The Stabler home. Queens, New York.

Elliot had just turned off the car and got out. He headed up the stairs of the porch to his front door. As he was about to open the door, Kathy, his wife, opened it. "You're home early. Let me guess, you got suspended again, didn't you?"

"No Kathy, I didn't get suspended again. I'm staying out of this case that is currently in progress, but I asked Cragen to keep me in the loop. Do you remember my Marine buddy I told you about? Jake "The Dragon" Drago?" Then he walked into the house.

"Yeah, what about him?" Kathy shut the door after her husband walked in. She noticed the way he was carrying himself. It was different than the way he normally carries himself.

"Is everything ok, Elliot? You look like you have mixed feelings about your old Marine friend." Then she sat down next to Elliot.

"To be honest with you, Kathy, I don't know what to think. I haven't seen him in years and now he tells me he's in a band. Something isn't adding up here."

"We have all night to talk about it. The kids are with my parents for a few days. How about we talk about it over dinner?"

"Sounds good. I'm starving." Elliot got up from the sofa and walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table.

While he was eating, he kept thinking about what his friend, or rather his soon to be former friend had been doing after the Marines. He never got a call or email from Jake. So, who knows what he's been doing since then.

Kathy noticed that her husband was stressed out cause of what was going on in the case. She didn't like what this case was doing to her husband. Even if he did take himself out of it, she didn't like what it was doing to him.

She walked over to Elliot and stood behind him. Kathy started massaging his shoulders to relieve some of the stress.

"I'd forgotten how well you do that, Kathy. I needed that. Thank you."

"So, you're feeling a bit better, then?"

Elliot turned around slightly in his chair and smiled. "Yes, I do. I know I don't say this enough to you and I should. I love you, Kathy Stabler. I love you and our children very, very much. I don't know what I would do if anything happened to any of you." Then he got up and hugged his wife tightly.

The next morning wasn't what Elliot expected. He rolled over and noticed that his wife wasn't laying next to him. He sat up and shoved the blankets aside and then grabbed his pants. He didn't bother with his shirt cause he wasn't going to work today.

He headed down the stairs and started looking for his wife of 15 yrs. He checked the kitchen first. No Kathy. He sat down at the table and wondered where she could be. His oldest daughter, Kathleen, came down the stairs when she had heard something.

"Dad? Everything ok?"

Elliot looked at his eldest daughter with a frown on his face. "No. I can't find your mother. Do you know where she is, Kathleen?"

"She didn't tell you yet?"

"Tell me what?"

"She got a job at the hospital last month. If you were home more, you would have known that, dad."

"I know I'm not home much any more, and I'm sorry. I do try to be home when I can. I'm staying home today to be with my family."

"You get fired or something, dad? Is that why you're staying home?"

"No. I took myself out of a case that's dealing with an old Marine buddy of mine. I started to get too involved in the case."

The 1-6 Stationhouse. The bullpen of the SVU squad. Cragen had just come out his office and approached his detectives. "Where are we on the kidnap case?"

Benson and Tutuola looked at Cragen and shook their heads.

"We have no leads, Captain. The band couldn't give us anything and neither could Jake. I think they're all hiding something, but not sure what."

"Munch get anything from the hotel staff?"

As if on cue, Munch walked into the bullpen. "Maybe. They made a copy of the surveillance tape for me. So, hopefully, we'll find out what exactly happened."

That afternoon, Stabler decided to stop by the 1-6 stationhouse. He wanted to see where everyone was on the case. And maybe give them some insight into his former Marine buddy, Jake.

"So, what's going on with the case so far?"

Everyone looked towards the voice. They were shocked to see Elliot as well as asking about the case. Liv walked up to him. "Thought you took yourself out of the case, El? Why are you here?"

"Thought I'd give you guys some info on Jake. I had time to kill, so I thought I'd do some research on him since he got out of the Marines. The Capt. in his office?" He handed the info to Live to sift through.

"Yeah. Want me to take this to him?"

"No. I want to give it to him. I need to ask him something, anyway."

Elliot walked into Cragen's office and set the info on the desk. Cragen looked up to see Elliot standing in front of the desk.

"What is this, Elliot?"

"It's info on Jake. It might help you with the case. At least I hope it does."

Cragen leafed through the info that Elliot brought in about Jake. Then he looked up at Elliot.

"I'll give this to Liv. If you find anything else on him, please bring it in. I will give you off the clock pay for this, Elliot."

"Thanks, Don. I appreciate it. I just hope I'm wrong about him and he's not a rapist and a kidnapper."

Cragen got up from his chair and walked around to the front of his desk and sat on the corner.

"You think there's more to this case than what you're telling me, Elliot. Do you think he might have hired someone to kidnap her?"

Elliot sighed. "Yeah, I do. But until I can prove it or someone else does, I'm not going to assume anything yet. I'll keep digging and bring in what I find." Then he turned and headed out of Cragen's office.

An old abandoned warehouse in the Meatpacking District. I had just come to and noticed that I was tied up and gagged. I couldn't move due to being tied to a chair. My shoulders were practically on fire from being tied up.

My shoulders weren't the only thing that felt like they were on fire. I noticed that I had been stabbed a few times in the chest and legs. I heard something in the distance and tried to somehow get the gag off so I could call out for help.

By the time I got the gag off, I had been hit in the face for trying to yell for help. "I'm going to put your gag back on. Take it off again, and I'm going to kill you. I don't care if my employer does deny me my money."

I was scared for my life. I didn't want to die. I had tears rolling down my face while my kidnapper tied the gag back on me.

"Cry all you want, bitch. No one is going to come and save you. And so you know, you're loving boyfriend hired me to kidnap you and keep you out of the way. He said I could do anything I wanted to you except kill you. And later, I'm going to have my fun with you and you're going to like it."

I was shocked to hear that Jake would do something like this to me. 'I thought he loved me?'

I got pissed and tried to get free again. I wanted to beat the holy hell out of this guy and then go after Jake for wanting me out of the way.

That night, after getting beaten for trying to get free from my bonds, my kidnapper had his way with me like he said he would. He tore my clothes off and raped me over and over all night long. He even raped me after getting tired of hearing my muffled screams. He had injected some kind of sleeping aid into my neck. Once I was out cold, he raped me more. I was even more defenseless than I was when I was awake.

Hours later, I woke and through all the haze I could see him getting ready to rape me again. 'Damn! Did he take Viagra before raping me?'

By dawn, he was finally done raping me and beating me. During that time, he had taken the gag off and made me suck his cock. I wanted to bite it off and spit it at him, but he told me that if I bit him he'd slice my throat. So, I had no choice but to suck him and swallow his cum. I wanted to puke so bad after all that. I didn't like that my body was betraying me while my kidnapper was raping me.

The 1-6 Stationhouse. Elliot walked in and saw Liv sitting at her desk. He walked up to her and offered her a coffee. She looked up and smiled at him. "Thank you, El. This is what I needed to wake me up." Then she took a sip and noted the flavor of the cup of coffee. "Cappuccino? How did you know, El?"

"It's a gift I have." He shrugged, then sat down at his desk that sat across from his partner.

"Elliot Stabler you're a lousy liar. But thank you, anyway. Cragen told me you came in yesterday with some info on Jake. Did you find anything else?"

Elliot took a sip of his Latte and sighed. "Everything else that I had found on him was sealed. Like he didn't want anyone knowing more than what was needed. Have you tried to get more from his band mates?"

Just then, both Fin and Munch walked in. "The rest of the band doesn't know anything more than what they told us 2 days ago. We saw them rehearsing when Munch and I walked into the hotel bar."

Both Fin and Munch saw the same look on Stabler's face that Liv did. He was perplexed with this whole case. Even though he wasn't really working the case, he still felt perplexed about it.

"What's eating you, Stabler?"

Elliot looked up at Fin. "I think something is missing here. Jake never showed signs of being worried about where his girlfriend is being held. He looked too calm and collect. The rest of the band? How did they take the news of their lead singer missing?"

"They were shocked and wanted to help, but I think someone told them to keep quiet."

"Well, let's look at Jake more closely, shall we? Ex-Marine Gunnery Sgt. Plays lead guitar. Occasionally, sings back up with his girlfriend. What else do we know besides what I brought in and what I remember from Liv and I meeting with him."

"Did you find anything else on him?"

"Nope. Sealed like Fort Knox. He doesn't want anyone knowing about him other than being an ex-Marine and lead guitarist for the band. I'm going to see if TARU can find anything more. I'll let you guys know if they find more than what I could."

Then he got up from his desk and headed for TARU(Technical Assistance Response Unit)