Guilty // Chicago PD

Chang Lee

It feels like only yesterday Eris was standing in front of this team for the first time, a bag of Hershey's kisses in hand ready to throw at anyone who interested her mind in a good question. Now almost 12 months exactly to the date she stands here once's more this time with a bag of starburst in hand ready to throw to anyone or launch at Jays head. Whichever takes her interest first.

The team stand in front of Eris again, this is the second time they've worked with her but the first time they've worked with her team. Most of them are excited, the thrill of working with the FBI BAU was nothing short of adrenaline seeking. Some not so much, Hailey has been given another chance on the basis that Hank oversees her and she does nothing without his approval which has to be approved by Eris or Matt. Why? Because Eris wants nothing to do with Hailey, her attitude on the last case they worked and the slippery words she whispered into Jays ear when they were having problems.

"Ok so this is what we know so far" Eris springs into life and suddenly it's like the past never happened and she's meeting the team for the first time again. There's excitement in her voice to solve this case with help of this team. "We have 16 victims" she points to the pictures on the board "there are 14 victims from the ages of 13-23 and then 2 victims roughly 4-10 days old. It's hard to get an exact age of the babies just because of the conditions. The heat alone in that warehouse sped up the decomposition. The lack of nutrition was another contributing factor. Based on their Asian heritage I am going to say they were trafficked in and were being kept there while the assholes who did this demanded more money from the families" she takes a hard look at the board. Disgusted but not surprised at her fellow humans "this is going to be difficult cases not just because of the nature but these girls were undocumented which means there is high chance so will their families here in the states. They are not going to want to talk to us because they think we will involve ICE. So I urge you when you talk to these people to be calm and understanding, try not to wear anything with Chicago PD on it and only when you've gained their trust do you show your badge. They are going to be scared and hesitant talk to us. So please I beg you to be patient" she looks out at the team, they nod in understanding "ok with that being said what do we have?"

"Well we according to the pathologist, the infants both died first, then girls all died within 24 hours within each other. Based on the cuts on their wrists and ankles, there is multi layers of bruising which indicates they weren't always handcuffed which supports the theory that the shallow cuts are from fighting each other for water" Jay speaks first, reading from the pathologists report. Most people in shock around the room but if there's one thing these two do better than sex is work a complicated case together.

"Thanks Jay" Eris throws him a candy, he smiles for the first time in a long time. The smile that started this whole mess in the first place, she smiles back quickly erasing it from her face. "Do we know if they were fed?" She asks

"Well the two post-mortems that have been conducted so far would say no but again this could be so little was provided that these either didn't get any or it's already been digested" Jay closes the file in front of him.

"Thank you" she smiles softly at him throwing another candy "ok so you guys know Chinatown better than us. Who are the players in the game?" Eris asks.

"Chang Lee" Attwater speaks from behind Jay, the group part so he can move forward "there's been cases against for years but just slippery enough to avoid time. Technicalities, evidence tampering, witnesses suddenly going quiet or disappearing completely. Majority include fraud, abduction, murder and our favourite human trafficking" he hands Eris the file, she quickly skims the paperwork.

"Nice" Eris looks up throwing a candy to him " do you guys think that this is something he could do? Get greedy?"

"Well" Hank speaks "I think so, recently there had been a new player in town. Ming Chen. She has been taking over casinos, severely damaging Chang'a cash flow. I think he is desperate enough to get greedy" Hank hands her a case file.

"What makes you think this is Chang Lee and not Ming?" Eris asks as she flicks through the case file.

"Well nothing but Ming has been in town for about 18 months now and she has not been linked to any human trafficking. Only casinos and gun running. Chang Lee is getting desperate, his cash flow is drying up. Business is going somewhere else. He needs the money and the fear of the streets again" Hank explains and Eris reads.

"Ok thanks. Right Jay can you go down to the morgue. Chase up the reports" Eris smiles at him as he nods grabbing his jacket " Kevin and Kim can you go to the first families home. Please remember they are scared we will deport them. So be patient, Matt take Hailey with you to the docks see what info you can get" everyone nods with their assignments "Adam you're with Me" she smiles, grabbing her coat.

"Where are we going?" Adam asks confused as he follows here, Jay laughs lightly from the bottom of the stairs as he hears the conversation.

"To make friends with our enemies enemy" Eris laughs to her self.