AN: Quite severe Fin, Nick and Amanda bashing! A graphic rape scene too.
"Captain..." Olivia glanced up and smiled warmly when she saw her newest Detective, Lauren Hernandez standing before her. She'd only been on the SVU squad for 3 months, having not long become a detective. Initially Olivia had been a little hesitant in accepting her transfer over to the squad; she was only 21 for a start! This hadn't happened ever, no one this young had made it to Detective... let alone being one on this sort of team. However, Lauren had really impressed her so far; she was miles ahead of some of the other Detectives, she was kind, caring and good with the victims who would walk through their precinct.
"Lauren! Come in, take a seat. Are you alright?" She said softly, pulling out a couple of sodas; the kid looked like she could do with the sugar... she was looking a little pale but then again, they'd had a really big case which involved homicide, narcotics and SVU all working together. Lauren took the soda and smiled softly.
"Thanks Captain... yeah, I'm ok. It's just this was my first big case so... I don't know. It was quite overwhelming..." Lauren said softly and Olivia reached out to hold her hand gently, she often forgot that Lauren was only 21 and maturity wise wasn't quite up to scratch with the other more experienced and older detectives.
"It's Olivia, honey. You don't need to keep calling me Captain all the time..." She said softly, allowing Lauren to hold onto her hand for a little bit longer. She had felt particularly protective over her due to how young she was, but also there was this niggling feeling that the kid had it tough. So, if she could be a safe place for her then that's exactly what she would do.
"You did a great job on this case, I'm very impressed with you and how well you've settled into the unit. Did you know that you're the youngest Detective we've ever had?" Olivia said gently, a small smile forming when Lauren shook her head. It seemed that Lauren thrived on praise and being told that she was doing a good job; the smile hadn't left her face since Olivia had praised her.
"Elliot did say that I was very young... so did Amanda and Nick!" Lauren said and took a small sip of her drink, the sugar giving her energy after the tiring case that they'd all just worked on.
"Yes, you are young but you're miles ahead of them rookie!" Olivia said affectionately, squeezing her hand one last time before releasing it. They just sat in a comfortable silence for probably around 15 minutes or so, Lauren doing some paperwork and Olivia helping her with it; since Lauren hadn't had anywhere near the experience that the other Detectives did. She was growing fonder of the rookie in front of her and every so often she would smile indulgently at her and push some snacks and drinks towards her, yep she needed her strength that was for sure! Olivia was so busy helping her that she hadn't noticed the crowd congregating in the squad room, a mixture of her own Detectives and some from narcotics and homicide.
Nick, Amanda and Fin were sat together and working on their paperwork. They looked up towards their bosses office and saw that the rookie was still in there and clearly getting help from Olivia.
"I know she's young but Jesus, does she really need her hand holding for paperwork too? Kiss ass!" Nick mumbled under his breath and Amanda smirked slightly. When they were all one on one with Lauren, they actually didn't mind her and got on with her. However when they were all together, they had such a pack mentality where if one of them spoke badly about her then they would all join in.
"Look at the way she's sucking up to Liv, what a joke!" Amanda drawled, her southern accent coming out and the other Detectives who heard what she had said laughed heartily. The three carried on with their paperwork, watching as a few Detectives from Narcotics came up to them and stood around them, a glint in their eye. Fin immediately got a bad feeling, he knew of these particular Detectives and knew that they were bad news; they were aggressive, abrasive and would haze all the new recruits that came through their division.
"Hernandez is new right?" Detective Mike Erickson piped up, having heard some of the conversation a glint in his eye that Fin knew wasn't a good sign. Amanda finished her file and put it to one side, watching as Nick and Fin both did the same.
"Yeah, Lauren's new. She's only 21, not even sure how she made it on the squad to be honest!" Amanda said, taking a swig of coffee from her mug and watching with interest as Erickson grinned. She knew it wasn't a friendly grin, but it was intriguing to her and Nick as well.
"Wow, yeah that is weird. She can only just drink! We've all noticed that she's a bit of a kiss ass..." He said, gesturing to the other 15 or so officers who either nodded in agreement or just watched on. Nick nodded his head, they all had no idea of who they were dealing with here and maybe if they did then they wouldn't have engaged with him.
"Yeah, she is a bit of a kiss ass! Always wanting Olivia's approval..." Nick said softly and pulled out another file, quickly signing it off and sitting back in his chair. The other officers moved to congregate with them, most of these officers knew what Erickson and the other narcotics Detectives were like and they were intrigued.
"Hmm do you want to know what we do with kiss asses at narcotics?" Erickson said softly and the three SVU Detectives nodded slightly.
"We haze them..." He said with a glint in his eyes, Amanda and Nick looked at each other with a smirk. I mean it was only a joke right?! The rookie would probably just laugh along and maybe then she would stop being so childish. Fin on the other hand had a really bad feeling about it; the glint in that Detectives eyes... he knew he should speak up but the other two thought it would be a good idea and he wasn't going to go against his friends.
"I don't know... I mean, Captain Benson will go mental!" One of the homicide Detectives piped up and Erickson smirked slightly. Nick and Amanda seemed on board with the plan but they also didn't want to get into trouble either. Erickson seemed to sense this and moved closer to the two.
"Don't worry, all I need you SVU lot to do is get her down to the bar. My lot will handle the rest, she'll be fine! All she will have is a bad hangover!" He said with a smirk and they all chatted excitedly like they were in a college fraternity rather than police Detectives. What could go wrong! It turns out that everything was going to go wrong!
Lauren finished the last of her files and handed them to Olivia, a small smile on her face when Olivia beamed back at her.
"Well done, you're a natural! Why don't you..." Olivia trailed off and saw Nick standing at the office door, she waved him in and Lauren stood up.
"Hey Liv, all of us are going down to the bar! Are you and Lauren joining us?" He said smoothly, trying not to arouse suspicion as to what they were actually going to be doing. It was only going to be a bit of harmless fun anyway, something that the rookie would look back on and laugh at.
"Yeah Nick, I'll come. Olivia are you coming?" Lauren said softly and Olivia grinned slightly, closing the file and giving the two her full attention.
"Yeah sure, I'll be down in a couple of hours there's a few things that I need to do before I leave. They'll look after you!" Olivia said gently and Nick almost felt guilty when he looked down at the hopeful 21 year old.
"Come on then rookie!" Nick said, leading Lauren out of the safe haven of Olivia's office and into the mixture of all the other Detectives. Erickson moved closer to Nick, Amanda and Fin, filling them in on the plan.
"It's up to you, either you come in with us or you leave us at the bar. We will be filming it anyway to add to our haze collection!" He smirked and suddenly Amanda and Nick were wondering whether this was a good idea but it was too late to back out now.
"Alright!" Fin said quietly, already beginning to feel guilty but he doubted that they would do any real harm to her, right? So he pushed all his doubts to the side and they all left the precinct together, the only person who had no clue on what was about to happen was Lauren. They went into the first bar that they came across, Erickson and a few of the other Detectives pushed Lauren in first so that the SVU Detectives could leave without her seeing them go. They took full advantage and just left her there, she'd be fine!
"We're going to hell!" Nick said with a laugh, running down the street as the two other Detectives ran after him. God, if only they knew what those Detectives were going to do to that kid! They never would've left her there!
An hour had gone by and Lauren was hammered! She didn't understand how! She'd only had one drink... she turned around and all she saw was the narcotics Detectives and a few of the homicide squad, she saw no one from SVU and she was starting to worry.
"Mike... where's Nick, Amanda and Fin?" She said worriedly and chewed on her lip, holding onto the second drink that she was nursing in her hand. She wasn't concentrating properly and she missed the predatory smirk that formed on his face and that of everyone else who had stayed with them.
"I'm sure they'll be back in a minute darlin!" His southern lilt calmed her somewhat, it reminded her of Amanda's southern accent. She was safe, right?! She turned her back for a second and Mike slipped a pill into her second drink, this was going to be good.
"If you're that worried then we will go look for them, right guys?" He said with a small smile, the others catching on that it was going to happen now. Lauren still didn't understand what was going to happen to her and she thought she was safe... she should've been safe.
"Really? You don't mind? Won't it ruin your evening?" She said timidly and drank her second drink up, missing the smirks of the officers behind her.
"No kid, the night's just getting started! Come on..." Mike said with a smirk, leaving a tip on the bar and getting up. God, this had been too easy! Never had they met such a gullible cop in all their careers! Mike stood up and left first, then Lauren had followed him and the other Detectives had followed behind her, making sure that she wouldn't be able to escape.
Lauren followed Mike as they walked a couple blocks, turning down a side street she began to feel uneasy. They were going into a really dark side street and it didn't make any sense. Her skin began to crawl and she turned her back on him, letting out a squeak when he quickly grabbed her from behind.
"Mike! What the hell are you doing? Get the hell off of me! Stop!" She kicked her legs out and the other Detectives began to help Mike to get her further into the alley where no one would hear her.
He threw her on the ground and she landed with a hard thump, she couldn't breathe and she was so scared. She grew even more fearful when she saw a few of them with their phones out, oh god what were they going to do to her?!! She backed away from them until her back hit the wall, large tears slid down her face.
"Please just let me go! I won't tell anyone please... I swear! I won't tell Nick or Amanda or Fin!" She wept anxiously, rocking herself back and forth. She looked up when she heard the laughs and that's when it dawned on her, they'd been in on it! They knew what was going to happen and that's why they'd all left her! Heartbreak and betrayal filled her body and she let out more sobs.
"Please Mike... Please! Are you... are you gonna hurt me?" Lauren sobbed pitifully when Mike nodded his head, a sadistic smirk on his face. He pushed her down and ripped off her dress, smacking her face hard. Lauren yelped and turned her face away, she couldn't believe that this was happening to her!
"Ouch!" She sobbed pitifully, kicking her legs out in the hope that he would stop what he was doing to her, in the hopes that he would snap out of it! To be honest, she hoped that one of them would save her... all they were doing was filming her, throwing vodka on her or just laughing.
"I want Olivia!" She wept and Mike laughed cruelly, ripping off her underwear and shoving himself inside of her. She screamed and let out sobs, it hurt! This hurt so so bad! Lauren's mind went blank as he inflicted the pain on her body.
"Why are you doing this to me?" She let out a whimper, her eyes burning when one of them threw more vodka on her.
"Because you're a pathetic little kiss ass!" She heard one of the Detectives yell and she turned her head away, crying and screaming for Olivia. The only person who had been truly kind to her. For hours she was lying on the cold pavement, being brutally raped by at least 6 of the men... men who were supposed to protect and serve! All Lauren could do was cry and beg for them to stop, only when she was a shaking and bruised mess did they finally stop.
"You tell anyone and we will kill you!" Mike snarled, getting up and zipping his trousers up. They all left her there, crying and shaking on the ground. She couldn't move and didn't dare do so until she was sure that they weren't coming back for her. She reached into her bag and got her phone out, ringing the one person who would come to her.
Olivia had finally put her pen down, her files had taken her a lot longer than she thought. She was quite surprised that Nick or one of the others hadn't tried to ring her as she was at least two hours late. She didn't have to wait long as her cellphone rang, she looked at the caller ID and smiled softly.
"Hey Lauren... I'm just on the way, sorry I got held up! I..." Olivia trailed off as she heard the sobs and screams coming from her youngest Detective. She was out of the precinct in seconds, making her way to her car and sitting down.
"Help me Olivia! Help me!" Lauren sobbed down the end of the phone, trying to pull her cardigan around her and at least keep some of her dignity.
"Honey... honey. Where are you? What's happened? Where's Nick, Amanda and Fin?" Olivia spoke calmly and comfortingly, she had a horrible feeling about all of this; especially when Lauren's sobs increased at the mention of her team mates.
"I'm in an alleyway down by that club we go to after we've won a case! They left me... they helped them... hurt... so much!" Lauren was hysterical and tried to get up, wanting nothing more than to be safe and to get cleaned up.
"Darling, I'm on my way. I'm coming..." Olivia shushed the frightened young woman, quickly stepping her foot on the gas and making it to the club in record time. Once Olivia had parked up and started walking, she could hear the sobs from a mile away! Why had no one helped the poor kid?! Olivia turned down the alleyway and her stomach clenched; she saw Lauren curled up into herself, covered in cuts and bruises and smelling of vodka.
"Lauren... oh my god. Lauren, it's me. It's Olivia..." she soothed softly and bent down to her level so as not to frighten her more. Lauren held her arms out to the only safe person that she knew right now and sobbed, she sobbed and she screamed.
"I'm here, sweetheart. I've got you... what's happened to you baby? What's happened?" Olivia cooed, picking her up in her arms and wrapping her up in a soothing hug. She walked towards the car and Lauren sobbed more, burying her face into Olivia's perfumed neck.
"Can't say... please don't make me say!" Lauren clung to Olivia so tightly that her knuckles were turning white. Olivia kissed her on the head, her mama instincts kicking in when she saw how broken and hurt this kid had been.
"Ok baby, ok... you don't have to say right now. I'm taking you to the hospital, I'll be right by your side the whole time!" She cooed, gently putting Lauren in the passenger seat and speeding off quickly, using her sirens to get them there quicker. She glanced over at Lauren and her eyes filled with tears; who would hurt her! Who could do something so cruel?
Olivia pulled up outside the ER and got out, very gently lifting the broken younger woman into her arms and cradling her protectively. She could feel Lauren shaking and sobbing onto her shoulder, she ran into the building and up to the desk, pulling out her shield.
"I'm Detective Olivia Benson, this is my colleague Lauren Hernandez. She's been attacked... possibly raped!" She whispered the last part, gently bouncing the terrified woman in her arms as though she was a child. The secretary looked up sympathetically and filled in Lauren's details, Olivia relaying off as much information as she could.
"Ok, go on into room 110! Dr Tyler will be in with you shortly..." The secretary said gently and Olivia smiled her thanks, carrying Lauren to the room and tried to place her down on the bed. Lauren wasn't having it, she clung to Olivia like she was a lifeline. So Olivia sat down on the bed and sat Lauren on her lap, carefully rocking back and forth.
"Oh Liv..." She sobbed anxiously and Olivia hugged her tight, gently whispering soothing words to the broken woman. Lauren jumped out of her skin when she heard the door open, sobbing slightly in Olivia's arms.
"Shhh..." Olivia cooed, hugging and cradling her until the panic subsided. Dr Tyler gently approached them, speaking in a surprisingly calm and gentle tone.
"Hello, I'm Dr Tyler and you must be Olivia and Lauren?" He enquired, smiling slightly at Olivia's firm nod. He bent slightly to their level whilst also making sure to give them plenty of space.
"Lauren? Where does it hurt?" He spoke with so much compassion that she glanced up and met his eye.
"In between my legs, my face and my eyes... I had vodka poured into them!" She burst into tears and both Olivia and the Dr felt sick! This was so brutal, so evil... so disgusting!
"Ok... Lauren, would you like me to do a rape kit? Olivia can come with you if you want? We'll get photos of your injuries, swabs... then we can start giving you medications and treating your injuries!" He spoke gently and calmly, watching as Lauren nodded her head and clung to Olivia tightly.
"Please don't leave me 'livia!" She rested her head against Olivia's and Olivia nuzzled her nose against hers.
"I won't leave you for a second, honey!"
It had taken three hours to do the rape kit; Lauren had been so traumatised that they'd had to stop several times so that she could calm down and so that Olivia could help her. She had been raging when she saw the level of injuries that had been done to her! Bruising, tearing, a black eye, her back was bruised and so were her ribs. The Dr had taken photo evidence and swabs, before allowing Lauren to crawl into the shower and wash their scent off her.
Once she was done in the shower and dressed in something else, Dr Tyler had given her morphine and some ice for her bruises. Olivia had curled up in the bed next to Lauren and stroked her hair gently.
"I know I said we wouldn't talk about this right now but where are those three?" Olivia had to swallow bile when she saw the hurt on Lauren's face. The pain... god, she could barely look at her.
"They never went in the bar... they knew that something was going to happen to me! He... pretty much said so!" Lauren whimpered and Olivia wanted to swing for them! She wanted to scream at them; they were supposed to be looking after her!
Nick, Amanda and Fin were at a nightclub dancing their worries away, they couldn't wait for tomorrow! They were sure that the rookie was going to have one hell of a hangover in the morning!
It was around 3:00am when Nick got the video sent through, the other two knew there was a problem when Nick's face drained of all colour.
"Nick what's wrong?" Amanda said and gently pushed him outside, Finn hot on their tail. Nick began to sob as he watched the video, they'd fucked up so badly! He showed Amanda and Fin, who looked just as ill.
"What the hell have we done?! Oh my god..." Amanda covered her mouth with her hands, never ever did she think that they would do that to her! They had messed up big time!
"We've gotta put this right!" Finn whispered, his heart racing. They had helped traumatised a 21 year old kid! They needed to put this right!