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Chris and Street both fall onto the sofa, exhausted.
"My goodness, I'm exhausted. Ever since we got this case, I feel like we've been at HQ longer every day." Street states.
"Yeah, it's really a lot right now. And it's pure chaos here." Chris sees all of her boyfriend's boxes and cartons sitting in her apartment. "I wonder if we'll ever get done." She has to grin and snuggles up to him.
"Sure, we'll get there." He kisses her on the forehead and takes her in his arms. "Do you think Will is really ready for such a big job?" He wants to know.
"Yeah, why wouldn't he be? Are you worried?" She looks up at him and frowns.
"A little, maybe. You know as well as I do how badass a case like this can get and he's still so inexperienced. I mean, I wouldn't put it past him, but undercover with SWAT is another story. You know what I mean?" He looks at her now, too.
"I know what you mean. But he can handle it, I'm sure of it. Believe in him." She smiles at him and pulls him to her by the shirt collar to kiss him.
"Mmm that's good. Shower?" He raises an eyebrow, waiting for an answer.
"Nothing I'd like better." She stands up and pulls him into the bathroom with her.
William has been undercover for three days now and everything is going as planned. He has earned the trust of Diaz's men and tonight he is to accompany Diaz on a big deal. In a secret place, Will meets with the teams.
"So guys listen up. Tonight at 7:00 pm the deal is supposed to go down. They're coming to the warehouse at the old port. I'm supposed to do the deal with Diaz, he wants to see how talented I am that way." He informs the others.
"Ok that sounds great. Then hopefully we can take Diaz and his men down. You get some rest now Will and the rest of us will head back to HQ and get everything ready. I'll check with Hicks to make sure the other division guys are there to support, because we can't arrest that many suspects."
It's 6:30 pm and 20 - David and 50 - David are more than ready. The colleagues from the other division are staying in the background and will not intervene until Hicks gives the command. William will come right in with Diaz, as he wants to meet with him first to go over the details.
"Now we're getting serious." Street takes a deep breath.
"Hey, everything's going to be fine. Will's doing great." Chris tries to reassure him. She can tell he's worried. "The warehouse is huge, so I hope we catch these guys quickly." She adds. The teams split up and position themselves in four different spots. As four cars pull up, everyone's tension rises.
"Everyone in position, let´s go." Hondo whispers into his radio.
Everything happens very quickly now. After Hondo's go, the teams storm the big hall and a jumbled voices can be heard everywhere. Diaz's men try to escape, but Luca, Deacon, Tan and Rocker's guys are faster.
"Street, Chris, go. Diaz is trying to escape!" Shouts Hondo to them and they run after him.
"Street, you on the left, me on the right. Let's try to surround him from both sides." She calls out to him and he nods. They have lost sight of him because there are several floors in the hall. Suddenly they hear a clang from the upper level and rush up.
"Diaz stop! We've got you, there's no point in running." Shouts Street after him.
"You'll never catch me!" He shouts angrily and keeps running. But what he didn't count on is that Chris is behind the door he is about to run out of. She takes her gun and slams it into his back.
"Aaaaaah!" And he goes down.
"Code 4, suspect in custody." She announces through her radio. Street is immediately with her and leads him away. Once at the exit of the hall, they hand him off to a fellow officer as Rocker comes running.
"Hey, there's probably another one of his men in there, we only arrested 19." He says, heading inside.
"Hold on Rocker, we'll go again. You clear it out here ok?" Street waits for the answer.
"Ok, that's how we do it. See you in a minute."
"So let's go back in there." Chris leads the way and they search for the suspect.
Less than five minutes later, all the suspects are spread out in the patrol cars and Hondo is standing with Will.
"That was a fantastic job by you." He pats him on the back appreciatively.
"Thanks, it was really a lot of fun." Grins he. The two are about to join the others when a huge explosion is heard behind them. The force knocks them to the ground. Deac, Luca and Tan are immediately with them.
"Hey, are you okay?" Tan wants to know.
"What the hell was that?" Hondo looks at the burning hall in shock. When Rocker comes running and he sees the latter's face, he suspects something bad.
"Did you guys see Chris and Street? Did you see them?" He asks in a panic.
"No why? What's going on?" Will frowns.
"They went back in because a suspect was missing." This info shocks everyone and they look at the hall with wide eyes.
The hall is a scene of pure destruction. There is fire everywhere and dense smoke spreads through the collapsed floors. Visibility is poor and the air is stuffy. Slowly she comes to and tries to realize what has just happened. She looks around and carefully turns her head. She feels that something heavy is lying on her and that she cannot move properly. All of a sudden, a thought pops into her head.
"Street?" She calls out and immediately has to cough. But nothing. STREET?" She tries again and this time succeeds louder. Panic spreads through her as there is no answer or anything else. "Damn!" She smacks and tries to free herself. Slowly she straightens her upper body and immediately feels a sharp pain in her left shoulder. Gingerly, she palpates the area with her right hand and finds that her shoulder is dislocated. She can't suppress the nausea from the intense pain, but she has to get free. She has to look for Street. With all her strength she lifts her legs in the air to get the wooden beam off her. With her healthy arm she helps and it wouldn't be Chris if she couldn't do it.
"Come on, come on." She keeps talking to herself and indeed she manages to free herself. "There you go." Carefully she stands up and is again overtaken by the pain. "Aaaaahhh damn." She holds her left arm as best she can and runs. She overcomes the debris and tries to get her bearings.
"STREET? STREET?" Tears well up in her eyes and she is desperate. She keeps walking, trying to see through the smoke. Over and over she has to cough through the smoke and the fire is getting worse. "STREET?" She yells now.