⋆° დ ༄ UNTIL THERE WAS YOU
chapter fourteen. they'll have to go through me.
cross over special with svu

"This is crazy right?" Sam asks Jay, as she knocks at the apartment door of Matt Casey and Gabby Dawson.

"A little bit, but it's gonna be fine" Jay reassures his girlfriend.

"He got married in Vegas. That's insane...an-and he didn't even tell me he was going to Vegas"

Jay puts his arm around Sam's shoulder and kisses her temple and says, "It's just dinner, Sammy"

Sam takes in a deep breath, "You're right. It's gonna be fine"

Then the door swings open to reveal a smiling Matt Casey, who says, "Hey, guys"

"Hey, Matt" Sam says, as she and Jay walk inside the apartment, "So...how's Kelly and his new wife" making Jay nudge her.

"She's actually nice"

"Yeah, I bet"

Sam and Jay follow Matt to the dinner table, where Gabby is setting the table.

"Hey Gabby"

"Hey guys" Gabby greets the couple, setting glasses down on the table.

"Let me help" Sam offers, following the brunette into the kitchen.

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"Well, that was absolutely awkward" Sam says, unlocking the door to her apartment.

"It wasn't that bad"

Sam and Jay walk into said girls apartment and she tosses the keys onto the counter as Jay locks the door behind them.

"Jay, they were 20 minutes late, and even when they showed up, they keping kissing and laughing at each other's jokes...gross"

"Wait...you laugh at my jokes" Jay says, taking his jacket off and putting it on the back of the couch.

"Because yours are funny, baby. Hers were not"

Jay smirks, "And you like kissing me, right?"

"More than anything in this world" Sam smiles as Jay walks closer to his girlfriend and places his hands on her hips to pull her closer and Sam places her hands on his biceps.

"You know what I'm thinking?" Jay smirks.

"What?"

Jay whispers something into Sam's ear and she giggles-which she hardly ever does-, "Ooh, Mr. Halstead. You're a naughty boy"

"Well, what can I say.." Jay smiles, pushing strands on hair out of Sam's face, "You bring out a side of me, that I didn't know existed"

"And that's a good thing right?"

"That's a very good thing"

Sam takes a hold of Jay's hand and leads him to her bedroom, "Come on"

"Yeah?" Jay smiles.

"Hell yeah"

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Sam wakes up to a much needed sleep, with a man that she cares about so freakin' much.  The sun coming through the blinds and hitting her tanned face, letting her freckles, practically glow.

Sam turns over, moving her arm to Jay's side of the bed, but it's empty. The raven haired girl sits up and rubs the sleepiness from her eyes and calls out, "Jay?"

"Yeah?" Jay says walking out of the bathroom.

"What are you doing not in bed? I miss your warmth"

"I know baby, I'm sorry. Voight called, he wants me to go to New York with Erin to help on a case"

"Alright, give me 10 minutes and I'll be ready" Sam says, halfway off the bed, before Jay stops her.

"Hey, stay here. Relax and take a couple days off, okay?" Jay says, now sitting in front of his girlfriend.

"So basically, Voight doesn't want me to go...and you agreed" and Jay clears his throat, "Right"

"I'm sorry, Sam"

"I know" Sam says in an almost whisper and Jay pulls her into a deep, passionate kiss.

"I'll be back in a few days"

"Hurry back. Be safe. And save some lives" Sam says, leaning her forehead against Jay's.

"Always"

Jay kisses Sam on the forehead and leaves, as said girl sighs and lays back on her bed.

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A few days later...

Sam, Al, Antonio, Kevin and Adam run down the hall of the west wing of Chicago Med and they meet up with Roman and Burgess, who are next to the body of one of their own.

"Ross McCadden. Six years on the job" Kim informs the group and Sam lets out a faint, 'oh my god'.

"He was my homeroom instructor at the academy. We were really good friends. I just talked to him" Adam sighs, "Somebody tell Jenny, has is wife been notified or.."

"Yeah. A street deputy and peer support team went to their house" Sean answers. Adam kneels down next to the body and takes the tarp off from over his face.

"Lewellen" Al says and Sam, Kevin, and Antonio follow Sean into Lewellen's hospital room, where he was also shot.

"Fire alarm was pulled right around the time of death" Roman informs them, "Security guard walked up right when a guy wearing a hoodie and a ball cap was walking away"

"What condition was Lewellen in? Was he out of a coma?" Al asks.

"Yeah. He was responsive, talking to doctors"

"Where's the security room?" Dawson asks Roman. "I'll take you to it"

Dawson, Miller and Atwater follow after Roman to the security room. A few minutes later, the security guard shows the three officers, the footage.

"-he never saw it coming" Sam says, watching the horrific crime -the suspect shot McCadden in the back of the head then shot Lewellen. Neither had a chance-.

"Horrible. Just horrible" the security guard says.

"Can you freeze that image" Kevin asks, as he, Dawson and Miller lean closer to the computer screen and the security guard pauses the video, "Ah. That's the only angle you got?"

"Yeah, that's it"

"Alright, print that out"

"Not a lot to go on, sorry"

"We've started with less" Dawson says.

Adam then walks in, and says,  "Voight and Halstead are in the air, on their way back from New York. Wants everybody to meet at the district. Two hours"

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In the locker room back at the 21st district. Sam closes her locker and feels a pair of hands covering her eyes.

"Guess who"

Sam smiles and turns around to face her boyfriend -who she's missed so much, even though it's only been like three days. His touch, his smell, the way his smile brightens up her day- and wraps her arms around the brunette's neck and Jay wraps his around the girls waist.

"I've missed you baby"

"Not as much as I've missed you gorgeous" Jay smiles and kisses his girlfriend on her full lips.

"Hey guys, Voi-" Kevin trails off, when he sees the two detectives kiss, who then immediately stop, "Voight, uh- he wants everyone back on the unit"

Sam clears her throat and leaves the locker room, past Kevin, who then just awkwardly looks at Jay.

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Back on the bullpen Sam, Jay, Erin, Al, Kevin and Adam are sat at their desks, while Antonio and Hank are standing next to the whiteboard, and Rollins and Amaro are standing around, kind of awkwardly with Nadia, Kim and Sean next to them.

Sam glances over at Nick a couple times feeling nervous and awkward before he catches on and looks back at her. Both look away almost immediately.

"You all remember detective Rollins, New York Special Victims. This is detective Amaro. They have full jurisdictional powers here and together...we're gonna end this" Hank says, "Alright, this pedophile ring, they're desperate, well-connected and clearly, they'll do anything to avoid being exposed. We found the body in New York, but the head of the snake is here in Chicago"

"Okay, so, Bob Clinton...is our middle man from New York" Rollins says, going over to the whiteboard, "Now NCMEC tells us he was getting victims from a youth center in times square. Now, a lot of the kids were actually funneled to New York from here in Chicago and according to our talks with Clinton, there is a higher up. A true shot caller"

"Now, Clinton was gonna give us a name but he didn't make it 24 hours in jail" Amaro tells the unit, "Got shanked in the showers"

"We liked Lewellen for financing this whole thing" Hank says, pointing to his picture, "Hey, Antonio, where we at with the shooter?"

"Well, due to the poor quality of the video, there was no match in the face recognition database. Best we got is male, white, around 5'9", dark hair, 170 pounds, give or take" Dawson answers.

"So, patrol, you turn over every stone you can to get an ID on this guy"

"You got it, Sergeant" Kim says, as her and Roman leave.

"Ruzek, Lewellen himself, where we at with that?"

"Got to all his main accounts. Nothing stood out except for payments to a Oak Brook Senior Community. Western suburbs, come in at, 5K a month"

"And that's relevant how?" Al questions.

"Lewellen has no living relatives"

"Right, Ruzek and Amaro, go check out this home" Hank says, as Trudy walks up the steps with a hand full of black badge covers for their fallen officer, Ross McCadden.

As Nadia passes one to each of the detectives and officers, Sam puts hers on, as Platt says, "Ross was a father, a husband and one of my patrolman. I assigned him to that hospital protection detail. He was supposed to be off the clock, but he needed overtime for his daughter's tuition. So when you find the animal that killed him and for whatever reason he doesn't come back alive, you call me. I'll dig the ditch"

Platt leaves and then there's a silence that fills the air before Voight breaks it, "Alright. Let's hit it"

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Sam and Jay walk down to the tech room -where Jin did all his work- where the couple finds Kevin, trying to get a hit on the shooter.

"Hey Kev..." Sam trails off, going to stand next to her friend, as Jay shuts the door to the room.

"Uh- hey guys" Atwater says, clearing his throat, turning around in his chair.

"So about earlier...."

"I don't know what you're talking about" Kevin reassures the couple, even know they all know he knows.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah"

"Awesome. Thanks, Kev" Sam says, as the two detectives leave the room and Kevin sighs.

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Sam leaves the unit and heads down the steps and over to Trudy who is sitting at her desk, sad -and no one can blame her-.

"Hey, Trudy" Sam says, with a reassuring smile.

"Hi"

"How you feeling?" Sam asks, taking a 20 out of her pocket and putting into the jar with McCaddens picture on it.

"The same"

"I'm sorry and I'm here if you need to talk"

"Thanks" Trudy says in an almost whisper.

"Sure" Sam's phone then rings and she answers it, "Hey Erin....okay, send me the address"

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Sam meets up with Erin at Sam Whitings house -a foster father to some kids who then got sent to New York and straight into the pefophile ring-.

"Hey Erin" Sam says, getting out of her car and hugging the brunette.

"Hey, Sammy"

"I never got a chance to ask, how are you doing? With the whole Teddy thing? And then Jay told me you practically got ran over by an idiot on a bike"

"Holding up as best I can" Erin reassures her friend, as the two walk up to the front door of the man's house and Erin knocks.

"Well, I'm here for you, okay? Whatever you need"

"Thanks, Sammy"

A couple minutes later, the door opens to reveal a tall, brunette male, "Can I help you?"

"Sam Whiting?" Erin asks, showing him her badge.

"That's right"

"Chris Sepka and Amy Kleinpass. Are they your foster kids?"

"Yes"

"Are they home?" Sam questions.

"No, they're out"

"Okay, we'd like to come in and talk to you"

"Um, let me just let the dog out first" Sam says, then walks back inside his house.

Sam's phone rings and she answers it, "Hey, Adam. What's up?...okay, thanks" then said girl hangs up and sighs.

"What's up?" Lindsay asks.

"Adam says, Jill Whiting died...nine years ago"

"If his wife's dead, why does DCFS still have her listed as a foster parent?" Erin asks and Sam shrugs her shoulders.

The two detectives walk inside the house, "Sam?...Sam?"

They clear the downstairs half of the house then they walk up the staircase, pulling their guns from their holsters.

As they reach the second floor of the house, Sam and Erin clear the rooms, then Erin slowly opens a door and whispers, "Gun". Then both girls slowly walk in with their guns pointed at the male, who is sitting in a chair with a revolver gripped in his hand, "Sam"  

"Listen, I'm sick"

"Put the gun down" Sam says, as hers and Erin's guns are still pointed at the man.

"I hate that I was made this way"

"Put the gun down" Erin now demands.

"I tried, but..."

"Hey Sam...my name is Sam too. You can make this better, okay?" Sam says, walking slowly towards the male and lowering her gun.

"I'm sorry"

"Sam, listen to me. You can still make this right and tell us where Chris and Amy are" Sam says, trying to convince the older male, where the two -most likely scared out of their minds- kids are.

"I'm sick"

"Sam, she's right" Erin says.

Sam puts her gun in her holster and slowly puts her hand out to try and reach for the revolver, "Sam, I'm gonna come closer to you. I need you to give me the gun...give me the gun, Sam"

The male looks up at the brown eyed girl, "I'm sorry" then puts the gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger, leaving no time for the two detectives to save him and Sam stays frozen in place -she's never in her nine years as a cop, seen someone take their own life in front of her-.

"Sam?...Sammy!" Sam is brought back to reality by Erin nudging at her shoulder.

"What?"

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine" Sam waves her friend off and looks around, blinking her eyes a couple times.

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Sam and Erin roll up to the house, that the rest of the team is at with their guns drawn, as they follow Kevin and Antonio inside, clearing it.

Once they get to the second floor, they come to a locked door, "Chicago PD! Anybody in there?"

"Help!" A child's voice, calls out.

Dawson hands Atwater a hammer, who then slams it on the locked door. Then the four slowly make their way into the room with their guns still out, clearing it to then see -who could be Amy- .

"Amy?" Sam asks, as the little girl nods her head, then she kneels down next to the scared girl, "It's gonna be okay, sweetheart. We're the police"

"Box cutter!" Erin yells out, then looks back at Amy, "Where gonna get these off you, okay? Chris Sepka...is he here?"

"They took him yesterday"

"Who's they?" Sam asks.

"The guy that lives here. The big guy. You gotta find him. He's really mean"

Atwater finally cuts the cuffs off of Amy, then said girl immediately attaches herself to Erin.

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Jay drives himself and Sam to his apartment, when he notices her just stare off into nowhere, so he rests his hand on her thigh, which brings her back to reality.

"Hey, how you doing over there?"

"I'm fine...just tired" Sam lets out a reassuring smile, even though he knows it's fake.

First, Bembenek puts a bounty hit on her, which gets her friend shot, then she gets kidnapped by Hernandez and beats her almost to death, who she then killed and those images won't leave her head, then Sam watches some guy kill himself. So no, she's definitely not okay, but for everyone else's sake, she needs to be. 

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The next day...

Sam sits at her desk, staring at her computer screen, when Sergeant Olivia Benson, walks onto the unit.

"Hey, Liv" Sam greets, hugging the brunette.

"Sam, hi. How are you?"

"I'm alright. How are you, Sarg?"

"Good, relative speaking"

"You two know each other?" Jay questions.

"Yeah, we worked on a case together, a few years ago. She's been there for me, more times then I can count" Sam answers.

It was true that Olivia and Sam worked on a case together three years back, involving a robbery-rape case, right before she went undercover with Hernandez's case. They became close friends after what happened with Hernandez, and Olivia helped in whatever way she could, even though it was hard for Sam to trust anyone, besides Hank and Kelly.

"So, that must be Amy" Liv says, "Who owned the house that she was found in?"

"An old timer in St. Louis. Turns out, Andrew Lewellen, from the hospital, he was paying rent in cash once a year for the last five years" Jay answers, "No telling how many stash houses could be in the city"

Benson sighs, "Okay, she give you anything else?"

"No. In terms of what she went through in that house...she didn't say and we haven't asked...yet" Al says.

"Anything from the missing boy?" Liv asks.

"We're working on it" Amaro says, taking Olivia's bag from her.

Olivia Benson walks towards Hank Voight and Sam sits back at her desk and sighs.

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Sam walks out from the break room with a cup of coffee in her hands -she did not get enough sleep last night- and sees Erin's brother, Teddy sitting at her desk. "Hey, Teddy"

"Hey Sam" Teddy greets and Sam lets out a faint smile and sits at her desk, "Oh my god"

"What?" Sam asks, which gets everyone's attention.

"That's him" Teddy says, pointing to a picture on the whiteboard, "That's the guy who's in charge"

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Al and Sam walk through the office building of the guy, who Al and Kevin had questioned yesterday about Matilda Hughes.

The two detectives approach a table where the guy is sitting at with a bunch of other people. "Van Camp. Get on your feet. You're under arrest" Al says.

"For what?"

"Get on your damn feet, now!" Sam demands, grabbing onto the older man's arm and lifts him up onto his feet and handcuffs him, while Olinsky stares him down.

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After Benson and Voight talk with this disgusting man, the team heads over to the location of the house where Chris Sepka is being held.

With their guns drawn, they all clear the house then make their way to the basement, to see a locked door -just like Amy's was- which Dawson cuts through with pliers to indeed find a scared Chris Speka...alive.

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As the team makes their way back to the 21st, they pull up to find that the whole district is outside standing in line waiting for McCadden's wife, Jenny and her kids to gather his things and walk outside.

The team gets out of theirs cars and head to stand in line with the rest of the district, when Trudy walks out, "Attention!"

The patrol officers/detectives, stand straight up.

"Arms up!" and then they salute, while McCadden's wife and children walk down the steps of the building and over to their car and drive away.

"Orders up!" Trudy shouts and all the patrolman and detectives stand down and Sam wipes a couple tears from her eyes.

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Jay sits next to Sam on her couch and puts his arm around her shoulder and said girl lays her head on his lap and starts crying, while Jay combs his fingers through her soft, silky black hair.

"Shh...it's gonna be okay, Sammy. I'm not going anywhere, I promise"

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