⋆° დ ༄ UNTIL THERE WAS US
chapter five. climbing into bed.

Sam is standing in front of the crime scene at a restaurant called, 'Sansone's' and a jewelry store next door, waiting for Voight with a cup of hot chocolate gripped in her right hand.

A couple minutes later, Voight walks under the crime scene tape and stands next to the pregnant girl and asks, "What are you doing here? I thought you were on bed rest"

Sam sighed and said, "Ruzek contacted me before this whole thing went down"

"And you told him what?"

"That's where it gets fuzzy"

"Hey, what's up Bascom?" Voight says to the detective, making him and Sam stop walking, "Intelligence has got this now"

"Your boy had no back up, liquor on his breath and the UCV truck was signed out in his name and I hear he didn't call it in"

"We got this" Voight says, as Bascom walks away, "Ruzek wasn't on the on-off book?"

"No" Sam says, as the two walk into the restaurant to see three dead bodies and Ruzek standing up from a chair.

"You okay?" Voight questions.

"Yeah. Boss, I had no idea something like this was gonna jump"

"Just don't talk to anymore cops. You understand?"

"I understand"

"Only me"

"Yes, sir"

"So, three bodies? Two offenders, on civilian" Voight says.

"Yeah, the only thing that makes any sense is there's a robbery going down. Frank was in on it somehow, ambushes this crew, takes the score for himself. Cause he knew the exact moment that they were gonna roll out here" Adam answers.

"So, who'd you drop?"

"Uh, offender" Adam says, pointing to the guy in all black, dead in the doorway, "Came in hauling ass from the back of the restaurant or alley, I don't know, but Frank stepped over him, hopped in a waiting car"

"This Frank took shots at you?" Voight asks. Adam nods his head and says, "Yes, sir"

"See, Frank brought in Ruzek to be the wheelman, but it looks like he just wanted a body and a vehicle with no relation to the rest of the crew" Sam says, taking a sip of her hot chocolate and her face scrunches up, "and cops spin their wheels for weeks wondering how he's connected"

"Hmm. What they'd take?" Hank asks Al, who is standing with Atwater, looking at a big hole through the wall that's right next to the jewelry store.

"Well, the crew was real careful breaking into the back door of this restaurant. Jimmied the lock, minimal force, no prints. Then they cut this hole in the wall and made their way into the jewelry store next door"

"And her?" Voight asks, pointing to the yellow tarp with a deceased woman underneath.

"Owner of the restaurant. One of 'em" Kevin states, "Husband's been notified. He's on his way up here now with the son"

"Yeah, I'm thinking something this well planned would've accounted for her"

"She comes in early on a whim, crew ties her up because they're not killers and Ruzek's Frank didn't subscribe to that line of thinking" Al says.

"Owner's of the jewelry store?" Voight asks.

"They're arriving now. Halstead and Lindsay are with 'em now" Anotnio says, then leaves followed by Hank, Al and Atwater, leaving Adam and Sam alone.

Adam sighs, folding his arms over his chest and says, "I'm so screwed, Sam"

"Hey, stop saying that. We're gonna figure this out, okay? I got your back" Sam says, pulling her friend into a hug.

"Thanks Sam. Bestfriends?"

"Bestfriends" Sam agrees, letting go of the hug, "and don't forget to get your head checked out, please. You might have a concussion"

"Yes, ma'am"

Sam rolls her eyes and says, "You want the rest of my hot chocolate?"

"You sure?" Adam asks.

"Yeah"

"Cool" Adam smiles, "Seriously, though. Thanks, Sam. I don't know what I'd do without you"

"I'm sure you'd figure it out, but I mean, it's a good thing you don't have too" Sam says, making the two laugh, as they head outside.

Once Sam and Adam head outside, Voight asks, "Hey. What's the name of this CI?"

"Uh, Conway. Jesse Conway"

"Where is he?"

Ruzek sighed and said, "I can't get him on the phone. I left like 15 messages. Mouse is trying to get a location off it"

"I'll find him" Al says before walking away.

"Looking to ID the DOA's in there. Once we do, we'll chase down records and any known associates" Antonio says.

"Again, I am so sorry, Sam" Ruzek says. "Hey Adam, it's okay. Let's just solve the case, that's what we need to worry about right now"

"Hey, are you the detectives?" A man asks, walking underneath the crime scene tape with another man and towards, Adam, Sam, Antonio, Hank and Atwater.

"Hey, take it easy" Voight says.

"I want some answers!"

"Mr. Sansone, he's the owner of the restaurant and his son, Jordan" Atwater says.

"Why did they do this? Why did they kill my...my..." Mr. Sansone sniffles, "She didn't do anything to anyone, she was.."

"Mr. Sansone, we're gonna do everything we can to get those answers, but right now..." Voight says trying to calm down the grieving man, when his son, Jordan interrupts, saying, "the cops never do anything. Look at everyone standing around like this is just nothing"

"Right now, we need your help and officer Atwater, he'd like to ask you some questions whenever you're ready, alright?" Hank says, as Mr. Sansone nods his head and they follow after Atwater.

"I'm really sorry" Adam says, turning around and goes to lean on the truck and Sam puts her hand on his shoulder to comfort him and says. "It's gonna okay, Adam"

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Sam is in the break room getting a water bottle out of the fridge, when Jay walks in and kisses the girl on the cheek and says, "Hi gorgeous"

Sam smiles and says, "Hi baby"

"Speaking of baby, how's our little munchkin doing?" Jay asks, pouring himself some coffee. Sam rubs small circles on her belly and says, "Good, but she didn't want the hot chocolate this morning which is very weird"

"Hmm, you're right. You love your hot chocolate" Jay says, moving closer to his girlfriend, tucking some of her raven colored hair behind her ear.

"Yeah. Oh uhm, Erin wants to know if we have a couch guy"

"I don't know what that means"

Sam shrugs and says, "I don't either. She's moving back into her place. Says she wants a fresh start"

"What's in it for us?" Jay questions, raising an eyebrow.

"Said she'll babysit whenever we ask and I'll you know.." Sam smirks.

"Alright, I'll make some calls" Jay smiles, pecking his girlfriend on her lips and starts to head for his desk when Sam smacks him on his butt.

"Hey. whoa"

Sam shrugs and says, "It's my hormones. You have a cute butt, I can't help that" then she leaves to sit at her desk, followed by Jay, who just smirks.

"DOA's are Roxy Richards and Danny Spilatro" Dawson says, pointing to the two dead suspects pictures that are taped to the whiteboard, "Both have multiple runs at stateville for armed robbery, burglary and trafficking in stolen goods"

"The mystery man?" Voight questions. Atwater sits on the corner of his desk and says, "Zero so far, but now that we've identified Richards and Spilatro, we can start to flesh out the crew they ran with"

"What about the father and son that own the restaurant?"

"Records are pretty clean. I got a list of their employees. I can start running those"

"And uh, Ruzek's CI, Conway?"

"Uh, nothing yet" Al says, leaning back in his chair, "We subpoenaed his call logs before his phone went dead"

"And speaking of, the most common call made was to an Amanda Derkos. That is greek, right?" Mouse says, looking up and sees everyone staring at him, "Not that it makes any difference. The address is on the southside"

"Conway mentioned a girlfriend, so.." Adam says.

"Great. Jay and I'll take it" Sam says, getting up from her chair.

"Sam" Voight says.

"What, Hank. I'm fine, let me go. I won't be able to do this for awhile"

"Fine, go" Hank says, as they head out.

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Jay knocks at the apartment of Amanda Derkos, when the door opens to find an older lady.

"Amanda Derkos?" Jay questions.

"No, that's...what's this about?"

"Mom, who is it?"

Sam and Jay look at each other and walk inside the apartment to see a girl with strawberry blonde hair and a suitcase in her hand.

"Moving day?" Jay asks.

"What do you want?"

"I think you know what we want"

"Your looking for Jesse Conway?" Amanda asks. Sam folds her arms over her chest and says, "Yep"

"Well, I can tell you two things. Don't know where he is and I don't care"

"Amanda!" the lady says.

"Mom, please"

"He's wanted in a double homicide" Jay says.

"What?" Amanda's mom says in shock.

"Yeah, so a little less attitude and a little more information would be really appreciated before we get pissed off and she's pregnant so her hormones are all over the place"

Sam glares at her boyfriend when Amanda says, "Look, if I know where he was, I would tell you, but I don't and that's the truth"

"See, I don't think it is. Turn around you're under arrest" Sam says, turning Amanda's mother around and taking out her handcuffs.

"Wait, for what?" Amanda asks, all freaked out.

"Obstruction and impeding an ongoing investigation" Sam answers.

"No, you can't do that"

"She can" Jay says.

"Amanda, tell them. Tell 'em what they want for god's sakes! He's a loser"

"Look, I'm really not messing around here" Sam says, holding up her cuffs.

"Okay! Okay. I'm supposed to meet Jesse in a half hour. Laramie motel" Amanda says, then the two detectives leave to go pick up Conway.

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Once Sam and Jay get Conway from the motel, they head back to the district and put him in the cage.

Adam comes walking down the stairs and Conway says, "Hey, hey. I didn't set you up!"

"Yeah? Then why'd you run, you son of a bitch" Adam says, trying to get the keys from Jay, who just locked the cage up.

"Yeah, cause me and the cops have always been so friendly. You're all gentleman" Conway says sarcastically, "and lady"

"Adam, stop it!" Sam shouts, as her and Voight push him away from Conway.

"Gimme the keys" Voight says, and Ruzek does as told.

"I know how you guys spin this, okay? I made the introduction, so I go down the same as Frank"

"Alright good. So we don't have to go over the specifics" Jay says.

"Look, Frank said he needed a truck for a job. You're the one that told me I was working my case off, man. Keep my eyes and ears open. You really think I knew he was gonna shoot people? Come on, man! You know me. I'm a lot of things, but I got no blood on my hands"

"Alright, now, just tell us what you know about Frank" Voight questions. Conway sighs and says, "Frank Hancock. We met in statesville. He was in my cell block"

"Cell phone number?"

"I dumped my phone, man. I don't know his number anyways. He texted me where to be and he needed a driver. Unknown number"

"Conway. Can you find him again?" Adam questions.

"Yeah. Yeah, it would take some leg work but, yeah man. I could do that for you"

"Boss" Adam whispers and the four head into the stairwell to talk, "put a gps on him. We kick him, he sets up a meet, we bust Frank"

"Or he bolts" Jay says.

"We put a gps on him. We tell him we'll lock up his old lady and her mom if he runs. I mean, Conways harmless. He's not looking for any trouble and we got dick right now" Adam says.

"After you get a written and recorded statement as to his involvement last night. You're gonna need that either way"

"Alright, yes sir" Adam says, as Hank hands the keys to Sam and leaves.

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Back on the unit, the team is gathered around the white board and files in their hands. Jay tapes up a picture of Frank Hancock to the board and says, "Alright, Frank Hancock was moved to Conways cell block a month before he got out. Hancock and Spilatro went to high school together in wisconsin"

"Armed robbery, multiple aggravated batteries to public servants, stole a police car, shot a police officer. That's all before 17" Al reads from a file.

"At 23, he killed two people in an armed robbery" Atwater states.

"How do you kill two people and get to walk?" Erin questions. Kevin sighed and said, "They were ex gang bangers. Ruled mutual combatants, so he only got two years for discharging a weapon"

"Of all people to get a good public defender" Dawson says.

"Alright, what I don't get is, if Hancock and Spilatro have been friends all this time, then why did he turn on him?" Jay asks.

"Well, Hancock's parole officer's listed as Bart Lewis. Maybe he can shed a little light" Sam says.

"Alright, you and Halstead" Hank says.

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Sam and Jay are in the waiting room at the parole's office and said pregnant girl sits down and takes out her phone and looks at ads for houses.

"What about this one?" Sam asks, showing her phone to her boyfriend, "It's got 4 bedrooms, a full living room and kitchen. An amazing backyard and the master bath has one of those bathtubs that look like a hot tub"

Jay watches as his beautiful girlfriend smiles at just the simplest of things, like a bathtub and he's never loved someone so much.

"That looks really nice, actually. How much is it?"

Sam smiles and says, "20 thousand"

"Really?"

"Yeah"

"Alright, you should make an appointment and we can check it out" Jay says. Sam smiles and says, "Yeah?"

Jay nods his head and leans in for a kiss.

"Afternoon" Bart Lewis says, walking up to the detectives, "Heard you had some questions about a parolee of mine?"

"Yeah, Frank Hancock" Sam says, standing up from the chair.

"Yeah, I've been expecting this one" Lewis says, as they all walk to his office.

Bart Lewis hands Jay a file and he starts reading it, "Antisocial personality disorder. They got him on lithium carbonate, Dilantin and clozapine"

"Well, now we know who'd be crazy enough to drive a truck into a restaurant" Sam says.

"How's a guy like this ever get released from prison?" Jay asks. Lewis shrugs and says, "I just take the cases that are handed to me. When Hancock got out, he needed a job. I hooked him up with an actual graveyard shift at a cemetery. Here's the number"

Lewis hands Sam a piece of paper as the two detectives stand up, "Thank you"

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After finding Conway dead in an empty lot where Hancock had stolen a '93 Ford Bronco was found. Sam and Jay head back to the district.

Sam sits at her desk, as Burgess and Roman talk with Hank. "He ran around doing some chores, cooling off, I guess"

"He blew himself out, yelling at us, you ask me" Roman says.

"Or he spotted our patrol car tailing him and decided against going all death wish"

"Johnson and Benioff are watching him in an unmarked car now, just in case" Roman says.

"Alright, thanks. Hey, anything on those jewelry store owners?" Hank asks.

"Mm, nothing. Only married 30 years. No financial issues. 800 credit score and no criminal record, not even a moving violation" Mouse says.

"Bring 'em in anyways" Hank tells Antonio.

"And I got the subpoenaed phone records on the dump phone found on DOA Roxy Richards. He had a few calls to the other DOA Spilatro and then a bunch of calls to a store calls Pullman Pets"

"Pullman pets?" Kim says, walking back over to the group, "Jordan Sansone was in there today"

"Inside man?" Sam asks.

"Hey, wasn't his mom killed though" Roman asks.

"Or maybe something went sideways" Al suggests.

"Well, get Jordan in here. Let's find out and run the priors on this pet store owner. Let's make a connection" Hank says.

"On it" Mouse says, going to his desk.

"Al, you take Atwater and head down there. We learn anything on our end, we'll call"

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After Jay, Erin and Antonio find Jordan and Frank they head back to the district. Sam is now in interrogation questioning Jordan Sansone.

"I owed money to this dealer. He made threats. I had to come up with the money. Period"

"You didn't know what kind of people you were getting in bed with?" Sam questions.

"No one was supposed to be there and they said no one was gonna get hurt. But I didn't know my mom landed a catering job and went in way early. I didn't know" Jordan sobs, "I swear I didn't know"

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Sam walks into the locker room and sees Adam sitting on a bench, leaning against the wall.

"Hey"

"Hi" Adam whispers. Sam sits in front of Ruzek and says, "Platt is tight with a Lieutenant in the chief's office. He says that hopefully you're looking at a written reprimand and maybe a day suspension. Adam, you're going to be okay"

Adam looks down at the ground and Sam says, "Adam, look at me. We're best friends, right?"

"Right"

"I got your back. You're gonna be fine and plus you have the unit and Kim behind you"

"Yeah, I guess"

"Listen to me, if you need to talk to someone I'm here for you, no matter what. Don't bottle it up, trust me. Got it?"

"Yeah" Adam says, pulling Sam into a hug and laying his head on her shoulder. Sam rubs his back and says, "It's gonna be okay"

Atwater walks into the locker room and says, "Yo, Boss wants to see you and the street deputy's with him"

Adam lifts his head up and says, "Thanks, Kev"

"Don't forget I stand behind you 100%" Sam says, as Ruzek gets up and leaves.

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Sam finishes up setting the table then she calls Jay and Denise for dinner.

"Jay, Denise. Dinner's ready" Sam shouts, then turns around to see her boyfriend and foster daughter dressed up like pirates.

"Don't" Jay warns, but Sam couldn't contain her laughter.

"Why don't you ever dress up for me?" Sam smirks. Denise's face scrunches up and asks, "Is that like a sex thing?"

Both Jay and Sam's eyes widen and Sam says, "Lets just sit down and eat, please"

"It is a sex thing, isn't it?" Denise asks, grabbing a piece of bread and putting it on her plate. Sam pulls her chair in, grabbing the bowl of salad and clears her throat, saying, "No sex talk at the dinner table please and besides you're 14, how do you know anything about sex?"

"My brother brought over a lot of girls" Denise says, going for the bowl of corn. Jay takes his pirate hat off and says, "Right. We have some exciting news Dee"

"Yeah?"

"We're looking at a house this weekend. Do you want to come with us?" Jay asks, taking a bite of his bread. Denise smiles and says, "Heck yes"

"You're happy with us, right Dee?" Sam questions.

"Yeah, of course. You guys are awesome, why?"

"When the baby comes, we don't want you to think that we're neglecting you. We love you just as much as Gracie"

"I know" Denise smiles.

a/n;

I'm in love with Sam and Adam's friendship, just like I am with Sam and Kelly's 💗💗💗
Anyways, hope you guys liked the chapter :)