Hey sorry this is kinda a filler chapter but I'm thinking like 5 or 6 ch total, next one gets some serious action.
Frank sighed as Baker trudged into his office for the thousandth time this week, the last 72 hours had been a political nightmare for 1PP and things were about to get worse.
"Sir?" She asked warily. He nodded to her, dragging himself over to her, ignoring the eyes of a dozen other people still sitting in his office pretending to talk about budgets. To say Frank
was stressed out was an understatement, whether it was the city's budget, the recent homicides, or his own boys' growing rift, Frank was one homicide away from an aneurysm.
Baker nervously updated him on the current situation, "Commisioner, there's been 9 murders since Tuesday morning all pointing towards gang related violence, unfortunately six more bodies were found today alone, two being found by officer Reagan and his partner, Sargent Renzuilli also asked me to inform you that detective Danny Reagan is on this case, he started yesterday morning."
She paused, she always wondered how the commissioners sons seemed to get assigned to the most dangerous cases.
"Baker this doesn't sound like a high profile case I needed to skip my meeting for?" Frank spoke digging deeper into the problem.
"The Los Lordes have regathered themselves," She confessed, "These homicides all point towards that particular gang, they seem to be tying up any loose ends."
Frank let his jaw slacken a bit, "How?" He demanded, remembering the tragedy that occurred in the bitterman housing development not 2 years before. If the Los Lordes regained control of the Bitterman Projects, there was no telling how much violence would take place.
"A few members of the gang were turned loose about a week ago, some had short sentences, others are out on good behavior." Baker thought carefully about the report Danny had written, and she felt sickened by the words he used, "Detective Reagan thought that the killings might be initiation to the new generation of the Los Lordes gang."
Frank sucked in a breath, this was his worst nightmare coming true, "Pull Jamie off the case." He requested.
Baker stared at him like he'd lost his mind, he never favored his boys over the other officers but then again his youngest had already taken a bullet from the Los Lordes before, "Yes Sir" she complied, sending a quick email to the 12th.
Frank felt the tear between being a father and being the NYC Commisioner, "Wait. I don't have any grounds to pull him."
The email was already sent, "Sir, is it possible that Officer Reagan might be harboring old resentment for the Los Lordes since his partner was killed by them?" She tried to sell the Commisioner but he was having none of it.
"Tell Renzuilli to do whatever he deems fit. Officer Reagan will not receive special treatment from this office." Frank said in defeat, he was tired of throwing his own sons into danger every day but he couldn't risk favoring anyone. Not that Jamie would appreciate being sidelined especially after what had happened the previous Sunday with Danny.
Baker quickly sent another email to the 12th precinct stating that Jamie would do as his commanding officers asked him, the police chief had no opinion on the matter after all. Although Baker disagreed with commisioner Reagans decision to keep Jamie on the case, she hit send anyway, sending a silent prayer the youngest Reagans way.
The Commisioner quickly dismissed her and headed back to his budget meeting, his boys on the front of his mind and the budget on the very back.
Danny curled his fist around his cup of coffee, frustrated as always, except the bodies just seemed to keep flowing in, the body count being up to 11 now in less than three days. He had his suspicions of course, that Los Lordes was back in the projects and initiating new gang members by having each one kill a loose end or an enemy of the gang. Danny had to give what was left of the gang some credit, the new recruits were doing all the dirty work in a matter of days. As terrible as that was, they were doing the police a favor, the people the new gang were killing were not exactly good Sumaritans, and by killing each other, the gangs were technically saving Danny both time and money. That is until Jamie came storming back into the 12th with news about a body of a thirteen year old girl.
"Calm kid," Danny soothed, "Another body is just collateral damage."
This time it was Renzuilli that put Danny in his place, "it was a little girl." He hissed angrily, giving Danny a shove away from his brother.
jamie rubbed his face with the palms of his hands, clearly distressed about the little girls death and stressed out by finding so many bodies in the course of a few days. Danny put a hand on his younger brothers shoulder, "I'm sorry about the little girl." He said sincerely but made sure that the little girl was all he apologized for.
Jamie shook his head, "She was so small." And his tone said it all, he was looking for a brother to comfort him because for the last hour he was comforting Eddie and now he needed someone for him. Danny couldn't be that right now, he had a case to finish, killers to catch, and then if he had time he would be willing to apologize to his little brother.
Eddie walked out of the women's locker room at that point, her eyes red and swollen from crying alone in there, she walked over to Dannys little brother and slipped an arm around his back, Jamie draped his arm around her shoulder and mumbled something in her ear. Danny watched as the two of them held eachother up, providing comfort and support in such a small gesture, he wished he and Jamie were like that and he found himself a tiny bit jealous of Eddie. After all, second to Joe, she took up the most space in little Jamie's heart, not Danny.
He barked at the young rookie, "Wipe up your feelings, we got a crime scene to look at."
Jamie shot daggers at him as Danny ignored the small sniffle coming from the rookie and marched out the door to his car.
"Come on Eddie," the Kid said gently, "Beers on me tonight."
The little blonde spitfire glanced back at him, "and a game of pool?"
Danny watched in shock as a small smile spread across the kids face, "Okay." The kid replied and escorted his partner out behind Danny.
