One of our own

Sgt best walked into the parade room like he had done many other times, when he entered the room his officers would quiet down wait for the daily assignments and gain insight to what had happened on earlier shifts, share a moment of ease before a long shift, to serve and protect and have your partners back, today he face gave him away. Upon entering the room his posture was sluggish, his head down, his eyes not meeting anyone when he approached the podium he had stood at 1000 times before he began with clearing his throat, before looking up, "it is with great sadness that we must inform you that we have lost one of our own, our sister in blue was killed in the line of duty," before frank could continue he was met by the sounds of gasps and questioning, they would have heard something around the barn, but no one seemed to know anything as they all looked at one another, frank looked to the back of the room, his eyes meeting that of his long-standing friend, the now detective Sam, his partner the love of his other friends life who gave his life in the line of duty, before he continued to glance up the rows to where only 3 short years ago he had welcomed this set of rookies, the best batch through the doors in some time, their fresh faces etched in his mind, their time there had been filled with great pain but great stride also, the were his brothers and sisters in blue, these people were his family, are his family he took a moment to look at them all before he took another deep breath and tried his best to quash his anger, his sadness once again all too soon to speak about such a thing before he began again

"officer Andy McNally, a member of the 15 family was killed early this morning in the line of duty while finishing her fantastic work on the task force, project Dakota, I understand that this comes out of the blue, and we will struggle to understand what happened but you can rest assured that we will find her justice, and give her death meaning, she will not have died in vain, this I promise you all"

Frank looked up to his officers, shaking heads, and tear-stained cheeks met his gaze, he had prepared himself for this reaction, what he had not seen coming was the look in the eyes of his friend still standing at the back of the room, he looked at Sam before he looked down the crashing noise rocked the room everyone disengaging from their thoughts as they followed the noise, their eyes all fell upon the normally quiet stoic man, his hand covered in blood, his face twisted in pain as it became clear that he had smashed a window with his fist upon the news, no one said a word, they just stared at the image in front of them, today was a day no one at 15 would forget.

Nick and Andy POV

The end was finally coming closer, 6 months away had been both hard and rewarding. Nick and Andy had seen the worst of the worst, evils that are only ever imagined in the movies, but they had come out on top, they had done their job, today was the day that evil would meet its end, and they had helped take part in that, today was a good day.

A man named Reggie McKenna was selling drugs and weapons using local kids as a way to transport them without suspicion, he was very wealthy and has many connections in the mob both in and out of the country. Various agencies had been after him for three years already and now they had made progress. There is a warehouse where he supposedly sells the weapons and drugs every Wednesday night. Because today is the merchant day, they were going in an hour, Nick and Andy went to their cover apartment and prepared themselves. Andy was putting on the bullet vest, just in case and so was Nick, McKenna was a very dangerous man and they both knew it. When it was time, Nick asked, "So are you nervous?" Andy smiled and replied, "Not in the slightest."

They reached the warehouse and entered, quietly. They could hear voices in the house as they made their entrance. They took their places beside McKenna, waiting for the deal to go down knowing that their back up was on their way, the deal was just winding down when a loud crash was heard coming through the door "POLICE, freeze!" the officers yelled as everyone went in. The criminals started panicking and they were easy to catch. Suddenly Andy noticed McKenna trying to escape through the back door and she ran towards him. Nick, who had seen it, went after her. As he got outside, he saw that McKenna had his gun on Andy and he had forged her into a car. Just as Nick was about to shoot him, someone knocked him out behind his back. When he became conscious after a few minutes, he saw McKenna flying away in a chopper as the car blew up. He felt as his heart was ripped out as he tried to make his way towards the car but he was stopped by an officer tackling him to the ground, "where do you think you going?" of the UC's you idiot that's my partner in there, he screamed. Time seemed to slow down before Nick felt another tug at his arm as he turned he realized it was Luke "Nick, it's too dangerous, you can't go over there," he stopped for a moment before yelling , "Andy is in that car and I have to get her." But Luke didn't let go as he said, "It's too late, Nick, she's gone."

When the firemen finished their job, there was nothing left but a car wreck. One of the firemen went to Luke and said, handing him a small object, "This was the only thing that we found. There was no body but due to the heat, it probably didn't leave a sign. I'm sorry." Luke nodded as he went to Nick who was sitting and just staring in front of himself. "Nick, how are you? The men didn't find her body, but they found this," he said giving him the object. Nick looked at it and knew instantly that Andy was really gone; it was the necklace that Sam had given her for her last birthday, it had a lion holding a heart and had her name on it. "I'm sorry Nick," Luke said as he went to call it in. after several difficult phone calls, he decided he should call 15 next, he didn't want them hearing through the grapevine. "Best," he answered as he picked up. "Frank, it's Luke," he said quietly. "What's wrong "he asked when he noticed his sadness in his voice? Luke sighed as he said, "frank, you better sit down. In the bust of Reggie McKenna Andy was trapped in a car and it blew up." Frank gasped as he asked, "Is she...?" Luke sighed and replied, "Yes."

At the hospital the paramedics looked over Nick who had twisted his ankle and taken a hit to the back of the head. He seemed not to care about it at all, he just stared blankly, tears in his eyes. Frank entered his room, his stone face barely holding, "How are you, Nick?" He looked away but didn't say a word. Frank realized that he had to be in shock and left just as Luke stepped in. "Frank can I have a minute?"

"Her parents are here. We should meet them..." Frank nodded in response, "we should include Nick" he said, Luke nodded as they're entered the room, Nick, tommy and Claire are here, do you want to be there when we tell them? "Nick shook his head and asked, "And do what? Tell them that their only daughter died because of me?" Luke looked at him and said, "No, it wasn't your fault. Don't think like this. It was only McKenna's fault and they know it too." But he only looked away and said, "It is my fault. I should've been there for her, I should had her back, but I didn't. Nothing will make this better" he said as he slowly turned away, "nothing."

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