Luna Halstead

Mini Detective Pt 3

Luna- 8

"What the hell did you do?!"

Jay winced hearing his brother's loud voice, even with the door closed the other Intelligence members had heard Will yell. Will was past livid; he was shaking with anger and rage. When Jay tried to get a word out, his brother continued his ranting.

"I asked you to watch Luna! Not yell at her and make her run away and now she's been kidnapped by some pyro psychopath because of you!"

"I'm so sorry Will, I didn't mean to, I wasn't thinking. I just reacted, Luna left the lounge and snuck out looking at the stuff for the case"

"How's this for reacting?"

Will threw a punch hitting his brother across the face, Jay grabbed his now sore jaw as his brother shook the pain out of his hand. Antonio then went between the two brothers.

"Woah, Will let's take a walk and cool off," Antonio said pulling Will away.

Will shook Antonio's hand off and walked with him as Erin went over to help her partner back to his chair.

"Are you alright?" Erin asked gently.

"Will has every right to be mad at me, he's right. I should have been watching Luna more closely, I shouldn't have yelled at her the way I did. I didn't mean to yell at her and scare her into running away, I wasn't thinking I just reacted" Jay answered, rubbing his jaw.

"We will find her Jay, I promise. Let Will cool off for a few minutes, he's just scared like any normal parent"

"Luna.. she's a little girl Erin. She can't fight back or defend herself like we can, not against a guy like Owens. He may not hesitate to hurt her if she attempts to fight back"

"We'll find her before anything like that happens, I promise"

Antonio had taken Will outside for some air to calm down, Antonio had once been in Will's shoes before having a kidnapped child. He knew exactly how he was feeling, it was normal for Will to be angry, and scared and take it out on everyone. The helplessness consumed him not knowing what to do.

"I've been where you are Will, I understand how you're feeling," Antonio told him. "My son was kidnapped. You're angry and scared, it's normal to take it out on anyone in sight because you feel helpless you don't know what to do"

"I trusted Jay to watch her," Will said with a hint of bitterness in his voice. "I told her to watch her, not yell at her to the point she ran away and has been kidnapped by a pyro psychopath"

"And Jay does regret it, all of it. He didn't mean to snap at her the way he did but he is working on getting her back by any means necessary"

The anger Will had built up was melting away as sobs started to escape his quivering lips. "She's a little girl, Antonio. She won't be able to fight back"

"I know but if anything Jay taught her how to be resourceful, she'll leave us a message when she can. Kids are resilient, Luna will be fine and we will find her. One thing I know is Hank's not gonna let this case go, not until Luna is home safe"

"I hope you're right Antonio. I pray that you're right"

Meanwhile

Over at the abandoned building where Luna had been kept by Owens, she was looking all around taking in all the details. One thing her uncle had taught her, any detail is important big or small. After she had written on the wall to give her sign, she just walked around the building hearing the cracks and creaks throughout the whole building.

The eight-year-old had nearly jumped out of her skin when a loud crash of thunder hit as the storm outside brewed, the bright flashes of lightning lit up the walls. She had felt something heavy in her pocket, her hand went to it and felt her phone. Luna had forgotten she had her phone, looking around to make sure she was in the clear she pulled it out and dialed Jay's number.

"Please answer Uncle Jay, please" She muttered as it rang.

"Yeah?" Jay's voice weakly came on the phone.

"Uncle Jay"

At the district, Jay's head snapped up his grip on his phone tightened as he heard his little niece's voice. "Luna"