Episode 4: Regrets And Realizations
The next morning Olivia woke up still in Kathy's loving embrace, the brunette smiled contently as she watched Kathy sleep,
'I didn't think that I could love anyone as much as I love Kathy right now.' Olivia thought.
"I want to be with her forever," Olivia whispers.
"Mmmmm, I like the sound of forever, Liv," Kathy said dreamily as she stirred from her sleep, her head resting comfortably on Olivia's chest,
Olivia smiled as she caressed Kathy's blonde hair,
"Good morning, sleepy head," Liv said,
"You didn't get called in this morning?" Kathy asked as she sat up and rubbed her eyes,
"I uh... asked Cragen to put me on the Day shift, so no late night call-outs for a while," Liv says,
After another passionate round of lovemaking in the shower, Olivia came out, got dressed, and after leaving her cell number on a notepad that was on Kathy's right bedside table the brunette left, more satisfied than she'd ever been,
It was just after ten AM when Olivia bounded into the squad room, a bright smile adorning her face, Fin and Munch immediately took notice of Liv's great mood as the brunette sat down at her desk and turned her computer on,
"Morning, guys," Olivia said happily,
"Morning Liv," Fin and Munch reply in unison,
Ten-year-old fourth grader Beverly Ross sat in her seat in her Art class coloring a picture of a unicorn that she'd just drawn.
"Very good, Beverly." Chase Hopkins, Beverly's thirty-nine-year-old Teacher says from over her left shoulder.
Chase Hopkins is single and doesn't have any children of his own, but he loves teaching.
Sometimes Mr. Hopkins would take Beverly or one of the other girls that he taught into the Janitor's closet and have sex with them and threaten them and their families if they ever told anyone.
This continues for eight more weeks until Beverly tells her Mom Judy at dinner one Friday night when Beverly's Father Martin learns that his Daughter is being sexually abused by her Teacher he absolutely loses it.
It was just after lunch when Cragen called Olivia into his office,
"Olivia, a ten-year-old fourth grader named Beverly Ross was sexually assaulted by her Art Teacher, Chase Hopkins. Liv, I want you to interview the victim and her parents, Fin, I want you to run Mr. Hopkins' name." Cragen says.
Olivia goes to interview room three to speak to Beverly Ross, Fin speaks to her parents.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Ross, I'm Detective Tutuola of the Special Victims Unit, come with me, please," Fin explains.
Olivia looks at Beverly, the little girl looked so broken and dejected and it broke Liv's heart.
Olivia listened to Beverly's heart-wrenching tale as she described every sordid, horrible thing that Mr. Hopkins had done to her and it made Liv sick to her stomach, meanwhile, Alex is hard at work trying to get a search warrant for the Teacher's home.
When Liv came out of the interview room, she is greeted by Cragen and Alex, who has the warrant for Hopkins's house.
"Here's your warrant, Captain Cragen," Alex says with a smile until she looks at Olivia, whose expression is one of sadness and pain.
Munch came up to the trio with all the information on Chase Hopkins that he could find.
"Here is everything that I could dig up on our suspect, Captain," Munch said, handing the file to Don.
"Good job, everyone. Now, go and arrest this scumbag." Cragen says.
"Yes Sir," Liv said.
"Roger that," Fin says a moment later.
The team arrived at the house, Olivia takes the point position and walks up to the front door.
"Chase Hopkins, NYPD, search warrant," Olivia said in a booming voice,
For a long moment an eerie silence washes over the team, then suddenly there is a thunderous explosion and the front door is disintegrated and Olivia was launched backward off the porch into the front yard.
"Liv!" Fin screamed as Munch came running with his first aid kit.
Fin and Munch moved the severely injured Olivia inside the APC, Fin looks at the bloody officer who he loved like a sister,
'Hold on for me Liv, please,' Fin silently prayed before leaving the APC. Munch joined Fin and three uniformed Officers behind the APC.
"Jansen, can you get a shot?" Fin asked.
"No, he has an M3 Riot shotgun, automatic." Officer Regina Jansen assesses,
"I've got some flash bangs." Fin said somberly.
"Ok, use one to stun Hopkins and Regina and I will move in for the takedown," Munch says.
"Got it," Fin says.
Fin pulls out a flash-bang grenade, runs out from behind the APC's cover, pulls the pin and tosses it at Chase.
The grenade detonates, stunning the man and driving him to his knees, Fin draws his Glock 17 and points it at the wheezing man.
"Drop the gun, on your face, now!" the ebony man yelled as Regina and John moved in and handcuffed Chase and take him into custody.
"Captain, we've got a problem," Fin says from inside the APC as he spoke to Cragen over the phone,
"What is it, Fin?" Cragen asked.
"Liv wasn't wearing her vest," Fin said.
"She... Liv will be okay though, right Fin?" Munch asked, his voice full of desperation.
"I don't know, man. The faster we get her to Mercy the better Liv's odds are." Fin said truthfully.
As soon as the team got to Mercy Hospital, Liv is rushed into the OR, Fin is still on the phone with Cragen as he and Munch entered the Waiting Room,
"She was hit square in the chest, Captain… It's really bad," Fin says,
At the station...
Kathy was all smiles as she entered the SVU squad room, which was empty, she saw Cragen pacing back and forth in his office, Kathy walks up the stairs to his office and knocks on the door, Kathy tapped lightly on Don's door,
"What are you doing here, Kathy?" Alex asked arrogantly as the younger blonde ADA came out of her office,
"If it's any of your business, Ms. Cabot, I've come to ask Olivia to join me for lunch," Kathy hissed in reply,
It was at this moment that the door to Don's office flew open and the seasoned man came rushing out of the room,
"Oh, Kathy, you're here, come on, you two need to come to Mercy with me," he said hurriedly,
"Why?" Kathy inquired, "Is Elliot-?" Alex said, but stopped when she remembered that he was still serving his suspension,
Cragen sighed before turning to the pair of blondes,
"Olivia was shot by a perp, she wasn't wearing her vest,"
Don noted two distinct and totally different reactions from Kathy and Alex: Kathy was genuinely horrified, as tears began streaming down her face, while Alex was stoic, her features were blank, it almost seemed like indifference to Cragen,
"Hey, you two, let's go,"
Olivia undergoes surgery to remove the buckshot from her body, the operation lasts ten hours, meanwhile, Fin goes home, showers, and changes his clothes before returning to the hospital.
Susan Chen, Chief of Surgery was waiting for Fin when he entered the waiting room, as Much was still asleep in the chair he was sitting in.
"Good evening, Detective," Susan says in greeting.
"Evening Doctor, how's Liv doing?"
"Splendidly well, she made it through surgery just fine and she is now resting comfortably," Susan said reassuringly just as Cragen, Kathy, and surprisingly Alex walked into the waiting room,
"Can I see her?" Kathy inquires,
"Of course Detective. Follow me please." Susan said.
Kathy felt her chest tighten with apprehension as she and Susan made their way to Olivia's room.
"I'm actually Detective Benson's girlfriend," Kathy said, feeling the need for clarification,
"Yes, alright, just don't rile her up too much."
"Okay," Kathy says in understanding.
"I'm going on my rounds now if Ms. Benson needs anything page the Nurse's Station," Susan says.
"I will, and thank you, Doctor," Kathy says before Susan leaves the room.
Now alone Kathy walks over to Liv's bed.
"Liv, are you awake?" Kathy whispers.
"Yes, Kathy," the brunette answers.
"You scared me, Liv, when Don told me I thought that I'd-.," the blonde says, but cuts herself off.
"W-Where's Hopkins?" Liv asked.
"We got him, Liv. He's at the station." Cragen says from the doorway,
"Good," Olivia replies.
"Liv, don't worry about that scum. Just concentrate on getting better." Kathy said.
"All right, Kathy," Olivia said weakly, smiling at her lover,
Alex stood out in the hallway listening to Olivia and Kathy's conversation, the blonde Attorney felt a pang of jealousy in her heart, Olivia was hurt, close to death and she hadn't even bothered to ask to see Alex, the woman who knew everything there was to know about the brunette,
'Why hasn't she asked to see me?' Alex thought to herself,
After Munch had woken up, he and Fin visited Olivia, bot men were overjoyed at seeing their colleague. In the Waiting Room, Alex was getting impatient, when Olivia's Mother, Serena Benson entered the room flanked by Casey Novak and Melinda Warner, neither woman acknowledged the blonde lawyer as they passed by her, furthering her feelings of contempt, then Alex saw Elliot, he ran over to his lover and chief concern. Alex buried her face into Elliot's chest.
"What happened to Liv, Alex?" Elliot asked,
Alex explained everything she could to Elliot, he became angry that Alex had not been allowed to see the brunette,
Susan is checking Olivia's abdomen for swelling and is pleased when she finds none.
"Well Detective, you're healing nicely and there is no swelling that I can see," Susan informs her patient.
"So, when do you think I can go home, Doctor Chen?" Liv asks.
"In two days, and I want you to take at least two weeks off from work before you return to duty."
"I understand, Doctor," the brunette says,
Just then Alex and Elliot came into the hospital room.
"Doctor Chen, may we see Olivia?" Alex asked,
"Well, I-" Susan says before Liv cut her off.
"NO! I don't want either of them near me!" Olivia screams.
Susan turns and escorts Alex and Elliot out of Olivia's room, closing the door behind her,
"What was that about, Detective?" Susan asked,
"Pain from my past relationship that will not go away," the brunette muttered darkly,