A\N: I came up with this idea awhile ago. I finally finished it up this weekend and edited it. I'm not sure how good it is so please be honest with me.
Disclaimer: I do not own Chicago Fire, NBC or Global
Spoilers: Post season one but doesn't follow any story lines (might slightly mention a few)
Warnings: Gun violence, Gang violence, people murdered in cold blood.
The Children of Innocence
It had been a long day at work and Antonio Dawson was glad to be home locking his car he barely made it up the front steps when he heard his children's voices calling his name.
"Daddy!" Two-year-old Maria raised her arms to be picked up.
"Hi Princess," Antonio lifted the toddler into his arms, "How's my girl doing?"
"Good!" Maria beamed.
"Daddy, Daddy!" Four-year-old Diego came rushing around the corner a picture in his hand. "Look!" He exclaimed, "Look!"
Antonio took the picture out of his son's hands.
"Do you like it Daddy?"
Antonio quickly tried to decipher the scribbles.
Walking out of the kitchen Jackie caught her husband's eyes and mouthed, "You as a superhero."
"Like it? I'm going to put it on my desk next shift."
Diego beamed, his father was his hero and he wanted to be just like him when he grew up.
"Where are Freddie and Carla?" Antonio inquired about his two eldest children who were six years old.
"Carla's outside playing in the snow and Freddie's at hockey practice."
As if on cue six-year-old Carla, still in her snowsuit came running at her father, "Daddy I'm going to the firehouse!"
"You are? Are you going to take Auntie Gabby's job?" He joked
"No silly," Carla sighed, "My class is going."
"Tell Daddy what firehouse you're going to."
"Fifty-one! We're going to talk to Mr. Matt!"
Antonio rubbed his chin. Matthew Casey was one of his sister's closest friends and had helped her baby-sit the children on a number of occasions.
"I see and what are you going to ask him?"
"Marry Auntie Gabby!" Carla announced.
Antonio was taken aback, "Carla I don't think you can ask him that."
"Daddy they're in love," Carla pointed out as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"And how would you know that?"
"Mommy and Miss Leslie told me," Carla smiled.
"You talk about that stuff in front of our daughter?" Antonio asked Jackie, "I don't want her thinking about that kind of stuff."
"Oh its all around her," Jackie rolled her eyes, "She gets it at school, on the bus and in the media. Me talking about Gabby and Matt isn't going to scare her.
"Daddy S-E-X spells sex. What's sex?"
"Isn't going to scare her eh?" Antonio glared at his wife. "You wanna tell her what sex is?"
"Carla Mommy made a mistake, I shouldn't be saying grown-up words like that in front of you."
"But I'm a big girl."
"Well sweetheart even big girls have to wait until they're older to know things."
Just then the doorbell rang and in an effort to distract all of her children Jackie said,
"That's probably Mrs. Lakeman dropping Freddie off."
Walking to the door Jackie saw that she was correct and opened the door, "Thank you so much Maggie, I hope he wasn't to much of a problem for you."
"Oh no he's such a gentleman he and Leo get alone great, no problem at all. Does he need a ride to the game on Saturday?"
"No, but that you for asking."
"Well call me if anything changes," Maggie turned around on the porch and walked back to her van.
1:30 AM
The sound of glass breaking woke Antonio up instantly. "Jackie, stay here," He got up and silently walked towards his locked gun safe.
"It's probably a broken vase honey, go back to sleep," Jackie responded sleepily.
Antonio took out his semi-automatic and took off the safety.
"Antonio you know I-" Jackie turned on the lamp.
"Ssh." Antonio motioned for her to turn the lamp off, "I hear voices."
"Antonio-" Jackie moved to get out of bed when she heard the hushed voices as well. "The kids!" She moved towards the door.
"Call the police, tell them Detective Antonio Dawson needs immediate back-up."
Trembling Jackie reached for her phone on the dresser.
"Everything's going to be alright hun," Antonio spoke in a soothing voice, as he made sure his gun save was locked before walking towards the door and slowly opening it.
Upon opening the door Antonio came face to-face with three heavily armed masked men. On one's arm was a tattoo he recognized from a gang the Intelligence Unit was trying to bring down.
"Lower your gun or I kill your wife and children!" A man held a riffle aimed at his head.
"Get out of my house!" Antonio warned.
Carrying a teddy bear Maria crept out of her room. Hearing the noises had upset her and she was going to see her parents.
"Maria," Antonio hissed, "Go back inside."
"DADDY!" Maria ran towards her father tears streaming down her face,
"Daddy!"
At Maria's screams the other three children all exited their rooms.
"Freddie, Carla, take your brother and sister and run!" Antonio ordered, "Don't stop, just run!"
"But-" Freddie barely got one word out.
"GO!" Antonio yelled, almost pleading, he didn't want his young children to die.
All four children were in inconsolable tears.
"SHUT UP!" A gunman pointed an assault riffle at them.
"LEAVE MY CHILDREN ALONE! THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM.
"Daddy," Carla sobbed.
"Just go sweetie. I love you guys all so much."
"Mommy!" Diego saw his mother walk into the hallway.
"Listen to your father," She told her children sobbing, "Run as fast as you can! Go to Leo's house."
"EVERYBODY DOWN ON YOUR KNEES!" A gunman ordered, "NOW! He pointed a gun to the children.
Carla looked at her parents and then towards the staircase she grabbed Maria and Diego's hands and ran towards it, Freddie behind her. Like their parents told them they just kept running.
"What do you want?" Jackie asked the men tears splashing down her face.
"Why don't you ask your husband that question?" A man took his gun and slapped it across Antonio's face causing blood to spew out.
Antonio took his wife's hand and squeezed it. "Everything's going to be okay," He told her as he heard sirens.
The gunman heard the sirens as well so the shot Antonio and Jackie multiple times in the head. Leaving them dead they bolted out of the house and sped off into the night.
A\N: Please review! :)