"Where the hell could she be? Roman you were the last one to see her. Where was she when you were talking to Platt?" Jay demanded to know, trying to keep his voice calm and his fists at his side. He was starting to panic. The fire alarms were going off and no one had seen me leave the Ballroom with Connor. "Jay, over here." Upton yelled to him. She had propped open the door to the Ladies Room and was helping Connor to his feet. Walking into the bathroom Jay's eyes scanned the room for me, landing on my black clutch that sat on the counter. "Connor? What happened?" Voight asked, coming up behind Jay. "Christine was upset in the Ballroom and really needed a break. She was shaking by the time she got off the stage when she finished her speech. Then she had to go around to every table to greet guests, thank them and personally wish them a Happy New Year. The bullshit that comes from either being a member of my family or comes from being a person of her stature. She couldn't have Roman or Kim follow her around because there would be too much speculation so they watched her from different sides of the Ballroom. Then Kim disappeared and next thing I knew Christine was back at the table. She mentioned having to use the Ladies Room so I escorted her and told her I would wait outside the door. I don't even know where the guy came from. One minute I was in the Foyer by myself and the next thing I knew there was a gun stuck in my back and he was pushing me into the Ladies Room. He has two names, Carlo or Carlos something or other but he said his friends know him as Little Ricky." Connor told them. "Fuck!" Antonio exclaimed. "That's Ramon's new number two since he took out Rico last week. He's a monster." Jay began pacing at that, the anguish written across his face. "I never should have left her in that room. I should have sent someone else after Brianna." "Jay, this isn't your fault. But I will tell you Little Ricky told me to give you a message. He told me to tell you that he will be sending special deliveries over the next few days. He said that after he told Christine he was going to cut her up and deliver her piece by piece to the two of you." Connor finished looking at Jay and Voight. "I wish I could tell you more but he hit me on the head and then everything went dark." "Roman, get another uniform her to escort Doc back to Chicago Med. Get that head looked at and hopefully we'll have Christine back here by the time you get back to the hotel."
"Sarge, we have to get her back. In one piece." Jay said as Trudy walked up to them. "I pulled the surveillance tapes and reviewed them. Looks like he wasn't hiding from the cameras. He pulled her out of the bathroom and down that staircase over there. Looks like he waited at the fire door for the alarm to go off knowing the cops posted outside the door would run towards the front of the building. There was a car waiting for them. A 2015 or 2016 Black Ford Escape. Al is running the plates right now and trying to get a location from the tracking device he put in her shoe. Something happened when the video started playing though. That's when your ear pieces went out as did the tracker in Jay's shoe. There's a chance her tracker went out as well. There was a female with black hair driving the car. This is her picture. The Director of Security said it is Christine's Assistant, Brianna. I think someone else from the hotel is in on it. There had to be a third person to pull the fire alarm since Brianna was already outside. I'm sorry Hank. I never should have paired those two rookies together. We're just spread really thin right now." Trudy said before turning to Jay and saying "Halstead, I meant what I said earlier. She's too good for you but you know what, I saw something in her eyes when I met her. She's not going to back down from a fight. She's a fighter. It's in her blood. And if you haven't realized it yet, she's in love with you and she's going to fight her way back to you. You need to believe that and you need to hold onto that." Turning back to Voight she asked "Where do you want me to set up a command post for you? The party is still going on in the Ballroom. Do you want to turn one of the smaller function rooms or her office into command central?" After Voight told her to use the function room everyone ate dinner in the night before, he stopped the Desk Sargent before she could walk away and asked "Trudy, what did you mean that she's a fighter and it's in her blood?" Trudy laughed and said "You didn't run a background on her when she was taken hostage? You don't know who her Uncle is on her Mother's side? Hahahaha. Who did you have run the background? Ruzek? Jesus, he missed something big. Her Uncle runs the Irish Mob in South Boston. He took over when that other guy went on the run all those years ago. Seriously, none of you knew this? Huh...girl's smarter than I thought. I wouldn't have told you either knowing it would send you running the other way, Halstead. I'm going to set up command. Give me thirty and come by for radios and new ear pieces. I'll also track the street cameras from there and see if we can follow the car that took her."
The rest of the Unit turned and looked at Jay. "Hey" he said holding his hands up, "I had no idea she was related to him. Our conversations haven't really covered much family info other than I know her Mom passed away ten years ago and her Dad is extremely important to her. We never discussed extended family." "Jay, I can see it on your face. You don't know what the relationship is like between them so don't go jumping to conclusions. She didn't betray you so stop thinking that way. Trudy is right. Christine is in love with you and I'll tell you what Halstead, if you haven't realized it yet, you're in love with her too. I need you to keep your wits about you and focus. We need to figure out where this dirtbag and his girlfriend would have taken her. They're obviously not going to go far if he's running the Chicago branch of the Cartel's business. Al, go through the hotel employee files and see if there is a connection to another employee in there we might have missed. Antonio, talk to your guys in Vice and the Gang Unit. Find out if they have any ideas to where this Little Ricky character would hide. Ruzek, Atwater, Burgess and Upton – I want you to go to Brianna's place and toss it. Find a clue. Find something that might help us locate them. If you can't find anything there then we go straight up the food chain and talk to Brianna's Aunt who we learned yesterday is in Chicago with her husband, El Gato's brother. My guess is we have less than ten hours to find her before he does exactly what he threatened to do. Now let's get to work." Voight said. "Sarge, what about me?" Jay asked. "Halstead, you have the toughest job of them all. You need to call Christine's Dad and update him. Not only do you have to update him, you are going to have to ask him for information on his dead wife's brother." Voight replied. "Shit man. Good luck. I'll text you if we find anything." Ruzek said. "Jay, we are going to find her. You have to believe that." Kim said.
Jay walked back to my office and sat down at my desk. "What else didn't you tell me, Christine?" he asked to an empty room. "Jesus" he said to himself, not wanting to make the call he needed to. "Hello?" the voice on the other end of the phone answered. "Mr. Brennan. This is Detective Halstead with Chicago PD. I'm sorry to be calling so late sir." Jay replied. "What's wrong? Is Christine okay?" my Dad asked. "Well, sir that's why I'm calling. I'm sure you know tonight was the big New Year's Eve Gala at the hotel. We had security set up but a couple of members of the Cartel managed to evade us and they have your daughter." Jay said. "Have my daughter? What do you mean, Jay? She was kidnapped? Is that what you're telling me? What do they want? Is it a ransom thing or is it because of what happened in the airport?" my Dad demanded to know. Jay went on to explain that it was an ongoing investigation but they did have leads and Jay would personally keep him updated. "Uh, Mr. Brennan. There's something else that came up in our investigation that Christine hasn't mentioned to me and my boss, Sargent Voight wanted me to see if you could shed some light on something." Jay said. "I'm guessing you're referring to my brother-in-law. I'm not surprised she didn't tell you about him. It's not a side of the family I have been close to and after my wife passed away I encouraged Christine to stay away from him but it didn't always work. I know they are still in touch but she doesn't mention it because she knows it upsets me. I think she just likes having someone else in her life, besides me, who loved her mother. Her Uncle Paddy isn't a good man to most people, but I'll tell you this. He loves my daughter and would die for her. If you can't find my daughter in the next four hours I will call him and he will find her. I don't know what that will do to your investigation but I honestly don't care. I only care about getting my daughter back in one piece." my father said angrily. "Sir, that's what I want as well. I...ah...well...you see sir, our relationship has changed since you left Chicago. I think, well that is I honestly believe, well I know that I'm in love with your daughter. She is amazing and like no one else I have ever met." Jay stuttered over his words. "Then get her back in one piece. Please, Jay. And after you do remind me to tell you the joke about the Detective, the Doctor and the Fireman that walked into the bar. But on a serious note, I mean it...four hours Jay." Before Jay could say another word he realized he had been hung up on. "Shit!" he said out loud to the empty office.
Jay walked out of my office in search of Voight. He had a feeling he would be seeing my Dad and my Uncle sooner rather than later and that was not going to make Hank happy. "Sarge, I think we are going to have a problem." he said walking into the function room that was now designated as Command Central. "Mr. Brennan is not a fan of his brother-in-law but gave us a four hour deadline to find Christine before he calls Paddy and he lets Paddy take measures into his own hands. We could end up with a serious war on our hands boss. What do you want me to do?" "Are you talking about Paddy McGuire from Boston?" Al asked, not have been updated on Sargent Platt's revelation an hour earlier. "Yeah. Paddy is the brother of her dead mother. She's the only niece in the family and, apparently, his favorite. Her Dad just told me Paddy would die for her." Jay told them. "Halstead, let's go for a ride. Al, keep me apprised of any updates or changes." Voight said grabbing a radio and heading out of the room. As Jay followed him he asked "Where are we going, Sarge?" "Well we can't track her through the device Al planted in her shoe. Whatever they used to blow out the rest of our equipment blew out her tracker so we're headed to your old stomping ground. The Southside and more specifically to Canryville. Your girl might be a fighter but I can't have a war break out in my city because of her relatives. If I can convince an old friend to help us we stand a good chance of finding her before her Dad and Uncle show up and wreak havoc on Chicago." Voight replied as they walked out of the hotel.