Chapter 4

Amanda was lying next to Nick as he ran his fingers through her hair he heard Amanda's phone start to vibrate. Amanda rolled out to answer grab her phone when she felt Nick's lips on her shoulder.

"Leave it." He said

"You know I can't it's the boss."

"Hola Jefe." She said into the phone as she got up and started getting dressed.

"You will meet with the distributors tomorrow 8am in El Barrio. I'll text you the address 30 minutes before the meet. "

"Okay. I'll tell Diego." She said and hung up the phone.

Amanda headed back into see Nick.

"That was the boss. We meet the distributors tomorrow morning at 8am." She said

"Where?" he asked

"Boss, just said in El Barrio. He would text me 30 minutes before the meet."

"Why wouldn't he text me." Nick asked.

"I don't know Diego, that's a question for him. Maybe he just likes me better?" she teased.

"I'm just heading to the bathroom. I'll be back in sec." he said.

"Alright." She said. Amanda waited until he was out of sight and sent a text to her boss saying that the meet was going down tomorrow at 8am with a location to follow 30 minutes before. Nick was in the bathroom sending the exact same text to his boss.

Nick exited the bathroom a couple of minutes. "Better get some sleep we've got a big day tomorrow." He said. Amanda smiled and they both headed off to get some sleep.

Cut back to Brooklyn Narcotics

"Alright, listen up meet is going down tomorrow in El Barrio 8am. We don't know the physical location. El Jefe will be texting all the players tomorrow 30 minutes before the meet. Detective Rollins will let us know at that time. We will be on the road in El Barrio from 7am, get prepped load your gear and be ready to go 7am tomorrow." Said the Captain

"Yes Sir" they replied.

Amaro squad was getting the exact same briefing from their captain.

Both of their captains were now heading to ESU to request back up for the raid.

Both Captain Roberts and Briggs arrived at ESU HQ at the same time.

"Captain Roberts, what are you doing here?"

"Well I thought it was pretty obvious Captain. I've got a raid going down and I need ESU backup."

"When is you're raid going down?"

"Why are you trying to steal my bust Captain?"

"Not all. I've got a raid going down tomorrow at 8am."

"In El Barrio?" he asks

"You checking in on my cases Captain?"

"No. I've got an undercover in working the Reynosa Cartel. She is meeting a distribution network tomorrow."

"Wait a minute you've got an undercover in. One of my detectives is also undercover, he's worked his way up to the boss's right hand man."

"We need to let them both know. Now"

Amanda's boss rang her cover cell. "Yeah" she answered her phone.

"Amanda, It's Roberts. Diego is an undercover cop. His name is Nick Amaro is working out of Bronx Narcotics. I'm here with his Captain, Briggs. Put the phone on speaker and call "Diego" in here.

"Diego, phone call. It's El Jefe" She yells and smiles. Technically she was right.

"Geez Sara, it's almost midnight. El Jefe, couldn't this wait til morning."

"Not really." Came the familiar voice of his captain.

"Detective Amaro, Bronx Narcotics, meet Detective Rollins, Brooklyn Narcotics."

Nick looked up and smiled at Amanda, who just looked down at the phone.

"Okay so the deal is Dei..I mean Amaro and I are meeting the distributors tomorrow. I'll wear the microphone and use the safe word and then you and ESU will come and arrest us and all."

"Whoa arrest us?" said Amaro

"Of course arrest us. It's the only way to keep our covers intact for further operations against the cartel in Mexico."

"Fair enough." He said

"Alright. I'll let you know the location when I know tomorrow." Said Amanda.

"Keep us updated" said Captain Roberts.

"Will do Sir." She said as she hung up the phone.

Nick looked Amanda. "So you're a Detective huh."

"Yeah." She said.

"I wouldn't have picked it." He said

"Exactly why I work undercover. Listen we can talk more later. Let's just get through the mission."

Nick nodded and headed back to bed.

Amanda was up early the next morning cleaning her weapon and preparing for the OP. At 7am they headed to EL Barrio and waited for the text message. As soon as the clock hit 7.30am a text message came through and gave them the address for an abandoned restaurant in El Barrio called Café Espanol.

Amanda sent a text message to her Captain, who passed the information onto Briggs and ESU and headed for the meet and positioned themselves outside.

At 8am Amanda and Nick walked through the doors carrying the drugs with them and into the meet and found 6 of the distributors waiting.

"You all know why you are here. You are distributors from the Reynosa Cartel. You steal from us, try to run, go to the police, take our money. We will not hesitate to kill you, you're family anything you love. You understand?" Said Diego.

No-one responded.

Nick pulled out his weapon and repeated in stronger authorative tone. "Do you understand?"

"Yes" they repeated

"Good." He said, reholstering his weapon.

Here is your product. Jefe expects all this sold in 1 week. I'll be back at the end of the week to collect the money and to give you more product. Understand."

"Yeah." Said everyone.

"Great, looks like we're done." Said Nick and no sooner had Nick said that, the doors flew open and police came in and hell broke loose. The distributors tried to run, leaving the drugs with them. Amanda and Nick tried to run, firing their weapons (which contained blanks), but were eventually apprehended along with the distributors.

They were lead outside and into the van and were transported to the station, where they were interviewed and entered into the system.

Amanda and Nick were put in interrogation together after they had been put through the system.

"So mission's over. Can we talk now?" He asks

"After we finish here, we can go and get a drink, how does that sound."

"Yeah, sounds good."

1 hour later after being debriefed Amaro and Rollins headed out to a local bar and got that long overdue drink.

"So how long have you been undercover."

"I've worked different squads, different undercover roles for different time periods."

"What about you?" She asks

"Me. I've been in Narcotics for the last 6 years working undercover on and off."

"Huh, you like it?"

"I've got no family, it's just me, makes it easy to do, leave my life you know."

"That's not what I asked" she said with a smile.

"So what about you." He said skillfully avoiding the question.

"What about me." She asks

"The story about your parents, the way you were with me, the flirting. Was that all an act?"

"All an act."Well maybe not the flirting." " She said with a smile.

"Really?" he said with a smile.

"Amanda nodded

"You were good, pretty convincing." He said as he took a sip of his beer.

"Thank, that's why I'm good."

Amanda's phone rang it was here boss.

"Yeah Capt. I understand I'll be right there. Amanda looked at Nick. A case that I'd been working previously is coming together they need me to go back undercover as an old alias. I gotta go."

"All good Rollins, nice working with you. Hope to see you soon."

Amanda flashed a smile headed out of the bar.

Flash forward 3 months

Amanda had been embedded in her new undercover role for 3 months as the girlfriend of a drug king pin, when a firefight had broken out. She had been shot. 3 shots to the torso.

"Julia, can you hear me" asked the doctor.

Amanda nodded. "Diego, Amaro" she mumbled "Save my baby" she said before she passed out

"Save my baby."

Please, please review,

Please let me know what you think!