Title: Show Down

Author: Monica Edwards

Pairings: Elliot and Olivia, Olivia and Other

Part 9 rated R (For Language & Sexual Situations)

Disclaimer: Though this Fic is based LOOSELY on The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood the plot idea isn't mine it's hers. The characters of Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson aren't mine either. Just repeat to yourself it's just a story, and I really should relax.

Just as they reached the bottom of the stairs, the all too familiar sound of the garage door opening filled the air. Olivia looked at Elliot and so did Monica, he wasn't supposed to be there, the commander couldn't see him. "Hide!" Both Monica and Olivia said in unison, Elliot nodded and ran back up the stairs and ducked into the first room. The door to the house opened and the commander walked in, his boots could be heard on the floor.

"This is all my fault," Monica whispered to Olivia close to tears, "If I wouldn't have pulled that stupid pity party then..."

"Shh...it's okay we'll get out of this." Olivia put her hand on Monica's shoulder and together they walked into the kitchen. The commander looked at them, he had his gun drawn already, he knew there was another person in the house, but how? "Sir?"

"I know someone's in here, I saw their boot prints on the garage floor." The commander replied looking around, "Now you can save yourself a hell of a lot of trouble if you tell me where they are." He aimed the gun at Monica, threatening her. Why didn't she think to pick up the gun from the commander's room and bring it out with her, she could have had him. He originally left the gun in his room thinking that Monica was smart enough to pull it out if Olivia was giving her trouble, he didn't think she would use it to threaten him and in some way he was right.

"There's no one here, just us." Monica said slowly putting her hands in front of her so he could see she wasn't a threat.

"I'm not stupid," He walked over to her and grabbed a handful of her hair, she cried out and tried to pull away but he wouldn't let her, "Look me in the eye and tell me there's no one else here." Monica looked at Olivia for a second, she knew she wasn't supposed to look the commander in the eye, was this some sort of trick to just get her in more touble? He tugged on her hair again, making it more painful this time and she looked at him.

"There's no one here." She said looking him straight in the eye. He looked at her and roughly let go of her hair. She put a hand to her head and wiped her eyes which had started to water from the pain. He then went over to Olivia and backhanded her hard across the cheek that was already broken, she cried out in pain and fell to the floor. Upstairs Elliot heard that and without thinking he pulled his gun and came running down the stairs. He entered the kitchen and trained his gun on the commander, looking for any reason to pull the trigger.

"Who the fuck are you?" The commander spat at him.

"Elliot Stabler."

"Put your weapon down!" The commander demanded and then aimed his gun at Olivia, "If you don't I'll shoot her." He put his finger on the trigger and got ready to squeeze, sure Elliot could shoot him but the commander could shoot Olivia at the same time and he didn't want that to happen. "You're her partner aren't you?" Elliot slowly lowered his weapon and set it down on the floor, "Kick it to me." Elliot sighed and kicked the gun at the commander.

"Yes I am her partner."

"I heard her talk about you, how the hell did you ever find her?" The commander asked and then went over to Olivia who was now kneeling on the floor holding her face. He grabbed her by the hair and started to force her to her feet. Olivia cried out in pain and slowly got to her feet, only to be met with a gun jammed right in her face. "Answer me!"

"I have my ways." Elliot replied watching as he hurt Olivia not being able to do much about it. Olivia looked at him still holding her face which was causing her eye to swell shut again. "Let her go, you can do what you want with me." Behind them Monica was backing up towards the counter as she watched this scene unfold. Elliot didn't look at her, he had the feeling that she was looking for a weapon and he didn't want to give it away by looking in her direction, the commander was occupied with Olivia and he wanted it to stay that way.

"And I will do what I want with you." The commander said and he let go of Olivia's hair, she moved to step away from him but he grabbed her arm and held her in place. A tear ran down her cheek, her eyes were pleading with him not to do anything. "And I'll do what I want to her." He pressed the gun into the side of her head, her lower lip trembled. She had had a gun to her head before, many different times, but this time she couldn't keep her cool she was more terrified then she had been all those times before. If he shot her then Elliot would have nothing to lose, and she didn't want him to get shot too.

"Put the gun down and we can talk about this."

"Are you fucking kidding me?" The commander replied and then laughed slightly, "I won't put the gun down but I will do this..." He suddenly let go of Olivia and aimed the gun at Elliot. "On your knees." He ordered, Elliot looked at Olivia and then at the commander, it didn't seem that he had much of a choice. He moved and kneeled down facing the commander, "Hands behind your head." Elliot hesitated for just a second before putting his hands to the back of his head and locking them there. The commander went around behind him and put the gun to the back of his head.

"NO!" Olivia screamed and in desperate move she lunged at the commander. He didn't like that and he aimed the gun at her and fired a round. The bullet went by her head, very close to her head, if she was just about half an inch to her right then it would have probably went through her eye. She cried out in surprise and stumbled back. "Please, sir, please don't...please let him go." She said with tears in her eyes, her heart pounding from her brush with death.

"Maybe I should let him go," The commander said as he moved in front of Elliot, his back was now to Monica and she quickly used this chance to open the cabinet by the sink that held the knives. "Do you know what will happen to you if I turn you in? A fate worse then death I believe. They'll start by breaking all of your fingers...then your arms...then your legs..." He put the gun to Elliot's forhead, "Shooting you would be a blessing compared to what they'll do to you...but then again I would get to see the look on Miriam's face when I kill you, the complete loss of hope...she would break without you." He turned and looked at Olivia keeping his finger on the trigger, "If you have anything important to say to him say it now my dear Miriam."

"Please don't do this," Olivia took a step forward.

"TOO LATE!" He shouted, Elliot closed his eyes tightly, the gun went off, Elliot opened his eyes. He hadn't been shot, he looked up at the commander who's eyes were glazed over just slightly. The man stumbled forward and then fell. Elliot got up and looked at him, there was a knife in his back, a long knife and it was at least half way in there, right on his spine. If he wasn't dead then he certainly was paralyzed. Both he and Olivia looked at Monica who stood there breathing hard and shaking. She had gotten the knife and thrown it at him.

"I got him..." She whispered and brought her hands to her face, "I thought I'd miss but I got him." Elliot walked over to her and pulled her into a gentle hug and she started to cry into his chest softly, tears of joy more then anything else. Olivia walked over to them too and put a hand on Monica's shoulder. She certainly saved both of their asses with a miracle throw of a knife.

"Lets get the hell out of here." Elliot said, the three of them took one last look at the commander and headed for the garage. They got out there and Olivia saw the limo, it would probably be best to take that car if at all possible.

"We should take the limo," Olivia said as she peered into the driver's side, amazingly the keys were still in the ignition. "You drive, we'll be in the back, since they can't see in they'll assume that you are driving the commander somewhere." The garage door was still open, the commander had been in such a hurry to get inside and find the intruder that he didn't close the door or set the alarm, luck was definately on their side. Elliot looked at his watch, it was only 1:00 in the afternoon, he was pretty sure that Daniel was still asleep, or at least he hoped the man was. Olivia and Monica got into the back of the limo and Elliot got in the front. He pulled out of the garage and down the driveway, now they only had to be able to pass the road blocks.

They got through the first one okay, the men assumed that it was just the commander back there so no questions were asked. They didn't question Elliot either, which meant that no one had woken up and been looking for them. They headed down the street, he didn't exactly have a plan as to where they were going, as of now he was just heading for the boarder. Suddenly the window to the back seat rolled down and Olivia poked her head through. He turned and kissed her quickly on the lips and she kissed him back.

"Head for the lake, maybe we can find a boat to take us across the boarder." She said to him. That was a good idea, it would be easier to cross the boarder in a boat, a fishing boat probably, if those were still around. He nodded and then turned and smiled at her, it was easy driving now because there were no cars on the road. "Do we have anything to bribe them with? I find it hard to believe that anyone will smuggle us for free."

"We could give him the car." Monica suggested.

"Lets walk down that road when we come to it." Elliot said, "Right now we have to worry about getting to the lake." Monica nodded and so did Olivia. She kissed him again on the cheek and then sat back down and rolled the window up so no one could see them at the next check point. They were well on their way to freedom...the three of them...together.

End Part IX

(There will be a part 10 so just wait :-)