A/N: This chapter is for OE-shipper-2006 and onetreefan. Please read and review.
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Three months later, Olivia and Laila were living in a new two bedroom apartment about a ten minute drive from the 16 precinct. Matthew wasn't charged but Olivia got a restraining order against him, even though he was still trying to get shared custody of Laila.
Luckily for Olivia, she was getting help from Casey and Alex so she had a better chance of winning full custody.
Today was a court date in family court, it was supposed to be the last day. Alex, Elliot, Fin, Munch and Captain Cragen had all tesitfied Olivia's side and Casey was the only one left.
Olivia was woken by the alarm clock at seven am. She groaned and slammed off the offending noise before getting up. She walked in to Laila's purple butterfly bedroom, across the hall and walked up to the little bed to wake her.
"Baby, it's time to get up." She whispered as she gently rubbed the toddler's arm to awake her.
Her little whiskey coloured eyes fluttered open. "Mommy?"
"Yes, baby. You need to have a bath while Mommy has a shower."
Laila nodded as she sat up. Olivia picked her up the half asleep toddler and carried her in the bathroom.
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"How do you see Olivia Benson as a mother?"
"She is a very protective, loving and caring mother who would do anything for her daughter. Laila is the whole world to her." Casey explained to the lawyer.
"Thank you. You may step down."
After awhile the judge decided to speak to Laila alone. She took the toddler in to a private room.
"Laila?"
Laila looked up. "Do you like living with Mommy or Daddy?"
"Mommy." Laila answered with a smile.
"Who helps you when you are sick?"
"Mommy does."
"Does Mommy or Daddy fix your boo-boos?"
"Mommy."
"Is Mommy always there when you need her?"
"Yep. Daddy mean to me. I cry to Daddy and Daddy yell at me. I cry to Mommy and Mommy sing me lullaby. I no like Daddy. Daddy scary."
The judge nodded and finally came up with her decision. She walked with Laila back in to the court room and the toddler ran straight to her mother.
"Hey, baby." Olivia whispered as she picked up her daughter, placing her on her lap.
"I have made my decision. I grant full custody of Laila Elysa Benson-Weaver to her mother, Olivia Marie Benson."
"Oh thank God." Olivia murmured as she hugged her daughter close.
"You bitch!" Matthew seethed and went to lunge at Olivia but Elliot was quicker.
Elliot grabbed him and held him for a minute until the uniformed officers could cuff him.
"Let's go home, baby." Olivia whispered before getting up.
"Liv, are you alright?" Casey asked.
Olivia nodded. "Yeah. I'm just going to take Laila home." She replied before walking out.
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It was mid afternoon and Laila had just woken from a nap when Olivia decided to go for a jog. She put her gun in to Laila's bag for protection before putting it over the handle of the jogger stroller. She then placed Laila in to the stroller and buckled her in.
"Where going, Mommy?" The curious toddler asked.
"For a jog, baby." Olivia replied as she walked out of the apartment, locking the door behind her.
As Olivia jogged, Laila was enjoying the view from her stroller, only for them to bump in to Matthew.
"Well, well, well, I wondered how long it would take you to decide to come out for a jog, along your normal route.
Olivi grabbed out her gun and turned the stroller so Laila was facing her.
"Close you eyes, baby." She whispered to Laila before turning to Matthew. "What the hell do you want? You're not allowed within one hundred feet of us."
"I want my daughter." He seethed in anger.
"No. The court granted me full custody. Why do you even want her? You rarely paid attention to her." She said and saw him move his hand so she shot it.
"You bitch!" He yelled and went to lunge at her so she shot him in the right leg before he fell to the ground.
"Detective Benson, come with us." Officer Robson said as he walked up behind her.
He knew Olivia from the academy.
"I was just protecting my daughter." She insisted as she watched another officer escort Matthew away.
"We know. You aren't under arrest." He replied as he escorted Olivia to his car.
"How did you get to us so quickly?"
"Captain Cragen called to say that Matthew was going to break his restraining order and that you always jog along this path with your daughter in a jogger stroller. So I grabbed her car seat from Detective Stabler's car." He explained before opening the back passenger door of his police cruiser.
Olivia put Laila in to the seat and buckled her in.
"Are you sitting in the front or the back with your daughter?"
"In the back." Olivia replied before getting in.
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Officer Robson pulled up in front of the 16 precinct and Olivia saw Elliot standing out the front of the building, waiting.
As Olivia got out, Elliot opened the back passenger door and got Laila out of the car seat.
"Uncle El." She greeted him with a smile.
"Hey La-La. Let's get you and your Mommy inside, ay?"
Olivia walked in to the squad room with Elliot right behind her, carrying Laila on his hip.
"Olivia, can I please talk to you in my office?" Captain Cragen asked.
Olivia looked at Elliot.
He nodded. "It's ok, Liv, I'll take care of Laila."
"Thanks." She replied before following Cragen in to the office.
"Take a seat, Liv." He spoke gently as he shut the door behind her.
Olivia took a seat and began wonder why her captain wanted to talk to her.
"Liv? Can you please look at me when I talk to you." He said as two Federal Agents walked in the opposite door that they had entered.
"You and Laila have to go in to Witness Protection because Matthew has people after you."
"What?! No!" Olivia said in frustration before burying her head in her hands.
Cragen got up and put a caring hand on Olivia's shoulder. "And you can't tell Elliot."
"Why?" She asked, looking up at him.
"Because he can't go with you. Here's your information." He said as he passed her the folder.
Olivia opened it. It read:
Mother:-
Name: Abigail Lorelai McGee.
Date of Birth: 16th August 1966.
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California.
Job: Child-Care worker.
Moving to: Chicago, Illinois.
Daughter:-
Name: Mackayla Jaide McGee
Date of Birth: October 10th 2005
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California.
Olivia closed the folder and sighed. "I better go get my daughter." She spoke sadly as she put the folder on to the desk before walking in to the squad room.
"Mommy!" Laila called out and ran to her mother.
Olivia squatted down and picked her up. "Hey baby. Say bye-bye to Uncle El."
"Bye-bye, Uncle El." She said with a smile.
Elliot gave her a light kiss on the forehead. "Bye La-La."
"Elliot, new case for you and Fin." Cragen said as Olivia walked out to meet up with the federal agents.
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"So when are we leaving?" Olivia asked as she buckled Laila in to the car seat in the back of the standard issue black FBI SUV, with silver rims and tinted windows.
They all got in to the car before Agent Matthews decided to answer Olivia's question.
"We leave tonight but we're headed to your apartment first so you can pack but make it quick."
Olivia nodded sadly. She and Laila were going to miss Elliot like crazy.
Olivia and Laila walked in to the apartment to pack with the federal close behind. Olivia walked in to Laila's bedroom first.
"Baby, grab the toys that you want to bring with you." She said as she grabbed Laila's suitcase.
"Yes, Mommy." Laila replied before running over to her toy box.
Olivia filled Laila's suitcase with plenty of clothes and training pants.
"Mommy, potty." Laila spoke up all of a sudden.
"Ok, baby." She replied taking the toddler's hand before walking her in to the bathroom.
Laila pulled down her pants and Olivia lifted her up on to the toilet.
When Laila was finished, Olivia took Laila in to the bedroom to pack her stuff.
Agent Matthews walked in with Laila's suitcase and bag of toys. "Time to go."