Hi, guys! I'm glad you all liked the last chapter, but this one's gonna end on a dramatic note! I hope you guys like it!
Also, Salkri Kachemench, I'm sorry that I didn't reply to your review, as you wanted. I'm just not the type to reply to reviews. I may give a shout-out to some people, like I just did with you, but that's it. Anyways, don't worry. I loved that you were honest with me. I don't get a lot of that.
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Elliot passed Olivia's desk and saw how she looked. She was rubbing her eyes from lack of sleep. "You should go home." He advised, "Get some sleep."
"I can't." She pressed, "I need to find some way to get Ben into custody." Just then, the medical examiner, Melinda Warner, walked into the room. Olivia stood up and walked over to her. "Please tell me you've got something."
"Nothing." Melinda answered, "He covered his tracks really well. All I got was the DNA from the rape kit."
"And without a confession, we can't compare Ben's DNA to the rape kit." Olivia finished.
"Exactly." Melinda said. Olivia sighed and ran a hand through her hair.
"Maybe I can help." A voice said from behind Melinda. She moved and they saw Skye standing there in just pajama bottoms, an oversized sweatshirt, and boots.
"Skye, what are you doing here?" Elliot asked, "Does Ward know you're here?"
"No," Skye answered, "I-I snuck out and took a cab here. I didn't want him to worry. He's stressed enough as it is." She looked down at her feet and stuffed her hands in her pocket. "I'm sorry, but I think I have something that might help."
"What?" Olivia asked. Just as the words left her mouth, Skye's cell phone rang. She pulled it out from her pocket.
"It's Grant." She said, answering the unspoken question.
"Pick it up." Elliot instructed, "He'll worry even more if you don't. Put it on speaker."
Skye thought for a second before clicking to accept the call on speaker, "Hey, Grant." She said in a shaky voice, half scared of his reaction.
"Skye, where the hell are you?" Grant's voice came through the speaker. He sounded worried, but not angry, "I woke up and you weren't there. Then after I ran around the bus yelling your name, everyone woke up and we started panicking. We thought Ben had taken you."
"I'm fine." She answered, "I'm at the precinct. I took a cab here."
"Are the detectives with you?" He asked.
"Yeah, we are." Olivia answered, "So is the medical examiner, Melinda Warner."
"Good." Grant sighed in relief, "Why the hell would you sneak out in the middle of the night to go to the precinct?"
"I think I have something that might help get Ben into custody." Skye explained.
"What?" Grant asked.
Melinda brought the phone closer to her face so he could hear her, "That's what she was about to tell us before you called." She said and released the phone, "What was it, Skye?"
"Well," Skye started, "When I grabbed Ben's wrist, I was so mad at him, I dug my nails into his skin. I dug them deep enough to break the skin and cut him. Tonight, I realized that I had some of his blood and skin under my nails." She held out her hands to the detectives. They saw she had blood hidden under her nails. "So, I don't know if they can use that to compare DNA."
The detectives looked at Melinda expectantly. After a moment of thinking, she said, "We could, actually."
Skye smiled and they all heard Grant sigh in relief. "Okay. That's great, Skye." Grant said through the phone, "Be back soon, okay?"
"Of course," Skye said confidently, "I'll be back as soon as I can."
"I'll give her a ride." Olivia said, "I don't think it's a great idea to have her taking a cab back."
"Neither do I." Grant agreed, "Thanks, detective Benson. I'll see you soon, Skye."
"See you soon, and Grant," Skye said, "You're my Superman."
She could practically see Grant smiling at their mantra. He continued it with, "You're my Louis Lane."
Skye smiled and ended the call. Melinda motioned for her to follow her. Skye pocketed her phone and followed her. They went to the examination room. Melinda went to the counter with Skye following closely behind. Melinda took Skye's hand and picked the blood from under her nails. "It's a little dried, but it's still usable." Melinda observed. She put the blood in a tube. She then took note of Skye's oversized sweatshirt, "That Grant's sweatshirt?"
"Uh, yeah." Skye said sheepishly, "I wanted to get down her as soon as possible, and this was the first thing I grabbed." Melinda nodded. "Plus, it's very comfortable." Melinda laughed a little.
"What was that little mantra you two did?" Melinda asked, smiling a little.
"Oh. It's based off our song." Skye explained, "Waiting for Superman by Daughtry. Our friends said it described us, so we made it our song. Whenever one of us needs some love, luck, comfort, or stability, I say he's my Superman and he says I'm his Louis Lane."
"That's cute." Melinda chuckled a little. "Okay, we should know by tomorrow if it's a match." She walked over and rubbed Skye's arms, "Great job, Skye. Grant's a lucky man."
Skye blushed and walked back into the main room. "Ready, Skye?" Olivia asked her. Skye nodded and followed Olivia out to her car.
The next day, a team was assembled to search Ben's apartment. His DNA had matched the rape kit, so they got a warrant to search his things. Olivia walked over to Elliot who was looking through Ben's bookshelf. "Anything?" She asked.
"Nope." He said and turned to her, "You?"
"Zilch." She answered.
"This bastard cleans up well." Elliot muttered. Olivia nodded.
"Detectives," A junior officer called, "I think I got something."
"What 'cha got?" Elliot asked.
The junior officer walked over with a box full of DVDs. "I found these in the back of his closet." He said.
"So?" Olivia asked wafting through the discs.
"I think you'll only be interested in this one." He pulled a specific DVD out of the box. On the case, in black sharpie, it read Jan. 9.
"The day of the attack." Elliot said.
"Exactly." The officer said.
Back at the precinct, Olivia and Elliot walked in. "I think we got something." Olivia announced, holding up the disc.
She put in the disc to the play as Elliot, Finn, and Munch gathered around the screen. Olivia pressed play and it started. It showed Skye, sitting on the bed in the hotel room with Ben standing in front of her. She was fully clothed, but they could see the fear in her eyes. They couldn't understand why she was just sitting there until they saw the glint of a knife in Ben's hands.
"Please." Skye pleaded.
Ben swiftly pressed the knife's point to Skye's neck. "Shut up, bitch!" He said, "Now, do as I say, or you and your boyfriend are dead." Skye nodded, but tears started to fall from her eyes.
Ben pushed her onto the bed and climbed on top of her. She started to fight back, but he ripped off her shirt. Finn paused the video. "That sick bastard." He said, bringing everyone's thoughts out.
"Wait a minute." Munch said and took the remote. "There's more than on file on the disc."
The next chapter showed Skye finishing getting dressed and was about to leave when Ben came back into the room. "Where do you think you're going?" He growled.
He threw Skye against the wall and ripped off her jeans. Munch skipped to the next chapter. It showed Ben handcuffing Skye to the bed and climbing on top of her. He had the knife to her throat the entire time. Munch paused the video. "That's the last one." He said.
After a moment of silence, Olivia said quietly, "That son of a bitch raped her three times."
How'd you guys like that one? I thought that was a really dramatic ending, right? I really like this ending. Especially after last chapter's ending.
Quote of the Day: If one day the speed kills me, do not cry because I was smiling. –Paul Walker, Crazy and Free
Song Suggestion: Ready, Aim, Fire –Imagine Dragons (From the Ironman 3 soundtrack!)
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