Love and Danger
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Chapter 5
After having called Cragen, Elliot had gone back to the precinct in hopes that along the way he would run into Olivia. The whole way back, he had a sinking feeling, almost as if he was pulling the opposite way of some invisible force. When he reached the precinct, he was met with an anxious Cragen and a concerned looking Haung. As Elliot walked towards them, he felt a sinking feeling in his gut. "Dear God, let her be ok. Please. I can't live without her." He prayed quietly to himself. When he reached them, both men looked at him warily. "What is it? What's happened?" Elliot asked.
"We got a call a little over a minute ago." Cragen started. He watched as one of his best detectives face paled, dread covering his features like a blanket. "There was a disturbance at Olivia's apartment. One of her neighbors heard a lot of banging and glass shattering. Go with Fin and check it out!" Cragen said, as Elliot turned on his heel and grabbed Fin and rushed to her apartment. When they reached her apartment, they found that several police cars and CSU was already on the scene. They all but jumped out of the car and ran up to her apartment.
Elliot wanted to gag as he walked into her apartment. The stench of blood was sharp and defined, a big hole in the wall the first thing you were able to see. He looked at the around at the apartment, wandering how something that was so clean and empty just an hour ago, was now a crime scene and messy. He looked at her clothes and photos that were scattered around the room. He walked over to a photo that was a few feet from him and knelt down and picked it up from the glass. He wanted to cry when he saw it. It was a picture of them together at the annual NYPD Christmas Gala. He remembered thinking that Olivia had never looked more beautiful in her strapless dress. He loved how it flowed over her curves, outlining every part of her. He looked down at the smiling faces in the photo, wondering how it had all come to this.
Elliot pulled out of his revere when he heard a crime scene tech call out to another. Looks like someone left us a message. Elliot got up and went out onto Olivia's balcony and over to the tech. He looked where he was pointing. "LH+RW" was written in blood. Elliot wanted to puke. He knew it was Olivia's hand writing. He called over to Fin and showed him the message.
"That's baby-girls writing. What does it mean though? It could be anything!" Fin wondered aloud.
"Liv wouldn't just leave us some random letters. She meant something. She expects us to find out." Elliot roared at Fin. Fin looked at him with an angry face.
"I KNOW SHE MEANS SOMETHING! AS HARD AS IT MAY BE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND, WE ALL LOVE HER TOO. SHE IS LIKE A LITTLE SISTER TO ME AND I WILL BE WORKING JUST AS HARD AS YOU TO FIND HER!" Fin yelled at Elliot before storming out of the apartment.
Elliot watched as Fin stormed off, realizing that he was that he was taking his anger out on Fin when he wasn't the only one hurting. Elliot knew that when it came to Olivia, he would die for her. He also knew that Olivia was loved by anyone who ever met her, including the squad. Cragen was the father to her that she had never had, Munch and Fin the protective older brothers. Elliot couldn't live without Olivia. He was hers and she was his. He felt only slightly better knowing that others were not going to stop working until Olivia was found.
When Elliot got back to the precinct, it was buzzing with activity. Cops were running in every direction, each holding a sheet with Olivia's information on it. Elliot managed to squeeze his way over to the captain's office. He went in and was met with Munch, Fin, Cragen and Huang sitting around the captain's desk. "What do we have?" Elliot asked hesitantly.
Huang was the one to stand up and speak. "Olivia was very smart and left us a clue. As you saw, the message was written in blood. According to Doctor Warner, there was enough blood to have been significant enough to demand medical attention. She said it was not enough to be fatal, but did suggest that it was enough to be a serious energy. She searched the apartment up and down but found no evidence of sexual assault. Also, she just confirmed that it was written in Olivia's blood and that only Olivia's blood was in the apartment." Huang took a moment to catch his breath before continuing. "As for the message, Munch and Fin have gone through all of Olivia's case files before Fin thought of something. I will let him explain.
Fin sighed before looking down. "As you know, last year Olivia and I went undercover at Sealview. While we were there, a tuberculosis case caused the facility to close down. Nobody could go in or out and all the guards were required to get shots. Our suspect, Lowell Harris, got his before me and went after Olivia. He took her to a basement and assaulted her. Thankfully, with the help of another inmate, I got there just in time. Harris got off, but was sent to a men's facility. Before he left, he vowed to get revenge on Olivia for ruining his "good" name. I started thinking and realized that LH is Harris's initials. Then I remembered what Olivia said. She said Richard White had gotten out of jail a few weeks ago. RW. Richard White's initials. I think Richard White and Lowell Harris are working on this together."
Everyone sat in silence, unsure of what to say next. Finally, Elliot spoke up. "Doc, what do you think? Is it possible?" Elliot said, looking at Haung.
Everyone turned to Haung, waiting for an answer. After a moment of thought, Huang spoke up. "I believe it is our best bet. I did have several sessions with Olivia after the incident at Sealview. She was suffering from acute PTSD. She was able to push through it though, after talking about several things. Sealview wasn't the only thing that she was suffering from, but it was the most significant. I was able to read through Lowell's police report and read his threat to Olivia. He said 'I will find you and make you pay for what you have done. Nobody tricks me and gets away with it.' Harris and Richard White are definitely good suspects. I say find them and bring them in. If they didn't do anything, they more than likely know something."
Everyone looked around. Cragen was the one to break the impending silence. "We got to find these guys. Olivia could be in serious danger."