2. Chapter 2

A/N: Can I just start by saying, you are all. absolutely. AMAZING.Thank you so much for your kind and supportive words. I love that you all like this story it makes me so happy hahaI hope you like the next chapter, I'm aiming for about 5 chapters with this story - give or take a couple.

I kind of skipped re-writing the bit where jay gets taken because it goes down the exact same way as it does in the show and it made the chapter waaaaay too long! I've put a lot of scenes in this chapter but I couldn't really find a place to end and I wanted to get as much in as possible so we can get to the good part.

NOTE: To 'LinsteadLove' I know I was a bit unclear in trying to set up the foreground of the story. Erin and Jay are not together at first. However – like in the show - they get together when Erin moves to the task force and are still together when she returns to the unit and even when Nadia dies, they're just not all open and publically affectionate about it. They're just one of those couples that are low-key I guess. Hope that clears it up :)

Enjoy!

~ Another Broken Heart You've Left Behind ~

*3 weeks later*

"OK! Benji's given us the location of his brother, and he's setting up a meeting with him now" Voight's raspy voice boomed through the office as he walked from the interrogation room through to his office doorway. He had left Al and Ruzek to track the call Benji was making while he informed the team o the current situation."Well we've got to set up a buyer then" Antonio Dawson said from his seat."Benji's already picked for us" Voight grumbled. His gaze shifted to Jay bopping up and down at his desk with Ben cradled in his arms"Halstead, you're going"

Jay looked down at Ben and sighed. He hated leaving him, even if it was only for a few hours. But he had a job to do. He looked back up at Voight and nodded."Alright, let's get to work. Someone pull out $500,000 from the funds. Antonio, grab Benji's official statement. Mouse, get a wire set up and a tracking device on Halstead's phone" Voight ordered as he looked at Jay before walking into his office, the younger man following behind him.

"What's up Sarge?" Jay asked as he shut the door and sat down at the desk. Ben whimpered slightly and jay adjusted him so he was cradled against his Dad's chest."Are you sure you're right to do this?" Voight askedJay looked down at his son, resisting the urge to say no. "I'm not gonna lie. I really wish Erin was here, I'd feel a lot better leaving Ben knowing that she was here. But I don't really have a choice to do I?" He shrugged"I'll take care of him. You have my word on that" Voight said

Jay smirked at Voight's words "Do you think that can start now? I have something I need to do"Voight shook his head before standing up and reaching out to take his grandson from Jay"You're pushing your luck Halstead. Let me know how it goes"

Jay smiled and thanked his Sergeant before leaving a kiss on Ben's head and walking out of the Intelligence office.

Erin squinted as she stumbled out of the club, her eyes protesting at the stream of light that blinded her. She pulled her aviators down off the top of her head and sighed in relief as they blocked out the cruel glare of the sun. She smiled as she saw her friends getting into their cars, yelling out different versions of 'see you back at your place'.

She walked slowly to her car, and groaned as she saw the person blocking her path."What are you doing here?" She said as she walked past him.Jay reached out and grabbed her arm pulling her to him."You know Voight put you on furlough for three weeks right? That ends tomorrow"

Erin looked up at him as she ripped her arm out of his grasp"I'm perfectly fine where I am thanks" she said walking to her car"And what about Ben!?"Erin froze at the mention of her son. She had tried her hardest not to think about him, or anyone from her old life, for the past three weeks to no avail. His bright blue eyes were permanently etched in her memory. She closed her eyes, taking in a breath before turning back to face the man she loved. This is what she had to do. She had to protect them.

"What do you want from me Jay?" she replied stubbornly, folding her arms across her chest.She was shocked when Jay scoffed and stepped forward reaching out his arm, and practically ripping the sunglasses from her face. She looked down for a moment, as if to try and hide the fact that she was high as a kite right now. But Jay wouldn't have it. He grabbed her chin and pushed her face up so she was looking him straight in the eye.

"Tell me it's over. That you're done. That you're throwing it all away" Jay said, his voice cracking slightly as he spoke "Your unit, your family. Your own son. Tell me that none of it matters to you, and I'll go"tears filled Erin's eyes but she wouldn't let them fall. She steeled herself, looking him square in the eyes once more before she uttered the words

"Are you done talking now?"Jay shook his head. This wasn't the woman he knew. This wasn't his partner, his friend. This was not the mother of his child. This was Bunny. This was all Bunny's influence. But in that moment it didn't matter. He couldn't hold in the anger, the disappointment. The hatred he felt towards Erin Lindsay in that moment.

"Like mother like Daughter, huh?" He scoffed "I don't know who you are, but tell Erin she made me a better cop…If you ever see her again"

And with that Erin watched as Jay walked away from her, and out of her life. Possibly forever.

If you asked Jay Halstead to recall the events of the last few hours, he could honestly say to you that he had no clue how he got here.

Everything was going well, until Derek Keyes held a gun to his own brother's head and shot him. That was when Jay knew he was in trouble. His instincts kicked in and he fought as hard as he could; however, even he wasn't strong enough to fight through the Taser's relentless electric pulse. He couldn't really remember much after that. He figured Derek and his guy had given him something to knock him out until they reached the house.

Jay groaned as he was thrown from the backseat, over someone's shoulder, and then slammed down onto the floor of Derek's study a few moments later. His body protested greatly, already feeling the bruises form on his body. He was slowly aware of the fact that he was being lifted, he felt his arms moved above his head and something wrapped around his wrists. Jay groggily looked up and saw that his hands had been bound by rope. He looked down and saw that his feet had been bound as well. He was swinging slightly and he felt slightly nauseous from the movement.

"Detective Jay Halstead" Derek Keyes said as he slapped the baseball bat into his palm repeatedly."Former Ex-Ranger. Works for the Intelligence Unit in the 21st District of the Chicago Police Department-""Is there a point to all of this or are you just gonna keep rambling?" Jay gritted out.Derek chuckled "And how's your son? Ben, correct?" he smirked as Jay's eyes widened and he flinched."You may want to cooperate with me, otherwise things will get real ugly for you and your son. And that pretty little partner of yours too"

Jay's eyes hardened. He sat up straight before looking Derek straight in the eye "If you touch her, or my son, you're gonna see how ugly I can get" Derek chuckled"HEY!" Jay yelled as he writhed against the rope "If you touch my family, I will fucking kill you!"

Crack.

That was definitely a rib, Jay thought after Derek swung the bat against his chest. Jay gritted his teeth again when Derek's partner punched him repeatedly in the lower torso. He wouldn't break. He was trained for this, he was trained to survive.

'Visualise what you're fighting for Halstead. Remember what you're fighting to come back home to. Who you're coming back home to'

The words of his Army Sergeant came rushing back to him in that moment. He had to keep fighting. For Ben. For Erin. So he could bring her back to their son, to their family. He had to fight.

Derek sighed and put up his hand to stop the man's belligerent beating."You're stubborn. I'll give you that. You may also be the stupidest man I've ever met" he chuckled as he walked closer"You're going to be a good little bitch and cooperate, otherwise things will get a lot harder for you and your team" Derek spat the words in jay's face

Halstead chuckled "Clearly you don't know my team, or Hank Voight."Derek grunted in frustration before grabbing his video camera and signalled for his guy to continue.Jay tried to hold it in. He yelled, screamed and thrashed as he was beaten. He squirmed in pain as the Taser attacked his body, shocking him to his core. He fought against it as long as he could before his body gave out, and everything faded to black.

The shrill ringing of Hank's phone moved his eyes from the video of Jay, to the screen of his phone. Blocked number.

Hank took a deep breath before pressing answer"Voight""I take it you've seen the video by now" Derek's smug voice travelled through the phone"What do you want?""Every folder on each CI you've ever had. Send a lone, female operative to drop the box off at the location I send you. You've got until 10am tomorrow morning, or Daddy Halstead over here won't be coming back to his kid in one piece"

Voight threw the water bottle on the desk next to him against the wall, water splashing everywhere in the process. A piercing cry came from his office as he remembered that his grandson was sleeping peacefully in the room.

Hank shut his eyes and took a deep breath before turning and looking back at his team."He wants our CI files. All of them. Mouse, start working on changing the names of each of our informants. The rest of you start pulling photos of maximum security and State prison criminals to use on the folders. We've got three hours, let's move!"

He walked back into his office and picked up the crying infant from his pack-n-play that he had let Jay and Erin set up in his office if they couldn't get someone to watch Ben. He rocked the young boy back and forth in his arms until he settled."I'm sorry little guy. I should've never let your dad go on an op while all this stuff was going on with your mama, it was stupid." Hank sat down on the couch cradling Ben still"I'm gonna get him back. And then we'll work on bringing back you mum as well ok? You have my word" he kissed Ben's forehead before placing him back into his cot and walking out to talk to his team.

Erin stumbled from her living room into the bedroom, flopping down on the soft mattress that greeted her. She and Bunny had been partying non-stop for at least six hours, and she was drained. Erin felt her eyes droop and start to close as sleep hit her.

Until her phone rang.

She looked at the screen and groaned, sitting up as she answered the phone."What do you want Al?" Erin rubbed her eyes as she listened to her pseudo-uncle"Look Erin, I know you're on…sabattical right now, and I'm not entirely sure what's going on between you and Jay. But he's the father of your child. I know you care about him, so I figured you'd want to know"

Erin felt panic rise inside of her "Al, what's going on? What's happened?""Jay's been kidnapped"

That woke Erin up faster than any pill ever could.

"Hey, I'll call you back later. Thanks for telling me O" Erin hung up and began pacing the floor.

This was her fault. She thought that by leaving she would be protecting her family, but instead she made it worse. She had left her partner without back-up. She had gotten him kidnapped."I have to fix this" she mumbled as she grabbed her phone and keys and raced out to the living room.

Erin headed towards the stereo and pulled out the cords from behind it, causing the blaring music to cease, much to the protests of her guests."Everyone get out" she said. No one moved."I said GET OUT! NOW!" she pointed to the door, and within minutes everyone was racing out of her apartment.

"Sweetheart" came Bunny from behind her "Why did you kick all your friends out?""They're not my friends" she grumbled.

"Whatever. So where are we heading to?"Erin turned to look at her mother "I'm pretty sure I told you to leave"Bunny scoffed "Don't be silly dear""I said everyone didn't I? I don't know how much clearer you need me to be"

Bunny sat down on the couch, looking up at her daughter. Challenging her."I'm not going anywhere"

"Fine" Erin pulled the house key off her key-ring and threw it towards her mother "Lock up when you leave"

She turned on her heels and stormed out the apartment, slamming the door shut behind her.

Erin unlocked her cell phone as she walked down the stairs and made a call."Hey, it's Erin. I need your help"

Will Halstead walked to his door as he heard the knock, coming face to face with Erin."I'm sorry to do this-" Erin started"You said you can help get Jay back. Is that true?" Will cut her off. Erin nodded"Then what do you need?"

Erin looked down to the floor, feeling ashamed."I took some stuff. Oxy. And I know, from past experience that you guys have medicine that can counteract the drugs. I need you to give me some"

"Erin, that stuff's deadly. It causes sever nausea, headaches, sweating. You'll be putting your body through torture" Will replied, making sure that Erin knew the severity of her request.

"it's the only way Voight will let me help. I'm no good to anyone, especially Jay, if I show up high as a kite to try and save him. I'd just end up getting him killed" Erin said"If you want to get your brother back as badly as I do, then do this for me Will. Please"

Will looked at the woman he now considered family and sighed."Let me get my things"

"I've tried reaching out to some of the people I worked with in Vice, none of them have any female operatives they can spare us" Antonio said the next morning as the team sat in the office, all of them trying to figure out who could deliver the box to Keyes.

"Keep looking, we've only got a few more hours. Someone go downstairs and check with Burgess if she's okay to fill in if we need her" Voight said as he turned to walk into his office. He froze when he heard the one voice he didn't expect to hear again.

"I'll do it"

The whole team turned to the staircase, where Erin stood. She had spent the night at Will's and had showered and changed into clean clothing before making her way to the 21st district.Last night had been hell. The nausea had hit her harder than anything, and she hadn't been able to sleep for a solid five hours. But she knew it was what would help her prove to Hank that she could do this. She could save Jay.

"Get her out of here" Voight looked at Alvin as he continued to walk back into his office"Hank-" Erin started"No!" he yelled "You left! You made your choice, and now Halstead's life is on the line because of it!" he felt himself being held back by Antonio, but he didn't care. He needed Erin to know what she had caused.

"I know" she whispered sadly "please. Can we talk?"Voight took a deep breath before tapping Antonio on the shoulder, letting him know he could let go now, before nodding his head towards his office as him and Erin walked.

Erin looked at the pack-n-play on the other side of the desk where Voight sat. She hadn't seen her baby boy in almost six weeks. It had been killing her not to wake up every morning and see his bright happy face. She had missed him.

Voight watched as she walked over to the cot and stood looking down at her son."You know, I can't help but think that this all could have been so easily avoided. If I had you out there watching Halstead, having his back like you promised. Then maybe this wouldn't be happening. I wouldn't have to be sitting here watching Halstead be tortured by Keyes and his guy, and praying that we get him back safely so he can see his son"

Erin looked up from Ben to Voight, and walked over to sit in the chair across from him"I know I've screwed up. And you're right, this is my fault. I should've been there. For both of them" she gestured towards her son "But I'm telling you Hank, I can do this. I can get Jay back, Let me fix this. Please"

Voight didn't say a word. Instead, he opened his drawer and pulled out the badge Erin had given him five weeks ago. He slid it across the desk and placed it in front of her"Looks like you're going to need this then"

Erin reached out to grab the badge but Voight placed his hand on her arm before she could fully grasp it"This doesn't mean you're just instantly reinstated Erin. You're here to get Jay, and that's all""You have my word. After this, I'm gone if that's what you want" Erin said.

"Alright. Then let's go get Jay back"

A/N: and…DONE! I hope you guys enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. It took me two hours straight to do but I was so inspired by all the lovely reviews you all left me!I know I went through a lot of scenes in this chapter but it's purely because I wanted next chapter to be about Erin saving Jay and then the two of them talking. This story won't just all be an automatic 'I forgive you' story. I want Erin to have to work to earn Jay's forgiveness, and for the two of them to both fight to be together.

As usual, please REVIEW and let me know what you think!

- Maddie :)