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The Oddly Perfect Couple - Chapter 5
When Olivia and Munch walked into the Station together that morning Finn's eye twitched as he immediately pretended to be busy. Meanwhile, Stabler was biting his lip trying not to announce to the entire building what he had saw that morning. " Hi, Finn, hey Elliot." Said Olivia cheerfully, sitting down at her desk
"Finn, Stabler," Munch nodded in greeting to each of the men. He too sat down at his desk, but not before making two cups of coffee and handing one to Olivia. "Awww!" Cooed Stabler, Munch and Olivia sent him identical withering stares, and he snapped his mouth closed abruptly.
"We got a new case cap?" Asked Finn as Cragen walked out of his office, looking like he was about to say something.
"Yeah, remember those two police officers and the child that were killed a month ago?" All four of them nodded solemnly, remembering the two men they had known fairly well and the ripped apart body of the innocent little boy they had seen. Cragen continued, "Well, I was just informed by forensics that they finally were able to scrounge up a possible match for the DNA found on the boy. She's only in our system with a few traffic violations, but her DNA was close enough to get a search warrant. Munch, Benson, I want you to be the ones to knock on the door. Finn, Stabler, I want you to stay here and help me search New Jersey's systems, see if we can get her for anything else." He handed the address over to Munch, who looked it over quickly before motioning to Olivia to follow him.
"Cap'n?" Asked Finn, "Why did ya send da two lovebirds off together? We may never get 'em back." Cragen just laughed, "Get to work, boys."
"This is it," said Olivia, matching the number on the apartment door with the number in Munch's hand. She knocked loudly on the door. "Police! Open up!" No answer. "Now!" She yelled. After a few seconds the lock on the door clicked and the door opened to reveal a tall brown haired woman who looked to be in her forties. As they stepped into her apartment, hands lingering at their sides, ready to grab their gun if necessary, Munch couldn't help but notice the woman looked familiar. "Do you have her name?" He asked in a hushed whisper, leaning in so the woman wouldn't hear.
Olivia nodded, "Yeah, its- Just then the woman tore her gaze away from Olivia, noticing Munch for the first time, she screeched over Olivia's voice, "John?! John Allen David Munch?!" Munch winced and gripped the gun at his waist, only one person could screech his full name like that, " Elizabeth." He said cooly, he then turned to a confused looking Olivia, "One of my ex wives." He explained.
"Wives? As in plural?" Asked Olivia.
"I'll explain later." He whispered.
He then turned to Elizabeth, "I've always wanted to say this,"
He let a twisted grin appear on he features, " Sweetheart," He said menacingly, stepping forward, " You are under arrest." He was about to move forward to cuff her when she lunged backwards and drew a gun that was hidden under her long, thick shirt. "Your not arresting me, you heartless scum!" Before Olivia had time to react, the sound of gunfire reverberated through her ears, and Munch was down. She shot Elizabeth in the back, and ran to Munch's side. " John!" All he could do was groan as he gripped his gushing shoulder. After a second he passed out, and Olivia went into action. She grabbed her walkie talkie at the same time she used her other hand to put pressure on the wound. "This is Detective Benson, NYPD. We've got an officer down and unconscious and a Perp wounded critically in act of self defense. We need two buses NOW!" She threw down the walkie talkie and put both of her hands down on the wound gaping in Munch's shoulder.
"Munch!" She tried to wake him up. His eyes flickered open, " John, stay with me. Come on honey."
"Liv..." He trailed off, and tried hard to fight the dizziness washing over him. Just as the sound of sirens were heard in the distance, he gave up and succumbed to the darkness once again.
TBC
A/N: ohhh, the drama. Yay! This was my first real cliffhanger! Don't worry, Munch will be alright... As long as you review! MWAHHAHAHA!...eh hem. Anyway, see that button down there? Well, push it and tell me what you think, kay:)