"Nothing" Jay says, looking through his sniper scope, "Wait. I got him. He's approaching from the west"

"Sorry, I'm a little late" Yates says, approaching Sam, "You look great, by the way"

"So, what is it you could only tell me in the park at night?"

"Wanna go grab a cup of hot cocoa? I read that babies can't have caffeine so I thought hot chocolate instead of coffee, you know" Yates asks and Sam tilts her head, "Come on. I'm harmless"

Sam stands up, and says, "We can talk right here"

"No" Yates says, taking out a tube of chapstick and putting some on, "It's close. I promise, or you can sit here and I'll see you when I see you"

Every instinct Sam has is screaming no, we'll find another way, but she can't lose this so she walks away with him.

"Miller and Yates are on the move" Antonio says, through his walkie.

"They're shifting positions. Lost sight of Miller" Olinsky says through his walkie as well, and the anger and freight on Jay's face is visible for anyone to see.

"Yeah, I got them" Amaro says, through his walkie, "They're headed towards the walkway. We'll stay back"

"I do this walk at night. The skyline is so beautiful" Yates says as him and Sam walk along the small bridge, "It stuns me everytime"

"Hmmm. Why did you ask me to meet you in the park if you wanted to get some hot chocolate"

"Oh, it's nothing nefarious. I changed my mind. It's cold"

"You know what I think?" Sam asks, "I think it's a move to assert control over the situation and over me"

"Your Sergeant has gotten into your head. Don't let him think for you. You're better than that. Have you been following what's been going on in Egypt, post revolution?"

"No" Sam says, as the two stop walking and Yates turns towards her.

"Well, they finally got rid of Mubarak in 2011. Do you remember this at all? There's much fanfare and jubilation" Yates says, "The people are free! The people have spoken! But when the euphoria ebbs, as it inevitably does, what are they left with? High crime, raided antiquities, unrest. See, you can unclench the iron fist of that dictator and that, that's great, but you're not really prepared for what's on the other side. You know what they call that, detective? The law of unintended consequences"

"Why'd you wanna meet with me, Greg?"

"You know what my favorite example of that law is? In Hanoi, under french colonial rule, they established a bounty for each rat tail turned in, to try and reduce the number of rats, you know what happened? People started breeding rats, for their tails and that charming little country ended up with more rats than it started with"

"You wanna know why I think you wanted to meet me here?" Sam asks, "Because I'm 5'5" and I have brown hair, exactly like all those women that were murdered"

"Is that so" Yates says.

"Why don't we talk about that instead of hiding behind all this history 101 crap. Tell me what happened. I know that you want to. Who do I remind you of? Your mom? An ex girlfriend, maybe? Come on"

"More rats, detective, remember that" Yates says, before walking away.

"We got him, he's heading for a taxi" Al says, through his walkie.

~~~

"You sure, you're alright?" Hank asks Sam.

"Yeah"

Everyone gathers around the pavilion as Jay runs over to them. "Patrol says he took the cab to water tower place, and then he slipped them once he got inside"

"He's playing a game. He knows it's just a matter of time. We'll get him" Sam says.

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Sam, Hank, Fin and Nick follow Chief Boden into yet another house fire with another victim.

"Fire was started in the bedroom" Boden says, pointing to the spot with his flashlight.

"You said 'was started'?" Fin asks.

"Yeah. The amount of damage in the room, lack of accidental causes...this is arson if you ask me, I just can't prove that right now"

"Is there any way of telling whether or not it was started remotely?" Voight asks.

"We'll search for an incendiary device, but even if the device survived the fire, it would be weeks maybe months before any conclusion and that's if we're lucky"

"That's why he was with me when it started" Sam says.

"Plausible deniability" Amaro says, then bends down to see the victim.

"What is she, like eighteen?" Sam asks.

"What's this?" Fin asks, picking up a small bottle of, "Green nail polish"

Hank and Sam leave the house and over to Lindsay who asks, "Was it him?"

"Yeah, he was using me as an alibi" Sam says, anger racing in her veins.

"I got a location on his phone" Mouse says, "It's an apartment on the west side"

"Get everyone over there now!" Voight demands.

"Give me the address" Sam tells Mouse as her and Erin get into their vehicle and head to the west side.

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The team heads into the apartment with their guns drawn and flashlights shining to find the place empty and the basement to have three fans going and a bottle of green nail polish, Yates' phone and a lighter on the floor.

"He was just here" Ruzek says.

to be continued...

a/n;

I miss my precious nadia 💔
&& Amaro and Sam? Can't wait for you guys to read their back story. 😊😊