Jake

Jake was sweating, a lot, he had screwed up in the past, in worse ways, he thought, but this was his first big mistake as a sergeant. He knew or at least thought and hoped that Terry and Holt would give him the benefit of the doubt, but he had also failed to arrest a wanted criminal, this was big. As he entered the nine-nine, he could feel his heart beating, or pounding as he thought of it and he was acutely aware of every little noise, when he exited the elevator he could see Terry and Holt both in Terry's office.

Jake entered the office and exchanged greetings, he sat down next to Holt, "Peralta, what do you have for us? Who was the contact?"

Jake felt himself go cold, he was nervous, but he had to get this out, "well…it was Doug Judy sir." His mouth felt incredibly dry all of a sudden.

Holt actually blinked in amazement and Jake thought he actually saw his eyes get bigger, "The Pontiac Bandit, I take it you met with him, but did not arrest him, correct?"

Jake sighed, "yes sir, I met with him, he gave me a nickname and description, and then called me with a last name."

Holt stared at him for a second, Terry made a nervous noise behind his desk, "Jake, we understand the need for information for this case, but was it a good call to not arrest him?" Terry eyed Holt nervously after speaking.

Jake shifted uncomfortably in his seat, aware of how close he was seated to Holt, "It was the call I had to make, I wanted to arrest him, I wanted to so badly, but my thought was that if he can help us bring in this psycho, I should make the call, but in the end, it was my decision, no excuses, so I will accept whatever punishment this brings."

Holt nodded, "Peralta, I cannot say for certain right now if it was the right move to make, but I do understand your situation, your maturity in this is impressive, I myself have made these decisions, to this day I do not know if they were the best move, but they saved lives and helped others, so it was the right move, I hope yours is. What information did you get from Mr. Judy?"

"The information is not complete, but it's a start, the last name is Sampson, he was in the military, his nickname is Huggy, which is supposed to be ironic, he did time for gang related stuff, we believe it was in New York for and for at least six months, and he has a tattoo of Jordan 23 on his left arm."

Holt remained silent for a second, "it could be worse, I will instruct my people at headquarters to begin the search for the man's full name, record, and picture."

"Jake, it's information, more than we had, I think it was a good call. Commissioner Holt and I have talked and have made a decision," Jake braced himself as he thought he would be demoted, "you will keep your duties as sergeant, but you will also lead your team to find this guy. All our other cases will go to other precincts for the time being, and you and your squad will dedicate all of your time to this case and finding a way of stopping him."

Jake sat silent, stunned and confused, he processed things for a few seconds, but time didn't help his confusion. "What? You want me to be in charge of finding this guy? Me?"

Terry smiled, "Jake, you have done an amazing job as sergeant, and while the Doug Judy call was risky, I think you made the right call. You have to make a lot of difficult decisions I leadership positions, it comes with the territory, it's never easy, but this case needs your mind, we know you can do this."

Holt nodded in approval, "I agree, and you will have every resource that you need, but I think the most important piece will be you trusting yourself and your team, follow your gut, despite it seeming overly risky at times."

"Thank you sir, I will try to make you not be sorry for this, it's just that, well, there's a lot riding on this."

"There is," Holt agreed, "but I know you and your fellow detectives here at the nine-nine can do this, like you always have."

Amy and Jake

Jake was smiling as he entered the house, he was anxious to see Amy's reaction to this. Amy was reading at the table, next to the baby monitor, when she heard him, she turned around, "How bad was it? Wait, you're smiling…Jake?"

Jake sat down next to her and tried to play it nonchalant, but he didn't last long. "Sooo, it turns out they weren't mad, they thought I took a risk, but one that should be made. Holt said it's hard to see whether it's the best choice, but then…well, they are taking all the cases from the nine-nine and putting me in charge of finding this guy."

Amy was motionless at first, "holy shit! Jake, that's amazing!" She stood up and hugged Jake as he sat, "that's incredible for him to place so much faith in you. Jake, moral compass and now receiving praise and getting a special assignment…"

Jake grinned, "let me guess, someone's horny?"

Amy nodded, but before she could show him, the monitor blared with the sound of JJ crying. Jake shook his head, Amy brushed his cheek, "hopefully this won't last long, just be ready."

Jake laughed, "kids, the ultimate cock blockers."

Amy made a face, "gross, don't say that about our baby, but yes, it's true."

Jake was in bed and on his laptop sending emails to his squad informing them of what was happening and that they would need to do write ups of all of their cases first thing tomorrow and hand over the files to Terry and be ready to have a briefing session at eleven. As he sent the last email, Amy jumped on the bed and kissed him passionately, almost causing him to drop his laptop.

"Ames, take it easy, this is the department's, I already owe them for a few phones, that dozerpad, and actual ipad, and bullet proof vest I left on the subway."

Amy said nothing in reply as her hands pulled him closer and started kissing his neck and jaw line. Jake replied by lifting her shirt off, Amy took her hands off of him and then slid his shirt and shorts off, before he could do anything else, Amy leaned over and took Jake's growing erection in her mouth, Jake groaned from surprise and jumped a little. Amy found a rhythm as Jake closed his eyes, "Ames, if we want it to be us sex and not just me sex, you should stop now."

Amy pulled off of Jake as he grinned at her, "what are you smiling at sergeant?"

Jake laughed, "I don't know if I find that sexy or not, I still think of Terry as sarge, so mixed feelings."

Amy caressed his cheek softly, "Didn't you ever worry, you know, once we had JJ, no more this, no more excitement or chemistry?"

Jake shrugged, "Not really, but I don't think about that part, I focused on how crappy I'd be, plus, you're hot, so even if I'm not getting somes, you're nice to look at."

Amy rolled her eyes at him and then climbed on top of him, as Jake entered her, she looked deep in his eyes and kissed him deeply. As their bodies began to move in sync together, their kissing grew more intense, Jake thought he was going to finish too soon, and just as he was going to warn her, he heard her warning sounds which pushed him over the edge.

A few minutes later after they caught their breath, Amy sighed contently, "I know we don't do this as much you like…"

Jake interrupted her, "Ames, I'm a guy, I would prefer it a lot, but I'm also a decent person who gets that you have moods, a job, and we have a baby, so I'm happy, really, although things could get really busy now that I'm in charge of finding the cop killer."

Amy rolled over to look at him, "you sound nervous about this."

"Yeah, honestly, I am. This new mayor, he's after Holt, so I feel like once again I have to do well for him, so double the pressure."

"He trusts you Jake, he's using the people he trusts the most and knows are above the politics."

"I hope that's a good move, a lot on the line."

Jake

Once the detectives of the nine-nine had finished the write-ups of their cases and handed them to Terry, they gathered in the conference room. There was a somber feeling, Jake had let them know how important this was and that time was an issue. Jake stood in front of them and observed them a second before starting.

"Okay, you all know what's going on, but here's how it will work. Hartley, you will cover all calls delaing information regarding this case as well as researching the hell out of this. You are the best at that, we will need your skills and brains to assist and guide us. Daniels and Sabatino will work together, you guys will do leg work, talking to all witnesses and scouring the area where the attacks happened. Rosa and Aguilar will cover leads and investigate the eastern half of Brooklyn, and Charles and I will cover the west half."

Everyone nodded in agreement, Rosa tentatively raised her hand, "Are you sure you want to be out too? You don't have to…"

Jake put up a hand, "I know, but we need man power, and I honestly think Hartley is our best resource on the computers and phones, we use software she created." Hartley smiled, "the other divisions I think are our strengths, Sabatino and Daniels are intimidating without Rosa's intensity," Rosa nodded, "Aguilar and Diaz work well together, he calms her down and Charles and I are good at bouncing ridiculous ideas that tend to work off of each other. We will debrief everyday at five, and then decide if we need to work longer that day or change our tactics. Captain Jeffords is sending everyone detailed files of what we have, take a few minutes to go read those, then start working. We have very little to go on, but Doug Judy's known area is in the east half, Rosa, you know his old turf, hit it hard and ask tough questions. Charles and I will talk to sympathetic gang members and snitches who may know something."

Jake dismissed them and was headed to his desk when Terry called him to his office, "Jake, sit down, I just wanted to let you know some things Holt didn't say, not to add pressure, but to warn you of possible issues."

Jake sat down, "you mean the less than honorable Mayor Ballard, and him being a dick and putting pressure on Holt?"

Terry nodded glumly, "you got it, but it's worse than you know. Ballard is a homophobe, he may not show it in public, but he's been blunt about it in meetings, ones I've been in. No one wants to say something to the press for fear of him suing, which he's done a lot, and won, a lot. Commissioner Holt really needs us to do this for him, you're the man for this Jake, whether you think so or not."

"Cool, no pressure, cool, cool, cool."

Terry smiled, "Jake, you will be fine. You work well under pressure, better than Terry, I get anxious and either over eat or stop and exercise. The other concern I have is if your names get out there as being on the case. If any of you suspect dangers or feel uneasy, let me know and I will assign a watch outside your places, this is serious stuff Jake, gravely serious."

"I know Terry, believe me, anything about the maybe existing Huggy Sampson."

Terry sighed, "yeah, we know who he is," Terry pulled a file from his desk and read it, "Hubert James Sampson, he went by Jimmy as kid, then Huggy. He was in the marines, but was dishonorably discharged, then rejoined a gang he was in before his military service, then he was arrested and did six months in Otisville, getting off early because a military psychologist pleaded his case. We have an old picture, but he was special ops, he's good at being stealthy and there's no record of him, at all, for past three years. No taxes, no arrests, no pictures, nothing. His last known address was Cypress Hills, but that was four years ago, he moved after that, but no one knows where. He has been off the grid, which is not going to make this easy. Gina's printing off copies of all the info we have."

Jake sat in silence for a moment, "this sucks ass Terry, I don't know how we will do this. We're after a ghost."

"You've done the impossible before Jake, you can do it again."

Jake nodded, "yeah, cool, no pressure." Jake talked with Terry for a few more minutes before handing out the copies of all the information on Sampson to his squad, everyone nodded and said nothing, but Jake could see the comprehension on their faces of the near impossible task that they were currently facing.

Jake cleared his throat, "squad, listen, I know this seems intimidating, maybe even impossible, but I have faith in us. Holt and Captain have faith in us, we all have our strengths, we can use them and solve this and make Brooklyn safe for our fellow cops as well as the public. We have to be safe, if any of us suspect we are being followed or that the suspect knows we are on the case, let me know and Captain will put a watch on our places. I know this is a lot to take and work on, but we are the best shot the department has, we have crazy good arrest rates and since Scully and Hitchcock were forced to retire, we have not had one complaint. Read the profile carefully, get to know this guy, get to think like he would, get to put yourself in his shoes, go places he would. The best detectives can think like the criminal, which can be depressing, but we do it to protect our families, I for one will feel much better when this guy is off the streets."

The detectives clapped and high fived, Charles hugged Jake, and Jake didn't even complain since they were about to face a difficult time, more so than any of them could imagine.