Finding Olivia

Chapter 6: Cry

"What are you telling me?" Elliot sat in Fletcher's apartment. He was totally confused by what the younger man was telling him. Olivia wasn't in her apartment which meant that she had gone to work and not come back. He had known that something was wrong but he hadn't been able to get there fast enough. His nightmare flashed in his mind. If anything happened to her, he would never forgive himself.

"They won't send me backup," Fletcher explained "I can't go down there alone. I mean," he gestured to his skinny frame frantically "Look at me."

"Wait, who won't back you up?" Elliot asked. He was finding it hard to focus on anything other than his worry for Olivia.

"My boss at the Bureau won't send backup," Fletcher handed Elliot his FBI badge "He doesn't give a crap about what happens to Persephone."

"Olivia," Elliot corrected softly. That was her name. She was Olivia Benson, one of the best cops in all of Manhattan. She wasn't this Persephone person that Fletcher was speaking of, even though Elliot knew he was talking about her.

"Right," Fletcher snapped his head around quickly "So we have to go down to Derek's store and see what we can find."

"I'm in," Elliot said resolutely as he stood up.

"I think I should prepare you for what we might find when we get there," Fletcher motioned for Elliot to sit again.

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Jack and Andy laughed hysterically as Rickie emerged from the basement, rubbing his badly bruised and now very swollen jaw. Rickie shot an angry look in there direction before heading over to Derek "Watch out for that one," he told him "She's trouble," as he spoke, he reached into the top drawer of the desk and pulled out a blank DVD. He inserted it into the laptop and copied the last half hour of footage onto it. He took the disk out and put it in his pocket "I'm gonna head home," he told Derek.

"Gonna need two ice packs huh Rickie?" Jack chuckled. Rickie turned in Jack's direction and scowled. He wasn't even going to ask. But he didn't need to because Andy was quick to jump in and join the conversation.

"Why would he need two ice packs Jack?" Andy asked in an amused tone, pretending he didn't already know the answer.

"One for the jaw," Jack responded coolly "And another one for his poor little ego," the two burst out in a fit of boisterous laughter.

Rickie simply turned to leave. He knew that getting mad at these two wouldn't help his situation. Just before he shut the office door behind him, he turned and said "I'd like to see you two try and do what I did."

That statement managed to shut Andy and Jack up for a few seconds before Andy broke the silence by fairly screeching "Hey, I think we've just been insulted!"

"No shit," Derek mumbled to himself as he turned back to the computer screen. He noticed that she was now curled up on her side, trying to protect herself as best she could, he assumed. He considered how long he should wait before he went down there himself. While Derek was thinking though, he didn't notice Jack stand up and head down into the basement. At least he didn't notice until he saw Jack come into view on the computer screen "Damn it Jack," he muttered but instead of doing anything, Derek simply watched. This would be fun to see even if Jack screwed it up.

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Olivia heard the footsteps approaching and tensed instantly. Not again, please not again, she silently begged. She wanted to be anywhere else. She felt the mattress dip as someone climbed on the bed beside her. She felt whoever it was wrap his arms afound her from behind.

"How you doing?" a voice whispered in her ear.

Olivia didn't answer and attempted to pull away. She was able to thrust her cuffed hands back into the face of the person and felt a small jolt of satisfaction when she heard whoever it was cry out in pain.

Jack's hands flew to his face. His nose gushed blood and was more than likely broken "Damn you," he grabbed Olivia by her cuffed hands and threw her to the floor.

Olivia hit the floor hard, trying not to scream, she looked up to see a boot clad foot headed directly for her. She managed to roll to the side to dodge the first blow but she wasn't so lucky when it came to avoiding the second one. She flung her hands up only to have them grabbed once more.

Jack held her in a choke hold "How do you like that bitch!" he screamed. Olivia was finding it hard to breathe. Somehow, she managed to bite Jack in the arm. Jack released his hold on her and stumbled backwards and Olivia made her best effort to crawl away. She didn't get very far however. Jack grabbed her again and waved something in front of her face. It was a pocket knife. Olivia steeled instantly.

"Oh Jack," Derek's voice floated into the room. He sounded disappointed "That's not how we play," he walked up to Jack and effortlessly knocked the knife out of his hands. Before Jack could protest Derek spoke again "You head upstairs and keep poor Andy company," Jack obeyed, letting Olivia fall to the floor once more.

Derek bent down beside Olivia "You know," he began as she stared back at him with a mixture of fear and confusion swimming in her eyes "I really am sorry about this," he told her. Olivia's confusion only grew as he continued "I don't usually kidnap my employees but… after last night… well I couldn't give you a chance to get away," as he spoke he took a set of keys out of his pocket and undid the handcuffs. Olivia felt almost grateful, that is until he spoke again "I like a challenge."

As soon as Olivia was able to, she stood. She found that she was far more shaky on her feet than she had expected; the last few hours must have been harder on her body than she had thought. She tried to dodge Derek's grasp as he reached for her but she was unsuccessful. He pulled her naked body flush against his clothed one and though she struggled, she couldn't get away from him. He ran a hand down her back, slowly. The contact sent shivers through her but not the good kind. She tried to pull away again but she found herself on the mattress once more, this time underneath Derek.

"You didn't quite scream for Rickie," he murmured into her ear "You didn't even moan for Jack," his hands made their way to her waist "I wonder," he mused as he slowly parted her thighs "Will you scream for me?"

Olivia rolled quickly to the side and successfully got out from underneath him. She got off the bed and started to run but there was nowhere to run to. She felt herself being yanked back by her hair. The sensation was so sudden that she couldn't help the audible gasp "Let go," she told him in as firm a tone as she could manage.

Derek laughed and Olivia felt the cuffs being placed on her wrists again. Derek hung her from the hook again and admired her body slowly "You really are something," he told her as his hands found her breasts and roughly squeezed. He smiled at the reaction that he saw in her face "Its okay to scream," he told her as he pulled her thighs apart once more "They all scream," he smiled.

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Elliot entered the store, gun drawn, followed closely by Fletcher. His eyes quickly scanned the aisles and found them all to be empty "Where is this guy?" he whispered over his shoulder to Fletcher.

Fletcher pointed to two doors on the wall to their right "I'll check this one," he said reaching for one and pulling it open to reveal a staircase "You look in there," he pointed to the other door.

"What happens if you find something up there?" Elliot asked,

pointing to the staircase. Fletcher had already expressed to Elliot his fears about his accuracy with his gun.

"Maybe I'll get a lucky shot off," Fletcher chuckled humorlessly "Besides, if I find something, you'll know. I scream like a little girl," with that Fletcher disappeared up the winding staircase.

Elliot shrugged and pulled open the other door to reveal an office. Two people sat at a desk in the middle of the room. They seemed to be focused on something and didn't look up when Elliot approached. Elliot didn't say anything as he snuck up behind the two men. He had a bad feeling that he shouldn't trust them. When he was only a few inches away from them, he saw what they were looking at and he absolutely lost it "Where is she!" he grabbed the man nearest to him and shoved the barrel of his gun against the man's head.

"Where is who?" Jack asked. He was so stunned that his mind couldn't process anything except the gun.

Elliot pointed at the computer screen "Her," he hissed. Andy attempted to get up and reach the gun that they had taken from their target earlier but Elliot saw him and with a flick of the wrist, he knocked the man unconscious.

Jack's eyes widened in fear "She's in the basement," he said, pointing to the door at the back of the office.

Elliot took out his handcuffs. He clasped one cuff to Jack's wrist then looped the chain around one of the legs of the heavy desk before placing the other cuff around one of the unconscious Andy's wrists. He sprinted to the back of the office and flung open the door. He raced down the stairs two at a time.

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"I thought you liked a challenge," Olivia was trying to stall him although she didn't know why that would help. She didn't know if anyone would think to come looking for her here.

"There's a challenge," Derek smiled as he wrapped her leg around his waist "And then there's a challenge," he smirked as he undid his pants "You just have to find the enjoyment in each one." Olivia tried to kick Derek with her free leg but it was at too odd of an angle in relationship to Derek's body for it to do any good. Derek smiled wider "Come on," he encouraged as he prepared to enter her "Let's hear you scream."

"Freeze!" Derek was so surprised to hear the new voice in the room that he let go of Olivia completely and spun around "Back away from her slowly," Elliot commanded as he pointed his gun at Derek. He knew he could never take the shot with Olivia so close but he was hoping that Derek didn't know that.

Olivia made eye contact with Elliot. It was the first time in a week that she had laid eyes on him. He looked like he had barely slept in that long. She wanted to cry in relief but it wasn't over yet. She watched as Derek reached into his pocket and pulled out something "Elliot," she called out his name without even thinking about it "He's got a knife."

Derek looked at her for a moment "Elliot hmm?" he turned back to Elliot "So you two know each other?"

"Drop the knife," Elliot commanded. His weapon never faltered from Derek but his gaze shifted quickly between Derek, the knife in his hand and Olivia who looked increasingly afraid.

Derek smiled. He pulled Olivia from the hook above the bed in a way similar to how Rickie had done earlier except he didn't let her fall. Instead he held her up in front of him as he took a step in Elliot's direction "Just how good of a shot are you, Elliot?" he asked.

"Let her go right now," Elliot tried to remain calm on the outside while inside, he was dying. No! No! No! I'm not gonna lose her, his mind screamed.

"Oh," Derek smiled "I don't think so," he placed the knife at Olivia's throat "You see, we were in the middle of something when you so rudely interrupted us," he kissed Olivia's neck "I think we'll just finish up and then I'll let you have what's left of her."

Elliot clenched his jaw "You son of a bitch," he spat out.

Derek through his head back and laughed "This woman must be important to you," he smiled. He put his lips next to Olivia's ear and whispered "Does he mean something to you too darling?"

Olivia felt the anger well up inside her. She brought her elbow back against his stomach. She felt the pocket knife slice into her and she fell to the ground. As she lay on the floor, she heard three gunshots and saw Derek fall.

"Olivia," Elliot holstered his gun and ran to her side. He wrapped his coat around her as he inspected the cut on her neck; it looked far too familiar for his comfort. He pressed a tissue from his pocket against it until he was sure that the bleeding had stopped "Liv, honey," he whispered nervously "Can you hear me?"

Her eyes which had drifted closed when she'd seen Derek fall, slowly flickered open "Elliot," she found it impossible to hold back the tears anymore and she began to sob.

Elliot's own tears fell as he held her "Its okay," he whispered "It's okay."

TBC

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