Thanks for so many suggestions! This prompt was suggested by Adreatassinari, where Erin is undercover and has to hurt Jay in order to keep her cover safe. Hope you like it and if you have any more prompts please leave it in the reviews. Thanks!
Jay walked down the chilly streets as he zipped his leather jacket to the top, and stuffed his hands into his pockets. There wasn't a need to hurry to work today because he didn't have a reason too. If he got there early it wasn't like he got to see Erin's face for a few more minutes before they started working, because, well she was undercover.
Erin had been undercover for about five days now and even though a week hadn't passed, Jay really missed her. At work he missed the random coffee breaks where he stared into the deep, beautiful hazel eyes of his partner's. For the past couple of days all they've been doing was sitting around finishing up paperwork and all sorts, it'd be fine if he was only a couple of minutes late.
Jay rounded the corner when two strong arms grabbed him from out of nowhere. His police and soldier instincts made his arms search for somewhere to grab on the man but soon stopped when as he watched a cloth come up to his face. He knew well enough that the cloth was probably soaked in chloroform or some other drug to knock him out, and thrashed around trying to get away from the man.
The distinct sweet aroma of chloroform lingered as the cloth was pressed against his nose and mouth. Jay held his breath, trying to stop himself from going unconscious but when the man noticed this he punched the detective in the gut forcing him to draw a long deep breath. Within seconds Jay felt his legs and his arms go limp. His eyes fought to keep open but failed and soon he was falling into a pit of darkness.
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Erin nervously paced across the room glancing at her "boss". It'd been five days since she was sent to be undercover and already she was on the verge of breaking her cover. They were on a case to arrest a drug kingpin and before they started not trusting her, she actually had an idea of what she was going to do. Now, of course she lost their trust and was now going to go through some "test" to prove she wasn't working with the cops or something. The 'boss" she called him said they would be able to tell if she's lying or not by what they had prepared for her.
Erin sat on the chair waiting for something to happen when two of the the boss's men dragged a limp man in, a black bag tied over his head. The mystery man had a fairly impressive body and she wondered what this guy did for a living. The men positioned the person they had brought and secured his wrists and ankles with duct tape.
The curiosity of who this guy was quickly changed into a unimaginable fear when she noticed the worn leather jacket that the men held, that belonged to someone she knows VERY well. A quiet panic rose in her chest even though her strong mentality tried to calm it down.
A million of whys, whats, and hows ran through her brain as she saw her limp partner in front of her. He isn't supposed to be here, WHY IS JAY HERE?
Her thumb rubbed her fingers back and forth while keeping her cool and asked,"And what am I supposed to do?"
"Oh you know just seeing if you'll be able to torture someone you know. I'm pretty sure cops won't do that to other cops just for a case right?" The kingpin smirked. "Let's see what you can do, and if you are really are a cop, maybe you'll know him. Haha, now that would be awesome, but what are the chances. Anyway get to it, except wait till he wakes up, it's more fun that way."
Inside Erin was about to explode because the chances were that this was her partner and her boyfriend that she was going to have to "torture" which she was not at all mentally prepared for.
"Pfshhh, this will be a piece of cake, but you know I don't have anything to torture him with." Erin said casually trying to bring up an excuse.
"Oh, we got that covered. No need to worry." the boss said as he brought out a couple of knives and guns. "We've got plenty."
"Take the bag off and wake him up."
Erin stood up and walked over to the chair Jay was tied to. Her hands pulled the bag off while silently praying to herself that this was maybe someone who happened to have a similar jacket and body. Those prayers went unanswered as she revealed the face of her Halstead. She tapped his cheek lightly, but when she felt everyone watching her she slapped Jay. Hard, across the face. Her hand stung and her heart stung as she hit him and knew this was going to be the hardest thing she's ever done.
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Jay cracked his eyes open to meet a dim light. His face stung and prickled like the time a girl slapped him at a bar once. His head pounded as he tried to remember what happened through his foggy memory. Blurry figures surrounded him as he tried to focus his eyes. Blondish brown locks of hair were in front of him as he tilted his head a little forward to see the face of Erin.
"Er-" Erin slapped him across the face when Jay had tried to say her name. She couldn't let them know that a cop knew her name.
The quick slap burned Jay's face and the drowsiness what whipped right out of him. His eyes darted around the room, noticing two very bulky men dressed in black and another guy dressed in a suit. His eyes fell back onto Erin whose face looked tired and scared.
He hardly saw Erin scared but now, in those beautiful hazel eyes all he saw was sorrow and fear. Jay was thinking why Erin was here and not doing stuff undercover when he realized she was. He tried to moves his arms and legs but stopped short when he felt and noticed the duck tape.
Jay was scared, not because they might do something horrible to him, but that they would make Erin do it and that she would blow her cover. These people were dangerous people and if they found out she really was a cop she was going to be in danger.
"Well, go on. We don't have all day." The lazy guy in the suit said twirling a six inch blade in his hand. "Take this," he said and threw the knife to Erin.
Erin swiftly caught and walked towards me, her hands trembling. Jay watched Erin's knuckles go white as she gripped the end of the knife. She blinked as she exhaled trying to calm herself down. She knew if she backed out know they would never trust her, but she couldn't do this. She already hurt the people she loved the most, how was she possibly going to hurt them more.
Jay watched her hesitate and panicked. They locked eyes, and Jay saw Erin was on the verge of losing it. He looked into her eyes and fiercely gave her a slight nod. Erin didn't know what to do and wanted to cry but she couldn't. Jay nodded at her one more time, and Erin took a deep breath. She put an arm on Jay's shoulder and he squirmed, wanting to make it look like the slightest touch hurt.
Erin brought the knife up to his shoulder and drew a long gash down his arm. Jay sucked in pained breath as he felt the blood flow down his arm. His grey shirt he'd been wearing slowly soaked with blood. He tried to distract himself from the pain by thinking about how much Voight was going to kill him, but that just made it hurt more.
Erin watched Jay trying to mask the pain, but she knew how much this hurt him and it hurt her more, but she had to keep going. She lifted the tip of her knife and sliced a five inch long cut following just under his collarbone. Tears stung her eyes as Jay grunted and leaned his head back shutting his eyes.
His head throbbed as he felt the blood drain from him. Although the cuts weren't deep they were long and a steady stream of blood left them. Jay moaned as he felt tears fill his eyes solely from the pain. He watched as Erin's face filled with guilt and remorse, and wanted to tell her that this isn't her fault.
"Really? Is this all you can do? Are you a cop?" the boss said sarcastically.
"Do you really think this is a good idea? What are we going to do with him? We can't kill him, that leaves evidence. What if the cops are looking for him. Once they realize one of their officers are missing they're going to come look for him." Erin said pleading that they won't make her hurt him any more.
"Oh don't worry. When you're finished with him we'll drop him off in an alleyway, and leave him to die. No one will notice and we'll drug him again, so he doesn't know where we are." The man in the suit grinning. Jay felt nauseous the blood losses effects slowly creeping up on him. He slumped in his chair dizzy and concentrated on Erin.
Erin watched Jay, as beads of sweat gathered on his forehead, his face slowly getting paler, and took her chances.
She lunged forward sticking the knife in the down right corner of Jay's abdomen. She tried to place it furthest away from the organs and prayed to God she didn't puncture anything. Jay lurched forward with the force and coughed bringing in ragged short breaths.
"I think that's enough. This guy won't survive long enough till someone finds him. We're done here. I've tortured this cop enough, and I don't want a cop's blood on my hands. I'm just playing safe." Erin said without hesitation. She'd rather have them drop Jay off where someone can find him then bleed him out longer here.
The "boss" looked at Erin suspiciously and Erin shot back a glare.
"Fine. Get him away." He said gritting his teeth and looking obviously disappointed. He nodded at his men, and they immediately reacted walking over to Jay.
Erin watched as they brought out another cloth and placed it over Jay's mouth. His already droopy eyes fluttered one last time as they finally fell shut. Drops of blood fell to the ground as they carried Jay's body out the door, the image of his pale face and grey shirt sticky with blood made her heart felt like it was stabbed with a dagger.
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Alvin and Antonio walked out of the coffee shop coffee and bagel in hand. They passed a corner walking past a dark alleyway when a lumpy figure caught Antonio's eye. Instinctively his hand reached for his gun but stopped when he recognized the familiar face.
"Oh my god, it's Jay!" He yelled as he stepped forward and noticed the blood.
"OH GOD, we need an ambulance. NOW!" Antonio yelled as he checked for a pulse.
The faint thready pulse alarmed him, and when he saw his wounds he was scared. Jay wasn't at work this morning, but they assumed he'd just overslept. Two long and shallow gashes ran down the side of his arm and chest, barely bleeding now, but then he noticed a stab wound just above his pelvic bone bleeding profusely. Alvin took off his jacket and handed it to Antonio who took it pressing it hard against the wound. Jay's skin was a ghostly white and it reminded Alvin of one of the dead corpses.
The sirens of an ambulance grew louder and louder and soon it was right in front of them, paramedics loading a stretcher out the back. They quickly took over placing a ambu bag and a pulse oximeter on his finger.
Swiftly they loaded him onto the stretcher and loaded him into the back of the ambulance. Antonio and Alvin got in too as they headed for Chicago Med.
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"INCOMING, LATE 20's MALE WITH TWO LACERATIONS ON CHEST AND ARMS. POSSIBLE INTERNAL BLEEDING FROM STAB WOUND ON LOWER ABDOMEN!" The paramedics yelled as they hurried in the ER.
"I GOT IT!" Will yelled running over to the stretcher.
He looked down, his eyes identifying each wound but stopped when he saw who it was. He looked up to see Antonio and Alvin shocked and blood covering their hands. He looked down again, to see his brother's face almost as pale as the white sheet of the stretcher and panicked. He stepped away from the stretcher and stumbled, panic rising with a strong grip.
"Halstead?" Rhodes asked running over to him. His eyes shot to WIll who was now kneeling on the ground too shocked to get up. The his eyes darted to the person on the stretcher to find Halstead's younger brother Jay.
"Oh God." he mumbled as he took over slipping on a pair of rubber gloves and pushed him into an empty room.
"He's losing a lot of blood, we need to get him into an OR quick! Get ready at least two bags of blood we're gonna need a lot." Rhodes shouted as he pushed the stretcher back out and straight into an OR.
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"Will." Rhodes said as he walked out of the surgery room scrubs still intact.
WIll sat on one of those blue plastic chairs, his hands together like in a prayer and his head resting on them. He looked up when Rhodes said his name waiting for whatever news he had on Jay.
"Will, your brother's going to be just fine. He had two cuts you saw on his arm and chest and one pretty deep stab wound on the lower right side of his abdomen. The stab wound made a small tear in his large intestine but we were able to easily fix that. The two other just contributed to the blood loss, but other than that, everything ended well. WIll, he's going to be fine." Rhodes said finishing with an assuring hand on Will's shoulder.
"Thank you Rhodes. I owe you one." Will said releasing a breath he didn't realize he was holding and stood up.
"When can I see him?" He asked.
"You can see him as soon as we get him out of the OR and into one of the empty rooms." Rhodes replied, watching as Will nodded.
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Will sat next to Jay's bed waiting for the anesthetics to wear off and Jay open his eyes. Antonio and Alvin left to go back to the district and tell Voight what happened to Jay.
They didn't know who did this to Jay, and Will wanted to beat the crap out of whoever did. So he waited for Jay to wake up watching as the oxygen mask fog with each breath. His arm was in a sling to prevent him ruining the stitches in his arm. Underneath the blue hospital gowns bandages covered his wounds.
Will was rubbing Jay's hand when he felt the slightest twitch. He looked up to see his eyes opened in a slit and looking at Will.
"Hey, brother. How you feeling?" Will asked lips forming into a warm smile.
"Mmph" Jay said under the clear oxygen mask. His uninjured arm moved, his hand reaching up for the mask.
"What happened Jay?" Will asked as he moved a cup of water to Jay's mouth,"Who was it?" Will said waiting for an answer.
"I was walking and -cough cough- I was drugged by someone. When I woke up I was taped to a chair and couldn't move." Jay replied avoiding to answer that Erin did this to him. He knew she didn't have a choice and that he let her do it but it still felt wrong saying it outloud.
"And what son of a bitch did this to you?" Will asked his eyes filled with a quiet anger.
"Uhh, She didn't mean to, She had to, it was the only way." Jay said with his dry parched throat.
"Yeah, so who is this she?" Will asked wanting to know who did this to his little brother.
"Cough cough, It was Erin. It wasn't her fault though, she had to, to keep her cover." Jay said avoiding Will's eye.
Will didn't say anything. He wanted to know why Erin "needed to" and interrogate Jay further, but he knew Erin wasn't someone to hurt Jay just for fun. He checked his watch and noticed his shift was going to start soon.
"Get some rest Jay, I'll be back, and keep this on." Will said as placed the oxygen mask back on Jay's face. Will stood up and headed for the door.
"Okay," Jay said his eyelids already drooping down, tired and exhausted from the short conversation they had.
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Erin walked into the ER, avoiding the eyes of people that would recognize her. She really wasn't supposed to be here, but she just needed to make sure Jay made it here, that someone found him, that he was safe or at the least that he was alive. She peeked into each room scanning for the face of her partner.
She felt her heart beat faster as she looked into each room, without Jay in it. She thought her heart was going to explode when she checked the last room, but soon relaxed. She watched Jay as he slept, face a little less paler when she saw him before. Guilt washed over her because the Jay was in this bed because of her doing.
She watched him for a couple of more minutes thanking god, that he was alive, when his eyes twitched and they opened. His eyes met Erin's but he didn't react, a little delirious from his sleep. Erin blushed and ran out the ER, and smiled, knowing the person she loved the most was alive.
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2 weeks later…
"Welcome back! Halstead and Lindsay." Adam yelled embracing the two detectives. Erin had finished her work with the drug kingpins after successfully exposing them, and Jay had come back after his two week leave.
"It's nice to have you back, both of you" Voight said while turning around and going back into his office. Alvin and Antonio took turns patting Jay and Erin on the back and when they were done, went back to working.
Jay turned to Erin, who smiled ,"Hope this will NEVER happen again." Erin said with a serious tone. Jay stared at her without a word, the ends of his lips curling into a smile.
"What?" Erin asked, when Jay didn't reply to her.
"Ugh, I love you so much." Jay said looking into her beautiful eyes and kissing her.