Chapter 10: When will this be over?

Author: Evelien Michaels

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Kristin and Elliot return to Liv's apartment to complete moving all her stuff out, when they make a shocking discovery.

KRISTIN'S POV

Elliot and I pulled up to the apartment complex, flabbergasted by the amount of people standing outside its doors.

"What's going on?" I asked him, but he shook his head, unsure of the answer.

"Let's just get what we're looking for."

"Excuse me... pardon me..." the two of us pushed our way through the crowd, still uncertain what the commotion was all about.

"Sir you can't go up there." A police officer stopped us before we could enter the building.

"What's the problem here?" Elliot asked, flashing the younger man his badge.

"Sorry officer... there was an accident and I have been told not to let anyone inside."

"What sort of accident?"

"There was a fire in one of the apartment buildings..."

Oh shit...

Elliot and I exchanged glances and I mentally cursed my mother (rest her soul) for dealing with the men who killed her, raped me, shot my friend, and now torched our apartment.

"I have instructions by Captain Cragen of the Special Victims Unit to move this young girl out of her apartment. She's in extreme danger and we need to do this as soon as possible... you understand me?"

"Yes sir..."

"Please radio whoever's in charge here and tell them that we are coming up."

"Yes sir..."

We watched as he pulled the small radio out off his clip and turned his back away from us for privacy. I couldn't make out the exact words he said, but I knew he was following Elliot's instructions and in no time he was nodding for us to come inside.

"By the way sir... which apartment was the fire located in?" Elliot whispered, thinking I was out of ear-shot.

"Room number... 419..."

Oh shit, shit, shit...

We climbed the stairs solemnly, not speaking a word because there was no reason to; I wouldn't know what to say anyway. Nothing prepared me for what I was about to witness; the entire apartment was lost... everything was gone.

My hands ran absently over the photographs on the wall that we hadn't yet packed up. Memories of my first few experiences with Olivia were destroyed. Pictures of us on the day I legally became her daughter, us at the SVU Christmas party last year, summer picnics with the Stablers... they were all lost... proof of happy memories that would never be restored for me. It was like the felicity was drained from my being once again... and I was getting really sick of it...

I watched Elliot from afar, shaking his head as he wove in and out of the various bedrooms and bathrooms. Without realizing what was happening around me, I began to feel tears running down my face and immediately my hands fell down to my stomach. There was a human... a baby growing inside of me... in less than eight months I would be a mother. How could I care for this baby if I couldn't even protect myself? Was my child destined for the same fate I had unfortunately received?

I sighed wiping the tears from my eyes before Elliot knew I was crying. I had to stay strong... for all of us... it wouldn't do anyone any good if my walls crumbled down now.

"You found something?" I whispered, watching Elliot emerge from the kitchen.

"Yeah... it's a note..."

"Well... what does it say?"

"It's um... for you..."

"For me? Who would leave a note for me?"

His eyes fell upon mine... sympathetically, they almost seemed to make an unspoken apology.

"Who is it from Elliot?"

His silence filled the room, seemingly chilling it.

"What does it say?"

"I... I... here..."

He handed the note to me, outstretching his hand toward me like a gingerbread man.

Miss Benson,

Kristin... I'm truly sorry about torching the your apartment... tell the detective you live with that I truly didn't mean any harm to it... I know she worked extra hours to pay for the rent... anyway... I'm sorry about your poor little friend... Natalie I think her name was? She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. You have something I want Kristin... I'm sure you know what that is by now... your mother, Ms. Mathers... she got in the way of my little operation, just like you have... I know that Detective Benson and Stabler are responsible for putting Jose in jail... and that angers me and trust me you don't want me to be angry. I visited Jose yesterday and I told him about your growing child... he told me that you could not have this child... he told me to destroy your child... and there for I must at last make my point. I know where to find you Kristin... and if you care about Detective Benson, you'll agree that her life is more important than your child's. You will meet me at your mother's old apartment in Harlem... you know the spot... don't pull any crap with me Kristin... I know where to find you...

"It's not signed..."

"Kristin, you're not actually thinking about this are you?"

"Elliot... if I don't go, he's going to come after mum..."

"What's to say he's not going to kill you?"

"Elliot... because of me, my best friend is in the hospital, her mother can't sleep at night, and my mother is afraid to leave me out of her sight... do you really want to live like this, uncertain of what tricks they will pull next?"

"Kristin... this is dangerous, and even if you agree to this... who'll say that this will all be over?"

"Elliot! This is our only lead! How else are we going to get this guy if we don't comply... we may never get a second chance at this... please..."

He sighed heavily, "I'm coming with you..."

"Thank you Elliot... thank you..."

A/N: hehehe! What's gonna happen now! Haha stay tuned, and PLEASE REVIEW MY LOVES!

333 Evelien