Before It's Too Late
Chapter 6
AN; You guys are wonderful. I got so many reviews, it made my day, well night! I went to bed and I couldn't wait to get started on this chapter. You guys have helped me re-find my motivation for this story. I have a lot planed for this story, so please stick it out with me and hopefully you guys wont be disappointed. Sorry it took so long to get this up, with work, school, and the need to get this story right, it took me a little while to make sure it was just how I wanted it.
AN 2; In case I didn't say this this story is AU. Sealview didn't happen, and neither did Kathy. I could have just killed her off *evil laugh* but I decided to make her non-existent. So if she was never around his kids also never happened. They just are SVU detectives that are both single… and I will stop there. But remember this is an EO story (are there any other kinds? :P) and it will get there, but the road is long and bumpy!
AN3; This one jumps back and forth from Olivia to Elliot. I did that to make this chapter a long one, and to keep up with the suspense and cliffhangers without making you wait for a new chapter. I love writing this way, and cuz its my story I think that is ok! Lol now you can read the story, I'll shut up! :)
Previously:
Olivia was reeling in pain. Her head felt like it was about to explode, and thanks to Jim's outburst, now her body was as well. She didn't know what she was going to do. What ever happened she hoped Elliot would find her soon.
"Whoa man slow down, your not going to catch them around the corner, and were no good to Olivia if were dead!" Fin exclaimed rushing to fasten his seat belt.
Elliot just ignored him as he rushed down the road.
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Elliot was speeding through town, looking for any sign of the van that Olivia disappeared in. Fin and Elliot sat in silence, both wondering if Olivia was ok, and when they would find her. Elliot was having a hard time keeping within the speed limits, and twice a police car pulled out behind them. Elliot just flicked on the lights and kept going. He wasn't going to waste any time explaining to a beat cop what he was doing.
Fin threw his hands in front of him as Elliot slammed on the brakes.
"What the hell are you doing!" Fin exclaimed.
"Tabitha's Grill. There was a post-it at Cindy's house that said 'Tab's at 10.' I thought it was irrelevant at the time, but it must have been a meet here." Elliot informed.
"You got that from a note that said Tab's. Elliot that isn't even enough to look at this place, let alone get a warrant for it."
"Fuck the damn warrant, we need to find Liv, I don't give a rats ass about any fuckin laws!" Elliot shouted before storming out of the car in a huff.
"Elliot listen, if this is the place, we need to be smart about it. If they do have Olivia we need to play it cool, to keep her safe." Fin tried to reason with a very angry Elliot.
Elliot took a deep breath. "Alright. Thanks Fin, I really need a voice of reason right now. Don't let me piss you off. I'm just so worried about Liv."
"Elliot don't worry. We will get your voice of reason back, but until then I don't mind giving a helping hand. Now you wanna hear my game plan?" Fin asked.
"Of course." Elliot answered.
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She thought about Elliot. Wondered what he was doing right now. 'Get a hold of yourself Benson, what do you think he is doing playing poker? He is out looking for you, and he wont get any sleep, nor will he eat until your back safe.' She thought to herself. 'Now to find a way out of here.'
Olivia sat up on the bed, thankful that before Jim left he unbound her from the bed. She looked around the room, trying to familiarize herself with where everything was, and what she could do to escape. She examined the bed. It was a gold metal frame with a single box spring mattress. There were light blue sheets on the bed with a blue comforter. The blue reminded her of Elliot's eyes. She sat there just looking at the sheets, wishing Elliot was here with her. After a while she finally looked up and took in her surroundings. It looked like she was in a basement. The walls were cement, and there was a little window at the top, but no matter how hard she tried she would never be able to fit through it, even if she could ever reach it. The walls were bare, and the only thing other than the bed was a toilet in the corner.
She got up and walked to the toilet and tried to take the back of it off, but it was bolted down. Well there went her only hope for a weapon. BED. She ran to the bed and looked underneath it. The bolts were welded to the bed. Now there when her very last weapon option, so she was going to have to fight him with no weapons, and she didn't think that was going to happen.
Knock Knock
Olivia ran to the bed and jumped under the covers.
"Hi Olivia, I thought you might be hungry, so I brought you some food. I made it myself, I hope you like it." Cindy said.
"Cindy," Olivia sighed relived it wasn't Jim, "Cindy you have to do something. If you don't let me go you can get in a lot of trouble, and will spend the rest of your life in jail, but if you help me get out of here then I can help you."
Cindy looked around and then whispered, "Don't worry, you are safe now. He wont hurt you very much if you behave. Pretend you will do anything for him. When he brings his friend here then I will help you, because that is when you will be in big trouble, but we need to wait. We cannot take him ourselves, but don't worry, we'll be good." She spoke up, "Now eat up you need food to keep up your strength."
"Cindy who is his special friend?" Olivia asked.
"Oh, well, its…"Cindy was cut off by Jim storming in the room.
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"Hamburger with a coke please." Elliot said.
"Same." Fin said.
"Alrighty boys, I'll be right back with your drinks." The waitress with the blonde hair said.
"Hey did you hear about that lady cop that was kidnapped?" Elliot asked Fin.
"Oh ya man, that shit was some bad stuff. I hear the cops are looking everywhere for her." Fin replied.
They were both speaking loud enough everybody in the restaurant could hear them, but they weren't yelling or really drawing attention to themselves.
"Man I wouldn't want to be that guy when the cops find her. You know what they do to cop nappers don't ya?" Elliot asked.
"Ya I hear it ain't pretty in jail." Fin replied with a head shake to his left.
"Man where is my coke?" Elliot asked, using it as an excuse to look over his shoulder. The waitress hurriedly ran to the back.
Elliot leaned in close and whispered, "I think she knows something."
Fin nodded and Elliot said "Where's the john I need to piss?" With that he took off in the back looking for a 'john.'
Elliot looked around, and not seeing anybody in the restaurants uniform, he went through the doors marked "employees only." Once behind the door he snuck around trying to be very quiet. Just as he rounded a corner he heard voices. Thinking quickly on his feet the jumped behind a stack of coffee still on the pallet it was delivered on.
"There are two guys here talking about her." One man said.
"What did they say?" The older man asked.
"They were just talking about her, but I think I know one of them from somewhere, he looks familiar. I think we need to let Jim know. They had to have come in here for a reason. Jim didn't expect them to get this far this fast. We need to alert him to the change so he can change his plans accordingly." The waitress said.
"Ya, ya I think your right. I will pass on the message." The older man who appeared to be in charge said.
The waitress and the younger man left. The older man pulled out a phone and dialed.
"Jim?… Tom… Ya we have an issue here at Tab's… of course… there are two men here talking about some very sensitive information for you… yes consider it done…I'm not sure, one of the girls thinks she recognizes one of them…I believe so…alright." He hung up the phone. (AN: this will make sense later, you will get the other half of the conversation)
Elliot waited behind the flat. Finally after what seamed like hours the older man moved on and Elliot snuck back to the table where Fin was talking with the waitress.
"So what time you off honey?" Fin asked.
" 'Round 3. You wanna have lunch?" The waitress asked very seductively.
"Ahem" Elliot cleared his throat, getting Fin's attention, his back was to Elliot.
"Ah hey man. What's up?" Fin asked noticing a serious look on Elliot's face.
"We gotta go, something has come up, something about a problem at your house?" Elliot said, trying to send the cryptic code to Fin.
"Gotcha' man. Hey look Lori, I'm sorry but I gotta go now, but I'll try to make it back for that lunch ok." Fin winked at her.
"Alright suga." Lori said and with that she left.
The two men left the restaurant and hurried to the car. Once safely inside, and on their way down the road Fin spoke up.
"What happened back there?" He asked.
"They called Jim, told him we were there talking about Liv, and that the waitress recognized one of us. He said he would take care of something, and I don't know what he meant, so I thought we should get outta there. Were you making 'friends' back there?" Elliot joked.
"Oh ya. Her name is Lori Sage. She has been working there for 3 years, is single with no kids, and her boss' name is Tom Sage, her father." Fin explained.
"Sage, that name doesn't ring a bell. Tom must have been that man in the back who called Jim. What are we going to do Fin, we are no closer to finding Liv, and now they have to change their plans, whatever those were?" Elliot asked.
"Elliot we just have to keep looking, and stay strong for Olivia's sake. Lets go back to the house and touch bases with Captain and see where we are." Fin suggested.
"Ok." Elliot replied.
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"Oh, well, its…"Cindy was cut off by Jim storming in the room.
"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Jim yelled.
"Oh… I was just… I just thought that… well because we had some leftovers… I thought she might be hungry… and…"Cindy stammered.
"I say when she eats! I say when she sleeps! I saw when she does anything!" Jim threw the tray across the room. "Who do you think you are! Are you trying to take over?!" Jim screamed.
"I'm sor…" Cindy was cut off by Jim's backhand across her face.
"YOUR SORRY. Did I not teach you anything at all? You know I am the boss around here." He grabbed Cindy's shirt in his fists and lifted her off the bed, and off her feet. "Don't. Ever. Do. That. Again. Do you understand?" Jim asked.
"Yes." Cindy said, not fighting, not even squirming or moving her feet that were about 1 inch off the ground.
"Good." Jim said.
Before Olivia knew what happened, Cindy went crashing into the wall on the other side of the room.
"What the hell!" Olivia yelled and jumped up to go to Cindy's side. But before she knew it she was thrown on the bed. Jim jumped on top of her.
"Get off of me!" She screamed.
Jim started touching her breasts. Olivia was squirming and yelling, trying to get out from under him. Cindy lay motionless on the floor where Jim threw her. Olivia's moving was really pissing Jim off, and she could tell, so she fought harder.
"Let me go! NOW! Get of…" She was cut off by a fist to the mouth. She now was squirming in pain. She could taste the blood. Jim got off her and punched her hard in the gut one last time before he stormed out of the room.
Olivia waited until Jim closed the door behind himself, and she went running to Cindy. She still wasn't moving and Olivia thought she was dead.
"Oh my god Cindy." Olivia whispered when she crouched next to her.
"I'm ok." Cindy's voice shocked Olivia.
"Oh my god I thought he killed you. These walls are cement! Does he do that a lot?" Olivia asked, trying to calm her racing heart.
"Oh ya, but I'm used to it now. Just don't fight back. He wants control over you, and if you let him have it, you wont get hurt near as bad or as much. Yes, he looses his temper, but if you just stay still it won't hurt as much." Cindy said.
"That is crap, he shouldn't lay a hand on you at all." Olivia said. It was hard to speak with all the pain in her stomach, and the blood spilling from her nose.
"Here." Cindy said, pulling a tissue out of her pocket for Olivia's bloody nose.
"Thanks." Olivia replied, feeling bad for this girl in front of her. She was in the same boat, and it was up to Olivia to get them both out of there alive.
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"What do we have Cap?" Elliot asked as soon as he entered the squad room.
"CSU tossed the place and they are processing what they found for prints, DNA, ect. to see if anyone else was involved."
"Tom Sage and Lori Sage are involved somehow." Elliot responded.
"How do you know?" Cragen asked.
Elliot and Fin proceeded to fill him in on what happened at the restaurant.
"You guys might want to see this." Munch piped up for the first time since Fin and Elliot entered the station. "Tom Sage was in arrested on a DV charge, but it was dropped. At the same time, Jim Sage was arrested with him. Does this Jim look familiar?" Munch pulled up the booking photo.
"Son of a bitch." Elliot said and started to storm out of the office.
"Wait Elliot!," Munch exclaimed, "there is more."
AN; Once again sorry for the delay. This chapter is my longest yet, a reward for all the awesome reviews! :):):):):):):):):). Please do it again! And tell me if you want to see anything happen in the story and I will see if I can fit it in the story. OH YA! I almost forgot. I wanted you all to have the other half of the phone conversation Elliot over heard, but I couldn't fit it in the story! I changed how I was going. It is not that important, it was just to clarify that the Jim that had Olivia was the one he was talking to. And Jim told Tom to "take care of the issue" Tom was calling him about, and that the waitress thought Fin or Elliot was a cop. It may or may not come into play later, so I just wanted to give you the jest of the other half of the conversation.
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