A/N: so, enough with this sad, disturbing shit, and on with the good stuff, or is it, guess you'll halve to read, and review to find out!

NOTE: Thank you obsessedwithstabler for the beta

Chapter 8

Right after the phone went dead, FBI Agent Huang came into Cragen's office and said in a triumphant voice, "The tap worked! We got the location! This freak is going down!"

Seeing the looks on the faces on the other men, he felt panic rise in his chest. "Wait,guys, why are you crying? What did he say? Is 'Liv...?" he didn't want to ask the question aloud.

"NO!" Elliot yelled. He turned to the rest of his crew and said, "Grab your coats, guys; we're going to save Olivia!" He grabbed Huang's arm and dragged him out of Cragen's office. "Okay, Doc, tell us where they are!"

Huang looked at him, waited for the other men to join them, and then told them as they were jogging out the door, "They're in a warehouse in Brooklyn. I'll come along and show you how to get there!"

20 minuets later, all five men were standing in front of the only way in or out of the warehouse that Olivia was being held in. They looked at each other, then at the building, then at each other again. With a nod of Cragen's head, the crew of five determined men stormed the warehouse, but when they opened the door, rows and rows of boxes that seemed to all point to an office greeted them. The men went down separate aisles, the only thing on their minds being Olivia.

Elliot was jogging carefully down his designated aisle when something on the ground in front of him caught his eye. As he got closer, he recognized the unmoving form of his partner!

He ran to her, fell to his knees beside her and reached out a trembling hand to check her pulse. It was weak, but it was there. He hurriedly untied her arms, and then her legs.

Then, thinking about the fact that she wouldn't like being exposed for all of them to see, he took off his jacket and put it over her. It was then that he heard all the yelling from the general direction of the office that they had seen.

After a minute of yelling, Fin called into the radio, "The suspect has been apprehended! I repeat, we caught the bastard!"

As soon as Fin quit talking, Elliot called into the radio, "10-13, 10-13, officer down, We need a bus, NOW!"

He heard running steps, and then their coworkers, minus Munch, were surrounding them. They all bent down and Huang, the only doctor there, lightly touched her neck, feeling for any broken bones, but he stopped when she opened her brilliant brown eyes.

The second she remembered the events of the day, panic, fear, and hate filled those once calm eyes. Turning on her side, she pulled her arms to her body, and tucked her legs up to her chest in a fetal position.

She jumped a little when a hand was gently placed on her shoulder, but then visibly relaxed when Elliot bent near her ear and whispered, "It's okay, Liv. We're here now, baby. No one is going to hurt you now. We'll protect you, baby. You're safe now."

She turned to him, looked into his eyes, and launched herself into his arms. He wrapped his arms around her and picked her up off of the cold, dirty floor and into his strong, loving arms. Looking down at her, he smiled and whispered into her ear, "I love you, Olivia Benson, and I won't ever let anyone hurt you again. I swear to you, baby."

She reached her hand up and said with a half smile, "You have no idea how good it is to see this ugly face of yours or to finally hear you say those words. I love you too, Elliot." As the words passed her lips, she faded out of consciousness again.

"Hey Liv! Liv, honey, stay with me. Stay with me, baby. Olivia, wake up! OLIVIA BENSON, DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT LEAVING ME! DAMN IT, LIV, WAKE UP!" Elliot screamed, shaking her gently.

She slowly cracked her eyes open, saying, "You don't have to yell. I'm not going anywhere. I'm just so tired."

"Well, Liv, you can sleep as much as you want to later, but keep your eyes

open now, you hear me?" Cragen demanded.

"Yes, Dad, whatever you say," Olivia murmured.

Minutes later, the paramedics appeared with a stretcher, and Elliot gently placed Olivia on it. With a nod of acknowledgment, they left the other men in the aftermath.

As they raced to the ambulance, Elliot ran alongside them, murmuring comfortingly in Olivia's ear. After they loaded Olivia into the back of the ambulance, Elliot jumped in behind the paramedic.

"Hey, you can't be in here!" the medic protested.

"Try and make me leave," Elliot challenged in a dangerously low voice.

The young medic nodded nervously and shouted that they were ready to go.

"I'm here, Liv. Just hang on. Stay with me, baby," he begged, stroking her almond colored hair. "Just stay with me."

TBC

A/N: Please R&R! It does so much for ones personnel belief in ones self... in other words, it feels good when you do!when you do!!