Chapter 1,

"Vest up," Voight called out to the team. He was standing next to the white board, and had just finished outlining the raid plan to his team. They had been working this case for over a week, everyone looked worn out and exhausted. If all went according to plan, though, they would get to the warehouse just in time to apprehend the drugs, and they would have an early day. They could leave the paperwork until tomorrow.

Erin, who had just stood from her desk, felt her cell phone buzz in her pocket. "Hello," she answered. The team stopped moving, waiting and listening to hear if the call pertained to the case. "Umm... yes." She looked at her watch briefly, and waved a hand at Halstead, signaling for him to come to her desk. "Yeah, one of us will be right there." She hung up, and turned to Halstead and Voight. "That was the daycare. Soph's sick, she needs to be picked up." She tilted her head to the side apologetically, knowing this couldn't have come at a worse time.

"Halstead, you can get her." Voight nodded his head towards Halstead. "You probably gave it to her, you look like crap."

Halstead was about to object, when Erin rested a hand on his arm. "He's right," she said. "Go home, rest up." She squeezed his arm gently, and turned towards the locker room to vest up.

"Ride with me, kid." Voight said, walking behind Erin. Erin put her vest on, as she listened to Voight outline the small adjustment to the plan. "Halstead's out, Lindsay's riding with me. That means Atwater, Ruzek, you'll have to cover Lindsay when she enters in the side of the building. Instead of you all going in at the same time, I want you two go in the front entrance first, and move towards the side as you clear the building." He turned to face Erin, "Lindsay, give them 30 seconds before you go in."

"You got it, Boss," Ruzek answered, getting into the drivers side of his car.

Erin got in beside Voight, and they all drove towards the warehouse. In order to go undetected, each pair parked their cars at different ends of the warehouse. They all quickly got into position, and waited Voight's signal.

"Everyone in position?" Voight's voice came through everyone's ear pieces, and they all responded affirmatively. "Go."

Immediately, they sprang into action. Erin watched the second hand on her watch, giving Ruzek and Atwater the allotted thirty seconds to begin clearing the front of the building and move in her direction. When the thirty seconds was up, she whispered into the microphone, "I'm going in." She opened the side door the warehouse, her gun raised in position. She walked slowly down the empty hallway. She had studied the blueprints of the building, and she knew how to get to the main room. She moved slowly in that direction. Their informant had outlined the positions of the guards, and the location of the drugs, which were in a truck in the main room. The guards were placed more heavily towards the front, two were stationed at the back, with one guard beyond this empty hallway, stationed at the side of the room. With everyone else getting a head start, the room should be more than covered when she got there. She would provide back up if needed, and she should be able to take care of the lone guard.

She approached the end of the hallway, and listened through the door. She didn't hear anything, but that hadn't surprised her. The door was thick. What did surprise her, however, was that she heard nothing through her radio. "Hello?" She whispered into the microphone. No one responded. She pulled the earpiece out, and analyzed it. The green light that was usually present when the microphone was working was no longer lit. Shit, she thought. It must be the battery.

She paused at the door. She wasn't sure what to do. Going in blind without a partner, without an earpiece... Voight would be pissed. But she couldn't leave her team alone in there. If the guard or anyone tried to run out the side door to escape them, everything could get out of hand. She decided to press on, and opened the door slowly.

As she stepped through the door, she assessed the situation quickly. Ruzek and Atwater were standing at the front door. Two or three guards were down, one guard had a gun pointed at Ruzek. Atwater had a gun pointed at the guard, handling the situation. At the other corner of the room, Olinsky and Burgess had all the guards handcuffed and were slowly, guns drawn, approaching the truck with the drugs. Voight, who had come in from behind, was approaching the truck from the other side.

She shifted her gaze back to Ruzek and Atwater, and allowed the sight of Ruzek with a gun pointed at him to distract her for a moment. It was at that moment she realized she hadn't taken down her guard, she hadn't even seen one.

She turned back, and her eyes widened when she saw a large man dressed in all black standing ten feet in front of her, his gun pointed directly at her. She opened her mouth to speak, but it was too late. He pulled the trigger, and it hit her square in the shoulder. The pain was unbelievable, and the momentum from the bullet forced her backwards. She fell, and on the way down, she hit her head hard against the corner of the door she had just come through.

"ERIN!" Voight yelled. At the sound of the bullet and Voight's screams, Atwater watched as the guard with his gun on Ruzek shifted his eyes. It was only for a moment, but Atwater took advantage of it and shot him. At the same time, Olinsky took out the guard that had shot Erin. Now that all the offenders were taken care of, the entire team rushed to Erin's side.

Voight, getting their first, reached for Erin, yelling her name over and over. He shook her, begging for her to wake up. He pressed two fingers to her neck, feeling for her carotid pulse. He breathed a sigh of relief when he felt it, weak but present. He held her in his arms as they waited for the ambulance to arrive. She opened her eyes for a moment, and Voight watched as her lips tried to form words. No sound came, but he already knew who she was asking for. His heart broke when her eyes closed again, and he leaned down to kiss her forehead. A tear fell from his eyes, as he continued to hold his daughter tight.

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