Sacrifice || Upzek (Upton/Ruzek)

006 : "like a butcher's knife"

season five , episode three ; promise

chapter six

where she sees Will

Hailey sighed as she sat at her desk that was across from Jay's. Hank had made sure that everyone was facing their partner for some reason and he said it kept them close for whatever reason that meant.

They were on the left side of Voight's office and Jay's back was facing the office with him facing the blonde.

Behind her was Adam Ruzek , who always bothering her and across from him was Kevin Atwater.

On the other side adjacent to them was Erin Lindsay and Kim Burgess but behind them was Alvin Olinsky and Antonio Dawson. Alvin decided to get out of retirement and Antonio had done the same as well , both of them joining back into the Intelligence unit but they decided to help for awhile before they would go back to their old jobs. They just needed some excitement , that's all.

It was real full house now.

Jay typed on his computer while Voight talked to them in the front of the drawing board that was in between Hailey and Adam's desks.

"Let's find out where she worked." Voight told them and Jay stopped typing on his computer and looked at their Sergeant.

"There's only one large company around West 132nd. It's Bukowski Meat Packing Company. And get this, they specialize in lamb , cow and pig products."

"That matches the blood on her jeans right ?" Voight asked and he nodded. "Halstead , Upton , Burgess , Dawson, boots on the ground , see what you can find."

The four of them got up and walked out. Hailey silently sat in Jay's passenger seat as he drove off behind Antonio. The two didn't talk , they never did and now it was hard for them to have conversation since there was an elephant in the room. It was always going to be there too.

The rest of the case was a hard thing to deal with , especially with Antonio who was Hispanic as well and this case had dealt with immigrants. He was ramped up about this case and it was his first one he was involved in since he got back to the unit.

At first they thought it was the bosses son but his alibi checked out but the victim's son had mentioned that he had seen a big Latino bald man the same night his mother was abducted. Once they got the man in custody , Jay went to the Sergeant who was yelling at Antonio for being so head strong in this case.

"Hey." Voight said as Jay approached him. "You and Upton head down to the morgue, see if there are any other Jane Doe victims that are cut the same way."

Jay nodded and walked away before relaying the news to Hailey. She threw her leather jacket back on and followed him out. Minutes later , they walked into the morgue. They had gave the medical examiner the description and they walked into a room where two bodies covered in white sheets were laying on the silver tables.

"These two fit the description. Six months ago and three months ago." She told them as she pointed to the left body and the right one. The medical examiner handed them the plastic bags with pictures of the victims in it.  "Both Latina and sliced horizontally."

"Was the same weapon used ?" Jay asked as Hailey opened the plastic bag and dug through the photos.  The photos resesmbled the woman that was their victim.

"Yeah , nice blade, like a butcher's knife."

The sentence had caught Jay's and Hailey's attention as they looked at each other. They looked away before Hailey spoke and looked at her.