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Chapter 9
"What do you guys need?" The security officer at the hospital asked. He'd been called to the nurses' desk when Olivia and Elliot flashed their badges and explained the situation.
"I'm Detective Stabler and my partner is Detective Benson. We need to see your tapes for the entrance where the injured young man was dumped off," Elliot flashed his badge.
"You got it. I'm Nick, by the way," the man smiled and the indicated they should head for the elevator. Once inside Nick asked,
"Is he going to be ok?"
"The doctors are working on it. He's got broken bones and some internal bleeding," Olivia frowned.
"I hope the tapes help you catch the guys that did that," the security officer shook his head.
"Did you see it?" Elliot wanted to know.
"We were just changing shifts and that means meeting the guy I'm replacing in the video room. We go over what happened during his shift and then usually I sit down and watch the monitors. He was showing me that one of the lights in the parking lot was malfunctioning and that's when we watched the car pull up and throw that poor guy out onto the pavement. I called it in while Bobby called for all available officers to respond," Nick explained.
"Did Bobby hang around?" Olivia wondered as the exited the elevator. They moved down the hall to a door marked "Security".
"He spoke to the patrol officers that showed up but I don't know if he's still here," the man said as he unlocked the office and let them in. They took the seats he offered them and then worked on cuing up the time frame they were looking for.
"Here we go," Nick said. He played it for them and Olivia cringed. Ken was a good young man and she wasn't sure what happened to get him into trouble but something in the back of her head wondered if this was a way to show the team that they were being watched.
"Ok a late model sedan and we have a partial plate," Elliot said as Nick froze the picture so they could look at the image.
"Could be a solid lead. Call it in and then we better go check on Fin," Olivia told him.
"Agreed," her partner nodded.
"You guys want me to make a copy for you?" Nick asked.
"Yes, we might need it for trial," Elliot said.
"All righty. I hope you catch these guys," the security officer told them as he quickly spun a DVD copy of the video in the computer.
"The sooner, the better," Olivia involuntarily shivered. Her mind was running wild about how this all fit in to what was going on. Then her cell phone rang and she practically jumped out of her skin. Elliot saw how on edge she was. He wished he could say or do something to make her feel better but he knew that none of them would be safe until the bastards were caught.
"Thanks Cap," with that she hung up. He knew that look.
"What is it?" Elliot asked.
"We know who the bastards are who dropped Ken off at the front door. They just had a message delivered to the Captain," Olivia swallowed.
"What did it say?" Her partner wanted to know.
"It said "Do I have your attention now?"," again she swallowed.
"Son of a bitch," Elliot clenched his fists.
To Be Continued…