Chapter Twelve: Christmas
Rosa watched as Jake was pulled into the office with Holt and the Deputy Chief. She hoped it was nothing serious. But they did not come out for a long time. Her eyes kept flicking to the office as she did her work, until the door opened and the Chief walked out. Closing the door behind him, leaving Jake and Holt inside.
It was a short while later that Amy pulled her into the briefing room, Rosa noticed that Jake had already been excused.
"So... If Peralta, Boyle and the Sergeant are out..." Rosa asked as Amy let her go too. Rosa's mind only thinking about why Jake was not doing it. She was dismissed and returned to her seat, where she could keep an eye on Holt's office door. She was bummed to see that Jake and Holt had left his office whilst she was in the briefing.
"Stupid Amy" Rosa muttered to herself, sitting back at her desk, and trying to focus on her work, and ignore the nagging questions in her mind.
It was about an hour later when her phone vibrated in her pocket, pulling it out she received a text from Jake.
Have to help Holt. He's been sent death threats. I'm sure I'll bring you all in later on, but for now we're in a secret location, I'm safe, but I don't know when I'll be home. Xx
Rosa knew better than to reply, but she relaxed a bit knowing that he was safe.
After Jake had worked out who was the killer, with albeit a little help from Holt and Charles, he helped managed to convince Holt to bring in the Nine-Nine, and with some difficulty, they returned to the precinct.
Walking into the Bullpen, Rosa was first to see them. Noticing the fact that they were locked together, she grabbed her key, and separated them.
"You alright?" She asked Jake
"Yeah. I'll explain later" He promised, as he called the squad into the briefing room.
"Squad. Holt greeted, as everyone was sat down. He closed the door. "Claim your overtime. We have a serious matter at hands" Holt said "I have been receiving some death threats from a criminal I arrested, who has recently gotten out. I have reason to believe that this is a serious case, and I assigned Detective Peralta to be my security escort" Holt said. Rosa looked to Jake who was sat beside her
"We're going to need you all, to help track him down, and find him. Tonight" Jake said, seriousness in his voice.
"Diaz, I want you to track his cell phone. Santiago, analyse his associates. Hitchcock and Scully... Coffee? Boyle, check Ossining, and find if or when he was taken out. Holt and will continue our investigation following on leads" Jake said.
About half an hour later, Jake walked to the front of the briefing toom.
"All right. Let's go. Updates. Santiago?" Jake asked
"Looking into Haimes' associates. Nothing yet" She said
"Boyle?" He asked.
"Uh, some intel coming in from Ossining... Haimes was released 2 weeks ago" Boyle said
"Good. Hitchcock and Scully, update on your secret project?" Jake asked
"Hazelnut coffee will be ready in 5 minutes" Scully said
"Sumatra's ready to go" Hitchcock added
"Keep me updated" Jake said
"Warrant for the phone trace came through, we got Haimes' number. And the last coordinates from its GPS. The rail yards" She said
"Alright we got him. Everyone suit up!" Jake said. Rosa bit her lip. She loved his powerful voice.
They suited up and made their way to the rail yard in their cars. Once there, Jake briefed them.
"Santiago, Diaz, Boyle. Take East, Going South. Hitchcock, Scully, Man the radio. Holt and I will go West heading North. Radio's to channel 3, we reconvene at the command point, which is Hitchcock and Scully" He said authoritatively. Rosa again looked at him with lust. She had a job to do. She knew that she could do her job while turned on. Hell, she's been doing it for the last 12 years. But she knew that once he had a taste of authority, he would dominate her hard tonight.
"Go, go, GO!" Jake called and they separated.
Rosa walked around when a noise made her jump.
"That is Haimes' phone. Converge on that ringtone" Jake said quietly through the radio. They made their way closer. Theys saw him. Amy radioed his location and direction of movement, telling Charles and Rosa to go one way whilst she cut him off from the other side.
Jake jumped out of his skin where he heard gun shots. They came from the South side, where he had sent Rosa.
'No! Please No!' He thought. Praying that it was not Rosa that was shot. They went to follow gun shots when they were jumped by Haimes. Jake was ready! He was ready to pounce. His mind still worried about the gun shots.
Terry ran in and diffused the Himes problem, but Jake was eager to go. To see if she was ok. When her voice came through the radio. Panicked. Rushed. His heart stopped
"I need an ambulance!" She called.
'No! No, no, NO!' Jake thought At least she's alive, but if she got hurt because of him, he would never forgive himself!
"Boyle's down!" She finished. Jake's body let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. For the brief glimmer of a moment, he relaxed knowing that she was ok, and it wasn't her that was injured. Before he tensed up again, realising that Charles had been shot. They ran off, leaving Terry to arrest Haimes.
Finding Boyle and Rosa, they already heard sirens. Hitchcock and Scully must have called the ambulance. Amy helped Terry arrest Haimes and bring him back to the precinct, whilst Jake pulled Rosa over to one side. Away from Charles
"Are you ok?" he asked, looking into her eyes. Knowing that she would not lie to him if he looked at her so intimately, that was also why he pulled her away Front he rest, she could be herself She didn't have to stay tough, to hold her usual persona. She could be honest.
"He pointed the gun at me Jake. Boyle could have died tonight because of me" she said slowly
"Are you hurt." He asked
"No" she confirmed.
"Good?" He said leaning in and kissing her.
"We have to take Boyle to the hospital, but as soon as I can, I'm getting you alone" He promised
"Good?" He said leaning in and kissing her, her breathlessness evident against him.
"We need to get to the hospital, but I want to talk to you later, alone" He said
"Ok" she agreed. Jake knew that she was shaken up, but this was not the first time she had seen someone get shot in front of her, she knew this was not the first time she had seen a police officer shot. Although this time Boyle survived, the last one didn't.
She relaxed a bit back in the car, as Jake sat beside her. Amy had insisted on taking a ride with Holt, so she took a ride with Jake, following the ambulance
"I was so worried" He said, breaking the silence. She turned to him. "When you said that you needed an ambulance. My heart stopped Rosa. The thought of you being in danger, or hurt it... It killed me. I know how good you are. I know just how incredible you are at what you do, which just made it harder." He said. More silence
"And now... Now I just feel guilt, at Charles getting hurt. But also... The amount of relief I had when I found out it was him who had been shot. Not you" Jake said. Rosa said nothing but brought her hand over and placed it on his. Jake looked over and saw a single tear from her eye.
"He'll be ok, right?" she asked quietly
"I hope so" Jake replied. Once more, silence filled the car as they arrived at the hospital. The squad sitting in the waiting room, Terry walked in soon after. He had left early to process Haimes. Now back at the hospital, he joined the room of silent, contemplating detectives. Jake sat beside Rosa. Desperate to pull her into his lap, and kiss her. Not in an erotic way, but an intimate one. One to make her know just how much he cared. One to show her just how much he worried. But he was able to hold back, and resist. He was able to fight off his urge. He was still close enough to her though. He could almost feel her body heat.
The nurse came and said that Boyle was alright, and that they could go and see him. Gathered around his bed, they
"You know, everyone should just go home and enjoy your Christmas. You don't need to stick around here for me" He said
"Shut up, no one's going anywhere" Jake said, standing beside Rosa "What you did was amazing" He said
"Yeah Boyle, that was some superman stuff" Amy chimed in
"You did the Nine-Nine proud" Holt replied
"No ifs, ands, or butts" Jake said trying to use humour to aleviate some of the tension, then trying to justify it. Rosa elbowed him
"I have to tell you guys something" Charles said "Even though I got shot, I'd rather be here spending Christmas with all of you, than on some stupid single's cruise" Charles said, before Jake interjected with another butt joke.
"Shut up Jake" Rosa said punching him. Hard. He looked at her. Questioningly, wondering if she was actually pissed. "Boyle's a hero" She said sternly. He looked at her.
"And so is his butt" She added with a smile. Jake smiled too, knowing that she wasn't actually pissed.
The nurse came around soon after and kicked the squad out. Thye bid goodbye to Charles and went home. Jake offering to give Rosa a left back.
Once back at her place, they walked inside.
"Fuck" Rosa said, as she closed the door and leant against it.
"One hell of a day eh?" Jake asked
"You can say that again" She replied. He walked up to her, stopping close.
"Are you really ok?" He asked
"Yeah. Thank you" She said. He leant down and kissed her softly
"I don't know what I would have done if it were you in his shoes" Jake admitted
"Really?" She asked, her heart swelling at his words
"Yeah. Our secret would be blown, that's for sure" Jake said
"Oh really?" she asked,
"Definitely. If you were laying there, injured. There's no way I would be able to hold back. I would be in the ambulance. I would be there, as soon as you came out of surgery. I would be there as soon as you woke up. I wouldn't leave. The nurse could try all she wanted but I would not leave your side. I would kiss you. I would hold you. I wouldn't care that the Nine-nine was watching" He said Rosa leant in and kissed him.
"Come on" He said pulling her to her room. For once, only wanting to sleep, not to get off.