Thank you again for all the reviews on the last chapter, I loved seeing you all guess about Hallie. This is a Linstead story so expect that but it definitely isn't going to be smooth sailing.

Enjoy!


Today is a new day, Jay reminds himself as he pulls up to the district. It's 7:30 deciding to get there earlier than the rest of the team to apologise to Voight.

He walks in and waves at Platt.

"Detective Chuckles" she responds.

He buzzed in and walks up stairs to find the whole team already there and crowding around the white board. Confused he walks up next to Adam and asks him what's going on.

"When did you all get here?"

"About 10 minutes ago" Adam responds

"Oh. Why wasn't I called in like the rest of you?"

"Voight said something about giving you time to breathe and come back when you are ready."

"Makes sense. What's going on?"

"There's been a string of robberies around the city, couple of people have gone missing and round up dead."

"So why aren't robbery and homicide handling it?"

"They wanted assistance from intelligence. You know to go undercover and stuff."

"Fair enough."

"You two done your little catch up over there?" Voight says.

"Sorry boss, Jay just wanted to know what's going on."

"Jay, come to my office we need to have a talk, and then I'll fill you in." Voight says at me.

I nod my head and follow him in saying hi to all my colleagues.


"How are you feeling this morning?" Voight asks.

"Good, I know yesterday was a bit much and I'm sorry for the way I acted here, I shouldn't have let it happen."

"Your right, it shouldn't have, but it did. I'm not going hold it against you though, yesterday was hard, but todays a new day right? I know I've been even more there for you since it all happened the first time but I can't stress enough that you look into finding help else where as well."

"I'll look into sarge, now what's going on with the case?"

"Jay I mean it."

"I know, I've got it sorted" he doesn't have it sorted at all.

Voight fills Halstead in on the case and teams him up with Antonio for the day.


Voight and the team work most of the day away when there was a request that a member of intelligence goes undercover on a blind date.

The team members in a couple already, don't feel comfortable and think a single person should go. The only single people being Atwater and Halstead.

Halstead is the one to go in. The team get everything sorted to make sure their colleague comes out safe.


At the date Jay waits at the bar for a woman matching the description to come in. 5 minutes later a short tanned girl with brown hair walks in. It's her. He gets up to introduce himself.

"Hey, Jasmine right? I'm Jack your date."

"Hello, it's nice to meet you Jack, care to buy me a drink?"

As the night goes on they get to know each other as Jay tries to drag information about her brothers out of her.

It's been and hour since Jay has been in there when Voight gets a call.

"Voight! Omg thankgod you answered, someone's taken Hallie!"

"Hold up, what do you mean someone has taken her, Erin? Where are you I thought your flight was tonight."

"No I got an earlier and we were going to surprise you. We got to the house and I kept her in the lounge room downstairs, while I was upstairs unpacking our bags when I hear her yell "momma!" So I ran down stairs and saw them place her in a black van as I tried to chase after them, but they disappeared. Hank my baby has been taken!"

"Crap. Did you recognise them or the van? Plates even? Anything at all. Erin don't worry we'll find her."

"I saw the plates it was IndiaEchoBravo1649. Black van with tinted windows."

"Ok meet me at home I'll come find you."

"Voight wtf was that. Is Erin in Chicago and who was taken?" Antonio butts in after Hank puts the phone down.

"Yes, she's back she the new detective I was telling you all about, she has a child now, a little girl 3 years old, and someone just took her from their house."

"Linds has a kid? Holy shit does Jay know."

"No he doesn't and he isn't going to know about Erin being back right now, this stays between you and I about who this kid belongs to."

Voight calls the team back to the cars to alert them that a child has just gone missing. A 3 year old girl. And that they need to find her urgently.


The team spread out in their pairs trying to track the van and the kid down.

"What's Voights obsession with this kid. I mean I know it's a kid that's been taken and all but I feel like this is different." Halstead says to Antonio.

"I don't know, he mentioned something about it being a child of a fellow cop in Chicago and that they are basically family." Antonio responds.

5 hours later it's now 3 in the morning and they are all still looking. They've tracked down the vehicle and are making there way to it's known location. Once they arrive the suit up and barge inside. Finding two Spanish men sitting on the sofa watching hockey and drinking beer. The team recognise them as the suspects of the other robberies and arrest them on the spot. Voight is yelling at them asking where the kid is. Jay runs out the back and finds a shed. He slams the door open finding a dog cage with blankets and a child laying in it.

He runs over and rips the door open pulling the child out to check it she is still alive. The little girl starts crying and shaking. She ask for her mom.

"It's ok, I'm a policeman, I'm here to help you take you back to your mom." Halstead says

"Momma" the girl keeps crying as she slowly leans forward to be picked up by Jay.

"My names Jay, what's yours?"

"Ha..Hallie." She says sniffing away her tears.

"That's a pretty name, it sounds like my last name Halstead and Hallie."

Hallie looks at the man who is holding her and remembers that her dads name is Jay and has blue eyes like this man does. She just stays quiet though.

Voight leaves after knowing the child is safe not risking for Hallie to see him and call him Grandpa in front of Jay.

Antonio tells Jay that he'll take the kid back to her mom and tells him to go and assist Kim and Adam with taking in the suspect. He reluctantly hands over the kid to Antonio and tells her to be careful she's scared.

As he goes to leave he hears a little voice. "Jay where are you from?" Hallie asks

"I'm from Chicago little one, this very city."

Before anything else can be said Antonio puts Hallie in the car and takes her home.

"Where are we going?"

"I'm taking you back to your mom, Hallie."

"How do you know my name?"

"I'm a friend of your moms."

"Oh." She says quietly "that Jay guy, that's my dad."

Antonio doesn't respond, he sits there shocked at what this 3 year old just said.


When they arrive at Hallies house. Erin is sitting on the stairs when she sees them pull up. She runs to the car and pulls out Hallie.

"Omg, thank god you are ok, I was so scared baby."

"I know momma but it's ok, your friends saved me."

Erin looks up at Antonio and walks to give him a hug.

"Long time no see kid." He says wrapping her in his embrace.

"I know, Thankyou so much for helping her home. I was going to tell everyone once I got back to work but that obviously didn't happen. Does Jay know?"

"No. It's only me. Voight told me. I had to lie to Jay about her. But is it true is she really his?"

"Yeah. I found out I was pregnant 3 months after I left, when I found myself in hospital giving birth to her. I was 6 months pregnant when I left but I had no idea. If I had known, things would have been different."

"So she is a Halstead. I thought so she has his blue eyes and his nose. But your dirty blonde hair. Quite the cute children you two make."

Erin just sighs

"I'm sorry I should get going let you two get some rest. It was nice seeing you. When will you be starting work?"

"I'm about a month maybe, thankyou again." Erin says as she walks back inside.


Sorry this I kinda long, but I hope you enjoyed it.

Next chapter:

After finding the little girl, he meets her mother but it isn't for the first time.