Love Never Leaves A Heart Where It Found It

Missing

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After Voight's call Hailey had tried to call Jay several times but in vain, his phone was unreachable. They hadn't spoken the previous night as they had been busy the entire day and were extremely tired. Instead they had shared a few texts and decided to talk the following day. And now, Jay was not reachable nor did anyone know where he was.

Hailey was really worried by now, she couldn't help but think something had happened to him. This was what she detested the most about their jobs, anything could happen and for a good while no one would know what has actually happening. She tried his number a few more times but received the same response. Moreover, it was her first day back at the bureau, she had to pull herself together. She tried her best to concentrate on her work hoped that Jay was fine and all this was just a misunderstanding.

It was evening already and time for Hailey to head back home. She had half a mind to call Voight and find out what was happening, but she refrained herself and decided to wait a little longer. She had dinner in silence and dearly expected a call either from Voight or her boyfriend.

The team in Chicago were equally tensed and it was just a matter of time before anyone voiced their opinion and suggested that perhaps Jay had been kidnapped. But no one dared to say anything until Voight got the ball rolling. Suddenly Kim spoke up from her desk, "Sarge, I have received a video from an unknown address and it doesn't look good."

The team immediately huddled around her desk, all eyes glued to the screen. She pressed the play button and they all saw Jay, not how they had expected to see him. He was tied to a metal rod and his face showed signs of recent bruises. He was barely managing to remain conscious. Suddenly two masked men appeared from the side and began hitting him with baseball bats.

The team was beyond furious. Voight stared at the screen as though he was going to shoot it. Kim didn't quite know whether she should cry or blast the screen with a baseball bat. Ruzek and Atwater were ready to leave, catch these pricks and shoot them in the face. Vanessa was displaying an anger no one had ever known existed in her. To sum it up, the team knew what was going on and were well aware that this could escalate really fast.

"Pause the video Kim," Voight ordered and she did.

None of them could look at each other for a long moment. Then Voight spoke, "Not a word about this to anyone. Not even to Hailey."

The team exchanged perplexed glances but Voight continued, "We'll keep it off the books for as long as possible. Am I clear?"

The team nodded in agreement and got to work. Voight went to his office and debated whether he should loop in Hailey or not, because he knew if she found out about this and saw the video as well, she wouldn't be able to keep it together and she might do something that could harm her. Voight knew she had a strong tendency to go off the books and do things and he wanted to avoid that at all costs, he didn't want her to become like him. His phone rang, pulling him out of his thoughts, it was Hailey. He answered knowing he had a second to make a choice, "What's up Hailey?"

"Sarge, did you find out anything about Jay?" she enquired.

"Hailey, listen to m"—

"Sarge, you're going to tell me the truth," she said firmly.

Voight knew by now that she wasn't going to back down. So he chose his words carefully, "Jay is missing."

"What?" she asked, a part of her knowing that this was something that might have happened.