So I had a little free time today and I got another chapter out. This is the longest chapter to date, and a lot happens in it, but it's mostly all about the case. Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Chicago P.D. or Chicago Fire.

Chapter 17

The next day, Hank woke when JayJay did. He'd ended up carrying Erin to bed. He'd about decided he was too old to be doing that, but he couldn't let her sleep on the couch all night. He'd put her in her old room, which he had not changed since she had lived there. She was still asleep, and he planned on letting her sleep as long as she would. He had called Al and told him he was in charge until Hank could get there, but he wanted hourly updates.

Hank was sitting at the table with JayJay trying to get her to eat, but she was refusing. "Come on JayJay, you have to eat. Mommy will be up soon and he want to tell her that you've already had breakfast." JayJay shook her head no. "I not have mommy," came JayJay's reply. "What?!" Hank refrained from screaming but it was close because he was quite frankly shocked. JayJay had been calling Erin 'mommy' since the day after Jay had gotten her. "JayJay, of course you have a mommy. She's just upstairs sleeping."

JayJay was shaking her head no. "No, mommy and daddy weft me," she said with tears in her eyes. "Oh sweetie," Hank said as he took her onto his lap. "I know your real mom left you with your daddy and that was hard. But you've had a mommy ever since you've been with daddy, right?" JayJay didn't say anything and after a minute she nodded yes. "Okay then. So Erin is your mommy. You love her like she's your real mommy and you call her mommy, so she's your mommy baby girl. She's just upstairs sleeping in her old room."

JayJay was quiet for a minute; "Daddy?" she asked. Hank sighed. This was going to be a big adjustment, and he wasn't sure JayJay was going to handle it well, especially since she had just gone through one big adjustment moving in with her dad. But kids were resilient and he figured she's be just fine in the end. "Daddy had to leave for work, princess, but he'll be back before you even know it. He left you with mommy and me and all your aunts and uncles from mommy's work. You'll never even know he was gone before he is back." Hank prayed that was the truth, and Jay had a short deployment. Jaylyn laid her head on his chest; "You have to eat princess because when daddy gets back, he'll want to see how much you've grown, and you can't grow if you don't eat." That seemed to perk her up just a little. "I get big like you," she said. "Not if you don't eat you won't," hank said.

Jaylyn jumped to her seat and begin eating breakfast. Hank didn't know Erin had overheard the entire conversation. She was truly grateful that Hank was supporting her and Jay because without his support right now, she wasn't sure she would get through this.

Later that day, Hank got a call from Will Halstead. Emmalyn was waking up, and Will thought Hank might want to be there to get her statement. Erin assured Hank that she was fine, and she and JayJay would stay at his house for today until she was ready to go back to the apartment. No matter how much she had insisted they needed to return home, she didn't quiet feel like going there without Jay just yet.

Hank arrived at the hospital, and Will was waiting on him outside Emmalyn's room. "She hasn't said much," Will informed him. "Everything seems to be fine, and she doesn't seem to suffer any memory loss. She did ask about Jay, but I didn't tell her anything. I wasn't sure how much he would want her to know." Hank nodded. "Thanks, Will." Will returned the nod. "Oh, Hank, has Erin heard if Jay made it safely?" Hank nodded sadly. "She wanted me to ask you the same thing." Will sighed. "Will, is he usually allowed to check in after landing to let them know he made it safely?"

"Just depends. Usually when he first deploys to a base he can, but he usually knows all his orders before he deploys, but this time he didn't; so I really don't know." Hank nodded. "Okay, thanks. Erin was just wondering."

"I can tell you this though, Jay loves Erin and JayJay, and he will contact them as much as he is allowed, and he is going to fight to cut this deployment short, so I'm sure he'll call just as soon as he can."

"Yea, I was thinking the same thing. Okay I guess I need to go question the victim, and see if we can get a lead that will bust this case open. I don't like the thought that my family is targeted and we don't know when or where the attacker is." Will nodded. He didn't like thinking about the fact that his niece and future sister-in-law could still be in danger, but he did like that Hank referred to all of them as his family. At least Jay had made progress that way, even if he didn't know it.

Upon entering Emmalyn's room, Hank could see how bruised and battered she really was. He was amazed that Halstead was able to positively id her. "Emmalyn, I'm Detective Hank Voight, Intelligence."

"I know who you are. You're Jay's boss." Hank nodded.

"That I am. Look I know you just woke up from a week long coma, but I need to ask you some questions. We are trying to bust this dealer you were working, and we need your help. Also, I need to know if Jay and his family are in trouble."

Emmalyn sighed. "The phone I used to call him was shattered into a million pieces, but the SD card was still in it. It might not have broken when the phone did. I'm not really sure. I never should have called him, but I needed to buy myself some more time undercover."

"I understand," Hank said. "I need all the information you have on Jeremey, Emmalyn. I want this guy put away soon before he harms my family or anyone else. I can clearly see the damage he is capable of creating, so I'm hoping you will cooperate."

"Of course, sir. My case has been completely compromised I'm sure so anything I knew I'll gladly share."

Hank and Emmalyn continued discussing the case for almost 2 hours. Hank took notes as Emmalyn talked. He hoped his team would be able to use something from Emmalyn to give them enough evidence to put this bastard away. If nothing else, they had him for aggravated assault of an officer which give Jeremey a felony charge and a maximum of 3 years. That wasn't long enough for Voight so he hoped they could get him for more.

Meanwhile across town, Erin decided to take JayJay to the babysitter for a couple of hours. If nothing else just to try and get her used to going again. However, when Erin tried to leave, JayJay threw an awful fit. It took her almost 30 minutes to get her calmed back down. Erin decided to stay for a bit and Kristy said that was perfectly fine. She understood how hard it was on JayJay especially since Jay had just left the day before.

What Erin didn't know was that Jeremey had men watching the babysitter's house. He had just been waiting for them to make their return to the city. As soon as Erin arrived with JayJay, the men sent Jeremey a text telling him that the blonde & baby were at the house. Jeremey instructed his men to stay put until he got there. It was time to teach the CPD not to mess with him or his ring….

Erin had been at the babysitters for an hour. She had checked her phone multiple times during that hour. She was dying to hear from Jay, and it was so hard not to pick up the phone and call him. This was going to be longest days of her life. She was in the kitchen not far, but far enough that JayJay was getting some play time without her around.

She had been so lost in thoughts of Jay that she didn't not hear the front door crash open or the sound of glass breaking. It wasn't until Kristy screamed that Erin was even alerted to anything being wrong. Most of the kids started crying, and Erin could hear men's voices telling them to shut up or he was going to shoot.

Erin whipped her phone out as she crept towards the entrance to the living room from the kitchen. She pulled up the team's group name and sent a message saying 911. Everyone but Jay would get the message because Mouse had taken his number out of the group when he deployed yesterday. She just prayed the team got them before anything drastic happened.

Erin reached for her gun as soon as she pocketed her phone. She could still a few kids whimpering, but the living room was mostly silent. She couldn't really see anything from her vantage point, but for now she was safe.

She heard a man's voice shout "Find the Bitch before I start killing people. Also pull out his kid. CPD is going to learn a hard lesson."

Erin knew immediately that it was Jeremey and his men. They were after her and JayJay. She had to figure out how to get to JayJay to keep her safe without getting herself shot in the process. She was praying backup would arrive soon.

Voight received the message while stilling talking to Emmalyn. "Shit I have to go. Erin's in trouble," and he ran out the door. Will happened to see Voight come running out and yelled after him. All hank could shout was Erin, and he was gone. Will knew something was seriously wrong, but he prayed Erin and Jaylyn would be safe.

Voight called Mouse and wanted the location now. Mouse said she was at the babysitter's and everyone was already in route with patrol cops. Voight hung up.

Upon arriving at the babysitter's he saw cars parked along the street and his team positioned where the street was blocked. They had not heard anything else from Erin, and he wasn't sure what he was going to be walking in on.

His team huddled around him. "Ok, we do not know the situation. All we know is that Erin and Jaylyn are in danger. It's our job to make sure they are safe for Jay, but also all the other children as well. Erin said the babysitter kept anywhere from 3 to 7 kids a day. We can assume this is Jeremey and his men. Everyone suited?"

He received nods from everyone. Burgess and Roman came running up. "We heard it was Erin and JayJay and came as soon as we could." Hank nodded. "Ok, I want O, Ruzek, & Roman in the front with me. Dawson, Atwater, and Burgess take the back. No one goes out until everyone is in custody. We move in on 3."

They all split up. Once everyone was in position, Hank gave the count down. On 3 both doors were busted in. Hank heard a female scream but knew it wasn't Erin. He could see the babysitter sitting on the couch with her hands taped behind her. He couldn't see any visible wounds, and Al went to untape her hands. He could hear him trying to calm her down, and she said included JayJay there were 5 kids there today.

"Boss," Ruzek started. Hank turned and looked at him. Inside a playpen were 4 kids. That meant Erin and JayJay were missing. Hank went up to Kristy. "Where did he take them?"

"D..d… downstairs." Hank nodded and told Ruzek to stay with them.

"Everybody downstairs. Burgess and guard the back door and don't let anyone out. Ruzek is with the babysitter and kids. Roman cover the front and don't let anyone out." He heard "copy" from them both. As they moved downstairs he could hear JayJay screaming for her mommy. He had to block that out and focus on getting them out of there.

The stairs creaked and everything downstairs became silent. Voight tried the door but it was locked. Just great, he thought. Can't shoot the lock off because he didn't know where Erin and Jaylyn were in the room. He sent Atwater back up to get the battering ram. He couldn't hear Erin or JayJay anymore.

"What's the plan?" Al asked.

"Get the door open and get my girls out." O and Dawson nodded. At water returned and broke the door open. All four entered with weapons drawn. The sight before them liked to have killed Hank, but he blocked it out until the girls were safe. Erin was tied to a chair with duct tape over her mouth. JayJay was being held by one of the men, and he had his hand over her mouth. She looked like she was trying to fight him but the guy was not releasing his hold.

"I'm Detective Hank Voight. Let these girls go."

"Like hell I will. CPD has to learn a lesson about leaving me alone. I'm not letting them go until I get a signed agreeance that me & my men walk out of here free and alive."

"Put your guns down & we'll talk." Erin was shooting him looks begging him not to do that, but he couldn't think about that. His priority was getting his girls back.

Once Jeremey's men lowered their guns to the ground, Hank, Alvin, Antonio and Kevin did as well. "What are you wanting out of this Jeremey?"

"I want money and I want to be left alone and the streets to keep running my business the way I do. I've heard about you; I know you make deals and I want one. You've been messing with my ring, even sent in a snitch. You see what happen to her. I can do that to these 2 right now."

"Look, let the girls go; I'll send my men out and you can send yours out and we'll talk. Swear." Jeremey looked skeptical. "Ok, fine everyone can wait upstairs for us, but I'm not even talking deals until the hostages are turned free."

Jeremey conceded. The one holding JayJay handed her to Antonio because he was the closest. JayJay immediately started crying for mommy and gran'pa but Antonio took her upstairs. Erin was released as well. She stopped by Hank, and he knew she was going to beg him not to do this, but he said, "Erin, go upstairs with everyone else. I'll join you soon." Alvin took her by the arm, and led her upstairs while Atwater followed the rest of Jeremey's men up the stairs.

"Ok you got what you want, now I want a deal." Hank had moved closer to Jeremey. He put his hand on his shoulder, and Jeremey tried to shrug away, but Hank had a deathly grip. "I will break your shoulder in two, if you so much as blink again. I DO NOT make deals with thugs and criminals," Hank whispered in a deathly voice. "I definitely do not make deals with someone who threaten my family with a gun." He grabbed Jeremey's arm and started twisting. "You made the biggest mistake of your life by pointing a gun at her head and holding my granddaughter like that. You are going away for the rest of your sorry ass life. I will make sure of it. I have a warrant waiting to search all of your properties, and oh look, here's some drugs on your person. I have a warrant for your arrest waiting on my desk, and you think I'm going to make a deal with you?!"

Jeremey was silent. Hank had twisted his arm to the breaking point. "You are nothing but trash in this city, and it's my job to clean that trash up. You better thank whoever that you didn't hurt either one of them, or you would be going somewhere that you could never come back from." With that, Hank slapped cuffs on his wrist, picked up his teams' guns and walked upstairs with Jeremey.

When they got to the top, Hank nodded to Alvin, Dawson and Atwater. They all got the signal, pulled their cuffs and cuffed the remaining free men. They tried putting up a fight but when Jeremey said "enough" they stopped.

Later that night, once everyone had been processed, Hank headed home. Erin had been at his house the rest of the afternoon with Jaylyn. He hoped JayJay was okay after today's fiasco. He also hopped Erin was fine. He was afraid the last two days would be too much for her emotionally.

When he got home, Erin was in the rocking chair in the living room rocking JayJay who looked to be asleep. Erin had soft music playing, and looked like she was lost in thought. "How are ya kid?"

Erin didn't say anything for the longest time. "I promised I would keep her safe. He's gone one day and she is held hostage. I don't think I can do this."

"Erin, look at me. This is not your fault. We should have made an arrest while yall were tucked safely away. This is on me. You're both safe now. JayJay is fine, they didn't hurt her or you. You can take care of her. You are a good mother and she knows it."

Erin had been shaking her head no and crying the whole time. "Erin, look at me." Erin raised her eyes to him. "You are the best mother Jaylyn has. You did everything you could today. Jay would have been proud of you. And I'm proud of you too. You kept your head and neither of you got hurt."

Erin nodded. "I don't think I can work while Jay is away. It'll be too hard to leave her." Hank nodded. "You can work desk and bring her with you. I don't think you would happy staying home with her all day though." Erin agreed.

"Okay, kiddo. Let's get you both in bed. You both take my bed so JayJay can sleep with you. I'll be in Justin's room if either of you need anything." Erin nodded. She let Hank take JayJay from her, and when she started to fuss, he nuzzled her close and whispered softly to her until she settled.

Right before she got into bed, Erin got a text from Jay. "I made it safely. First chance I've had to use my phone. Looks like I'll be staying on base for now. Talking with my CO to see about coming home soon. Hope all is well with my girls. I love you both so much."

Erin cried some more as she laid down and thought about how to respond. She didn't want to tell him all the details about today because he would just panic, but she had to let him know. "JayJay and I miss you terribly and love you so much too. Jeremey was arrested today. I think I'm just going to work desk until you are back so JayJay can stay with me. I don't think she will handle being at the babysitters very well. Can't wait to hear your voice or see your face. Love you bunches."

With that Erin fell asleep with memories of Jay dancing through her head. She missed him but she could get through this, as long as she could keep her baby with her.

A/N: So there is chapter 17. That turned out to be way longer than I expected, but I wanted to wrap the case up to move on to happier times. Plus, the timeline I have laid out had me wrapping the case up this chapter. I just added a lot more detail then I originally planned. Not sure when I will be able to update again, but I'm aiming for next weekend because I want to wrap this story up to start on my new one. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and can't wait for your reviews!