Close Calls

Summary: See ch1

Disclaimer: Not mine sadly

A/N: Well, here is yet another chapter, loved all the reviews, and I'm trying to keep it as in character as I can, sorry if its a little ooc, but I really am trying hard! Keep up the reviews, I love hearing from all of you! Great to see the returning viewers such as Mandi, and onetreehill, and tampsta as well as others, I love it!

Dead Ends

After chasing down computer trails, Olivia and Elliot finally had a solid lead as to where the computer that posted the video was located. They were on their way to a warehouse in the Bronx, silence filling the car.

They were stuck in rush hour traffic, and Olivia soon realized that she was going to have to cancel her date for the evening. It was already six, and the two hadn't even arrived at the warehouse.

She didn't want to give Elliot the satisfaction of hearing her break her date, so decided to wait until he was forced to pull over to gas up the Sedan.

As Elliot filled the car, Olivia made her way into the convenience store under the guise of needing coffee before continuing with their day. What Olivia thought would be one of the easiest days ever had turned into a long, drawn out one.

As she made her way from the car to the store she pulled out her cell, and dialed Kevin's office number.

"Hey Kev." She smiled into the phone after hearing him pick up. "It's Liv."

"I know it's you." Kevin answered. "What's up?"

"Well, I hate to do this, but, I think I'm gonna have to rain check on dinner." She sighed. "I'm so sorry, but it took us longer to locate the source of the video than we thought."

"Hey, don't worry about it. I know how unpredictable this job can be." He answered, understanding her situation.

"Thanks." She smiled. "I'll give you a call tomorrow."

"Okay, talk to you then." He answered. "Bye."

"Bye." Olivia said, and then hung up. She bought two cups of coffee, and returned to the car.

Elliot was pretty sure he knew what had kept her so long. While he was happy that they had to cancel for the evening, he hated seeing the disappointment on his partner's face.

Olivia handed Elliot his coffee, and got in the car without a word. She refused to give him the satisfaction.

"Thanks for the coffee." Elliot offered, attempting to make peace as he returned to the driver's seat.

"Oh, now you wanna be nice?" Olivia shot.

"Look, Liv, despite what you may think, I don't like seeing you unhappy." Elliot finally said as he pulled back onto the road.

"Then why can't you even be civil to the fact that Kevin and I are seeing each other?" She questioned, finally looking at him.

While he wished he could tell the truth, wished he could just say that it was because he loved her; that he wanted her; that he should be the one making her laugh, and holding her into the night; he knew he couldn't. Instead, he just offered a shrug.

"That's not an answer Stabler." Olivia said in a friendlier tone. "Why don't you like him?"

"Because he has you." He thought. "I don't not like him." He finally answered, not taking his eyes off the road. This was not a conversation he wanted to have.

"Oh bull." Olivia answered. "You can't stand him. You cringe every time he walks into a room."

Elliot had to think of something to tell her. He hated lying to her, but there was no other way to explain this. He hadn't realized she had picked up on his utter hatred for the man she cared so much about.

"Maybe it just bothers me that a Lieutenant thinks its okay to start a relationship with someone who was once under his command." He offered as an excuse.

Olivia was silent for a moment before responding. She didn't believe him. "Why the hell would that bother you?" She asked. "It's not like I'm still under his command. We didn't even really start talking until after I came back to SVU. Besides, wasn't it you who, not too long ago, was sleeping with a certain female detective in cold case?" She countered, referring to Elliot's last relationship.

"That was different Olivia." Elliot answered, looking at her for a moment. "Miranda was never my boss."

"Yeah, but you worked together on a case." She said, bringing up the fact that the two had met when she had assisted them on a case. "Look, I'm not trying to start another argument. Kevin's a good man. He cares about me, and treats me well. I just want you to try to like him." She said, almost pleading. "For me."

How could he say no to a plea like that? Especially when she looked up at him with those deep brown eyes that he just wanted to get lost in.

"Alright, I'll try." He finally said giving in. "But I'm not promising anything."

"Thank you." Olivia smiled before turning her head and looking back out her window.

After another 20 minutes in the car, Elliot and Olivia finally arrived at the warehouse. They were met with marked police cars for backup. After putting on their Kevlar vests, and un-holstering their weapons, they cautiously lead the way into the warehouse.

Olivia led one group one way, and Elliot led another the other.

Upon entering the first large room, Olivia's group discovered what looked like a set. It had a fake wall with fur rugs and pillows in front of it. Olivia immediately recognized it as the location the videos were set it. As she scanned the room she noticed what looked like empty pill bottles, and empty alcohol bottles. After examining the video they had assumed Anne had been drugged before being raped and filmed. At the other end of the room was a tripod set up for a video camera.

The second large room was separated by a wall. When Elliot entered it he discovered a computer. They people in Computer Crimes had assumed that the attackers had used a simple computer to create and edit the film on. It looked as if who ever had used this space to make the video had cleared out.

Olivia joined Elliot in the second room as he re-holstered his weapon. "Well, whoever was here, doesn't look like they're coming back." He sighed.

"Dammit." Olivia huffed. "Where do you think they took her?"

"Hell if I know." Elliot answered. "We'll take the computer back; maybe we'll get something off of it."

Back at the precinct the two filled Cragen, Munch, and Fin, (who had concluded their earlier case and were assigned to help on this one because it had become so high profile) in on the events of the day. The three of them gathered around an information board.

"So basically we're stuck?" Cragen sighed.

"We were able to track them to the warehouse, but then the trail stops." Olivia answered.

"The guys down in IT were able to tell us that the video was filmed three days ago, but we have no way of knowing when they abandoned the warehouse." Elliot offered.

"Do we even know if they were keeping our Vic in the warehouse?" Munch asked. "I mean, for all we know she's being held in a house somewhere, and they just brought her there to film."

"We're hoping to get something off the computer we found that will tell us that." Olivia answered, rubbing her tired eyes, and yawning.

"You guys get anything here?" Elliot asked.

"Nothing." Fin answered gruffly. "We showed pictures of the masked guys to people on campus, but no one could ID them; not really a shocker though."

"Even is those kids know who they are, the odds of them telling us are slim to none." Munch noted.

"Well, we have people sitting on the warehouse. Maybe they'll find something." Elliot offered.

Cragen noticed that all his detectives seemed exhausted. There was nothing more they could do that night, and he needed them to be on point in the morning.

"Those computer records won't be available until tomorrow, and I don't see anything more we can accomplish tonight. Why don't we call it quits for now, and start fresh in the morning." He sighed.

The detectives simply nodded their heads. They hated having to put a case on the back burner. The day may have been over for them, but they knew Anne was still somewhere, and still needed help. However, Cragen was right. There was nothing more they could do, and burning themselves out wasn't going to do anything about that.

The detectives gathered their belongings, and left the precinct for the night.

TBC...

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