Detective Ln; An Adam Ruzek Love Story

Sacrifice

Yn's POV

"A new poll came out. Kelton is 20 points out in front. Good-bye, Intelligence. Hello, 16th district" Adam said as we walked out to the car. "Why would he send you to the 16th" I ask. "Because he's going to send the South-siders North and North-siders South. He's going to separate the units and send us to all parts of the city" Adam said. "Well, Kelton wants his own people close. It sucks, but you would do the same thing" I say.

"Break up the team with the highest clear rate in the city? No, I would not" Adam said. I smiled and raised my eyebrows at him. "What" he asked me. "You're adorable when you're stubborn" I say. "I'm not stubborn. I'm right" Adam said. "Again, proving my point" I say as my radio went off. "Units in the 9th district and units on the city-wide, we have an armed robbery in progress at 730 West on 31st" a man said. "730 West. That's a couple of blocks from here. 5021 Lincoln, we're going to roll on that" I say.

As we pulled up to the address, we saw a body on the street. "5021 Lincoln on the scene, call's bona fide. We have a man down" I say as Adam and I climbed out of the car. There was a man with his back turned  to us loading things into a van. "Chicago PD! Let's see your hands" Adam shouted. The man didn't listen and continued loading things into the van. That's when I saw shoes on the other side of the van, and just then, another person holding a gun fired at us.

Adam and I dove behind a van, and I hit my thigh on the hard cement causing me to wince in pain. "Are you alright" Adam asked me. "Yeah. 10-1, 10-1, shots fired at the police! We're pinned down" I say into the radio. "5021 Lincoln, back-up's on the way" a man said. Adam shot at the van as it drove away, and I went over to check on the man who was laying in the street. "Help is on the way, okay? Can you hear me" I ask. "Yeah" the man replied. "Okay. We've got an ambulance coming for you. Just stay talking to me! What are you delivering" I ask. "Pills. Pills for the pharmacies" the man said as his head went limp. "We're losing him" I shout to Adam before starting CPR.

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"I spoke to Robbery. All three vans were owned by Venture Shipping. The offenders, they hit the vans early in their route while the pig was fat. They got in and out fast. Seems like they know what they're doing" Jay said. "And nothing on the van drivers" Voight asked. "No. All three are clean. There's nothing to suggest it was an inside job. Our best lead comes from these blowups taken from a nearby auto repair shop. This is offender one, and he's got $300 sneakers on. This is the one that beat down the driver. The driver said he was speaking English. He sounded like a local" Jay said.

"All right, boss, as far as I can tell, this is all about the opioids, but in this whole process, there were some other meds taken" Adam said. "All right. Are these pills distinct enough to ID" Voight asked. "Not really. They've all got the same manufacturer stamp, but that's about it" Adam said. "Hey, Sarge. Patrol found the van empty on a random lot in Humboldt Park, two miles away from the robbery" Kevin said. "Techs ran the GPS. The SUV was parked on a Back Of The Yards neighborhood for two days, one block from a known drug den owned and operated by the Night Lords" Kim said. "I've got a junkie unwitting that's actually pretty tight with some of these guys. He grew up with them. I could take a run at him" Antonio said. "Chase it" Voight said.

After everyone went their separate ways, I grabbed a bag of ice and limped to the locker room, taking a seat on one of the benches. As soon as I pressed the ice onto my thigh, I felt better, but also felt pain. It felt good because the ice was taking some pain away from my thigh, but it hurt because the coldness of the ice made my leg a little numb. "Yn? Are you in here" Jay called out. "I'm over here" I say. Jay walked over to me, and when he saw me placing ice on my thigh, he frowned. "Are you okay" he asked me. "Earlier when Adam and I were at the scene, I hit my thigh on the cement, and it's been hurting since then" I say.

"I know you don't want to hear this, but I think you should take the day off. Your leg is only going to continue hurting if you stay here" Jay said. "You're right. Help me to Voight's office" I ask. "Yeah. Come on" Jay said and helped me up. With Jay supporting half of my weight, I was able to make it to Voight's office.

"Hey Sarge. Can we talk" I ask him. "Yeah. Come on in" Voight said. I shut the door behind me and took a seat in front of Voight's desk. "For my best interest, I think it'd be best if I took this case off. My leg took a hit at the scene this morning, and it's been hurting ever since. I don't want to be here if I'm no use to the team" I say. "All right Ln. Take the case off, and rest up your knee. I can't be down one of my best detectives every week" Voight. "Right. Thanks Sarge" I say and exit his office. "So" Jay asked me. "Voight is letting me take the case off. Think you can give me a ride back to my place" I ask. "Of course. Lets go" Jay said.