Love and Danger

Chapter 16

Elliot awoke to someone shining a light into his eyes. He groaned and closed his eyes, moving his hand to his head. He tried to remember what happened, but his memory was fuzzy. He could remember going back to his apartment, Olivia was there, they went to sleep together in his bed after an arguement over something. Suddenly everything clicked. They had been drugged. There was a head at the foot of the bed. OLIVIA! Where was she? He started struggling against the hands that were prodding at his arms and holding him down, preventing him from getting to his lover.

"OLIVIA!" he shouted, his eyes shooting open and his body fighting off the hands that were holding him down. He made his way to his feet, only to fall back to the bed. The room was spinning. He heard the nurses telling him to stay still, but he couldn't. He had no idea where Olivia was. This was the second time in a day. He froze when he heard a familiar voice.

"Elliot! Calm down." his captain said in a comforting tone. Elliot froze immediately, knowing that if the captain was here, Olivia was in good hands. He rested his back against the pillows and looked at his captain expectantly.

Cragen knew when he got the call that he needed to be by his two best detectives side. He would need to be there to comfort them and make sure they received the best care possible. When he first got to the hospital, his instinct told him to go to Olivia first. Even though he wasn't allowed to see her, he was thankful she was here instead of missing. Cragen looked at Elliot and smiled.

"They were examining her when I got here. They think she may have had a reaction of some sort to whatever you guys were drugged with. They say she will be fine, but they were trying to regulate her breathing. They also said she was still unconscious which wasn't something they were to worried. You saved her life, Elliot."

"But she is in the hospital. We should have stayed in a hotel. We know White was stalking her, so of course he would have known where she was staying."

"Elliot, how do you know it was White?"

"Who else would it be captain?"

The captain nodded and looked at the detective. Waving goodbye to Elliot, Cragen headed into the hall. "Is Elliot right? Is White behind all this?" he thought to himself.

EOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEOEO

It had been two hours since Elliot had woken up. He had been released and gone straight to Olivia's room. She was still sleeping, but the doctors thought that she had inhaled a higher dose of the drug. The doctors said she had had an allergic reaction to whatever they had been given, which is part of what caused her to have trouble breathing. Although Elliot was relieved that they were both relatively ok, he was frustrated that they were in the hospital at all. He was resting in the chair beside her bed, both of his hands holding hers. He watched her face intently, completely unable to tear his eyes away from her face. Even though Elliot knew that none of this was his fault, he couldn't help but feel he could have done something, in someway, to protect her from this.

Anger built up inside of inside of Elliot. It was an uncontrollable rage that could not be put out unless he did something about it himself. He wanted to kill the bastard who was responsible for hurting his Liv. Elliot knew that while his anger was to be expected, he couldn't do anything about it. His eyes shot up when he felt Olivia's hand moved gently against his. He stood up and leaned over her bedside, stroking her face gently.

"Liv? Honey, can you hear me?" he asked, his voice low and rough. He watched as her eyes fluttered, closed as soon as she managed to fully open. Elliot couldn't help but smile when Olivia finally managed to open her eyes and keep them open. His heart skipped a beat when she smiled at him.

"Hey." she said, her voice thick with sleep.

"Hey yourself." he responded, slowly bringing his lips down to hers. The kiss was simple and sweet, and over all too soon. Olivia looked up at Elliot, her brown eyes wide with curiosity.

"What happened?" she asked, her voice filled with concern.

"We were drugged. CSU is at my apartment now, trying to figure out how the drugs were dispensed. How are you feeling?" Elliot asked, knowing that she had had the worst of it.

"My chest hurts and I have a massive headache. Other than that, I am just fine. What aren't you telling me?" Olivia asked, being able to see he was keeping something from her.

Elliot looked down at the floor. He knew that she would find out he was lying, but he wanted to protect her from the truth. The head had honestly scared him, and he didn't want to worry Olivia anymore than necessary. He knew she would find some way to blame this on herself, and to make sure she paid for whatever it was she thought she had done. Elliot wanted to protect her from this, from herself. He lived to protect her, to ensure her safety. To imagine being the reason she was hurting was unbearable. He never wanted to hurt her, never wanted to let anyone else hurt her. He was pulled out of his thought when he heard Olivia calling his name. He suddenly knew that he would only be hurting her from withholding the truth. Looking into her eyes, he knew he had to tell her the truth.

"Liv… there was a… head… at the foot of our bed." he said, watching her face intently. Olivia just looked at him.

"A head? As in a human head?" she asked, unable to believe. She couldn't imagine what kind of person could decapitate someone in cold blood. Elliot looked at her sympathetically.

"Yeah. It was the head of a woman. That's all I know so far."

Before Olivia could respond, Cragen, Munch, and Finn came into the room.

"Hey baby girl." Fin said, his voice sympathetic.

"Hey guys." Olivia said, giving a slight smile. Cragen walked over to her and stood by the edge of the bed. He put his hand on her shoulder and looked from Olivia to Elliot. Both detectives knew that look and remained silent, waiting for their captain to speak.

"We found something at the apartment." Cragen said, unable to look the detectives in the eye. Olivia and Elliot looked at one another before turning to the squad. Munch came up and held up an evidence in a bag. Olivia took it from him and read.

"You make me lose my head Olivia. I love you. No hard feelings."

It was a note from Richard White. It was proof that he had done this.