Bit of an action chapter this one. Still find it really hard to write fight scenes.

Chapter 8

The RV finally came to a stop lying across the road.

Amanda groaned and reached for the key turning off the engine. "Nick," she said looking up to where Nick was hanging from his seatbelt in the passenger side.

"I…. I'm okay," he groaned moving his arms and legs, making sure nothing was broken. "You okay?" he asked her.

"Well we are talking so I'm not dead," she groaned. "Olivia… Stabler," she called quietly into the back. "Can you see back there?" she asked Nick.

"No," he said trying to turn around.

They both heard the sound of the bikes stopping and the engines being turned off.

"Fuck me!" they heard someone yelling. "That was fucking awesome," he laughed.

"Just get up there and check none of them assholes are still alive, and if they are kill them. I will keep watch."

"Even if that traitor is in there and still alive?"

"No if he is in there and alive drag him out here I want to have some fun with him first."

"What about the women?"

The second man sighed. "Fine, if their alive shoot them in the leg so they can't move, fuck them then kill them."

"Shit yes!" he shouted moving closer to the front of the RV.

"Shit!" said Amanda trying to get her seatbelt off.

"Stay still," Nick whispered. "Just stay fucking still."

Amanda closed her eyes and went as limp as she could, as Nick done the same. They could hear footsteps outside the front on the broken glass.

"Well?" the voice further away asked him.

"The two in the front are either dead of knocked out," he told him.

"And the others, there must be at least three in there if not more."

"Hang on I can't see proper cause of the glass."

Amanda jumped slightly as he began to kick in the remainder of the broken glass. She opened her eyes slightly and saw him bending over looking into the RV.

"Well?" asked the second guy.

"I can't see mu…"

Amanda and Nicked both jumped as there was a bang and the back of the man's head exploded as the bullet hit him.

"Tommy! Tommy! You okay," yelled the man keeping watch.

"No he fucking isn't!" yelled Elliot. "And neither will you be Mick," Elliot threatened him.

"You're a dead man Joe" he yelled using Elliot's undercover name. "A fucking dead man."

Elliot looked over at Olivia who was looking at him wide eyes blood trickling down her face.

"Stay back here," he whispered. She shook her head.

"For once Benson, do as I ask," he smiled. "And keep a watch to the front," he told her, as he slowly and quietly made his way to the back of the RV careful not to fall over the wrecked furniture. He forced open the bedroom door and knelt down next to the skylight in the roof that was now the side of the RV. He slowly pulled the lever and opened the hatch a little and looked through the gap.

He spotted Mick standing next to the front wheels his weapon drawn.

"You might as well come out now and give yourself up!" he shouted into RV. "The rest of the guys will be on their way soon.

Elliot pushed the hatch open a little more and took aim pulling the trigger hitting Mick in the back. He dropped to the ground screaming in agony from the bullet wound. Elliot kicked the hatch fully out and crawled out and stood up walking slowly towards Mick, his weapon still pointing towards him.

He used his foot to roll Mick over onto his back and stared down at him.

"How did you find us?" Elliot asked him.

"Fuck you," he spluttered.

"You would like that wouldn't you," said Elliot aiming his gun down at Mick's head. "I saw the way you were with the young boys … it made me sick, everything about you guys made me sick. Now who told you the route we were taking?" he asked again crouching down and pressing the gun to his head.

"You may….. As well …..Kill me," he coughed blood spitting from his mouth. "Cause….Cause I won't tell you shit."

"Fine," said Elliot pulling the trigger and standing up.

He turned around and saw Nick watching him as Amanda and Olivia crawled out the front window of the RV.

"Killing people comes really easy to you, doesn't it?" said Nick.

"No….Killing those bastards to keep the people I care about alive, comes easy to me."

"He wasn't armed, he was dying anyway, you didn't need to shoot him in the head."

Elliot stepped forward almost nose to nose with Nick. "And what would have happened if I had left him and the gang found him, and he then told them everything. What you look like, how many of us there was and which direction we took off in."

Nick just stared at him.

"You don't let animals like this live. You take them out and move on."

"Yeah well I'm not you," said Nick his face getting closer to Elliot's.

Elliot smirked. "Well thank fuck for that, cause if you were we would all be dead by now," he said his eyes fixed on Nicks daring him to say something else.

"El," said Olivia putting her hand on Elliot's arms."We should get out of here."

"Yeah," said Elliot stepping back and facing her. "You sure your okay?" he asked her, reaching up and lightly touching the cut on her head wiping away the blood.

"I will be fine, just a few cuts and bruises, I've had worse."

"Amanda, you okay?" he asked her.

"Yeah I'm good, but Liv's right we should get out of here. Let's grab what we can carry from inside the RV," she said.

"I will grab some stuff you guys stay out here," said Olivia.

Elliot walked over to the two bikes belonging to the bikers. "Can you ride?" he asked looking at Nick.

Nick shook his head. "No."

"Well there's a surprise," he sighed.

"I can," said Amanda walking towards one of the bikes. "He can ride with me," she said climbing on.

"Which way we going to go?" Olivia asked as she came back carry a couple of day sacks and handed one to Nick. After they climbed on the bike she looked at the map.

"Back the way we came, find a road to bypass the truck stop in case they left some guys there. Then I think we should head south a bit before picking a route east. Get as far away from the route we were taking," he said looking over at Amanda and Nick.

"I still don't get how they knew the route we taking," said Olivia.

"Yeah me either," said Elliot his eyes fixed on Nick who kept his eyes fixed to the ground.

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Elliot pulled off the road and onto a track before stopping and waited for Amanda to pull up next to him.

"How much gas you got left?" he asked her.

"About quarter of a tank."

"Yeah me too, I think we should look for somewhere to rest up for the night. Driving an RV all night is one thing, but not bikes."

"Sounds good to me, it's been a while since I rode this long," she told him as Olivia looked down at the map.

Before they had left the RV they stopped and checked the three bikers that had crashed. Two were dead one from the crashes the other was dead before they drove off. Elliot had taken all their guns and smashed up their cell phones and their bikes.

They had passed by the truck stop over 2 hours ago and it had been about a half hour after that they had started heading east again. So far they had only past a few cars and trucks as they kept changing roads as much as they could. They really were off the main routes.

"I think we should keep going on the road we were on and just hope we past a small motel," said Olivia.

"Well I guess we go till we either run out of gas, find somewhere to rest or find a gas station," said Elliot turning the bike around. He waited for Amanda before they set off back on the road.

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"Thank god for that," said Olivia flopping down on the bed. "I thought we were going to have to spend the night outside.

They had driven for about half an hour before they came upon the Motel and small bar and restaurant. They hid the bikes around the back and Olivia and Amanda went and booked two rooms for them.

There were no other cars or bikes parked out the front and the old women who checked them in said they were the first guests for almost a week. That they only normally got fisherman and hunters staying.

Olivia had called Don, and told him what had happened, and that they would call tomorrow and arrange somewhere to meet up. She could tell Don was worried about how the bikers found them. He said he would call Dana and ask her to look into it. Olivia kept to herself what Elliot had said about Nick and Amanda.

"Come on," said Elliot grabbing her hand and pulling her up from the bed. "Let's go and get something to eat and have a drink," he smiled at her.

"You think that's wise?"

"We will sit by the window to keep a look out. I'm starving and could really do with just relaxing even if it's just for an hour," he said pulling her into his arms. He was just about to kiss her when there was a knock on the door.

"Hold that thought," she smiled walking out of his arms and checking through the spy hole before opening it and Amanda and Nick walked in.

"We were just heading for something to eat," Amanda told them.

"Same," said Olivia as her Amanda looked between Nick and Elliot who were glaring at each other.

"Do you think you boys can be civil to each other in public and not bring attention to us?" Amanda asked both of them.

"Sure," said Elliot stepping towards Olivia and putting his arm around her waist. "Let's go," he said looking back at Nick and grinning as his hand slipped over Olivia's ass.

Olivia knew she should have pulled Elliot for what he had done, and she knew he only done it to wind up Nick, but after the way Nick had been behaving lately he deserved it.

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Elliot finished his beer and stood up taking hold of Olivia's hand.

"Let's dance," he smirked at her.

Olivia looked at him as though he was stupid.

"You want to dance?"

"Yeah, come on Benson. All those police functions we went to and I could never dance with you. So dance with me now."

"El …."

"Please," he said pouting.

"Fine, but you ever pout like that again and I will kick you in the nuts," she laughed standing up. "You will keep a look out?" she asked Amanda as Elliot tried to drag her to the small dance floor.

Amanda nodded as Nick came towards her from the bar with another beer.

Apart from four old men in the corner playing poker and the barmen they were the only ones in there. The woman who had checked them in had taken their orders and cooked their food before disappearing back into the kitchen.

Elliot pulled her to him wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling their hands up between resting between their chests as the juke box changed and some slow country music came on, and they swayed slowly together.

"Fifteen years and this is the first time we have danced together," he said into her ear as their cheeks rested together.

"Yeah well we never really got the chance to. You always had Kathy at the few functions we went to."

"And you always had some gloating bastard, who showed off all night having you on his arm," he smiled against her cheek.

"You mean like you did tonight as we left the room?"

"I don't know what you're talking about Benson," he chuckled pulling her closer to him.

"I mean the hand on my ass, when Nick was stood behind us."

"Oh that."

"Yeah that."

Elliot just shrugged. "Just letting him know, you're off limits," he laughed.

"You were like a dog marking your territory."

Elliot pulled back slightly and looked her in the eye.

"He just rubs me up the wrong way."

"I know, but we all need to get on, we still have a long way to go."

"I know," he said dropping his head back down towards hers. "I will try and behave," he told her.

"That's good to hear," she said against his neck her lips tickling him before she placed a gentle kiss against his skin.

"I never thought we would be like this," he said leaving go of her hand and wrapping it around her waist as well.

"Me either," she said as her head dropped against his shoulder. "I really thought when I first saw you again that you hated me."

"And I thought I had totally fucked up when you left….. I can't lose you Liv."

"Your not going to," she said holding him close to her as they moved slowly around the small dance floor.

Amanda looked across the table at Nick who was watching Elliot and Olivia a frown on his face.

"It doesn't matter how long or how much you stare at them it won't change how they feel for each other."

Nick sighed and picked up his beer taking a large drink.

"I know, doesn't mean I have to like it though… He will hurt her, eventually."

Amanda shook her head and turned around looking out the window and into the quiet parking lot.

Olivia yawned making Elliot smile.

"Come on," he said looking down at her. "Let's go to bed."

Olivia looked up smirking at him. "Your quite sure of yourself Stabler."

Elliot gently cupped her cheek. "I don't want to rush you into anything," he whispered. "We can take it as fast or slow as you want. As long as I get to hold you next to me all night I will be happy."

Olivia pushed up on her toes and kissed his lips softly smiling.

"Remember last night when I told you, you couldn't say those words until your were buried deep inside me," she breathed against his lips.

"How could I forget," he said his lips brushing against hers.

"Well… I think it's time you told me."

Elliot smiled before kissing her softly at first, then deepening as he ran his fingers through her hair and pulled her head to him, the kiss becoming harder and more passionate as their tongues fought for control.

"Jesus Fucking Christ!" cursed Nick pushing his chair back and standing up. "I'm going to the men's room."

Amanda looked towards the dance floor and saw Elliot and Olivia kissing and then watched Nick disappearing down the corridor towards the men's room.

They finally pulled apart gasping for breath.

"We should leave," she panted.

"Yeah we should… Just give me two minutes, I need to…. You know," he said nodding towards the men's room.

"Don't be long," she said kissing him once again before turning and walking towards Amanda who was sat smirking at them. "Oh and El," she said as she saw him taking change out of his pocket and checking it. "You won't be needing anything out of the machines in there…. I trust you," she winked before turning away from him.

"Fuck me," he sighed to himself as he turned away and headed towards the men room. He slowed as he neared the door and heard talking from the other side, and stopped to listen. He felt anger racing through his body before he slammed the door open.

"You little fucking prick!" he yelled as his fist connected with Nicks face.

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Olivia picked up her beer and took a large drink as Amanda sat smirking at her.

"What?" asked Olivia unable to stop the smile on her face.

Before Amanda could answer they both turned their heads towards the yelling coming from towards the men's room.

"What the hell?" said Amanda as they both stood up just in time to see Nick stumbling down the corridor into the bar followed by Elliot. Before either woman could say anything Elliot grabbed Nick and punched him in the face knocking him to the floor. He stepped towards Nick just as Nick kicked out and swept Elliot's leg from beneath him and Elliot dropped to the floor.

"Jesus Christ," said Olivia as her and Amanda ran towards them as Elliot jumped to his feet and grinned at Nick before launching himself towards him and pushing him across a table. Nick slid across the table and onto the floor, just in time to meet Elliot's foot as he kicked him the ribs knocking the air from him.

Elliot grabbed hold of him ignoring the yells from Olivia and Amanda to break it up.

Once he had Nick on his feet he punched him again. "You two faced, lying piece of shit!" he yelled. Just as he was about to punch him again Nick flung his head forward and head butted him in the face cutting his lip. Elliot just grinned before grabbing him by the throat and punching him hard in the ribs then the face as Nick dropped to the floor.

"Elliot!" yelled Olivia grabbing hold of his arm and spinning him around."Enough!... I said enough!" she screamed standing in front of him and blocking his way as Amanda dropped to her knee beside Nick.

Elliot panted for breath and tried to calm down the rage inside him still bubbling away.

"Elliot…Elliot," said Olivia cupping his face. "Just calm down…. For me, just calm down."

Elliot blinked a few times and nodded as he licked at the blood on his lip.

Olivia looked around the bar and over to the barman and the four men.

"Sorry about that," she apologised. "It's been a long few days on the road stuck together. We will get them out of here."

The barman nodded. "No damage done," he said looking around. "And we had worse in here," he smiled. "Just get them out of here."

Olivia nodded. "Get him up," she said to Amanda nodding to Nick. "Come on you," she said to Elliot taking his hand and pulling him from the bar.

Amanda helped Nick to his feet and put his arm around her shoulders.

"What the hell did you say to him?" she asked him.

"Nothing," he winced. "I told you the guy is off his head, he just went for me."

"He just went for you….Just like that?"

"Yeah," he said quietly as they approached their rooms. Olivia came out of hers and Elliot's.

"In here," she said to them.

"No thanks," said Nick. "I'm going to get sorted."

"It wasn't a request," she told him. "In here now," she said turning her back and walking into the room.

Amanda and Nick walked in and closed the door behind them. Elliot was pacing back and forward still worked up as Olivia stood by the bed her arms folded across her chest as Nick leant against the closed door holding his ribs.

"So one of you want to explain what the hell all that was about?" she asked them both. Elliot stopped pacing and glared at Nick.

"Why don't you tell her," he snapped.

Olivia looked at Elliot and then Nick.

"I don't know what the hell is on about. I was taking a leak and he came in and went crazy," he mumbled.

Elliot moved quickly towards him and grabbed hold of his shirt pinning him against the door. Nick struggled as Elliot's hand went to his pocket and he pulled out a cell phone and held it up in front of Nicks face.

"Ask him who he has been calling on this?" Elliot said pushing Nick against the door and letting go of him, and walking back to the other side of the room handing Olivia the cell phone.

"Nick?" said Olivia, but Nick just stood staring at her.

"I heard him in the men's room. I heard him saying no one was supposed to get hurt. That they over turned the RV and nearly killed us all…He," he said pointing at Nick. "He is the reason they always know the route we are taking," he said trying to keep himself calm.

Olivia looked down at the phone without a word and scrolled to the contacts there was only one number.

"Whose number is this?" she asked Nick.

"Look Olivia I …"

"Whose number?" she asked again but before he could answer she pressed the call button and held the phone to her ear as it rang.

"I take it your over feeling guilty," said the voice on the other side. Olivia narrowed her eyes concentrating on the voice. "Amaro you there? We need to know your exact location?"

Olivia snapped the phone shut and walked over to Nick.

"Olivia it's not what you think, I …"

He never got to finish as Olivia slapped him hard.

"You prick!" she snapped breathing hard.

"Olivia, I ….."

She held up her hand silencing him. "Does he know where we are?" she asked him. "Have you told him where we are staying?"

Nick shook his head. "No, after what happened earlier today. I called him to tell him that couldn't happen again. I told him we had changed our route but that was it."

"Liv, who did he call?" asked Elliot.

"Who is the we?" she asked Nick ignoring Elliot. "He said WE need to know your exact location, who he is working with?"

Nick looked around the room.

"Who the fuck is Tucker working with!" she yelled getting right up into Nicks face. "WHO!"

"Some guy from the FBI, his…. His name is Porter," said Nick.

"Porter…. Tucker is working with Porter?"

"Jesus Christ," said Elliot.

"Whose Porter?" asked Amanda.

"An FBI prick that never really liked me."

"He used to be my handler when I was undercover. We had a few run ins after that when our paths crossed, he and Elliot never really seen eye to eye."

"Let me guess, he asked you out," said Amanda and she saw Elliot tense up.

"Yeah something like that," said Olivia. "He and Elliot just rubbed each other up the wrong way."

"So a guy who didn't like you for coming between him and Liv and a guy who has always tried to take both your badges are gunning for you," said Amanda.

"It looks that way," said Elliot taking the phone from Olivia turning it off and throwing it on the bed..

"What are you getting out of this?" Olivia asked Nick. "Why would you put us all in danger like you have?"

"Nobody was supposed to get hurt. Porter is being paid by the gang to find Stabler. He enlisted Tucker to help him."

"So how did they get you involved?"

"Tucker heard me and Amanda in the corridor talking after Cragen told us about the protection detail. He followed me back home when I went to pack. He had heard how I felt about about you coming back into Olivia's life" he said looking at Elliot. "He told me, he could stop that, with my help, we could stop you coming back. I just didn't want you getting hurt again," he said turning to Olivia.

"And you thought by putting our lives in danger, by sending men who want Elliot dead after him, was a way to do that, how fucking stupid are you?"

She turned around facing Elliot.

"Why would Porter and Tucker want you dead?"

"Well for Porter it's simple," said Elliot sitting down on the edge of the bed. "I have him on video taking a payment on a drugs run we were doing. It seems he wasn't in the loop on the undercover mission, so he didn't know I was there. We were running drugs across county lines and getting paid in weapons. Porter was supplying the weapons to the other gang. I couldn't believe it when I saw him. I took photos on the camera I had hidden on my bike and kept out the way so he never saw me. Obviously he must of panicked when word got out I was undercover with the gang."

"And you never thought of telling me this?" asked Olivia getting angry.

"You didn't need to know…."

"What the hell do you mean I didn't need to know?" She asked raising her voice.

"You didn't need to know, not when we first met up," he said finishing his sentence. "But I would have told you," he said standing up and going to her standing in front of her. "I didn't hold it back on purpose. I had more important things on my mind other than Dean Porter….. Like getting my friend to forgive me, and to trust me again. But I would have told you Liv, I had no reason to hide it from you."

"Okay," she said believing him. "But what about Tucker? What reason did he have for wanting to get rid of you?"

"You really have to ask. That prick never liked me. He was always trying to get me kicked off the job. My guess is Porter heard they were coming to you guys and he needed someone on the inside. Tucker was always a slimy piece of shit, probably figured it was a good way to get rid of both of us."

"Porter promised Tucker a placement in the FBI with his own team, if they managed to stop you testifying," said Nick. "He would also get a cut of the money from the weapon sales."

"All those years he was gunning for us trying to make us out to be dirty cops and he is the one on the take," said Olivia and Elliot nodded.

"I swear Olivia I never meant for anyone to get hurt."

"You mean apart from Elliot?"

The room went quiet.

"So what do we do now?" asked Amanda and Olivia shrugged.

"How much did you tell Porter earlier on the phone?" Elliot asked Nick. "The truth this time."

"I told him that we had changed route and were staying in a motel for the night. He asked where but I didn't tell him…..After yesterday I told him I wasn't going to be helping him anymore and they I was wrong to take Tuckers offer. But….Well….."

Elliot glared at him when he saw him hesitating.

"What, what is it?" he asked him walking towards him. "What you not telling us?"

"Yesterday, when the bikers found us, I hadn't told Porter our route because I wasn't sure myself and that's what I told him when I called him from my cell in the store, before I joined you in the RV."

"So how did they know?" asked Olivia as Amanda walked across the room and picked up the cell.

"You got this from Tucker the day we left I'm guessing?" she asked him and he nodded. "And my guess is you only turn it on when you call or to check for messages," he nodded again.

"I couldn't exactly charge it in front of your guys, so I saved the battery."

"Apart from tonight when did you last turn it on?"

"When I made the call at the store. It was on for a while as I forgot to turn it off. I finally turned it off when we went past the gang."

"Porter has been tracking his phone whenever it was turned on," said Amanda. "It's the only way he would have some sort of location on us other than what Nick told him."

"But the gang got ahead of us quickly," said Olivia.

"It wouldn't b hard to do," said Elliot. "They know we are heading to New York all they need to do is head in that general direction, and wait for a call from Porter with an exact location. It wouldn't take them long on bikes to reach us."

"That means they will be heading in our direction as we speak," said Olivia and Elliot nodded.

"Hopefully because the phone was only switched on for a short time he won't have the exact co-ordinates. But we need to get out of here and fast."

"But we only have the bikes and they are running low on fuel," said Amanda.

"Okay," said Elliot taking the phone from Amanda and handing it to Nick. "We need to get them off our trail, give us some space and time to get as far from them as possible," he said looking at the map. "This is what we do. There are a few cars parked out the back. We need to steal one of those. Nick will call Porter, tell him we are leaving early and tell him we are heading north, heading back to the main highway on the bikes," he turned to Nick. "Tell him after today we have panicked and we are going well off course hoping to put them off the trail."

"What if he doesn't believe me?"

"Then you fucking make him," Elliot told him.

"Me and Amanda will take the bikes and the phone and head out on the route that we tell Porter leaving the phone on so he can track us. I will put some extra fuel from the car into one of the bikes. Once Amanda's bike runs out of fuel we will dump the bike and hide it, and turn off the phone so he can't track us anymore but he will have the proof he needs on the course we are taking. In the mean time you and Nick take the car and head east find another place for us to lay low and rest for a while. Once you find somewhere call the cell you gave me and we will meet you there. At least the gang will be heading a totally different route to us."

"That could work," said Olivia. "At least it will give us a bit of space and time to come up with another plan. I will let Cragen know the plan."

Elliot nodded. "You okay with that plan?" he asked Amanda ignoring Nick and she nodded.

"Okay let's get going then," he said to them heading for the door.

Next up I reckon Elliot and Olivia need a little alone time, and it could be time to for me to finally get to the M rated stuff