Halstead has a child.

The team do not know.

What happens when she's in danger?


The sound of the alarm woke Jay Halstead up on a cloudy morning. He went to press the snooze button when his door opened and a small child walked in.

"Daddy you know I have to be in early today" his 8 year old daughter said shaking his arm. "Wake up"

"Fine, fine, look I'm up." Jay replied getting up and picking Emma up. Almost a year ago, he got home from work to see her asleep at his door with a note claiming to be his from an ex. With the help of his brother, they managed to get her settled pretty quickly and they would take it in turns to take her to school. The duo headed into the kitchen and he started preparing a breakfast of pancakes with maple syrup.

An hour later they were both showered, dressed and ready for school (well Jay for work). The ride there was filled with music from the radio and Emma asking questions about his life.

Once Emma was dropped at school, Jay headed to pick up Erin from her place. It was a route he knew all too well. "Jay you're early" Erin said answering the door to her partner wearing one of his old t-shirts.

"I've been looking for that" he pointed to the top she was wearing.

"Must have wanted a better home" She said opening the door wider to let him in. "Just give me a few minutes and I'll be ready."

When they arrived at Intelligence the morning was filled with paperwork and small chat. Ruzek was talking about plans he had for his vacation time with Burgess, Antonio & Olinsky were talking about plans for the gym and Erin was making coffee. Everything was quiet until just after 11am when Voight came out of his office.

"Right we have a new case and it's top priority. An hour ago, a masked couple went into Bridge Elementary School on West 53rd." This caught Jay's attention "They've locked down the building and are asking for 2 million dollars and a chopper out of there. The main priority is the children and to make sure they are safe. Right I want everyone geared up and down there. Mouse you do what you've gotta do here. I'll see everyone downstairs in 2" he went back into his office.

Jay excused himself and went to call Will. When he didn't answer, he left a voicemail "Will something's happened at Emma's school. We're heading down but keep an eye out on the news for updates."

"Who's Emma?" Erin asked at the door to the locker room.

"That was a private conversation" Jay replied slamming his locker shut and sitting on the bench behind.

"Jay" Erin said rubbing his arm for comfort "I'm your partner, you can tell me anything remember."

"Remember last year when I took a couple weeks off?" Erin nodded "Well one of my ex's had left me a surprise. Apparently I had a daughter I didn't know about so I called Will and he helped settle her in. I enrolled her at Bridge Elementary and she's been living with me ever since."

Erin stood there lost for words. "um, well do you have a picture of her?" He nodded proud of his daughter and pulled out his wallet and showed it to her. Erin smiled "She's beautiful"

"I know but you can't tell Voight. He'd probably take me off this case and"..

"Jay" she interrupted "it's not my thing to tell but we better hurry up before they suspect something" and with that they headed downstairs to prepare for their final briefing.


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