Chapter 8
Days turned in to weeks and Elliot still wasn't interested in his long lost daughter, Olivia's daughter. Little 8 year-old Ashlyn didn't deserve to be ignored by the man that fathered her. Although she claimed that she was happy to be just living with her mother, she and Olivia were very close.
Olivia and Elliot were sitting at their desk, doing paperwork, when Cragen walked up to them.
"Your perp, Max Lexton was spotted on Broadway"
"Right cap" Elliot replied as he and Olivia walked out.
When they spotted their prep, he was running because he saw them first.
"Freeze, police" Olivia yelled out as she and Elliot chased him.
The perp went down an alley.
"Liv, you go down the alley and I'll go around and block him off" Elliot said and then they split up with Olivia going down the alley.
The alley was pretty dark, you could see but not very clearly. Olivia scanned the alley with her gun out, not realising the perp was hiding behind a bin, taking aim at her.
When she was shot in the chest, she didn't realise til she put her hand to her chest and saw the crimson red blood, and she dropped to the ground, clutching her chest.
She heard someone run off, she tried to call to Elliot, but it came out as a whisper. "Elliot"
"Olivia! Liv, where are you?" Elliot called out as he scanned the now quiet alley with his gun drawn. "Liv!"
"Elliot" Oliva choked out.
That was when Elliot found her with a gun shot wound to the chest. "Oh shit, Liv" He cried as crouched down beside her. He removed his jacket and pressed it firmly against the bleeding wound, as he dialled 911.
"I need a bus ASAP, in the alley behind Selleck's Bar on Broadway, Detective shot, I repeat Detective shot"
Olivia closed her eyes as she slowly drifted in to unconsciousness.
"Stay with me, Olivia"
"El, I want you to take care of Ashlyn for me, since you are her father" Olivia whispered with her eyes closed, fearing the worse.
Elliot had some stray tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Liv, you're not gonna die, you'll see be here for Ashlyn"
"El, promise me"
Elliot sighed, "I promise, Liv"
And Olivia let the darkness take over.
"Liv, stay with me. Olivia! Wake up!" Elliot cried as he tried to shake her awake.
The sounds of the sirens were getting closer and closer.
"Hang on, Liv. Help is almost here" Elliot whispered caressing her cheek.
When the ambulance arrived, the EMTs quickly loaded Olivia up and one of the EMTs looked at Elliot as they climbed in and said, "Do you need to be looked at too?"
Elliot shook his head. "No, I'm fine, this is all her blood. Please take care of her"
The EMT nodded. "Ok, but a doctor, just might want to check you"
"Fine, as long as they don't make me leave her side -"
Olivia's heart monitor started going crazy.
"Shit, she's in v-tac. Charge to 200, clear"
ZAP.
"No change. 350. Clear"
ZAP. No change.
"Come on Detective Benson. You can do it. Charge again"
"Liv, think of Ashlyn" Elliot cried in the background.
ZAP.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
The EMT sighed in relief. "Welcome back, Detective Benson"
Just as they pulled her gurney out of the ambulance, she regained consciousness and her eyes fluttered open. "Elliot?"
Elliot squeezed her hand. "I'm here, Liv"
"I- I love you" She whispered, before darkness took over once again.
"Liv!"
"It's ok, she's fine, leave her" The EMT informed him that she has just gone unconscious again.
As the entered the trauma room, a nurse stopped him. "I'm sorry, you can't come in here, I promise you will be kept informed"
Elliot nodded, "Thanks"
He was about to sit in the waiting room, when he remembered that he had to call the Captain.
"Special Victims -"
"Cap, it's Elliot" Elliot spoke really fast.
"Slow down, Elliot. What's going on?"
"Olivia was shot in the chest, she's in Mt Sinai"
Captain sprung up out of his chair. "I'm on my way"
He ran out in to the squad room.
"Cap, what's going on?" Munch asked.
"Olivia's been shot, she's in Mt Sinai"
Not anymore words were spoken; Cragen, Jefferies and Munch all ran down to the car park and jumped in to a car and sped to Mt Sinai, with the siren on.
When they finally arrived, they found Elliot pacing around the waiting room, and ran over to him.
"Any news?" Cragen asked panicking.
Elliot shook his head. "Only that she's in surgery, that's all, they'll tell me" Elliot said as a few more stray tears streamed down his face.
3 hours went by, without word, until a short, curly red headed surgeon came out.
"Who's here for Olivia Benson?"
All 3 of them stood up.
"Yes" Elliot replied.
"Which one of you is Detective Stabler?"
Elliot nodded. "I am"
"Ok, follow me and I'll inform you on Olivia's condition"