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Chapter 26.

Dominick stood outside of the building where Noah hid in while Olivia was being attacked. He leaned against the brick wall and scrolled through his phone. He hated the fact that he had to contact Elliot and have him help. It was against every thought in his mind.

"Who attacked her?" Elliot asked, without even greeting Dominick.

"According to Olivia, it was some group of punks. Probably a gang, or one that no one knows of," Dominick replied, as he locked his phone and tucked it into the pocket of his jacket.

"When I find them, I'm going to kill them. Okay?" Elliot grumbled.

"Sounds good to me," Dominick replied with a sigh. He stepped away from the building and looked around.

"They beat her up in the road."

"Where?" Elliot asked.

"Here… They cleaned up pretty quick. I thought here was a good place to start."

"Maybe you still have a little detective in ya," Elliot mumbled.

xxx

Olivia rolled over in bed and sighed when she realized she had to use the bathroom. One of the handful of things she hated about being pregnant was the amount of times she woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom.

Olivia climbed out of bed slowly before looking at Noah. He was bundled up on the other side of her bed, his eyes closed tightly as he slept deeply. Olivia's hand slowly slipped to her belly and took a shaky breath. She couldn't be more thankful that both of her babies came out of this unharmed.

"I told you to go home," Olivia whispered, as she came out of her bedroom. Fin had heard Olivia moving around in her room, so he was sitting up on the sofa with a blanket wrapped around him.

"And I thought you were supposed to be sleeping," Fin said with a tired smirk.

"I had to use the bathroom… Fin, I'm fine. So please, go home. If Carisi can leave me alone, you can too," Olivia spoke.

"He didn't go home," Fin yawned, as he tugged the blanket tighter around his body.

"What? Where did he go then?" Olivia asked nervously. She walked towards Fin instead of going to the bathroom as planned.

"He is out searching for the bastards that hurt you," Fin replied. Olivia took a shaky breath and placed a hand to her chest.

"W-why?"

"I think because he cares about you? He still won't admit that he's in love with you, but I guess he's just secretive about that," Fin said with a teasing grin. Olivia blushed, as she sat on the arm rest.

"You can go home, Fin," Olivia spoke, instead of responding to what Fin had said about Dominick.

"Nah, I told Phoebe that I'd be home in the morning. You need me."

"I'm a grown woman. I have a gun, so I can protect myself and my son."

"Before you joined SVU, you barely had anyone who was willing to take care of you. Just accept it instead of fighting it, okay?" Fin replied.

"If you won't leave, then I will. I'll go and help Carisi find him," Olivia spoke, as she stood and moved to the front door.

"Not so fast, Benson! Dominick has backup. So go pee, then head back to bed."

"Serg-"

"Captain Benson, you were attacked tonight. As the official commanding officer until you are feeling better, I get to order you around. So, go to bed."

"Yes, sir," Olivia said with a tired smile.

xxx

Dominick and Elliot walked the streets near the crime scene. As they made their way around the darkened streets long after midnight, they heard the laughter of a group of men. At a distance, Elliot was sure he counted six. But then once they got closer to them he saw eight boys instead of men. They couldn't be over sixteen, so clearly attacking Olivia must have been to prove something.

"There they are," Elliot whispered, as he reached out and stopped Dominick from moving closer.

"Why are we stopping?" Dominick demanded. Elliot sighed softly and leaned down. He removed a gun from where he had it hid in his boot, before passing it to Carisi.

"Remember how to use one?" Elliot asked, his eyes still locked on the assholes that hurt Olivia.

"I'm not dumb," Dominick huffed.

"Good, then get ready. We want to scare them, because I don't think Olivia wants to be taking your kid to prison for visits," Elliot sighed.

"That bitch was a fucking cop!" One of the boys laughed, as he got jostled by a friend.

"She's probably one of those cops that tries to stop us from having sex with whoever we want," another laughed. Elliot and Dominick got closer, their guns held at their sides.

"So all eight of you think it's funny to to beat up a woman on a dark street with her child right there? That's funny to you?" Elliot asked, as he finally made his presence known.

The group turned to face them, their faces covered in shock.

"I don't know what the fuck-"

"Oh really, Mister 'That bitch was a fucking cop' ?" Dominick mused in a mocking tone.

"What are you going to do about it?" The leader questioned, as he puffed out his chest and stepped towards Elliot.

"I think I'm going to arrest you all. How does that sound? I'm Detective Stabler and you are under arrest for attacking Captain Olivia Benson," Elliot grinned as he held his gun up and pointed it at him.

xxx

Dominick walked into Olivia's apartment after helping Elliot with the gang. Officers had been called and all of them had been arrested for assaulting Olivia.

"What did you do?" Olivia questioned the moment her door opened. Fin had gotten a text from Dominick informing him he was coming back. Once Olivia found out, she got angry but also worried.

What if he had been hurt?

"Liv-"

"No, tell me!" Olivia demanded. Fin sat silently on the sofa, not moving at all as he listened.

"Elliot and I found them, Liv. We arrested all of those bastards that were there."

"I didn't tell you to do that, Carisi!" Olivia cried.

"You didn't have to-"

"What if you had gotten hurt?" Olivia yelled.

"But-"

"I don't want you here. Get out."

"Olivia!" Dominick exclaimed.

"No, get out! You had me worried sick and did something I didn't want to be done. Let alone doing it with Elliot? I don't want to be near you. Get out!"