ML= Mary lou MN= mike nuevavillegas RF= random firefighter HU= HALEY UPTON

General pov: is the start of a new shift and everybody's in the morning meeting when the bells go off the warehouse heads toward apartment building fire Matt has Stella go squad 3. But then he starts yelling at Herman because Herman made a mistake at the scene where he got an firefighter injured.

Stella pov: once Casey sent me into the house was squad. Kelly had Cruz go with him and had me,capp and tony to clear the rest of the apartments to make sure there isn't any body hurt. I get to this room and look through it for a minute I noticed this wall seemed a little off and I get way to move it when Kelly comes in to pull me out so I start to leave but then I saw that feeling that somethings off so I go back to try to see what is happening I first see a dirty Barbie doll lying down so I grab it and I get ready to move the wall and see a few things but then Kelly comes in and actually gets me out of that room for this time around. So I grab the Barbie doll and head outside. After everybody was outside I still had that bad feeling inside that something was wrong or something is going on and I get ready to go ask the chief if I can go back and look more at it now the fires out when Casey yells at me to follow orders so I did and we all head back to the firehouse about an hour later. Once back at the firehouse I take off my turn out jacket and noticed a Barbie doll still in my pocket and I think maybe I need to talk to the chief now that Casey is not on fire my face yelling at me so I get to his office to talk to him about it. As I was walking to the cheifs's office Casey is walking out of his office with Kelly standing in the doorway.

S= chief
CB= yeah
S= um I saw something on the apartment building on our last calls there was this secret room inside one of the apartments. Um there was two beds I just got a bad hit like it might be some kind of child endangerment I was thinking I might call CPD
CB= that's a good idea thanks for letting me know keep me in the loop
S= will do cheif
CB= go ahead

So I walk out of the chief's and Kelly follows me and starts talking to me

K= that room I pulled you out of
S= yeah
K= are you sure it wasn't a clubhouse a fort, you know how kids are
S= no I don't think so so I mean this is creepy
K= well then go with your gut then
I went straight away and called over to CPD and they said somebody will come soon to help me.

Kelly's pov: what she does at first I thought maybe she's directing but then when she told me at work I thought maybe something else up Stella never gets this worked up over anything in a fire at four so maybe so she goes across the police have someone be sent over to help her figure out what is going on. I get my paperwork done and then I head out to my squat table and start doing my crossword as they wait for somebody to show up to talk to Stella so I can be her back up. And I hope it's somebody we both know I'm not just like rookie cop because I feel bad If is. about five minutes later I hear somebody

HU= Stella
S= hey
HU= hey
S= thanks for coming (Kelly gets up and walks over by Stella)
HU= yeah of course what's going on
S= so uh we we're on a call this morning I move the couch away from the wall and I saw this little door I was about to leave but I mean I just got this feeling you know so I opened it and it was like a secret room there were like a couple plates of happy and food and this was on the outside of the door (she grabs the Barbie doll) so anyways I looked i'm telling you that something bad was going on in that apartment
K= Stella has great instincts if she thinks something bad going then there was
HU= can you show me the site

( Stella turns around and see casey)

S= Casey hey can I show Upton the site from this morning
MC= what's going on
K= we think there might of been some Child endangerment situationsituation in that last research
S= yeah I just want to show her what I saw and then we leave it up to her
MC= yeah of course keep your radio on I'll come pick you up
S= all right
HU= ride with me
S= yeah

Both me and Stella decide to ride with upton to the scene we get there and we go to the apartment that was where the scene was but then Stella notice right away something happened

S= OK it was right... but here dammit it is gone but it was here I didn't make it up
HU= Okay well I'll call the building owner and I'll follow up with whoever was renting the unit but I've got to be honest there's no evidence of a crime here
S= look I realize
HU= you didn't witness any wrong doing either OK I am sympathetic I followed my instincts too I have my whole career but without a crime much less a victim I'm a little behind the eight ball
S= I understand
K= you will follow up though
HU= yeah I'll let you know as soon as I have anything to report
K= thanks

Once Haley said all that stuff to Stella I can see that look on her face that she still feels somethings wrong here and wants to investigate more but there's nothing more we can do right now until Haley comes back with what she can get for now we head back to the firehouse

Stella pov: haley takes me and Kelly back after we looked at the scene this sucks that nothing was there and it was all burnt down by time we got back to scene and hopefully she can come up with something because I just you know there's something going on in the apartment. When we get back to the firehouse I think in my head how Kelly has been very supportive today so I think I need to say thank you

S= Kelly thank you for you know supporting me today
K= anytime

Once Kelly said anytime I think wow he has changed a lot and it's weird that we're not even together he's change so much but where was all this when we were together who knows. but I'm just happy he's finally expressing his feelings
now. The nex day after shift I'm at my Molly's working and hopefully Haley stops by and give us information soon. About 5 mintues later she walks into the door.

HU= hey
S= hey
HU= I have an update
K= okay
HU= so I talk to the owner from the front down apartment building Kira Anderson she used a management company to and out and maintain the apartment management company is Pine Grove consulting, they said unit 106 is when it out by Mike Nunez but he left unexpectedly about a month ago
S= do they have a forwarding address
HU= no and he paid all his rent in cash. I ran the name of Mike Nunez through the system no one matches the description Pine grove gave us of that tenant
K= so a dead end
HU= basically look I'm not saying nothing ever happened in that apartment I'm just saying realistically we might not ever know what did I've took this as far as I can go I'm sorry
S= no thank you for helping out
K= yeah appreciate it
HU= you got it anytime

Kelly's pov: Once Haley told us that nothing popped up about the guy that went to the place I saw the look on salads face that she still feels like there's something wrong and I want to help her but I don't know which way to help her. About 30 minutes later I came up with an idea that might work for Stella to feel better with figure out what is going on.

K= hey Stella I just thought of something the woman who started the fire she left a soldering iron on I think her name is marylou anyways she was in apartment 104 right next to 106
S= what are you think she still at Med
K= she has some heavy smoke inhalation they probably want to keep her overnight
S= maybe she knows something about her neighbor
K= it's worth a shot

So me and Stella go to med and to see if this lady can help us out

ML= I feel awful just awful I have arts and craft summer sessions I teach in Wicker Park and I always say be safe be safe be safe
K= Mary Lou we're not hear about the fire
ML= oh
K= were interested in your neighbor
S= Mike Nunez uh 106 do you know him
ML= uh sort of he had more than one name
S= what does that mean
ML= well he'd get mail with different names sent to his address the mike was the same but the last name would be different I remember because I was holding some of his mail for him which he never came back to pick up
S= so they're still in your apartment
ML= A few envelopes yeah if the fire didn't get to the bureau near My front door then it should be in the top left drawer
K= thank you
ML= mhmm

( they started walking out of the room and then Stella had an idea popped into her head so Stella walked back into the room)

S= umm Mary Lou did Mike have any kids
ML= I think his sister had some that he would watch some times that is what he told me I didn't really see them very often I heard them sometimes he wasn't there very long
S= thank you

After Mary Lou give us all the information she had we went over to her apartment and we found the thing that had all the mail in it and Stella open the one that look suspicious

S= " dear Mr. nuevavillegas Application divide a home for additional children has been Accepted" what if this bastard was taking and foster kids cramming them into that tiny room and then cashing out on the government handouts
K= what

After we look through everything else I decided to call Haley but she didn't pick up so I left her a voicemail

K= hey detective this is Kelly Severide give me a call back when you get a chance the man living in 106 was Mike nuevavillegas N-U-E-V-A-V-I-Double L-E-G-A-S
S= it's all one word
K= we google search him and there's a Michael nuevavillegas Who is listed in Pilsen
S= which is where we're going
K= anyways call us back

After I hung up the phone me and Stella jumped in the car and headed toward the address that was in Pilsen and soon as we got there Stella knocked on the door we went a few seconds and then somebody open the door

S= Michael Nuevavillegas
MN= yes
S=hi we are with the Chicago fire department got word there's a gas leak in your place
MN= nah there's no gas leak(he starts to shut the door in the face. But Stella stops him)
S= well there's no hey that's the thing about gas leaks if you don't have the proper carbon monoxide detectors you won't know they're there just got to peek at your supply lines and will be out of your hair... how long have you lived here
( Stella and Kelly are inside)
MN= not long I guess hey look you're going to have to come back another time
S= uh we would but you know you don't own this building and I don't own a Mrs. Anderson she is the one who called us
( they make their way to the kitchen)
MN= OK you know what I'm getting a headache could be this gas leak like you said there's a drugstore down the block and I'm out of aspirin ( he tries to escape the kitchen but Kelly stops him because he notices how suspicious Stella is looking at this one wall)
K= no,no,no you want to stay here until we're done

general pov:Stella looks to Kelly and he sees what she see so he starts moving toward her. But mike didn't like that so he grabbed A knife and wanted to stop Kelly but Kelly reacted in for him over the knife finally getting the knife out of his hands and was wrestling him when all of sudden Haley showed up

HU= Chicago PD hey hey turn on get up put your hands behind your back
MN= they came in at my house arrest them
HU= shut up
MN= this is Chicago brutality
HU= you bet it is
As Haley gets him handcuffed Stella starts moving the stuff away from the wall that was suspicious when she open the wall it revealed two kids behind the wall

S= it's OK come on come on it's safe come on out yeah come on let's get you out of here come on it's OK I'm a firefighter you're safe hi hi ( the kids crawl out and hugged Stella)
HU= 5021 hit me I need to Wally squad paramedics and CPS to 1955 south throop come on get up you have the right to remain silent you have the right to a tourney you choose to give up those rights I'd be happy to smash her face against the wall
S= you're OK you're safe now it's OK

After a few minutes I decided to bend down to say hi to the kids but they're a little skittish which is understandable so I Telstar that I'm gonna go call the chief and fill him in on what happened tonight. So said that is fine so I did and went outside.

On the phone
CB= Kelly
K= hey chief sorry to bother you so late
CB= no problem so what's up
K= well remember that case that Stella wanted to look into from the last call
CB= oh yeah
K= she was right the guy was having two kids in that room and we just found them and he is arrested and the kids are safe
CB= that's wonderful Kelly thanks for letting me know see you guys next shift tell Stella good job
K= I will and see you

Stella's pov: once I save the kids Haley left with the bag guy and I thought so I will leave that I save these kids but I was hoping I was wrong because I didn't think anybody would do this to you sweet innocent kids that never do anything to people but people are crazy nowadays so you never know what they do Kelly went outside to call the chief to tell him what happened so I just sat with the kids until CPS and the paramedics show up to make sure they are ok. About two minutes later Haley comes inside and tells me the ambulance is here

HU= here is some blankets for them
S= thanks
HU= you're welcome the ambulance just went up so let's get these kids outside to get checked out to make sure he didn't hurt them
S= okay lets go

Once we got the kids outside the CPS people took over from there

HU= so I will need you guys is statements next couple days but now I now figured you guys just wanna go home so long as you come by the next two days to make a statement and sign it everything should be good from there
K= okay we will thanks
S= yes thank you
HU= no problem have a good night
S= you too

Kelly's pov: Once we left the scene I drop Stella home and then went home myself as I drive myself home after I dropped her off I was thinking how proud I am of her I guess whenever she puts her mind to something it gets done it's crazy how much I miss her today just put how much she means to me and how strong and bad as she is maybe I just need to step up my game and tell her really how I feel and what my feelings are maybe I can get it back that way . The next shift we all are in the meeting room waiting for boat in the shop he finally shows up but then he starts making a speech and I figured it's about Stella so I sit back and smile and be so happy that she is such amazing woman

CB= civilians in the outside world they think that we wear our badges on our dress uniforms or we just carry them around in our pockets. But unless you have done this job you can't see where we really wear our firefighter badges and it's right here our hearts and that spirit was demonstrated off-duty off shift by our very own Stella kidd. For those of you who don't know kid I didn't find potential criminal activity during our last fire and now there's a boy and girl who are safe due to your efforts Stella kidd that is wonderful work and we should all look to your example.( they all clap do her)

Once Cheif said those words I was so happy and I couldn't say anything better then what he said because she's the reason both kids are safe right now.
At Molly's after shift
RF= thanks
S= take your time
K= where is my hospitality ( Stella and Kelly both laugh)
HU= next rounds on me
S= oh
K= i'm moving to the top shelf now
HU= so it turns out the nuevavillegas Guy has been wanting a foster care system for years if you two were stuffed up who knows how long he would've gotten away with it
K= it's all Stella
S= uh what's going to happen to the kids
HU= they got put back in the system but their files have been flagged for abuse though end up in a much better home with parents that are specially trained to deal with at Risk kids
S= that's good
HU= yeah kids names are Anton and Luna and they made these drawings they wanted you to have

( haley hand her a couple pictures of the kids drew for her)

S= thank you
HU= you got it I got friends in district 25 I'm going to say hi to but you guys aren't paying for another drink the rest of the night OK
K= hey you won't hear me complaining thanks
HU= yeah

( Haley walks away)

K= you did a good thing
S= I think anybody would've done the same in my shoes
K= hmm not so sure there's no one like you

Stella's pov: Once Kelly said those words my heart melted again it's been so long since he said anything meaningful to me and it is felt like we were back together but we weren't and it's like why is it just now that he saying all this but as long as he's working on what he's doing now maybe will try again in the future.