Chapter One Hundred and Eleven: Circling the Wagons

I know you don't believe it,
But I said it and I still mean it,
When you heard what I told you,
When you get worried I'll be your soldier.

Gavin Degraw - Soldier

Diego Dawson: Hey Dad, don't forget about my race today! It's at 5pm!

Antonio Dawson: How could I forget something so important? :)

Diego Dawson: Mom forgot.

Antonio Dawson: Your mom's pretty busy lately, juggling the restaurant and everything else. You gotta cut her a little slack. Besides we'll make a video of it and send it to her. Sound good?

Diego Dawson: Get Maggie to hold the phone, she has steadier hands. The last video you did everything was bouncing like crazy.

Antonio Dawson: Good point, I will bow to her superior camera skill. Besides free hands means I can just cheer louder.

Diego Dawson: Don't forget you said we could go to Bellini for ice cream sundaes afterwards!

Antonio Dawson: Remember we need to pick Eva up first from SAT Prep, she'll be cranky if she misses out on the ice cream.

Diego Dawson: See you at 5pm!

Antonio Dawson: I'll be the loud one in the crowd, hollering your name! x

Trudy Platt: Roman, I've left a voicemail. I need you to call me when you get this. That's an order!

Al Olinsky: You gonna be at the gym tonight?

Antonio Dawson: Hey Al, I'm gonna be there working on the accounts with Maggie from 8pm if you wanna drop by.

Al Olinsky: I will. See you then.

Gabe O'Neill: So where did you get to last night? I checked in on you at 3am but your bed was empty.

Maggie O'Neill: Perhaps I should be asking you what you were doing last night that kept you out until 3am.

Gabe O'Neill: Nothing untoward if that's what your thinking.

Maggie O'Neill: No one in the modern era uses that phrase anymore. I just hope you know what you are doing. Once you make this decision you can't turn back and you need to be upfront with Kim about what you want and what this means for you.

Gabe O'Neill: Maggie, this is not a decision I am making lightly. I have shared everything about this situation with Kim to make sure this is what she wants. Right now we are both on the same page, trying to figure this out.

Maggie O'Neill: I just want to make sure you are making the right decision. This needs to be about what's best for you.

Gabe O'Neill: I know and I appreciate you making sure of that. So I am guessing you disappeared to Antonio's last night?

Maggie O'Neill: I did. Nothing happened physically, but I feel like the two of us are moving in the right direction, like we're becoming us again.

Gabe O'Neill: I'm really glad to hear that Mags, I really am. X

Nadia Decotis: Only a week left. Are you excited?

Trudy Platt: I am but I've got other things to deal with right now.

Nadia Decotis: Can I help in anyway? I know you are supposed to be off so anything you need please let me know.

Trudy Platt: I may need a drink by the time I get out of here.

Nadia Decotis: Shoot me a text and I'll be there. x

Matt Casey: Boden and I spoke to Voight about what happened. Right now we need to keep it on contained, he thinks this is part of something bigger. He's going to bring in Antonio and see where we go from there.

Gabby Dawson: Thank God! I've had to lock my phone inside my locker so I didn't call him after we decided to keep quiet about what happened. So what happens to the two of them union-wise?

Matt Casey: Theoretically they wouldn't be supported, if they are charged they lose their jobs in the FDNY, hence why we're keeping it all under the radar. If the brass don't get wind of it, it didn't happen.

Gabby Dawson: So everyone needs to stay quiet about this. Boden has asked Brett to come in to cover Kayla while she's out.

Matt Casey: Cruz from Squad is gonna jump in on Herrmann's place to cover him so we're not a man down. Voight is gonna let us know when they have something.

Trudy Platt: O'Neill are you with your partner by any chance?

Maggie O'Neill: Nope, he was working security last night so he's probably sleeping it off. Can I help in anyway?

Trudy Platt: I need you to come in right now.

Maggie O'Neill: On my day off? It must be important especially if your there in your week off.

Trudy Platt: It is, just get your ass in here.

Maggie O'Neill: On way now.

Wallis Boden: Phil, I need you to call me when you get this.

Hank Voight: Hey bro, I know you are not back full time until next week but I need you to work something for me.

Antonio Dawson: Anything, I've been itching to get back on the horse for months.

Hank Voight: We have a sensitive situation down at the precinct. I need you to take care of it on the QT.

Antonio Dawson: Sounds ominous but I'll bite. I'll be in ASAP.

Hey guys, sorry for the late chapter! I usually don't leave so long between updates but unfortunately I had to take my husband to A & E this week and he ended up having a minor surgery on his neck. He has been recovering well over the past few days which I am very thankful for.

Snoow: It's lovely to meet you! I'm sorry for the slow update, I should be faster this week! Thank you for taking the time to review.

CPD: You'll have to wait and see but there's a very good reason as to why he did it.

Lauren: There's a few different avenues into why he's done it, part of it's power and the other reason you will find out later on. Hermann is hot headed but he has a really good reason for doing what he did which is shown in the next few chapters. Kayla defo needs a time out, I just wanted to hug her when I was writing all this drama for her.

Anime: LMAO I'm sorry for ruining the fluff! You will have to wait and find out, you can stay safe in the knowledge he did not go into work on that day. Roman has a very interesting reaction in the end of all this. I kinda liked writing his dark side.

Soccer: He will but not in a way that you expect, I had a great time writing all of the Mike chapters because he's such a good villain to play with.

Phoenix: I think it goes back to the boys club thing that Kayla was thinking about in the bar before Mike went for her. Mike thinks he's protected by it. Hermann was actually pretty smart in doing what he was doing as you will see in the next few chapters.

Nat: I loved writing some of these Sorenson chapters because he's a great bad guy to mess with. As you can see the troops are already rallying.