Detective Ln; An Adam Ruzek Love Story

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Yn's POV

"Adam, I told you I was taking the day off. Why are you calling me" I ask. "You know how Platt was going to be on the news" he asked me. "Yeah. Why" I ask. "Well, we were all sitting in the office watching the news, and then a bomb went off. Voight wants all hands on deck" Adam said. "Right. I'll um, I'll be at the station in a few minutes" I say before hanging up the phone. I said goodbye to Rookie and left the house, getting to the station in record time.

"Ln, I'm glad you're here. This was one hell of a day to take off" Voight said. "You can say that again. What do we got" I ask. "We just got the initial report from Bomb and Arson. It was a single device. Cardboard box in Sheri's office. IED, nails, glass. We're lucky no one was standing closer" Jay said. "Sheri was pronounced at Med. Her injuries were too substantial. Two others are in critical condition, but they're both suspected to pull through. There was a dozen more victims but as of right now it looks like Sheri and Betty are our only fatalities" Antonio said.

"That bomb was planted in Sheri's office. She had to be the target" Kevin said. "She was getting threats too. We recovered four emails all sent from an anonymous email account. Bounced around about a half dozen IPs. They're all death threats. Burn, bitch, burn. Your days are numbered. You will burn. That sort of thing" Adam said. "Alright, so what do we know about Sheri" Voight asked. "She's 26 years old, Northwestern grad, started working for the station as an intern. She'd been on the air for two months. Single, well-liked. Al's with the family" Jay said.

"Cameras at the entrances of the building only captured a man from behind. It's not much, but given that and what Sheri gave us I pulled these pod photos" Hailey said and placed two photos, each with a man in them, on the white board. "Could be the same guy if he ditches the jacket and the hat" I say. "This guy exits the newsroom at 8:42 a.m. Half hour later a pod picks him up across the street. It's eight minutes after the bombing and he's still there. Like he stayed" Hailey said. "He matches Sheri's description" Antonio said. "Yeah, but it's not enough for visual recognition" Kim said. "Okay, let's release it to the media. It's a person of interest. Set up a tip line" Voight said.

"I've got something" Kim said. "I interviewed the guard who was working the front desk at the news room. He says everyone has to sign in to get inside. He only remembers one delivery from this morning and he was on the phone when the guy came in, but he swears he was white and he had a beard." "This guy stopped by security before he delivered the bomb" Jay asked. "This guy signed his name in the in-out book. Eric Mitchel, he's a journalist at a local entertainment magazine. 35, white, beard" Kim said and showed us his picture. "Bring him in" Voight said.

Adam and I along with Jay and Hailey headed to Eric's house and waited for him to get home. "SUV is Mitchel. We're gonna approach on foot, distract him. You guys come up behind him" Hailey said over the radio. "Copy. We're moving in now" I say. We got out of the car and started walking towards Eric as Jay and Hailey were almost upon him. "Eric Mitchel" Hailey called out "Yeah" he asked and reached for his mailbox. Right as Eric opened the mailbox, there was an explosion. On instinct, Adam grabbed me and pulled me away from the street. "Are you hurt" Adam asked me. "No. I'm good. What about you" I ask. "I'm fine" he replied as we ran over to Jay. "You guys good" I ask. "Yeah, you" Jay asked. "We're fine. How's Eric" I ask.  "The entire blast hit him head on. He's gone" Jay said.

Back at the district, we all scrambled to find more information. "Okay, Bomb and Arson confirmed the bomb was wired to the mailbox door" I say. "It's possible someone saw the bomb being planted. Area Central and Patrol are canvassing the neighborhood. We're running pods against surveillance but so far we've got nothing" Hailey said. "We know Eric Mitchel's not our bomber being we just watched him get blown up" Adam said. "What the hell are we looking at? This son of a bitch led us there. He's screwing with us. He signed in using the name of his next target so we'd follow" Jay said.