Chapter two: Officer Down

Elliot and Olivia stayed late that night, filling out their 5's, and making sure to have them on Cragens desk by morning. Olivia poured another cup of coffee. Sighing as the liquid hit her throat. "Nothing like a good cup of Joe, to keep the criminals at bay" She said, jokingly. Elliot rolled his eyes at his partner, and then smiled at her.

"I wish all it took was coffee. Shit, we'd be the most successful detectives in the world." He said, back. She laughed, and got back to work. An hour or so later, Kathy walked into the squad room. "Elliot!" She said, in relief, running towards her husband. She hugged him, the moment she was close enough. "Are you okay!?" She asked, him, placing her hand on his face. And checking him for any bodily harm.

"I'm fine, Kath. Everything is Okay. It wasn't to bad, Liv had it under control." He said, with a faint smile to his wife. Olivia gave a slight nod, continuing to work on her computer.

"Oh yeah, well.. Thank you, Olivia." She said, to the brunette. Olivia smiled, "He's my partner, it's my job." She said, simply. Olivia didn't dislike Kathy, my any means. She just thought her to be, a bit over dramatic at times. And every once in a while, she hated the way the woman treated Elliot. A lot of the times, his outbursts, were caused by stress induced at home. But it wasn't her place. So she never really intervened.

"You should go, El. Go spend time with your family." She said, looking at Kathy, who gave her a weird look. "You could've been hurt today, and luckily you weren't so go spend time with them. I'll put your fives on Cragens desk." She said, walking the couple out of the squad room. It was Elliot's turn to give her a weird look. "You sure? I don't want to leave you here to do all the work." He said, placing his hand on his Partners shoulder. "Absolutely, Go Elliot." She said, this earned her an appreciative smile from Kathy. "I'll meet you at home, Elliot, I've got to talk to Liv for a while." She said, watching her husband yawn as he walked towards the elevator.

"Coffee?" She asked the blonde, as she made her back towards hers and Elliot's desks.

"I'd love some. Thanks." She said, sitting on the end of Elliot's desk.

"So, Liv… I wanted to thank you…" She said, to the brunette. Olivia raised her brow, now she was listening. "For what?" She asked, handing Kathy a cup of coffee.

"For convincing Elliot to come back home." She said. But Olivia could tell there more to it than what was being said.

"Uh, that was his decision… I did tell him 'Family, is important' But, that's all really…" She said, taking her seat. Kathy smiled anyways, "I know you hear a lot about me, from him, and how horrible I've always sounded… But I really do love him" She stated. Olivia was confused, she had never second guessed Elliot's marriage. But why had Kathy felt the need to validate it to Olivia? "I know, that Kathy. And No, Elliot doesn't really involve marriage into his work life." She lied, he didn't need anymore stress on top of what he already had. Kathy gave a confused look. "Really?" She asked, the brunette. "Really. We have other things to worry about, here. You know? Not relationships." She stated, halfway honest. Kathy seemed satisfied, and stood up. "Oh… Okay. Well, thank you again, Olivia." She said, grabbing her coat. Kathy went to take her leave from the squad room. "Kathy, is that the real reason why you wanted to talk to me?" She asked her Partners wife. And Kathy sighed, "Olivia… I signed the divorce papers." She finally said. It made Olivia's eyes widen. "So, then why'd you ask me if he talks about you?" She asked, Olivia was baffled. "Because, I needed the proof for myself, that he really has moved on." Olivia just slowly nodded, as the woman got onto the elevator. "Okay…" She whispered, But it was mostly for clarity.

Elliot was on the highway, heading back to Queen's. He was tired, and just wanted to shower and go to sleep. But he knew that once he got home, he'd be in trouble for something or other.

He couldn't help but wonder what on earth Kathy was telling his partner. It made him worry. He knew his Wife never really liked his partner all that much, but why would she ask Elliot to leave?

It left a sour taste in his mouth.

Elliot made it home, an hour later. After showering, and cleaning up the kitchen, he went to get ready for bed. His wife still wasn't home, yet. He finally decided to call her. "You've reached Kathy, leave a message," The voicemail, sounded. He sighed "Hey Kath, it's me. Call me back." He shook his head, setting his phone down on the nightstand. And laid down. She'd back soon. But how could a conversation with Olivia take 2 hours? He tossed and turned for a while. Finally when he realized he wasn't going to sleep without finding out where his wife was, he called Olivia. "Hello?" He heard her voice, it was scratchy, and tired. "Hey Liv. Is Kathy still there?" He asked, "Uhh, No… She left like 2 hours ago." She said, looking at the clock on the wall inside of the bullpen.

Olivia finally realized what Elliot had asked, and it made her sit up from the cot she had been asleep on "Wait, do you mean she's not home?" Olivia asked her partner.

"No, she isn't… She isn't answering the phone either." Olivia stood up, and made her way to the computers. "Oh… Uh, I figured she'd be going right home…" Olivia said, still trying to wake herself up completely.

"What… What did she tell you Olivia?" He finally asked, he didn't know if he truly wanted the answer to that. But he figured it could piece together, where she would be.

"She just said, she signed the papers, El." Olivia said, with a frown. She didn't like being the messenger. And she really didn't like getting between the husband and wife, Duo. It never ended well.

"Oh… Well then I know exactly where she is…" Elliot stated, she could hear the relief in his voice. But it wasn't because he knew now where Kathy was. But more so, because he had waited so long for her to make up her mind. On whether or not she wanted, a divorce.

"Uh, do you want me to go check and see if she's alright?" Olivia finally asked, as the line had gone silent after a few seconds. "No. You go back to sleep, you need to rest. And I've got to stay here with my kids. I'll see you in the morning, Goodnight, Liv. And hey, go home…" He added to the end, it made her smile.

But she couldn't. She had to finish her paperwork, and now she was worried about Kathy's whereabouts herself.

But again, that didn't concern her. So she went right back into the bullpen, and fell asleep.

Olivia was in a deep sleep, when she heard her phone going off.

"Benson" She said, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "Liv!? Can you come get us!? Mom came home plastered, and she started fighting with dad, and it sounds serious..." Dickie asked, she could hear in his voice he was getting angry. And he sounded scared. She heard Eli crying in the background, and Lizzie trying to calm the baby down.

"Yeah honey, hang tight, I'm on my way." She said, grabbing her coat and keys. She heard the phone click, indicating he'd hung up. Before she knew it, she was on the highway to Queens.

Olivia made it to Elliot's house about 30 minutes later. And she got out of the car, running to the door. She could hear the yelling from outside, and she didn't think twice before opening the door, Lizzie was stood on the other side, as she watched Olivia make her way inside. "Hey Guys." She said, to the three Stabler kids, in front of her.

"OLIVIA!" Lizzie exclaimed, running towards the woman. "Hey! Where are your parents? Is everything okay?" She asked, looking at both kids. She noticed Eli was still crying, and Lizzie had tear tracks down her face.

"We're fine, Liv. But, they're upstairs. I keep hearing stuff break and… I'm scared, they've never fought this bad before…I tried to go inside, but mom kept yelling at me" Lizzie stated, finally letting go of the woman. Olivia nodded, and told her to sit down. She could hear Kathy screaming, but she couldn't hear Elliot. Which scared her, because she thought he'd be the one yelling.

"I'm going to call, Fin. And he's going to come get you guys, or sit with you guys until I figure out what's happening okay?" Lizzie nodded, and looked at Olivia, tears welling up in her eyes.

"I didn't know what else to do Liv… Elizabeth was scared, and Eli wouldn't stop crying…" Dickie said. She knew the kids were 16, but they were still babies to her… And she saw just how afraid they were at this moment. She dialed Fin's number. It rang twice. "Hey Liv, what's up?" He asked, she knew she had woken him up. "Hey Fin, Dickie called me, and asked me to come get them, apparently Kathy came home drunk, and started fighting with him. And they heard glass shattering, and it's not looking so great… Uh, do you think you could come take the kids, or sit with them?" She asked, finally getting to the point. He was awake now, and he sighed softly.

"Yeah Liv, I'm on my way." He said, before he heard the click. He could hear the commotion on the other line, and he sighed rubbing his face. "One day, I'll sleep…" He said to himself. And made his way to his friends rescue.

Olivia told the kids to stay where they were. She knew they were afraid, but she didn't need them in the way, and risking them getting hurt. She didn't even know, Kathy got drunk. So, she had no idea what she was going to walk into. She looked at the kids once more, and handed them a blanket. "Go wait outside, for Detective Tutuola." She said, "Don't come inside, until I say so, okay?" She told the teens. They nodded, Olivia took a deep breath, she watched them walk outside. And, then she made her way towards the stairs, that's when she heard it, a gunshot.

Olivia grabbed her phone, and dialed dispatch, "SHOTS FIRED, AT 72-12 Castleside Street, Glen Oaks, Queens." She stated loudly, and ran up the stairs. She pulled her gun from it's holster, and made it towards their room.

Fin was about halfway there, when he heard the dispatch call go through, and he flipped on his sirens, calling Munch and Cragen. Tonight was going to be a LONG night.

He arrived, right before the rest of the police units did, and he ran to the kids.

"Dickie, Lizzie, Eli!" Fin yelled, as he approached them. They had heard the gunshot, and Lizzie was now sobbing. Eli was still screaming. And Dickie, he just looked angry.

"I have to go back inside, my parents are in there!" Dickie said, handing the baby to Lizzie. "NOOO! Dickie!" Lizzie yelled at him. "You're not going in there, I can't let you do that, kiddo." He said, walking them to the Sedan, and making sure they were inside, before walking over to speak to a uniformed officer.

"You watch them, DO NOT LET THEM LEAVE THE CAR," Fin said, sternly.

As he ran inside.

Olivia bust through the bedroom door, Elliot was on the floor holding his chest. And Kathy was standing above him, shaking. She had tears coming from her eyes.

Olivia spoke into her phone once more, "We need a bus! OFFICER DOWN!"

"KATHY DROP THE GUN!" Olivia yelled, catching the blondes attention.

"Olivia! What… What are you doing here!?" She asked, and Olivia sighed, "Your kids called me, told me you guys were fighting." She said, looking at the blonde, Olivia couldn't smell the booze, and Kathy didn't seem drunk. "Elliot are you okay?" She asked her partner.

"Yeah, get the kids out of here…" He said, "Elliot, the kids are outside with Fin, just keep holding pressure to it." She said, Kathy had the gun still, it wasn't pointed at anyone. But it was in her hands. It was enough for Olivia to keep hers raised.

Fin ran in behind her, "What the hell!? Stabler, EMS are downstairs man! Hang in there!" He said, applying pressure to the wound, in Elliot's chest.

Kathy was sobbing, what had she done?

Olivia finally had enough, "DROP THE WEAPON!" She yelled, and Kathy complied. Dropping the gun on the floor. Olivia re-holstered her own weapon, and kicked the one on the ground to Fin. Olivia pulled out her cuffs, and put them around Kathy's wrists.

"Kathy Stabler, You're arrest. You have the right to remain silent, anything…." Her voice faded as she walked her down the stairs and outside.

Fin was helping the Paramedics load Elliot up onto the gurney.

"What the hell happened man?" He asked Elliot. "She-She, came home and told she signed the divorce papers. And i told her… I told her I already knew… And she got angry. She started screaming at me, and telling me i was GARBAGE for not fighting for her… And… I…" Elliot was starting to have trouble breathing. And the paramedics, rushed him outside. "Stabler, Stay with me, man!" He said, hitting Elliot's hand. Olivia had passed Kathy off to Munch, and ran over towards the gurney.

"I'll ride, meet us there!" She yelled, jumping into the back of the Ambulance. "Elliot stay with me! Come on, we'll be there soon… Stay with me now…" She said, squeezing his hand. She had tears falling down her face, and she felt like she was about to explode.

"Elliot, hey… Honey, look at me." She said, trying to make him focus on her. He grabbed her hand tight, squeezing it back.

"Liv… I can't…" And that was all she heard before the Paramedic started administering CPR, And yelling at the other Paramedic to administer medication.

Thank you for reading, I hope you've enjoyed so far. It's been so long, since I last published an actual story. And I lost access to my old account. So, this is new for me. This website has changed quite a bit.

What happens to Elliot? Does Kathy go to prison? And How are the kids with all of this? Find out next chapter :)