Getting back to "Normal" | Rhekker

Chapter 57- Money, Money, Money

Connor stormed up the stairs to the bullpen to see Voight standing giving the team a talk. When he saw Connor he dismissed them  and came over to Connor.
"You can't be here" he caught his arm.
"What?"
"Connor you can't be here" he stressed
"Why not, I want to help"
"We only have what twelve hours left? Do you have a location, do you know who took her?"
"We'll sort it, but you can't be here"
Connor opened his mouth to say something before glancing to the room beside him.
"Yeah, yeah, of course. Do you mind if I look in your office for a quick second, I lost my wallet the last time I was here"
Hank sighed, "of course, what kind of task force would we be if we couldn't find a wallet" Hank clasped him on the shoulder and walked him into his office.

Connor looked around the desk were he was sitting the last time he was in this office.
"I didn't see anything personal, I could have gotten kicked under something" Hank suggested, having a look himself.
"Hey boss!" Someone called from outside the office. Hank left for the bullpen and dealt with the situation outside before returning to Connor.
"Did you find it?" He asked.
"Yeah" Connor nodded, "fell under your desk"
"I'll get out of your hair now" Connor smiled before hurrying down the steps.

"Okey people lets get back to work!" Hank called.

~

"We should have asked for more money" one of the men lights up a cigarette.
"Why?"
"Look at her, we could have gotten more"
"Bit late now" he scoffed, "okey lets go blondie" he undid her rope from the chair, keeping her hands bound.
Ava stumbled over her own feet and she walked a few paces, spotting a needle on the desk.
She shook her head, pulling away back to the chair.
No, no, no, no, no, no

~

"We have a time and place for the pick up, 7pm, at the old junk yard by 27th. We go in, stay in the dark till they show and what ever you do, don't scare them off" Hank announced to the group.
"We'll we working in teams of three, stay in small numbers. Our goal is to get Ava out with minimal injuries. Everyone got it?"
A series of yes bosses followed and every split up.
"Hey, Halstead" Hank held him back.
"Have you heard from Connor today?"
"Not since he came in this morning, no?"
Voight nodded, a feeling nagging him before deep inside his gut.
"Ring your brother; ask him if Connor showed up for work today" he patted Jay's back before walking out.

Jay slipped out to the back of the prescient to the car park to make the call.
He paced back and forth as the dial rang out, knowing it could take a while for Will to pick up the phone.
"Hey" cut off the note to leave a voice mail.
"Hey big bro" Jay smiled.
"Hey Jay, is everything alright, you know I'm in work today right?"
"Yeah, sorry for calling, you know I wouldn't if it wasn't important"
"Yeah what's up?"
"Did Connor show up for work today?"
"Yeah, I can see him now, he's talking to a patients family" Will moves to look out the blinds of the Doctors lounge.
"Alright, I just needed to check in" he said.
"Is everything okey?"
"Yeah it's fine, Will" he assured him.
"Is it something you cant tell me?"
Jay didn't reply, "I'll see you Sunday for dinner, yeah?"
"Yeah, see you then" Will continued to look at his friend, glancing away when he caught his eye. Will hung out on Connor, putting his phone back in his pocket as Connor came in.
"Hey man" he smiled, immediately going to the fridge to get a bottle of water.
"Hey" Will ran his hand down the sides of his scrubs.
"Who were you on the phone too? I saw you staring pretty deeply out the window" he chuckled.
"Oh it was just Jay" he shrugged it off, noticing Connors paused before taking his next sip of water.
"Are you okey man?"
"Yeah, I'm just tense" he rolled his shoulders, "I'm going to go for a run tonight, you know, get out of the house for a while"
"Yeah, that sounds good, don't know how you have the energy for it at the end of a shift though"
"Ah well you gotta find it somewhere, anyway I'll leave you to your break, I have to get back" Connor smiled before leaving to the ED, his face dropping as he turned his back on Will.