A/N: I know it's been a while so sorry. Life got the best of me.
It had been almost three years since Alex and Olivia had started working together. To the amazement of almost everyone but themselves they had found a balance between their personal lives and professional lives. They had discovered as they neared their one year anniversary of working together bets were waged against them. The most anyone thought they would last was six months. Only Fin had given them to a year. When asked why he smiled and said he saw something there he hadn't seen in a long while. True love.
Working with your wife had its advantages. Unlike Elliot there was no constant explaining of the job and the dedication it required. She knew if she was working late then so was Alex. There were only a few occasions that Alex made it out before she did. She could only count on one hand the times Alex had to beg or plead with her to leave and come home.
There was a down side to working with your wife too. If ever a hit or threat was placed on you she knew before the sentence was out of your partners mouth. If she didn't know better she would have said she had the bull pen bugged. It was always an argument to end all arguments when Olivia would choose to use herself as bait. In the end when Olivia would come home unscathed she would always tell Alex see I told you I would be all right. Alex would smile pull her tight and then reminder she could only tempt fate so many times. Eventually her number was going to run out and Alex wasn't prepared for that. Which is why Olivia found it not only ironic and maddening when Alex became the target but extremely aggravating too.
They had been called to a scene where a woman who was walking her poodle discovered a body in an alley covered with a white fur coat. They had discovered the victims name was Olivia tayes from Queens age 23. As Warner was inspecting the body she found that the victims tongue had been removed. Often a symbol of talking to the cops or saying something you shouldn't have in different gangs and drug cartels.
As Munch and Fin were searching the victims apartment they found even more confusing information. There was no pictures or knickknacks. It was a cheap apartment with very little room. Once the closet was opened there were high dollar dress clothes. As Munch went through her drawers he found a social security card. A search of the number turned up no information prior to June 2001. That left out identity theft since it had never belonged to anyone. They checked to make sure she wasn't in witness protection and she wasn't.
El and Liv went to try and gather more information from Warner. They were hoping for tattoos or birthmarks to help identify her. No such luck. Warner found a necklace tangled in her hair and a scrape on her leg with fiberglass imbedded in the wound. The lab had found a powdery substances on the fur coat the victim was wearing . When Warner sprayed it with cobalt tyrosine it tested positive for cocaine. As they left the M.E.'S office there was a blue Chevy Capri sitting across the street. When they went to question them the car sped off.
Going to see Sister Peg they discovered the necklace was the patron saint of Colombia. Which confirmed their theory of drug cartel even more. Talking to the priest who knew Olivia they found out she had a storage container. Upon search of the container they discovered her name was Olivia Sanderval. The icing on the cake she was one of them. That's when the DEA showed up and filled them in.
Sanderval was working undercover in a joint task force that they were working with the NYPD. She had infiltrated a drug cartel by the name of Valez and she became the woman of his right hand man, Zapta. It had been a two year investigation and the DEA wanted the case dropped. They reached the agreement that they would investigate the rape and murder of a dead hooker and any connection to law enforcement would be buried.
As the case progressed a DEA agent was blown up and threats were made against everyone which is what led to where they were at that moment. Sitting in a conference room at the DA's office listening to a recorded phone conversation of an inmate and an unidentified man. He listed their address, Alex's job address, when she jogged, and her mother's address. She had never been so scared in her life especially when the agent who warned car exploded in front of her. The best way to drop the hit was to have her drop the case. Something she was adamant about not doing.
"Alex just drop the case. Leave the DA's office. Your life isn't worth it."
"If I drop the case they win."
"If you drop the case I get another fifty years with my wife."
"What am I suppose to do if I drop the case and leave the DA's office?"
"Lets start the family we've been talking about. Hell go house hunting and take your time decorating it. I will take a month off and we will travel to Europe like you've been wanting to. Damn it I don't care as long as you are off the case and out of the office."
"Olivia.." Alex started to say but was stopped by Olivia.
"Don't Olivia me. I have never asked you to leave your job or told you what to do. I support you one hundred and ten percent and never ask questions. This is one time I am going to put my foot down and do something in all the years we've been together I've never done."
"What is that?"
"I am ordering you to leave the job."
"ORDERING ME" Alex screamed as she jumped to the her feet "NO ONE ORDERS ME."
"WELL I AM" Olivia screamed back as she jumped to her feet.
"You have some nerve" Alex said as she spun on her heels and headed for the door.
"I have nerve" Olivia said as she slammed the door and pinned Alex against the wall "They are threatening your life. They know where your family lives and your schedule. Please Alex I beg you don't. I cant live without you."
"If I back off they win."
"Damn it sometimes you have to lose some. If losing a major drug cartel means you live. That's a win to me."
"What am I suppose to do sit at home and take up knitting?"
"If that's what you want to do fine. As long as your not an ADA anymore on this case. I don't care."
"Olivia I've worked so hard for this."
"Honey you've achieved every goal. I for one am so proud of you I brag to anyone who will listen. Why don't we take this time to work on personal goals. Maybe after a while you can go back in the business as an ADA or maybe a private attorney. Your choice. Just not on this case ever."
Olivia raised Alex's head up so she could stare into the blue eyes that stole her heart. As much of a brave face Alex was trying to put on she could see the fear in them.
"I don't know." Alex whispered
"I do baby and this is best. Please just trust me."
"With my life stud." Alex croaked out as tears started to fall from her eyes.
Olivia knew that Alex had succedded to her wish when she called her stud. She pulled Alex to her and held her tight against her, vowing then and there as she held the shattered shell of a woman that she loved more than life itself that if she ever got her hands on Zapata or Velez that they would pay.
A/N: I didnt care for the end of loss. I would have perfered Alex not been shipped off to WPP but I dont write the scripts. (sad face). So thanks to Fanfiction we can change it to the way we want it to go. There fore during the rest of the story Alex was never shipped off to WPP and she voluntarly left the ADA position she had,