Disclaimer: Me no own, you no sue! I do NOT own any recognizable SVU characters! I'm just having a little fun with them and will return them when my story is done!

A/N: I was gonna wait until I had a few chapters done before posting this, but I'm impatient! Chapter 2 is almost ready, so it won't be too long until it's posted as well. I'm also working on an update for my first SVU fic, Her Guiding Light, so hopefully that will be posted soon too. Please, please, please review! Review truly motivate me to write more and update sooner!

Chapter One

"Elliot! Thank God!" Fin called as Elliot entered the squad room.

"What is it?" Elliot asked as the other man stood quickly, dropping his desk phone back into its' cradle.

"Why the heck is your cell turned off?" Fin growled, his fear coming out as frustration.

Elliot pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and looked at it. He hit the button, turning it on. "I turned it off when I was at the hospital with Liv. I guess I forgot to turn it back on."

"I've been trying to get ahold of you for nearly an hour!"

"I went back to my place to get a shower and change clothes. Why were you calling me?" he frowned as he noticed the worry and slight panic in Fin's eyes. "What's wrong?"

"The hospital called for you a little over an hour ago," Captain Cragen answered as he stepped out of his office.

"Hospital?" Elliot asked as panic began to rise in his chest. "Is it Liv? Is she alright? What happened?" he fired the questions off in rapid succession.

"They were trying to get ahold of Olivia and you are her next-of-kin and emergency contact." Cragen responded, trying to keep himself and his detectives calm.

"What?" Elliot asked with a look of total confusion.

"Apparently, Olivia checked herself out, against medical advise, shortly after you left the hospital. She forgot to take her medicine and discharge papers with her. A nurse found them in her hospital room, a few minutes after she left."

"Crap!" Elliot exclaimed as he hit the 1 on his cell phone, speed dial for Olivia's cell. He growled as it went straight to her voicemail.

"The hospital tried calling her cell phone several times but she didn't answer, so they called you," Cragen explained.

"She has it turned off now. I got her voicemail on the first ring."

"I can't raise her on her cell or on her home phone," the concern was evident in Fin's voice. "I've been trying ever since the hospital called. Munch went to her old apartment and banged on her door for a good twenty minutes but he couldn't raise her either. He finally got the supervisor to open Olivia's door, he searched her apartment twice… she's not there."

"What in the world would have possessed her to check out AMA? Especially this soon after surgery!" Elliot wondered. "Did she check Jordyn out too?" he asked, referring to Olivia's four year old daughter.

"They didn't say," Cragen answered. "Wait… surgery? What surgery?" his voice faltering as panic surged into his chest.

"She had surgery late last night, a little while after you guys left," he admitted.

"What kind of surgery? Why didn't you call us to come back?" Fin frowned in confusion.

"There's…" Elliot struggled to find the right words. "There's more to her injuries than you all know."

"Tell us," Cragen reached out and put his hand on the shoulder of his, clearly distraught, detective.

"I can't," he choked out, trying to hold back the tears. "Not without Liv. And I offered to call you guys to come back but Liv… well, she was really upset and didn't feel up to having any visitors."

Cragen nodded. "You did the right thing. She didn't need any added stress. You know where to find me when you're ready to talk."

"Thanks Cap. I need to go find -" Elliot's response was cut off when his cell phone rang. He glanced down at the caller ID and quickly answered. "Stabler."

Fin and Cragen waited, becoming nervous as the color drained from Elliot's face. Fin hurried around his desk as Cragen moved closer too.

"Yeah… soon…" finding his voice, Elliot answered the person on the phone then hung up.

"What's wrong?" Cragen asked.

"Was that the hospital?" Fin threw in his question too.

Elliot nodded but didn't say anything… couldn't say anything. He felt like the air had literally been knocked out of him. He couldn't believe what he had just heard, he just couldn't wrap his mind around it.

"What did they say?" Cragen prodded gently. The thought of Olivia being hurt anymore than she already was, terrified him. She was like a daughter to him, the closest he'd ever had to a daughter and he loved her unconditionally. In the past, he and Elliot had fought over Olivia more times than he could count; he liked Elliot but he thought she deserved better. Over the past couple of days though, he had seen Elliot's heart and just how much he truly loves Olivia and how devoted he is to her. He could see now that they belong together.

"I have to go find Liv," he answered.

Knowing how Elliot almost never cries, the tears pooling in Elliot's eyes put both Cragen and Fin on high alert.

"Elliot!" Fin called roughly, trying to jerk him out of the auto-pilot mode he seemed to be in.

Elliot's eyes flicked over to Fin, as he tried to find his voice again.

"What happened? What did the hospital want?"

"They need someone to come sign some papers and tell them -" Elliot's voice cracked as he fought to hold back a sob. "Tell them which funeral home to call."

There was a moment of complete silence before Munch's voice startled them all. "What? Funeral home?" he asked, having just come in and caught the tale end of Elliot's comment.

"Elliot, what are you saying?" Cragen asked for clarification.

"Jor… Jordyn took a turn for the worse…" the tears finally spilled down his face. "She was burned worse than they thought…" he looked up and swallowed hard as he saw the tears streaming down the faces of the three other men. Elliot swiped at the tears on his cheeks as he continued. "Liv was holding her when she took her last breath."

"That fire took way too much from her," Cragen's voice was eerily calm as he referred to the house fire that had destroyed Olivia's new house, that she was in the process of moving into. It had destroyed all of her belongings that she had already moved, just a couple of days before, and injured both Olivia and Jordyn. And now had claimed the life of her child.

"I have to go find Liv."

"We'll split up and all go," Munch spoke up. "One of us is bound to find her."

"No," Elliot said as fresh tears flowed down his face. "I know where she is."

"Are you sure?" Fin questioned.

"Positive. I know exactly where she went."

"Go take care of your fiancée. We'll call to check on her later, just keep your cell on." Cragen instructed, his voice cracking as tears slid down his face.

Elliot headed toward the door to leave but stopped before he got there. "Liv and I are gonna need some time, Cap." his voice wavered, his emotions threatening to overtake him as he thought of the little girl he loved as if she was his own.

Cragen nodded immediately, "You've got it, just take care of her."

A/N 2: So, what'd you think? :)