A Fifth Of Jack: It's personal when a violent attacker is on the streets of Chicago and goes after one of the Intelligences team own. This case will bring all of Chicago and New York City's sex crime unit together.
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Chapter One : Early Morning Knock
It was rare for Sergeant Hank Voight to have a peaceful couple of hours. But, along with his team, he was blessed with two days off and the days being nice quiet and peaceful.
He tosses an empty can of beer in the recycle bin, grabbing another one from the fridge before walking back to his living room.
He checks his phone, no messages or pops up. He kinda let's out a soft smile, sitting on his black Lazy Boy chair and popping the can of beer open.
He puts on a old rerun of Hawaii Five-O and leans back.
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Her eyes open slightly, reacting to the light post above her.
She moans in pain as she slowly lifts herself from the lying position she was on the cold ground.
She was going for her daily run. A run that she usually took in the morning, but lately has been enjoying them at night. She hated going back to the apartment she was suppose to be sharing with the love of her life, alone. Taking her run at night, fought away the loneliness for a little while.
A shiver comes down her body. Suddenly she felt fear in whole body.
Her hands go down her body in search for her phone.
Her clothes were ripped. Her pants were off along with her bright neon panties, her jacket was in perfect shape but her T-shirt and sports bra ripped in pieces. She feels for her cellphone, but it was long gone along with her Bella leaf that stood on her Victoria's Secret sports bra.
She closes her eyes for a moment, ready to panic a little.
She crawls over to her pants, slipping them on and stuffing her panties in her pocket.
Erin Lindsay stands, her legs shaking. She looks around, she was near trees. She takes a few steps to the streets, looking for a street sign. She rubs her eyes, before putting pressure on the right side of her ribs.
She just to wake up, be in her bed and have this as a dream. The pain she felt with every step forward she took, she knew it was not a dream.
She was attacked. She knew that she put on a fight, but her attackers won.
She looks up, seeing a row of houses that was apart of Erin's life since she was fifteen. She makes her way four houses down from the corner where she woke, slowly walking up the front porch steps and knocking three times on the bright red front door.
She thanked god the lights from the television was on.
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Hank was in his third beer and his fifth rerun of Hawaii Five-O when hears the knock.
He presses the home button on his Samsung Galaxy 8 phone, frowning when he sees the time. 2:23 AM. A knock this early was never a good thing. He grabs his gun from the table, walking over to the door and peeking through the peep hole. He opens the door quickly, gun pointed.
Erin leaned against the front of the house, her arms shaking, blood dripping down her right eye, down her cheek and neck. "Hank…"
Hank stuffs the gun in the back of his pants, before walking forward and sliding an arm around her. "We need to go to Med." He didn't have to ask what happened - at least not at the moment.
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Will Halstead was on overnight duty at Chicago Med, when Hank Voight carried an unconscious Erin Lindsay through the emergency room doors. "Halstead!" The sergeant yells.
He looks up from his clipboard, dropping it against the counter as he rushes towards them. "What happened?" He points him to a room close to the entrance doors.
Once Erin is laying down on the hospital bed, Will starts calling to orders. He calls for an oxygen mask, after checking her airway. The nurse walks over to Hank, pulling the man away from his daughter in all the right. "I'm sorry, sir. You have to step out. Doctor Halstead will come to you when he has some news."
Hank looks to Will. "I'm not leaving." He growls and the doctor looks up, nodding. He wasn't going to push the man away from the room, at least not at the moment.
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Hank's first call is to his teammate and best friend, Alvin Olinsky. The call is picked up on the first ring, "Hank." Alvin says in an almost whisper. His voice is rough, he sounds like he just walking up. "What's wrong…?"
"Get down to Med, now."
"Coming…" He promises. Alvin hears the serious in Hank's voice, the timing of the phone call and he knew something is seriously wrong.
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Erin whines as she moves her legs forward. Every single part of her body was aching as she tries to sit up in her hospital bed. She rolls her head, forcing herself to open her eyes as she looked around the room. Her eyes landed on her partner's brother. She swallows her breathe down, trying to sound strong though she knows her voice is shakey. "Will…"
He gives the famous Halstead grin when he hears her voice fill up the room. "Well, hello there." He steps forward, holding her chart in his hands. "How you feeling?"
"Like I got run over with a truck." She mumbles. She frowns as she hears herself talk. Her voice was shaking, she could not control that as much as she wanted too.
"I can help with that." His eyes go to the door way. "Erin...I have to ask you a hard question." She nods, she bites her lip at the question she already knows is coming. "You were out for awhile. Three hours since Hank brought you in a little after three am. It looks like you were attacked…"
"I think I was raped." She speaks up before he could ask or say the words himself.
He sighed shakily, nodding a little. "I was going to ask. We ran some tests and that is what it looks like. We need your permission to run a rape kit."
"Okay…"
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Hank is walking back and forth in the waiting room. Alvin sat still in a waiting chair, looking up at his friend. "So, Hank what would you like me to do?" He asks.
The both of them were waiting for news about Erin.
Alvin knew phone calls would start coming soon from the rest of the member
"Call the team, maybe Stone see if he could spare Dawson and Nagel for a bit if they don't have a case?" He begins to say. His mind is racing along with his heartbeat. He saw how Erin looked when she arrived at his house, how she cried in the car when he helped her in the vehicle, he heard how Will asked him politely to leave the room.
This just wasn't an attack.
His mind stops thinking as the doctor walks in the waiting room. "Hank. Alvin. With Erin's permission, we did a rape kit. It came out positive. We are sending the kit to your lab. She has given me permission to tell you and your team about the results. She says she has no memory between the time of starting her run at her apartment and the time she woke up in the streets."
With fire in his eyes, he glances at Alvin. "Call the team, now." He looks back to the doctor. "Can I see her?"
Will speaks, "Yes. I did give her something to help with the pain. It might make her sleep for most of the day. I also moved her upstairs. I thought that would give her more privacy as she is here."
Alvin thanks Will, "Hank go look after her. I will contact the team,Jay too. I'm sure he won't listen to a word I say and come running down here, pj's and all. I will also call Platt. Send two of her best officers to cover her door."
Hank steps forward, squeezing Al's shoulder and walking away with Will to see his daughter.