side with Elliot but she never glanced his way the whole way to the car. She just glared at the ground in front of her and Elliot could feel the tension between them rising with every step.
"Look, I'm sorry. I don't know why I got so offensive," he apologized.
"Whatever Elliot," she said as she stared straight ahead.
He sighed because he knew she wasn't about to let him off the hook that easily. "We could stop for lunch on the way back."
"Not hungry," she said shortly.
"Okay look Olivia, I said I was sorry. We are both tired and grouchy and I let it get the best of me in there. You know I am with you 100 on this case and you are not going to get anything accomplished by acting like a child," he said instantly regretting it.
Anger flashed through her like a lightning bolt. She instantly stopped and turned toward him, her brown eyes dark with rage. She started to speak and then paused, "You know, this isn't even worth arguing over."
"Oh no you don't. I made one comment and now you are so pissed you can't even talk to me. What the hell is your deal?" Elliot said stepping in between her and the car.
"My deal, MY DEAL is that you are acting like a burnt out egotistical selfish son of a bitch that doesn't want to do real police work, he just wants to call in the shrink. Then what Elliot? Do you really think we are going to find this guy by a profile that a psychologist puts together? That isn't even like you." By now Olivia was inches away from his face and he could feel her anger under his skin.
"I didn't even mean in like it sounded. Why do you always do this?" he snapped back.
She glared at him, "Do what?"
"Every time you get too close to a case you take everything so personal. I did not mean to doubt you. Like I said, I'm just..."
"Tired, yeah El, welcome to the NYPD. Newsflash, everyone is tired. And I apologize for caring so much about my cases. I am sorry that I want to get this guy off the street before he kills again."
She paused to get a breath and Elliot stepped forward and leaned in toward her face, "Liv, I am sorry for what I said but you know as well as I do that the chances of those cases being related are slim to none. I agree that we should check and look into each one but I don't think that we should spend all day doing it. And Liv, I know this case hits close to home, but you have to let go of your past and quit thinking of yourself during this case or it is going to destroy you."
She rolled her eyes even though she knew he was right, she was just as stubborn if not more so than him and she wasn't about to give in, "Thank you Elliot, for your two cents, but I don't need you telling me how to deel with my personal issues. Your my partner, not my shrink."
Elliot put his hands up in defense and moved so she could get into the car. "No, but maybe you should think about seeing one," he mumbled just loud enough for her to hear.
She turned back toward him with her icy glare, "Screw you." She stared at him for another moment before getting into the car and slamming her door. He then walked around the car and slid into the drivers seat. 'This is going to be a long day' he thought to himself as they started the silent tension filled ride back to the precinct.
Around one they were back at the 1-6 going over old case files. Both women had reported their rapes but only one man was caught and prosecuted. His name was Bill Hix and he was paroled in 97.
"Check this out. His last known address is right here in Manhattan," Fin said.
"Go check him out," Cragen told Elliot and Olivia. They grabbed their coats and were out the door.
They hadn't spoken to each other since they arrived and everyone could feel the tension between them. Cragen simply ignored it hoping they would take care of it like they normally did but he also knew how much stress Olivia was under which meant she wasn't talking to anyone. He knew how she bottled everything up and how Elliot usually got the blunt end of things when she decided to vent. He also knew that Elliot was the best person to handle her so he decided to give him a chance to do so. Cragen just hoped that Elliot wasn't the problem and decided if things stayed this tense between the two he would confront Olivia about it when he got a chance.
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"Its been a long day," Elliot said as thay drove towards Hix's apartment. Olivia nodded and let out a little huff as if to say 'no shit'. Elliot knew she was still angry and that he wouldn't get anything out of her until she cooled off or broke down. Until then he knew he would just have to put up with her cold stares and icy tone.
When they got to Hix's apartment noone was home. "You have his work address?" Elliot asked.
Olivia shook her head, "Wasn't one listed."
"Hmm, well I guess we can wait for a while since this is the only lead we have," Elliot said as they walked back to the car. Olivia remained silent.
They waited for around an hour before they seen Hix walking towards his apartment. "You think he'll run?" Elliot asked.
"One way to find out," Olivia said as she stepped out of the car and walked towards Hix. "Bill Hix?" she asked flashing her badge.
Hix stopped and started stepping backwards slowly.
"Hey, we just want to talk to you," Olivia told him as Elliot proceeded to follow her.
Hix shook his head as he turned to flee. "I'm on it" Olivia shouted, "Get the car." Seeing that Olivia was a lot closer to the suspect and at least a good thirty feet from Elliot, he didn't have much of a choice. Elliot turned and ran to the car hoping that she was okay and didn't do anything stupid.
When Elliot pulled around the corner of the alley Hix had ran into he seen that Olivia had Hix pinned against the wall cuffing him. After she read him his rights she slung him into the back of the sedan. "Let's get him to the house," she said as she stepped into the passenger's side of the car.
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"Why am I here? I did nothing wrong!" Hix said when Elliot and Olivia entered the interrogation room.
"You resisted arrest, genius. Last time I checked people didn't do that unless they had something to hide." Elliot said sarcastically as Olivia took a seat across the table from Hix.
"Where were you the last two nights in between 11pm and 1 in the morning?" she asked flatly.
Hix smiled and leaned towards her, "At home in bed, call my girlfriend. She'll tell you" he responded.
"What's her name and address?" she asked him.
"Her name is Kim Shaw and she will be at my house around 10 tonight. Here is her number," Hix handed Olivia a peace of paper with a number on it..
Both detectives walked out to talk to Cragen, Munch, and Fin. "Munch, go and give Ms. Shaw a call and see if her story matches."
Munch took the number from Olivia and headed towards the bull pen. Cragen then turned to the pair. "So, what's your take?" he asked them.
"As bad as I hate to say it," Olivia said, "I think he is telling the truth. But I'm not ready to dismiss him quite yet."
Cragen nodded, "Okay, you two get back in there and try to shake him up a little bit."
After an hour of grilling Hix, the two detectives walked out exhausted. "Captain, either he is telling the truth or he is a damn good liar," Elliot said.
"He's telling the truth," Munch interjected. "Girlfriend says he was home all night and I don't think she was lying."
"What took so long?" Olivia asked him.
Munch shrugged, "That number was her work number and they said she was on a break so I had to wait for her to get back."
"Cut him loose," Cragen said, "and find out where Huang is."
"So we are just taking his word and the alibi of his girlfriend?" Elliot asked.
"Elliot we have nothing to hold him on and my gut says he isn't our guy," Olivia responded.
Elliot rolled his eyes "Liv, he's a convicted rapist. I would like to take a closer look at this guy, maybe let Huang talk to him."
Olivia opened her mouth to respond but Cragen interrupted, "Okay, Huang can talk to him, but if he doesn't suspect anything we move on. We need to find this guy."
"Deal," Elliot said walking away.
"We're wasting our time with this guy," Olivia said with a hint of anger.
"Let's be sure before we just forget about him," Cragen said harshly.
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"That's not your guy," Huang said as he exited the interrogation room."
"Thank you, know can we move on?" Olivia said.
"Cut him loose. Huang can you help us with a profile?" Cragen asked.
"Sure, let me just read over the case one more time to make sure I know every detail." Huang said as he bagan looking over the file.
Elliot and Olivia both walked to the coffee pot simultaneously to get coffee. After Elliot took a small drink he grabbed Olivia's arm before she could do the same. "Don't drink that!" he choked with a disgusted look on his face.
"I'll be back in a minute," he said.
She turned to walk back to her desk knowing he was going to get coffee at the coffeeshop on the corner.
When he returned he had two cups of coffee and two cream cheese danishes. He knew neither one of them had eaten lately and she had to be starving. He placed the coffee and the danish on her desk without a word.
"Thanks," she said. She hated when they fought because they were both to stubborn to appologize. Usually after they cooled off they just forgot about the fight and acted like it had never happened, which was exactly what she was ready to do.
Huang was now ready to start the profile. "So, does our guy suffer from any mental illnesses or what?" Munch asked sarcastically. Fin just rolled his eyes.
"It's to soon to tell," he said.
"Well what can you tell us," Elliot asked impatiently.
"Well, obviously this is a smart perp. Probably white male, mid thirties to early forties. Someone who doesn't stand out in a crowd. For him to hold these girls for days and not leave a trace of evidence on them is almost impossible. This guy also has something against children of rape. He feels like they were a burden on their mother and he feels as if he is easing the mothers pain and suffering an possibly the victims suffering as well. He quite possibly is the child of rape or is very close to someone that is. The only thing I don't understand is how he is finding his victims. From what I understand, the two victims weren't even acquaintances and it wasn't a well known fact that they were chilren of rape. My guess is, find out how he is finding his vics, and that will lead you to his identity." Huang finished.
Huang walked over to Olivia and spoke to her softly so the rest of the squadroom wouldn't here, "Liv, his victims are children of rape. That makes you a potential target so watch your back."
Olivia looked at him with narrowed eyes, "Thanks for worrying, but I can take care of myself."
Elliot studied her body language. The thought of Olivia being a target had already crossed his mind and he knew that is what Huang had told her. He knew she had thought about it too which is why she was do defensive towards Huang.Olivia could feel his eyes on her, "What?" she snapped.
"Nothing" Elliot got up and walked towards the bathroom with Olivia hot on his trail. "You coming in with me?" he said sarcastically turning around to face her.
"Elliot, I'm going to warn you now, don't go all big brother on me because I hate it when you guys do that. I can handle myself and this guy isn't evenafter me."
"Liv, unless thsi guy threatens you, you have my word that I won't be any more protective than usual. Okay?" he said sincerely.
Olivia nodded then turned and walked back towards the squadroom.
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