Yay another chapter up I've been up until 5am working on this and I'm now ready to hit the sack but as all ways I look forward to any reviews and criticism I'm eager to learn from my mistakes and continue this story. Hope you all enjoy and it will hold you over until my next update :)
Samantha Reyes had been led into one of the interview rooms while the detectives decided who amongst them would interview her.
"It's your case" Olivia said to Fin "Why don't you do it?"
"Because I'm trying to work some magic and get us something to help with the case"
"Let him work his magic Liv" Said Ilsa, she hadn't moved around the room much since she had walked in, her body throbbed and begged her to rest, she'd been leaning on the edge of Olivia's desk rather then risk sitting down and not being able to get back up.
"I'll do it, it's no problem"
"You?" pipped in Elliot "You just got hit by a car and should be in hospital now"
Ilsa rolled her eyes "I feel fine it's not the worst thing to happen to me by far"
Elliot shook his head and crossed his arms
Fin looked confused "What about a car?"
"It's nothing" Said Ilsa trying to keep cool "I got into a little accident no biggie"
"She got hit by a car" Olivia popped in
"Why aren't you in hospital?" Asked Fin shocked that she was at work after that
"If I feel worse I'll go, why waste money and time on nothing plus I don't like them"
"I still say you should go" Said Olivia
Ilsa tried to glare at Olivia but she smirk on her face gave it away that she wasn't serious.
"Ok then because you put so much of yourself into this, you talk to her" Elliot said
"Fine" Said Ilsa with a smile as she slowly made her way to the interview room, Elliot shook his head as he saw her attempt at walking, the limp very noticeable, he couldn't wrap his head around why she didn't want to go to the hospital it was the best choice but then again it if were him and he was so into the case he wouldn't want to, maybe he could see where she was coming from.
The room was cold and Samantha sat alone in the dark grey room, waiting for someone, the scowl had not left her face and she was clearly unhappy.
Ilsa took a deep breath before she opened the door and walked in
"G'day" she said with a smile, doing her best to mask the limp.
"Leave me alone" Samantha snapped
"Afraid I can't do that" Ilsa said she pulled out some photos from the folder she had grabbed before coming in.
"Why'd you bring me here?" Sam snapped
"Why'd you get me hit by a car?" Ilsa said sarcastically, stopping Sam from saying anything more
"Tell me do you know Emily Taucher?" She asked, though she already knew Samantha and Emily were friends.
Samantha's face lost colour and she didn't say anything, just started into space
Ilsa walked around behind her "It's an easy question to answer, yes or no" she said as she stopped back in front of Sam completing her little circle.
The girl nodded slowly "I know her" she tried to make her voice sound strong but it wasn't working it came out sounding weak and unsure.
"When was the last time you saw her?" Ilsa asked, her face blank she wasn't showing any emotion wearing the mask she often wore when she was at work, though she still felt for the girl
"Why? What's happened?" Sam asked frantically
"Answer the question" Ilsa stated
"Not until you answer mine where's Emily!" she called "I want to see her, what happened, you wouldn't have brought me here if it wasn't something bad"
Ilsa took a deep breath and sat down "You got that right honey" she shifted until she was comfy in the seat and crossed her arms leaning back "So you going to answer me?"
Sam calmed herself down "A few days' She- I went away for a little while"
"Your parents said it was almost a week you've been gone"
She nodded "Sounds about right"
"How do you know each other?"
"Church, we went to church together, I was friends with her brother most of the kids at the church are friends"
Ilsa nodded "But you don't go anymore, why?"
The way Sam's jaw clenched didn't go unnoticed by Ilsa "They don't let us go anymore, don't want us there"
"Because you're a sinner?" Ilsa Asked
"What?" Snapped Sam "Who the hell do you think you are!" she demanded
"That's what I got told about you" Ilsa said, defending herself "Is it because you have a baby?"
Sam's face went pale again "Oh god my baby, where is she?" she asked franticly the panic evident in her voice and appearance, she jumped up from her seat
"Hey calm down" Said Ilsa holding her hand up her voice taking on less of an emotionless tone and more of a caring one "She's fine we've got her, talk to me and we'll bring her in"
Samantha Reyes was getting upset, her eyes brimming with tears "Your promise?" she asked
Ilsa nodded "Promise"
"What do you want to know" Sam asked as she sat back down
"How close are you and Emily?"
Sam paused, looking around the room before she answered "We're like best friends, we know everything about each other, she even stayed by me when I found out I was pregnant"
"Do you mind me asking who the farther is?"
Sam snorted "Some ass that left after he got what he wanted"
"You really don't know do you?" Ilsa asked
"Know what?" asked Sam, her brow furrowed
"Samantha….Emily was attacked, she's in the hospital" Ilsa said calmly
"Oh my god...I have to see her which hospital when were you going to tell me when did this happen who did this"
Ilsa walked over and placed a hand on Sam's shoulder, she didn't hear half of what had been said, the whole sentence had just piled together as it left the distraught girls mouth
"Hey calm down, she's ok"
"Who? Who did it?" Sam asked her eyes red as the tears threatened to spill out
"I was hoping you could help us, we got told that it might have been your brother"
Sam scoffed and pushed Ilsa away "That's a lie my brothers would never hurt anyone!"
"Ok ok" Ilsa said raising her hands in surrender "Then who could have?"
"This is because Carl hit that guy? He was just defending himself"
"I was told he was harassing Emily"
"NO!" she snapped loudly and then sighed "were friends all of us, he was talking to Emily because I asked him to…f-for me"
"He said her loved her"
Sam rolled her eyes and snorted "And you think that means they were a couple or something? No she's like a sister to them, nothing like that"
"So you're telling me, neither of your brother's could have done this because" Ilsa cleared her throat "Your brothers love her, as a sister, and they didn't assault anyone it was a misunderstanding because you wanted them to talk to Emily for you…"
Sam shrugged "That's about it"
"Did you hurt her" Ilsa asked
"What? That's just stupid I've never hurt her like that"
Ilsa raised her eyebrow at the choice of words used, she'll let it go for know, she wasn't getting told something.
Ilsa passed Sam one of the photos "Any idea who it could have been?"
"Oh god…" Sam whispered as she saw the photo of her bruised and battered friend "I-I don't know" she sighed, a tear falling down her cheeck
Ilsa took the photo back, not wanting to upset the woman anymore
"It was probably that asshole Asael, he always did have a hard on for her" she spat with a lot of venom in her voice
"You don't like him?" Ilsa asked hiding a smile
"He was always asking her out and wouldn't take 'no' for an answer, he got close to her parents and brother hoping it would help him with her"
"Why's that?"
Sam smiled "Haven't you seen her detective? Emily is gorgeous, face it anyone would want her"
Ilsa smiled as she listened to Samantha talked about her friend
"She doesn't let the money go to her head, she kind and funny and anyone would be lucky to have her, she's my best friend"
The look in Samantha's eyes did go unnoticed by the detective either "Despite the age difference?" Ilsa asked
"The difference doesn't matter, we get along great can talk about anything-"she sighed "Can I please go see her, I'm sure my daughter wants to see her to"
Ilsa smiled "Not yet, I still need to ask you some more questions"
Ilsa heard a knock at the door and turned to see Elliot open it "Captain wants to see you"
"I'll be done in-"
"Now" added Elliot
Ilsa looked at Samantha and shrugged "I'll be back soon ok" she said and she slowly pushed herself up from the chair and walked to her captain's office.
Ilsa knocked on the door gently and heard the Captain's deep voice beckon her inside She opened the door with a soft creek and peeked her head inside, she smiled when she saw him and he waved her in.
She walked in and saw George; she smiled and nodded her head, he way of saying hello without having to shake hands.
"What are you doing?" He asked, he didn't seem to happy
"Uh…you asked me to come in" Ilsa answer unsurely
Don shook his head "Is what I've been told true?"
"Depends what you have been told" Ilsa said with her trademark cheeky smile
"Were you hit by a car Ilsa?" Cragen asked, his voice demanded an answer
Ilsa contemplated lying, but she didn't like to lie to her friend "Yes" she said dejectedly
"Why aren't you in the hospital then?" he asked, he was concerned for his detective, she needed to be check out
Ilsa cleared her throat unsure of how to answer, she could be sarcastic…no he'd just get even madder at her, she could joke about it…no same thing again Don would be mad, no matter what she said he was going to be mad, maybe this was one of those times when the truth was the best thing.
"I don't want to" Ilsa said avoiding his gaze.
"Ilsa you could be injured" he said with utmost concern in his voice
"I'm ok, nothing is broken, and my head feels fine it's just a little hard to walk" she said with a sad look across her face.
"You could have internal bleeding" he pointed out
"If I feel worse I'll go" Ilsa said, starting to get annoyed by the fact nobody would drop the subject
"I'd feel better if you were checked out by a doctor" He said
"Fine" Ilsa said "George is here, he can look at me" she said with a smile
"What?" Asked George
"You're a doctor, just give me the once over and tell me I'm good to go" Ilsa didn't much like the idea of the young doctor touching her, but if it stopped everyone from worrying about her she'd do it.
George shook his head and sighed
"Come on, you got a light, shine it in my eyes tell me I'm good and everyone is happy"
"You should see a real doctor" Donald said. George just gave him a look "No offence George I just mean one at a hospital, where they can scan you and keep you if anything is wrong"
"That's my last offer, take it or leave it" Ilsa said crossing her arms, Donald didn't look happy.
"Ok" George said "But if I find something wrong you're going to the hospital"
"Yea sir!" Ilsa Said with a salute.
George pulled out his bag of tricks and shone a light into Ilsa's eyes, they reacted the way he had hoped, normally.
"See I'm fine" Ilsa said as she made her way to leave
"Stay" Said Donald "We don't know if you have any broken bones"
"What? You want me to strip in your office?" she asked and shrugged her shoulder she undid her vert and put it over the chair, the started to unbutton her blouse
"What are you doing!?" Exclaimed George
"How else are you going to check for broken bones" Ilsa said not stopping until all the buttons where undone "I'm wearing an undershirt" she said with a scowl as she put her blouse over her vest on the chair "And it's easier to check without a barrier in the way"
Donald and George stared as Ilsa finished with her shirt "Like what you see" she asked with a sly grin
"I thought you only had little tattoos?" George asked as he walked closer
Ilsa laughed "This isn't even all of it" she said with a smile, Trailing down her arm, from shoulder to wrist was a black tribal tattoo wrapping around her arm, her whole sleeve was done.
'No wonder she wears long sleeves' thought George 'tattoo's like this can be very intimidating'
George walked up and pressed into her side, It hurt but Ilsa didn't let on
"Did that hurt?" he asked, Ilsa shook her head not trusting herself to talk, it was awkward enough
George rolled his eyes and pressed into her hip "What about that?"
Ilsa moved away and placed her hands over her hips "Ow yes!" she claimed angrily "You happy?" she asked, clearly she wasn't.
George smiled "Get yourself check as a hospital, I can't see anything wrong but that doesn't mean there isn't" he said in his professional way
"Now when you say something wrong do you mean physically or mentally?" Ilsa said with her cheeky grin and she put her blouse over her shoulders.
Donald and George shook their heads, Don Let out a soft chuckle as they walked out
George said his goodbyes and went back to his office, Ilsa moved into the squad room and began to button up her shirt.
"My my" Said Munch "What happened in there" he asked with a sly look on his face
"Why, do you wish it were you much?" Ilsa asked with a wink as she finished with her buttons
Munch raised his eyebrows and Ilsa laughed "Huang wanted to check me out"
Munch's jaw dropped and everyone else stopped what they were doing to stare
"For injuries" Ilsa clarified "get your mind out of the gutters people"
"And what did he say?" Asked Olivia
"I got told to get my butt to the hospital" she paused and put her vest back on "But I don't think I will just yet"
"I see it's gotten bigger" commented Donald as he walked to get a cup of coffee
"You should see the whole thing know" she said, Donald shook his head and headed back into his office to finish his paper work, which sadly was never ending.
"What's gotten bigger?" Asked Elliot from his desk
"My tattoo" Ilsa said
He looked at her hand and the tattoo of a bracelet that ran around her wrist, a cross resting in the space between her thumb and her index finger
"Doesn't look any bigger to me"
"He wasn't talking about that one" Ilsa said, Elliot raised his eyebrow at her and she sighed "Do you want me to show you" Ilsa said as she took off the vest she had just put back on.
"No!" Elliot claimed
Ilsa shook her head "I have a shirt on underneath, why does every freak when I go to take my shirt of" she sighed and rolled up her sleeve to her elbow "This is the one he was talking about"
"Wow" Said Fin as he looked at it
"So that's why you wear long sleeves all the time" Elliot said
"So it's it bigger then yours?" Ilsa asked with a smile
"I think so" he said "Olivia what do you think?" he asked
"Don't ask her, she's never really liked it" Ilsa said as she rolled her sleeve back down
"I never said I didn't like it I just always wondered why you got such a big tattoo"
"It's not that big" Said Elliot
Ilsa laughed and they turned to look at her "Oh you guys just haven't seen all of it, Olivia has"
"Well how big then?" Asked Munch
A sly grin worked its way across Ilsa face "Let's jut say I'd have to take off a lot more then just my shirt to see it all"
Olivia chuckled "Ok we need to get back to work, you still questioning Samantha?"
"I think I'll leave her alone for now, let her wait a bit before I go back in"
"Speaking of this case what have you been doing Fin?" Munch asked
"Working my magic what have you done" Fin said and he handed them some paper "I got Emily's financial records"
"How'd you get them?" Asked Olivia
"Oh they're pretty willing to cooperate" Fin said with a smile
"Ok then" Ilsa said "Lets look for anything suspicious"
It had been a good half an hour and they hadn't found much, and there were a lot of things to go though, man this girl knew how to shop.
"Hey look at this El" Olivia said handing him the piece of paper she was holding
"What?" he asked as he looked at it
Olivia pointed to a line he had highlighted "She spend a lot of money here but I've never heard of it"
"Underground?" Elliot asked "What is it a clothing shop or something"
"Hey let me see that" Ilsa said putting her stuff down and walking over she took the paper and scanned it, she turned the paper around and looked at the back even thought there was nothing on that side.
Ilsa walked and grabbed her own piece of paper and smiled "Oh my…" she said with a grin
"What?" Olivia asked confused
"I know this place" Ilsa said
"What Underground?" Elliot asked
"Yeah" Ilsa said as she scanned over the paper seeing that Emily had gone there quite a few times before all this happened.
Ilsa pulled out her phone and dialled a number. Elliot took the paper she was holding and went over it.
"Hi is Gayle there?" Ilsa asked the person who had picked up
"Oh no sorry she's out right now can I take a message" the woman on the other end asked, Ilsa just shook her head
"Is she at lunch?" Ilsa asked
the woman was quiet on the other end "y-yes...do you have an 'appointment'?"
Ilsa chuckled "No not today, but thanks" Ilsa said as she hung up, a grin plastered on her face.
"Who was that?" Asked Olivia
"Receptionist" Ilsa said as she grabbed her keys, Ilsa turned and looked at the watched on her right wrist "should be open lets go see if I can get you guys in"
"What do you mean get us in?" Asked Elliot
"You can't get into Underground unless you're a regular, have been invited or are with someone whose welcome" Ilsa said the grin still on her face "But if you're with me I can get you in"
"But what is it?" Elliot asked
"I guess one way to describe it is…it's a club of sorts for people who…" Ilsa paused rubbing her chin
"Out with it Ilsa" Demanded Elliot
"Who are into things that may or may not be socially accepted"
"And you're a regular?" Asked Olivia
"I know the owner" Ilsa said as she, Olivia and Elliot left the squad room to pay a visit to a placed they'd never even heard of but for some reason, really weren't keen on finding out about…
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