Saving Jay.
This is set at no particular time in the series but will mention stories from all seasons. Will also include Med and Fire. Will keep writing to see where we get too. Not from Chicago but little New Zealand so will try and do my best with locations and stuff, feel free to correct me so I know.
It was a cold winter's day in Chicago, the temperature was easily -15, and the snow had submerged the city overnight drowning cars and freezing at least 4 people sleeping rough. In 1985, Chicago faced its coldest day ever with -27 degrees but with this weather, the citizens of Chicago were struggling to keep warm.
The officers of the Intelligence unit of the CPD were assisting officers with the homeless by assisting them to hospitals or shelters in the cold sap to try and save a few more from perishing.
Detective Jay Halstead was on an ambulance transporting one of the victims to the hospital. He looked at the old man on the stretcher as it sped to the hospital and felt pity. The man had service tattoos on his arm along with hundreds of scars and needle marks. The former soldier shook his head as he realized he could have been like that too.
As Jay left the ambulance at Chicago Med, he received a call on his radio that the two officers that he was assisting at been called to a shootout and he was to wait for another ride back to the station.
Jay wandered into the hospital and blew air onto his freezing hands. He was pleased the hospital was warmer than outside, he didn't remove his hoodie or his vest which was over top. Nurse April was at the front desk and her face lit up at the sight of Jay,
"Well, if it isn't the better looking Halstead"
"You know it" Jay laughed leaning on the counter, he started looking around for his brother,
"The other one is in triage dealing with a gang shootout"
"Yeah I heard something about that," Jay said standing up. As Jay and April were chatting, the doors behind Jay opened up and a large African American man entered and walked up to the counter. Jay shifted to the side so the man could talk. Just as the man was about to speak, he glanced at Jay's shield hanging around his neck,
"You're an officer?" Jay looked back at him surprised,
"Detective Halstead, everything ok?"
"Oh yes, oh yes" he mumbled before facing April, "My sons were shot and I was told they were brought here"
April nodded before giving Jay a quiet smile. Jay just nodded his understanding back, she had to go and help the man with his sons. With nothing better to do, Jay sat in one of the chairs in the waiting room and was watching people come and go. There was a screaming baby across from him that was snuggled into so many clothes Jay wondered if the kid was suffocating.
"Nooooooo!" The scream snapped Jay out of his daydream, he followed the voice and found his brother talking to the older man that had come in before,
"I'm so sorry sir, we tried everything" Will said as he tried to comfort the older man,
"My other son? Where is he?" the old man wheezed out between tears,
"I'll stay with him Dr. Halstead if you want to go and see?" April offered, taking the old man's arm. The old man's head shot up when April had said Wills last name, he quietly turned his head towards Jay and Jay returned the stare, unsure of what was happening. After a few minutes, Will returned,
"Mr Knap, your other son Peter is alive, he is in a coma and in critical care, and he was shot at least 4 times in the abdomen and is scheduled for more surgery this evening. If he makes it through that, he should pull through,"
"But my Marcus is gone…."
Wills eyes showed all the compassion the man had, "he is on life support with no brain functions. When you are ready, we can turn off the machines and let him go."
Phillip Knap stood up straighter and looked at Will in the eye, "Can I go talk to my family?"
Will smiled a sad smile, "Of course, take my card and ring me when you are ready and we will have everything you need ready for you here." Phillip took the card and quietly walked out past Jay.
Jay watched him leave as his brother approached him,
"Tough one huh"
"Gang shootings always are Jay, it's a surprise to see a parent that cares to be honest," Jay glanced at his brother and saw fatigue and strain in his face,
"You go much longer to go? My ride got called away and I might as well go home with you"
"About an hour if you want to wait?" Will said as someone called his name from behind a curtain,
"Yup great, I'll wait" Jay smiled, before taking a seat.
Jay watched quietly as he saw the father of the teenage boys talk on the phone outside of the hospital. He couldn't hear anything going on but saw the old man was animated and crying. He was waving his hands around and it looked as though he was yelling through the phone. Before the conversation had finished, a grey panel van pulled wildly into a car park near him and 5 men jumped out embracing the old man. Jay half smiled at the family, and wondered how two boys with a loving family could possibly be caught up in a gang shooting. Jay was about to turn his mind back to the hospital when he noticed all 6 men outside suddenly turn and look at him. Suddenly conscious, Jay quietly stood and walked towards the men's toilets. Once inside, he tried to ring Erin,
"This is Lindsey, leave a message" her voicemail answered her,
"Yeah hey it's me, ahhh so I'm at the hospital, patrol had to ditch me so I'm going to catch a ride home with Will. See you tonight." Jay hung up the phone and was walking back towards the waiting room when a familiar noise caught his ear followed by screaming. Drawing his gun, Jay crept around a corner to find 4 of the men that had come in the panel van holding the waiting room and doctors and nurses at gun point. All men had their faces uncovered and seemed cool and calm. Jan reached for his pocket to text an SOS while trying to find the remaining men from the van,
"I'd drop that and your gun on the floor Detective," Jay heard from behind. He closed his eyes briefly pissed at himself for not checking his surroundings first, the gun behind him cocked and he suddenly felt the cool metal behind his right ear, "Now." Jay did as he was told and carefully lay his weapon and phone on the ground,
"Mr Knap right, Phillip? Whatever you want, I'm sure we can find a solution" Jay desperately tried as he stood up,
"My son is dead Detective, I don't think you can bring him back." Phillip Knap pushed Jay into the waiting room. Jay's eyes scanned the room and found they had rounded nearly all the doctors and nurses up,
"Sir, if I may, perhaps I can offer some help" Dr Charles voice calmly said from the left hand side,
"You may not" Phillip answered equally calm. Jay's eyes were still searching the faces, some familiar, some not. There was no Will in the waiting room.
Phillip pushed Jay against the front counter and quickly hand cuffed the officer's hands behind his back using his own cuffs. Jay was surprised at the strength of the old man, despite his age, Phillip would be an equal match of strength with Jay.
"Phillip….mumph…." Jay had tried to plead again with the man but his mouth was suddenly covered with duct tape and his legs swiped out underneath him, making him fall onto the floor hard.
"Everybody listen up" Phillip said loudly to the room, "No one will get hurt if you all listen and do as you are told." The room quietened a little except for the screaming baby, "Ma'am, take your baby and go, if you ring the police and they show up before I leave here, I will shoot 4 people, do you understand?" the young mother couldn't not speak so she just nodded eagerly and quickly ran out the door without even looking back. "Raymond!" Phillip yelled, he had pulled Jay up onto his knees in front of him and held him in place by the back of his hoody,
"Yea Dad" the voice returned from behind the curtain,
"Bring them out. John, get the ambulance. Trevor, hold him" Jay watched Trevor, easily the largest of them all, sling his automatic weapon over his shoulder before taking a handgun out of a holster on his side. He replaced Phillip as a guard of Jay and Phillip quickly ducked into one of the rooms. Jay heard a commotion behind him but Trevor had too good of a grip to let him turn to see. He didn't need to wait long as he saw his brother, if with cut over his right eye, wheeling out a young boy on a gurney towards the ambulance. Will, Raymond and another brother George loaded the young boy quickly onto the ambulance and with one last look at his brother inside, Will slammed the doors shut.
"Time to go" Phillip said leaving the room. "John," John, stood in front of his father, a boy of no more than 22, looked at his father and nodded, "Do what you have to." His father's eyes filled with tears as he kissed his son goodbye. Jay watched as John took his automatic weapon into the room and shut the door. "Tell the police when they come, if they enter that door, my son will kill them." Without any more words being spoken, Jay was hauled to his feed by Trevor, who very easily man handled him out towards the panel van. He was thrown inside and quickly followed in by Trevor and the last brother Michael. Jay did the maths, this man had 7 sons, 1 was dead from the shootout, 1 was dying in the ambulance with his brother Will and 2 kidnappers and Jay was along with Phillip and his 3 sons. His thoughts were interrupted by Phillip ripping the duct tape off,
Wincing slightly, Jay decided to try again, "Phillip, please, you don't have to do this" Jays eyes pleaded with the man to see some sanity but the dark eyes that returned his stare seemed soulless in the dark van. Jay was about to try again when a foul smelling rag was covering his nose and mouth, instincts kicked in and he tried to fight back but Phillip punched Jay hard in the stomach forcing the officer to breath in more of the chloroform. Jay's eyes slowly rolled into the back of his head and his body went slack against Trevor behind him.
"Leave the cloth in his mouth and duct tape it in. I don't want him awake. We just need him alive to ensure his brother saves Peter's life." Phillip watched Jay for a moment, the officer was laying on his side, unconscious, "This man is dangerous to us Trevor, if we let him wake up, he could potentially ruin this."
Trevor nodded silently at his father and then climbed into the front next to his younger brother who was driving.
Let me know what you think. I will keep updating when I can but not sure where this will lead too. Definite Jay whump is all I know…..
All mistakes are mine.