As much as she loved spending time off with Olivia, Alex missed being in court. The trials, the witnesses, the jury, even the defense attorneys.
She'd heard from the 1-6 earlier in the morning, concerning a kidnapping. She swiftly jumped into action and had a warrant in less than an hour. She had it sent to the detectives on the stipulation that she be notified when they got the perp and got to watch the interrogation.
Just as she was walking out of court after Petrovsky announced a recess until the next morning, Alex's phone rang.
"Cabot," Alex answered.
"Munch and Fin are bringing in our perp," Cragen stated.
"I'll be right there," Alex replied.
Alex was at the precinct within minutes to find Cragen there alone. "They're not here yet?"
Cragen shook his head, "They should be any minute."
Alex nodded, not able to stop her eyes from drifting to Olivia's empty desk. "Where's Benson and Stabler?"
"They're looking for the kid," Cragen explained, "She wasn't with Charles Sheppard, the guy who kidnapped her and he's on some kind of hallucinogen so he can't or won't tell us where she is."
Just as Cragen finished, Munch and Fin walked in the a man between them. He definitely looked out of it. He was looking around as if in a bad horror movie, but when he saw Alex his eyes stopped. He started right at her.
"Sarah!" he yelled at her, "Sarah! Tell them this is wrong! They'll get me! I love you, Sarah!"
Munch and Fin shoved him into the interrogation room.
"Who's Sarah?" Alex asked.
Fin shrugged, "That guy's been talking gibberish ever since we picked him up. He doesn't know what's going on."
Alex thought for a moment, "Why don't I go talk to him? He thinks I'm someone he knows."
"He doesn't even know what he thinks," Munch stated, "He could hurt you."
"But we need to know where that little girl is," Alex replied, "She could be dying."
They all looked to Cragen for the final word. He paused, adjusted his tie and then spoke, "Alex is right."
They all looked through the window at Charles. He was pacing by the table, frantically looking around.
Alex slowly opened the door. After she closed it behind her, she softly spoke, "Charles?"
He looked at her, "Sarah!"
"Where's the little girl?" Alex asked, staying close to the door.
He furiously shook his head, "They'll hurt her."
Alex took a cautious step forward and went on, "I promise they won't hurt her."
"She's in the attic," Charles told Alex.
Cragen called Olivia's phone. "Benson."
"She's in the attic," Cragen stated.
"In the attic," she told Elliot and they frantically looked around. Elliot found a door the lead to some stairs. They swiftly ran up the stairs and found the little girl unconscious on the floor.
"We found her," Olivia told him.
Elliot was yelling into his radio before picking the girl up and running downstairs with her.
Alex put her hand on the doorknob.
"Where are you going?!" Charles demanded, "You can't leave me again!" He picked up his chair and threw it at her.
Before she would dodge it, the seat hit her in the head.
"Alex!" Cragen saw it happening, but couldn't seem to react in time to warn her. He dropped his phone and ran into the interrogation room. Cragen and Fin pinned Charles to the ground and cuffed him while Munch helped Alex up.
She was holding her head and getting dizzy.
Munch led her into Cragen's office. He sat her in a chair, "I'm going to call an ambulance."
"There's no way in hell I'm going back to the hospital," Alex stated as her head pounded.
Fin took Charles to a holding cell and Cragen walked into the office, "At least let the paramedics look at you."
"I'm fine," Alex insisted. She brought her hand away from her head and saw blood.
Cragen picked up a first aid kit and handed Alex some gauze, "You're bleeding. You're going to see a paramedic at least."
"We need a bus at Precinct 1-6," Munch said into the radio on the desk.
Olivia was still on the phone listening to what was going on back at the precinct. She hung up when she heard Munch radio for a bus.
Olivia watched Elliot give the girl to the paramedic. He trotted over to Olivia who was starting the car.
"Did you hear?" Elliot asked. He heard Munch's call on the radio.
"It was Alex," Olivia replied. Her heart was racing.
"It'll go with her," Elliot pointed to the ambulance, "You get back to the precinct."
Olivia nodded. She watched Elliot jump into the back of the ambulance before speeding off to the precinct.
Although she heard Alex informed the guys that she was okay, Olivia was still worried. She heard Cragen say that Alex was bleeding.
Nothing could happen her. They'd just barely gotten started.
When Olivia screeched to a stop by the curb, there was an ambulance just driving off. Olivia ran inside wanting to know what the hell happened and whose ass kick.
She skidded to a halt just inside the precinct doors. Alex was sitting at her desk, writing on paper. The three men were looking at her.
Alex looked at them, "I'm fine. Stop staring at me."
"Are you sure you don't need anything?" Fin asked, "Water? A soda?"
Alex handed the paper to Cragen who took it into his office.
"Alex?" Olivia asked from the door.
Munch and Fin looked nervous when they saw Olivia. They took a step back from Alex.
"I'm fine Liv," Alex stood, "I was just going back to my office."
Olivia quickly processed the situation, "What happened?"
Alex explained the whole situation to Olivia while, Munch and Fin scooted farther and farther away from Olivia.
Olivia looked at the two cowering detective and opened her mouth the speak, but Alex swiftly walked over to Olivia and dragged her backwards out the door.
They stopped in the middle of the deserted hallway. "It was my decision Liv. They couldn't have done anything."
Olivia looked from the bandage covering the area between Alex's hairline to her eyebrow, down to her eyes. Her determined icy blue eyes.
Olivia finally nodded, "Okay." She kissed Alex softly, "I'm sorry. I was worried."
Alex smiled, "I'll call you tonight, okay?"
Olivia nodded, "Okay."
After another quick kiss, Alex walked down the hall and out of the precinct.