New Family (Onechicago) (RE-WRITE)

Chapter 6 - Solving Case #1518 (b)

"How do you know my name?" Alexa asked, a little on edge, I mean who wouldn't be in this situation? 
"I'm Detective Dawson, I'm working the case you're involved in. We managed to ID you from a CCTV camera near the incident. Do you want to come upstairs...It's okay your safe here with us" Antonio says, walking over to Alexa and picking up her bag. Alexa nods in reply and follows Antonio up the stairs. He buzzes through the gate, before continuing up the stairs, Alexa turns and thanks Sargent Platt before heading up to Intelligence.

We she gets up there, all eyes are on her, until Erin steps forwards. Noticing how uneasy Alexa is, she leads Alexa into the break room, away from the others. 
"Hi Alexa, I'm Erin..." Erin says gently, as Alexa sits down on the sofa with a sigh.
"They're going to kill me, aren't they?" Alexa says, wiping away a tear.           
"Hey, look at me it's going to be okay, yeah? Your safe with us and we WILL solve this case.... but, you do have to go into protective custody" Erin says, giving Alexa's hand an encouraging squeeze. Alexa nods along to what Erin is saying, until she hears the last part.                       "What does that mean?" Alexa asks, looking at Erin.       "It means, you'll have to live with someone from Intelligence until this case is solved. It will probably be Antonio because you've already met him and he actually has the ideal home and neighbourhood." Erin says, trying to comfort Alexa.
"Oh – okay..." Alexa says, happy to actually know that she'll be safe for once. After talking for a while, Erin leaves Alexa in the break room with some snacks and a laptop. She sits at her desk whilst the others talk through what information they already have.
"So, what do we do next?" Erin asks, after they finish running through the case.
"We catch these SOB's!" Voight said harshly, before walking back into his office, letting the door slam behind him.
"Right, Mouse and Ruzek – scan through the CCTV and try facial recognition. Erin & Jay – go to the morgue and find out anything there. Dawson, Atwater and I will do the research and all that...Antonio, take her home in a while...it's been a long day" Al says, taking charge of the team. Everyone nods and gets to work. Erin and Jay head out to the morgue and return a little while later with the calibre size, gun type, and a partial print off of one of the bullets.
"Right run this – see if it brings back anything. Also run the gun through the system, see if there's any linking cases."

A few hours later...
Antonio walks into the break room, to find Alexa crashed out on the sofa. He chuckles a little before walking over to her and gently shaking her awake. She groans before sitting up and rubbing her eyes.
"Hey sleepyhead it's time to go home" Antonio says, picking up Alexa's bag. Alexa gets up and they walk out of the breakroom together. They say goodnight to the others before heading down to Antonio's truck. However, Erin quickly runs after them.
"Alexa...here" Erin says, handing her a bag or things.
"I brought some things for you...in case you need anything" Erin says, winking slightly so that Alexa realises that Erin is talking about girlie things.
"Also, if you need to talk to someone – other than a guy... give me a call, okay? Day or night" Erin says, handing Alexa her card.
"Thank You" Alexa says with a smile, giving Erin a quick hug before she heads back into the district. Alexa turns and puts her bags in the bag of the car.
"Why aren't the others leaving?" Alexa asks, as they get into the truck. Antonio starts the truck and pulls away.
"They aren't leaving because they're trying to solve this case as quickly as possible, so you can get back to living a normal life" Alexa rolls her eyes, normal, right.
"Or a better life..." Antonio says, noticing Alexa's reaction to what he just said. Alexa just nods her head and looks out of the window at the dark city around her. Half the journey is spent in silence until Antonio speaks up again.
"So, why were you not at school or home today?" "Ermm...I was heading to a hotel. I couldn't spend another day in that foster home, and I only have a few weeks until I turn 16. After that I'm able to go into assisted living."
"Wow...okay. What was wrong with your foster home?" Antonio said as they pulled into his street. Alexa sighed. 
"Long story short, they're mean and abusive. Can we talk more in the morning...I'm really tired" Antonio nodded, not wanting to push Alexa. He leads them inside and showes Alexa to the guest room. Alexa walks in and sits down on the bed.     
"So, this is your room, there's a bathroom through that door and my room is just down the hall on the left if you need anything just come wake me up, whatever time it is okay?" Antonio said, showing Alexa around.                     
"Thanks" Alexa said as Antonio left her alone. Just before Antonio left Alexa spoke up.                                     
"Hey Antonio, thanks...for all this. Its means a lot, I, I never really had anyone care before"
"No worries kiddo. I'll see you in the morning"
"Goodnight" Alexa says before Antonio smile and shuts the door after him. He sat reading on his bed, listening to Alexa moving about. Around half an hour later, Alexa gets changed and settles down for the night before going to sleep, slowly followed by Antonio.