Twenty minutes later Antonio and Atwater come walking out of the strip club. They walk down the street, turn the first corner they come to and meet up with Halstead and Ruzek. "What happened in there?" Antonio asks Halstead. "Shaylynn said Boris has a shipment of explosives coming in around 3 a.m," Halstead tells Antonio. "No, I meant the situation with the bouncer?" Antonio asks Halstead. "She said that Boris is looking to recruit ex-military men for something, so I thought I would make myself a little more noticed! Is that alright with you?" he asks Antonio giving him a glare. Antonio studies Halstead's face, "Yes, that's fine with me! Jay, I know you're pissed that Shaylynn's undercover in there but we're all on the same team! Let's get going! We'll have to brief Hank in the morning about what happened tonight!" Antonio tells everyone. Halstead looks at him confused, "What about the shipment that's coming tonight?" "That's only one thing! We need to bust this guy with this shipment, guns, drugs and the sex trafficking so he goes away for a long time!" Antonio informs Halstead. Halstead gets a pissed off look on his face, "THIS IS BULLSHIT!" he yells and storms off down the street toward his truck. Ruzek gives Antonio a disapproving look and takes off after Halstead.
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The next day, Antonio briefs Hank about what happened at the strip club. A couple of hours later, Hank calls Halstead into his office. "Yeah," Halstead says standing in the doorway. "Come in and shut the door!" Hank tells him, "I know you're upset that Shaylynn's in there, but you have to remember this is a job and we and what I mean is you, have to be careful how you act around that place! If Boris gets a whiff that you and Shaylynn have something going on, he will kill her!" Hank tells him, "Speaking of Shaylynn, I just received a call from her saying that Boris has picked the military guys he wants." Halstead gets an upset look on his face, "No one came to see me!" he tells Hank. Hank looks at him, "I know that! She said the stunt you pulled with the bouncer turned Boris off from you! He doesn't want someone who can't play well with others but can be a team player! I know you did that to try and go undercover with her! I feel that wouldn't have been a good idea! Apparently, while you were busy with the bouncer another dancer got into Adam's pocket, took his phone and got his number. It seems Boris wants him!" Halstead's pissed, "Is that all?!" he asks Hank. Hank nods at him. Halstead turns around, opens the door and walks out. He walks over to his desk, picks up a coffee mug and throws it at a wall yelling as he throws it. While this is happening Emily is walking up the stairs. "Whoa! What's going on with you?" Emily asks. "Not now Emily!" Halstead tells her. "Whatever, I was close by and wondering if Shaylynn was here? I've been calling her but she never answers. You didn't screw things up, did you?" Emily asks her brother. Halstead gives Emily a look, "No I didn't screw things up! She's undercover at Fantasy World strip club!" Emily nods her head, "So that's why you're so bent out of shape!" Halstead glares at his sister, "Of course I'm bent out of shape! Damn Emily, my wife, my world is inside that place and I can't do a damn thing! I can't be there to protect her!" "Does Shaylynn really need to be protected?" Emily asks. Halstead looks at her, "There aren't a lot of places she can hide a gun while working at a strip club!" Emily nods, "I have to be getting back to work," she tells her brother, turns around and walks back down the stairs.
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Shaylynn comes out from the back room of the strip club and looks around at all the men sitting at the tables wishing, more like hoping to see Halstead's face among them. When she looks to a side she sees a face she does recognize and walks over in that direction. "What are you doing here?" Shaylynn asks. "I wanted to see how you were!" Emily tells her, "When I couldn't reach you, Jay told me what you were doing!" Emily tells Shaylynn looking her over and her outfit.
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Even though it's dark in the strip club, with the lights moving around Emily can see places on Shaylynn's skin are darker like she's trying to hide something with makeup. "Shaylynn, what happened to you?" Emily asks. "What do you mean?" Shaylynn asks her. "Your wrists?! Around your ribs?! The skin in those places is darker than the rest of your skin! Did someone hurt you?" Emily asks looking at Shaylynn's face, "They didn't rape you, did they?" she asks very concernedly. "Emily, you can't tell Jay!" Shaylynn tells her. "And why not! You have to get out here! No job is worth this! Jay has to know what's going on! He's your husband!" Emily tells Shaylynn upset. Just then Pippa walks up, "Sierra, who's this?" she asks Shaylynn. Shaylynn looks at Pippa, "Someone I know" she tells her. "Oh really!" Pippa says smiling looking at Emily. "Forget it, Pippa! She's gay!" Shaylynn tells her. Pippa gets a disappointed look on her face, "Oh! That's to bad!" she says and walks away. Emily looks at Shaylynn shocked, "What was that about?" "She's always looking to recruit strippers but you can't be gay. I want her to believe you are so she would leave!" Shaylynn tells her, "Speaking of leaving, you need to go! It's too dangerous to be around here!" "You need to be getting out of here also!" Emily says to Shaylynn as she stands up. "I have a job to do! And remember don't say anything to Jay!" Shaylynn tells her as she escorts Emily to the door. "Shaylynn..." Emily says as Shaylynn opens the door. "Emily, not a word!" Shaylynn tells her. Emily walks out with the door shutting behind her. She walks to her car and gets in. Reaching into her bag she pulls out her phone.... "Halstead" "Jay, you guys really need to be getting Shaylynn out of there!" Emily tells him hanging up.
Later that night, the Intelligence Unit sets up outside the strip club. Ruzek was told to be there to help with a LARGE shipment that was coming in. He gets out of his car and starts walking toward the strip club, "Can you hear me?" Ruzek asks. "Loud and clear!" Antonio tells him, "We also have video!" he tells Ruzek. Inside the van along with Antonio are Halstead and Hank. Atwater and Alvin are sitting in their cars on side streets around the club.
Ruzek walks into the club and is met by a bouncer, "Follow me!" he tells Ruzek. The bouncer leads him to the back of the strip club. Standing in a hallway with two other guys Ruzek looks around, "Before you get to business the boss wants to show his appreciation for the work you're about to do!" the bouncer tells them and opens a door. The first two men that were already there before Ruzek walks into the room. Following them in Ruzek sees four guys standing around a table, two on each side. As he walks in further, he sees that they're holding a woman down who's fighting against them and a guy's having sex with her, "Gentlemen, the bosses gift!" the bouncer tells them. That's when the woman lifts up her head and makes eye contact with Ruzek. Ruzek can't believe what he's seeing! They're holding Shaylynn down with a gag in her mouth. Seeing what's happening on the monitors, Halstead grabs a gun, opens the van doors and jumps out. Hank looks at Antonio, "We're going in!" Hank radios out as he and Antonio jump out of the van running after Halstead.
Storming into the strip club, Halstead rushes to the back. Halstead kicks the door open, "Chicago P.D.!" he yells as he enters the room. Two of the bouncers try to pull out their guns but Antonio and Hank enter the room. Halstead grabs the man who was having sex with Shaylynn and drags him out to the front. Once Halstead gets the man out there he throws him to the floor and points his gun at him.
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"You're not Boris!" Halstead says. "I'm Nico!" the man tells Halstead, "Boris had business to take care of!" he tells Halstead with a shitty grin. Halstead is ready to pull the trigger, "NO!" Hank yells at Halstead walking over to him with Alvin beside him, "Let Alvin take care of him!" Hank tells him as Alvin helps Nico up to a standing position and puts handcuffs on him. Hank nods to Alvin. Alvin starts leading Nico out, "You need to go and be with your wife!" Hank tells Halstead. Halstead hands his gun over to Hank and rushes to the back. Slowing to a walk before going into the room Halstead walks in and sees Ruzek sitting beside Shaylynn with a blanket wrapped around her and she's crying. She looks up sees Halstead and starts crying more. Halstead walks over to her, stands her up, takes her into an embrace and kisses her on top of the head.
