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Chapter One: The First Cut is The Deepest.
1x01:Stepping Stone

*Trigger Warning*

Becklean had walked into the breakroom and began pouring herself a cup of coffee, the morning had just started and she was already over it. Not to mention the unexpected appearance of her niece at her doorstep was not what she needed. Her sister was a drug addict, who would forget she even had a daughter sometimes, the poor preteen would show up at her door from time to time and ask if she could stay with her. She rubs her temples as Erin walks in a comfortable silence forming over them. She hadn't been sleeping and she was trying her best not to show it. She stood at the coffee station pouring coffee into her cup well on the counter next to her cup. She was too busy falling asleep to pay attention.

"Shit." she mutters putting the pot down and grabbing a paper towel, erin sighs bending down to help her.

"Rough night."

"Yeah something like that." She stands up, throwing away the napkins in the trash as Erin grabs another mug, picking up the pot. She simply gives her that signature Erin  smirk as she rolls her eyes leaning up against the counter Jay walks in.

"That stuff will kill ya now, apparently. Saw an article online." He speaks up, grabbing a mug from the cabinet.

"Well, that is last on the very long list of things that I'm concerned about. What about you?"  She turns to Becklean who chuckles as she pours some coffee into her mug.

"I think I can handle more than a cup of coffee." She shrugs and  goes to pick up the sugar as Jay holds out his mug.

Becklean raises her brows at the man and Erin is laughing behind them. "Please."

" Caitlin was asking about you." Erin speaks up from behind Beck as She pours halstead coffee giving him her signature wink, he just breathes out a laugh.

" Oh, yeah. Tell her I say hi." Becklean puts the coffee pot down.

" So no interest on your part?"

"She's super sweet, but my loss." He replies simply with a shrug as Erin looks over at Beck who is smirking into her coffee , she says nothing, pulling a ten dollar bill from her wallet and passing to the blonde who smiles. Snatching the money up as Jay sips his coffee giving them an incredulous look.

"Hey, you guys seen Voight around?" Jin asks standing in the doorway.

" No. Why?"

" Nothing."  He walks off as the trio furrow their brows.

"You... I am never setting you up again." Erin points to Jay who pushes himself off the counter.

" What? Why not?" He asks as Becklean just laughs.

"Because you don't know a good thing when you see it." She replies as Becklean laughs harder while walking to her desk.

"Give me another chance."

"Ha never gonna happen." Erin says as Becklean is keeled over in a chair laughing Jay balls up a piece of paper  and tosses it at Beck as She just sends him a playful smirk the other members arrive and soon Voight comes in.

" All right, listen up. Got a name on those dope deaths. It's a dealer named Rev on South Emerald. As soon as Olinsky gets here, we're gonna..."

" Over here. Hey." O nods towards Voight he continues to eat his Banana.

" Hey, Alvin."

" Hank."

" We're gonna set up a controlled buy... Halstead and Lindsay in the doorway. Do not go inside. Got it. All right, one more thing... we've been doing this, what, two months? Now more than ever, we keep everything in house. Understand? I don't care how they run other departments or how you came up. This is Intelligence... my unit. You tell me the truth, so I can lie for you. And if you ever go over my head, it'll be the last head you go over. Everybody goes home tonight." Voight says as Becklean nods that he walks off into his office as she sits back in her chair.

Today was going to be a long day and it had only just begun,

//

"Rev! Open up!"

" Hey! You mind keeping it down?" Rev's neighbor is heard over the mic.

" Am I banging on your door? No? Then go back inside." Jay sasses as Becklean snorts out a laugh from the backseat she was keeping watch from the car  Antonio and Willhite who were in the front seat.

" Rev, open up!"

"Remind me again why I am in the backseat?" She peaks her head in between the seats stealing Antonio's binoculars.

"Because you're annoying and grabby." Antonio sases snatching the Binoculars back from her, as Julie just laughs.

"I am so riding with Voight and O next time." Becklean sighs sitting back in the seat. 

"Rev open Up!"

" I'm going out on a limb here. Rev might not be home." Antonio mutters as Julie chuckles

Jay gets an answer from the door only it wasn't Rev, the accent was thick and rich, sounded like someone from Cuba or Chile, Becklean would know she grew up around way too many latina americans to not know, Erin calls the deal off immediately after she notices blood on the mans pants the group go down the street always meeting up there.

" It looked like blood. That and the fact that we don't know that guy..."

" You don't have to justify it. You got a bad hit, you got a bad hit. Let's go in." Voight nods at Erin who nods back.

" No. 'Cause maybe it looked like blood? That's not probable cause to force an entry."

Antonio pinches the bridge of his nose " He could have been marinating a chicken and spilled barbecue sauce on his pants."

"We've got three O.D.s traced back to the heroin Rev's moving. You want to wait for another kid to die?"

" We'll do a knock-and-talk, all right? Whoever's in control of the apartment gets all squirrelly, we'll take it from there. All right?" O speaks up as everyone gears up in a bulletproof vest.

" Barbecue sauce as a marinade? What's that... some kind of Puerto Rican thing or something?" Voight asks as Becklean shakes her head at the man.

"No, my Abuela wouldn't be caught dead doing that." She shrugs as he looks past her at Antonio.

"I'm Dominican." he shrugs

" It's got too much sugar in it. It'll burn the meat." Voight explains as Becklean laughs.  Shots start being fired as Voight pulls Becklean down next to her  behind a car as they look over at the window where the shots are coming from.

"10-1! Shots fired at the police! 10-1, 5600 Emerald! Plainclothes officers at the scene!"

" Get the long guns!" Voight yells behind him at  the others as they walk back to the cars, O comes back with a battering ram and hands a Long gone to Beck who puts her pistol away, they make their way up the stairs, a few neighbors come out to see what's going on.

"Get back inside! Go back upstairs!" O opens the door with Ram and Antonio steps inside first, followed by Jay then Becklean, seeing that they were the ones with the sharpshooting experience and they had the long guns. Becklean of course Elbow checks a door seeing no one on the other side.

"Body!" Erin yells as they all check the bathroom, seeing a head in the sink and the other half  of the body sitting next to the tub.

" That's Rev in the john" Jay says as Beck holds onto her bullet proof vest.

" Offender must have booked." Antonio mutters to Voight.

" Call it in. Clear the rest of the building. shoot's in the wind." He says into the radio as there is a thump from the closet in front of them Becklean hears it first going for the door.  Everyone's guns trained at the door. She opens it revealing a teenage boy inside with his hands up.

//

Julie takes the kid inside the building as Becklean stands with Voight and Antonio as Erin and Halstead come up.

"Beheading... That's a signature cartel move." Antonio says as Voight nods, Antonio walks off.

"Yeah. Lindsay, put together a description of the guy who answered the door, see if you can find him in any of our databases."

"Hey, is your transmitter alright? It cut out." Jin comes up and asks Jay who pulls it out of his pocket.

"  Oh, yeah. Uh, banged up against the wall. I'm sorry, Jin."

" Alvin, I'm gonna need a fresh face in case we have someone pose as a buyer again."

" I'll pull someone from the academy." Alvin nods as Becklean walks into the ammo cage she hands the gone To O who smiles, taking it from her, before walking out.

"Uh shit I'm pretty sure I fucked up my shoulder" Becklean pulls off her vest wincing.

"Again? 'Mere" Jay calls her over as she trudges towards his desk, "Brace yourself."

"Yeah, do it." She sasses as he stays still for a few seconds before pressing hard against her shoulder it realigns and she shivers rolling her neck.

"Never get used to that." she shakes her arms around as Jay just shakes his head at her.

Antonio walks in with a photo and hands it to Erin.

"That's him."

" Adres Dias, aka Pulpo, the Octopus. He's got dual citizenship here and Colombia. Me and Jules had him on our radar five years back when he was working his way up from street enforcer." Antonio tapes his photo to the chalkboard.

" Yeah, I remember his name. Didn't he beat a murder rap?"

" The two key witnesses were killed." Jules explains as Becklean leans up against Jay's desk their feet touch and she moves it out of the way straightening herself up. 

" Was he cutting off heads back then too?"

" No, he learned a thing or two since he was in Colombia." Jules replies as Erin shugs.

"Oh" Erin replies

" What type of player was he? What part of the city did he hold down?"

" Oh, see, that's the thing. He wasn't affiliated with any faction. Nobody knew his real script. He was just in it for the money and the blood."

" Okay, you two, in my office." Voight points to Jay and Antonio He walks out of the office pulling on his jacket before walking up to Erin and Becklean's desk area, they were Desk partners.

"Let's go for a ride."  He looks at the two women, they get up following after him.

//

"Hey, I got a couple of C.I.s I can reach out to, see if they know anything about Pulpo." Erin says from the front seat Beacklean knew one thing for sure she was tired of sitting in  everyone's back seat.

" Good."

" Is that who we're going to see, a C.I. of yours?" Erin asks

" Basically."

"What the hell does that mean? Either they are or they aren't." Becklean peaks her head in between the seats as Erin just smirks.

" I got big plans for you." He nuzzles Erin's head with back of his head. "Both of you." He turns to Becklean doing the same. She batts him away as Erin laughs.

"Stay here."

Erin closed her door quickly " That's your big plan... for us to stay in the car? What'd you bring us for, then?"

" You cheer me up." He shrugs leaning inside his window.

" Yay." Erin mutters as Becklean laughs and He walks off. They watch as he talks to a few gangbangers.

"So how was your date with...Uh what was his name Mickey?"

"Miles and he was alright, he kept talking about what a man should be in a relationship and the woman's place in the relationship and I was tempted to show him my gun." She explains as the pair of blondes watch Voight from the car. Erin just laughs.

"You are gonna be single forever at this rate."

"I am not, I just have a preference,"

"Yeah,  an impossible list of qualities that no man can ever seem to check off." Erin says as Becklean rolls her eyes.

"Hey did that gangbanger just hand Voight a wad of cash?" 

"Yeah."

"All right just checking." Becklean folds her arm over her chest as Hank gets back into the car the two women just shake their heads at the man before he starts the car.

"Aye put your seatbelt on." he parents to Becklean who rolls her eyes sitting back and doing as she's told.

//

The Intelligence unit find themselves outside of a house, the owner was a man by the name Eric Cooper. Jay and Antonio go knock on the door while the others stand on the street.

"Eric Cooper!"

" Hey, Coop, open up!" Jay taps on Antonio's shoulder "Pry marks."

"Breach." Voight says as Jay shoots the lock off the door before Antonio kicks it down

" Police! Clear! Clear! Police! Clear!" Everyone yells as they enter the house they sigh at the sight before them. Cooper's head sat on the counter.

"The next head I see better be Pulpo's."  Voight leers as everyone holsters their weapon.

//

Becklean watched as O and Voight were talking some blonde recruit from the academy as Antonio was briefing everyone Becklean and Jay were mimicking each other's stances, arms folded over their chest, they were leaned back against Jay's desk as Voight O and the recruit  Ruzek walk further into the room.

"If D'Anthony was right, and he heard three voices in the apartment, Pulpo must have brought two hit men with him from Medellin."

" All right, just get all this information to Lieutenant Belden in Violent Crimes." He turns to Becklean. "Hey, have we gotten anything from his end?"

" Nothing."  She replies as Voight's feature look mad

"Calls between Rev and Coop yesterday... only one other number called 'em both. It's a pay-as-you-go drop phone, signal's off, but it was purchased at a cell store in Greektown."

" Take Halstead and West  Check it out." Becklean and Jay push themselves off his desk and Begin following Erin out as Voight turns to Ruzek. "Hey, I want the Canaryville out of you, not the Beverly, huh?"

" You got it, boss."

//

"How  long have we worked together... a month? I think it's time we could be honest with each other. Wouldn't you agree?"

" No." Becklean and Erin say at the same time.

" Two things... One, you driving all the time, I'm not down with that."

"Seniority rules." Erin replies as Becklean covers her laugh in the backseat.

" I've been on the job longer."

" I've been in this unit longer."  Erin sasses as Becklean just shakes her head at the pair.

" Okay, look, I feel like a househusband."

" Aw. Jaybear," Becklean coys pinching Jay's cheek from the backseat as Erin laughs. " What's the second thing?" Becklean sits back in her seat.

" What's the deal with you two and Voight?" He asks as Erin looks at Becklean through the mirror

Erin sighs unbuckling her seatbelt. "This stays between us."

" Of course."

" We went to prom together." Erin says as Becklean laughs the trio getting out of the car.  They begin walking down the sidewalk.

" I mean, is he your secret dad or something? Put it this way... if I were to ask one of you out, would I have to get his permission first?" He asks as Becklean laughs more.

" Any guy who needs to ask my dad's permission to date me should save himself the trouble."  Becklean comments from behind the two as Erin nods.

"Uh! Shake it, baby." A guy speaks up from next to them he looks away from Erin to Becklean. "Damn two for the price of one." He smirks as Erin just whispers in Becklean's ear the two blondes laughing and fistbumping. They walk up the store as Jay lingers behind.

"Watch yourself."

"Yes, sir, officer, sir."

"A pay-as-you-go phone was purchased from your store in the last 24 hours. We're looking for who bought it." Erin pulls out a piece of paper with the phone's number on it sliding towards the man behind the counter.

" Yeah. Juan Garcia yesterday paid cash." the man behind the counter says as Becklean is looking around at some stuff on the counter.

"Any other information you can provide us?" Jay asks as Becklean folds her arms over her chest.

" No. We're not responsible for background checks."

"True, but it is a fairly common name. You know, there's not a lot we can do with that." Becklean smiles at him fluttering her lashes which usually gets her what she wants.

"Yeah." Jay replies clearing his throat, that look had many advantages, one being could make any man in a five mile radius swoon.

" You don't tell me how to do my job. I don't tell you how to do yours." He hands the paper back to Erin as Becklean just scowls.

" You're Glen Pearson, right... the owner of this place?"

" That's right."

" You know, it looks like there's a Glen Pearson with a deceptive practice and fraud charge for selling stolen merchandise out of Gary, Indiana." Jay opens up a paper from his pocket.

" Oh?" Erin and Becklean look at each other then back to Glen.

"That's a $25,000 extraditable must-hold warrant."

" Oy. Tsk tsk tsk." Becklean shakes her head at Glen.

" What do you think... height, weight match, eye color too?" Becklean leans into Jay a bit closer to see the picture in his hands,  her hair tickling his nose, the scent of lavender danced against his nostrils.

"  Yeah, but I don't know. I hate to jump to conclusions."

" You know what? I got an idea. Why don't we throw some bracelets on him? We'll take him down to the station, run his prints, and then we can be sure."  Becklean puts on her best American accent as Jay and Erin chuckle.

"I got a nanny cam up here. I can pull some footage, get a picture of the guy who did it... that's the best I can do."

" Oh. That's great."

" Great, yeah." Becklean puts a chocolate bar on the counter as Erin adds a tube of chapstick next to her chocolate bar.

" You're too kind."  Jay mutters as the man gives them an imagine they leave the store walking out.

"Knew that would work"

"Mm-hmm. Just got to figure out who this idiot is."  Erin brings the photo closer to her face as  Beckllean leans in trying to see as well, a bottle breaks behind the trio as they turn around.

"Why don't you bring that ass over to my place sometime, girl? I'll let you in. Bring your friend too. I'm trying to see what that mouth do." it was the same guy from earlier says as Becklean just rolls her eyes and Erin scoffs.

"Really that's the best you got." Becklean mutters walking closer to the group.

"Who she's feisty forget the other one. I just want you baby." He grabs at crotch shaking it with his hand as Becklean scoffs in disgust, jay hands her his gun as she rolls her eyes.

"Oh, let it go." Erin mutters

" Uh-huh."  He hands her his badge as well.

" Uh-huh." The two blondes mutter.

"Hey, come here a sec." Jay walks inside the gate as Erin and Becklean just watch.

"No, you're just trying to get me with assaulting a police officer."

" Do you see a badge on me?" he says as the man approaches him he swings as Jay punches him in the face then knees him in the stomach and then the face in one swift motion,

" Anybody else?" he ask before helping the man up off the ground blood coming from his nose, he pats him on the side arm walking away as Becklean wolf whistles.

" My hero."  Becklean coys as Erin laughs.

" You're still not driving." she says giving him back his badge while Becklean hands him his gun.

//

"Colombian authorities I.D.'D this guy as Omar Rojas, freelance hit man." Jay puts the photo from the store up on the board.

" So Rev was the boss. Coop moved the merchandise. Who's next in the chain of command?"

" Well, that was the problem. Rev was only in town from Baton Rouge for a year. There was no structure to his crew." Jules says the Blonde bombshell trio all are leaned up against a desk.

" And nobody's talking?"

" Nope."  Everyone says at the same time.

"All right. When Olinsky gets in, you tell..."

"I'm right here."  O leans back in his chair nodding at Hank.

"Anything from your C.I.s?"  Hank ask the man as he leans forward on his desk.

" No dice... something about not wanting to have their heads chopped off."

" All right, get Rojas' image out there with Pulpo's citywide... all airports, trains, bus stations, and keep hitting the bushes." Hank  walks off with Lieutenant Bulden into his office.

//

There was party that Attwater was throwing at Molly's Becklean was already running late, she hadn't even made it to the door when her phone pinged a text from her ex is not what she needed tonight, Her ex was a hot shot lawyer named Oliver Cline, he had a dazzling smile piercing blue eyes and a shitty personality. The couple had date four eight years before she found out he was cheating on her, in the house that they shared together, he was texting to her let her know that he was stopping by later on in the week to get some of his things from the attic, of course she kept the house it was in her name she paid her dues a the door as Kim Burgess waves her over towards their table.

She huffs out a sigh, taking off her jacket, and hanging it up by the door, before walking over to the table, her black dress was short with ruffles on the front and entirely way too much  cleavage for anyone's good.

"Hey Bex, what can get you?" Gabby says as Becklean gets comfortable in her chair.

"Beer please and a shot of Tequila."

"You got it." Gabby walks off as the table Grows silent Becklean looks up from her phone.

"You alright?"

"Yep, just peachy." She groans at the sound of her phone pinging, shoving it away in her clutch. "So what were you saying Kim."

"We drove... wait for it... we drove around for a half hour yesterday looking for an ATM that wouldn't charge him a withdrawal fee."

" And there's a two-drink minimum, so start knocking 'em back. I ain't playing." He sasses walking off. His beer was in a fishbowl size cup as Becklean laughs.

" Okay, then I want mine in that cup." Erin points to Kevin's cup

" Next time."  He says walking away from the group

" Flight attendant." Jay turns to Kim.

"Uh, yeah, three years, waiting until I got into the police academy."

" Flight attendant?" He covers his laugh with his drink.

" You can break my balls all you want, but I learned more about crowd control and conflict resolution and intimidation tactics... traits that will serve me well when you guys detail me up into Intelligence. Hint, hint." she winks at the last part as Gabby brings over Becklean's drinks she immediately down the tequila as everyone gives her an incredulous look.

"Oh. Oh. Wow."

" Okay. Noted."

" Thanks." Kim nods and she turns to Erin. " How about you?"

" Oh, I just kicked around... nothing glamorous."

" You?" She nods towards Halstead.

" I was in the military."

" You see any action?'

" I did. Yeah."

" Ever see anything like you did today?" Jay just stays silent " I'm sorry. I... forget I asked that. That was a stupid question." She turns to Becklean who is drinking her beer staring off into the distance she looks over, seeing all eyes on her.

"Is there something on my face?" she asks, feeling her face as everyone just shakes their head no.

"What about you?"

"What about me?"

"What did you do before you decided to be a cop?" Kim asks as Jay places his cup down.

"Yeah you're not gonna get anything out of her Antonio and I have been trying for weeks." Jay says as Becklean just scoffs.

"You know what, I will tell you Kim because I like you."

"Seriously?" Jay mutters as Erin laughs.

"I was a part of a task force in Hawaii, I worked there for four years, some things happened and I decided to leave. Before that I was in the Marines, did one tour and before that I worked as a 9-1-1 operator in Santa Monica." She explains as Kim clinks her glass against hers

"Okay you officially win." She nods as everyone laughs. "What was it like living in Hawaii?"

"It reminded me a lot of Cuba, when my parents would take us to visit the elders they would always fill us up with so much food before we left. I remember one time my Abuela stuck pennies into my pockets the day before we were coming back to the states. She told me to buy whatever I wanted, she didn't understand that pennies were not as valuable in the states then they were on the island." She looks around putting a hand over her mouth. "Oh my god I forgot where I was for a second I am oversharing my goodness I am so sorry."

"Don't apologize it's nice, you don't usually Open up with us like this I like it," Jay smiles at Becklean as she smiles back

//

Becklean was tired she stayed up all night tossing and turning, sleep was the last thing on her mind at the moment, truthfully she didn't even want to see Oliver she would rather leave everything at the door for him to get but she knew this was a tactic a ploy to try and ease himself back into her life and there was no way in hell she was letting him back, she was still getting over the breakup yes it happened two years ago but that doesn't mean it didn't hurt, all the crap he put her through she was just now adjusting, letting herself live the way she wanted too, not the way he wanted her too, the emotional trauma was definitely still there, she would find herself apologizing for things that seemed like Human Error, it was because of him,  he planted this seed in her and made it grow our these vines that she didnt want in the first place.

It's taking everything  in her not to lock the doors to invite one of her coworkers over to scare the shift out him, make him realize he  wasn't wanted anymore, she doubts there's even anything of his left , she burned almost all of it roasted marshmallows over the top of the fire and called it a day. She was currently massaging her head, her feet propped up on her desk, everyone was waiting for Jules and Antonio to come back from interrogating another Drug dealer.

"We're looking for Shane Cameron. Xavier says he's been in hiding since yesterday." Antonio appears.

" Yeah, but he has a flop house over on Addison. Might be worth checking out." Jules explains

" All right, everybody Vest up."

The blonde bombshell trio were in the locker room getting vest up

" What's up Voight's ass today?"

"Who knows? "

"You would." Jules nods at the two Blondes she walks over to their locker, the two Deciding to share one even though they didn't need to, they just were that close. " The card... How old is that thing?" Jules nods to the card taped to the door of their locker.

"13 years"

" Want to tell me about it?" She asks as the two blondes look at one another

" The man saved my life, and here I am. Oh, you want to know more about that? It's gonna cost you a couple of drinks." Erin closes the door to their locker. Jules turns to Becklean who is pulling her jacket over her shoulders.

"Aye nah you're gonna have to get me shit faced if you want that story."

"Hey, a night away from the kids and a juicy story... Happy to buy." Jules shrugs as the trio laughs walking out the door.

//

Antonio and Jules were walking up Shane's apartment as The rest of the Intelligence unit were outside on the street, The lieutenant from violent crimes pulled up.

"It's okay, Lieutenant. We got it covered. I'll let you know if he's upstairs."

" Who?"

" Shane Cameron. I left you a message." Voight explains as the Lieutenant just rolls his eyes,

" We're following up on the car."

" What car?"  Voight asks, hands on his hips.

"Plate match to a black four-door seen leaving the scene of the Coop murder yesterday. Supposed to be parked around here." Lieutenant explains.

" I never got that info."

" Yeah, I must have dropped the ball on that." He just smirks as Voight stares him down picking up hgis

" Terminate. Pull back. Targets may be in the building." He says into his radio.

"10-1! Officer shot!" 

Everything is happening quickly one minute Jules is there and fine and the next she's bleeding out the staircase a car speeds out of the parking lot and Jay, Becklean, O, and Ruzek  all pile into their own vehicles following after it.

They catch up with the guy and he of course starts rabbiting Ruzek tries to stop him as he runs off he gets tackled by Becklean who punches him in the face. She shoves him off of the pile of trash he's on as Jay comes up and punches him more.

"Estás muerto, señor."  He yells (You're Dead) as Jay handcuffs him

"Shut up!"

"Estás muerto." Beclklean just laughs sadiscialty punching him in the stomach.

"Oh no, Estás muerto, porque cuando termine contigo, vas a desear que estuvieras muerto." (because when I am through with you, you are gonna wish you were dead)

"One offender in custody." Jay says into his radio dragging him along.

They bring him back to the precinct where Antonio shows up as they are  outting him in the cage,

"Antonio! How are you? It's been a while."

" Where are they? I want your two hit men right now."

" I don't know what you're talking about."

"You see that? That's my partner's blood." He holds up his hand as Becklean looks over at O

"How is Jules?" She asks as he sighs, staring in the eyes.

"Oh no, Oh no," Her legs give out from under her as she stays on her knees on the ground, While Antonio is being pulled off of Pulpo O hands Antonio the phone that was the whole reason he came out there in the first place as Jay kneels down in front of Becklean, he had never seen her like this, not broken down or in pain, she never showed any emotion really, the damn was breaking all her pent up emotions were coming out and she couldn't stop it.

Jay had to physically pick Becklean up off the ground, he sits her down at the table in the breakroom as she sits there silent, tears rolling down her face, she didn't want to breakdown, but she always loved Jules, she had a piece of her heart, she was scared, scared of what would happen if she started to open up, sure she had seen a fair share of scary shit, she had been through her fair share of scary shit, but Jules was shiny, and polished and cute, she was bubbly without even trying and sweet, She reminded her of own family, her cousins back home they were close, She couldn't move from her spot Jay was worried they had never seen her like this.

"Oh my god, her kids, Emmy, and Liam, I need to go tell them" she was practically shaking as Jay just kept his distance not wanting to scare her.

"Bexs, Bexs. It's being taken care of." Jay assures her as Becklean tears turn into full blown sobs.

she sobs louder as Jay sits down in front of her, he holds her close to his chest as she just sobs and shakes in front of him, this was it the point of no return, she wasn't coming back and Part of Becklean knew that, part of her was already doing the steps to move on push it way way deep down into her subconscious but the other part couldn't let her go. No matter how hard she tried.

The intelligence unit found themselves back in the bullpen not only did they take Jules away but they Took Antonio's son Becklean was fuming, she immediately straightens herself up and acts like she wasn't crying that nothing happened minutes ago, she scolds Jay tells him to not mention that to anyone before walking out their desk.

"They took Antonio's son. And they took my own, as far as I'm concerned. Nothing else matters till we get Diego back. Nothing."

Jay looks to Erin and Becklean who nods for him to tell Voight." Sarge... So this all started with Rev and Coop getting their heads chopped off. And both did essentially the same job for Pulpo, mid-level distribution, right? So we know Pulpo's cleaning house. And what do you do when you get rid of old furniture? You got to bring in something new. "This guy stood out." He holds up a photo. " It's Ernesto Milpas. He was running 15 corners between 22nd and Kedzie when CPD pinched him in '09."

" Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was on that bust with Jules."

"He was released last year." Becklean speaks up from in front of Erin's desk.

" He was a climber."

" Maybe he's looking to get promoted." Erin shrugs as Antonio takes the photo

"He's the best of a lot of bad options."

" What do we have on him now?" Hank asks

"P.O.'s got an address that's a year old." With that the intelligence unit is on their way to figure everything out

//

Becklean was with her partners sitting in the backseat. She was quite trying her best not to scream, the anger and sadness she felt were turning into rage and no one knew what it would mean. The only people who had even seen her cry until today was Erin and Voight, this was first for Jay and he didn't know what was going to happen.

"I don't know how Antonio's handling all this. If I had a kid snatched up, I would be incoherent. I used to think that cops under Voight were invincible, and then Jules died. I was holding her hand. As a soldier, how did you deal with it?"

" Generally... take it out on those who didn't deserve it." Jay answers truthfully looking at the backseat Becklean was drifting off, she sits herself up in the seat readdjusting in the sleep it didn't take a detective to see how worn she was she put a good front for a while but lately she had been falling asleep just about everywhere '

"There's our boy...... Everybody, go, go!" Becklean hops out of the backseat quickly as if she wasn't falling asleep five seconds ago

Becklean runs into the building first followed by the others her gun drawn out of every corner the warehouse was big the trio split uptaking different sections she walks past a few plastic covers hanging from the ceiling only to be hit in the head with a metal pipe. The team ends up losing him and regroup on top of a bridge nearby, Becklean was bleeding from her head Jay insisted she go to the hospital, but she assumed she was fine, of course Voight appears in protective mode.

"Hey. You okay, kid?"

" Yeah, I'm fine. I'm an idiot, but I'm fine." She rolls her shoulder a bit trying to shake the stiffness out of it.

" Hey, it wasn't your fault. Trust me."

"No sign of Diego that he was ever here." Antonio walks up her glares as Ruzek. " We had him! What the hell was that?" Jay and Voight are holding Antonio back.

"Take it easy, Take it easy!"

"Let's not forget who let herself get jumped!"

"Seriously? You really...." Voight sends Becklean a look as Jay holds her back by her arm.

"Detective Dawson, this is Burgess. You're gonna want to see this." The radio bleeps. As Becklean has that crazed angry look in her eyes.

" Let's go. Come on" Voight orders as they walk ahead. Jay gives Becklean a look she just nods following after them

"Tell me you have something." Antonio runs down the stairs turning to Jin he turns the screen of the laptop towards the Unit. there's a video of Diego, he's tied to a chair and someone is speaking to him in spanish.

" Translation." Voight asks as Becklean sighs.

" Scream, and we cut out your tongue."

" Daddy. They say they're gonna kill me, daddy." Diego's mouth is being covered with tape again.

"Check out the paneled wall. That's not here." Jay points to the background behind Diego in the video.

//

"All right, go through these one by one. See if anyone crosses with Pulpo or Ernesto. These are mine." Voight hands his CI files to Jay as Becklean just looks at her stack.

"Okay, look, remember, the red-tabbed files are the CIs that have been paid out, okay? And you... hey, no. No, no, no, no. Those don't go in that pile. You gotta keep it separate, or you're gonna get it confused with the other ones, and you..."

"Jin!" Voight yells.

" I told you.."

"Jin." Voight says again

" Yeah?"

" What you get so far on the video?" He asks as Jin sighs.

"Okay. It was recorded last night. There are some other voices in the distance on the audio track, so there's reason to believe that it was in a public place. Backroom of a bar, maybe a motel. It's really not much to go on, though." Jin explains

Unbeknownst to Erin and Becklean Jay had stumbled across their Files in Voight's CI files stack, Becklean was just a kid when Voight found her, she she sixteen pimping herself out on the streets to try to get some cash for her and her sister, it wasn't the ideal life but she had to do what she needed, it was then that her sister got hooked on drugs as first it was just weed, but then the craving for a more stronger high took over, then it went from weed to pills and pills, to cocaine and Meth and heroin and now its anything she can get her hands on, to give her that high, Voight busted an Illegal gambling ring, when he arrived at the building he found a slew of drugs and Illegal firearms, Counterfeit money and prostitutes among them the youngest Becklean west.

" Thanks.West, Halstead, Lindsay, come here a sec." Voight calls the trio over as Becklean closes one of her files. "In case we're gonna consider a trade, I want you to check out these locations. Sight lines, sniper spots, the works." He whispers so no one else can hear.

" Are you considering negotiating?" Jay asks as Voight gives him his signature look.

" Just check it out."

" Okay." Jay mutters as they all walk off.

//

"All right, put snipers there and there." Jay points to the building across from them as Becklean taps his shoulder pointing to the building next to them. " And two more snipers in the windows there."

"Yeah, okay."

" What is it?" Jay turns to Erin.

" Do you know what percentage of kidnappings end in a successful swap? Less than 1%"

" It's just a contingency." Jay says as Erin is mapping things out on the page with a pencil and Becklean is looking over her shoulder giving her pointers, her turns to the two blondes who are too engrossed on what they are doing to even notice.

"I gotta ask you two something." He looks at the women.

"Go ahead."

"I saw your files as one of Voight's CIs." Erin and Becklean sigh. " Did he turn you out?"

" He didn't have to turn me out." Erin shoves the map as Jay. "I volunteered because he saved my life." Erin explains simply walking off leaving Jay and Becklean.

"Voight saved me, got me back on my feet, practically raised me the rest of my life so... I owe him my life." Becklean replies walking away as Jay just nods.

//

Vouight called and said that one of Antonio's CI''s Got a lead on Ernesto at the Polk Motel everyone meets up there they get the room number and Rush the door. Seeing Diego's apron on the floor.

"He was just here." Antonio says as everyone sighs holstering their weapons Becklean looks up seeing Ernesto, They lock eyes and she taps Antonio on the shoulder he looks at where she's looking the two already on their toes, Ernesto takes off running and Becklean knows a short cut, he runs out the back of the building and she tackles him hard. Putting her knee in his back. Antonio and Voight show up a few seconds later as Voight helps Becklean up by her hand and Antonio rips him up Ernesto from the ground putting his Elbow to his throat. While Voight is inspecting Becklean who got the wind knocked out of her from that tackle. She just stands up catching her breath as everyone else comes out a Homeless man is digging through the trash in the alley.

"Where's my son?"

"Get outta here. Run!" Voight yells at the homeless man he turns to Antonio who is staring Ernesto down.

"He knows, Antonio. Do what you gotta do. Do it." He says opening his pocket knife and hands it to Antonio.

"Where the hell is my son?"

" Abogado." (Lawyer.)

" No, ain't no lawyers around here, ese." Antonio yells at Ernesto.

"You got about three minutes till this alley's full of uniforms. Do what you gotta do and hurry up." Becklean whispers to Antonio who hasn't looked away from Ernesto.

" I'll start with an eye."

"Cut his eye out! Do it! Come on!Come on!" Voight was encouraging it as Becklean just turns her back not wanting to look, Antonio tosses the knife to the side Turning Ernesto and cuffing him[

//

"Second time, Ernesto. You're looking at life. But we can say that Pulpo came in, threatened you, and forced you to help them out."

" Abogado." Ernesto yells

The trio were watching Voight and Antonio interrogate Ernesto.

"No, no! We're gonna talk about my son! Diego! Eight years old! Where I'm from, that's off-limits."

" Abogado." he says again as Antonio slams his hands on the table walking out.

" I don't know. I'm glad I wasn't Antonio back there. You?" He turns to the two blondes.

" Oh, I wish I was, 'cause I know exactly what I would have done." Erin just glares at Ernesto through the glass.

"Ernesto wouldn't have sight right now, He should be lucky." Becklean seethes as Jay shivers.

//

Voight comes back from the garage with new information and A phone number and Jin tracks his calls as the trio, Antonio, and Voight listen, it's all in spanish and Becklean is doing her best to keep up with how fast they are talking.

"He's running. Nothing about Diego." Becklean says simply.

" I've pinged his cell to the west Adams tower, triangulating with the city center." Jin continues typing on his laptop.

" I want men deployed to all major transportation routes out of the city... Midway, O'Hare, I'm including all expressways."

" He's at Union Station." Jin speaks up as everyone pats him on the back.

//

"Everybody, hit the floor."

"Everyone, fan out. He's gotta be here somewhere." Antonio says over the radio

Becklean runs outside to the bus terminal and sees Mateo guiding Diego onto a bus.

" I see him. Boarding a bus for Indianapolis."

" Wait for us." Voight says as She looks around and decides to board the bus she smiles as the bus driver cautiously moves her shirt out of the way to reveal her badge the woman just nods allowing her to get on. She sits a few seats behind Diego and Mateo as the bus takes off, she texts Voight to let him know she has eyes on Diego.

The bus starts jerking back and forth and the Driver's voice comes over the intercom.

" Looks like we're having engine trouble, folks. I'm gonna pull the bus over and take a look. I've already called another bus to take you on your way, so it should be here in a minute or two. Don't worry." The bus driver stops the bus standing up from her seat.

Alvin appears on the bus dressed in a uniform like a driver.

" All right, we're really sorry for the delay, folks, but we've got a tried and true new rig out here that'll get you where you're going right away. Now, what I need from all of you is to disembark, grab your luggage, and head on over to the next bus in an orderly fashion. Can you do that for me? Thank you." people start clearing the bus out as Becklean decides to get up and talk with the bus driver.

Mateo gets up walking slowly towards the front, he starts to sense that Becklean is a police officer and draws his gun, putting his gun to Diego's head.

"Drop your gun, I will waste you over the entire bus." Becklean threatens

"West, hold on to something." Ruzek's voice is heard over the radio, The bus moves and Becklean grabs onto Diego as Mateo lefts off a bullet

" Come here, I got you. Get down." they hide behind some seats as Antonio gets on the bus shooting Mateo. "Antonio, I got him! I got Diego, I got him. He's okay."

Antonio of course kisses him and hugs him as Becklean is Escorted off the bus by Voight.

"You did the right thing."

"Mm-hmm." She replies as her hands are trembling, all of the emotions were coming back to her.

" Put your hands in your pockets. It gets easier."

Jules's funeral was a few days later, and everyone was feeling lost, the evident misfortune of seeing Jules again or hearing her laugh, was looming, filling their small offices with a dark void.

"I've been given the go-ahead to run Intelligence the way I want to run it. Officers! Attention! No interference. This is our unit now. You do things my way, our way, you'll unclip your badge at night knowing you did right. The police standing next to you are your family. And to me, there's nothing more important. If you're in, stay here with me."

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