She could hear her heart thunder in her chest as she bounced around trying to keep warm. Again, she had been partnered with Adam and they stood at the back exit of the rundown home on Addison Street. The comms were quite as everyone else drew into position, this was agonizing, waiting for the cue so they could run in and find Jay… he had to be in here or else they would have to go to the secondary location that Luis gave them and that simply wasn't an option. She heard the click of static sound over radio and then the sudden gravelly whisper belonging to Voight.
"Three… Two…One," and they were off. As soon as the door broke away from its hinges the team was under attack. Two men ducked out from the far-right room and fired out shots, one bullet whizzed past Adams face, just missing his cheek. He fired back, but the men were too quick and ducked back into the safety of the room. Adam looked over to Hailey who gave him a nod, they progressed farther clearing a room on the opposite side of where the men were taking cover. When they popped back out both were prepared Adam fired a shot off hitting on offender in the shoulder sending him to the ground, the other offender struck in the leg by Hailey, quickly they ran over and while Adam cleared the room Hailey kicked the guns away and cuffed both men.
"Boss, we have two offenders down," Adam radioed over to Voight. They waited but from the gruff voice yelling from the front of the house the figured Hank had his own problems.
"Look," Hailey nodded over to the door under the stairs. It was shut but from the layout of the home, Hailey guessed it was a basement.
"Let's check it out," Kevin followed her lead, leaving the two perps cuffed to an old radiator. Cautiously Hailey ducked out into the hallway looking for any surprise attackers but instead she was met with Kevin and Kim.
"No luck upstairs," Kim informed them.
"We go a basement," Hailey nodded to the door.
"Boss, back of the house is clear as well as upstairs, we are heading to the basement."
"Copy, we will meet you down in a minute, got our hands full," Hank quickly replied. Hailey took lead, carefully turning the knob and opening the door. It was pitch black below and when she shined her flashlight down all she could make out was a rusty water heater. Slowly the made there way down, each stair creaking beneath them causing any attempt at a surprise entrance impossible. Kim wondered how the weight of all of them was held by the shaky stairs when with every step it felt like it would snap from under them and send them tumbling down. By some miracle they all made it down, Kim being the last down was relieved when she felt the secure sturdiness of concreate underneath her feet. Each steam of light coming from the flashlights darted around the room before Kevin's light hit the angry face of a dark eyes man who resemble a demon from a movie. He quickly redirected the direction of where his gun was pointed, knocking into Adam who quickly turned around, his flashlight landing on the bloody and bruised face of Jay.
"Put your guns down or your friend here gets a bullet to the brain." True to his word, the man who the guess was Espejismo had the barrel of the gun pressed up against Jay's temple.
"You have no where to go, put your weapon down." Now with the Kim and Hailey turning their attention over the were able to get a full lit up picture of what they were dealing with. Jay was tied to a chair, his arms bound behind his back, his legs tires to each front leg of the base. The sight of him made all of them sick to their stomachs, he was coated in blood, some dried, which could have been Will's, but the rest was without a doubt his. His face was cut up good and his lip split, they could see the rawness of his skin just above where the rope ended at his ankle meaning he had fought hard, trying to break free. The men keeping him hostage had stripped him of his shirt leaving his pale chest open to the bitter cold elements.
"We can start a shootout, but my first bullet goes to your guy here." He adjusted his grip pushing the gun hard into Jay's head. All of them where a little worried but the lack of resistance that Jay was putting up, his eyes were open but barely, he was on the verge of unconsciousness.
"There is no way of walking away," Hailey spoke hotly.
"Did you honestly thing that hiding your drugs in the apartment complex of a cop was a smart idea," Kevin scoffed.
"I was careful," Espejismo snapped back. "It was fine but he went digging where he shouldn't have and I could tell that Anita was going to break."
"It was your own doing," Kim yelled.
"She was weak, just like her brother that why I had cut her out, she was weak just like her brother."
"But you didn't cut her out, she's alive." They watched as rage rose in him.
"Should have sent two idiots to do the job but I wont mess up this time." He looked down at Jay and readjusted the gun, but before he could pull the trigger Adam fired landing a bullet right to the forehead, Espejismo folded to the floor, the shock still shown in his vacant eyes. Before any of them could holster their weapons they all rushed to Jay.
"We got Jay, Espejismo is down," Hailey could hear Adam radio to Hank, but it was all background noise as soon as she came into contact with Jay.
"Jay… Jay come on can you hear me." She cupped his face and instantly she felt how ice cold his skin truly was. Now, being this close she could hear his labored breathing, even the crackling of his lungs as they fought greedily for oxygen. "Come on Jay look at me." She watched as he sluggishly, with her help, lifted his head, his gaze falling on her.
"H…Hai… Hailey," his voice was practically gone but she heard him.
"Yep, its me, and Kim, Kev and Adam." His head dropped to the side as he began to lose his fight to stay awake. "No, no Jay come on stay awake, help is coming." She heard him speak softly again, this time missing his words. "What was that?"
"Will," he pushed out in a gasp of air.
"He's alive, he is at Gaffney now, Platt is standing watch," Adam smiled. Hailey could see a ghost of a smile reach Jay's lips as his eyes started to slowly close.
"He's waiting for you Jay, he's been asking for you, so you have to stay with us," Kim pleaded. Hailey rubbed his sternum trying to get a pain reaction, but Jay was slipping, his body numb from the cold, his lips blue not only from the bitter winter air but the lack of oxygen. They worked hard to keep him going, Adam and Kevin both draped their coats over his shoulders and they now stood teeth chattering. Hailey had taken a course on emergency first aid and with Kevin and Adam chattering away she quickly realized that Jay wasn't meaning hypothermia had set in and if they didn't get him warm now, he would freeze.
"Cut him loose quick." Adam and Kevin worked quickly as she unzipped her jacket, as soon as Jay was free, she wrapped her arms around him in a bear hug. "We have to warm him up, from the core first so he doesn't go into shock she instructed. Taking her lead, they all bundled in close.
"How do we know if it's working," Adam questioned.
"We know when he isn't an icicle anymore." They stayed like this until paramedics rushed down the stairs, luckily with a warming blanket. Before they knew it, Jay was being whisked away leaving them in the cold of the basement, praying he would make it to the hospital.