Elliot quickly reread the letter, his bad feeling not leaving him and suddenly, something clicked in his head. He quickly got up and turned the 24/7 news on. He wanted to be sure he didn't miss something important. Like… apocalypse maybe? It was 3am when Elliot fell asleep in his couch, and when he woke up 3 hours later the news were still on. During his short night, he had all sorts of strange dreams. Olivia protesting in a street screaming "Stop torturing animals!". Olivia chained to a tree. Olivia beaten by a cop and screaming "Elliot! Help me!". That last nightmare was the one that woke him up. As he got cleaned and took a quick breakfast, he couldn't keep the thoughts about Olivia out of his mind. Was she in danger right now? Will the "big thing" happen soon? Did it already happen? One part of him wanted it to happen soon because the sooner it is, the sooner Olivia would come back. The other part of him didn't want Olivia to be in danger and hoped that nothing would happen at all. But if nothing happens, it means Olivia will have to wait until the next opportunity to catch the big bad wolf. And God knows when this next opportunity will be.

When Elliot entered the squad room, Dani was already working at her desk. No. At Olivia's desk. When she saw him approaching, she smiled at him and greeted him with an enthusiastic "Hi Elliot!" But Elliot just ignored her. He didn't want her here and he wanted to make sure that she knew she's not welcome. Elliot just sat without even looking at her, turned his computer on and opened his emails. He felt Dani watching him but kept ignoring her until she finally spoke to him.

"You know, I thought I could go to the hospital and talk to our vic. She wasn't feeling well yesterday. She was worried about the lineup. You wanna come with me and talk to her?" Dani asked tentatively.

"No" Elliot answered coldly. Dani sighed, grabbed her coat and left. She knew she was Elliot's fifth partner in a short time and she could tell he was distant with her. She thought he didn't want to waste time to get to know someone who would leave him after a few days, like the other did. How wrong she was. She didn't know he actually wanted her to leave, just like the other did.

About one hour later, Dani was still not back. Elliot was working on a DD5 that Cragen kept asking while Munch and Fin were working a case. They were brainstorming to find a new lead on their case when Elliot interrupted them.

"Hey guys. Do you know if something important happened in Oregon lately?" Elliot asked.

"Important? Like what?" Munch wondered. He looked at Elliot, frowning like he wondered how he could come with a crazy idea like something happening in Oregon.

"I don't know. Just… something important enough to be on the news."

Like he read his partner's thoughts, Fin answered "Nothing ever happens in Oregon anyway".

"Well I don't know about Oregon" Munch added "but I heard Seattle wants to create a new professional hockey team". Fin raised an eyebrow at him. "What? I like watching hockey. I keep informed".

"Why do you ask that Elliot?" Fin asked, curious.

Elliot shrugged and went back to his DD5.

Meanwhile in Medford, Oregon

Olivia was in the refectory chatting with her new friends. Sometimes she wondered how Hope got involved with such a group. Of course she had strong convictions about environment but she was such a sweet person that Olivia couldn't believe she was ready to kill for the cause.

"…and then I saw him throw an empty can on the ground. I stopped and I yelled at him 'Hey, can't you move your ass and walk ten feet to throw it in the bin?' And you know what he did? He laughed at me! He replied something like 'You can pick it up if you want. But if you're only looking for a reason to get on your fours, just ask me babe'. The prick!"

"Sexual harassment" Olivia mumbled under her breath.

"What did you say?" Hope asked.

"Uh, nothing. Just thinking out loud" Olivia shrugged off.

"You know you're a very strange girl Persephone" T-Bone teased as he stole one of her fries.

"Oh shut up" Olivia said elbowing him gently.

She didn't hear the footsteps approaching and jumped when she heard Jeff's voice on her back. Jeff was the leader of the group and he usually didn't join them for dinner. He spent almost all his days in his office, looking for a new battle to lead. When Olivia joined the group, she did her best to approach him. The feds wanted her to get as much information as possible and the best way to get them was to stay close to the source. So she quickly started flirting with him, playing the naïve admiring girl to boost his ego and it looked like he appreciated that.

"Persephone, we need to talk" he said with a very serious tone. The conversation at Olivia's table stopped as she left the table to follow him, and she could feel their eyes on her back.

"Sure, what's going on?" she asked, trying to hide her apprehension as Jeff grabbed her arm and led her to a corner of the refectory, out of earshot.

"After Tuesday's briefing, someone saw you leaving the building" Jeff informed her. He didn't look happy at all.

"Someone? You mean Dereck?" Olivia scanned the room until she found him at a table with his friends. He was watching her and Jeff. When his naughty eyes met hers, he grinned at her. Dereck was a hefty guy who kept hanging around her since she came in. He tried a move on her not 3 days after she joined the group but she rejected him. Since that day, he had been nothing but mean towards her and the hostility between those two was palpable.

"Where have you been? You know you're not supposed to leave the building. Certainly not now, certainly not alone, and certainly not with an envelope."

Shit. Dereck saw the envelope. "Can't you ask your dog to stop following me?" Olivia asked as she felt the anger growing. She was sick of Dereck and she didn't want her cover to blow because of this guy. One day, he followed her in a coffee shop and saw her chatting with agent Porter. When he confronted her about the suit, she told him he was her lawyer. She never came that close to blow her cover and the next time she met Porter, she had no choice but to do it in a lawyer office.

"Answer my question. Where have you been?" Jeff asked again raising his voice.

"Alright. I wrote to my boyfriend". The lie came so easily that Olivia surprised herself.

"You never told me you had a boyfriend".

"You never asked" she provoked. She knew Jeff wouldn't be very happy about her having a boyfriend but she also knew he wouldn't confront her about it. After all, they were just flirting. It's not like they were dating.

Jeff made one more step toward her and they were so close that their foreheads were almost touching. But Olivia stood still and didn't blink. Jeff cupped her cheeks and murmured in her ear "If you double-cross us, I can tell you, you won't like what will happen to you". He looked at her in the eyes, smiled at her and added "What a waste it would be" before placing a soft kiss on her lips. He backed up, and gave her a last warning look as he left the refectory.

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That's it for now. Chapter 3 coming in a few days :)