A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update, I promise to try to update every couple of days. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed!!

Three Weeks Later

Elliot was merely existing at the moment. His life consisted of working and sleeping. He was amazed at how quickly his life had spiralled out of control. The night he went home to talk to Kathy had truly turned into a saga, one he hoped he would never have to relive. He and Kathy had spent hours yelling that night, hashing out all their problems and problems of the past. He tried with no success to convince Kathy that he and Olivia had never had sex only shared her bed. He gave up on trying to convince her when she threatened him with taking their children away from him. In the end he had grabbed what clothes he could fit in a suitcase and left to go to his brother's apartment. He found some consolation in the fact that the divorce papers from his earlier separation with Kathy were still valid and only required minor adjustments to include Eli in the custody arrangements resulting in the divorce to be finalised early next week. But nothing could offer him comfort with Olivia. She had barely spoken with him since their talk in the interrogation room. When he had tried to get her alone to talk she had brushed him off saying that she didn't have time and since then still apparently had no time. She had found every excuse under the sun not to spend time alone with him even resorting to partnering up with Fin on three cases that had come in. If anyone had thought anything of it they had not dared to mention it to him. He was desperate to talk to her, he wanted her to know that he had left Kathy and would like to see if he and she had a chance of being something but she was stonewalling him on his every move.

Elliot looked up as Olivia walked in from another call she had taken with Fin, she was laughing at something Fin had whispered in her ear. Elliot watched as she looked at Fin and shook her head and smiled biting her lip to keep from letting her smile to take over her face. Elliot knew that smile. It was the one she had when something naughty was said or implied. She turned away from Fin her eyes locking onto Elliot's the smile falling instantly from her face. She lowered her eyes and made her way over to her desk ignoring the feel of his eyes boring into her. She hated doing this to him but this was the only way she knew how to pull away. She hadn't asked what had happened between him and Kathy after he said he was going to sort out his home life but she had doubts anything had changed. She had sneakily asked Munch and Fin if they had heard anything but they could offer no information, she was sure if there had been any change in his marital status he would slip the information to them as a way for her to find out. Olivia had all but given up hope on him.

She chanced a glance at him from her lowered lashes. Her heart felt that familiar twinge of hurt when she saw the defeated look on his face as he shuffled his paperwork around on his desk. She so desperately wanted to talk to him like they used to do in her bed but she was to stubborn to open 

up. She knew he wanted to know who she had gone on a date with; Fin had told her a few days after her date that he was fishing for information. She cringed now when she thought of her date and the disaster that had turned out to be. She did what Olivia Benson did best and that was trying to forget by having sex. She supposed she should be grateful that her date was with Trevor Langan and not some random guy who could have taken her retraction of invitation for sex not well. Still she still felt embarrassed her actions that night.

Elliot stood up and grabbed her suit jacket from the back of his chair. "I'm in court for the rest of the day. Catch with Munch."

Olivia didn't look up but she acknowledged what he said with a slight nod. Elliot sighed at her lack of response and walked out wondering how long they could go at this pace.

Olivia felt a sense of relief wash over her at his departure she found it all to time consuming to give him the cold shoulder, all the years they had worked together she had never outright ignored him.

By 4:30 Olivia was sick to death of paperwork and started praying that a call would come in. She scolded herself for wishing that, no calls meant no one was hurt and that ultimately was her goal as detective. She looked up as Elliot's desk phone started ringing, glancing around to see if anyone else would go for it and seeing everyone to consumed in their own work she reached across to grab it.

"Manhattan SVU, Detective Benson speaking"

"'Livia?"

"Yeah...who's this?"

"It's Lizzie. Is my dad there?"

"No sweetie he's in court all afternoon. Is everything ok?" Olivia asked her voice softening.

"Ahhh..I can't get hold of Maureen or Katie and Mom is in a surgery...umm...I kind of need a ride"

Olivia heard the younger of the Stabler girls voice crack. Her heart immediately jumped into her throat.

"Lizzie has something happened? Are you ok?"

"No...I ah...I just need a ride. I'm at this mall out in Queens"

"Lizzie, just stay where you are. I'm on my way, ok. Stay in the mall I'll call you once I get there."

Olivia quickly took down the details of the mall Lizzie was at and hung up the phone. She grabbed her jacket of the back of her chair and made her way to the captain's office.

"Cap? I just got a call from Lizzie Stabler she's stuck out at some mall in Queens. Is it ok if I go get her? I'll be as quick as I can."

Cragen nodded his head. "Straight back Olivia. I know how distracted you can get in a mall."



Olivia smiled, "Jeez it was one time. You are never going to let me forget are you?"

Don shook his head and smiled as Olivia made her way out of the office.

Olivia quickly found a car space in the multi level car park. She made sure to take note of where she was parked and quickly headed for the elevator to take her into the mall. Once inside she dialled Lizzie's cell phone and arranged to meet her at Cheshire Bookstore.

Lizzie waited anxiously for Olivia to arrive she was chalking this up to be the most horrible day of her whole twelve years of life. All she wanted to do was go home and have a cry.

"Lizzie!"

Lizzie turned around and saw the worried face of her dad's partner walking quickly to her. The tears Lizzie had been holding back came rushing out at the sight of her. She quickly walked over to her and wrapped her arms around Olivia's waist.

"Sweetie, what happened?" Olivia asked stroking her hair lovingly.

"I...I was with...m my friends...and we...all got in a... fi fight...and they left me" Lizzie sobbed soaking Olivia's shirt with her tears.

Olivia felt relief sweep through her body. On her way over she had started to imagine the most horrendous things that could have happened and how she would have to tell Elliot that his worst fear had come true.

"Oh baby, it's ok. Shhh, it's ok" Olivia soothed walking them out of the mall.

Olivia pressed the button on the elevator to take them back to her car. She was so engrossed with calming Lizzie down she didn't pay any attention to the man that hopped on the elevator with them or that he was now following them to her car.

Olivia had just pulled her keys from her purse when she felt Lizzie being grabbed out of her arms; she turned quickly to see a man hold a knife firmly against Lizzie's neck. Olivia felt her heart stop and then beat again so hard that her chest ached.

"Please take my purse and my car, but please let her go" Olivia pleaded. She couldn't bring herself to look at Lizzie she knew that she had to stay focused and Lizzie's whimpering had turned to hysterical sobs. Olivia tried to take in as much detail of the man as she could. Six foot, brown wavy hair, hazel eyes, glasses, no tattoos or visible markings, jeans, dark blue coat.



"I don't want your purse or your car, I want you" he said in an eerily calm voice. Olivia felt her heart sink. So much for hoping for a simple mugging.

"Let the girl go and I'll go with you" Olivia tried to keep her voice calm her main goal was to get Lizzie out of harm's way and then work on saving herself.

The man shook his head and let out a small laugh. "Do you thing I'm stupid Detective Benson? No, she's coming with us."

Olivia felt herself shudder at the use of her name. She tried desperately to think if she knew him but was drawing a blank.

He grabbed the keys from her hand and dragged an unwilling Lizzie to the trunk of the car. He opened it and with one quick movement placed her in the trunk. Olivia quickly looked around for any sign of help and felt defeated when she saw no one in sight. The man quickly walked over to her and made a grab for her. Instinct kicked in and she automatically jerked away from his grasp.

"You get in there or I take the girl and do the most unimaginable things to her" he threatened putting the knife once again to the sobbing girl's throat. Olivia took in a shaky breath but made a move to the trunk of the car letting her eyes sweep one last time across the vacant car park, seeing no way out she nodded and hopped into the trunk wrapping her arms protectively around Elliot's daughter vowing to herself she would not let anything happen to her.

She felt her own tears fill behind her eyes as the man closed the trunk. God, please let us get out of this alive.

A/N: I think it's going to get a bit dramatic in the coming chapters. Let me know if you have any ideas. Reviews are wonderful and great motivators!