Imminente Luna

 

Elliot sat on John's couch with his eyes closed. It had been a long day of paperwork and he hated it with a passion. He cracked an eye open when he heard John walk back into the living room.

"Alright I have some books on lycanthropy and everything else you need to know."

Elliot picked up one of the books and skimmed through it. He stopped at a page with a full moon. He read the words.

"I will change on a full moon?"

"Not entirely true. You do have the ability to change whenever you want but technically yeah."

"How do you know this?"

"I had a friend when I was younger. He was one. He hated himself and what he was. He killed himself. He slit his own throat, trying to escape it."

"I'm sorry." John shook his head.

"Don't be. Now keep reading." Elliot continued to read.

"I don't understand what this says exactly." John looked at the page.

"You have to accept Aneil. That's basically it in a nutshell."

"To hell with that, I won't do it."

"You're a stubborn ass. You would be better if you did. You won't hurt yourself and other people. You should think about it and do it." John opened another book and turned to one of the sections.

"Read this," John said handing him the book.

"Where did you get these from?"

"Let's just say that I inherited this gigantic library." Elliot shook his head and laughed.

Elliot's cell phone rang and he flipped it open. "Stabler. What? I'll be there, Capt." He looked at John.

"What happened?"

"We have to go to the doc's place. Someone broke in."

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Elliot walked into the apartment quickly. It was a complete mess. There were uniformed officers everywhere and the forensics team.

Elliot saw Cragen and George talking. George looked at him. Elliot walked over to them.

"Our rapist paid the doc a visit," Cragen said.

"How do we know?" Cragen showed him the paper. Elliot recognized the writing.

"He loves to taunt us, doesn't he?"

"It arouses him to know that we can't touch him," George said.

"You okay, doc?" Elliot asked.

"I'm fine. Luckily, I had an emergency with a patient." Elliot felt a wave of relief wash over him.

"Why would he come here?" John asked.

"He hasn't attacked any men," Elliot said.

"That doesn't mean he won't," George said.

"From the looks of this note, he has a personal thing for you," Cragen said. Elliot walked away, looking around. He wondered if anything was left to give them a clue.

He looked around confused and sniffed the air. He frowned and then growled. He coughed, when he saw that he drew attention to himself.

"Elliot, what happened?" John asked.

"That bastard is a lycan. I know it. I can smell him. I don't know why but I remember this smell."

"Elliot, I'm going to tell you this only once," John whispered.

"You have to stay calm at all times. I don't care what the situation is, you have to stay calm." Elliot nodded his head. He could feel the agitation that Aneil gave off.

'Calm down, Aneil.'

'I will not,' Aneil growled.

"I need someone to stay with the doc," Cragen said, walking towards them.

"I'll do it Captain," Elliot said.

"Are you sure Elliot?" Elliot nodded.

"Don't kill each other." Elliot smiled.

"I'll try not to but I can't say anything for Huang." He turned to John.

"Where's Olivia?"

"She's outside with my better half." Elliot took a quick look at George before walking out of the apartment. George stared at him as he walked out of the door.

"What do we have?" Olivia looked up to see Elliot.

"Hey didn't know you were here."

"Just came out of the apartment."

"Well we think he somehow was able to get through the window."

Elliot looked up at the window noticing that the fire escape wasn't at that window and there was no possible way to climb up."How is that possible?"

Olivia shook her head."We don't know yet."

Elliot nodded. He was angry but trying to control himself."I'm staying here with the doc."

"Does the Captain think it's that bad?"

Elliot nodded.

"I can get your clothes for you,” Olivia said.

"Thanks, Liv." Elliot walked back towards the building.

"Hey, mutt."

Elliot turned around."What, John?"

John handed him a bag."Here, you'll need these. You better mark a calendar too."

Elliot looked in the bag to see the books he was looking through."Thanks, John."

"You should talk to Huang,” Olivia said.

Elliot tensed slightly."I can't tell him about this," Elliot whispered.

"You don't have to but you should at least talk."

Elliot shook his head."That's not going to happen. I can deal with this on my own. Thank you for the books, again." Elliot turned and walked back into the building.

John watched him, knowing that Elliot was going to need help and support. He was going to have to trust someone and John wasn't cut out for what Elliot needed. John could only provided information and his own experiences. John sighed, hoping Elliot would figure out that he can't hold this all on his own.