Semper Fidelis (English)

by Rosi Meloni Duchovny

Olivia tries to get used to her life without Stabler and tries to work with Amaro. But a case leads her to the edge of madness and her friends ask for help to the only person they think can help her. The problem is, Will Olivia want the help?, especially coming from him? BENSLER FOREVER. Classified M for the last chapter.

6. The Return of Stabler

All the characters of Law & Order SVU belong to Dick Wolf and NBC Universal.

Note: The gangs show in this fic I saw in a NatGeo documentary. I found it super interesting. Although I think I soften them a bit, on TV they paint them much worse hahaha.

Chapter 6

The Return of Stabler

John desperate showed up at the house of the only person who he thought could help Olivia, Elliot. He arrive at the house in Queens and knock on the door; Kathleen Stabler, Elliot's 20-year-old daughter opened the door, John knew her since she was a child.

- Uncle John, what a pleasure it is to see you, what brings you here? - Kathleen asked giving him a hug

- Hello sweetie, I want to talk to your father, is he here right now? - John asked

- No, my dad does not live here anymore. He and mom finally divorced last year and he moved to an apartment in Manhattan – Kathleen said

- Well could you give me his address because it is very important and urgent that I talk to him – John said

- Of course, uncle John, he lives at 61 West 62nd Street in the Upper West Side – Kathleen said

- Thank you dear, you say hi to your brothers for me – John said

- You're welcome, gladly, see you soon – Kathleen said and went back into the house

John went quickly to Elliot's apartment, laughing when he realized how close he lived to Olivia, from whom he supposedly wanted to be away. He went up to the apartment and knocked on the door, Elliot opened it and was shocked.

- Well you're not the Chinese food deliveryman – Elliot said

- No, and anyway it's not healthy to eat so much Chinese food - John said

- Right, come here – Elliot said letting John into the apartment. This one was big, all beige and brown with a large room and a very modern kitchen; John thought it was crazy considering Elliot did not cook. The view was beautiful, typical of the Upper West Side.

- John can I offer you something? Coffee, tea, water, beer? - Elliot asked as John sat on the sofa

- Coffee is fine - John said and Elliot brought him coffee and sat in the chair in front of the

- Well John so long without seeing you, what brings you here and by the way, how do you know I was here? – Elliot said

- I went to Queens, Kathleen told me that you lived here, by the way, I'm sorry that everything ended with Kathy – John said

- The truth is I am happy, as friends we are very well, as a couple or she kills me or I kill her – Elliot said laughing

- I'm happy for you then - John said

- Well, John, you still do not tell me why you're here – Elliot said

- I'm here to talk about your favorite topic, Olivia – John said. At that moment all the expression and posture of Elliot change and step from being cheerful to worried

- What happened to Olivia? What did they do to her? - Elliot said altered

- Nothing worse than what you did to her if we go to the case - John shout

- I did not do anything to her, she seems to be fine without me, always accompanied by the idiot that with black hair and brown eyes - Elliot said indifferently, showing his jealousy towards Amaro

- I knew it, you moved here to harass her, you live two blocks from her, sure you see her when she goes to Starbucks for her coffee; this is sick Elliot, you're crazy like her - John said startled

- I do not harass her, I've only seen her when she walks around, it's not the same and she's not crazy that I know of and I'm not crazy either – Elliot said

- I differ from that, especially say it for her, that's why I'm here, you're the only human being on earth I know who is able to control her and make her see reason. Olivia has not been herself since you left, she has acted erratically and it seems she lost her mind; now everything is worse; 3 weeks ago she and her partner Amaro took a case that was involved in a gang war, Olivia and Amaro got involved with them, about 10 days ago both were kidnapped, I do not know what happened, all I know is that one of those gangs rescued Olivia, unfortunately they had already killed Amaro. You know her, she thirsty for revenge and she will kill anyone who is slightly involved in Amaro's death. Also, I think she's scared, she seems nervous and anxious. I think she needs you, and if you ever care or wanted her please go and talk to her, that's all I ask of you - John said

- God, I'm so sorry; although I tell you something John, I do not think she wants to hear a word of what I say - Elliot said sadly in his voice

- At least try it because we do not know what to do – John said

- I'll try; who is assigned the case of Detective Amaro? - Elliot asked

- For now, the SVU is the one who works on that and Olivia acts as the lunatic boss. Well I have to go, I'm glad you're fine, nice apartment and I hope to see you soon - John said

- I hope I can do something, thanks for coming and come back whenever you want - Elliot said and took John to the door

- I'll do it, with a few beers and we'll see football on the giant screen, see you later - John said laughing

- Excellent plan, I wait for you - said Elliot and John left

Immediately after Elliot called his boss in Quantico and asked to be temporarily reassigned to the case of the murder of Detective Amaro. Agent Ryan had no problem and gave him permission.

The next morning SVU Olivia was in the conference room answering some questions to Amanda, Fin and some members of internal affairs

- Do you know if the kidnappers kept something from you? - Detective Ortiz of internal affairs asked

- Yes, I've already told you about thirty thousand times; they have my gun and Nick's, our badges and my necklace that has a miniature of a badge – Olivia said

- Ok that's good because it's something that is not common, is it the miniature of your badge? - Detective Krausse of Internal Affairs asked

- No, it's the miniature of the badge of my former partner, the number is 6313 and has Semper Fi engraved behind – Olivia said

- Excellent, when we have a specific gang to blame these are the objects that we should look for - detective Ortiz said

- Seriously? Do not tell me - Olivia said sarcastically and got up from the chair and left

- Do not take it wrong, she acts like that lately, it's not personal – Fin said

- I imagine, I understand, the woman is living a hell, I do not blame her - detective Ortiz said

That same afternoon Elliot appeared in the SVU. When he arrived at Cragen's office and explained that he would work on the case. Cragen had already been warned by agent Ryan, but he was still very surprised to see Elliot.

When both left the office and everyone in SVU saw Elliot, all were surprised and at the same time happy to see him. Olivia on the other hand did not seem at all happy to see him and was not afraid to show her feelings as she left the room and went to the conference room without even saying hello.