"I volunteer for this mission, ma'am."
Captain Ruiz glanced at her Sergeant, Boyd, who was standing behind her and Junior Detective Holten. But she merely raised an eyebrow. There was no emotion, no questioning face, nothing. Just the usual expression on Boyd's face that says "I don't care if she's too young, will she go through this mission professional or not?"
She could not believe out of all her staff members, the youngest one had to be the one to go on this mission. "Are you sure?", she asked again, eyeing the younger one worried.
"I am, Captain.", the 23-year old Detective said stubbornly and brave. But the Captain shook her head again. "Do you know what you get yourself into?" The junior Detective nodded. "Yes, I am." Lisa sighed.
"Alright. But be careful and watch yourself."
The Captain had decided that they need to carry out an undercover mission after the man they interviewed last week had been murdered.
She sighed again, being unsure to let her youngest team member go. "Okay. Listen, you will go undercover with Ross and Nichols." The blonde in front of her tripped somewhat nervous from one side to the other. "Why them?" "They're our only male detectives, if you didn't notice by now. Got a problem with that?", Sergeant Boyd teased. Melinda was always the type to tease young Detectives who, in Melinda's opinion, didn't know what they got theirselves into.
"So we will play the victims?" "That's right. You will lure our perp into a trap." The young, blonde woman nodded. "I'll better get to the barber." Captain Ruiz raised an eyebrow. "I'll dye my hair. To my own protection and... don't you remember? All the female victims had black hair.", the Junior Det. mumbled low.
New York, 2009
"So you really got on this undercover mission?", a dark, male voice asked from behind. Alex and Vanessa were so occupied with their conversation, they didn't even notice that Bobby joined them. The male Det. was looking at his partner, Alex, with concern in his eyes. "Excuse us for a moment.", she said, leaving Holten behind at the bar.
"What happened? What did you?", she immediately asked her partner. "Nothin', nothin'. Except... Alex, listen. Something went terribly wrong.." "What?" "Let me speak!", Bobby sighed, he was nervous because Vanessa was still sitting just a few meter away from them. "On that undercover mission. Something went wrong." "How do you know?" "First, I read an article about it. It was short. And I think I know why." Alex slightly pushed him. "Tell me already!" "Yes, yes! There are no entries about that mission in our database. Absolutely nothing. There is nothing even registered about an undercover mission that happended that year, and nothing about Nichols, Ross or Holten going on a mission." "Maybe it was of such importance and needed to be secured. Maybe that's why."
"Oh c'mon. You really think that? Alex, it was a common police mission. I say something went wrong the days they all were undercover." "Bobby, listen to me, you can't just-"
"He's right." Alex immediately stopped talking. And she was shocked the moment she heard that voice. "Ness, let me explain-", Bobby started, but Holten kept interrupting. "You don't need to explain anything." She was calm, which was good for Alex and Bobby.
"Will you tell us?", Goren asked, with a excusing face. Holten nodded and told them to get back to the bar.