A/N: Back from Disneyland finally! It was a crazy but fun eight days! My twin sister and I got to visit San Diego State while we were there which was awesome. But I do have to say…six full days in Disney with my younger siblings was a little much. Haha. My parents must have spent thousands of dollars…my goodness…
Anyway I'm headed back to school tomorrow which means hopefully I will be back on my regular schedule for updating this story (every Sunday). I love you all who comment and review, it really makes it all worthwhile.
The plot thickens…read on!
Olivia slid into the cab, using her hands to adjust herself in the seat. When she lifted her right hand to reach for the seat belt something caught her eye.
Red. A red sticky substance was smeared across her thumb. Her heart rate quickened. Blood. It was blood – there was no mistaking it. She looked up quickly, curling her hand into a fist to hide the evidence. She tried her best to keep a normal face as Elliot and the driver joined her in the car. She could see out of the corner of her the driver glancing at her through the rear view mirror. That's when she realized…it was the man from the flyer that she had found this morning outside her apartment. If he really was dangerous like the paper had warned he was sure to have a gun on him. She had to act natural…she couldn't make him suspicious, at least not until they were ready to catch this SOB – if he suspected she knew anything he could drive them off the road or pull a gun on them without warning.
Olivia glanced down again. She could make out more blood on the dark middle cushion. It almost blended in with the fabric. She wondered if Elliot had noticed. She had to think - and fast. Her mind raced…what to do? What to do?
The man began to drive down the road...Think think think Olivia. She had it...she was trained for situations like these. She grabbed Elliots hand and smiled up at him. A look of shock passed over his face, but Elliot recognized something in his partner's eyes. Through the fake lust he could see that she was worried...she was trying to warn him about something. He was confused for only a mere second. Olivia rubbed her thumb across his and he felt the sticky substance. Instantly he had realized the situation. He took a deep breath and pulled Olivia closer to him, squeezing her hand firmly to let her know he understood.
Olivia glanced sideways towards the driver. He was smirking in the mirror. "So what are you two love birds doing out in a blizzard like this?"
"Wouldn't you like to know," Olivia winked.
She nuzzled Elliot's neck and whispered into his ear, "Something has got to be in that trunk."
Elliot nodded, "Oh baby, wait until we're home," he cooed.
"So where am I headed?" the man asked.
"You can pull over up here on the corner, our apartment is above the bakery," Elliot said, kissing Olivia firmly on the cheek. "On the count of three," he whispered into her ear as the driver pulled over. He began a count down on his fingers.
Oliva subtly reached for her ankle gun. 3...2...1...
Elliot had his glock pressed against the man's head in an instant, "NYPD, get out of the car slowly with your hands raised," he said.
"Wow man, calm down," he yelped.
"Hands up! Keys out of the ignition," Elliot continued, pushing Olivia out of the car, "Liv, go to the back, I'll take care of this guy," he instructed.
Olivia jumped out of the cab and raced around to the trunk. She flung it open and attempted to thrust the back out onto the side walk. It was extremely heavy; it had to be at least one hundred and fifty pounds...Just heavy enough for a body Olivia thought as she heaved it out with all her strength.
She set it down as gently as she could onto the concrete and unzipped it as quickly as her fingers would let her.
What she saw just about stopped her heart from beating...
There was more than one body...and they were children. Three small bodies were wrapped in white sheets - the sheets were soaked with blood and Olivia panicked.
"Elliot! Call a bus!"
Elliot hand cuffed the man to the taxi handle and pulled out his radio, "SVU portable to central, and quick," he yelled kneeling down by Olivia's side.
"Do they have pulses?" he asked staring down at the bodies. Elliot noted that there were two girls and a boy. One of the girls looked no older than two or three years old. The girls were both caked in make up - bright red lip stick, copious amounts of blush and eye shadow, and long fake eye lashes. Thier light blonde hair was curly and hung around thier faces. None of them were clothed save for the sheet and thier bodies were a sickly pasty white.
"Barely, they must be drugged. The blood is coming from deep cuts on the back of the boy, the girls seem unharmed, though I'm guessing fowl play," Olivia informed, bowing her head to listen for breathing.
They were all alive...for now.
The bus arrived as well as a few cop cars - Captain Cragen emerged from one. "Elliot, Liv, I heard the call. What were you two doing down here?" he asked the two detectives. "I mean it was lucky you were but-"
"We were heading into work Cap," Olivia interrupted, "Elliot and I knew it was important to be on the job even despite the weather."
"Well next time inform me, I'd like to know when my detectives are on duty," he said.
"Sorry Cap, it was just coincidence that we got in the perps car," Elliot said.
Cragen nodded, "Liv, do you think this has anything to do with the Jenny Fort's case? The man that you just arrested, Felix Torrez, was on the suspect list; apparently he works with the husband, whom we have not been able to track down."
"I don't know, it's likely, but I need to go down to Mercy and see how the children are doing first," he told Cragen.
"Ok sure Liv, I'll take you and Elliot down thier now. But I want you to question Torrez as soon as you are done. I'll have Fin and Munch prep him a little," Cragen said.
MERCY HOSPITAL
Olivia held her breath as she entered the eldest girl's hospital room. The nurse had informed her that the children had been on a variety of sedatives and the youngest girl almost hadn't survived. They had pumped all three of the children's stomachs and done rape kits on both girls because there was evidence of penetration. The boy had a couple broken ribs and a collapsed lung that he was currently in surgery for. The DNA of the three children had been tested and it was clear that they were siblings and because they had been found in the system, it had been confirmed that they were in fact the children of Jenny Fort.
Both girls hadn't even spoken yet, the nurse explained that they were in shock. Olivia was sent in to try and get the oldest girls to open up about what had happened to them.
The girl was wide awake and her make up had been stripped away. Her eyes were empty and her skin was pale, but she was possibly the most beautiful young girl Olivia had ever seen. She looked like an angel with her soft yellow curls and bright blue eyes.
"Hi sweetie, I'm Olivia, I'm a police officer," Olivia said gently, sitting on a chair beside the bed.
The girl didn't even look over. Her eyes were fixed on a spot on the ceiling.
"I'm here to find out what happened to you. Can you tell me your name?" she asked softly.
Nothing.
"I just am here to help you honey, everything is going to be okay now," she said.
"Where's Noah and Natalie?" she finally asked. Her voice was barely a whisper.
"Are they your brother and sister?" Olivia asked.
The girl nodded. "Are they okay?" she asked.
"Yes. They are okay. Your brother is in surgery now and your sister is in pediatrics, where they take care of babies...how old are you sweetie?" she smiled.
The girl finally looked over, "six."
Olivia nodded, "Can you tell me what happened to you?"
The girl ignored the question, "I need Noah and Natalie. I promised my mom I would take care of them," she said her eyes filling with tears.
Olivia sighed, "I see. Well, they are being taken care of, I promise. You need to be taken care of too honey. What's your name?"
"Charlotte," she whispered.
"Okay Charlotte, can you tell me how you ended up with the man Felix?" she asked gently.
"We have to call him Papi...he's our new daddy," she said, a tear slipping down her porcelain cheek.
A/N: one, I'm sorry my chapters are always so short AND two, I'm sorry if there are typos…I did this chapter on my IPAD.