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chapter one. stepping stone.
Riley walks onto the intelligence unit, shrugging her coat off and putting it onto the back of her desk chair and walks into the break room to see her sister, Erin, pouring herself a cup of coffee and she smiles, grabbing a mug from the cabinet and holding it out.
Erin raises an eyebrow at her older sister and says, "Really?"
"Please" Riley begs, "I had a late night"
"Where's your Red Bull?"
"Back pocket" the older lindsay smiles.
"You and Sebastian fight again?" Erin asks, pouring the caffeine goodness into her sister's red mug. Riley nods and says, "Yeah"
"What was it about this time?" the detective asks, putting the pot back on the burner. Riley shakes her head and says, "Nothing, just stupid stuff"
"Ri, come on"
"That stuff'll kill you now, apparently" Jay Halstead says, walking into the break room and grabs a cup from the cabinet beside Riley and smiles at her, "I saw an article online"
Erin eyes the connection happening between her sister and the new detective and she raises an eyebrow at them and says, "Well, that is last on the very long list of things that we're concerned about"
Jay holds out his mug towards Erin, who looks at him and says, "Please"
Erin rolls her eyes and pours the man the coffee into his mug and Riley says, "So, Caitlin was asking about you"
"Oh yeah, tell her I say hi" Jay says, with no interest and emotion.
"So no interest on your part" Riley says, putting sugar into her coffee when Erin leaves the two alone to go to her desk.
"She's super sweet. But, my loss"
Sheldon Jin walks into the break room and asks, "Hey, have you guys seen Voight around?"
"No, why?" Riley asks.
"Nothing" Jin says, before walking away.
"You? I'm never setting you up again" Riley says, as they leave the break room.
"What? Why not?"
Riley turns around and says, "Because you don't know a good thing when you see it" then turns back around to go to her desk.
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As the team starts doing some paperwork, Voight walks onto the unit with patrol officers, Kim Burgess and Kevin Atwater behind him and says, "Alright, listen up. I got a name on those dope deaths. It's a dealer named Rev on South Emerald. Soon as Olinsky gets here we're gonna set..."
"I'm over here" Alivin Olinsky interrupts, leaning back in his chair, eating a banana, so Voight can see him, "Hey"
"Hey, Alvin"
"Hank"
"We're gonna set up a controlled buy. Halstead and Lindsay in the doorway." Hank says, making the sisters look at each other.
"Which Lindsay" Erin asks.
"Riley" Hank says, making Riley and Jay look at each other, "Do not go inside"
The two detectives nod their heads and the brunette says, "Got it"
"Alright, one more thing" Hank says, walking towards his office and turns around, "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"
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Jay and Riley go undercover as two users when said male slams his fist against the white door with Riley hanging onto his arm and yells, "Rev, open up!"
"Hey! Do you mind keeping it down?" a man asks, sticking his head out his door.
"Am I banging on your door? No? Then go back inside" Jay says, and the man rolls his eyes and shuts the door and the detective begins slamming his fist against the door again, "Rev, open up!"
"I'm going out on a limb here. Rev might not be home" Antonio Dawson says, through the walkie.
The door opens to reveal a man with shaggy brown hair who says, "What?"
"Yeah, uh, is...is Rev here?" Jay asks.
"No, so quit pounding on the door" the man says. Jay stops the door from closing and says, "Hey, man. Yo, my girl, she's going into rehab tomorrow. Wants to go out with a bang tonight. Rev usually hooks me up" then he pulls out a folded up hundred trying to hand it to the man who just looks between them, "You ever been to rehab, man? It sucks"
Riley looks down to see blood on the man's pant leg, with no sign of him being hurt and pulls her partner back as he was about to walk inside and says, "We'll come back when Rev's here"
"You've been up my ass for two hours about scoring some H"
Riley narrows her eyes at the man and says, "Well, I changed my mind"
Jay looks at the man and says, "Mujeres, right?"
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"It looked like blood. That and the fact that we don't know that guy" Riley says, as the team huddles in an alley.
"You don't have to justify yourself. If you got a bad hit, you got a bad hit" Hank says, "Let's go in"
"No, cause maybe it looked like blood? That's not probable cause to force an entry" Julia Willhite says.
"He could've been marinating chicken and spilled barbecue sauce on his pants" Dawson says.
"We've got three OD'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. Alright? Whoever's in control of the apartment gets all squirrely, we'll take it from there" Al says.
As the team heads back to their cars, shots were fired at them, hitting the cars around them, so they duck behind them and grab their guns from their holsters.
"10-1! Shots fired at the police. 10-1! 5600 Emerald. Plain clothes officers at the scene" Antonio dispatches over the radio.
"Get the long guns!" Voight yells.
As they get the long guns and Olinsky gets the ram, they slowly head up to the apartment that Jay and Riley were at not even 20 minutes earlier, when Al slams the door in and Dawson walks in first and yells, "Police"
When they clear the place out, Erin shouts, "Body!" and they head into the living room.
"That's Rev in the john" Jake Parker says.
"Offender must've booked" Dawson says.
Hank takes out his walkie to talk to Burgess and Atwater and says, "Call it in. Clear the rest of the building. Shooter's in the wind"
Then the team hears something coming from the closet. Jules rushes to the door and looks at her team before opening, who all have their guns pointing straight ahead, then the blonde opens the door to find a young boy sitting on the ground with his hands up.
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Riley and Jay get out of their car, getting their long guns from the trunk and walk to the roll up to where Hank is standing who says, "Riley, put together a description of the guy who answered the door. See if you can find him in any of our databases"
Riley nods as they head to the back to put their guns away, when Jin passes them and asks Jay, "Hey, is your transmitter alright?I heard it cut out"
Jay takes out his transmitter to hand to Jin and says, "Yeah, uh...banged up against the wall. Sorry Jin" Jay says, walking to the back to put his long gun away as well, leaving Sheldon with a shocked expression.
Hank leans up against the caged wall and says, "Alvin, I'm gonna need a fresh face in case we have someone pose as a buyer again"
"Yeah. I'll pull someone from the academy"
Jay walks over to Riley and says, "I owe you one"
"That's why you have back up" Riley smiles, punching his shoulder lightly, before walking away.
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"That's him" Riley says, looking at the picture of the guy her and Jay talked to, then shows her partner.
"Andrew Dias, aka Pulpo, the octopus" Antonio says, writing the name onto the whiteboard above the man's mugshot, "He's got dual citizenship here from Colombia. Me and Jules had him on our radar five years back, when he was working his way up from street enforcer"
"Yeah, I remember his name. Didn't he beat a double murder rap?" Voight asks.
"The two key witnesses were killed" Jules says.
"Was he cutting off heads back then, too?" Erin questions.
"No, he learned a thing or two since he was in Colombia"
"What type of player was he? What part of the city did he hold down?" Jay asks.
"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" Antonio says.
"Okay, you two in my office" Hank says, pointing to Jay and Antonio.
A few minutes later, Hank leaves his office and looks at both Erin and Riley and says, "Let's go for a ride"
The Lindsay sisters, get up from their desks, grabbing their coats and following after their Sergeant.
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"Hey, I got a couple of CI's I can reach out to, see if they know anything about Pulpo" Riley says, riding shotgun, as Erin rides in the back, "Is that who we're going to see? A CI of yours?"
"Basically" Hank says, turning the corner.
"What the hell does that mean? Either they are or they aren't" Erin says. Voight parks the car, smiles and says, "I got big plans for you two"
"And what about Lola and Rory?"
"Aurora has had her life figured out since she was 16 and Lola is the best paramedic in chicago. They'll be okay"
"Should we be offended?" Erin asks her sister. Riley shrugs, "probably"
As Erin and Riley are about to get out following Voight he says, "Stay in the car"
"That's your big plan? For us to stay in the car?" Erin asks, "What'd you bring us for then?"
"You guys cheer me up" Hank smiles, before walking away. Riley looks at her sister and sarcastically says, "Yay"
"So, you wanna tell me what yours and Sebastian's fight was about this time?"
"I told you, stupid stuff"
"Ri, come on. I'm your sister, for god sakes, you're supposed to tell me everything"
"We fought about not being able to have kids" Riley sighs, leaning her head against the headrest.
"Again?"
"Yeah. He wants kids, I don't, so we were up half the night screaming at each other"
Erin rests her hand on her sister's shoulder and says, "Sorry, Ri"
"It's whatever" Riley says, looking out the window to see Hank walking back towards them, "Just don't tell Hank, okay?"
"I won't"
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The team walks up to the front door of an Eric Cooper, where Antonio slams his fist on the door and says, "Eric Cooper open up! Hey, Coop, open up!"
"Pry marks" Jay says, then looks back at Voight who says. "Breach"
Jay uses the shotgun to open the door and Antonio kicks it in and yells, "Police!...Clear!"
Once the team clears out the house, they see a severed head on the counter and Voight says, "The next head I see better be Pulpo's"
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"Just wait here" Al tells the cadet and looks at Voight who is standing at the whiteboard and says, "Hey, come here" and Hank walks over to the two, "Adam Ruzek this is Sergeant Voight"
"Hey, boss. Nice to meet you" Ruzek says, shaking Voights hand.
"You too" Hank says then turns to Al and says, "Ruzek, huh? I know that name"
"Yeah, my dad Bob was a patrolman his whole career in the 26th"
"You don't say"
"I pulled him out of the academy. Not his old man" Al states.
"What, did you work with my dad?" Adam asks.
"Yeah, we were on the same, uh, softball team together" Al mumbles. Hank looks at Al and smirks, knowing that's not the truth and says, "Softball league"
"He designed t shirts, if I'm not mistaken. Yep"
"If D'Anthony was right and he heard three voices in the apartment, Pulpo must've brought two hit men with him from Medellin" Antonio says, writing on the whiteboard.
"Alright, just get all this information to Lieutenant Belden in Violent Crimes. Hey, have we gotten anything from his end?" Hank questions.
"Nothing"
"Calls between Rev and Coop yesterday, only one other number called them both. It's a pay as you go drop phone. Signal's off, but it was purchased at a cell phone store in Greektown" Riley says.
"Take Halstead with you, check it out"
Riley nods her head and the two detectives grab their coats and leave.
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Riley drives along the road, with Jay riding shotgun of course. Riley always has to drive, unless it's with Voight, that's why Erin gets irritated when she has to sit shotgun or in the back, cause Riley always plays the 'I'm older and more wiser' card on her and her sisters.
"We've worked together a month, right?" Jay asks and Riley nods her head, "I think it's time we can be honest with each other. Wouldn't you agree?"
"No"
"Two things. One. You driving all the time? I'm not down with that"
"Seniority rules" Riley smirks, glancing at her partner before looking back at the road.
"I've been on the job longer"
"I've been in this unit longer"
"Okay, look, I feel like a house husband"
Riley smacks her lips together and gives her partner the puppy dog look and says, "Aww. What was the second thing?"
Jay clears his throat and says, "What's the deal with you, Voight and your sisters?"
Riley pulls over and parks the car, taking her seat belt off and sighs, saying, "This stays between us"
"Of course"
"We all went to prom together" Riley jokes and the two detectives get out of the car with the brunette still laughing.
"I mean, is he your secret dad or something?" Jay asks, as Riley joins him on the sidewalk to get to the corner store, "Put it this way, if I were to ask you out, would I have to get his permission first?"
Riley looks back at her partner and says, "Any guy who needs to ask my dad's permission to date me should save himself the trouble" as they walk towards the store, passing by some creeps working on a car.
"Ah, shake it, baby" the man says. Riley shakes her head and walks into the store as Jay says, "Watch yourself" following his partner.
"Yes, sir, officer, sir" the guy says, saluting the detective.
The two detectives walk over to the counter to talk with the person working it and Jay says, "A pay as you go phone was purchased from your store in the last 24 hours. We're looking for who bought it"
Riley hands him a slip and the worker checks out the date through his receipts and says, "Yeah, a Jaun Garcia. Yesterday. Paid cash"
"Any other information you can provide us?" Lindsay asks.
"No, we're not responsible for background checks"
Riley smirks, sarcastically and says, "True, but it is a fairly common name. You know, there's not a lot we can do with that"
"Yeah" Halstead agrees.
"You don't tell me how to do my job and I don't tell you how to do yours" The man says, handing Lindsay the slip back, who scoffs.
"You're Glen Pearson, right? The owner of this place?" Jay asks.
"That's right"
The detective takes out a piece of paper from his back pocket, unfolding it and says, "You know, it looks like there's a Glen Pearson with a deceptive practice and fraud charges for selling stolen merchandise out of Gary, Indiana"
"Oh?" Riley says, looking at her partner in fake shock.
"That's a 25,000 dollar extraditable must hold warrant"
"Oy"
"What do you think? Height, weight match. Eye color too" Jay says, showing the paper to his partner. Riley looks at the paper then back at the man and says, "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"
"I got a nanny cam up here. I can pull some footage. Get a picture of the guy who did it. It's the best I can do"
"Oh. That's great"
"You're too kind" Jay says.
Once the two partners leave the store, after getting the image from the nanny cam, Jay says, "Knew that would work"
"Mmm" Riley hums, "Just gotta figure out who this idiot is"
The two turn around to hear a beer bottle breaking right behind them and the same man from before saying, "Why don't you bring that ass over to my place sometime, girl. I'll let you in"
Riley scoffs, then Jay hands her his gun and says, "Let it go"
"Uh-huh"
"Uh-huh" Riley mocks as Jay hands her his shield and walks over to the lot and says. "Hey. Come here a sec"
"Nah, you're just trying to get me with assaulting a police officer" the man says, walking closer to the detective.
"Do you see a badge on me?"
The man goes to punch Jay, who grabs him by the neck and kicks him in the face with his knee. The man falls to the ground holding his bleeding nose and Jay says, "Anyone else?" And when no one answered he helps the man up, who looks at him stunned then walks back over to his partner.
"My hero" Riley says, giving her partner back his gun and badge, "You're still not driving" then heads back to the car.
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"Colombian authorities ID'd this guy as Omar Rojas, freelance hitman" Jay says, as Antonio writes underneath the mans picture.
"So Rev was the boss, Coop moved the merchandise, who's the next in the chain of command?" Voight asks.
"Well, that was the problem. Rev was only in from Baton Rouge for a year. There was no structure to his crew" Jules says.
"And nobody's talking?"
"Nope"
"Alright, when Olinsky gets in you tell him..."
"I'm right here" Al interrupts, leaning back in his chair. Hank looks at the man and says, "Anything from your CI's?"
"No dice. Something about not wanting to have their heads chopped off"
Hank sighs and says, "Alright. Get Rojas' image out there with Pulpo's city wide, all airports, train, bus stations, and keep hitting the bushes"
Riley nods at Hank that there's someone behind him and as the Sergeant turns around he sees Lieutenant Beldon walking onto the unit, who nods his head towards his office.
Riley goes to sit at her desk when Jay follows her and says, "Hey, you wanna meet up at Molly's tonight? Atwater is doing some sort of thing"
"I can't—" Riley then stops mid sentence "...actually you know what, that sounds great"
Jay smiles and says, "great"
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"Hello?" Riley says, answering her phone.
"Hey, I thought you were coming to the thing at Molly's?" Erin asks. Riley sighs and says, "I was, but Sebastian just got home and wants to have a night in to ourselves"
"Okay, we'll miss you"
"Yeah, we'll miss you" Jay's voice was heard through the phone.
"Alright, have fun and tell me how it went" Riley smiles and hangs up her phone and puts it back in her pocket.
"Babe, you ready? I made popcorn" Sebastian yells from the living room of their apartment. Riley sighs and says, "Coming"
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After the new guy, Ruzek, goes undercover to do a drug bust, Antonio and Jules question the drug dealer, Xavier, and about 20 minutes later they walk onto the unit and Dawson says, "We're looking for a Shane Cameron. Xavier says he's been in hiding since yesterday"
"Yeah, but he has a flop house over on Addison. Might be worth checking out" Jules says.
"Alright, everybody vest up" Hank orders.
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Jules, Erin and Riley are in the locker room, putting on their vests when Jules says, "What's up Voight's ass today?"
"Who knows" Erin says.
"You two would" Jules says, walking over to the sisters, "you both have his card in your locker. How old are they anyway?"
"Thirteen years" Riley says.
"Wanna tell me about it" The blonde asks, leaning against the surrounding lockers. Erin looks at Riley who nods, then turns back to the blonde and says, "The man saved our lives. Here we are" then Jules gives them a look, "Oh, you want to know more about that? It's gonna cost you a couple drinks" then she closes her locker.
"Hey, a night away from the kids and a juicy story? Happy to buy" Jules smiles, walking away. Riley and Erin smile at each other following after the blonde.
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The team, minus Anotnio and Jules wait outside at their cars when two more vehicles show up and Lieutenant Belden and a couple of his officers get out and over to the intelligence team.
"It's okay, Lieutenant. We got it covered. I'll let you know if he's upstairs" Hank says.
"Who?" Belden asks.
"Shane Cameron. I left you a message"
"We're following up on the car"
"What car?"
"Plate matched to a black four door seen leaving the scene of the Coop murder yesterday. Supposed to be parked around here"
Hank narrows his eyes at the man and says, "I never got that info"
"Yeah, must've dropped the ball on that"
Voight gets on his walkie and says, "Terminate. Pull back. Targets may be in the building"
Then a couple seconds later, Antonio gets on the radio and says, "10-1. Officer shot!"
Hank and Riley run up the stairs with their guns drawn.
"Jules" Riley yells, as Hank goes into the apartment to clear it.
Once the ambo arrives, Dawson and Voight pick Jules up, who was shot in the neck, and brings her outside fast without doing more damage and Riley right behind them and says, "You're gonna be okay, Jules"
"We gotta move. Get her in the ambo" Willow Lindsay says, as her partner Max Parker opens up the back doors.
"She's gonna be okay, right Lo?" Riley asks.
"We gotta move" Willow states, as Hank and Antonio help her up onto the stretcher, "Mid clavicular"
"I'm coming with you, sister" Riley says, getting into the back of the ambo with Jules and holds onto her hand.
"Start an IV" Willow tells Max .
"You're gonna be okay" Riley sniffles, "It's gonna be okay, you're gonna be okay"
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Riley and Erin wait in the waiting room for a doctor to come out with hopefully good news. Erin takes ahold of her sisters hand and says, "She'll make it, she has too. She's tough"
"Yeah" Riley says, then stands up, as the doctor walks over to them, "How is she?"
"I'm sorry" the doctor says, "we did everything we could"
Riley looks at her sister, shocked and in tears. Erin pulls her sister into a hug, both crying from losing a close friend.
A few minutes later, Erin calls up Voight who says, "Yeah?"
"Hank, Jules didn't make it"
TO BE CONTINUED...
a/n:
welcome to the first chapter!
Hope y'all liked it 😁❤️
I'm so excited to write more about Riley's character!! *screaming in spanish*