Chapter 3

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Dawson was beyond worried at this point. After she had been rescued from the rubble with a minor head injury, she was puzzled to where Shay was. Assuming she was inside the hospital helping the injured, Dawson headed there with Casey. However, when she arrived she was greeted with the Chicago police crowding around a door to a storage room. They had seen the two firehouse members enter the area and Detective Lindsay had informed them that Shay and Rafferty were in there. With three men that had guns.

As Voight tried to negotiate, Dawson's attention was attracted when she heard him raise his voice and say,

"Don't even try it. If we hear a shot, we're coming in."

That was the last straw for Dawson. The last thing she wanted on top of the explosion was Shay getting injured. So she marched over in front of Voight and called through the door,

"Leave them alone! I swear, if you try anything-"

Casey had come up behind her and pulled her back before she could say any more. Realising she may have made the situation worse by angering the men, Dawson let him pull her away.

"Gabby, don't." Casey warned and Dawson didn't reply, just kept her eye on the door standing between her and her best friend.

Shay felt relief flood through her when she heard Dawson's voice come through the door, knowing she was safe. However, it didn't last long as her gaze returned to the hard stare of Jack.

This wasn't her first encounter with a gun situation. But that didn't mean she was experienced with them or want to be in this position. She only hoped that the P.D could sort it out. She was losing blood from the gut.

Rafferty's eyes were trained on Jack and his eyes searching, searching her and Shay. But he didn't seem to have the intent on shooting his weapon. If it was even loaded.

A loud bang on the door knocked everyone out of whatever thoughts they were in. The two men with Jack looked alarmed at the thought of their plan being flawed. Jack himself kept a calm face and turned back to the door,

"What are you doing?" He called. A silence followed before a beeping sounded. Jack's face morphed into realisation before he backed away from the door quickly,

"You two should cover." Jack said to Shay and Rafferty who looked confused as to why he was…protecting them? And why he didn't say it to his brothers too. They stood as the beeping increased in pace.

Rafferty moved to the back wall where Shay was sitting against and took off her jacket to shield them both from the, what they suspected, explosion to come.

Dawson watched as the Chicago P.D team set up a piece of equipment to the door. It was supposed to just put pressure on the door to make it open. However, she couldn't help worry for her friends safety.

She watched as the beeping quicken and then a long beep as the pressure sounded a loud bang and smoke appeared. Dawson watched as some officers went in to arrest the brothers and get Shay and Rafferty out of there. Although her stomach dipped when a male voice called,

"We need a trolley and a medic in here!"

Shay coughed as some of the smoke got to her. Her mind went hazy as she was semi-aware of Rafferty touching her shoulder and voices shouting. The next thing she knew she was being lifted off the ground and put on a higher surface before being taken away from the smoke filled room and the rest was darkness.

Rafferty followed Shay out of the room but stopped when she bumped into Dawson who was looking extremely worried after Shay's trolley.

"What happened? Where are they taking her?" Dawson panicked, this wasn't Shay first injury and she was scared that this time she wouldn't be so lucky.

"She should be fine, she got impaled by something earlier and didn't tell anyone, I guess. I patched it up a bit but she was still losing blood. My guess is their taking her to surgery." Rafferty explained.

"Surgery, why?" Casey asked.

Rafferty shrugged, "Check for internal bleeding. Don't worry, I'm sure it's just protocol and they know what they are doing."

Dawson breathed easier at hearing Rafferty words. Then, she turned back to the room where the officers were leading out two of the men. The third man came out, though without cuffs around his wrists and was talking mutually with another officer.

"Why aren't you arresting him?" Dawson asked as she walked over, Rafferty and Casey following. The officer talking with Jack walked away, leaving Jack with them.

"I'm Jack Patterson, as you know. Those are my brothers however I don't work with them anymore. I joined up with Chicago P.D to go undercover and take them down. This is the 5th try and it finally worked," He turned to Rafferty, "Sorry for the coldness in there. I had to put on an act. Mike and Lee are smarter than they come off as."

"It's okay. At least you got a reason. Do you really have another brother then?" Rafferty questioned.

"Yeah… he's been in prison for a while now. But it was for Mike and Lee's crime. This will mean he can be released," Jack paused, "He used to be a firefighter at firehouse 51."

Casey looked up, confused, "Name?"

"Danny Patterson."

Casey's features relaxed, "Dan? He's your brother?"

"100% by blood." Jack smiled. His face had completely transformed from the tough face inside the storage room and had a much kinder face now.

Before anything else could be said, a frantic Kelly Severide jogged up to them.

"Where's Shay? Is she okay?" He asked. Rafferty responded,

"She's probably in surgery at the moment. There's nothing we can do at the moment for her so calm down."

Severide took a breath and took in his surroundings, "They arrest the guys that took you two?"

"Yeah, two out of three." Rafferty answered, looking to Jack.

"What?"

"Remember Danny Patterson, he worked with us for half a year in 2012." Casey jogged Severide's memory. Severide nodded.

"Meet his brother, Jack."

Jack stepped forward and offered his hand to Severide, who looked him over carefully. Long dark hair, blue eyes and tall build. It all fit together. He stepped forward and extended his own hand.

Then he lunged.

;) Thanks for reading

Looks like Severide has some beef with Jack, or is it one of the other brothers?

I'm thinking one or two more chapters then finishing. A sequel will be written instead as this story is called Hostage and the hostage is now over. The sequel will be more Shafferty and Patterson brothers.