Detective Ln; An Adam Ruzek Love Story

A Little Devil Complex

Yn's POV

"There she is" Adam said as Erin walked upstairs. "Alright, let the ball-busting commence" Erin said.  "We're just happy to see you, Lindsay" Kevin said. "Listen, we we're thinking about putting together a task force on how to make coffee. Maybe you can help us arrange a press conference for that. I got you started. Cream, two sugars. It's real simple" Adam said and handed her a coffee mug. "I am not gonna make you coffee" Erin said. "What about you Jay?" "I wasn't going to say anything. And then Lang called and he said you left your pant suit at the headquarters" Jay said. 

"Welcome back" I say and hug Erin. "I missed you a lot. Being the only girl up here is not as fun as it seems." "You guys have no idea how good it is to be here" she said. "Hey, kiddo, I want you with Antonio catching up on all the old case files" Voight said. "I got to step out for a moment, Sarge" Antonio said. "What's up?" "I'll let you know as soon as I find out."

About half an hour later, we had a new case. "Adrian Gish. CFD is sure he blew up the building that killed Leslie Shay. I for one agree with them. I got the mother of all bad hits off this guy. Gish works at Herald Mortgage Company as a proofreader. Lives at 2947 West 21st. Alone. No known relatives in Chicago" Antonio said. "What's his rush" Adam asked. "According to Kelly Severide, he's an excitement arsonist, lives in the shadows and gets off on the chaos of the act. This guy killed Leslie Shay, my sister's best friend. Years ago, he killed Peter Mills' father, and burned Chief Boden and who knows how many others. As far as I'm concerned, we don't sleep until this lunatic roasts" Antonio said. 

"I hear that. So how do we handle him" Kevin asked. "We get under his skin. Make him feel us everywhere he looks. Arson is hard to prove unless you catch him in the act, so that's what we're gonna do. Pressure the volcano and be there when it erupts." "Olinsky, Ln, and Ruzek, roll to his workplace. Apparently, Antonio caused a little stir there this morning. My experience is, the office gossips will be bursting to talk to us about this guy. The rest of you, find a common link between the victims of these fires. I want a warrant for this home address ASAP. And make sure you include all electronics in the body of the warrant" Voight said. 

"Hey, Alvin, Adam, Yn" Platt said when we got to the lobby. "I'm just checking if you need a patrol team to assist you with your busy case load today. We're always here to help Intelligence." "No, that's okay. Thanks" Al said. "Well, cheers to you, then" she said as we exited the building. "What the hell was that" I ask. "Platt has never been that cheerful." "Don't know" Al said. "It's weird. But I kind of enjoyed it." We then drove off to Adrian's workplace and entered his boss' office.

"Is Adrian in trouble or something" the boss asked. "You tell us" Al said. "He's never been anything but a perfect employee... then today happened." "How long has he worked here" I ask. "I came on eight years ago and inherited him. So before that. Rachel! Will you bring me Adrian Gish's work file" the boss asked this woman. "Of course" she replied. "Look, what we do isn't exciting. We write mortgage reports and Adrian proofreads them. I mean, he comes in, he's super organized, and he doesn't involve himself with office politics, which, believe me, happen here when you get three people in a room" the boss said. 

"Anything ever burn down around here? Any employees' houses catch fire unexpectedly" Al asked. "Not that I know of. I don't even think he smoked." Rachel then came back in and handed me a file. "His résumé says he started here in 2004. And apparently he's a smart guy. He graduated from Kellogg Business School at Northwestern" I say.

So we got Burgess and Roman to keep Adrian busy while we went to search his house. "All right, toss the place. Make it messy. Pull up the floorboards if you have to" Voight said. However, we found nothing at Adrian's house to prove anything. So, it was back to the drawing board.

Al, Adam, and I took a crack at it the next morning. We followed Adrian to a hardware store which we entered to watch what he was doing. We were finally able to block him in an aisle. "Do you know why arson is so hard to prove" Adrian said. "Why don't you tell us" I say. "Because fire eats itself. Destroying all the evidence. It's as if you had a gun... used it in a murder, and then the gun self-destructed. Poof" Adrian said. "Why don't you tell us more? About the fires you started? Get it out in the open? You know you want to" Adam said. "Excuse me" Adrian said and pushed past Al to get to the cash register.

"How you doing today" the young lady asked Adrian. "Dandy. And you?" "Oh, getting by" she said and pushed back her hair to reveal serious burns on the side of her neck. "Oh, um... I hope you don't mind my asking, but... A fire" he asked. He then rolled up his sleeve to show burns and pointed to her face. "I was trapped in one at my old school. I don't remember much about it. Lucky to be alive, they tell me" she said.

"Was it the school fire at August Elementary on 38th, about... 8 or 9 years ago" Adrian asked. "Yeah, it was" she said. "I remember that. A nasty one. Glad you made it out okay." "Me too. And thank you. This will be $62.67" the woman said. "You know what? I decided I don't want any of it" Adrian said and walked over to us. "I'm going to the grocery store next if you want to come" he said. "We're gonna take you up on that" Adam said. "Don't worry about him" Al said to the cashier as we left the building. We then continued to follow Adrian.

A while into our watch just as Adrian entered a grocery store, I got a call from Antonio. "Yn, you got eyes on Gish" he asked. "Yeah, he's entering a grocery store on Roosevelt as we speak" I say. "He's targeting Gabriela! Snatch him up" Antonio said before hanging up. "Move to arrest, move to arrest" I say to Adam and Al. We then ran across the street and went into the grocery store.

Everyone was evacuating the store, and I knew why when the smell of smoke hit my nose. "Go find him" Adam said. "Yn and I will stay here." Al went out the back door leaving us to deal with the fire. Adam began putting it out with his jacket while I stood watch looking for Adrian just in case he came back.

When we got back to the district later that day, we found out that Antonio had shot Adrian just before he was about to attempt to kill Gabby. And now Adrian was dead. To celebrate, Adam, Kevin, and I headed to Molly's. I saw Peter sitting down and walked over to him. "Hey Pete" I say. "I just wanted to let you know that we got the man who killed your father." Peter stood up and hugged me tightly. "Thank you" he said. "Now, I think this calls for a beer."