In the days following Kate's abduction, Erin and Jay were reluctant to let her out of their sight. She accompanied them to the district, her parents still too nervous to bring her back to preschool. Jay and Erin switched on and off staying back at the district with Kate, the little girl too scared of being taken away that she wouldn't even stay with Platt or Hank. However, on Halloween, both Erin and Jay were needed down at a crime scene. "Do you think you can stay with Sergeant Platt, Squirt?" Jay asked gently, squatting down in front of his daughter, "Mommy and I both need to help, but we'll be back in a few hours, okay?"
"Sergeant Platt's gonna keep me safe?" Kate asked, looking up at the older woman who was speaking with Erin.
Jay nodded. "Yep. You're going to read a few books and play a few games, and then Erin and I will be back so we can all change into our costumes." Kate continued to look skeptical, but nodded her approval. She hugged Jay, wrapping her bandaged arms around his neck as he stood and carried her over to Platt. "Okay, so Kate, you and Sergeant Platt are going to play for a bit, right?"
Kate nodded again, lifting her head off of Jay's shoulder. "Bye Daddy." She gently kissed his cheek and squeezed him gently.
"I love you, kiddo." Jay placed a hand on the back of her head, inhaling the sweet scent of her shampoo. "We'll be back soon, okay?"
"Don't forget about me." Erin accepted her little girl from Jay and held Kate closely. "Don't worry baby, you'll be safe. I love you."
"I love you too, Mommy." Kate hugged her mother back. "You gonna get the bad guys?"
"Mm-hm, that's exactly what they're going to do." Platt piped up, "And we are going to read a story and then make sure all the patrolmen are behaving, isn't that right?"
Kate smiled and took Platt's hand with her splinted arm. "Bye Mommy, bye Daddy!" She called, heading down the steps.
Erin and Jay made it back to the district in time to take Kate home and get her changed into her tiger onesie. She looked absolutely adorable, despite the two casted arms, making tiny claws with her hands and saying "rawr" for pictures. Erin surprised Kate by dressing up like her favorite food. "A banana!" Kate squealed as Erin emerged from her bedroom, dressed in the costume that was on loan from Ruzek. Why he had a banana costume was a question neither Erin or Jay wanted to ask, but the grin from the little girl was well worth the trouble.
"Do I look delicious?" Erin asked, Kate giggling away.
"I'll say." Jay remarked, coming out of the bathroom in a monkey costume. Kate and Erin privately decided that Jay should dress up like a monkey police officer, so he was wearing his badge and hat from his blues, along with the brown monkey one piece suit.
"Detective Monkey!" Kate shrieked, clapping her hands as best she could. She burst out laughing, causing Erin and Jay to chuckle along with her amusement. "So much better than a chicken!"
"How come Erin got to be the banana, Squirt?" Jay asked, putting his hands on his hips.
"Because you're a funnier monkey." Kate told him seriously. "Do you think Sergeant Voight is gonna wear a costume too?"
Erin glanced at Jay. "I don't know baby. He's not big on costumes, but he's excited to go trick-or-treating with us." Kate had told Hank that she wanted him to come trick-or-treating with them, and after the experience she had, Voight couldn't say no. His neighborhood was also better suited for it, so he was having the little family over for a Halloween dinner.
"Well, aren't you the cutest little tiger I've ever seen!" Voight grinned at Kate as he pulled open the front door to Kate going "rawr!". She hugged his legs.
