Part 6
Olivia was sitting up in the bed, obviously still asleep, Elliot came into the room, wondering if he should even turn on the lights or to wake her.
In the end the light next to the bed was turned on and he sat down on the edge of the bed, trying slowly to wake Olivia up from her trance state.
"Liv…Liv…its okay, come one wake up."
With no response, he gently rested his hand on her shoulder, "Liv it was a nightmare come on wake for me."
As she lay back down, Olivia slowly opened her eyes.
"Elliot?"
"Yeah, you had a nightmare; I think you woke my entire building by the way."
"Sorry."
"Nothing to be sorry about Liv, you had a nightmare."
She didn't respond, just laid back a little more into the pillows.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
Her only response was to roll over away from Elliot, and shut her eyes trying to rid her mind of the visions and thoughts from the previous dream.
Sighing he put a gentle hand on her shoulder and then stood up.
She wasn't going to talk to him, he knew that. Not tonight anyway, so he went back to his room, left the door open just in case she needed something.
The next morning, Olivia was up before Elliot. She had made coffee and was now sitting in the living room watching the sun rise.
Elliot stumbled out of his room quietly, not wanting to wake her if she was still asleep.
He looked up and saw her figure sitting on the couch. What he felt for her right then, it was over whelming.
He grabbed a cup of coffee and went over to the couch. "Is this seat taken?"
"Nope."
He sat down next to her and they sat in silence for a few moments before she slowly moved closer to him.
"You okay?"
"No."
"Wanna talk about it?" They didn't speak for a few moments. Olivia moved closer to him before she started to tell him of her dream.
"He was after me, I kept running and running and he was always just one step behind me." Olivia told him, voice barely above a whisper.
"All I can feel is his hands all over me, touching me. I can't get them to stop." She cried.
"It's okay Liv, you did nothing wrong."
"Yes I did, I didn't get away when I could have."
"You did the best you could Liv. This guy, he's a psycho; he doesn't care about anything else but his goal. This is all a game to him."
"Some game." She pouted, "I don't want to play anymore."
Silence engulfed them again, they just sat there in the warmth of the sunshine.
"Munch, Fin and I are going to…"
"I am going with you."
"Liv, no."
"Yes, I am. I am the only one who can identify his voice, I know his build, his…" She stops and almost physically cringes, "His touch."
"Liv…"
"NO! I am going with you. You can not leave me out of this. Stop treating me like a victim Elliot."
"I would…Liv listen. I just…"
"I don't want to hear it, I am going with you, and there is nothing you can do to stop me."
"You aren't going to let me finish are you?"
"No."
"But?"
"No."
"You don't know what I was going to say."
"I know what you were going to say, and right now I am a cop, who was assaulted in her own apartment, taken, raped, beaten…I am not going to let you take me away from this investigation, I am going to get this guy."
"I know that Liv, but I am worried about you, I…" He stopped himself, not sure if she would even hear what he said or care at this point.
She looked at him for a moment before his cell phone rang. As he answered it she turned her back and grabbed clothes and headed to the bathroom.
By the time she returned Elliot was dressed and waiting in the kitchen for her.
"If you want to know, that was Fin, he and Munch got a hold of the maps of the Newburgh area, and we need your help."
"Thanks." She responded with sincerity. "El, I am sorry about before…"
"Don't worry about it, come on let's go."
oooOOOooo
They arrived at the station house not half an hour later.
"Olivia…how are you feeling?" She got asked over and over.
She smiled and nodded that she was fine and that she wanted to get the guy who did this before he did it to someone else.
"So what do we have?" Olivia asked as she poured a cup of coffee.
"We need to know what you remember…sounds…smells, anything." Dr. Wong asked as he walked in through the double doors.
"Umm…"
"You have to be our eyes and ears on this Olivia."
"I was blindfolded and drugged; I couldn't see or hear anything."
"It doesn't necessarily have to be on your way to, but rather where you were when you woke up."
"But…"
"Come with me please…" Dr. Wong ushered her into an unused interrogation room and shut the door.
"Please sit."
"What do you need?"
"I want to try something with you Olivia."
"What?"
"I have tried this on several occasions with success. With a lot off abductions, the victim don't remember the obvious things. But when they are to sit in a quite room, eyes closed they can often remember several key things about their surroundings."
"So you want me to…what sit here and…"
"First off Olivia, I want you to relax, take a few deep breaths and close your eyes for me."
"I am not sure…"
"Just do it Olivia."
She took a few deep breaths and closed her eyes.
After a few minutes of silence Dr. Wong spoke again, "Now Olivia, I want you to open up your mind, and remember back to when you woke up, what did you hear, what did you smell and see?"
"I remember the air was cool, damp, I shivered. It was like I was underground. I don't remember any sun."
"What else?"
"His touch…it was…" She paused and her eyes filled with tears, "God his touch was so…"
"Go on Olivia, you are doing great." Dr. Wong reached out to rest a hand on her arm and she literally jumped away from him.
"Don't touch me!" She screamed and backed herself up into the corner.
"Olivia, it's okay, I am not going to hurt you."
"Don't come near me."
Dr. Wong turned and looked into the mirrored glass, concern etching his face.
Cragen looked over at Elliot, "You better get in there son before she does something to hurt herself."
"Yeah."
Elliot walked carefully into the room and looked over at Dr. Wong and he stepped out leaving Elliot and Olivia in the room together.
"Liv…"
She looked over at him. "He's after me again."
"No, he's not, you are safe Liv."
He was moving closer to her slowly, reaching a single hand out to her.
"He's going to hurt me again."
"No, no he's not, I have you, he's not going to hurt you."
She crumbled into his arms, and he held on to her while she cried.
Dr. Wong and Cragen watched from the next room, hoping that the Olivia they once knew would come back to them.
"So what's the news Doc?"
"She is showing classic signs of Post traumatic Stress Disorder."
"What can we do?"
"We need to be there for her, help her though what she needs, but we need to let her lead. She is connecting with Elliot right now, she has found whatever safe feelings she needs in him right now."
"She wants to help with the case, I m not sure if I should let her out there in the field."
"Normally I would advise against that sort of thing, but with Olivia, she is a very strong person, but right now, if you separate her from what she feels safest with, it could do more harm then good."
"So what I let her go out there?"
"Yes, finding this guy, its going to do a world of good for her. But don't let her leave his side. Keep them together."
"Alright Doc."
"I will be tagging along as well Captain."
"That's fine."