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Chapter 4:

21st District Rollup

Both Jay and Hank looked wide-eyed hearing that Erin was capable of this. The last they had heard Erin was working in New York as part of a Task Force (1) but ever since then they were left with questions what had been going on even Lt Benson wasn't even aware of what's been going on either.

Jay hadn't been taking Erin leaving well, his PTSD had gotten worse and everything else however was struggling to stay in place for him but Hank Voight had helped him through it in the end giving him tough love. Both men decided to find the words to speak and Jay found it first saying, "No… it… it can't be Lindsay wouldn't do this! She… she wouldn't! Right Sarge?" "No, she wouldn't kid, she wouldn't" Lang then said as he sighed, "I'm sorry Sgt, but it is true" "How though?" "3 months ago, she was leading a team to take down the Devil Dog's Cartel… it was supposed to be simple search and destroy operation but something went wrong and she ended up getting captured and tortured for information" "Her team?" "They were ok, she covered the team and allowed them to escape but we couldn't risk sending a second team in to rescue her" Hank just felt like he had to sit down as he rested his elbows on his knees as he ran a hand through his hair as Lang continued, "The torture methods used had broken her mind she used force and some of the worse methods of torture known to man to any undercovers we had put in, overtime she had become feared and rallied everyone, the Russians, the Colombians, the Chinese and expanded into terrorism" Jay looked up from his pacing and instantly went of the edge as he near slammed the door off the cage in anger as he shouted, "FUCK!"

Hearing Lang speak was about enough time for Jay to simply head to the armoury and pick up an M4 ready to pound on Bunny's door and dishing out his blunt tactics of interrogation as Hank stood up and said, "Jay don't do this" "No Sarge this ends, I'm gonna kill that bitch Bunny and I don't care who I have to kill to get to her" "Jay you aren't thinking things through take some time and think things through I'll talk with the higher ups and see what course of action will be taken" Hank then looked at Jay into his blue eyes seeing the torment behind them as Hank took the M4 from Jay and said, "It hurts kid, I know take the day off I'll call you back in the morning" "Yes Sarge."

Jay then left the rollup and headed for the bullpen as he raced for his desk to pick up his jacket as everyone else looked on seeing the scene in front of them all wondering the same thing,

"What had pissed in Jay's coffee?"

An hour after Jay had left Hank then finished talking with Agents Lang and Reagan of the DEA and FBI he came up the stairs and looked to Alvin signalling for the office as Alvin nodded and headed into the office shutting the door behind him as Hank signalled for Alvin to take a seat as Hank took a breath before speaking, "The Cartel behind is known as the Devil Dog's Cartel" "Ok" "They have built alliances with the Russians, the Colombians, the Chinese and have expanded into Terrorism" "Holy… listen, what's going on with Jay?" "The leader of the Cartel is going to hit everyone hard but I need to tell you before I announce it. Alright?" "Alright who is it?" "It's Erin" "Erin Lindsay?" "Yeah, the very same" "Holy, are you certain" "Heard the truth from Agent Lang myself" "How did it happen?" "3 months ago, she was leading a team to take down the Devil Dog's Cartel and something went wrong, she covered her team but she was captured and I assume you can fill in the details" "She was tortured, mind was broken and quickly turned to the dark side and rose through the ranks" "Yeah, that's about it" "Why did Jay storm out of here with darkness on his face" "He planned on torturing Bunny making sure she had told him everything before he killed her" "Erin won't like that" "Luckily I spared her, but after that I ain't going to let her live" "Alright, what do we do about this?" "I'll need you to check in with our contact in Colombia, check the safehouse is in working order" "Alright, after shift I'll check on Jay, Meredith was thinking about inviting him over for dinner she was" "Ok, do so."

Alvin left the office picking his phone up and going into a hallway to make a call as Hank left the office and said, "Alright everyone can I have your attention?" every head turned towards Hank as he began to explain the Cartel and who was leading them, at first everyone was stunned, heartbroken, their expressions unreadable and it was understandable.

It was silence until Adam spoke up, "What happens with Lindsay?" "I don't know yet, but until we know further I will let you know" everyone nodded as he heard the phone in his office ring as he went to answer it.

He picked it up and said, "Voight?" he listened into the phone and gave his answer, "Yes Sir, I'll be down in 1 hour" Hank put down the phone and picked his Jacket up and exited the office as he said to Antonio, "Antonio, handle the squad till I get back. Ivory Tower has called me down" "Yes Sarge" Hank then left the building.

Jay Halstead's Apartment

Jay had gotten back to his apartment in a hurry and instantly headed for his fridge pulling out a beer as he pulled out his mother's engagement ring (2) from the table as he looked at it before pulling out a leather book, in it were pictures of him and Erin Lindsay as he looked at them tears in his eyes as he stared at the one of him and Lindsay at his High School reunion he smiled as he remembered the memory well.

Long story short Jay was dancing funny and Erin thought it was funny to take a picture of him she had showed to all of Intelligence who had gotten a kick out of it and so did Platt who jumped at the chance to humiliate him.

His thoughts were interrupted as a knock at the door brought him back to it as he walked towards it gun drawn as he looked through the peephole seeing Alvin outside as he opened it saying, "Hey man" "Hey, heard you went home" "Take it Voight told you" "Yeah he did, he told the team as well they ain't taking this well, nor is Burgess either" "It's hard on everyone hearing your own family is leading a drug cartel" "Yeah it is. Hey you want to come over for Dinner tonight?" "Meredith inviting me?" Alvin smiled seeing the younger man's detective instincts worked a treat as Jay then said, "I'm in, should I dress smart" "Well unless you plan on coming like that, eat in the garage" Alvin motioned at Jay's current clothing seeing him in torn jeans and a pictured shirt. Jay nodded and said, "What time?" "5:30" "Alright" Alvin then let himself out and walked away from the apartment.

1 hour later at the Ivory Tower

Hank was in conference with the chiefs and the DEA and FBI officials dressed in his dress uniform as he said, "Chief Fischer I believe we have a plan on what to do with the current threat to Chicago" "Yes we have Sgt Voight, it appears from what the Feds have told us is substantial considering the amount of damage that could be unleashed on Chicago if the Cartel continues to remain in business" "Indeed, they have already killed Chief Lugo and murdered a Chief in New York City and already we are demanding blood" "Unfortunately all our options are touch and go. Nor can we risk an assault and endanger the lives of every CPD officer if we bring the Cartels into the city" "What about a team of DEA, FBI and CPD officers selected of course head to the cartel and engage in guerrilla warfare against the Cartel" soon one chief spoke up "Be that as it maybe Sgt Voight, we can't risk a strategy this bold" "How about I recommend someone?" "Who?" "My Intelligence officer, Jay Halstead" "Out of the question" "Chiefs with all due respect, Jay Halstead has experience with dealing with these types of men, he served overseas with the Army Rangers and is a man with many skills he can do this sir" everyone looked around table until Denny Woods said, "I agree with Sgt Voight, he says his man can do it then I have no doubts about it" Hank had always been suspicious of Denny he tried to turn Adam against Hank and did a number of questionable acts during their time as partners as everyone conferred until Chief Fischer then said, "Sgt Voight, we'll speak about this in conference would you mind waiting outside?" "Yes Sir" Hank then stood up and stood to attention as he left the conference room going to the break room getting a glass of water as he looked at the wall of officers fallen during the line of duty as he looked at the name "Richard Voight" it still hurt him hearing his father who fell during the line of duty when he was a kid (3).

It had been 30 minutes of standing around until he saw Chief Fischer appear out the door, "Sgt, come on back in" Hank then followed the Chief back into the room and sat down as Chief Ramsey then said, "Sgt Voight, we give your Detective Halstead the go ahead to take down the Cartel it was thanks to Chief Fischer that we now have our next course of action" "Yes Sir. He won't let you down."

5:30 on the dot at Alvin Olinsky's house

Jay had gotten out of his car and walked towards the front door holding a bottle of Scotch in his hand, he looked smart wearing a Dark shirt wearing dark slacks and his smart shoes as he knocked he was still wondering whether he should have called it for another night but instead he was ready to go through with it.

The door opened and Meredith appeared at the door she looked at the Intelligence men as if they were the sons she never had as she smiled, "Hello Jay" "Hi Meredith, you look lovely" "Bet you say that all the time to the girls" "Not really" Meredith swatted him in the arm as she gave him a peck on the cheek as Alvin came from the Kitchen saying, "Hey buddy" "Hey, I figured I bring a gift for you and Meredith" "Ah, you didn't have to" "I wanted to be kind" Meredith then said, "We appreciate it Jay, would you like some?" "Yes ma'am, can I have a bit of ice with it please?" "Yes of course. Alvin pour the drinks I'll check on dinner" "Dinner will be in 5 minutes" Alvin said. Alvin then waited for her to go into the kitchen as he whispered to Jay, "Ivory Tower called Voight in to tell him what the next course of action regarding the Cartel was" "Did he hear back?" "Yeah, he did, you are wanted in his office in the morning" "Alright" Alvin poured both him and Jay the scotch and clinked their glasses together as they drank a bit each before Meredith joined them, "So Jay, Alvin says you served in the Army?" "Yes, I did, I did with the Army Rangers in 07-08" "You must have had it rough" "Yeah, I did made it back with my friend and colleague Mouse who works with me and Alvin, we were the last two members of our platoon to come home" "Survivors guilt" "Yeah".

Meredith then checked on dinner and it was ready as she brought it out with Alvin helping her as they sat down saying Grace before eating Spaghetti Bolognese Jay had then reached over for the Garlic bread and took a piece of it and dipped it into the sauce which tasted good as Jay tried to determine the secret behind it as he said, "Mrs Olinsky your sauce is quite lovely, do you have a secret ingredient for it?" "Well it's only just the average sauce you always find but I do have my secrets" "My mother had the same food secrets as well couldn't even try to figure it out" "Your mother sounds like a lovely person" "Yeah, she passed away from Cancer a couple years ago" "I'm sorry" "Me too, I find it hard just thinking about it, the only person I have left is Will" "The doctor who looked after Lexi?" "Yes, but I have my intelligence family as well" "Alvin was very lucky to have you and the team around him" "He always believed family was important" "I believe the same values as well ma'am" "I know" the dinner had been a good affair as Meredith shared some of her tales on how she met Alvin.

Somewhere over the United States 3 days later

He was staring up into the ceiling Jay Halstead was looking up he couldn't see but he heard a Helicopter rotor going as Alvin shouted out, "He's losing too much blood!" "Put pressure on it quickly, here take my shirt" Jay then blacked out again from the pain.

Present Day

Jay had woken up in a state of distress and it had been growing ever since he found out about Erin Lindsay being in charge of a Cartel he then wrote down in his journal about the nightmare he had, it was about him dying in cold blood he was in a helicopter and he was bleeding out with Alvin and Hank with him next to him he tried to figure out what it meant but had no answer. He showered, dressed and made his way to the district making his way to the Bullpen seeing Adam already there as Jay said, "Hey man" "Hey how was dinner with Al last night?" "How'd you know about it?" "Me and Al talked on the way over and me and Burgess are going over in 2 days" "You and Burgess getting back together?" "We are talking it out" "The best advice, go for it" "You sure" "Make your happiness man" Adam and Jay smiled as Hank came out and said, "Hey Jay come in for a moment" "Yes Sarge".

Jay put his jacket down and headed into Hank's office where Alvin was in there waiting, "What's going on Sarge?" "What did Al tell you?" "Only told me you wanted to speak to me today and that was it" "This just came down from the chief's office, they have declared Erin Lindsay a threat to the CPD and to Chicago" "I take it, I'm going undercover" "No that won't happen. She'll spot you like that, we're going to destroy the cartel and kill Lindsay" "Why not bring her back?" "Wouldn't work that way so we have to go to Colombia to kill her" Alvin chimed in as he said, "We have a safehouse in Colombia, from back in the day, it's got weapons, a view of the compound where the Devil Dog's Cartel are".

Jay nodded as he looked back at Hank who then said, "You can refuse this mission if you want but I think you are the best man for this" "You want me to go to Colombia on my own?" "No backup involved this is only going to be your mission" "It's a one-way trip" "Exactly" Jay nodded ordinarily he would say no but this involved the woman who he loved or used to love and it would kill him if somebody else did the shooting as he nodded.

"Alright I'm in, I'll do it"

S4E023 – Erin Lindsay said goodbye to Chicago and went to work in the FBI Counter Terrorism Task Force under the directory of Special Agent Jennifer Spencer.

S4E023 – Jay Halstead's mother's ring, I guess he kept it as a reminder and didn't put it back in the safety box when Will gave it to him.

S1E014 – Hank Voight comforted Eva and Diego Dawson when Antonio was shot by Pulpo I guess Hank still takes some time to visit the Chicago wall Memorial for all the officers that died in the line of duty.

So Jay is going to Colombia on his own but will he be committed to destroying the cartel or will he have his doubts about it?

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