Me here... Owning NOTHING as usual. I'm really excited about starting this new story. I hate hurting my Livvie but I have loved the idea of this story for a while. Probably will be a pretty long story and completely EO as usual, but I really hope to include a lot more of the cast. But have fun reading!

"You alright, sweetheart?"

Olivia looked up at her inquisitive cab driver, she didn't blame him for being concerned, she was in terrible shape. "Yeah, I'm fine… just go."

The driver nodded and pulled into the ongoing traffic. Olivia ran her hand through her hair and was disgusted to feel wetness on her scalp. She brought her hand into sight and saw the thick red liquid on her fingers. She whimpered at the sight and rubbed her hands violently on her clothes to clean her hands, tears welling in her eyes. She ached all over her body; she could feel how deep the bruise on her face was by the throbbing. She knew she must have had cuts all over her face and was glad she couldn't see them.

While try to gather her thoughts, she asked, "Hey…um, what time is it?"

Her cab driver looked at his watch quickly, "it's three in the morning…..look, are you sure you don't need a doctor?" He asked as he looked at her in his mirror.

She tried to give him a small smile, "No, I'm okay…" Seeing the way he looked at her she knew that he didn't buy it at all, "It's not as bad as it looks…" She said, slightly ashamed.

"I work late nights in New York City… I've seen this scene enough to know that's not true…" He said sternly, with sincere concern in his voice.

"You're sweet to be concerned," She said, with almost no emotion, "I'm getting help, I promise."

He didn't respond and she was so happy that he didn't. She felt terrible lying to someone who was trying to be friendly. She was relieved when she saw her destination in the distance. The driver pulled over slowly and waited for her to collect herself and leave the cab.

"How much?" She said rummaging through her coat pocket.

"Look… promise me you get that pretty face of yours seen by a doctor, and this one's on me…" He said, turning to face her.

She shook her head, "No.. I..I can't let you do that." Before she could fight him on his offer anymore, he reset his meter leaving it reading zero.

He turned back to her, "Promise me." Sounding so sincere that it was as if he was one of her best friends; genuinely concerned.

She let out as much of a smile as she could and opened the door to leave the taxi. Before walking away she turned and leant down to the level of the window, "Thank you," She whispered, "There ought to be more people like you in this city."

He gave her thanks and rolled up his window to leave. He pulled away slowly leaving her standing alone in the middle of the street. She turned to look at the home he had brought her too. She was surprised to see a light on inside.

She was frozen in the middle of the street, nervous to approach his home; Elliot's home. She saw the children's toy on the front lawn, his car parked on the street. She attempted to walk up to his front door, but her aching made it so difficult. She winced as she walked; she didn't even want to think about how horrible she looked.

She finally reached his door, sighing at the realization of how much effort it had taken to walk from the street. She hated how ashamed she felt, she tried to make herself look as normal as possible before knocking. She ran her finger through her hair, ignoring the blood that was congealing to her head. She must have smoother her hair a hundred times before she felt comfortable, she couldn't help but notice how long she let her hair grow.

Her thoughts were distracted by the cold breeze that now brushed her face. She lifted her hand to his door and pulled it back down almost instantly. She sighed at herself and lifted her hand again. She gulped before knocking quietly.

She froze in fear when she heard the lock on the door shake and jumped a little when the door slowly opened.

"Olivia!" Kathleen said happily with a smile on her face.

"Oh God, Kathleen," She said trying to hide her face from his partners child, "I didn't know your dad had you guys this weekend"

By this time Kathleen's smile had dissipated, she noticed all the injuries that were visible on Olivia's body, "Livvie…" She said soothingly, "Come inside, I'll get Dad." She reached for Olivia's elbow, pulling her inside out of the cold. She scurried upstairs as Olivia stood in the middle of Elliot's living room.

The sound of Elliot's voice with Kathleen's made her nervous, she couldn't make out what they were saying but she could hear the worry in his tone. As they reached the stairs he heard Elliot tell Kathleen to go back to bed and that he would see him in the morning before hurrying down the stairs.

She had her back turned to him when she sensed him behind her.

"Liv?" He asked. She cringed at the worry in his voice; she hated doing that to him.

She slowly turned around to face him and watched his face go transmit so many different emotions that she had to close her eyes.

"Christ." He cursed through his teeth before pulling her into an embrace.

She winced in pain making him loosen his grip on her and he pulled back. Her eyes were still closed but she could feel him inspecting her for injuries.

"Open your eyes." He said.

She complied and opened her eyes to see him staring back at her. He looked concerned, confused, angry, almost every emotion that wasn't happy.

"What the hell happened, Liv?" He was now roaming her body with his eyes.

"I…uh…" She didn't know what to say. How was she supposed to tell him that she was now the victim he fights for every day.

"Liv, were you raped?" He asked putting both of his hands on her shoulders.

Tears were welling up in her eyes as she struggled to find the action to tell him her answer. She couldn't say it out loud…She just couldn't.

She closed her eyes as tightly as she could and nodded as she started to sob. She found herself in Elliot's embrace, sobbing uncontrollably as he tried to sooth her with his words. She couldn't hear what he was saying, but she felt safe…finally.

Next chapter will probably be a mix of POV's. But I hope you liked it! and please review :)