Hear Me

The End

"It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are easy to get."

Confucius

--

Officials rushed around the scene. HRT and SWAT arrived only to find a body in the middle of a hostage situation. The woman was whisked away by two police officers and Detective Lewis stood in shock, looking at the body, her mind replaying what had just happened. She stood there, her gun still in her hands, not hearing the commotion around her. 

"Lewis!" Someone calls from beside her, the voice sounding far away and muffled.

"Connie!" They call again, finally getting her attention. 

"What?" She asks, confused. 

Clara puts her hand on her partners arm, "you need to give your gun to him." 

She looks up at the analyst standing right beside her. She hadn't noticed him standing there with a box in his hand. Her gun was at her side. Connie puts it in the box, "what's going on?" 

Clara sighs and looks at her partner, "this is the first time you've shot and killed someone?" 

She nods, "yeah." 

"Lets sit down," Clara guides her to a nearby bench, "there's going to be a formal investigation. Now luckily, there are cameras everywhere so it should be completed tonight. You're going to give your statement on what happened tonight and your actions." 

Connie shakes her head, "I'm confused, what?" 

She nods, "because there were only a few officers here and no captain, there has to be an investigation to make sure no excess force was used. This means you'll be on temporary leave. The leave could last from a few hours to several weeks until the investigation is over." Clara watches as she looks at everyone there, noticing Connie doesn't really seem to grasp it. She reaches down and shakes her a little, "listen to me, this is going to happen. It is going to be a lot of things thrown at you but you cannot give up. They will ask you a lot of questions. You'll talked to Internal Affairs and the District Attorney. Your union rep will be there during the interviews. I have to go deal with something right now and I won't be allowed in the room with you." 

"Okay, I understand," she nods. Clara walks away, still suspecting she doesn't fully understand what's going on. She sees the time going on eight when she checks the time.

"Shit," she mutters.

--

When Clara gets to the precinct, the news of whats happened has already reached there. Cops were celebrating while many, including Tanner, geared up for the investigation into the shooting. "You've got a visitor," Brett points to her desk. 

"Thanks," she says and walks over to Matt, "sorry I'm late. I only have a few minutes and then I have to get back to work." 

Matt nods, "what's going on? It seems busier." 

She sighs and leads him to a small hallway where they wouldn't be seen, "I shouldn't be telling you this but the serial killer was taken down."