Author's Note: Thanks Ken for the review :). In this chapter we finally meet the Spanish Shadow and Jenry and the rest of gang will be in this chapter too. Sorry for the wait, life has been little hectic lately. But I hope you guys enjoy it! :)
As Jo and Henry were still processing the phone call and trying to get ready to see what happened to Marcus and Nash, a lot of things were happening when they were sleeping.
Hours Earlier…
Nash was sleeping in the cell at the precinct when all of sudden a bang on the cell woke him up and scared him. He looked up and saw the bow tie guy staring at him.
"Hello, Nash. You just can't keep yourself out of trouble can you" The bow tie guy said in amusing way.
Nash scared said "It's just a drug charge; I should be out of here. Usually you guys get me out of here by now."
The bow tie guy snickered and said "Yes, if it was just a drug charge you would be out of here by now and I would not be here right now."
He continued "But your lawyer informed us you have the cops sniffing around and so the Spanish Shadow wants to see you."
Nash could feel his heart beating so fast and said petrified "I didn't tell them nothing. I swear, please."
The bow tie guy had a sly smile on his face and in sarcastic tone said "Sure, you didn't."
Then the bow tie guy ushered in four cops in uniform and told them to blindfold and tape Nash's arms and legs up so he couldn't move. He also told them to take him to the SUV and told another cop to take the tapes of the surveillance videos in the jail area and erase any trace of them in the precinct.
Nash who was now in back of a black SUV had no idea where they were taking him and he just thought that he was cold and scared of what was about to come.
About 20 mins later, Nash felt the SUV stop and heard the engine go off then he felt the trunk open and multiple people grabbing him. He then heard the bow tie guy tell the cops to put him in a chair somewhere and take the blindfold and tape off of his legs but not his arms.
Then as Nash opened his eyes he saw they were in a dimly lighted warehouse and he thought this had be the same warehouse where he would meet the bow tie guy all the time for instructions.
Before Nash could get another thought together he saw someone coming out of dark shadows of the warehouse.
As the guy was coming closer to Nash he saw this man was about 6 ft 4 and short black military style hair cut with a goatee and about his 60's.
Then the man grabbed Nash's chair and pulled him towards a light and said "Hello, Nash" with a Spanish accent.
Nash who almost peed himself then realized the mystery man was the Spanish Shadow.
Then the Spanish shadow continued to talk. "Look at me, Silly me, Let me introduce myself my name is Antonio Moreno and I heard a lot about you lately." Moreno said as he was having fun toying with Nash.
Then Nash scared and stuttering said " SSSSir, I didn't say anything…I know I messed up but please give me another chance."
Moreno let out laugh and said as he was standing right in front of Nash, "Nash, you have been a vital part of our drug trade for years but everyone can be replaced."
He continued "Especially those who brings get cops sniffing in our operations." Moreno said as he slapped Nash really hard across the face."
Moreno continued in anger "Don't tell me you had nothing do with this because you all to do with this. You took the meeting with the lawyer kid, you should just come to us but no you thought you were smart and look where you are now."
He continued with more anger "He knew because of you , you always kept the same dealers, we told you to get rid of them and start fresh every couple months but no you wanted do things your way."
Nash who was just breathing heavy and just couldn't think of sentence to say because he was so scared for his life.
Then Moreno grabbed a piece of long wood that was just sitting on the ground and he swung it at Nash's head and knocked Nash to ground and just kept pounding to there was nothing left of his head except for shreds of brain and blood.
As Moreno was cleaning himself off he said as he was looking at Nash's body, "We even gave you a coffee shop fool, and now you know not to cross me."
Then a few minutes later then bow tie guy walked back in the warehouse near Moreno and ask " What do you want to me to do?"
" I want you to make this look like a local gang killing, Mr. Franklin." Moreno said as continued to look at Nash's body.
"On it sir and I had our people take care of Marcus" Mr. Franklin said
Moreno smiled and said "Excellent."
Then Mr. Franklin asked Moreno "What do you want me do about cop and M.E. Sniffing around? Especially because the cop is your daughter, sir."
Moreno let a sigh out and said "Mr. Franklin you take care of the M.E., I will handle my daughter and make sure she regrets ever looking into this case."
"Alright, Sir." Mr. Franklin said.
"Oh, after you make the markings of the local gangs take Nash's body to his coffee shop and burn the place." Moreno said seriously
"Yes, sir" Mr. Franklin said.
As Mr. Franklin was about to leave, Moreno got his attention said " It is so hard to get good help these days, Mr. Franklin."
Before leaving Mr. Franklin laughed and said "Yes it is, Sir."
Back to present time
Jo got up and took a shower and then started to get dressed for work when she noticed her fiancée had not got out of the bed yet.
She grabbed the covers off him playfully and said "Henry, I need my M.E. at the morgue so get up my love."
Then Henry pulled Jo into the bed and wrapped his arms around her and said "Yes, Yes, Yes…but you wore me out last night, so I had stay in bed a little longer." As he flashed a flirty smile and laughed.
Jo was still in Henry's arms and honestly she wished she could stay there all day but Jo knew work needed her so she again tried to get Henry going for the day.
Jo got up from up Henry's arms and was standing next to the bed when she pulled Henry's arm and helped him get out bed and said "Now take your naked self to the shower and put some fresh clothes on from your drawer."
As Jo admired her fiancée's backside as he was going to the shower, she got a text from Hanson telling her don't go to prison but go to Nash's coffee shop that has been burned down and body was found in it.
As Jo waited for Henry to get out of the shower and get dressed she made both of them some coffee and put them in hot cups so they could have them while they were out solving the case.
After about 15 minutes went by and Jo was waiting in the kitchen for Henry and then she saw him walking out towards her and she handed him his coffee and said "I'll take you to the precinct and find all you can about Marcus death. I got to go to Nash's coffee shop they burned it and there is a body there."
As Henry wrapped his arms around Jo's waist and was closing in the space between them and said "Alright, that definitely sounds like the Spanish Shadow's doing and guessing the body might be Nash's."
Jo had her arms wrapped around Henry's neck and said "That's what immediately what I thought too."
"Alright, Let's go." Jo said as she kissed Henry before she unwrapped her arms around him.
Henry didn't want to let go as he held on to her a little longer as they kissed and when they finally broke apart he said.." Alllright" in a sarcastic tone.
Jo dropped Henry off at the morgue and then made her way to Nash's coffee shop to meet Hanson to see what news he has the Spanish Shadow case.
When Jo pulled up at Nash's shop about 20 minutes later, it was a charred mess but she parked her car and then saw Hanson waiting for her in front of what was left of the place.
Jo walked up to Hanson and said "What's up, Hanson?"
Hanson had a surprised look on his face and pointed towards Jo's engagement ring and said " I see the Old man finally did it, Congrats Jo!"
Jo chuckled and said with a big smile on her face and blushing a little bit " Yes, he did."
Hanson, Lucas, Abe, and her was the only ones that knew about Henry's Immortality which brought all of them a lot closer even though they were pretty much like family before but they all made sure to protect Henry's secret.
Jo though thought herself that everybody picks Henry up from the River except Hanson well because they had awkward encounter once and Hanson never did it again.
Jo just laughed to herself and said "Anyway, you got any new updates on this case?"
"Oh, yes" Hanson said as he pulled out as his phone.
"CSU is still working through all the rubble and mess to see if they can find anything but they wanted send the body to morgue fast, so I took some pictures of it." Hanson said as he started to show the pictures of Nash's body to Jo.
Hanson continued "He was beaten pretty bad and has little left of a head and unlike the other TMT killings he didn't have markings instead they tried to make it look like a local Latin gang that is known around here."
Jo shook her head and just didn't like where this case was going and said in a serious tone " So, these guys think were stupid, well the joke will be on them."
Hanson nodded in agreement and then said " I had some officers check the Latin gang and they told them that yes that the Spanish Shadow has been blaming stuff on them for a while and that they have lost of a lot members to the Spanish Shadow."
"Hmm..Alright when we go back to Precinct, check out all the local latin gang members in jail and let's see if they know anything about the Spanish Shadow." Jo said as she was looking at Nash's body on Hanson phone.
"Well, I think were done here, so let's head back now so I can see if they do know anything." Hanson said as starting walking away from the rubble of Nash's shop.
Jo started walking towards her car and said to Hanson "Alright, meet me in the morgue…Hopefully Henry has updates about Marcus death."
It took about 20 minutes to get to the precinct and as soon Jo arrived there she parked her car and went down to the morgue.
Before she opened the doors to the morgue she saw Henry standing next to slab where Marcus body was.
Then as Jo opened the door and started to walk to where Henry was, all of sudden out of nowhere Lucas came and grabbed Jo's hand with the engagement ring on it and pulled her in for a half-hug as he was walking with her towards Henry.
Lucas who still had Jo's hand with the ring pushed it right in Henry's face and said all giddy "OH MY GOD DOC, YOU DID IT. YOU FINALLY DID IT! CONGRATS YOU TWO!
Then Lucas hugged both Jo and Henry and said still giddy "And you used the ring we picked out last summer, nice doc!
Henry just looking annoyed said "LUCAS!"
Then Jo curious of the story of the ring said curiously "Really?"
"Yeah, we got the ring at a local ring shop that we were near after we went to a carnival last summer, that's how we got our mascot." Lucas said as he pointed at the big brown bear with medical clothes and mask on.
Jo just laughed and said "How come I didn't hear about this before and I always wondered where the bear came from?"
"Henry didn't want to tell you because he figured he would spill the beans about the ring but also that he loved the fried food at the carnival." Lucas said
Henry getting more annoyed "Part of that's true about the ring that fried food at the carnival was horrible." Then Henry made a disgusted face just thinking about the food at the carnival.
Lucas scooted near Jo by the slab they were standing by and whispered to her "He loved it, he's lying."
Jo just laughed and just loved the story behind the ring.
"Oh by way the way, I know you wanted to know the bear's name it is Beary Morgan and he likes pocket watches, vests and is great doctor." Lucas said cheerfully.
"Good to know, sounds like someone else I know." Jo said as she flashed a smile at Henry and chuckled.
Henry smiled at Jo and then shot at glare at Lucas and said "Let's get started with what happened to Marcus now."
"First this man did not commit suicide and it definitely is a murder." Henry continued.
Jo went near Henry to see what he was looking at and then he began to tell her how he knew it was a murder.
" First, look at handprints on his neck no person could choke themselves to death like that it's the wrong angle he would need some kind of force which they did set up with bag he was hanging from but the bag tied around his neck didn't kill him. Someone strangled him and made it look like a suicide." Henry said in a serious tone.
"Ok, So Marcus was right. He knew he would be targeted right after he spoke to us and the Spanish Shadow sent one of guys to eliminate him." Jo said seriously as she was looking at Marcus body.
"The Spanish Shadow is trying to eliminate all of leads but he's not going rid of us that easy." Jo continued.
"Alright, thanks Henry." Jo said smiling at Henry.
Jo was about to leave the morgue and go to her desk to see if Hanson had found any news on the Spanish Shadow through the local latin gang members in jail but before she could Henry stopped her.
"Jo before you leave I found a letter that Marcus wrote addressed to you, I didn't read it but let me get you some gloves before you touch it because it was in his underwear." Henry said as he handed Jo gloves and the letter from Marcus.
Jo put the gloves on and then took the letter from Henry and said "Well I guess he put it in there because he was afraid whoever attacked him would find it."
" He's describes bow tie guy more in here and names a business and some of Spanish Shadow's minions he worked with." Jo said as she was reading Marcus letter.
"Alright, I got to go but this could definitely help us with indentifying bow tie man and give us some more leads." Jo said as she kissed Henry on the cheek and left for her desk up stairs.
As Jo went back to her desk she just hoped the Marcus letter would be the breakthrough for this case because she just felt the Spanish Shadow was always one step ahead of her.
Then as Jo sat down at her desk, Hanson came over to her desk and said disappointedly " Jo I looked into all the local gang members that had ties to Spanish Shadow in jail and they all dead. They were killed this morning."
Jo had a surprised look on her face and said "Every time we go step forward in this case, then we go one step back."
Jo let out a sigh and said with hopeful tone "I think with this letter Marcus wrote me we will have some new leads."
"Hmmm..Like what he tell you." Hanson said as he was curious what was in the letter.
"Well he told me a lot about the Bow tie guy. He said he's about 5 ft 9, white, wears oval glasses and has a limp when he walks." Jo said pleasantly.
Hanson standing in front of Jo's desk and said in surprise "Wow, that's actually some good info."
Jo held up the letter and pointed at Hanson and said "There's more info in here too."
"Marcus said he heard the Bow tie on multiple occasions talk about the company FTD industries and he's guesses that bow tie guy or Spanish Shadow funnel their drug money through there." Jo said as she continued to look at the letter.
Hanson went over to his desk and looked up FTD industries and said to Jo " You know that makes sense since FTD is a financial firm they could be funneling their money through them. Probably bow tie or Spanish Shadow has some kind of power there."
Jo went over to Hanson's desk to look at the webpage of FTD Industries and saw a whole bunch of names for the board of directors for the company and said to Hanson as she pointed to the screen " I bet they are in those names but we don't a name or face for these guys."
Hanson could tell Jo was frustrated with how this case was going and said to her calmly"Hey, we will get a name, Jo we will."
Hanson got up from his seat and he pointed at Jo and said "Hey, Marcus mentioned that warehouse in Manhattan near the MP Dog Park, you want to check it out see if we find anything?"
Jo's face lit up and said "Yes! Now you talking. Let's Go!"
It took them about 25 minutes to get to the warehouse as Jo got out of her car, Hanson walked up and threw his hands up and said "No Henry?"
Jo laughed and said "I asked but he said he wanted to finish his work and then go back home and help Abe finish the renovations."
"Doc, still at that? Well I guess that's a good reason. "Hanson said
Then the two detectives went into the warehouse where the lights did not work and there was barely anything there in the warehouse but the two detectives with their flashlights just kept looking for some kind of clue.
Then Jo saw something lying on the floor at the back of the warehouse and she put a glove on and grabbed it and she saw it was a handkerchief and that blood was on it.
Then she called Hanson over and when he was finally near her she said smiling "Look, what I found."
Hanson smiled and said "Nice!"
Hanson continued "Let's get CSU over here and see if they can find anything else."
"Sound's good." Jo said
When CSU came Jo gave them the bloody handkerchief so they could process it and then Henry could tell them later whose DNA is on there.
Meanwhile while Jo and Hanson were doing that, Henry was riding his bike home until he ran until trouble.
As he was riding his bike of the side of the street he noticed this one car had followed for a mile and when Henry tried to throw him off by going a different way they followed him.
Then the car sped up too fast for Henry to compete with and hit Henry which jolted Henry off his bike and sent him flying. Then when Henry finally landed, the car found him and drove over him a couple times and Henry heard the people in the car laughing and then beep as they left.
Then as Henry was in miserable pain and felt his life slipping away he saw all the memories of Jo and including when he proposed to her and that was last images he saw before he awoke in the water.
Jo was back at the precinct when she got a call from Henry with the cell phone he buried to call somebody when he awakes in the river and she said to him "I'll be there. Just hide between a bush or something until I get there."
"Guessing Henry, in the river?" Hanson said quietly.
Jo just nodded her head yes and went on her way to get Henry.
It took Jo about 30 minutes to get to the East River but once she got there she parked her car and took the bag of clothes for Henry with her to find him.
Then her cell phone rang, it was Henry and he told her she was about 3 bushes away from him and when she finally found him she took her coat off and wrapped it around him and gave him the bag of clothes and said sarcastically " Really great directions Henry, to find you in the dark."
Henry just shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything.
Then on the drive to Abe's the two didn't say anything until they were at Abe's and Jo parked the car and said "What happened Henry?"
Henry said in worried tone " Jo, I have no idea what this was tonight. I was on my bike on my way home and this car was following me and even when I tried to throw it off, it found me. Then I just got tired and they sped up and hit me and then ran over me a couple times."
Jo noticed Henry was not his jokey self about his death so that worried her.
Henry continued "Jo this was no accident they were sent to find me, they knew what they were doing."
"This got to be the Spanish Shadow." Jo said in a serious tone.
"Marcus was right again, we are on the hit list now too."Jo continued.
"That definitely sounds right." Henry said still shaken up about what happen to him.
"Henry, can you describe the car?" Jo said hopeful
" Yes, It was a old Lincoln 2 door, red car." Henry said.
" Ok, I will look it up tomorrow. Get some rest, my love." Jo said as she reached across the seat for Henry's hand.
" Ok. Good night, Jo." Henry said as he was leaving the car.
" Oh, Wait. I forgot something." Henry said as climbed back in the car.
" What's that?" Jo said curiously.
" This." Henry said as he reached for Jo and brought her in for a kiss and things was starting to get hot and heavy in the car but then someone in a car on the street beeped and broke the moment.
Jo laughed and said "Alright, Good night Henry."
This time he really got out the car and headed into Abe's.
Fast forward two days later and things started to get complicated for Jo.
She looked into Henry's hit and run car he described and they found it but it was in the bottom of the ocean and was no help for them.
Then she got a call from Lt. Reece that uptown wanted to see her because Internal Affairs needed to talk with her.
So that's where she was inside the Internal Affairs building wondering what they want with her and why they needed to talk to her.
As she was waiting in a waiting room, just pacing around in there, a woman came in and said "Detective Martinez, they are ready to see you now."
Then the woman led Jo into the room where there were four men behind the table waiting for her.
"Hello, Detective Martinez take a seat and my name Captain James Bridges." The captain said.
Then Jo took a seat in the chair facing the four men and just was waiting for the questions.
"Alright, Detective I'm going to cut to chase here. You are a suspect in the murders of Jay Nash and Marcus Murphy." Captain Bridges said.
"WAIT, WHAT?..I'm investigating that case" Jo said surprised.
"Detective, you were the last one to see both Nash and Marcus alive and we have this photo of you with a timestamp at the coffee shop before it got blown up." the captain said so calmly.
Jo was furious now and said "I was not there and that picture is bunch of BULLSHIT."
She added "I talked with both of them because I was doing my job which the four of you are not doing very well right now."
"You are out of line right now, Martinez" Captain Bridges said with anger.
"Look, Detective you are our prime suspect and out of courtesy to you for you can still live your life while we are investigating we will do it quietly but please hand me you badge and gun. Your life as a cop is over." Captain Bridges said as he put his hand out waiting for Jo's badge and gun.
Jo felt like rushing at this guy with all rage she had but she gave him her badge and gun and walked out of there.
Then Jo went to the precinct and packed all of her things up from her desk and then Hanson came up to her and saw her furious and she told him to meet her down in Henry's office.
Then the last thing she put in the box was a picture of her and Henry in Paris at some fancy restaurant that Henry wanted to show her and she just smiled at the picture and put it in the box with rest of her stuff.
Next thing, it was Henry, Jo, and Hanson in Henry's office talking about what happened today but before they could start Lucas had to join them.
"LUCAS, C'MON!" Henry shouted.
Lucas running into the office "Whoops, I'm sorry."
Then Jo started the meeting "Alright, well I'm not a cop anymore. They took my badge away and said they are looking at me as the prime suspect for Nash's and Marcus Murders." Jo said seriously
Before she could get another word out, all three guys said "WHAT?!"
Jo shook her head and said "Yes, but I'm not going to stop investigating this case and need you guys help if you are willing to do it?"
"I'm in."Henry said
"Me too."Lucas said
"Jo we got you." Hanson said.
Jo smiled and said "Thanks, guys because you three are only people I trust around here anymore."
"So this is the Spanish Shadow plan to ruin your life and career." Henry said as he was sitting at his desk looking at Jo.
Jo was standing in front of Henry's desk and said "It looks that way."
"The only problem is that Lt. Reece told me she gave the case to the FBI and does not want anybody from our squad looking into it but screw that we are just going have to do this quietly." Jo said with some anger.
"I'll call you guys tomorrow and start figuring out a plan" Jo said calmly.
"Hey, Jo before you go the results of the handkerchief came back and there was Nash's blood on it and DNA from someone who was not in the system but had a relative through the police database and it matched their DNA."
"Who?" Jo said curiously
"You, Jo." Henry said softly.
