-What do we got? – Hailey asked as soon as she and Adam arrived at the bullpen. She took of her jacket, feeling someone's eyes on her. Kim was on the phone while Antonio and Kevin were at the board putting pictures over it. She looked towards Melanie's desk and found the brunette's eyes on her. Hailey looked back at Adam, who was already near Kevin.

-Kidnapping. Young girl. Second one this month. – Antonio told her, and she nodded once. – Hank wants you tracking these. – Dawson told her passing her a sheet with plates. –

-Sure. –she took a seat at her desk, still feeling Melanie's eyes on her. – Where's Jay? –

-Oh, he and the boss are with the Chief, they wanted to discuss the case. – the young police officer told her.

-You ok? – Hailey asked her, looking at Melanie for a second.

She nodded quickly. – Yeah. –

-Good. What are you doing? -she asked, talking about the case.

-I'm helping Kim with the parking lot's cameras where the girl was taken. –

-Anything useful? –

-Nothing yet. –

-Ok, let's keep looking. – Hailey said while she focused on her task.

-Guys, I got something! – Kim yelled walking up to the team. She passed a picture to each of them. – That's the last person to talk to our missing girl, Kyle Grammer. And his face is in the system. –

-Who is he? – Adam asked.

-Mitch Hale. Arrested for a minor burglary and possession. -Kim explained, looking up when Hank and Jay entered the office. – Boss, this is the last person to see Kyle. –

Hank took a look at the picture, nodding once. – You got an address? –

-Yes. –

-Ok, you, Antonio, Ruzek and Atwater, go. –the team members nodded, getting ready to leave. – Jay, you and Williamson go talk to the people at the mall. Talk to Trudy, she sent officers there. –

Halstead grabbed his jacket, before heading out, Melanie following him.

-Hailey? –

-Yeah? – she looked up from her computer.

-We're talking to the family. –

Hailey got up, grabbing her jacket to follow her boss.


About half an hour later, she was sitting with Kyle's mother while Hank talked to the father.

-I know she's had her fair share of trouble, but she's never runaway from home. –

-What kind of trouble, Mrs. Grammer? – Hailey asked, as politely as she could.

-Last year… she got involved with a teacher at school. It was quite awful, to be honest. They kicked the teacher out, and his family blamed Kyle, saying she had seduced him or some nonsense like that. – the mom explained to Hailey, and the detective looked at the picture of Kyle that was on the coffee table. Long brown hair, blue eyes and a beautiful smile. Unfortunately, she knew a lot of perverts who would be interested in her.

-Has she ever been threatened? –

-No, no. Sometimes kids can be mean, but I don't believe there was any bullying involved. –

-And the teacher was fired? Did he get arrested? –

-Yeah, he's serving in a prison here. The family relocated to Kentucky, I believe. –

-And how has Kyle after this? –

-She had a hard time at first… but she's been getting better. I promise you, she hasn't done anything wrong. -the woman told Hailey once more, and the young detective couldn't help but smile at her.

-We're doing everything we can to find her. -she told the older woman.

Mrs. Grammer looked down and noticed Hailey's belly for the first time. – I didn't notice, congratulations. –

Hailey nodded, slightly uncomfortable. She couldn't exactly hide her pregnancy.

-Do you know what you're having? –

-Not yet. –

-I always wanted a boy. My husband too. -she said smiling. – But… the moment Kyle arrived. -some tears escaped her eyes, while she smiled. – She arrived, and I felt the world was a better place, just because she was breathing into it. –

Hailey took the woman's hand with her own, squeezing it once. She couldn't promise that they would find her daughter, but she could try her best to do it.


When Voight arrived back at the station, only Kim and Antonio were there working on their desks.

-The guys are talking to some informants, and Melanie and Jay are still at the mall. – Antonio informed Hank when he walked in.

-Any new intel? –

-That kid, Mitch Hale. We brought him in. He's not talking. -Kim said to him.

-Antonio, you go with Adam when he arrives. -Antonio nodded at Hank's order.

-There wasn't a ransom call yet? -Kim asked her boss.

-Not yet. Hailey is staying with the parents today. –

Adam and Kevin arrived at the bullpen a couple of minutes later, and before Adam went into the interview room with Antonio, he approached Hank. – Is Hailey with the parents? –

-Yes, she'll be more useful there. –

-Good call, boss. – Adam agreed, feeling better that she was safe and not in a dangerous operation.

-Go talk to that damn kid. Squeeze him. -Hank ordered him.

After talking to the Hale kid, Adam and Antonio had discovered that he had been used as a bait to attract young girls. The guys in charge of the kidnapping had wanted a young adult male to attract the girls they were to kidnap. He hadn't shared more than that because he hadn't been told anything else. They payed him a few hundred dollars and they sent him on his way.

The only important intel Antonio and Ruzek had gotten out of him was a location near Bucktown where he had met the thieves. They were going to use the kid as a bait to attract the contact with the kidnappers though.

-He texted them, boss. We've narrowed the cellphone's location to this address. – Dawson told Voight while the rest of them finished gearing up. – We're ready to go. –

-Ok, let's hit it. Adam, can you update Hailey? Make sure she doesn't tell the parents yet. –

Adam nodded, grabbing his phone from the desk.

-Hey Adam. -Melanie approached his desk, already with the vest on.

Adam nodded at her, while he called Hailey from his cellphone.

-You're feeling better? -she asked him, while she holstered her gun.

-I'm fine. Thanks. – he assured her.

-Upton. – Hailey said on the other side.

-I'm really glad you're better, I was worried about you. -Melanie said and Adam looked at her confused.

-Thank Melanie. I gotta talk to Hailey now. I'll be right out. – he told her, turning his back on her. - Hey babe. –

-She's still worried about you? Sweet. – Hailey said, and Adam could almost see her smile on the other side.

-How are the parents doing? –

-They are hanging in there. Jay texted me about the op. Should I tell them? –

-Not yet. -he told her – I'll get back to you when we finish. –

-Ok. And Adam? –

-Yeah? –

-Be safe. –

-Will do. Be safe too. –

She hanged up and put her right hand over her bump, hoping they could find the girl unharmed. She walked back to the kitchen where the parents were supposed to be, and when she walked in she saw the mother crying.

-Mrs. Grammer, are you ok? – she asked taking a few steps to stand next to her.

-Darling, please leave your gun on the table. Slowly. – a voice she hadn't heard before ordered her. Hailey felt a gun near her back, and she took a deep breath trying to remain calm. – You know, they always send officers to be with the parents, but the first time the officer didn't bother to stay long which made it easier for us. He wasn't half as pretty as you, of course. –

Hailey drew another deep breath, taking her gun slowly of her holster. She left it on the table, as slowly as she could. – I hope you can understand that this is a mistake. My unit is no far from here. – she said before everything went black.


-Sarge, this place is empty. – Kim told Voight as they met in front of the house. Melanie, Jay, Kevin, Antonio, Al, Adam and Kim formed a round near Voight to talk about the case.

-Sarge, this feels like a set up. -Kevin said.

-What do you mean? –

-Like that damn kid gave the information because someone instructed him to do it. He waited a certain amount of time and he delivered the information like a free meal. – Kevin explained his point of view, which made Adam slightly uncomfortable, without knowing why. His partner seemed to be right.

Voight looked down, clearly thinking what do next. He grabbed his phone without adding anything else.

The team kept their eyes on him. The person he was calling certainly wasn't answering.

-All of you, to the Kyle's parents house. Now. Jay, call units there, now. -he ordered while he ran towards his car.

Adam knew what this meant. Hailey wasn't answering.

The drive to the Grammer's was done in record time by all team members and there were police cars already there.

-Talk to me! – Voight roared when he got out of his car, Olinsky behind him.

Adam ran towards the house, without waiting for an answer. The police officers had clearly already looked around and inspected the house, but he was only focused on finding one person.

-I'm fine. I swear. – he heard Hailey's voice and he ran towards her with all of his strength, kneeling in front of his wife when he got there.

-Hailey? – he asked her, looking at her. She had a bandage around her head, but her expression was the same.

-I'm fine. I wasn't hurt. The baby is fine. -she assured him, smiling slightly at him. – I need to talk to Voight. – she told him, standing up. Jay entered the place, followed by Antonio and Kevin. The three men looked at her, clearly worried. – Guys, I'm fine. They hit me in the head. I'll go to the hospital as soon as I talk to Voight. – she told them, so the paramedics could hear her too. – Adam can drive me. –

Ruzek had grabbed his wife's hand and wasn't letting it go, so he followed her in silence, accepting her decision.

They all met in the Grammer's living room, Hailey looking for her boss's eyes.

-Boss. –

-You ok? – Hank asked her, looking up and down at her.

-I'm fine. They hit me in the head and took the parents. –

-Who's they? –

-One of the kidnappers was here. I didn't see his face, but he had a foreign accent. Could be Irish. – she explained, looking around her team. – I was in and out of consciousness, but I heard him pressure the father about some money he had hidden. Don't know if it was true, but he took both of them with him. –

-Alright. Adam, take Hailey to the hospital. The rest of you, talk to the neighbors, see if someone saw something. We'll meet back at the station when you are done. – Voight instructed before moving away.

-Glad you're ok, Hales. – Kim told her, squeezing her shoulder before moving away.

Hailey nodded, dragging Adam away from the house. They got in his car quickly, and she finally looked up at him.

She grabbed his hand one more time, putting it over her belly.

-It's fine, Adam. We're both fine. – she assured him in a whisper, without imagining how hard the last few minutes had been for him.

Adam felt the baby slightly moving inside her and he finally looked up at her. – I was scared. –

-I know, I know. – she told him, caressing his hand with her own. – But we are fine. We are stronger than this. –

He knew he couldn't stop her from working, but inside him he prayed to God that nothing like this would ever happen again.


A few hours later, after going to the hospital and making sure everything was ok with her and the baby, Adam and Hailey headed back towards the precinct. Before walking up the stairs to the bullpen, they met with Jay, who looked worn down.

-Hey, you ok? – Hailey asked him while she approached her partner.

-You guys didn't hear? – Halstead asked them, and when he received shaking heads from both of them, he let a breath out. – They found the Grammer's. –

-What? – Hailey whispered.

-Shots to the head. The three of them. -Jay said, clearly affected by the outcome. – They were found near the river, no sign of the kidnappers. –

It was an awful way to end this case, but the team knew it wasn't the end. The kidnappers would hit again, and they needed to be ready to prevent them from killing more families.


-It's pointless to ask you if you're ok, right? – Adam asked her, looking back at her blonde head. They were lying in her bed, Hailey with her back turned while Adam hugged her and caressed her belly. Their now bedroom was completely dark, and none of them had moved from that position since arriving home.

-The mother loved Kyle. -Hailey said. – It was obvious both parents loved her and did their best to protect her. And it still wasn't enough. Even we couldn't do anything to help her. –

-We are going to catch them, I promise you babe. – Adam assured her, kissing the back of her head.

-I know. – Hailey whispered, nodding once. – I know. – she and her team would bring those assholes down.