Trials, Tribulations and Triangles.-Chicago PD/Fire

Chapter 27 - Go Time

Lexi's phone vibrating on her night stand woke her up. She sat up in the darkened room and checked her cell phone, nothing on it. She was confused for a second still in the remnants of sleep, then she remembered the burner phone in her top draw. She retrieved the phone quietly and read the message she had received.

Cam: Go time. Pick you up in 10 minutes.

Lexi looked over at Jay who slept beside her, he had his back to her. The message nor the glare from the phone screen seemed to have disturbed him. It was time to end this, she would get justice for Shay, or revenge whatever way you looked at it, it was time to make Calvin pay.

She gently got out of bed and went to her closet, she opened the door quietly and took out the packed bag she had prepared when Cam had instructed her to do so.

She took the bag to the bathroom and dressed quickly. Leaving the bathroom, carrying her bag, she checked Jay was still sleeping. She watched him for a second, she wanted to wake him and tell him she loved him. That the hard part would be over soon, they could start the happy life he spoke about, in Chicago or wherever else he wanted to go. She would follow him to the ends of the earth if that's what he wanted.

"I love you" she whispered before leaving the room and silently descending the stairs.

Lexi unlocked the door and stepped out on to the dark car park of Molly's, her own and Jay's car were the only ones there. It was coming up to five in the morning, so the street was deserted, there was no vehicle or foot traffic. She turned and locked the door again behind her then began walking to the main road. Cam would be there to pick her up any minute.

Lexi looked left and then right down the road, she didn't know what direction Cam would come from. She couldn't see any vehicles or headlights approaching her. "Lexi" she turned at the sound of Jay's voice, he stood in the doorway of her apartment wearing only his boxer shorts, his face still showing signs of sleep. "What's going on?"

"Go back to bed Jay" Lexi pleaded turning to look at him. "Please"

Jay walked to her barefoot on the cold concrete. "You don't have to do this alone" he told her holding her by her shoulders. "I've done the things you're about to do..." She knew he meant whilst he was a ranger, he had mentioned some of the things he had been ordered to do whilst he was serving his country. He knew she was going to make Calvin suffer, she wasn't going to let him off easy. "...and I know that you have to do it, but please let me help you"

Lexi shook her head and stepped back from him "No Jay, plausible deniability." She reminded him "I'm not letting you get caught up in this"

"I'm not letting you do this alone" he said beginning to walk back towards her apartment to get dressed.

"No Jay" Lexi called after him "you're not doing this, I won't let you"

He heard her bag hit the floor, he turned and watched her as she marched towards his car taking something out of her pocket. "Lexi don't please" he begged seeing she held a pocket knife in her hand.

She didn't break her stride or slow down, she crouched by his car and plunged the 3-inch blade in to the front passenger tyre. "I can't risk you following me Jay" she told him pulling the blade out and listening to the air hiss out.

"Lex this is crazy" he told her as he watched her do the same to her own car tyre.

"I know" She said walking to stand in front of him "and I'm sorry but I can't risk you, I won't risk you being implicated in all of this"

"I'm only implicated if we get caught and if you're that worried about being caught maybe you shouldn't be this either"

Lexi wasn't worried about being caught, but why risk Jay if she didn't have too? Lexi took her phone from her pocket and handed it to him "you can help me by sending me messages and replying to yourself, make it look like it's me"