Tortured
Chapter 4
by KaraB
Fandom: Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Rating: T contains content not suitable for children under 13
Summary: The SVU squad works on solving a case and one of their own becomes a target. Cliché summary, but not the target you think.
Warnings: Mucho angst
Author's note: No, there is no pairing here.
And yes, this part is very short... but I have a lot planned for part 4 and it's easier for me to post short parts often than to post long parts every once in a while... this keeps me working on it.
"We're getting nothing, Captain. I'm starting to think this guy really may not know anything." Elliot said, walking into Cragen's office from the interrogation room.
"Then we just have to try harder," Fin growled.
Cragen turned to Fin, matching him glare for glare. "What you need is to go get a couple hours of sleep."
"I'm not tired."
"We'll try again, offer him some kind of deal. Get Casey in here and let's see if we can get something," Olivia suggested.
Elliot nodded. "This guy probably doesn't know much. I mean, he's as dumb as a box of rocks and it doesn't take much to see that… Whoever's behind this wouldn't tell him anything."
"I agree, making a deal is worth a shot," Cragen said. "Olivia call Casey and get her down here to talk to this guy."
"How long have you worked Special Victims?" Christine asked. She was sitting next to the restrained detective. They'd already spent some time working on the restraints and had realized that the more productive course of action was to wait for the right time to overpower their captor.
"A few years," Munch said. "I moved here from Baltimore homicide. It was really the only option I had."
She sighed suddenly. "We're not going to make it out of here are we?" she asked softly, wanting the truth.
"I don't know," Munch replied honestly. "SVU will do everything they can. So will I."
"I know you will," she acknowledged. "But you guys haven't caught this guy yet."
Munch could tell that she was scared. And he knew she was right. "We will." His voice held more confidence than he felt. He trusted his unit, with his life. But would a couple days be enough time to catch this guy? To find whatever mistake he'd made and then to find them. "All criminals make mistakes. Like kidnapping a cop…" he added snarkily.
"And some cops have a big mouth and like to hear themselves talk."
Christine moved closer to him as their captor stepped into the room. Munch sat up, making himself the target, if anyone were to be. "Actually that sounds more like you. You and your doom and gloom talk. You know my precinct will nail you."
The man just chuckled, walking over and reaching down to grab Christine, when Munch promptly kicked him, striking him in the leg hard enough to make the guy pause. "Leave her alone," he growled.
"So protective so soon?" he asked, backing off for the moment. "I'm afraid I do have the upper hand here Detective. If I were you, I'd start worrying about my own safety."
"You have a problem with me, we can talk all you want. Why don't you just let her go?"
The punch came so fast that Munch didn't really have time to move out of the way, if he could have anyway, nor could he avoid the few after that. While Munch was still reeling from the force of the blows, the man grabbed Christine, dragging her to the other side of the room.
What transpired over the next hour was something Munch could only say was akin to hell. He'd beaten Munch pretty badly, enough to keep him from moving, and the cuffed hands hadn't helped at all in trying to defend himself. He had been laying there, half conscious when the screams started. And God forgive him, he'd tried to move, tried to do anything to help her. That sick bastard had raped her on the other side of the damn room and he couldn't get to her to help her.
After an eternity, it was finally over and their captor left, leaving them exactly as they were.
"Christine?" he asked after a few minutes. "He's gone." He could hear her shuddering breaths. "I'm sorry honey," he said softly. He viewed this as a failure on his part, despite the fact that no one would likely blame him. He was an SVU detective and she was now a victim, because he hadn't been able to act.
