A/N: Again if you recognize anything its from the episode and not mineJ

Chapter 10:

Manhattanhenge

Mac walked out from the old building in Flushing Meadows he had just collected trace from and headed back towards the Unisphere; he spotted Stella and headed towards her.

"The trace we found on the bottom of Hollis Eckhart's shoes is a definite match to the old building," Mac stated pointing to where he had just came from.

"We know the Compass Killer is here somewhere," Stella replied placing her kit on the ground.

"Question is where?" Mac responded.

"We've had the park locked down since last night. No one is getting in or out without going by us first," Flack stated approaching Mac and Stella with Angell right behind him.

"We have canine, foot petrol, you name it," Angell said. "Eckhart is here somewhere: we just have to find him."

Air surveillance circled them and Mac walked away from the group and returned a moment later holding an inferred tracker. "Going high tech, huh?" Flack joked.

"Eckhart has 12,000 acres to hide in here. Maybe the inferred camera in that chopper can finally help us flush him out of Flushing Meadows," Mac said clicking the tracker to look through areas in the park.

"We have an unusually high heat source in the north-west corner," the pilot of the helicopter radioed out.

The detectives started to walk in that direction being led by Mac. They came to a stop about ten yards from where they started; this was the spot the tracker indicated the heat source was coming from. "Do you see anything?" Angell asked looking around. It didn't make sense there was nothing: only a clearing.

"No," both Stella and Flack said together.

Mac walked away from the group. Something had gripped his attention. The three detectives followed him until he stopped in front of a manhole that had been moved.

"You think he went down there?" Jess asked.

"We are about to find out," Mac stated.

Mac and Flack pulled the cover off the manhole completely. Mac flashed his light down. "Go get your vests because we're going exploring," he ordered.

Jess took one look down the tunnel. "Umm I think I'll let you men handle this," she joked. "I'll contact water and sewer and see where this goes." Mac gave her a surprised look. "Oh come on… you're not going to make me go with you down there with all the rats." she laughed.


"We lost Eckhart in the park shortly after midnight," Mac educated Flack, Angell, and Danny. "He clearly hid down here; he might have left within minutes of our arriving, so I want every storm and sewer in the park's vicinity searched. He could still be in one of these tunnels."

"Armed and dangerous," Flack added putting in his ear piece.

"Got it Mac," Danny said smiling. He was happy to have finally been cleared by the doctor to return to active duty and he was excited about this chase: he had missed this part of the job.

"You guys be careful," Mac warned.

"I got my sea legs. I'm good," Danny smiled.

Danny headed out of the tunnel in front of Jess and Don, but they were right behind.

"You need to be careful too," Don told Jess as they stepped out of Eckhart's underground apartment.

"I will," Jess replied. "Stay objective; it's more dangerous for all of us if your mind is on me. Besides, I can take care of myself, that hasn't changed."

Flack walked ahead and the three started to walk down the tunnel with their guns drawn. The tunnels were silent and empty until they rounded a corner; Danny spotted a figure bent over wearing a green hoodie: the exact same thing Eckhart was last seen wearing. Danny looked back at Don and Jess then back at the figure. "NYPD, show me your hands," he shouted.

Instead of doing what he was told, the man looked up before turning and starting to run. "Adam," Danny called knowing Adam had audio and video on them, "we're pursuing the suspect around 126th."

"Don't let him get away," Mac ordered over the feed. "Take him down if you have to."

"No clean shot," Danny yelled.

They came to the end of the tunnel as their suspect climbed the ladder up and out of the sewer. Danny, Don, and Jess climbed up right behind him getting onto the street. Jess looked around. "Lost visual," she muttered. "Adam, where did he go?"

"Guys, he's half a block up Willows Point," Mac replied.

Danny, Don, and Jess split up and headed in three different directions all listening to where Mac directed them: a back alley between 37th and 38th. Danny approached from the front of the alley while Jess and Don came from the back. Danny pointed to where the suspect was hiding. "Hands on your head," Danny called as Flack walked up and pulled their suspect out and cuffed him.

"Damn it! It's not him," Jess said getting a clear look at his face for the first time since the chase began. "I repeat it's not Eckhart," she said into her wire.

"I did nothing wrong," their suspect said.

"All right, what's your name?" Jess asked.

"Leonard," he replied.

"Okay, Leonard. Why were you down in the sewers?" Jess demanded.

Leonard looked terrified, "To get warm."

"So why did you run?" Flack inquired.

"Because I was scared. Some guy already got the jump on me once today," Leonard explained.

Jess looked at Don, "Eckhart."

"Get a good look at him?" Don asked.

"Yeah," Leonard replied. "He looked like a horror movie is all I can say. But after he calmed down it looked like he felt bad. He gave me his hoodie."

"That jacket?" Danny asked. Leonard nodded. "A'right hand it over."

"Serious," Leonard stated but he knew the detectives were very serious so he took the hoodie off and passed it to them.

Danny handed it off to Flack and took off his own jacket. "Here, Man," he said passing it to Leonard.

"Thanks," he replied.

The three walked away confident Leonard knew nothing else. "That was nice," Flack commented.

"I'm back," Danny smiled.

"Great feeling, isn't it?" Jess smiled too.


Jess sat at her desk. After the chase through the sewer, she and Don had come back to the station. As of now, no one had any more leads on where Eckhart could be. She sighed and opened the folder that was sitting on her desk and started to read through the misconduct papers Cade's lawyer had filed with IA. What a bunch of crap, Jess thought to herself tossing the file back on her desk, getting up, and walking over to O'Bryan's office. She lightly knocked until she heard O'Bryan call, "Come in."

Jess opened the door and entered before shutting the door behind her. "Angell," O'Bryan addressed her, "How's the Compass killer investigation going?"

"Nowhere," Jess answered taking a seat. "Umm…have you talk to IA? Is Malley planning on contacting me to take my statement? Why hasn't IA put me on modified duty? I haven't contacted my union rep yet, but I probably should do that right?"

"Jessica, you're rambling," O'Bryan pointed out.

"This is serious Sir, I don't know what I should be doing to fight this," Jess stated. "I've never been investigated by IA before."

"First, you need to calm down," O'Bryan suggested.

"Calm down; I am calm considering the sadistic son of a bitch who killed my partner, almost killed Nick and me is going after my badge," Jess retorted.

"Yeah, that's calm." O'Bryan stated, "You cannot talk like that to IA, you may think it but hold your tongue. Do not make it look like you hold any anger or resentment towards Cade. It will not look good."

"I know," Jess replied. "Pete, how much trouble am I in?"

"You should contact your union rep," O'Bryan stated deflecting her question.

"That much, huh?" Jess asked.

"Fight it," O'Bryan declared. "And remember I always have my detectives' backs; especially when they did nothing wrong."

"Thanks, O'Bryan," Jess smiled getting up from the chair and exiting the office. She made her way back over to her desk to find Don sitting in her chair waiting for her. "Got something?" she asked.

"Dispatch just reported a robbery at a hardwood store on 23rd. Turns out all that was taken was 3ft of rope," Don explained.

"Sounds like Eckhart," Jess said. "You should take Danny with you. Looks like Ruby wants me," she continued seeing Ruby enter the bullpen.


"Don, wait up," Jess called coming out from the precinct.

Don stopped by the car and waited for her to catch up. "I heard that you guys narrowed down where Eckhart could be," Jess said

"Yeah, but we still don't have an exact location or a target. Hawkes and Lindsay are working on it," Don replied. "We're just running on Mac's gut and previous patterns."

Jess smiled and walked around the car and open the door to the passenger side. "Let's go," Jess said.

"Jess," Don said, "I don't know if you should…"

"I'm coming," Jess stated getting into the car. "Don't argue with me."

Don sighed and got into the car and drove away. Jess hit the sirens as they neared the west side and got Mac on speaker so they could communicate with each other as more information came in. "Flack, what's your 20?" Mac asked.

"Umm, we're headed up eighth and Danny is over on Hudson Parkway," Don answered pulling up to construction road block. "No, no," Flack said, "Come on move."

"They aren't going to move," Jess stated. Don looked over at her knowing she was right; he pulled his wheel right and pulled the car up on the curb to get around it.

They raced down the streets of New York until Angell got a visual on Mac chasing Eckhart down the street. "There," Jess pointed as the sun shone so brightly it nearly blinded her. Don sharply turned the wheel pulling the car right into Eckhart's line of escape forcing him to stop. Flack and Angell jumped out of the car in time to see Eckhart point a gun to his head. "Drop it!" Flack called.

Jess doubted that would work; Eckhart was suicidal driven by the murder of his wife. This was exactly what he wanted. Jess pulled her weapon, "Hands in the air! Now!"

Eckhart looked around; he was obviously disoriented. Then, he started to do something strange: he started to talk to himself, "If you hadn't been in my office you would still be here. No, you're gone. That bastard killed you, just like the man that sold him the gun, like the shrink who should have warned his wife, the guard who should have stopped him from coming in. But I'm just as much to blame as them, don't you see that. I have to do this. There is nothing left here for me."

"You're wrong," Jess said. "Listen to Calliope, we can help you."

"I've lost my wife too," Mac called. "She never really left me and I promise you Calliope won't leave you either. Now just put the gun down."

Eckhart slowly dropped the gun and got on his knees; Mac and Flack approached him and Mac cuffed him.

Angell looked at her watch. "You two got this?" she asked. "I got to get back to the precinct to meet with IA."

"We got it," Flack replied.


Jess walked into Wolfgang's; the place was buzzing tonight. She spotted the team sitting at their table as the hostess escorted her over there. "You're late," Stella told her.

"Story of my life," Jess smiled sitting down in the extra chair next to Don. "Sorry but it was for a good reason."

The waitress came over with the tray full of food. "I knew you would be late," Don told her. "I went ahead and ordered for you."

"Thank you," Jess replied. Once everyone had food in front of them and Danny had the ice on his back, Mac stood for a toast, "Here's to a great team and to getting Hollis Eckhart off the streets."

"Cheers," the team called clicking their glasses together.

"Good news," Hawkes announced, "as off tomorrow I'll be in my own apartment."

"Does that mean I get my couch back?" Mac joked.

"It comes unfurnished," Hawkes teased.

A round of congratulations went around. "Wait," Stella said. "Jess doesn't have anything to toast with."

"My water is good," Jess smiled.

"So you're just drinking water tonight," Don said trying to confirm something and not being very subtle about it.

Jess glared her eyes at him. "Why were you late again?" Lindsay asked.

"Oh, I had a few things to do," Jess stated grinning. "Like getting all charges from IA dropped and getting Ruby to finally sign my form to get me off restricted duty." She stopped and bit her lip and looked at Don; she wanted to make sure he was fine with her telling before she did.

"It is up to you," Don said.

"And I had a doctor's appointment to confirm my suspicious that I'm pregnant," Jess finished.


A/N: So now that there is going to be a baby Flack, I'm going to put a poll on my profile soon so everyone can vote on the sex of the baby. This is how I'm going to decide so please go vote.