Chapter 19
The door to the interrogation room slammed against the wall and the officers rushed into the room.
"Put the gun down!" The leader of the SWAT team ordered. Olivia dropped the weapon and placed her hands where everyone could see them.
"Are you all right Detective Benson?" The team moved over to her and carefully helped her up off the floor. One of the SWAT team secured the handgun she dropped and the other secured Lewis.
"I'll be fine as soon as this maniac gets locked in a padded cell," she said as she sat her down in the chair and fetched her crutches.
"Oh no worries there," the SWAT Captain, Ray Cryan, winked. Two of his men hauled Lewis up off of his feet. He was bleeding from his ear; the sound of Olivia's shot was so close, it perforated his eardrum. The look on his face was one of confusion and pain.
"Get this piece of shit out of here," the Captain said. The men nodded and dragged Lewis away. Two more rushed over to help ADA Barba.
"That was a great shot by the way. I thought you had just ended everything before we could stop you. Lord knows Fin would never let me live it down," Ray chuckled. Olivia looked at him with confusion.
"He and I are old friends. Told me you had a piece when you went in," he explained.
"Liv!" Two familiar voices made her turn to the doorway.
"Elliot!" the relief in her voice was evident as Stabler charged into the room, got down on his knees, and pulled her as close as he could.
"Thanks man," Fin shook the Captain's hand.
"You owe me, brother," Ray smirked.
"I do," Fin nodded.
"Well I'm glad that everyone came to the rescue but do you think I could get out of here?" Barba asked.
"Off to the hospital with you," Ray jerked his head to the side as the paramedics rushed in to take a good look at the ADA. A second set hurried over to Olivia. Elliot quickly got out of their way despite the fact that at that particular moment, all he wanted to do was hold onto her as tight as he could.
"We need to take you in and get you checked out. Captain Cragen's orders," the paramedic, whose nametag read Barnes on it, said.
"I'm fine," Olivia told them, however when she went to stand up, it was evident that she was not fine.
"All right, sit tight, and I'll get a gurney," Barnes smiled as he left the room, leaving his partner, Suffolk, to handle the situation.
"Are you in any pain?" The paramedic wanted to know.
"Yes," it was suddenly becoming overwhelming and Elliot could see that she was trying to hold back tears.
"Where?" Suffolk asked.
"My lower back. I have pain shooting down into my right foot," Olivia told him.
"Ok, let's get you onto the gurney as carefully as we can and I'll radio ahead for the specialist," he told her. She nodded. Elliot reached over to her and squeezed her shoulder. Given her history of spinal injury the paramedics followed procedure and quickly applied a neck brace along with getting her onto a backboard, which they placed on the table, before using the SWAT team to help lift her onto it and then the gurney.
"All right, let's get these two out of here," Barnes ordered. The vacated the room and left SWAT to handle the room.
To Be Continued…
Sorry this was so short. I promise to have more net week. :)