Detective Ln; An Adam Ruzek Love Story

The Song of Gregory Williams Yates

Yn's POV

"Greg Yates escaped custody last night in upstate New York after killing two state troopers, two ConElectric workers, and a camper, and shooting Sergeant Dodds. Dodds, he'll make a full recovery, thank God" Antonio said. "And Yates" I ask and hug myself. "Pennsylvania troopers found the pickup truck abandoned on a state road. State forensics lifted Yates' prints, and a motorist there IDed Yates as pretending to have car trouble and knocking him out to take his car" Jay said.

"He repeated the pattern in Ohio and Indiana. The last vehicle brought him to the Illinois border. Crime lab confirms Yas's prints, but there's no leads after that" Antonio said. "Yeah, except one. Yn. The reason Yates is here" Voight said. "No. He's just trying to get in our heads. We put out a BOLO, investigative alert, and AMBER Alerts on the vehicle. Troopers are watching every highway coming into Chicago" I say. 

"SVU is questioning Carl Rudnick, the guy Yates escaped with, who's back in custody. Lieutenant Benson will be in touch when they have anything to report" Antonio said. "Well, until then I want us on every transient hotel, shelter, food bank in the city. Remember, this guy will kill or maim to get what he wants. Flag the credit cards of the vehicle owners. See if there was a safe haven he used last time he was here. All right, let's get on it" Voight said.

We then got a call from Kim that 3 woman who were nurses had all been killed at an apartment close by. While everyone else went to check the scene, I stayed back and sat in the locker room with my knees pulled up to my chest. I just sat there trying to wrap my head around everything. Yates had escaped from prison and was back on the streets.

Later that day, a big box was dropped off at the district. And no one knew what it was. So everyone had to evacuate the building and we had to call the bomb squad. Adam was standing behind me with his arms wrapped around my waist. It was cold out here, and all I wanted to do was get back inside. Someone from the bomb squad then came outside. "It's not a bomb" he said. "And the package is addressed to a Yn Ln." At that moment, Adam's arms tightened around me. 

I walked up to the man who had the box in his hands and took it from him before setting it on top of the nearest squad car. The man then handed me a knife which I used to open the box. Inside of the box was a severed hand with a note clutched between the fingers. "Yn, don't" Jay said as I reached into the box. I ignored him and grabbed the note before reading it aloud. "Why don't you answer the phone when your mother calls?" That's when my phone rang, and it was a call from my mom. "He knows she opened the box. He's here watching. Fan out now. Go, go, go, go" Officer Crawley said. "Just answer it" Voight said. I sighed and accepted the face time.

"Detective Ln. Hey. Do you know Nellie Carr? Nellie, Nurse Nellie. Hey, that is the wonderful Detective Ln. Are those dark circles under your eyes? Couldn't sleep" Yates asked me. "You've been keeping me busy. And you have my attention now. What do you need" I ask. He laughed. "Gosh, what do I need?" "Did you want the concern of the city? You got that. Wanted the whole district to sit up? Look, see" I say and show him the whole district. "You did all this, but you keep sending notes to me, so why don't you tell me where you are? I'll come to you." 

"Ah, you know where I am" he said. "Why don't you pretend I'm not that clever and tell me anyway" I ask. "And ruin all the fun?" "Then tell me why you killed those four nurses when what you really wanted was Nellie" I say. "You are trying to get me to confess with witnesses present. You are recording me without my permission, and me without a lawyer present. Shame on you, Detective" he said. "Okay. Then why me? Why are you leaving all the notes for me" I ask. "I've been thinking a lot about Cain and Abel, you know? If they were the only descendants of Adam and Eve, and Cain killed Abel, well, you know what that means, don't you? We're all descendants of a murderer" Greg said and laughed softly. "I will see you soon, Detective." That's when the call ended.