The Truth Behind the Badges

Pain

Jay's POV

Voight and I arrived at the back of the district and headed straight to the cages where Seth and Rick were sitting locked up. My blood boiled seeing them just sit there like they did nothing wrong. There was one patrol officer stationed outside the cage guarding them, we motioned him off once we entered, "Wipe those smiles off your faces." I said walking towards the cages. I stood in front of the cage which Seth sat safely inside. I placed my hands on the cage before speaking, "Be glad I don't have the keys right now." I smirked looking down at the bloody bandage around his leg, "Heh, which one gave you that?" Seth smiled leaning back against the wall within the protection of the cage, "Doesn't matter, I'm going to jail whether I talk or not so lock me up and through away the key like you do to every guy you put in these cages."

"Do you know who the three women were that you and your buddies pick up at the end? Do you?" Voight asked. Seth just sat there, but Rick looked up smiling. "I'm well aware of who they are, but like Seth said you might as well just lock us away." I slammed my fist against the cage at his response, I didn't know Rick, but I knew Seth had been a suspect in many other cases, "Listen to me when I say you picked the wrong people to beat, rape, and shoot."

Voight stepped forward to the cage, keys in hand, "You and your partners slipped up and got messy, so messy that when they shot Hailey, Kira, and Anna, you didn't kill them, they tried but those girls, they're fighters and they pulled through. Your already going down for nine murders..." Voight started but I quickly jumped in, "...ten, ten murders. One of the women was pregnant." Voight turned at me as I walked away to another room.

Once in the other room Voight looked at me a bit confused as to my correction I gave him, "Jay none of the girls we recovered were pregnant." I stood there keeping my eyes looking out at Seth and Rick before facing Voight, "Your right but, I just found out that Hailey...she didn't know, the Natalie said she was two maybe three weeks." Voight placed his hand on my shoulder when I finished, his face said it all. It was no secret that Hailey and I were together, at least it hadn't been for a while. Voight was fine with it if it didn't interfere with work, but this, this was different. This team is family, always had been, and when one of ours got hurt Voight would always get this look in his eye. It was a look of anger and revenge, he had this back when Kim got shot, when Kevin was kidnapped, even back when I was taken and shot.

Anthony's POV

I was sitting with Kira when she slowly started to wake up, quickly I got up and called for Dr. Rhodes. He came in and checked her vitals and stats, "Stats are good, hey Kira, how are you feeling?" Her eyes fluttered as she groaned trying to pull herself up. "Woah, hey lay back and rest ok you need it. We're going to give you some meds for the pain you just rest up, that's an order." Dr. Rhodes said, calling in a nurse for the meds then walking out. After that she relaxed, and I just sat with her for a bit.

We talked a little about what happened and about anything that came to mind, I occasionally would have to reassure her that everything was ok. Jacob walked in after a while and we traded spots, I gently hugged Kira placing a kiss on her forehead then left the room to give them space. I told Boden and Harper that she was awake and after a short bit they took turns going in to see her.

I had quietly made my way out of the hospital and to my car where I sat in silence for a few minutes before starting the engine and driving to the 21st district. I parked outside trying to think of what I was doing when I got out and walked in. Inside I walked over to Trudy who had just come back from the hospital herself, "Hey Trudy, can you show me where Hank is...please?" I pleaded. She questioned me at first but caved and led me down the stairs to a garage, I saw two guys sitting in fence boxes, but couldn't tell who they were. I guess that's what they call cages, I said to myself. I saw Hank and Jay standing in another room, it looked like Hank was comforting Jay or something. I walked over to them with Trudy and they both turned to face me.

Voight's POV

I heard footsteps behind me and as I turned, I saw Anthony with Trudy. "Hey man, you shouldn't be here." I said to him, but he didn't move.

Anthony stared at me in silence for a while before speaking, "I wasn't there for my daughters before but I'm here now and I want to see these guys go down for what he did. I know the way you work so please don't stop me." He let a couple tears slip as he spoke.

"Anthony, it doesn't take this to prove you love your girls. This isn't you man. It just isn't, please just head back to the hospital. Be with your girls, we'll take care of him, I promise." I tried to plead with him, but he refused to leave. Trudy left to go back upstairs leaving Anthony with Jay and I. He seemed to have just noticed one of the men in the cage as his eyes shot open, "...Rick!! How?! He is supposed to be rotting in a cell!" I grabbed his shoulder as he turned to leave for Rick, "You know him?" I questioned. "How could I not, he's the man that raped my daughtersix years ago! How did he get out?!"