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Chapter Twenty: Situation Update.

"How's Halstead?" Voight asked looking towards Erin as he stepped out of his office, he leant against the door frame and hoped for some good news; the idea that Jay had been gunned down just feet from the place that he worked. It had never occurred to him that Edward would even dare come that close to the district in fear of being arrested; they had been wrong and the cost had been great.

"He's still in surgery… Will says he'll call me when there's more news," Erin replied quietly, her hands still feeling like they were covered in his blood even though she had washed him after Jay had been rushed to hospital. The sight of him on the floor, his blood pooling beneath him as she rushed to his side while people scrambling for cover; the sound of the shot that had taken him down had been enough of a shock.

"Does someone want to tell us just what exactly we are dealing with here? I mean, this guy just shot Jay, abducted Caitlyn and we have no idea why," Adam asked wanting answers, he didn't want them walking further into what could be a trap. This person clearly didn't care about killing cops and Jay was fighting for his life in hospital; he couldn't imagine what he would do when they went looking for them, it was better to be informed than walking in clueless. There was silence at Adam's question and the rest of the team stared at Voight waiting for him to say something; he clearly knew something about this but his face gave nothing away.

"His name is Edward Olinsky and he is… was my brother," Alvin stated, his words catching everyone by surprise and they turned to look at him; this was not what they had expected when they had asked for more information. Staring down at his desk, Alvin couldn't help but feel responsible for what had happened only hours earlier; he cursed the fact that Edward had been able to do all of this.

"I didn't know you had a brother," Erin said, she'd known him the longest because of his connection to Hank and she had never heard of a brother mentioned before now. Alvin shrugged at her words, he didn't look up from his desk earning some worried looks from those around him; he didn't care, he could only think about what Edward might be doing to Caitlyn now that he had her.

"He's spent the last twenty-five years in prison," Voight told them, if they were going to solve this case then they needed to know what they were going up against; he didn't want another one of his team getting shot or worse. They needed to be prepared and Voight couldn't imagine just what Edward's next move was, there was no telling where his head was at now that he had Caitlyn or what he would do to her.

"Edward decided he wanted to play God. That he had the right to decide who lived and who died," Alvin explained quietly, he leant back in his chair unable to forget what his brother had done. The shame that filled him of those that Edward had murdered, of the fact that he didn't see what he was doing as wrong; he only seemed to care that he was dealing with the scum of the earth.

Those that he deemed as horrible people were brought to his own justice, he didn't care for the innocent that suffered because of his actions nor the people that were completely innocent of the justice that he served. The room was silent and no one seemed to know what to make of that news, the fact that Jay could have become the man's next casualty; then there was the matter of Caitlyn to consider.

"And what does he want with Caitlyn? I mean what's his play there," Kevin stated not making sense on his decision to abduct her when she didn't really have much to do with either of the men in the room. His guess that Edward felt betrayed by his brother and that he would want his revenge on the people that had stuck him behind bars for all those years.

"Caitlyn's his daughter," Voight stated crossing his arms, he didn't care what Edward thought he was doing or what he hoped to achieve; when he found him, this time he was going to do what should have been done when Edward had first been arrested. There had been a time that he had considered the man his brother, much like he thought of Alvin; however, they had been torn when they discovered that it was Edward who had been committing the murders that they were investigating.


"I honestly don't know what was worse. My own brother turning against me and putting me in cuffs or the woman I loved turning her back on me when I needed her most," Edward stated sitting on the desk and looking towards Laura. Her eyes were glued to the floor and she hadn't spoken a word since he had revealed that he was Caitlyn's father; she didn't dare look to Caitlyn unsure what she would see on her daughter's face.

"I wrote to you for months when I was first locked away… you never did reply, to happy to return to your life with him," Edward spat thinking over what had happened, Laura had played happy families with Richard with his daughter while he rotted in prison. It just didn't seem fair and she never dared to tell the truth about what she had done, he smiled remembering how horrified Richard had been when he had told him how he had screwed Laura and gotten her pregnant. The other man had been devastated by what Edward had told him, he had died knowing that the woman that he had spent his life with had nearly left him for another man that had fathered her child.

"Why where you in prison?" Caitlyn asked peering at the man that had named himself her father, there had been no denial from her mother on that fact. Her eyes narrowed in on the man that she now knew to be her father, her mind racing with questions but the one she asked stuck out to her the most; she needed to know just how dangerous he was. Despite the fact that she had tried to avoid it, she knew what had happened to Richard and if Edward had done that to him then Caitlyn wanted to be prepared for what he might do to her and her mother.

"I dealt with those that the police would not," Edward stated proudly, he edged towards Caitlyn with an eager smile on his face; he stopped feet from her and sat on the floor. The horrified look on Laura's face at how his attention focused on Caitlyn, she struggled against her bindings trying to break away from them in an attempt to free herself.

"My work was divine and I made sure those people could not hurt anyone anymore," Edward explained hoping that his own daughter would understand why he had done what he had. If no one else was going to deal with those who ruined the world then he would do it; he would make sure that they couldn't hurt the innocent people and ruin live.

"You're a monster… tell her what you did to those people!" Laura shrieked pulling at her restraints trying to get at Edward, her eyes locked on the man that had ruined so many people's lives with his actions. It frightened her that he still didn't see that what he had been doing was wrong, what had happened to the man that she loved; when had he been replaced by such a monster that killed without remorse.

"I am not the monster! They were Rapists! Paedophiles! Pimps! The scum of the earth!" Edward roared jumping back to his feet, he rounded on Laura as he stomped over to her. His hands shook as he confronted her, his face turning red while he screamed at Laura for not understanding what he had been doing; why must she always see the bad in him. Cowering back against the pillar, Laura couldn't look at him her eyes focused down on the dirty floor that she was seated upon; she didn't know what he would do to them but she prayed that help would come soon.

"It matters not now. We can finally be a family, you… me… and Caitlyn. We can finally be a happy family again. nothing will tear us apart," Edward announced turning away from the two and walking over to his desk. The plans were laid out there and he was looking forward to spending the rest of his life with his family; he could finally marry Laura, they could spend time with Caitlyn and do all the things that he had missed out upon when she was a little girl. He'd teach her to ride her bike and they'd go to the park to feed the ducks, he's scare off dates and when the time was right, he'd give her away on her wedding day when she found the man that she loved.

"She's not even your daughter," Laura spat trying to conceal how terrified she felt about what he was talking about; she couldn't believe that he actually thought they'd play happy families now. Her words were like a slap across the face not only for Edward but for Caitlyn, the two of them stared at her as she pushed herself up into a more comfortable sitting position with a smile on her face.

"Did you really think that I was just sleeping around with you," Laura taunted pleased to see her words were hurting him, just as he had hurt her by coming back into her life and ruining her happiness. There would be no closure for her now that Richard was dead, she would never get to beg for his forgiveness because she was a coward and her actions had led to his death even though she had fled in an attempt to protect him.

"You're lying," Edward accused shaking his head, he stepped back almost stumbling at the idea that his perfect life was falling apart again; he didn't believe her for a moment but the look on her face scared him. Smug, Laura leant forward knowing that if they stood a chance of getting out of here then she had to play this right; maybe he would turn himself and this would all be over.

"Am I?" Laura pushed not giving in, he would not hurt them and she was sure of that; he cared too much about the idea that they could be a family to even try. Laura had no idea what was happening out there, if people even knew that Caitlyn and her were missing; they might not even be in Chicago for all she knew, it could take time for people to find them again.

"It could be you… or it could be Hank Voight," Laura continued watching the devastation grow on Edward's face, she didn't dare look at Caitlyn; not wanting to even explain this to her daughter. It was bad enough that she had denied her the right of knowing who her real father was, now she was being told that it might not even be the man that believed Caitlyn to be truly his own all these years.

"I was screwing Hank for months… when I wasn't with you then I was with him whenever he could pull himself away from Camille," Laura told Edward, she could only stare at his back now as he turned away from her and rested his hands on the desk. His head lowered in defeat and he was breathing heavily, the tension in the air was thick and Laura couldn't help but feel triumphant that she had managed to reduce him to this after all he had done.

The room where they were was silent and no one dared speak as Laura's words settled in the air; she held her head high waiting to see just what Edward would do next. Laura could open her mouth again, Edward rounded on her knocking over the chair by the desk as he made his way over to her; his actions so fast that Laura barely had time to react before his hands were around her neck. Struggling to shake off Edward, Laura stared up with him tears in her eyes realisation sinking in that she had made the wrong move; her hands trapped behind her back making it difficult to fight him off.

"LET HER GO! PLEASE!" Caitlyn cried pulling at her restraints, terror filled her and she could only watch what was happening to Laura; seconds seemed to tick by and there was no sign of Edward letting go. His eyes locked on Laura's face when she passed out, her eyes almost unseeing as his grip tightened around her neck; he was crouched over her almost blocking Caitlyn's view of her mother.

"We can be a family. Just like you wanted. You, me and mum. You have to stop. PLEASE YOU'RE KILLING HER." Caitlyn pleaded struggling, her voice getting louder with each sentence; her restraints cutting into her wrists and she couldn't take her eyes off what was happening. Her heart pounded in her chest and nothing she did seemed to snap Edward from the rage that he was feeling; the look on his face was chilling, it was like nothing that Caitlyn had ever seen.

He was far too calm as Laura stopped moving, her head lolling back in his grasp before he dropped Laura to the floor; he continued to breath heavily and looked away from Laura's body. There was no movement from her and Caitlyn could only stare, she didn't know when she had started to cry; tears trailing down her face as she realised that she was alone now trapped with a lunatic that had just murdered her mother.

Wiping his mouth on the back of his sleeve, Edward dropped to his knees next to Laura; he reached out for her and hesitated for a moment before he touched her. He paid no attention to Caitlyn's cries to leave her mother alone, he instead focused on how beautiful Laura looked in death; she looked so peaceful now and she could not suffer in this world any longer.

Slowly picking Laura up, Edward cradled her in his arms brushing the hair from her face; he didn't look to Caitlyn who sobbed behind him before he got to his feet with Laura in his arms. The dream that he had of them all being together as a family was gone, he knew that he would have to lay Laura to rest now and then he would have to plan his next move carefully.

The noise that Caitlyn made as the door was closed behind Edward almost didn't seem human, she hunched over knowing that she was going to die down there.


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