AUTHOR'S NOTE/DISCLAIMER

Takes place during the crossover with Yates though Shay's alive and is just an idea I had. Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, and SVU belongs to Dick Wolf and NBC. I only own the newer plot.

A few days later, Erin wheeled Kelly into the courtroom. Yates was on trial and Kelly had been cleared enough to participate in the trial.

"You sure you can do this? You don't have to. Voight said that they found plenty of evidence to convict him with," she murmured.

"I'll be fine," he replied. "I can't let him get away with this. People need to know just what this bastard did to me so he can't target any other girls," he continued and she nodded. He's so strong, she thought to herself. To be honest, she couldn't imagine herself being in this situation and testifying. She hoped she would, but she couldn't be sure. But Kelly was amazing. He had been kidnapped and tortured and he was determined to make sure his captor paid for it. She then wheeled him to where he was supposed to be and went to sit down next to Jay and the rest of Intelligence.

"He'll be okay. He's got this," Jay whispered to her.

"Yeah, I know," she murmured. "Hey, uh, thanks for being here for us. We both appreciate it," she continued.

"Yeah of course. Any time," he whispered back. Then, the judge-Elana Barth-came in and they all went to rise. Seeing the struggle that Kelly was having, the judge shook her head at him, indicating that it was okay for him to stay sitting and a moment later, they were all told the sit down and they proceeded. The first person called to the witness stand and sworn in was Hank.

"Sergeant Voight, what is your relationship to Lieutenant Severide?" ADA RafaelBarba asked.

"He's a firefighter over at House Fifty-One in Chicago and is dating one my detectives," he responded.

"So the two of you are close?" the ADA questioned.

"Not all that much, actually. There's been some bad blood between our two districts, which is on me," the sergeant replied.

"When did you first discover that he had been taken?" Barba asked.

"When a woman who works for our district ran in saying that he had been grabbed while protecting her," Voight answered.

"Thank you. No further questions for this witness," Barba stated and then went back to his seat as Yates-who had decided to represent himself-walked up to him.

"Sergeant Voight, you say that your district isn't all that close with the fire station that Lieutenant Severide is a part of, so why would he be in your building?" Yates questioned.

"He and one of my detectives are dating," he responded.

"I see. So because of the relationship, you weren't surprised to hear that he had dropped by?"

"Not at all."

"I see. No further questions." The sergeant stepped down and this time, Amaro was called up by Barba who told the court how they had caught the case which resulted in them teaming up with the Chicago Police Department.

"So, Detective Amaro, just for clarification, the Chicago Police got wind of the case first but invited your squad down when Sergeant Benson realized that it had some similarities to an old case?" Barba questioned.

"Yes, that is correct," Amaro replied.

"Thank you, no further questions." After the judge checked with Yates to make sure that he didn't have any questions, the detective was allowed to step down. As the trial went on, Kelly's eyes clouded. He knew why they were starting out this way-so that the jury could understand how everything started and why the case was so urgent-but the waiting was killing him. Finally, they got into the meat of the trial-his kidnapping. Barba faced Nadia.

"Miss Decotis, I realize this is probably pretty scary for you, but can you tell me what happened a few days ago?" he questioned, going on to give the date that he was talking about.

"I was picking up a birthday cake Erin and was about to go in when Yates appeared in front of me," she replied.

"Do you know what he wanted?"

"He tried to grab me."

"Tried to? He wasn't successful?"

"No. Because of what was going on, I didn't want to be out there all by myself, so I called up Kelly and asked him to come with me."

"And for the court's clarification, Kelly is?"

"Lieutenant Severide." The ADA nodded.

"And what happened when defendant tried to grab you?"

"Objection. Speculation."

"Miss Decotis was involved in the incident."

"Overruled."

"Kelly got in between us, gave me enough time to get into the precinct."

"Thank you. No further questions." Barba took his seat and Yates walked up.

"Nadia, you say I tried to grab you, but how do you know? Maybe I had just been at the precinct to help the detectives find the person who was doing these terrible things and you and your friend overreacted."

"No. You tried to punch me but Kelly stopped you."

"Are you sure about that? Maybe you're remembering wrong. It was a few days ago and a lot has happened since then."

"I'm positive." At this, Yates scowled, but went back to his seat. Nadia was told to sit down and then Barba went into the forensics that had been found on his phone, a thing of nail polish, and a lighter along with the stuff in the shack and a shrine in his house that detailed the crimes that he had committed and the trophies he had accumulated. Finally, Kelly was called up the stand and he was wheeled up. Barba waited until the man had been sworn in and then walked up to him.

"Lieutenant Severide, could you tell us in your own words what happened after Ms. Decotis called you?" he requested.

"I told her to come by the firehouse and we went to pick up a cake for Erin and then I took her back to the Twenty-first," he replied.

"And what happened when you got there?"

"Yates tried to punch her."

"Tried to? How come he didn't?"

"I got in the way."

"You got in the way. You put yourself in the line of fire for Miss Decotis?"

"That's correct."

"And after that?"

"He broke free from my grasp by slamming his head on mine and then punched me out."

"What's the next thing you remember?"

"Waking up inside of a trunk." The court was silent as Kelly continue, not leaving out any details of what had happened to him as Yates took him from Chicago to New York. As he talked, Yates' face continued to become stony. This is not good, he thought to himself. He would have to spin it so that he came out on top. And he could do it. He was a doctor. People would believe him. And besides, he couldn't let this upstart get away with humiliating him. No, he would turn things around and poke holes in his story. He couldn't have remembered all that much. Most of what he was saying was just most likely stuff that the cops had told him. He would be able to make everyone see what had really happened. When ADA Barba was done asking his questions, Yates came up to him.

"You say I tried to kidnap your friend. What gave you that idea? From what I remember, you attacked me for merely greeting her," he accused. "Could it be that you jumped the gun and made a mistake?"

"No."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because you stuffed me in the trunk of a car and then stabbed me in the leg." Yates scowled. How can I rework this? he wondered. He needed to cast doubt on the firefighter's story.

"Lieutenant Severide, would you say that Miss Decotis is an attractive woman?"

"Not my type, but yeah."

"And given the fact that she's attractive, maybe you used my sudden appearance and friendly greeting to try to impress her by "saving her" when I accidentally scared her and you knew that I posed no threat?"

"No. When she had to run an errand, she called me up and asked me to accompany her because she didn't want to go out alone."

"And why is that?"

"Because you were still running around." Yates' scowl deepened. This isn't working. I need to come up with something else, he thought.

"No further questions." As the trial went on, the detectives told the jury what leads they had come across and the shrine that had ultimately been discovered in Yates' apartment along with trophies from his previous victims. After this, the jury went out to deliberate and came back after a few minutes.

"Has the jury reached a verdict?"

"We have your honor."

"What say you?"

"We the jury find the defendant, Gregory Yates, guilty on all accounts." At this, Kelly let out a sigh of relief. It was over and done with. They had him. They all watched as Yates was led away. As he was led away, Yates locked eyes with Olivia, trying to intimidate her with the fury in his eyes. However, she just gave him a satisfied smirk. They had finally caught the bastard. And it felt damn good.

THE END