Temptation's Game

By: Liv-x-Lex4Ever & E. Scribbles

Chapter 9: Capture

Casey looked over at Liz from the passenger seat with a sigh. "You know she's not going to stand for this."

Eyes still focused on the road, she nodded. "I know her very well by now and I know you're right, but it still doesn't change the facts right now, Casey."

"Aren't I too close though to be working this case?"

"If I had anyone else I trusted I wouldn't have asked you."

Casey shrugged. "Oh, well thanks. So I guess you want my statement of what happened with him?"

Alex walked up the steps towards a building she entered almost everyday, but today somehow it looked more...menacing than usual.

Elliot grabbed her elbow. "Slow down, there's no rush!"

Alex attempt to shrug him off only unsteadied her, and Olivia reached out to help her instead. "You said you'd help me, so hurry up!"

"Help you with what?" Olivia asked.

Alex, breathless, finally made it to the top of the stairs, and walked towards the entrance. "To find Casey. I told you. She's in danger."

"You don't know that," Elliot said.

Casey sighed, sitting down at her desk. She pulled out a notepad and pen, turning on the overhead lamp. Something felt...strange, but he...he wouldn't be here. He couldn't be. Cops all over were on lookout for him.

"Hi Casey. I thought you were on holiday for a whole week?" Mark stood next to her bookcase, the same place Alex stood when she wanted to surprise her, because the light from her lamp didn't quite reach the corners of her room.

She gasped. "Wh-what are you doing here?" she asked, trembling as she picked up the phone.

He reached out quickly, knocking it from her hand. "I came to see you. We need to get going."

"Going? Where are we going?" she asked backing away from him. "I don't want to go anywhere with you!"

"We need to get away from here. People are looking for me. If we have any chance together, we need to get on a plane. I have a fake passport for you, and I have a bag of clothes for you. "

"I'm not going anywhere with you! Why do you think I want to?" she said, trying to make a run for the door.

"I've got rid of Alex, there's nothing to stop us being together now!" He reached out and grabbed her arm.

In the lift, Alex pressed the button of Casey's floor impatiently.

Casey pulled away. "I have some news for you then. You didn't get rid of her and I LOVE HER, not you! I don't ever want to be with you!"

Mark grabbed her, wrapping one arm around her middle, putting the other over her mouth. "Don't! Don't say that! I know you don't mean it! She...brain washed you!"

In the corridor, hearing him yelling, Elliot stopped Alex rushing forward and pulled out his gun. Olivia did the same.

"Alex! Alex!" she screamed, muffled under his hand, struggling to get away.

Alex threw the door open and rushed in. "Get the fuck away from my girlfriend!" she yelled, pulling him off of her.

There was a short struggle as Elliot and Olivia moved into the room. For a moment it was unclear to everyone exactly what was happening, then a second later, Casey is thrown to the floor, Mark is being pushed face first onto the desk by Elliot and Alex was slumped against the side of it, eyes closed.

Alex groaned, being thrown onto her bad arm, seeing Olivia cuffing his arms behind his back. Alex crawled over to Casey, whose head was bleeding a bit above the temple.

Casey groaned. "A-Alex?"

"I told you to stay with me. You should listen to me more often." Alex ignored the searing pain down her side and arm as she reached up to see the extent of Casey's head wound.

Casey sighed, wiping away her tears, from both pain and fear. "Yeah, but..."

"They've got him. You're ok now." Alex bent down to drop a kiss to her head.

"Yeah, but he was looking at me like-like I was a piece of meat... It felt horrible. Degrading."

As Mark continued to fight against Elliot and Olivia, Alex managed to help Casey out into the corridor, out of earshot so they could no longer hear his ranting.

There, she could think of nothing more to do that hold her close, as close as she could. This time, she knew, she would never let her go, no matter what anyone said. She would trust her instincts.

Casey wrapped her arms around her, head in her neck as she trembled. "Alex... Don't go!"

Despite the pain it caused, Alex held her tighter putting her body once more between Casey and everyone else as first security, then more police, and finally paramedics came to the scene.

Casey led her down to Liz's office, knocking.

Liz had heard none of the commotion, and looked shocked when she opened the door to find two bloodied ADA's, one pale with blood trickling down her head, a paramedic behind her trying to intervene, and the other looking angry but also like she might faint any moment.

Casey held tighter. "No! Don't make me go!"

They walked in as Liz closed the door. "What happened to you two?"

"Mark." Was all Alex uttered, looking like she could swing for her superior, making her take a step backwards. As Alex sat Casey down, she managed to convince her to let go enough to let the paramedic to look at her.

Casey winced, keeping her eyes on Alex as the paramedic looked her over, finding a very minor concussion, as well as the but just above her temple which they easily staunched the blood to and taped.

Alex stared at Liz until the older woman lowered her eyes. "I'm sorry. I didn't think he'd come here. I really didn't."

Alex huffed, but kept her profane comments to herself. "Why didn't you post guards outside the building if you were bringing her back here?"

"Because I didn't think it was necessary. And she's ok, isn't she? She's fine. No harm done, and they got him."

Her temper flared. "No harm? NO HARM? You have no idea what kind of torture she went through – what we both went through – after he almost got to her! She shook and cried all night. I came back from booking another room at another hotel, finding her curled up into a ball crying hysterically! How the hell is that NOTHING!"

Liz looked towards Casey. "You're ok, aren't you? You'll be fine to work tomorrow?"

Casey looked to Alex. "He won't be near here?"

Alex took another step towards Liz, making her take yet another step back, before speaking very quietly to her, anger still radiating from her body. Liz was quiet for a moment, clearly working out whether or not it would be safe to defy the blonde, before she turned to Casey again. "How about to take a couple of weeks off? Stay at home? Alex here will need to recuperate with that arm, and no doubt she could use your help."

Casey nodded. "Thank you. That sounds okay to me." She sighed. "Liz, I understand you're out 3 ADAs, but I need time to cope with this. Wouldn't you? Even with how strong and, seemingly, fearless you are?"

Her face softened for a moment and she reached out a hand to touch Casey's arm. Speaking softly, she said. "I'm not strong, or fearless. Just don't tell your scary protector back there, ok?"

She nodded. "You got it. Sure you can manage?"

Standing straight once more, she spoke in her normal voice. "I can manage anything. No doubt I'll find some young...male...gay, this time, law graduate to help out. Now you two better go before I change my mind."

Casey looked back to Alex, who was currently being looked over by a paramedic. "Ready to go?"

"You two really need to get back to the hospital." The paramedic offered.

Casey nodded, walking back over to Alex. "Alright, but if I have to stay then I insist we share a room. I'm not that badly injured, I know, but..." she bit her lip.

In the hospital, an hour later, they were back in the same room Alex had been in before, and Alex was lying with her eyes tightly squeezed shut, holding Casey's hand tightly, as they restitched her wound.

Casey just stood up by her head, stroking her hair and kissing above her ear. "They're almost done," she whispered.

Alex turned her head to bury it into Casey side. "I thought the injection was supposed to numb the pain!"

She stepped closer. "Shhh, I know, I know! The poking and prodding isn't fun. I suspect they numbed the general area, but with the, uh, instruments being so small," she said, cradling her face in her hand into her side. "Just keep your eyes closed, my girl. It'll all be over soon."

"Remind me never to take a bullet for you again."

Casey nodded. "Well, okay if you want to see me gunned down in front of you..." She smiled, thumb stroking Alex's cheek. "I'm glad you did. I didn't even see it."

Alex dropped a kiss to her side, and as the nurse finished, she looked up at Casey. "You know I'd do it again."

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