A/N: Sorry it's a little short, been busy this week. Some medical stuff might be wrong but I'm not a doctor and this is just fiction, LOL. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Please read and review.

Disclaimer: Only own the doctor and paramedics.


Olivia groaned and opened her eyes, upon seeing Elliot, she closed her eyes again.

"Get the hell out of my apartment," she grumbled.

Elliot noticed something wrong with the brunette's breathing and put two fingers on her neck to check her pulse. It was pretty weak. "I'm not leaving, Liv. What have you done to yourself?" He asked, not expecting an answer as he grabbed Olivia's cordless phone from beside the bed, to call for an ambulance.

"Please state your emergency..." An older woman's voice with an European acent flowed through the phone.

"Yes, I need an ambulance at 141 West 92nd Street, apartment 4D. Possible drug overdose on Vicodin," Elliot explained.

"Ok stay calm, sir. Is the person breathing?" The lady responded.

"Yes but her pulse is pretty weak. She was conscious a minute ago as well. She would have taken them in the last hour."

"Ok, sir. An ambulance should be there in a few minutes."

"Thank you," Elliot replied and hung up.

As Elliot waited for the ambulance to come, he continually checked Olivia's breathing and pulse and tapping her face gently and whispering her name to try wake her up again but it didn't help. She was unconscious.

"Hello?" An paramedic called out to announce their arrival.
"Back here," Elliot called back.

The paramedics followed Elliot's voice and ran in with a gurney and their medical supplies.

"Her breathing is shallow," Elliot informed them.

"Ok, sir," the young blonde female paramedic replied and placed an oxygen mask over Olivia's nose and mouth before Elliot helped them lift Olivia and place her securely on the gurney. "Are you coming with us, sir?"

"Yes of course I am," Elliot replied with certainty and followed them out of the apartment.

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In the ambulance the nameless paramedic began to ask Elliot questions about Olivia once she was stable.

"Sir, what's her name?"

"Olivia Benson."

The paramedic wrote it down and asked another question. "Age?"

"Forty-two."

"Any medical conditions?"

"Not that I am aware of but she was shot in the chest about nine weeks ago and has been on pain medication."

The paramedic nodded and added it to the information that he was writing down.

"What did she injest and how much?"

"She took Vicodin. I don't know exactly how much but she's had at least sixteen tablets in the last two days."

The paramedic nodded again and jotted down the information.

They had arrived at Mercy General Hospital so the paramedics wheeled Olivia out of the ambulance and rushed her inside, in to a trauma room, leaving Elliot in panic mode in the emergency room's waiting room.

Elliot walked over to the public phone and called Cragen, knowing that he was still at the precinct working on a case.

"Special Victims, Captain Cragen speaking," Don answered professionally.

"Hey Captain, it's Elliot."

"What's wrong, Elliot?" He asked concerned, hearing the panic in his voice.

"Olivia is in Mercy General for a possible Vicodin overdose," he explained.

"You're joking, right? Please tell me you're joking, Elliot." Cragen was now panicking himself.

"Sorry Captain but it's real," Elliot replied, sadly.

Elliot heard Don sigh over the phone line. "I'll tell Munch, Fin and Casey since they're stil here. I'm on my way."

"Ok, Captain," Elliot replied and hung up to resume pacing around the waiting room, waiting for news on Olivia's condition.

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Don Cragen grabbed his coat and rushed out of his office in to the squad room, causing the two remaining detectives and the red haired ADA to look up at him, in confusion at the rushed exit.

"What's going on, Captain?" Fin asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Liv's in Mercy General Hospital with a possible drug overdose. Casey, you coming to the hospital with me to see her?"

Everyone was in shock, just staring at Don as they took in the information. They were hoping that they heard him wrong.

"You heard me right. Casey?" He clarified as if reading their minds.

Coming out of the shock, Casey instantly grabbed her coat, which was hanging on the back of Olivia's black leather wheelie chair and rushed out after Don.

The car ride was silent, neither of them knew what to say so neither of them opened their mouths. After about twenty minutes they finally arrived at Mercy General Hospital and rushed in to find Elliot still pacing the waiting room, driving other people crazy in the process.

"Any news yet?" Cragen asked as he and Casey walked in.

Elliot looked up at his boss and the ADA, Olivia's other best friend.

Olivia Benson and Casey Novak had hated one another at first sight but over the years they'd gotten to know each other and became best friends.

"Not yet," Elliot murmured and resumed his pacing once again until Casey stopped him.

She gently cupped his face in her hands and looked in to his azure blue eyes.

He looked back in to her caring eyes.

"Stop and take a breath, Elliot. I'm sure Liv is fine. She's stubborn," she whispered and let go of his face.

"Family of Olivia Benson?" A tall, fit, auburn colored haired, hazel eyed female doctor emerged from a room down a hallway.

"We are," Elliot replied. "Is Olivia ok?"

The doctor nodded. "I'm Doctor Karen Blight. We had to pump Olivia's stomach but she should be fine. I'm admitting her up to the psychology floor for the night before she gets tranferred to a drug treatment centre in the morning."

"Drug rehab?" Elliot asked confused.

Doctor Blight nodded . "I'm afraid so. We need to break the cycle."

Don sighed and nodded in reply. "Can we please see her?"

"Of course. Follow me," Doctor Blight replied and walked back down the hall that she'd emerged from.

"Just in here," she said when she stopped in front of Exam Room four. She'll be taken up to psychology in about an hour or two."

Don nodded and shook the doctor's hand. "Thank you," he thanked the woman before he, Elliot and Casey walked in to Olivia's quiet hospital room.