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Voight stood frozen at the center of the warehouse with his hands tucked inside the front of his bulletproof vest. His mind was working too fast and his thoughts were not clear. Erin and Jay were experienced detectives and would not get jumped easily. How the fuck could this happen?
He watched the uniformed police search the area. Almost half of the officers from District 21 were working on the case. Everyone liked the missing detectives and wanted to help.
Ruzek and Alvin approached Voight. They were carrying two bulletproof vests and some other belongings. Voight's heart skipped a beat at the sight of Erin's last name on the right side of the vest.
"We found this on a trash can outside". Alvin handed the Sargent a black leather wallet and a badge. Voight immediately recognized both as being Erin's. Wordlessly he opened the wallet and checked inside. The first thing he noticed was an old photo tucked on the plastic insert. It was taken at her first Christmas with the Voights and it showed her, him, Camille and Justin beside a Christmas tree. All smiling and wearing Christmas themed pajamas.
The Sargent stood still staring at the photo, a blank look on his face. An overwhelming feeling of guilt took over his mind. Why had he sent her there? Why didn't he come to check the place with them?
Finally he defrosted and checked for money and credit cards. It was all there so it was definitely not a robbery. He sighted and looked over at Ruzek and Alvin who were watching him with caution.
"I want every inch of this place scanned. I want clues. I want a lead and a suspect RIGHT NOW". He yelled the last part; his husky voice reverberating through the warehouse.
Ruzed nodded his head and quickly left, not wanting to be too close to the sergeant when he was furious. Voight was already too scary on a normal day.
"You need to keep your head straight, Hank". Al put a hand on his shoulder. "Erin and Jay need you to be on your ace game right now".
Voight looked at his friend eyes, took a deep breath and curtly nodded. "I know".
"There's something else". Alvin diverted his eyes to the floor and Voight instantly prepared himself for bad news. "There was some blood on the floor inside that room". He pointed at a metal door by the end of the warehouse. "Not too much and not life threatening. The blood spatter pattern analyst says it was from a beating. Probably a hard punch to the face but he need to do more tests. He is going to compare it to Jay and Erin's blood samples at the system but there's a chance it could be from the criminals".
Voight pursed his lips together. "Make him work fast. I want the results within the hour".
Alvin nodded and asked an officer who was passing close by. "Where is Morgan?"
"The blood guy? He is outside". Alvin thanked the man and went to look for the analyst.
Hank stood at the middle of the large room alone. He fixed his eyes on Erin`s badge and made a silent promise to her: he was going to find her and he was going to make whoever did this pay. He was Hank Voight and this was his city.
Erin was the first to regain conscience. Before she even opened her eyes she felt the splitting headache. What the hell happened? She also felt dizzy, nauseous and extremely thirsty. She tried to open her eyes but they didn't comply. She tried moving her arms but her body seemed detached from her brain. Her memory from the past hours was also gone making her feel extremely confused.
After a few moments she was able to calm her erratic breath and slowly force her eyelids open. A dark and humid room greeted her. Where was she? How did she get here?
Her blurred vision made it even more difficult to understand her surroundings. The room seemed empty. Blinking a few times made her vision clear a little making it possible for her to identify a body a few feet away to her right: Jay. He was unconscious and lying face down to the concrete floor.
Suddenly she regained her memory. They were checking a warehouse and got jumped by some blue-eyed men.
Filled with panic she started to concentrate in trying to move around. They needed to get out of there. She soon realized that her arms and legs were tied tightly to a metal chair preventing any movement. Moving any millimeter caused an agonizing burst of pain to her sore wrists. After a few failed attempts to loosen the rope she decided to wake Jay up.
"Jay". She whispered. "Jay!". She tried again more loudly and watched his body flinch and heard his breathing picking up. "Jay, look at me".
He whimpered and tried to move around. His hands were tied behind his back to a vertical pole. After a few moments he sat on a better position, opened his blue eyes and focused them on Erin, slowly gathering his bearings.
"Are you ok?". She asked, her eyes filled with concern.
"Peachy". He sarcastically answered with a hoarse voice and a small, sad smile. He was feeling horrible but would never admit it. His stomach was in flames and his breaths were short and erratic. "And you? How is your head?". He asked eyeing the dried blood on her face and the ugly bruise that was forming.
"Never better". Erin observed him for a few seconds. "We need to get out of here, Jay".
"Yeah. But where are we?".
"I have no idea. There are no windows so there is no way for us to know if it`s day or night. It`s impossible to know how long we were out".
He pondered that statement. "Do you think Voight already noticed that we went missing?".
"Probably".
Jay smiled forgetting for a moment about their dangerous situation. "Voight is going to go mad when we discovers that someone kidnaped his little girl".
"He is not my dad and I`m not a little girl". She frowned at him pretending to be offended.
The easy banter was helping to keep a good vibe between them but as soon as the silence took place more somber thoughts took over their minds. Jay focused on his breathing in order to subdue the pain and Erin focused on untying herself from the chair.
"Stop it. You`re only going to hurt yourself". Jay commanded.
She tried to free herself one last time and sighted on defeat. "I need to do something. Anything".
"Let`s list our options".
"Hmm… Ok. First is: hang on and wait for Voight. Second is: try to subdue whoever kidnaped us when we have a chance and escape".
"Can`t you go Black Widow on the chair and break it?"
She smiled at his sense of humor. "I wish but I`m not Scarlett Johansson, Jay".
He made a funny face at the comment but suddenly got serious. "How are you feeling? Answer for real this time".
Erin sighted and opted to be honest. They needed to know each other limitations in order to get out of there alive. "My vision is blurred and my head hurts like hell. Worst headache of my life".
He frowned at her. "You probably have a concussion".
"Yeah. I was thinking the same". She shrugged. "And you? Do you think your ribs are broken or just bruised?".
"Broken for sure". He moved a little in order to get more confortable but it only deepened the pain. "It hurts like hell but I can fight if needed".
Before Erin could reply they heard a noise coming from outside. After a few tense seconds the metal door opened and the boss man entered the room smiling like a Cheshire cat.
"Hello my friends. I`m glad to see both of you awake".
"You`re making a mistake". Jay hissed at him from the ground. "Our unit is going to find us and…
"Don`t be petty Mr. Halstead". The man interrupted him. "I came here to talk to you like a civilized man. Would you like me to send in Yoel so he can break the ribs on the other side?".
Jay shut his mouth.
"Great. That`s what I thought". The boss smiled again. "Now let`s talk business. I need to hear the truth about your investigation".
"We already told you the truth". Erin interjected.
"No Ms. Lindsay. You lied to me and now I want the truth".
Erin and Jay exchanged a frantic look.
"That`s the truth. And you are holding two cops against…". She started.
"Yoel!". The boss called the UFC guy. After a few moments the large man entered the room.
"Yes?".
"Our new friends decline to cooperate. Maybe you could help me convince them. You have fifteen minutes, Yoel. You can do whatever you want. Better enjoy it".
Oh no. No, no, no, no. Jay threw Erin a desperate look. He was sure he could endure a large amount of pain but he wasn't so certain about watching Erin get hurt. That would kill him.
"Sure thing boss".
The boss man left the room with an amusing glint in his eyes. Yoel waited to hear the door close and after a few tense seconds walked towards Jay. Without notice he pressed his foot hard on the detective`s injured ribs. Jay flinched and let out an audible breath.
"Did I hit you too hard, detective?". Yoel teased.
Halstead ignored him and focused on the pain. He was in agony. The pressure of the foot was making it impossible to breath.
Yoel seemed to notice the level of pain he was inflicting and pressed even harder. "Are you going to cry? You Americans are such cry-babies".
Jay remained quiet, not wanting to encourage the man.
"You`re pathetic. I bet you`ll be screaming when I`m finished with you".
"Stop it!". Erin yelled at the man while trying desperately to get out of the chair.
Suddenly Yoel lift his foot and kicked Jay on the chin. The detective felt the back of his head connect with the concrete wall behind him. Everything went black for a few seconds. Jay spit the blood from his mouth to the dirty floor and groggily watched Yoel predatorily approach Erin.
"I bet you`re going to be more fun, darling".
"Get away from her". Jay snarled between painful restrained breaths.
Yoel walked behind her and put his huge hands on her shoulders. Erin tried desperately to move but the ropes kept her in place.
"What can you do about it detective?". The large man taunted.
"I swear to God that I`ll murder you if you lay your dirty hand on her again".
"Oh, like this?" Yoel hands traveled slowly from her shoulders to her face. He tenderly put his index finger over her injured temple for a few seconds before pushing it down hard while watching Jay`s reaction. Erin squirmed a little but kept quiet.
Jay was seeing red again. "I`ll end you. I swear to G…".
Yoel interrupted him by taking out the knife from his belt and pushing to Erin`s exposed neck. Instantly a thin red line formed where the blade was touching the skin and a small trail of blood started descending to her collarbone.
"You`ll do what?"
Jay bit his thong hard and shut his mouth. He started trembling from the rage building inside his body.
"Do it". Erin challenged him. "Kill me"
Yoel laughed at her defiance. "No".
Was she mad? Had she gone insane after the blow to the head? He shook his head at her. No, Erin. No.
She decided to ignore Jay`s silent plea and continued. "Coward". The more Yoel`s attention was on her; the less it was on Jay. That was her current plan of action.
Instead of falling into her trap the large man started to laugh even harder. "You`re turning me on. I like feisty beautiful women".
She turned her head to the side, trying to put some distance between it and his dirty hands. "Fuck you". She hissed.
He stopped laughing and a somber expression took over his face. "You have a potty mouth whore. Maybe I can teach you a lesson".
Without any warning he cut the ropes that were tying Erin`s wrists to the chair. With another fluid move he cut the ones tying her legs and abruptly pulled her to her feet. The sudden movement made her head spin and she fought a wave of nausea.
Yoel used her temporary lost of balance to throw her small body strongly against a wall. She hit the concrete and fell to the ground, her left wrist making a loud pop noise as it tried to brake her fall. Yoel didn`t waste time dropping the knife on the floor and jumping her, pinning her down with his strong legs.
He was too focused on subduing the woman beneath his body that he did not noticed that she had kicked his knife in the direction of the other man in the room.
Jay used his feet to bring the knife closer to his body and started to work on freeing himself from the restraints. It was a difficult task since both his hands were tied to the pole but the sound of the fight on the other side of the room made him do it quickly.
Erin tried every move she knew to get the large man off her but failed every time. He was just too big and too strong. Her now injured wrist was not helping much either.
"Not so smug now are we? I`ll…".
Yoel didn`t get to finish the sentence as Jay freed himself and used the knife to slid Yoel`s throat open. The man gagged a little on the blood, fighting to stay alive but soon enough he collapsed over Erin. The blood pouring from the open wound showered her.
Jay desperately pushed the huge body aside and sat down beside Erin. His hands immediately roamed over her body looking for injuries. "Are you ok? Did he hurt you? There`s so much blood I can`t…"
"It`s not my blood, Jay. I`m fine". She assured him, pushed his hand aside and got up from the floor. The movement made her head spin again and she inhaled a few short, hard breaths to keep from vomiting. Jay put a hand on her shoulder and waited. After the nausea subdued she faced him. "We need to get out of here".
Jay grabbed the knife he had used to slit Yoel`s throat while Erin checked the body for other weapons. She found none. The knife was all they had.
"Do you think it`s open?" Jay whispered to her as they approached the metal door.
Erin didn`t respond. She reached for the knob and slowly turned it down. The door was unlocked. She motioned to him: 3, 2, 1… and opened the door quickly only to come face to face with the barrel of a handgun.
"Hello fellas! Going somewhere?". Matei smiled at them. "Drop the knife".
Jay hesitated for only a second and dropped the weapon on the floor, lifting his hands on the air. They could not afford to get shot and Matei looked very comfortable with the gun on his hand; his grip was steady and strong.
"Good. Now kick it to me and step back into the room".
Jay complied with a grimace on his face. Matei kicked the knife far away in the direction of the corridor and kept the gun pointed at the detectives.
"Boss! You should come here". He called and a few seconds later the boss arrived at the door. His eyes traveled from his hostages to Yoel's body on the floor.
"I'm not surprised. Yoel was strong, but he was not the smartest man". He smiled politely showing no emotion at the death of his employee. "And you thought you could escape. Very cute… and naive. I`m not like the low life criminals you are used to deal with, so please do not underestimate me".
"Who are you?". Erin asked, her voice low and challenging.
"Wouldn't you like to know, Ms. Lindsay?". He looked straight at her in a creepy way. "Let's just say I'm a very successful businessman".
"And your business is trafficking drugs". Jay provided, trying to get as much information as they could from the man.
The man`s eyes widened at Jay`s words. "Oh, you are very far from the truth, Mr. Halsted. And I thought detectives were supposed to be smart. But don't worry my friends. You shouldn`t spend your last hours alive concerned about my business". With that last statement he nodded to Matei and left the room.
Matei waited for him to close the door and looked at the detectives, gun pointed directly at them. With his other hand he grabbed two transparent plastic seals from his back pocket. He tossed one at Erin`s foot.
"Tie your partner up. Hands behind his back".
Erin got the seal from the floor and put it on Jay wrists. She opted to not close it too tightly. "Done".
"Now make it tighter". He pointed the gun directly at her head. Erin sighted and did as told. "Great. Now it`s your turn. Put your hands behind your back and come closer to me". He looked at Jay straight in the eye. "If you move I blow her goddam brains out".
Erin approached the man slowly with her hands behind her back and he quickly tied them together with the plastic seal.
"Now let`s take a walk, detectives".
Next chapter: Voight gets a bigger role + a cute Linstead moment + a lot more of drama.
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