"I don't know if that's a good idea, Sarge", Kevin said.
Adam and Jay lowered their heads. Kim stared at the pile of files on her desk and Hailey watched the cars drive by outside the window. Voight looked at him with a blank expression.
"Why Kevin?"
Kevin shook his head and stayed silent.
"Do you think my CI can't handle this? Do you think I can't handle this?"
"That's not what I'm saying, it's just…"
"What is it?"
No one dared to say a word.
"Do I need to remove you from the case?"
"No."
"Then I ask you to trust me. We'll meet Ricky and Marc tomorrow, we're gonna take them with us, and we'll find out where Vanessa is. Understood?"
"Yes."
"Good. Now everyone goes home and sleeps for a few hours. We'll meet here first and get everything ready. See you tomorrow."
That night barely anyone got enough sleep. Hailey woke up from a nightmare, screaming like she never had before. Jay took her in his arms and tried to calm her. He reassured her that Vanessa wasn't dead and that she'd just dreamt that. Hailey understood what he was saying but it didn't really help to calm her. Jay spent a good half hour whispering nonsense into her ear and little by little, she calmed down. In the end Hailey cried herself to sleep.
Kim and Adam sat on their couch, drank their favorite whiskey, and spent the majority of the night talking. Around four a.m. they fell asleep on each other's shoulder.
Kevin couldn't sleep at all. He sat on his couch, staring at pictures of Vanessa. They had been taken when she had still been at Intelligence. He brushed his index finger over her smiling face. He tried not to think about what she could be going through right now, but his thoughts turned like a merry-go-round. He kept thinking about the character and attitude of Ricky and couldn't help but imagining that this Marc was probably worse. He downed three drinks and fell asleep after promising Vanessa that he'd save her…
Next morning 9 a.m.
Intelligence and the Undercover Unit found themselves at the district, preparing their gear for the meeting. Voight's CI arrived around 11 a.m. He got the meeting location on his phone. Voight and his CI were wired and then they were off to the meeting.
The rest left shortly after, but Voight and his CI took the long way round, so that the team could take positions.
"Sarge, we're in position", Jay reported.
"Same goes for us", Adam added and looked at Kevin.
"Good. Keep your eyes open in case they want to trap us."
"Copy."
Voight and his CI arrived shortly after 12 p.m. They didn't want to be on time otherwise Ricky might get a bad feeling. Drug dealers were never on time anyways. They saw him already waiting and he shot them a greasy smile.
"You're late, that's a good sign. Come on, Marc is already waiting."
Ricky led them into the warehouse. He turned a few corners before the team saw Marc for the first time over Voight's bodycam. He sat behind a table flanked by two big men with guns. On the table they saw packages and a few more guns.
"Marc, this is the guy I told you about. And that's his bodyguard", Ricky said and pointed at Voight.
"Bodyguard?", Marc asked.
He raised his eyebrows.
"Yeah, I don't like to go somewhere alone", Voight's CI answered casually.
"Hmm."
Marc eyed them closely.
"What was your name again?"
"I go by Kyle", Voight's CI replied.
"Alright Kyle… Ricky told me that you know some people who'd be interested in what I have here."
Marc rose from his chair and skimmed his fingers over the packages. He smiled proudly.
"Yeah sure, my people only want the best and Ricky promised me that you're the one and only when it comes to those things. So, what can you tell me about your stuff?"
Marc smiled once more before he started to tell them about his drugs in detail. He spoke for almost 10 minutes without stopping and in the end, the police had everything they needed to know. Except for Vanessa's location, but it was impossible to bring that up without creating a dangerous setting. So they decided to book them first for drug dealing and question them about Vanessa later.
"Okay Marc, this sounds very good. I'm gonna call my friends and see what they can offer you", Kyle said and took out his phone.
He walked away a few steps before dialing Jay's number and telling him with code words, that the team should come in and arrest them.
Within minutes, the warehouse was surrounded by police officers and Intelligence was up front.
"Hands where I can see them!"
Jay's voice thundered through the warehouse. He walked up to the meeting spot with his gun pointing at Marc.
"Police, hands where we can see them!"
Adam arrived from the other side, Kevin following closely behind.
"You son of a bitch!", Marc yelled at Kyle and put his hands in the air.
His two colleagues watched the officers and detectives come closer. They refused to lower their guns, but when they realized that they didn't have a choice, they threw their guns away. Ricky held his gaze on Kyle the whole time.
"You bastard! You played me!"
Kyle shrugged his shoulders and smiled.
Jay arrested Marc first, Hailey caught one of Marc's bodyguards and Adam cuffed Ricky. Kim cuffed the last one while Kevin held him.
"You're under arrest for possession of drugs and attempted trafficking. You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. Should you not be able to afford one, the court will provide you with one. Do you understand the rights I've been telling you?", Voight said sharply, while he accompanied them to the cars.
A/N: Hello everyone!
Well, well, well… I know it's been way too long since I last updated this story and I'm desperately sorry for that !
I'm very disappointed in myself for making you wait so long, and I hope that it gets better, but I have to inform you that this week and the next one are my last two weeks of school. That means after that, I have one week of studying and then I have the big so called "Matura" exams. If I pass them (and that'll be a big IF 😉), I'll receive the highest possible Swiss school leaving certificate. That means that I'm allowed to attend a university…
Anyways, I hope you still like the story and as always, leave a review with ideas or something you definitely want to see in this story.
Have a great day and I wish you all the best for this week ahead 😊! ~ D.