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 8
A Book About My Life
The next day a much calm Olivia met Elliot in the lab. Morales had the videos of the Presbyterian emergency entrance and wanted to see if Olivia could identify someone in the video despite the ski mask.
- Good morning Olivia – Elliot said and gave her a cup of coffee. Olivia did not return the greeting, just took the cup and threw it in the trash before entering the lab. Elliot realized that Olivia would not be easy, but that was to be expected, after all it was Olivia he was dealing with.
- Good morning Detective Benson and ... Stabler - Morales said almost in shock when he saw Elliot with Olivia
- Ignore him Rubén and show me the videos - Olivia said authoritatively, Elliot said nothing, just greeted Morales with his hand
- Ok Olivia, here they are - Morales said and began to pass the videos on the screen
- Do you see something that you recognize, that looks familiar? - Elliot asked
- No and shut up that you deconcentrate me - Olivia said. Morales had never felt so uncomfortable and could not believe that Olivia was treating Elliot like that.
They had been there for more than two hours watching the videos when Olivia finally noticed something that she recognized in the video.
- Rubén take the picture and increase the boy on the right – Olivia said
- Ok, where? - Morales asked
- In the arm - Olivia said. When approaching it you could notice a tattoo with a crown shape with the initials LK inside it.
- That tattoo belongs to the Latin Kings, they took us to the Presbyterian - Olivia said surprised
- We have to go back to SVU and ask Alex for an order to investigate them – Elliot said
- Of course, captain obvious, although it is clear to you that they are not the bad guys of this movie – Olivia said
- Yes understood – Elliot said
In Elliot's car, silence had him crazy; he never believed that what people said that silence could be so loud, but at that moment he understood the famous phrase.
- Olivia we should go to lunch, you need to eat something – Elliot said breaking with silence
- No thanks, unless you want me to spit all the food in your face - Olivia said
- Olivia please enough - Elliot said
- I'll do it when you lose out of my sight - Olivia said and put the headphones on her cell ignoring Elliot
Upon arriving at SVU they went directly with Alex to ask for the order
- Good afternoon Alex, I want an order to check the house of the Latin Kings, they are the ones in the video of the hospital and I want to know how they knew where we were - Olivia said
- Olivia in that case they are the ones who rescued them not the kidnappers and I cannot ask for an order based on that, but you could talk to them - Alex said
- Well I'll do that - Olivia said and went out the door shutting her door
- And Elliot how is Olivia behaving? - Alex asked sarcastically
- You just saw the example, until now every time she speaks to me it is to insult me or humiliate me, at least she has not given me another slap yet - Elliot said
- Good luck, you really need it, although you know her better than anyone - Alex said
- Yes, I know - Elliot said and went to find Olivia. She was in one of the interrogation rooms, she had taken off her jacket and for the first time Elliot could see the bruises and cuts in her arms; he felt an incredible rage, he just wanted to kill the damn person who had done this to his Olivia.
- And now what do you want? - Olivia said from behind without seeing him
- How did you know it was me? - Elliot asked
- Nobody here is that masochist - Olivia said
- Ok, that's probably true; let's go it's late, I'll take you home - Elliot said
- No way, I'm going alone - Olivia said putting on her jacket
- Wow, you do not say over my dead body anymore, that's interesting - Elliot said
- Never ever say that in my presence again, good evening Elliot - Olivia said with eyes shining as if she was going to cry, immediately left the room. Elliot did not understand why a phrase she told him so often had almost made her cry, of course he did not know that were Nick's last words.
The next day Olivia and Elliot met at the SVU to go see the Latin Kings. They had saved Olivia so she believed they should know who was responsible for the murder and kidnapping. Elliot and Olivia arrived at the house on Riverdale Avenue looking for Antonio, but were received his girlfriend Gloria.
- Detective Benson, I'm glad to see you well, how do you feel? - Gloria asked
- Well thanks; where is Antonio, I want to see him - Olivia said
- Ok, I'll take you with him - Gloria said
Antonio was reunited with his boys when Elliot and Olivia entered. Everyone remained silent except Antonio
- Detective Benson I am very happy to see you and I see that you brought a new bodyguard, although you well know that I do not like this one much - Antonio said
- Yes, I'm also glad to see you Antonio - Elliot said sarcastically
- Antonio, can we have a word in private? it's very important - Olivia said
- Do not worry, he's not the one in trouble - Elliot said to Antonio's guys as he told them to leave the room. When everyone left Olivia sat down and started the round of questions
- Antonio, you and your group rescued me, I know, I recognized them in the hospital cameras, how did you know where I was? And even more important who had me? - Olivia asked
- Look, Detective Benson, I'm not a snitch, but in some cases when someone messes with my friends and my family then that rule does not apply. The women of the gangs talk and tell each other gossip. Gloria and the Latin Queens came to me with the story that they had Detective Amaro and you kidnapped in a warehouse in Harlem. I thought it was right to go and look for you guys because the reason you were in that problem was for looking Erika's killer; If you died the case died with you, I could not allow that, I would like to tell her mother that we have them and that justice was done as you told me on the day of the shooting, I really regret that I did not arrive in time to save Detective Amaro, he looked like a good man - Antonio said
- Yes, he was; but Antonio I want to know who had us? Who tortured us for 3 days ?, Who shot my partner? - Olivia asked desperately
- I'm sorry Detective Benson I do not know, I only saw the 2 men with masks, then many more appeared and we left, I could not tell who they work for, I saw the same thing you did - Antonio said. Olivia got up from the table without saying a word and left the room.
- Do not take it personally, she does that often lately - Elliot said
- I will not, I realized that she gets upset when things do not happen the way she wants - Antonio said. Elliot said goodbye and followed Olivia
Outside, Olivia met Gloria who seemed to be dying to tell her something important.
- Detectives leaving so soon? - Gloria asked
- Yes, your boyfriend was not very helpful, he says he does not know who kidnap us - Olivia said
- Detective Benson he may not know for sure, but he probably suspects it; Look, he sent Erika on a mission to infiltrate MS-13 with one of Tito's companions, Erika did it, I believe that in MS-13 they discovered her and they killed her and when Detective Amaro and you suspected they wanted to kill you to prevent Antonio from going after them; the night that Antonio rescued you he and the boys took this from one of the kidnappers, have it and please confirm what I am saying before Antonio does it, because he will not have mercy and will kill everyone - Gloria said giving him a police plaque, it seemed as if a weight had been lifted from him
- Why did not Antonio tell me anything about this? - Olivia asked surprised to see that it was Nick's badge, she covered it with a tissue and put it in his pocket
- I think because he feels guilty about the death of Erika and he really loved her and he loved her so much, they grew up together, it was like a sister to him – Gloria said
- I'm so sorry; Thank you for telling me the truth and giving me this, I will do what everything in my power to do justice for her and my partner - Olivia said. At that moment Elliot comes out and finds them talking.
- Everything okay? Are we leaving? - Elliot asked Olivia
- Yes (Olivia said to Elliot, then looked at Gloria and said) Thanks for everything, see you soon - she said and she and Elliot got into the car
- Olivia, something happened? What did Gloria tell you? - Elliot asked in the car to see the look of Olivia pensive towards the street
- Nothing - Olivia said turning to look at Elliot with indifference
-Don't lie to me, we were partners for 12 years, I know you, I know when you hide something, and I give you advice that you do not because I'm going to become your shadow, believe me I have the means to do it - Elliot said
- Yes, 12 years that obviously meant nothing to you. And you do not worry me stalker, I know very well how to escape from you - Olivia said
- That is not true, do not say things that I have not said. And you're not good at hiding, you're a creature of habits, you always go to the same Starbucks on the Upper West Side for your coffee and to SVU every day. You rarely get out of the routine, so it's easy to know where you are - Elliot said
- How do you know all that? How do you know I move from Tribecca? Are you spying on me? - Olivia said upset and surprised at the same time
- No. I live a block from your building, I see you all the time, apart from knowing you - Elliot said
- What? Elliot, you and your family live in Queens, now you guys moved to the Upper West Side? - Olivia asked
- No, just me, Kathy and I got divorced last year and I moved; she and the children stayed in Queens - Elliot said
- I'm sorry - Olivia said still surprised
- I did not, it was mutual, she could not stand me, I was friendly, and we have shared custody - Elliot said
- In that case I'm happy for you, I'm really glad that everything in your life is excellent - Olivia said sarcastically
- Not everything - Elliot said looking at Olivia
- Well you wanted it that way - Olivia said
- I made a mistake, I thought I was doing the best for you, I'm sorry - Elliot said
- Elliot, I do not want to talk about us, so we better talk about what Gloria told me - Olivia said
- Then I was right, she told you something important - Elliot said
- Yes, congratulations, you could write a book about my life, because you know things about me that I do not know myself - Olivia said
- If we go to the case you too - Elliot said
- Not true, I thought I knew you, but you showed me how wrong I was - Olivia said
- Olivia that's not true, otherwise we would not be here together at this time - Elliot said
- Enough, I told you I did not want to talk about this anymore - Olivia said upset
- Ok, tell me what Gloria told you - Elliot said noticing that he had already taken the conversation with Olivia to the limit.
Olivia told Elliot everything Gloria had said about Erika, Antonio and the MS-13 and showed her the Amaro badge
- We have to take that to the lab, maybe that will point to MS - 13 and we can get an order – Elliot said
- Okay let's go - Olivia said
In the lab they spent all afternoon testing Amaro's badge, Olivia and Elliot waited anxiously for something to appear.
- We could not make a trace of the badge, but we found a white powder that turned out to be cocaine, we compared it and its composition was identical to one with which members of MS - 13 were caught up a few months ago - the lab technician said
- Excellent, thank you, that will give us an order - Olivia said with a smile at last.
- It's late, I'll take you home and tomorrow we'll ask Alex for the order first thing in the morning, I will not accept a no for answer - Elliot said
- Ok - Olivia said and it was the only thing she said for the rest of the night