"Elliot!" 

Elliot raised his head at the sound of his name. He'd been working overtime on paperwork. He hated being on desk duty, but in another week, Lizzie would be able to babysit Ethan. Dickie was offered up half the babysitting job and money, but he thought it would be best if his sister would do the entire job. Obviously he was still a little guilty about what all he'd said and accused his father of. Although he was slowly letting Elliot back into his life. 

He turned to see Kathy at the entrance to the office. Ethan was squealing with happiness and turning himself in his bouncer. "Kathy, what's wrong?"

She sighed and walked over to him. "Dickie wants to talk to you about something." Elliot looked beyond his ex wife to see their son standing there, more awkwardly than he's ever seen him. Elliot knew that look. He'd seen it on enough victims. 

"Dickie, lets go talk," Elliot stated, picking up Ethan. Kathy looked at Ethan with a mixture of emotions on her face. "Captain," Elliot called. 

Cragen had seen Kathy come in and was on his way to greet her when Elliot had called for him. "What's up Elliot?" Elliot handed him Ethan. 

"Dickie needs to talk to me about something," he said lowly, motioning to Dickie with his head. Cragen looked at the boy and nodded. 

"I'll watch Ethan, go talk to him," Cragen stated, bouncing the boy in his arms as Ethan giggled and fiddled with Cragen's tie. Elliot nodded and motioned for Dickie to follow him. Kathy sighed and sat down at Elliot's desk. 

Dickie and Elliot went back into the interrogation room that they were in last week. After they sat down, Elliot watched his son withdraw into himself. "Dickie what happened?"

He didn't answer. Elliot waited for several minutes before asking, "Were you raped?"Dickie's head shot up to look at his father. Fear was in his eyes, tears threatened to spill. He cleared his throat and shook his head to clear his eyes. 

"Dickie, it's okay, its me, just tell me what's wrong?" Elliot whispered. "I promise I won't get mad."

Hesitantly, Dickie stated, "Tyler's gang members, Waterfront Dragons, they ambushed me on the way to the library after school. Vince Queens held me down, Xander Gordon beat me and raped me. Said it was payback for what I did to Tyler. That my sisters were next."

Calm as he could, Elliot asked, "Have you done a rape kit at the hospital?" 

He shook his head, "No, wanted to tell you first thing. Maureen and Kathleen are at home watching Eli, Mom made them go home. Lizzie is at a friends house." 

Elliot started to panic slightly. "Stay here for a moment." He got up and went to his desk. Kathy looked up at him, crying. She was about to ask something but Elliot stopped her, "Go get everyone and bring them here, NOW."

She wanted to asked what this was about, but decided it was for the best she didn't know. Elliot called Liv. "What's up, El?" She greeted over the phone. She was out with Munch canvassing on a case about sexual abuse of a 15 year old girl. 

"Dickie was raped by Tyler Stout's gang, Waterfront Dragons, two names were given, Vince Queens and Xander Gordon. Call Fin and see what he can dig up about that. Also, he threatened the girls, so Kathy is bringing them to me." 

"Okay, El, I'll call you with what I can find out?" After they hung up, Elliot went back to Dickie, who had been crying. 

Elliot hated seeing his son like this. "Its okay, Dickie, your mom is bringing everyone here, so they wont be able to hurt the girls. You all will stay with Liv and I for a while, until we can get the guys that raped you." Dickie nodded solemnly. "Anything else you can tell me?"

Dickie sniffed. "They know about Olivia and Ethan too. Mentioned a whore and a bastard kid. Vince wanted to add Olivia and mom to the rape list, but the leader, Xander, said no. That mom and Olivia are innocent, but I needed to be taught a lesson." 

"How is raping your sisters teaching you a lesson?" Elliot asked, sitting back. 

Dickie looked at his father straight. "Because since you left, I'm the man of the house. As the man of the house, I'm the protector. It was going to be just Lizzie, since she's the only sister still home, but Vince thought it would be a good idea to add all the sisters, since Maureen was the one that blew the whistle to me about Tyler killing Rachel." 

Elliot nodded, trying not to panic. A knock on the window tore Elliot from the start of his panic attack. He cleared his throat and went to find out what it was. Cragen was standing at the window with Ethan is his arms, Fin beside him. They both looked worried. 

"What?"

Fin gave a folder to Elliot to look through. "Waterfront Dragons are an up and coming gang, not many members yet, but the ones they got, all rapist and murderers. Including our boy Tyler. They masquerade as nice quiet boys from the neighborhood to gain women's trust, then beat and rape them. Maureen's lucky to be alive, Elliot." 

Elliot looked at a picture of another girl he recognized. She was at the bar last year, wanted to buy him a drink also, but he was already too plastered and interested in Rachel to care. He knew she was a pro, and he didn't need a pro. "I recognize her. She's a pro that was at the bar. Wanted to buy me a drink when I was already plastered and about to leave with Rachel."

"That girl is Chelsea White, pro turned business partner of Daniel's and White, an escort service. Turned up a few months ago murdered. I ran the names Dickie gave me, they were associates of the  escort service. Suspects of the murders also."

Elliot paced back and forth. "Why?"

Cragen looked from Fin to Elliot. "This all happened soon after Tyler found out that Ethan was yours. Tyler and the Waterfront Gang are after you, Elliot."

"Then let them come and get me."

Cragen looked down at the floor. Elliot took Ethan and held him close. He was starting to get a little tired, and Elliot knew the secret to get him to fall asleep fast. "I'm guessing, Tyler thought Ethan was his, but then realized that it wasn't possible and remembered you, Elliot. Did some digging and found out that you had Maureen and wanted to get back at you. Then when he got busted, his gang decided to pay the snitch a visit, aka, Dickie. Since Dickie's the man of the house, he was humiliated and told he couldn't protect his sisters." Fin guessed. 

Ethan started fussing as he realized Elliot was going to put him to sleep. However, Elliot was a pro at this after five other kids. He started bouncing and patting Ethan's back, humming as he listened to Fin's explanation. It seemed to all fit, the only thing, they had to prove it. 

"El?" Liv called. Her and Munch just got back. Elliot raced out to greet her, a fussy Ethan in hand. She hugged him and Ethan, before stating, "I'm so sorry, what can we do?" She took Ethan so Elliot could focus on talking, patting his back and humming slightly. He was already starting to fall asleep in his dads arms, but moms arms were home to him. 

"Tyler was in a gang, After Dickie reported Tyler and we arrested him, the gang beat and raped Dickie, no rape kit yet, gonna go soon as Kathy gets here with the kids. Dickie said that the girls were next. So, the kids are staying with us until this whole thing blows over." Elliot explained with a large shaky breath. 

Liv nodded, she'd rather have a full house than his kids get hurt. Even though she knew they weren't really happy with what was happening with their dad and her. Kathy showed up a few moments after Ethan was down for a nap, Liv holding him and thinking about Dickie, how much he's been through lately. 

After Elliot explained the situation, the girls agreed to stay with their dad, knowing that he'd protect them at all costs. Kathy took Dickie to the hospital for a rape kit and the lab work was rushed. They needed that DNA and hope that the gang was in the system. If not, Cabot was gonna have to get a warrant. 

"Stabler," Elliot answered the phone. He was about to head home. Kathy had taken the kids over to his and Liv's apartment earlier with Liv, leaving Ethan and Elliot here to finish some paperwork. Cragen was about to leave and tell Stabler to leave when the phone rang. "Thanks," he hung up. 

Cragen raised his head in question as he waited. "Lab work is back. Semen in Dickie came back to multiple men. He never told me it was multiple people."

"Were they in the system?" Cragen asked as they walked to the elevator. 

"Yep, all of them. My son was gang raped."