| the 99th precinct |

✩*• 7. •*✩

[1st perspective, jakes p.o.v. ]

"i just wanted to say, i'm so proud of you two."

amy and i share a look as we listen to charles ranting about our 'future god children'.

"my god, imagine kids that look like jake. wow, those are some lucky kids."

i look at him through the rear-view mirror with a laugh, he was beaming in the backseat like a little child.

"of course, they'd be beautiful if they looked like amy too"

i pipe in, placing my hand on amy's knee.

"ehhh, i mean i don't think -"

charles's reply was cut short by amy, who said :

"oh look at that, the hospital is down this road!"

i chuckle at her conveniently timed directions before turning down the road she pointed to.

we decided as a group to check the hospital first, and get any information we could. obviously, there were no leads in the case yet. this was a rather recent incident, but cops were already scouring the premises, strangely. as we pulled up we were pointed by a rather young officer to the patients carpark. i wound the window down and stuck my badge and head out of the window. amy and charles also held their badges up to show the cop.

"our colleague, rosa diaz, was the person abducted. we would like to help out and solve this case as quickly as possible."

i was about to drive away, but the cop held onto the car, curiosity got the best of me so i stayed. due to the fact that we were detectives, we can usually enter a crime scene without much drama. the cop's features creased as he frowned and stated:

"what are you talking about? no one was taken from what we know. but there were several patients murdered in their own hospital beds. we were just here to secure the premises. are you investigating?"

our car was silent for a while, as we took this information in. whoever took rosa means business. as i was about to answer, we heard a car pull up beside us: terry and gina stepped out and spoke to another officer beside us. i stepped out of the vehicle, with amy and charles following me. i showed the cop the security footage images i had with me, and he seemed to understand.

"odd, i don't think we even knew about that."

he stood there scratching his head for a while before shrugging and giving us a light smile. he looked over at amy and winked at her, my husband reflexes kicked in and i scowled at him unintentionally. i don't think he noticed, but amy sure did. the cop let us pass, and we walked through the entrance to the rather old hospital. all of us reconvene and meet inside the hospital entrance. there were still people milling around and being treated, as this was clearly still needed. terry began asking people about rosa, almost entirely forgetting about the murders as well. amy glances at me slightly and pulls me to the side, much to charles's annoyance.

"is everything ok?"

she squeezes my hand reassuringly and i nod.

"yeah, i just uh. i'm sorry. it's such a gross emotion and i shouldn't be jealous. it's just hard because... well, you get it."

"i get what?"

"well it's just... you're really beautiful amy, anyone'll fall in love with you in an instant!!"

any chuckles lightly and takes a hold of my other hand too.

"you don't think i have the same fear for you?"

i scoffand smile back. her dark brown eyes get bigger as i lean closer and closer, until we heard gina cough at us. we slowly pulled away, still holding hands. gina was on the phone and she wasn't as chatty as she usually is.

"it's captain holt. he wants to speak to terry and jake."

i grab the phone off gina gratefully and walk off with terry, turning the phone on speaker.

"hello sergeant jeffords and detective peralta. we have an issue. terry, the major issue right now, is that 5 murders were committed at the hospital you are in. i need you to help the officers as best as possible. jake, you have been assigned to try and solve these, as well as the rosa case if you can. you have several resources available and you may also team up with another detective to help with the case. this is clearly a lot bigger than we anticipated. terry, may i speak to you in private?"

terry turns the phone off speaker and shot me a weak smile. poor terry. his young girl ava has been really sick and i am not sure if terry can do all of this at the moment. i head back to the other detectives and share the news. it's going to be difficult to focus on another case while a friend was gone, but i have to do my job.

we stayed at the hospital for several hours, entering almost every room and asking all the doctors and nurses who were working the shift it occurred. embarrassingly enough, i met the same medical examiner that i had previously smooshed booties with. she was examining the bodies found and what she had to say was surprising to say the least.

"each person was strangled from the back most likely, but take a look at this."

she unbuttoned the shirt buttons slowly, before tugging it off slightly. the doctors chest had the number 5 written across it in blood. she explained that each person had one, going from 5-1 in the order they were killed. i grabbed amy and showed her, as it seemed like a puzzle. she took some notes and decided to work on it later.

even the doctors were confused as to how they managed to get away with what they did. the last room we decided to enter, was alicia's room. she was still alive, and the man that was previously there must've left after rosa did. amy and i entered the room softly, the doctors said it would be extremely unlikely for her to wake up, but if she does, to not share anything important as it could frighten her and make her condition worse. we began scouring the premises and taking any evidence we could. there were several pieces of hair lying on the floor. rosa's. i began fingerprinting the place, not finding any at all - apart from a few in the bar of the hospital bed. but they seemed like it may have been rosa from waiting for alicia to wake. huh, this sucks. amy looks over at me and seems upset for a second before looking away quickly again. i smirk and ask

"all good?"

she sighs and looks up at me whilst picking up rosa's hair with her blue latex gloves.

"it's just, i haven't seen you make a joke in a few days. it's weird."

i smile slightly and shrug at her, causing her to sigh again. i honestly don't have anything to say about it. i don't even know why myself. i just can't seem to bring myself to make jokes while this is all happening. usually that's not enough to stop me, i don't know what else is wrong though. throughout my thought process, we hear a loud beeping coming from the heart beat monitor. just as i was about to run to get a doctor, one runs in quickly.

"quickly, leave now!"

he whisper-yells. i frown and reply with,

"but we're not done inve-"

"NOW"

he must have noticed us hesitate slightly, so he decided to tell us what's happening.

"she's waking up."

hey so i'm going back to school soon so i'm going to try to release a new part every week at least!! sorry hehe