By M. Giant
After the commercials, she wakes up and does a double take upon seeing her partner's unconscious wife bleeding in the seat to her. She gets on her radio and calls for a "bus" (SVU-speak for "ambulance," which they use at every opportunity ever since they learned about it) for the "pregnant wife of an MOS." She also tells the dispatcher to tell the fire department that Kathy's pinned, as we see the blood in Kathy's lap from the glove compartment cutting into her. The sirens are already audible by the time Olivia smashes her way out through the window, and suddenly the scene is swarming with medics and firefighters. Of course the other driver is only scratched, and wearing a fragrance I like to call eau de distillery. Get that dude in Witness Protection now, before Elliot gets a hold of him. Before they can jaws-of-life Kathy out of there, they have to disconnect the battery to disarm Kathy's still-undeployed airbag, flatten Olivia's tires, and stabilize Kathy's head and neck by cutting the roof away. Of course, Olivia's the only one on the scene small enough to climb back into the mangled car, take up position in the back seat behind Kathy, and hold her head steady. That's when Kathy wakes up. Olivia calmly explains the situation, and Kathy says her water just broke. Of course it did.
At the lake house, Fin rolls up in a local black-and-white and tells Elliot to come with him. There's a chopper waiting for them at the sheriff's office, he explains. Hopping in the squad, Elliot asks what happened.
Olivia puts a neck collar on Kathy, who on top of everything else is having a contraction. Then Kathy drops off again, and Olivia notices the blood on Kathy's skirt. Because Olivia has to do everything here, now they make her start an IV for Kathy, under the paramedic's instructions. She has to squeeze the bag and everything. Kathy comes around again, just in time for the firefighters to get to work cutting off Olivia's roof. Hate to sleep through that, you know. By the time Olivia's sitting in her new convertible, Kathy's having another contraction. That's three minutes apart. The paramedic says they don't carry anything to slow down labor. What more could go wrong for Olivia? How about Cragen, running up with a phone and telling her it's Elliot? That'll do it. Olivia activates the speaker phone, and Kathy weeps into it that Olivia's taking good care of her. Elliot says he's en route via chopper, and they exchange "I love you"s. The contractions keep coming as the firefighters continue diligently totaling Olivia's car. Finally Kathy is cut free, and Olivia has to get out to make room for Kathy's spine board. They strap her on, and Olivia hovers at her side as they load her into the ambulance. Cragen assures them that with patrol holding traffic on every cross street between here and Mercy, they'll be there in ten minutes. But even as the ambulance takes off, Kathy doesn't think that's enough time. The paramedic sees the baby crowning, and Olivia takes position behind Kathy's shoulders as she starts pushing. And the kid pops out in seconds. Literally seconds. Elliot got his boy, who appears healthy. And judging by his hairline, he's Elliot's. Kathy only gets to hold the wailing tot for a moment before she loses consciousness. Again. She's like Jeff the purple Wiggle here. It falls to Olivia to keep the baby warm with a space blanket while the paramedic calls in Kathy's code.
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