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Chapter 2
"Alex, come here and get the damn handcuffs off." Olivia says.
Alex quickly comes out the stall and walks to Olivia.
"The keys are in the right pocket of my slacks." Olivia whispers softly.
Alex gasps at the look of Olivia. More beaten up then she already was. She reaches slowly and carefully in the right pocket of Olivia's slack and pulls out the keys she noticed Olivia flinched, she tried to hide it but Alex still noticed it. Alex doesn't say something about it. She quickly takes off the handcuffs. Takes off her coat and puts it around Olivia so that the brunette's body is out of sight. Amanda walks back in to restroom when the paramedics arrives.
The paramedics walking in with a stretcher and gently lay Olivia on it.
"Alex, will you go with me to the hospital?" Olivia asks.
"What ever you want, I will do it. If you want me too, I'll go with you to the hospital." Alex answers.
"I want you to go with me. Thank you." Olivia says.
Olivia turns her head to the paramedics and asks if she can be alone with the blonde ADA for a minute.
They nodded and answers she can get a minute but then they have to leave.
"You too Amanda, will you wait outside for a moment please?" Olivia asks.
"Sure. I wait outside." Amanda answers.
Amanda walks out the restroom to. Olivia turns back to face Alex and swallows.
"Alex, what I'm gonna say now is hard for me to say and for you to hear." Olivia says softly.
Alex's eyes fill up with tears knowing by the tone of Olivia's voice and the words she say what is coming.
Alex takes Olivia's right hand into hers and squeezed gentle.
"Alex... in the hospital they... they need … to do a rape kit." Olivia whispers softly.
"I want you with me if you can do that. When they are done you give it to Amanda and she needs to bring it personally to Melinda. Tell her she can't say anything about this to guys. They will not find it out if I can help it. Can you do that for me please? I really don't want anyone else nearby but you." Olivia asks.
"Oh Liv." Alex whispers in tears.
" I will be with you every stap of the way. When ever you need me I'll be there." Alex answers softly.
"Thank you. Will you call Amanda in here please?" Olivia asks.
Alex nodded and walks to the door to ask Amanda to come in for a moment. Amanda enters the restroom and walks to Olivia.
"Amanda I need you to come to the hospital. Alex will talk with you there. Is that ok?" Olivia asks.
Amanda looks at Alex who nodded and then looks at Olivia to say to Olivia that it's fine. Then the paramedics are walking back into the restroom to take Olivia to the hospital. Alex walks to the squad room to get her purse.
"We wait for Alex! Olivia need her to go with her. " Amanda says to the paramedics.
Olivia takes the opportunity to ask Amanda a for favor.
"Amanda may I ask you to do me a favor? " Olivia asks.
"Yes Liv of course what ever you want. What do you need me to do?" Amanda asks.
"Call Casey. Tell her what happened and tell that she needs to come to the hospital for Alex. She'll understand why. If you get a chance to talk to her alone, after you talked to Alex, do it and tell her then everything you know. Tell her that I told you to tell "I know". Casey will know what I mean. It's something between Casey and I. I know I'm cryptic right now but I will talk to you about this later. Will you do this for me? Don´t say it to Alex. Just do it. Ok? " Olivia asks.
"Ok Liv. I will do it. And I don't say it to Alex or ask Casey any questions about this. I know they know you for a long time so I know that there are things you have been through together. So it's ok. You don't have to tell me." Amanda answers.
"Thanks Amanda, it means a lot to me." Olivia says softly.
Alex is back with her purse and briefcase. And they are taking Olivia to hospital now.
Olivia knows that everything is taking care of and now the adrenaline is falling away she feels the pain in her body that is to much. The tears are falling over her cheeks. She is crying out of pain when they are going over the doorstep. Olivia's body is shutting down and she is losing her consciousness.
Alex let the paramedic do her work as much as she can but she will not let go Olivia's hand. Hoping that Olivia will know she is there.
"When we are in the hospital they need to do a rape kit on Liv. Detective Rollins will come to the hospital to pick it up. Tell the doctors to be discreet. She don't want the squad to now that she is raped." Alex says to the paramedic.
"Poor girl, beating the crap out of her wasn't enough. I have seen a lot in my line of work but the way she is beaten up I have never seen in my life." The paramedic says defeated.
"She is a detective with the SVU and I'm their prosecutor and even I have not seen it this bad. And she is my best friend." Alex says, a tear falling down her cheek.
"What the hell happened to her?" the paramedic asks Alex.
"I don't know. She was supposed to come to my office. We should talking about the case. But she didn't show up and didn't answered her cellphone or her desk phone. So I went to the precinct.
When I came there the squad room was empty and I didn't see her so I went to the restroom.
When I came in I found her beaten up, her clothes torn apart and her left hand was handcuffed to the heating. She asked me to get her gun out of the drawer of her desk. When I came back she said that the suspect of our case was in the building and he was getting something to eat. She asked me to call 911 for back up and then go in the stall because he would come back and she didn't want me to get hurt. So I called for back up and a ambulance and walked into the stall. When the sick son of bitch came back he said to Liv that diner was good but that it was now time for desert. I heard him kicking her hard. Heard the cracking of bones being broken. But she didn't scream or made any sound because she protected me the only way she could.
When he stopped and took a stap back she told him "don't even think about it or I will shoot.". At that moment detective Rollins came in and took him into custody. She asked me then to come out and get the handcuffs of her. After that you guys came in." Alex finishes.
"That guy is really a sick son of bitch. Do me a favor and make sure that he is going to jail for a long time." The paramedic asks Alex.
"Oh I will. I prosecute the bastard myself! " Alex said angry.
By the time they got to the hospital there was an trauma team ready to take Olivia in. Alex made sure that they did an rape kit, she knew when Olivia would have been conscious she would have demanded it herself.
They promised her to take the swabs but the rest had to wait because she was still unconscious. Alex knew that she had enough with the swabs for DNA and semen. They quickly took Olivia in the trauma room and from that point Alex had to leave Olivia alone. A nurse took Alex to the waiting room. And the nurse promised that as soon as she know more she would come to update her.
And with that Alex was left alone. After a view minutes Amanda arrived.
"How is she? Do they know anything yet?" Amanda asked.
"She is in pretty bad shape, she lost conscious just before we went in the ambulance to the hospital and she didn't wake up so far. They took her into the trauma room it's gonna take a while before we know more I think. She has a lot of injuries. From what I can tell you right know: she has broken ribs, how many I don't know, cheekbones broken I think, her left wrist is broken, the rest I don't know but there are more bones broken that's for sure." Alex says, swallowing the lump in her throat.
"Dammit that sick son of a bitch! About what do we need talk. What was Liv talking about? " Amanda asks Alex.
Alex took a deep breath.
"You have to promise for Liv and for me that you do what I ask you to do. If you don't she WILL have your ass and if she doesn't I DO." Alex says sternly with her courtroom voice.
Amanda looked worried.
"Ok ok, I promise. Wanna life longer, about a year or 40." Amanda answers.
"Liv is... raped by that asshole. She asked me to be with her when they would take a rap kit but now that she is unconscious they only take the swabs right now the rest have to wait until she is stable and the know what her injuries are. Liv, and I too, want you to take the rape kit and bring it personally to Melinda Warner. And she doesn't want the guys to know it. " Alex says.
Amanda let out a curse.
" I bring it to Melinda as soon as I get it. I'll ask her to text the results to you and me, only to us. I tell her to not say anything to the others because Olivia doesn't want to. I will say nothing too. I understand why she doesn't want them to know. God I hate that bastard if I had known this when I arrested him I would have kicked his ass." Amanda says angrily.
Alex sighs before speaking again.
"Amanda, Liv is beaten up twice. We agreed to have dinner together and she should fill me in about the case. We had an appointment at 8 pm she called me at 7 pm. But by 10.30 pm she still wasn't at my office. I called her cellphone and her desk phone but she didn't answered them both. I left my office immediately and took a cab to the precinct, I was there at 10.45 pm. When I walked in the squad room she wasn't there but the lamp at her desk was on and her cell phone was on her desk. So I went to look for her. I went to the interrogation rooms first and then to the restroom.
When I came in I found Liv on the ground, beaten up, clothes torn apart and her left hand cuffed at the heating it wasn't broken then. I asked her what happened. She asked if I had seen anyone in the squad room. I told her that nobody was there. And then she told me to get her gun and come back as soon as possible. So I ran to her desk took her gun and ran back.
Then she told me that Prentiss was downstairs to get something to eat, she said that I had to call 911, ask for back up and go into the stall. Because she didn't wanted me to get hurt. She almost begged me. So I did what she asked. I called 911, asked for back up and a ambulance and went to the stall. I was there 2 minutes when he came back. He said to Liv " Dinner was good but now it's time for my desert." He walked to her and kicked her really hard. I could hear the cracking of bones being broken. So I bit in my hand to don't make any noise. Liv didn't scream or made any sound. She was protecting me. She knew that when she did I couldn't hold it together so she suffered in silence. Then I hear something slamming into the heating and handcuffs against it. That is when he broke her wrist and maybe her arm too. When he was done kicking he took a stap back. She said " Don't even think about it, or I will shoot you."
And at that moment you walked in.
When you took him away she told me that they needed to do a rape kit in the hospital and asked me if I would be with her there. So when she said to him "don't even think about it, or I will shoot you." she knew he would rape her again. But I didn't knew that at the moment itself. Only when she told me that she was raped. So you came right in time. Other wise she would have shot him or he would have raped her again." Alex now barely speaks above a whisper.
"So long story short. He has beaten the crap out of her twice, broke every bone he could and raped her. I wouldn't feel sorry for the bastard if she had shot him. But somehow I'm glad because now he can rotten in jail, be someones bitch the rest of his life I hope." Amanda says with anger in her voice.
"I make sure of it myself! I know Liv wants me to. So I will. That is at least something I can do and be good at it. When I'm done with him he wished he had never met me and didn't do anything to the other women or Liv." Alex says.
The door of the trauma room opened and a nurse came in with the rap kid.
"We only could do the swaps. I'm sorry." The nurse says to Alex.
"How is she? Can you say anything about her injuries yet?" Alex asks.
"No sorry it is to early to tell you what all her injuries are. But I can tell you that there aren't that many bones that are not broken. They take her to make a scan of her head as we talk. So what damage she might have on or in her head will we know soon. Now I have to go back. If it is possible I'll do her nails or any other part of the kit to. But I don't think I will get much. I will make sure that her clothes will be packed and I do what I can with the rest for the rape kit. I understand that we have to be discrete because Ms Benson doesn't want anyone to know it. So..." The nurse says.
"It is DETECTIVE Benson." Alex interrupted her.
"My apologies. Since Detective Benson doesn't want anyone to know, if I can collect more evidence I give it to you Ms Cabot. I'm sure you take care of it. Would that be ok by you? " The nurse asks.
"Yes thank you nurse. That will be fine." Alex answered.
"I must go back now, but as soon as we now more I let you know. And if you need a separate room because of all the men and women in blue that will show op just ask Jennifer over there." The nurse says pointing at the direction of a blond nurse across the room.
"Thank you again." Alex said.
"See you later Ms Cabot, Detective." The nurse greeted.
"I go to Melinda now, before the guys or anyone else will arrive here and I can't get out that easy anymore. If you know something let me know or if you need something . Ok?" Amanda asks.
"Ok. And thanks Amanda." Alex answers.
"No need to Alex, but I understand why you say it. See you later." Amanda says and walked out the waiting room on her way to Melinda Warner.
Alex was now really alone. With nobody there Alex feel the walls coming in to her. Olivia is beaten up so badly and she worried over the scan they are taking of the brunettes head. Olivia still wasn't awake and she is worried that something will be wrong. Her body had shut down. To protect her. So her injuries were really bad. She wouldn't believe it if she hadn't see it herself.
She still hears the cracking bones from Olivia's body inside her head. Why did the stubborn Detective always have to protect everybody even when her own live is in danger? Alex tries to hold it together but it isn't easy. Olivia is her best friend and she fell for the beautiful Detective the first time she walked into the squad room. But even after all those years that they know each other she never told her how she really feel about the brunette. Afraid that their friendship will be broken and she is certain that Olivia is straight. So why screwing up what she has by telling her.
But it makes it so much more difficult for Alex to see Olivia being beaten up and hearing it the second time.
She loved her more than she would admit to anyone included herself.
Pacing in the waiting room for some news about Olivia and waiting for the guys to come she thinks how she was gonna tell the guys what happened. Leaving the rape out of it and hoping that they wouldn't ask for it. She hated to lie. And she new the guys wouldn't like it if they find out that she lied to them if they do ask her, but Olivia wouldn't want them to know it and that was more important for Alex then the guys being angry with her.
Lost in her own thoughts Alex didn't notice that the guys and Cragen walked into the waiting room.
And she literally jumped when Munch asked her what the hell happened and how Olivia is doing.
Munch walked to Alex and took her in an embrace.
" It's just us Alex." Munch says softly to the young ADA.
Standing there in the arms of Munch Alex started to shake. She new Munch just as long as she new Olivia and to be hold by the older man she it was difficult to keep it together. The nightmare that had happened rolling like a movie trough her head.
Letting go of Munch Alex took a moment to put herself together before she starts telling them what happened.
Meanwhile on her way to Melinda Amanda pulls out her cellphone and dial Casey's number and wait for her to answer the phone.
"Novak." Casey answers.
"Casey, it's Amanda." Amanda says.
"Hi Amanda, what can I do for you? Do you need a warrant? " Casey asks.
"No Casey I don't need a warrant. Are you sitting down? " Amanda asks
"Yes. Why?" Casey asks.
"Because if you didn't I would ask you to. I need something to tell you and it isn't good..." Amanda started.
Casey interrupted Amanda before she could tell her why.
"Why, what happened? " Casey asks.
"Casey, it's Olivia, she is assaulted. Let me finish before you say anything ok? " Amanda asks.
"Why what´s wrong with Liv?" Casey asks.
"Please promise me? I tell you everything." Amanda asks almost pleadingly.
"Ok I promise now tell me what's wrong! " Casey demands.
Amanda tells everything. Shivering when she thinks about how Olivia looked when the paramedics putted her on the stretcher.
"Casey, before Liv went in the ambulance she asked me to call you. Tell you everything and that after I talked to Alex and I found a moment to talk to you alone tell you everything I know. I talked with Alex so now I tell you everything I know. After I promised Alex that I do what she asked me to do she told me that Liv is raped too and I need to take the rape kit to Melinda myself. They only took the swabs and the nurse will do the rest of the rape kit when she is stable and they know what her injuries are.
Liv asked me to ask you the next: She wants you to go to the hospital for Alex. You understand why.
She asked me to tell you " I know" . You know what she means . If the nurse can collect more evidence for the rape kit she will give it to Alex. Alex will take care of it although I think she give it to me and I'll take it to Melinda again. Liv doesn't want the guys to know that she is raped.
When I left the hospital they were taking a scan of Liv's head. And right after I left I called you.. If I knew what that sick son of bitch had done to Liv when I arrested him, I would have kicked his ass. So you now you know everything I know for so far." Amanda finished.
Casey was angry as hell and worried to for Olivia.
"Dammit! That sick son of bitch! Oh I'm gonna nail his ass. When I'm done with him he gets a one way ticket to hell!" Casey growls.
"Alex said that she will prosecute him. She said that Liv wants her to do it, that it is something she can do for Liv she is good at. I know that you and Liv now each other for a long time too just as Alex does. But I think you just talk to Alex about which one of you is gonna prosecute the bastard. No offense Casey. Are you going to the hospital for Alex? " Amanda asks.
"Yes I go. Of course I go, even when Liv didn't ask me to. I go I wanna now how Liv is doing and be there for Alex to. If Alex say that she will prosecute the asshole because she thinks that Liv wants her to do it, she gonna bring the bastard down. I know Liv for a long time. But nobody knows Liv better then Alex. Alex and Liv now each other for 12 years by now. And I'm not offended Amanda. I know you mean it well. So don't worry about that." Casey answers.
"Thanks Casey. I arrived at Melinda's office so I'm gonna bring the rape kit. I see you at the hospital later I hope." Amanda says.
"I'm going to hospital right now and take care of Alex as good as I can. I hope to see you there too. I assume Liv told you not to tell Alex that she asked me to go and be there for Alex, so I don't tell her that." Casey says.
"You're right Liv did say that. See you later Casey. Bye." Amanda answers.
"See you later Amanda. Bye." Casey says ending the call.
Amanda puts her cellphone back on the clip on her belt, takes the rape kit and gets out of her car. She walked in the Melinda's office and she found Melinda doing a autopsy on their latest victim. She shook her head and thought this is not the latest victim, Olivia is and she is in the hospital.
"Hi Melinda." Amanda say. Letting the ME know that she is here.
"Hi Amanda. I know you guys think I can perform magic, But I'm not that fast." Melinda jokes.
She turns around when she noticed that Amanda didn't respond to her joke and sees the look on Amanda's.
"What's wrong Amanda? " Melinda asks.
"I think you better can sit down, Melinda." Amanda answered.
Melinda frowned at the words of Amanda but she takes a seat.
"Liv has been attacked twice tonight Melinda. She's at the hospital now." Amanda says.
"What happened? " Melinda asks Amanda, now seriously scared.
"Do you want the long or the short version Melinda?" Amanda asks.
"Long version. Now tell me what the hell happened to Olivia." Melinda says.
Amanda tells Melinda everything that happened.
By the time Amanda was finished Melinda had a look in her eyes that showed she was way beyond angry.
"Give me the swabs Amanda I will run them true the system right now and make sure this is treated with the highest priority! I want to nail this sick son of bitch. I promise I will only send the results to Alex and to you. But please keep me posted how Liv is doing Amanda. I know Olivia as long as she is with the SVU. Alex must be out of her mind with fear by now. Poor girl. Will you tell her that if she needs anything, anything at all she just needs to let me know? " Melinda ask Amanda.
"I will. Thank you Melinda for keeping this part quiet and for your support for Liv and Alex. I have to go back to the hospital now. But I keep you posted. As soon as we know more I will let you know it myself, I promise." Amanda answers.
Back in the waiting room in the hospital Alex take a quick look around at Munch, Fin, Amaro and Cragen.
She closes her eyes for a second and tells them what happened to Olivia.
By the time Alex was finished the tears running down her cheeks .
All the guys are silent for a moment to process what Alex just told them. Judging the condition Alex is in, they know it's really bad. Alex almost never showed an emotion. So when she is in tears like this they are afraid of how terrible her injuries will be and how Olivia will look.
Slowly the waiting room is filling with cops. The whole force knows who Olivia is and comes to see how she is doing and to support her squad. Alex walks to Jennifer.
"Is there a room were we can wait? I'm expecting a coming and going of cops now. The whole force knows Liv. So perhaps it's better to have a private area." Alex asks.
"Yes of course. We have room where we usually have meetings, but right now we can use it for you, the squad and all the cops that are coming in. Shall I lead you to it?" Jeniffer asks.
"Yes please." Alex answers.
Jennifer walks with Alex to a room at the and of the corridor and opens the door.
"This will do it I think. It's big enough and here it's possible to get something to drink or eat. Because I don't think you guys will leave until Detective Benson is out of the woods or awake, am I right?" Jennifer asks.
"Yes you are. Don't tell the guys but I won't leave this hospital without her!" Alex says softly but sternly.
"Well I guess you two are close because you are her MPA. And by the way you trying to hold yourself together, you care about her much more then the guys know. Or am I wrong about that?" Jennifer asks.
"No you're not. I care about her very much. She is my best friend and I don't know what to do without her. The bastard beat her up twice today. But the second one she took it for me. Even when she already was beaten up she still wanted to protect me." Alex says, smiling sadly.
"Seems to me she cares a lot about you too even she or you don't know it. I think she will take a bullet for you if it save your life." Jennifer answers.
"I don't know about that. I go to get the others now." Alex says not knowing what to do with what Jennifer says to her.
"Yes of course. If there is anything I can do for you or the others please let me now, Ms Cabot." Jennifer says.
"I will, and please call me Alex. I have a feeling we will see each other a lot more the next couple of hours at least." Alex answers.
"Alright Alex it is then. Now I go and let you get the guys and every other boy or girl in blue." Jennifer answers.
Alex walks back in to the waiting room just as Casey walks inside.
"How is Liv doing? Do you now anything yet?" Casey asks Alex.
"They haven't tell us anything yet. She is having a scan of her head right now. But how do you know Liv is here? Don't get me wrong I'm glad you are here." Alex answers.
"Amanda called me and told me Liv is beaten up badly and that she is unconscious. I came straight to the hospital as soon as she called me." Casey says.
"Oh ok. Thank you for coming Casey." Alex says softly.
Alex turns to the guys and everybody in the waiting room.
"Can I have everybody's attention please?" Alex asks.
Everybody turns to Alex. Alex is getting nervous with so many people watching her. Casey looks at Alex and sees how hard it is for the young ADA. And puts a hand on the small of her back for support.
Alex looks at Casey and give her a small smile and turns back to the others.
"At this moment Olivia is getting a scan of her head. Right now she is still unconscious. For her injuries there is no news. She has a lot of broken bones, how many and witch I don't know right now. But I now for sure that she is fighting for her life. We that means the squad, Captain Cragen, Casey and I are glad that you all come here to see how Olivia is doing. As soon as I get more information I will let you know. Now because we are with a lot of people they have given us a room were we can wait. Down the corridor at the right is a conference room, there we can all wait. That's all for now, thank you for listening." Alex finishes.