A/N: Shout outs to my two anonymous reviewers. Glad you liked it. Hope you like this chapter as well.

A/N2: Just to let everybody know, this may be the last chapter I get a chance to post before Christmas. I hope you all enjoy it and I hope those of you who will be celebrating as I will be, have a wonderful holiday. :)

Chapter 9

Fin and Elliot raced toward the docks, their sirens blaring and at least ten squad cars were right behind them. Nick had been informed and he promised to fill them in about what the witness said after they found Rollins. He was on his way with a bunch of squad cars as well. Elliot stopped the car and Fin exited the vehicle immediately trying to discern which building they should search first. The sun was sinking below the horizon and if Rollins was outside her chances of survival dropped exponentially. The forecast has called for temperatures dropping down to ten degrees after sunset.

"Set up a perimeter! No one leaves this area until Detective Rollins is found!" Elliot commanded the uniforms that jumped out of their patrol cars.

"Stabler I don't like this," Fin said as Elliot approached him.

"What's going through your head?" The detective asked.

"Abandoned buildings. Out in the middle of nowhere…" Fin trailed off. Elliot knew what he was getting at. It was the perfect place to commit murder with no one hearing anything.

"Come on. Let's sweep this building," Stabler tried to get him to focus on the task at hand. Quickly they moved toward the building with four uniforms in tow.

"These guys are dangerous. Keep a sharp eye and radio before moving into anything if you find something," Elliot instructed. With that the group split up and began searching. They covered the building but found no sign of any crimes have been committed and moved outside. By now Nick and the other squad cars had arrived and they had moved to the next building. A police helicopter had been called in to help with the search but there was still no sign of the car that had driven down there or Detective Rollins.

"This is taking too long," Fin said as he and Elliot moved into the third and final building on the dock row.

"We've… uh… we've… got a… a situation," the low, unfamiliar, shaky voice crackled over the radio.

"What's you're location?" Elliot asked into the radio.

"I'm… I'm in the… third building… on the ground floor. I think… we need… the bomb squad," the uniform replied in a low tone; his was barely keeping it together.

"I want everyone except the officer who found the bomb back. Get on the horn and radio for the bomb squad," Fin spoke into his radio before rushing into the building. It didn't take him long to find the officer and what exactly he had stumbled over.

"What your name?" Fin asked quietly.

"Officer Kevin Bauer sir," the uniform was visibly shaking in his boots. Fin was thankful he wasn't making a lot of noise doing it considering they had no idea what kind of device they were dealing with.

"How long you been on the job?" Tutuola wanted to know, though he suspected the answer.

"Two weeks," Bauer replied. Fin nodded.

"Why do we need the bomb squad?" He asked.

"The car is ticking sir," Bauer responded. He hadn't noticed it before but the officer was right. The car was ticking.

"All right, I need you to help me sweep the exterior of the car. We can't get too close until the bomb squad gets here but the more information we can give them the better," Fin explained. Bauer nodded and he went around the front of the car while the detective went around the back. Fin's heart sank when he saw what looked like blood on the trunk near the key hole. He was betting that it was Rollins' blood and that she had been there but now he wasn't sure.

"Sir, I think I found something," Bauer said. Fin carefully joined him and looked at what the uniform was looking at.

"Doesn't that look like a trip wire?" The young man asked as he pointed to a thin wire that was trailing from under the front hood of the car, down the passenger side, and into the trunk.

"It does. Why don't you get outside and lead the bomb squad in here? You've done excellent work Officer," Fin smiled.

"Yes, sir. Thank you, sir." Bauer slowly backed away from the car before he had gone too far though, he turned and ran outside.

"Amanda are you here?" Fin asked, trying not to raise his voice. He got no response and was beginning to wonder if the car was a decoy. While they were distracted by the bomb, the kidnappers could have her someplace else doing God knows what to her.

Outside, the officer approached Elliot and explained what had happened inside. The detective nodded and asked again over the radio how long it would take for the bomb squad to get there. Five minutes he was told. Five minutes and everyone could be dead, Elliot thought.

His thoughts immediately went to getting Fin out of the building. If the bomb went off before the bomb squad got there, he'd never forgive himself. Then again if there was even the slightest chance that Olivia was inside the trunk of the car. He would have needed to be drug out kicking and screaming. Fin undoubtedly would be the same way.

"We're here," the Captain of the Bomb Squad shook him from his thoughts.

"Inside is some sort of car bomb. The vehicle is ticking and there's some sort of wire between the engine block and the trunk. There is a possibility that SVU Detective Amanda Rollins is stuck inside the trunk. Her partner Detective Fin Tutuola is waiting for you," Elliot explained. The Captain nodded as the guy in the bomb suit exited the large vehicle that they had arrived in. The Captain brought his man up to speed and then he headed inside.

To Be Continued…