Love Never Leaves A Heart Where It Found It

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Hello guys, I'm back with another chapter. Won't say much about what it contains, will let you read it. :) 

The following morning the entire team was present in the bull pen early. They had found a lead on Abby's case and had a suspect who could have shot Abby. It wasn't a surprise to anyone now that Abby was involved in drugs and a drug deal had gone wrong. Even though Voight had not spelled it out for all of them, the team understood what had happened and they knew better than to question him or oppose him. They would ask him what this was about perhaps after the case was solved, but until then they had to simply obey his orders. The good thing about Intelligence was that they worked as a team, even though sometimes they didn't agree with one another. They had each other's back at all times and at any cost.

The day went by in chasing these leads and questioning all the suspects that popped up. But the team was confident that they would catch the shooter soon. Late in the afternoon they were finally set to catch the prick and the team geared up, ready to get over with this. Hailey, Kim and Kevin were going undercover to set up a drug deal with the shooter and the shooter would eventually lead them to the boss and they would be able to arrest everyone involved in this case. And before they were ready to depart, Jay and Hailey had had a slight argument. Jay did not want Hailey to go undercover under such circumstances but she wasn't going to listen to him. Jay had the right to be worried but that was the extent to which he could have his say, the rest was up to her and she wouldn't let him influence her or change her mind. It was gradually becoming clear why being in a relationship within the unit didn't help, there was this constant fear and worry that the other one would get hurt. But Jay wasn't going to think about that now, he would make sure she understood his worry and if possible listened to him. Hailey finally scolded him furiously, "Jay! I am going to be fine. You have to stop with this behaviour. Nothing is different, we are partners and partners have each other's backs."

"What do you mean nothing is different? There is a big difference and I am pretty sure you are aware of it as well," Jay said, surprised that Hailey was acting as though nothing had happened.

"That's the thing Jay. Even if there is a difference it cannot interfere with the job. And that's what Voight keeps saying, and if we behave like this, he will surely have our asses."

It was true, Hailey was right but so was Jay in his place. If Jay would have been going undercover Hailey would have had the same reaction or an even worse one. It was frustrating to have to undergo this, especially when Voight had warned them about just this and he was keeping a special eye on them. The pressure that brought about was massive and they had to both prove themselves. Jay was still uncertain but Hailey had made up her mind. "Jay, I am going to be fine. Now let's go, everyone's waiting for us."

They joined the rest of the team and Voight was explaining the final details. They left soon and were all in position. Soon they saw a car approaching and identified it as their target. Atwater, Burgess and Upton were prepared with the bag of money and hoped that this would go smoothly and they would have the offenders in cuffs soon. They met with the shooter and one of his colleagues who were both still hesitant to make the exchange, but ultimately they did it and Voight ordered the team to move in. Sensing that they were trapped both of them attempted to run and Hailey, Kim and Kevin went after them. Kim and Hailey went after the shooter and Atwater chased the other perp. They were running in narrow alleyways with so many obstacles in between. They had to be alert at all times and at the same time not lose sight of the offender. Kim and Hailey decided to trap the shooter from either side and Kim went another way. Hailey was still after the shooter, focused and alert. And when Kim appeared from the other side the shooter panicked and turned towards Hailey and fired three blind rounds, not aiming particularly. But it so happened that one of the shots hit Hailey before she could take cover and Hailey was on the ground. Kim shot the shooter in the chest twice ending his life in a matter of seconds and rushed to Hailey. She was alive, but breathing with difficulty. It seemed the team had heard the shot and Voight was enquiring desperately about what had happened. Kim herself was about to speak in the radio, "10-1! 10-1! Officer down! I need an ambulance on"—