It had been a week and there was still no word about Jay. Erin got out of her car and walked towards the district with two baby carriers in hand and Esme by her side,
"You're still on maternity leave Erin, go home!" Hank said
"No, it's been over a week Hank, are you gonna find my husband or not?"
Antonio walked over to Erin, picked up Esme and gave her a hug, "We are looking Erin, we are gonna find him"
Erin sat in her chair behind her desk waiting for something to happen throughout the day but nothing happened concerning Jay. Erin packed her bags to leave when she saw Platt walked through the Bullpen into Hank's office, she stood and stared through the window and watched them talk for about ten minutes. Hank had spend the whole time waving his arms around when he finally walked out his office, "Ruzek get Burgess up here please"
"Hank what is going on?" Erin questioned as Kim got upstairs
"Kim's gonna take you home"
"No... no i bought my own car and I am capable of driving. Is this about Jay?"
"Just go home and I'll call you later" Hank said passing Erin her bags
"I can drive myself, I'll call Will and he'll come babysit so I can come back. Come on Esme!" Erin said grabbing the baby carriers and storming out.
Hank's POV
After I watched Erin get to the bottom of the stairs I put my head in my hand as I noticed the team look up at me, "What's going on Voight?" Antonio asked me
"The district was sent a video and it wasn't addressed to anyone so Platt watched it and..." Hank tried to explain
"Okay let's just watch it" Antonio said
The team gathered around Antonio's desk and he pressed play, the team were completely speechless while watching the video and wasn't ready for what's to come next. The team watched as the huge knife was plunged into Jay's chest and he dropped to the floor.
"He can't be dead!" Ruzek said as he kicked his chair from underneath him
"we don't..." Antonio got cut off from a very similar voice, "I'm so sorry guys"
"Mouse what the hell are you doing here?" Hank shouted
"I was there... when... Jay got killed!"
Hank walked up to Mouse and got in his face, "What do you mean?"
"I was rolling with them guys but I had no idea they were like that, when I got back to the warehouse I saw jay chained to a wall. I had a plan to get him without getting us both killed but I wasn't quick enough" Mouse explained
"So he's dead?" Antonio asked
"They made me... drag his body out" Mouse cried
Hank took a deep breath and took his phone out, "Hey Erin could you come back to the district please?"
"Sure I'm on my way"
"Hank how are you gonna tell Erin that jay is dead?" Antonio asked
"I have no idea but I already feel like she is gonna be able to tell"
After about twenty minutes Erin arrived at the district, "Sorry Will took ages to come round to babysit"
Erin didn't get much of a reply and she looked around to see Antonio with his head in his hands and Ruzek who had been crying, "HANK, what's happened?" Erin said as tears started to form in her eyes.
"A CD was sent to the district..."
"Show it to me... now"
"Erin we can't..."
Erin looked around the room and finally realized what was happening, "He's dead isn't he?" she said now crying
Hank walked towards her not saying anything, Erin put her hand and stumbled backwards but Antonio caught her as she fell. Antonio sat on the floor holding on to Erin as she sobbed, "I'm so sorry Erin" he said to her as the team stood around and watched.
Three days later
It was Jay's funeral and Erin was stood in her bedroom staring at her mirror, "Are you ready to go Erin?" Will said as he stood against the door frame.
"Yeah just give me a minute and I'll be out"
Erin couldn't cry anymore because all she was feeling was anger, she sat down on her bed when Esme ran in and jumped on her, "When's daddy coming home mommy?"
That sentence made Erin wince, "Esme honey, you know me and daddy did a dangerous job and he had an accident so he had to go away for a while"
"Will he ever come back?"
"No he won't, sorry sweetie. Let's go shall we?" Erin said standing up and picking Esme up.
The ceremony was over and everyone from PD, Med and Fire gathered at Molly's, there was happy tears and sad tears. Erin stood up and stood where everyone could see her,
"Can I have your attention please, Most of you knew Jay as Halstead but to me he was just Jay, He was Jay at work and he was Jay at home. Jay was my rock and he was always there for me, Jay gave me the opportunity to bring three beautiful children into this world. It's funny actually because I remember when I went into labor with Esme... I was at the district and I went into labor and he delivered our baby all by himself. He was truly my hero and even though he wasn't there for the birth of our twins, Hope and Henry, he was still in my heart through it all. He will never got a chance to his beautiful twins or read his daughter a bedtime story again but i'm sure I will be able to fill their minds with amazing stories about Jay's life as will their grandpa Hank, aunt Kim and uncle Antonio and Adam. I know you all loved Jay for the tough ass-kicking man he was but to me he was my savior and my knight in shining armor so... to Jay"
"TO JAY" was toasted around Molly's until Mouse came trampling through the door
"Mouse you missed the funeral" Erin said as she wiped a tear from her eye from after her speech
"Well I'm so sorry Erin but I was a little busy trying to deal with the death of my best friend"
"Oh no Mouse you do not get to do that. He was my HUSBAND and the FATHER to my THREE children. you need to leave I don't want you here" Erin said to him
Mouse came closer to Erin as Hank and Antonio started to walk over, "You weren't there Erin, you didn't see him die, you didn't have to drag his body away, You didn't see the knife that got plunged through his chest"
As Mouse finished talking Antonio ran over to him and punched him in the face and got on top of him till he fell to the floor, "HOW DARE YOU? You were the one there Mouse, You could help him and he might have still been alive if you didn't leave him in that room chained up!" Antonio shouted as Hank dragged him off.
"Voight let me go!" Antonio shouted.
Hank let go of Antonio and walked over to Mouse and booted him in the face before dragging him out of Molly's and throwing him out on the street.
Everyone stood around in shock and noticed how much of a state Erin was in and Will walked over to her, "Erin why don't I get you home?" Will stood staring at Erin but there was no response, "Erin can you hear me?" Will said as he shook her shoulders.
Hank walked over to check if she was ok, "Will what's going on?"
"She's in shock, did she not find out what happened to Jay?"
"No I told you but I didn't think she could handle it. Just get her home"
Erin was sobbing but she still wouldn't move so Will put his arms under her leg and swept her off the floor and carried her out of Molly's. Back at Erin's apartment she was sat on the couch but she still hadn't said anything. Will was in the kitchen making a drink when he heard her whispering,
"He was in pain, he died a painful death and I couldn't do anything to stop it" She cried
"No Erin this was not your fault, non of this was your fault" Will said as Erin sobbed in to his chest.
Erin and Will sat on the sofa all night crying with each other, "He'd think we were being idiots right now you know, crying like babies. He would say anything but he would just make that Jay face"
Erin laughed at Will and dropped off to sleep about ten minutes later. Will sat for the rest of the night and stared at Erin's red puffy eyes and he could see she was slowly breaking and he needed to be there to help her through it.
