Erin woke up early the next morning, still in the clothes that she went to dinner in, and lying in Jay's lap. She looked up at Jay, who was still sleeping, his mouth slightly agape, his head leaning on the back of the couch. They didn't have to be at work for two hours, so Erin tried to go back to sleep, but she couldn't. She got up and took a shower, and decided to make breakfast for the two of them. As the smell of pancakes and coffee came from the kitchen, Jay Halstead woke up.
"Good morning," he said, smiling at her. He sat on one of the two bar stools lined up on the island.
"Morning," she said, as she poured a cup of coffee for Jay and placed it in front of him.
"Thanks," he said. Erin removed the hot pan off the stove and put a mountainous stack of pancakes in front of Jay. She sat on the barstool next to him and they both started eating.
"How are you doing this morning? You were pretty upset when you fell asleep." Jay asked Erin.
"I'm fine I guess. I don't really wanna go to work and see Voight though." Erin explained.
"Yeah I know. If you don't wanna go, you can take a personal day to clear your head." Jay suggested.
"No. I never miss work. Ever." Erin said.
Jay started laughing. "Yeah I know, Lindsay."
They finished their breakfast and Jay headed home to take a shower and change. They met at the district, where everyone was starting to work on a new case they got this morning. There was a group kidnapping, raping, and killing young women from poor areas and dumping their bodies all over the city. Erin volunteered herself to go undercover on this case; she was so sensitive and emotional when it came to women being victims of such terrible crimes. As soon as she did, Jay also volunteered himself to go undercover on this case as well. He wanted to be there to protect Erin; just in case she needed it.
At around 5 pm, Antonio got a tip from one of his CIs on where they think the next abduction was going to occur. There was going to be an end of the summer party in an abandoned house for some of the high school and college aged kids in the area.
Voight walked out of his office. "Alright so the guys we are looking for are cousins, Joseph and Daniel Warner. Both 23 years old. They've been grabbing girls from bus stops and outside of schools and bringing them to wherever they hide out. What we need to do is find out where they are taking them so we can get those scumbags in prison."
Voight paused and looked at the members of his unit. "Alright, we are going to have Lindsay and Halstead among the kids at the party. Dress like you're in high school and try not to attract too much attention to yourselves. If you see any suspicious activity, report it to us, we'll be on the perimeter. Halstead and Lindsay, my office."
Erin and Jay stood up from their seats and walked toward his office. Voight looked at both of them. "I want you both to understand something right now. If anything goes wrong out there, you do not try to be a hero on your own. That's how you get killed and there's too much of a risk with all of those kids around. We're gonna be there with you."
"Yeah, Sergeant, we understand." Halstead said, while Erin just stared at Hank.
"Alright. Go get suited up." Voight said. "Erin?"
Erin was halfway out the door when Voight called her name. "What?" she snapped at him.
"I don't say this often, but sometimes I'm wrong. I went about things the wrong way yesterday." Hank explained.
"Is this your way of saying sorry?" Erin angrily asked.
Voight sighed. "Yeah, kid. It is."
"Alright well I…I'm gonna go get ready." Erin said.
Erin and Jay walked into the small house that was falling apart in every way. The music was blaring so loudly the walls shook. The house reeked of marijuana, and was filled with kids that were under the influence of either drugs or alcohol. They all looked to be between the ages of 16 and 21. Erin and Jay split up to look around the house to see if they can spot any suspicious behavior.
Erin walked toward the backdoor where she saw five kids passed out in the grass. She also spotted a girl, whom she thought was about 18 years old, standing near the fence, looking in the direction of the alley behind the home. Suddenly, Erin heard the screech of a car and saw a man jump out of a van. The girl started running toward the house, trying to fight off the man as she did.
Lindsay didn't have time to radio the intelligence team. She ran as quickly as she could toward the backdoor.
"Chicago PD! Don't move!" Erin screamed at him, pulling her gun out of the holster. Erin started to scream into her walkie-talkie. "I've got Joseph Warner in the-"
Suddenly Erin felt a gun at the back of her head. "Put the gun down and shut the hell up officer, or else I'll pull the trigger and blow your brains all over this backyard."
Erin dropped her weapon and stopped talking. "Good choice, officer. Now you and your friend here are going to go on a little ride with my cousin and I."