AN: Wow- this chapter really depressed me. And that's all I'm going to say. Somebody tell me a joke. Also, thanks for the feedback. You guys are great. I'm glad you're enjoying it and it makes me want to write more. I can't seem to keep up with the ideas pouring through my mind. Thanks and have a nice Read.

Reconciliation

The hum of the truck engine vibrated the old leather seats of the U-Haul cab. Dani sat in between Dickie and Elliot. Nobody said a word except to point out directions.

"Make a right at the next light," Dani blankly said.

Elliot's phone made a loud ring on his belt. He leaned over pushing Dani in the process.

"Maur, eat without us. We're taking a detour."

"Dad the car, a man just. He had a gun and he took her in a car. 87hpv4 was the license plate."

"What? Maur, slow down. What's going on?"

Elliot plugged his open ear and his scrunched face turned pale.

Dickie and Dani looked nervously at his reactions. "Ok, lock the door. Call 911. We'll be there. Dickie, go back to the condo."

Dickie had become a pro at swinging the 20-foot truck around. Without question he pulled on his game face and made a U-turn.

Elliot held onto the front of the dashboard and called the precinct.

SCENE

The dark figure floored the car at a top speed down 6th Ave.

Olivia pushed herself as far back into the seat as she could. She wanted desperately to put her seat belt on.

The motion of the car jostled her and the baby around.

A weird sensation cramped up inside of her.

She held back the pain and clenched her face hoping that he would slow down.

He slammed on the breaks and Olivia fell forward.

She pressed her hands against the dashboard. A sharp pain jabbed her insides and she let out a gasp.

"What's wrong with you," said the man as he pushed her back.

She swallowed the pain. "Can I put the seatbelt on?"

The man grabbed the gun that he placed between the door and the seat. " Quickly and don't even attempt to be heroic."

Olivia turned to pull the seat belt from behind her head when a siren sounded next to them.

The man put down the gun and hit the gas. Olivia jolted back in the seat. "You're not gonna get away. They've probably already got the block cornered."

"Olivia, if you knew what was good for you, you wouldn't be in this position. I suggest you save the cop tactics for another day."

His voice was suddenly clear. The way his mouth formed the "O" in Olivia caught her off guard. There was only one man who said her name like that. She looked at the shape of his head and froze, contemplating how he could turn so quickly and drastically into the monster before her.

She lifted her hands towards his mask and before she could take another frame of action, his foot jammed the break peddle down causing the car to spin recklessly in another direction.

Olivia hit the door and the side window hard. She tried her best to keep the baby protected, but the sharp pains in her stomach started again.

She took in deep breaths of air to calm everything in her body down.

The man looked over at her as he spun the wheel and headed down a side street. "What's wrong with you?"

Through the slow intake of air she painfully looked at him. "Dean, why are you doing this?"

Dean took the mask off. "Because you're better than you think you are. I'm saving you from your mistakes."

"Ohhhh," Olivia groaned.

"What's happening?"

The sirens could be heard somewhere close by and he revved the engine again. His focus pulled back and forth between the road and Olivia hovering in pain.

"Ahh," she cried as she breathed and rocked forward trying to curl up in a ball. The cramping was getting stronger. "I need you to stop this right now. Dean, you can't fix my mistakes, because I haven't made any. Untie my hands now!"

She started to hit him with her fists and he grabbed her hands hard with one hand.

"Olivia, you have to trust me. You can't ruin your life to become the wife of an under paid, uneducated divorcee, who was brought up to become a blue collar worker for the rest of his miserable life.

The labor pains were coming on faster and stronger. Her reactions were half fits of pain and half disgusted spouts of anger. "OH, god, Dean you are such a blind bigoted fascists piece of slime, OHHHHHH!!!"

Olivia started to yell through her clenched teeth. "I wouldn't trust you if it was the last thing left for me to do! Mmhuh!" Olivia doubled over and took in quick breaths of air while holding onto the dashboard with her out-stretched hands. Her head rooled back adn forth on the back of the seat and she breathed in and out rapidly. "Trust you! You put a gun to my head. Why would I EVER trust you! Ohhhhh. I can't move. Oh god, please dear god, please get me out of this."

Olivia started to pray over and over again. Her forehead started to sweat and she closed her eyes.

Dean was headed for the freeway. Olivia watched the exit coming closer and they pulled up the ramp only to be stopped by a barricade of police cars.

Olivia's shoulder hit the front of the car and then slammed back into the seats as Dean stopped hard and backed up.

A warm feeling slowly made it's way down Olivia's thighs and all over the seat.

She looked at the crotch of her blue jeans and let out a panicked cry. "Oh, no, please, Dean, you have to give this up. Please. If you love me so much, you'll let me go."

Dean stopped the car and pulled out the gun. "Olivia, you're all I have. If a baby is what you want I can give it to you, but this is not what you deserve."

He held the gun to Olivia's stomach and she shrieked with fear. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

"Olivia, I know you don't understand right now, but you will."

Dickie pulled the U-Haul to a stop leaving a long line of burned rubber behind him. Dani handed Elliot her gun. "Here, take this."

Elliot looked at the gun and then at her. "This is illegal."

"Do you want to save Olivia, or do you want to play by the rules? Trust me, I played by the rules and I lost. Just take it."

Elliot never really understood the irrational grief that Dani held for her late husband until now.

Looking into her eyes, he could see the emptiness that she held onto as she hunted the world trying to find a replacement.

He could see her thoughts like an open book as she endlessly worked and searched for justice.

She was looking for the one thing that she'd lost all those years ago.

Now, as he sat with the gun in his hand and Olivia so close to him in danger, he couldn't say that he would be any different than Dani in her situation.

Gently he nodded as he took the gun and jumped out of the truck.

He wasn't about to spend the rest of his life searching for Olivia's ghost.

Elliot walked towards the car without a stitch of bulletproof gear on and the gun raised in the air. The cops surrounded them and Cragen shouted on the bullhorn. "Elliot, fall back. We've got it under control."

Elliot didn't listen, he could see Dean's face looking back at him and he fired the gun into the sky sending a message for Dean to back off.

Dean opened the door and shouted as he held the gun to Olivia's stomach. "Take one more step and I shoot them both."

Olivia's heart had never raced so quickly in all her life. As Dean shouted at Elliot she took that moment to grab Dean's arm and smash it into the radio. He dropped the gun and it fired through the roof.

Olivia startled herself from the blast. She pushed the gun under the seat with her foot as Dean grabbed her by the hands and pushed her into the door. "Why are you doing this? Huh? Why? You know I'm better for you. He's brainwashed you Olivia. Brainwashed you!"

Elliot froze when the shot fired. He held his gun towards Dean's head as he watched both of their silhouettes violently move about. He didn't know what to do next. It was too dark to see what was happening or where the gun was.

Cragen shouted through the bullhorn again. "Dean Porter, step out of the car."

Dean slapped Olivia in the face and they both sat quietly while he thought of their next move.

Movement from the right side of the car caught Elliot's attention. Dani was crotched next to the vehicle. She nodded for him to take Dean's side. Fin came up beside Elliot and they moved in on the car.

"Dean," Elliot yelled. "You're surrounded. What do we have to do to negotiate here?"

Dean's door was still open. He sat in the front seat and turned his head to reply. "Don't get any closer. I have a gun and I will use it." Quickly he pushed Olivia around as he searched the under side of the seat for his gun.

Olivia held her face and started to sweat and rock from the pain. A finger came up from the outside of the car and wiggled next to the lock on the door.

She peaked out and saw Dani with her back against the car and a small pistol in her hand.

Dean grabbed the gun and sat up. He turned his face towards the ever-approaching cops and yelled ", call off the barricade's and I won't shoot Olivia."

Olivia flipped up the lock on the door as he yelled.

"That's not a negotiation, Porter, " Elliot called back. His gun was aimed and ready to fire at the slightest mistake on Porter's behalf.

"Let Olivia go and I will call off the barricades."

"And get rid of my hostage? Do you think I'm a rookie at this, Stabler?"

Fin whispered to Elliot ", Snipers got a clear shot. They'll take it when you're ready."

"And Olivia's not in any sort of sight line for that right?"

Dean could see the snipers lining up. He slouched down in the seat. His gun was no longer pointed at Olivia. He had his head turned towards the door as he yelled to Elliot. "Open the barricades, Stabler."

While he wasn't looking Olivia held her face against the window and gave Dani the ok.

Dani pulled open the door and held the gun at Dean's face. "Don't move jack ass."

Dean froze. He held his gun at Dani and they stood aiming the barrels at each other. "Drop your gun, Porter," Dani hissed with her sly Norwegian accent.

Dean placed the gun on the seat next to him and Olivia slowly got out of the car.

Dani held her shot at his head as Olivia made her way past the backseat doors.

Dani noticed the blood and the liquid on the seat and when Olivia doubled over she flinched. "Olivia--"

BANG

Dean grabbed his gun and shot it at Dani's chest.

Olivia heard the shot and fell to the ground with her hands on her head. The sniper near the barricade took his shot and Dean was immediately dead.

Everything happened so quickly. Dani slumped to the ground.

Blood poured from her chest and she coughed blood from her mouth.

Olivia crawled over to her and pressed her tied up hands over the wound. "Dani, dear god, hold on. Don't leave me."

Elliot ran to them and lifted Dani's head to the side so that she wouldn't chock on the blood. "What the hell happened," Elliot cried with panic and worry on his face. "Dani, be strong. Just hold on, you're gonna beat this."

Dani blinked her eyes and looked up at the two of them. Softly she whispered ", I'm ok. It doesn't hurt. You're both angels. I'm so glad that you're…both…happy. Don't ever forget that…happiness is more important than your job. It's more import-…tant…than-"

Olivia leaned on the chest wound and looked into Dani's eyes with a strong face and tears streaming down her cheeks. "Dani, stay with us. Open your eyes. Dani, look at me."

Dani coughed and blinked. She smiled at Olivia. "It's ok. Let me go."

"Dani, you're not leaving us yet," Elliot yelled. He looked up and saw the paramedics running towards them. "The meds are here. Don't stop now, you hear me?"

Elliot shook her head and she opened her eyes. The vague blue shades grabbed his soul and said their final good-byes. "It's…time…I've waited…to be with him. Let me… Good-bye Elliot... Olivia... Stabler."

"Dani," Olivia cried as she held the wound tightly. Olivia's body shook as Dani closed her eyes and took one final breath. Olivia pumped her chest and shook her body. "Dani!"

Elliot stood up and turned away from them. He held his hand over his eyes and let the tears fall from his face.

Olivia was on the ground crying and shaking. Dani's blood was all over her.

She pushed herself away from Dani's lifeless vessel and uncontrollably wept.

The stress on her mind pushed down onto the baby and an excruciating pain ran through her body. "Ahhhhohhh," she cried holding onto her stomach and leaning onto the car.

Fin grabbed Olivia's arms. "Liv, what's wrong?"

He looked down and saw that her water had broke. Quickly he untied the wire that was wrapped around her hands. "Elliot, she's contracting."

Elliot looked over at Olivia and noticed her wet clothing for the first time. His face was red and stained with dirt and tears as he ran by her side. He and Fin lifted Olivia from the ground and headed for the nearest car.

The earth slowly turned as the chaotic mess ended around them.

Elliot could almost feel the ground tilting. The sounds and the people pushed around him as he looked into Olivia's eyes and thanked the God's up above that she was in his arms.

AN: So even though I am still not a big fan of Dani on the show, I do think that if the actress were on another show in a role that I liked, I would totally like her. I also, think in the grand skeem of things- if Olivia Benson never existed I could grow to like Dani Beck- just in a different way. She was strong and pretty and she even has a cool accent. You can't go wrong with an accent. So it was my goal to give her a bit of a redeeming quality. I hope that I did a good job. The topic is open for discussion. Let me know what you think.