"Cline!"
Chapter Twelve: We Are All Here Together.
1x15: Beautiful Friendship

*Trigger Warning*

Becklean was two minutes late and irritated, she needed to start putting alarms in her house because somehow her ex showed up. While she was in the shower, lets just say she almost committed murder, lucky for her he announced himself and she shoved out the door quicker than he came in, she walks in at the same time as Erin, seeing everyone at their desk.

"Hey. Good morning." Jay says

" Yeah." Becklean mutters taking her jacket off and putting it on her chair,

" Morning."

" Atwater, hey. Hey." Kevin walks in as Becklean smiles

" Good morning."

" Here, man, take Sumner's desk." Ruzek offers " Don't get used to it, though. We don't seem to stay in them for very long."he sasses .

" How is Burgess taking it?" O asks

" Taking what?"

"You know, you're getting promoted up here, when perhaps... She deserves it a little bit more."

" Oh, that. Well, she's been assigned a new partner." Kevin replies simply.

"There he is" Jay says as everyone looks up seeing Antonio, they start whistling and clapping.

"Hey, man, what the hell are you doing back so soon, huh?" O asks

" Oh, guys. You sound like my wife."

" Listen, we got you a little "welcome back/glad you're not dead" gift."

" Don't say we didn't ever do anything for you" Ruzek jokes while walking in with a walker.

"Oh. Oh. That's hilarious. Come here, a little closer."

"It was His idea." Jay points to Ruzek and Antonio and Jay start to pretend to fight.

" All right, we're rolling out... five minutes. We just caught a heater." Voight steps out of his office, everyone gathers their coats getting ready as Voight talks with Antonio. Before they leave.

//

They were at a construction site, where the heater happened.

"They had a plan. They took out all the security cameras in the area. Jin checked the pods. There's nothing there." Jay says as they gather around

" They're missing 100 pounds of aluminized water-gel explosives." Ruzek walks up with his notepad in his hand.

" Water gels?" Atwater asks.

" It's for mining and tunneling. Companies use it for blasting bedrock." O explains

"Yeah, that's a lot of explosives, like take-down-a-building big. We've had enough of that around here."

" They're also missing a security guard, boss." Ruzek continues.

" All right, I want a list of all the demo-company employees and whoever signed for the materials here.Anyone who knew water-gel explosives were gonna be on site."

"Over here!" A construction worker yells.

" What's this?" Voight says as everyone walks over to where the construction worker was leaving Becklean and Jay behind who were slowly catching up, Becklean had been quiet all morning.

"You okay?"

" Yeah, I'm fine." she replies simply as they walk up to wherever everyone was they see the missing security guard lying there on the cement dead blood spewing from his head.

"All right, anyone who's been here in the last month, I want their name." Voight says simply as

//

Back at the precinct they walk back upstairs Greeting Antonio.

" Hey, O. Your wife called. Wants to know about dinner." Antonio hands O a slip.

" Ruzek, your fridge is getting delivered on Thursday." He hands him a slip as well.

" Ah, finally. Between 9:00 and 12:00 or 3:00 and 6:00? Did they say?" he looks at Antonio who sends him a look . " Never mind."

"Bex, you got three calls from a guy named Oliver Cline. He says it's important."He hands her the slips and she sighs, ripping them to shreds before goraning and sitting down in her seat. "Hey, Sarge. Why don't we have a civilian aide up here taking calls? It's in the budget."Antonio runs a hand over his face,

" It's all about who you can trust, Antonio. What do you got?" Voight asks.

" I'm waiting on a list of employees from that construction site. So far, no one's popped. And you said they didn't get any blasting caps or detonation cords?"

" No" Voight replies.

"You're gonna need those."

" All right, det cords and caps... that's our angle for now."

" I got a C.I. I can talk to about that."

" All right." Voight turns to walk into his office as Atwater stops him.

"Yo, Sarge. Yeah? You know, I grew up in Harvey, right there near the construction site. That's Two-Eights territory. Nothing goes down there without their permission. I know a guy. I think I can lean on him a little bit, see what he knows."

" Olinsky... Go with him."

" Actually, I think I'm gonna do this by myself, O."

" Oh, hey, everyone, Atwater's been in the unit two minutes, and already he's put himself in charge."

"Hey. Congrats, bud. I knew you were management material." Ruzek jokes as Becklean massages her temples.

" Oh, no, no, that's not what I was trying to say."

" What were you saying?" O quipps as Atwater stumbles over his words.

" It's just.."

". Oh, you're worried about your white-cop partner blowing the deal?"

"Yeah."

" Maybe after 20 years working undercover, I know how not to get made... Anywhere in the city."

" My bad." they walk out as Becklean grabs her coat.

"Hey I got somewhere I need to be here's the deal if Oliver Calls tell him I died." Becklean patts Antonio on the back.

"Is there something I should know about?"

"Nothing, I can't handle Tee-tee." she patted his back again before leaving

//

The last thing she wanted was to be here but men can't seem to stand a woman in power. She stormed into the building and a baseball bat swung over her shoulder, she was chewing on some gun as one of the men in the elevator just stared at her. She winks at him as the doors open,

Walking down the hall and past the reception desk.

"You can't go in there!" she yells as Becklean just laughs, walking into his office to see he wasn't there.

"Where is Cline?"

"He is in a meeting. Can I take a message?"

Becklean snorts. "Nah, I'll wait in his office. Tell you what sweetheart, why don't you go Make yourself scarce for a few hours?" Becklean shoves a few bills at the woman who folds her arms over her chest, she moves her shirt out of the way revealing her badge. And the woman grabs her bags hurriedly. Walking off.

Becklean sits down in Cline's chair behind his desk, admiring all his pictures and achievements too bad it was all a lie, a ruse, he was such a prick that it radiated off him, made the air pungent and sour, he was a mental abuser, occasionally it got physical and when it did she would deescalate the situation before it would get any further. He would always buy her a gift, tell her he loved her the next day. There was chatter outside of the door as Oliver Cline walks into his office, his smile soon fading as he takes in his ex-fiance in front of him.

"Oliver, Let's have a chat?" Becklean. gestures towards the seats in front of his desk, " have a seat."

"What are you doing here?"

She points with the bat. "Isn't this what you wanted? I mean you've been blowing up my phone non-stop. Calling my work. What do you need, Ollie?"

"I just wanted to see how you were, I miss you, why don't we give us another try?"

Becklean just laughs, cackling almost. "You call my phone again and I will shove this bat so far up your ass it will go through your mouth," she smirks standing up she taps a finger to her lips, looking around before swinging the bat against a desk in his office,

A few coworkers can hear the glass breaking someone knocks on the door, as Becklean just keeps hitting things,

"Sir, would you like for me to call security?" It was that wench from the front desk,

"Hey, Your back just in time, Let me guess Bridget, he's fucking you huh? Telling you you're the only one, buy this really pretty lingerie set from The dark room, a charm bracelet with a lotus flower on it, tells you how he will take you all over the world and you guys can add charms to it, it will be like a road map of your love. Yeah he does that to all his whores." she points at her with the bat as the woman is practically in tears.

"Call my job again and I will file another restraining order against you Oliver." she points at him with the bat. "Stay the fuck away from me, I mean it." she presses on his chest with the bat before looking around. "Wow this is a really nice office." She pats his face before walking out leaving Oliver stunned and angry.

//

Becklean walks into the precinct with the bat on her shoulders, she walks up the stairs seeing Jay and Antonio,

"What's with the bat?" Jay asks as Becklean tucks it away.

"What bat?" she shrugs and looks at Antonio,

"I didnt see a bat did you?" he asks Jay who looks at the two.

"Nope." he says simply as Becklean smiles as Erin nods for her to come into Voight's office with her, She simply follows her sister, as she closes the door.

" Is everything all right?" Voight asks as Becklean stands there arms folded over her chest, she was starting to grow concerned.

" Uh, no... Not by a long shot. Charlie Pugliese."

" What now?" Voight folds his arms over his chest now.

" Back then, I was a mess. You know. I thought that I loved him."

" Erin... You were 16. He was 25. He got you hooked on dope." Voight says as Becklean just sits down next to her sister holding her hand.

" Yeah. I don't deny any of that. But Dad had been locked up forever, and when my Mom stopped coming home at all, Charlie kept the heat on. He kept food on the table. I was loyal to him. And if that's a fault of mine, then so be it. But, um... My best friend, Annie... she was mixed up with Charlie too, and... And she got pulled into some stuff... Way worse than me and, um..."

"Rin it's gonna be okay, just tell us what's wrong?" Becklean leans forward as Erin starts crying.

"He's got us boxed in real bad... Me and Annie both." Voight just hugs her and she explains everything. Becklean was over protective of Erin and this isn't helping.

Everyone, Except Becklean, and Erin meets back in the bullpen with Nadia who Erin was taking under her wing. Erin knocks on the door seeing Charlie he locks eyes with Becklean stepping to the side to let them in.

"Mm. I met your Detective friend. He had a look in his eye when I said your name.But this one, why didn't you bring this one along before, Hey baby," he brushes a strand over hair out of her face, as Becklean just stares at him.

"Don't." Erin moves his hand away from Becklean. "Here's your blueprints." Erin grabs Becklean's hand the two going to leave Charlie steps in front of them.

"I need one more thing."

"Go to hell."

" Just call in a shooter at the Hancock at midnight. That should get a lot of attention, eh?" Becklean simply opens the door, the two stepping out. "Almost there, Erin... 5-yard line." the blondes don't say anything. " That's my girl." smiles before making a kissy face at Becklean, "ooh baby if you weren't a cop."

//

"Kevin "Red" Radner. He's wanted in New York, Indiana, and Illinois for murder, armed robbery, and trafficking. Drugs or... Girls. beat a rape charge too."

" We like him for pulling the strings on that construction-site robbery. He's in the wind, but he's had a lot of prior dealings with this guy, Charlie Pugliese." Voight puts up Charlie's photo and Jay looks at Erin. " We have every reason to believe Pugliese was part of Red's crew. Tip from a C.I. came in, said Pugliese's planning on using the explosives stolen from that site to knock off this jewelry exchange on North Lawndale. We're moving out." Everyone grabs their coats and team up.

" All right, that's it. Move in." Everyone surrounds Charlie and Kevin, with their cars piling out with their guns drawn.

O Cuffs Charlie, slamming him on the trunk. "Anything in the trunk that could hurt me?"

" I don't hear you."

" No."

Becklean opens the trunk. " explosives in the car."

" I'd like to report a murder from October 12, 2002. The victim's name was Ricky Sandoval. I have all the information... who killed him and who helped get rid of the body." He says loudly as Becklean just comforts Erin.

" Put him in the car." Voight orders as O does as he's told.

//

"Anything from the other two?" Jay, Becklean and Erin were all watching interrogations they met back in the viewing room.

" Lawyered up."

" All right, everybody clear out."

" Hang on. I want to talk to him first. Then you can do whatever you want." Erin hands her gun to Voight.

"Well shit, if you're going, so am I." Becklean pulls her gun off handing it to Voight. Erin shoots her a look.

"Listen, to me, You go I go, haven't you gotten that through your thick skull lets go." she hits her on the ass as Voight just watches his girls enter the room and Becklean turns her chair around taking a seat.

"You wanted to go by the book, Erin. Well, here we are."

" You know what Sandoval was doing to Annie. You know why she snapped." Erin says calmly.

" It's too late for all that. I gave you a chance to keep it buried."

" You want to go public about everything, fine. But just so you know, I'm gonna say I killed Sandoval... keep Annie and Travis together." she continues as Charlie chuckles.

" Wow. You really are a cop, aren't you? Bluffing your ass off."

" Try me." Erin shrugs.

" You let Voight run me out of town with nothing. Nothing!" he yells as Becklean gives him her look.

"This is my house, lower your voice." she yells as Charlie straightens up he wasn't use to a woman having authority.

" You were headed for the bottom of the lake. I begged for your life. Do something with it, for once. Give us Radner, cooperate fully, and you're out in a year. Clean yourself up on the inside, become a man, and then maybe you can be a dad to your son. Or give a statement on Sandoval. And then you and me... we can go down the tubes together. It's up to you"

Charlie sighs, " I didn't kill that guard. Red did."

" Where is he now?" Becklean asks.

" He's waiting for his cut of the heist. He was gonna call me. But he ain't calling now."

" Where does he flop? Does he have a girl in town?"

" I heard one of the guys say he worked out of a warehouse in B.Y. Never heard of that area before. A lot's changed in 12 years, I guess."

//

Everyone was at their desk trying to figure out what B.Y. meant. Becklean had heard of it before. She was racking her brain.

"B.Y... I've never heard of it before. I don't think anyone has."

"Oh my god I have heard of it, Nadia." Nadia looks at her. "Uh, remember your old job." Nadia nods her head.

Nadia clears her throat. "Yeah at my old job, sometimes we'd get called to this area behind the stockyards. Guys liked to park there 'cause it was quiet at night. Back of the yards was B.Y." she says as Becklean nods.

" Let's go." Voight says as Becklean points at her, sending her a nice smile as does everyone else before they grab their coats.

//

" It's pretty secure... metal doors, boards on the windows... Pretty usual. This is definitely the place. Guy just pulled in a van, put eyes on me." Becklean and Nadia's location were correct; everyone was down the street while Ruzek was checking the place out on foot. He couldn't tell if they were making him out as a cop then they heard gunshots and pulled up having a shootout.

"10-1! Multiple shots fired at the police! We are taking heavy fire! Need immediate backup! Requesting S.W.A.T.!" Voight says into his radio.

Becklean was standing next to the car when they saw a van leaving, she hops in the car followed by Jay, they follow the van. Jay was in the driver's seat as Becklean was in the passenger seat. She sits up on the seat leaning out the window closing one eye. She fires a round in the car tire causing the van to flip and skid off to the side of the road. They get out of the car approaching the van.

"Clear! I can't clear!"

"Cover back." Jay says as Becklean moves to the back of the van. "Don't move! Show me your hands. I got a gun" he begins punching the guy in the van as another approaches him outside of the van he sees the guy who has a gun raised at him Becklean shoots him and they nod at each other.

Becklean smiles at Jay at her desk. They had wrapped everything up, she stands up grabbing her coat as Jay watches her, she pulls the bat from her desk and puts a finger to her lips as he zips his throwing away the key.

"Thanks." she says as he just stares at her.

"That's what partners are for." he leans back in his chair as she leans over his desk the two locking eyes, she ruffles his hair before walking out leaving him swooning like always.

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