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I had a very busy week but finally – chapter 2 is ready to be published! Still lots of ideas for the story is coming to my head so I have very positive attitude towards the next chapters. Thank you for all of the reviews, follows, favs and views to the story. I am very happy with it!
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"Another young male businessman. Age 31, Dylan Westmayer, the owner of a factory that produces kitchen appliances."
"How did he die?"
"The same way as Green did. Shot straight at heart from a close range."
"If the shooter comes that close to the victims maybe that means that he and his victims did know each other?" asked Lindsay.
"Or it means that he's capable if anything. He's not scared to come close, chooses places where people may see him, like this place. Parking lot?" Jay looked around like he wanted to prove his theory.
"Or he's simply getting sloppy. Urge to kill is stronger than careful planning." Said Ruzek.
"I don't think so. Look, there's no trace left behind. He even remembered to collect the casing." Alvin looked at Ruzek. Adam just shrugged his shoulders.
"What about witnesses, has anybody seen something?" Voight asked officers present on the scene before his team arrived.
"Not really, sir. It happened on the lunch time so the workers of the bank were in the canteen. Then they heard a single gunshot, looked through the windows to see what happened and called us." One of the officers said.
"So we still have nothing." Voight brushed his hair with his hand.
"Let's find out how we can connect those two victims and then we will see what to do next." Olinsky went back to their car and everybody followed.
"Lab, autopsy, computer, phone – anything that can give us a lead?" Voight was clearly annoyed as he entered the bullpen where the rest of his team was.
"We're doing the basics – friends, family, coworkers, checking phones, bank accounts. We are looking for some connections between the victims too. So give us some time, it will take a while." Antonio came closer to Voight "In the meantime, check this out." He handed his boss a folder.
"What's that?"
"The thing we were talking about before."
"Good, I will look into it." He took the files and sat in his office.
"Hey, maybe me and Atwater will go to Westmayer's company, to ask ask around. Maybe his workers know something they can share." Adam looked up from his computer's screen.
"Yeah, do it." Voight didn't even looked at him as he was busy with going through the documents Antonio gave him.
Adam took his jacket and went downstairs to tell Atwater to grab his gear. Kevin was standing over Platt's desk filling some documents.
"Hey, Atwater, we have to go to Westmayer's company, to ask around." Atwater looked at him with an unhappy face "Man, not now. I've got to finish it within the next hour! Can't it wait a little bit?"
"Order is an order, man, Voight wanted it to be done now, you know, the case is a priority and we don't have a single lead."
Platt looked over them, shook her head and sat by her computer.
"So..." Atwater started "maybe you can take Burgess with you, she will do fine."
Adam tried his best not to smile "Oh, okay, she should make it. Where can I find her?"
"In the locker room, she's got a break now."
"Cool, thanks." He patted Atwater on his back. "Is that okay with you, Sergeant, can I borrow her for an hour?"
"Oh, it's sooo nice of you to ask, Adam, thank you!" Platt made a totally fake kind facial expression what made Adam want to runaway as far as possible.
"Uhmm... Well..."
"Take her, but next time remember who's the boss here." She threw papers on her desk making a lot of noise and went back to her computer.
"That was close, man." Atwater whispered to Adam before he headed to the locker room. Ruzek just looked relieved and nodded at Atwater.
"What is the reason the files took all of your attention from top to bottom?"
Alvin entered Hank's office.
"I don't really know, Al. Have you heard about our commander being blackmailed?'
"I did."
"Some other commanders from a few districts are threatened too."
"I did know too."
Voight raised his eyebrows curious and surprised . "Why didn't you tell me?"
"How could I know that it's related to our case?"
Shaking his head, Hank gave Olinsky the files "Antonio thinks that the cases is related to ours, I'm trying to figure this out."
"As we don't have anything to move on with, we can look into that." Al took the files and went back to his desk.
"How did you manage to take me for a field work you are supposed to do with the others from intelligence?"
"That wasn't easy but I'm just brilliant, you know." Adam smiled as he looked at Kim.
"Seriously, I'm curious!"
"Ok, so it's longer story. First of all I had to tell Atwater..."
"Tell him what?" Burgess' face paled.
"Easy, easy. Tell him that I need help with choosing a birthday gift for my mom. You know, my fiancée was always taking care of that matter and now, I'm single and I'm left with this on my own. So he and I came up with the idea that actually you can help me." Burgess giggled. And Ruzek continued: "Of course I had to lead him towards it but all in all he thinks that it's also his idea." This time Adam laughed.
"I would never say that you are capable of that kind of intrigue. My hero!"
"But this is not the end of the story, come on! We had to steal you form Platt's hands."
"Oh God..."
"That was a piece of cake as well."
"I bet."
Adam looked offended and underrated.
"Ok, tell me."
"Atwater was filling reports he was supposed to do yesterday. Platt was waiting for them and she was slightly pissed off. So I've chosen this moment to go downstairs and tell Atwater we have to go. Perfect circumstances. He told me that he must finish it within hour and proposed to take you."
"And Platt let me go, just like that?" Kim snapped.
"Seems like yes." Adam looked at her "Aren't you happy that we have a great work hour together ahead?"
"Of course I'm!" She moved closer and kissed him on his cheek.
Back at the district Platt and Atwater were still working on their paperwork.
"Thirty bucks, Atwater."
Slowly he took the money out of his pocket and without complaining put the money on the desk. Platt took it, smiled and said sympathetically: "Told ya he's too naive to realize he's being fooled. That's what happens when you fall in love. Well done, officer. Pleasure doing business with you."
Having said that, they both went back to their work.
Ruzek and Burgess got out of their car and followed the way to the inside of Westmayer's company.
"Nice building. You can straight away tell that he's well-off."
"Yeah."
When they were just about to get in, two shots were fired.
"Kim! Get down, get down, now!" Ruzek screamed as he took his weapon out and hiding behind a block close to the building.
Burgess already managed to shield herself.
"Where do you think he is?" She asked.
"In my opinion the shots were fired from the south. Let's move there!"
Slowly and cautiously they sneaked to the south side of the building. A few meters further they found two casings and a blanket on the ground.
"He's already gone." Adam lowered his gun, so did Kim.
They stood in silence for a few seconds.
"So what the hell was that?"
"In my opinion somebody just tried to scare us. Maybe they didn't want us in the company, that may mean we are just about to uncover something crucial." Adam was still looking around as he hoped the shooter remained somewhere close.
"So we should definitely go and ask around, now. Call Voight, report the situation and let's have the job done."
"Give me an update, now." Voight rushed through the office and stopped by the board with the photos of the victims.
The team went silent. After a few seconds Lindsay spoke.
"We have nothing. No motive besides money. Not a single trace, not even a hit on the gun that was used. The killer took care of the details. Although if shots were fired at the police close to the company, we can assume we are close to something big."
"So what am I going to tell commander Fisher? That this crazy ass killer is smarter than the intelligence unit?"
"Not necessarily." Antonio got up and went closer to the whiteboard "This two" – he pointed at the photos of victims "are closely related to the police of Chicago by donating funds. But we always need more money for things, right?"
Olinsky frowned trying to understand what Antonio is trying to say.
"What if there's another young, handsome businessman who wants to give to our dearest police officers funds for – let's say – new patrol cars? Or lab equipment?" He crossed his arms as he looked at his coworkers for approval.
"If I'm following that would mean…" Jay couldn't finish the sentence cause Dawson cut him off in mid-sentence.
"That would mean I'm going undercover."
A/N: Ta-daaa! Antonio is going undercover! The situation starts to be intense and it's just the second chapter. All I can say is that we are going to see more Jay in action, some tough decision are going to be made and… hmm, maybe no more spoilers ;)
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