Me and Bradford were in the parol car looking for Isabel.
"I knew it was a mistake." Tim tells me
"Nothing you could've done to stop it." I tell him
"I could've blown the operation early before she went in." Tim says
"And then you would've gotten yourself fired. Torturing yourself isn't gonna help us find her." I say assuring him
"She's dead, Sophia. Vance killed her the second they got free of our surveillance." Tim tells me
"You don't know that." I tell him
"Yes, I do. Just like I always knew I'd end up looking for her body." Tim tells me
"We found her. Alley on Crenshaw near the 10. Get here now." Talia says on the radio
Me and Tim pull up in an alley where a body is being lifted carefully out of a dumpster.
"She's alive, but it's not good. They shot her in the head." Talia tells us
Tim rushed to the gurney where Isabel was being transported for transport and me and Talia could hear him still
"I'm he- I'm here, baby. I'm here. I'm here." Tim tells her
We were all back at the station in the briefing room and Grey started talking
"So, according to Carson, Vance is most likely located at a warehouse facility in South Gate at this address.* All right, Detectives Wolfe and Vestri will stake it out with patrol units from that division, while you guys will head over to Bronson Estates, where Carson says Vance's girlfriend, Cesiah Olivo, lives." Grey tells us
"But Carson doesn't know which apartment she lives in, so we'll have to do some knocking on doors." Wolfe says
"All right, listen up. This has the potential of being a very dangerous operation. Vance is a heavy hitter. He has a well-armed crew. So he won't go down easy. All right, watch each other's backs out there, and be careful." Grey says and the patrol starts exiting the room
Soon, we all pulled into a parking lot and TIm, Talia, Lucy, Jackson and I all get out.
"Let's gear up. Got your backup piece?" TIm asks
"Uh, yeah, of course." Lucy says then Tim hands her a metal plate "What's this?" Lucy then asked
"Trauma plate for your vest. Little extra protection." Tim tells her
"Oh. Bradford Special. You really think we're gonna need this?" Lucy asks
"You know why they call this place the Bronson Estates?" Tim asks her
"'Cause a guy named Bronson built it?" Lucy said in a joking voice
"No. Back when you were in short pants, there was a movie called "Death Wish."
Starred Charles Bronson." I tell her
"Yeah. For a long time, responding to a call here meant that you had a death wish." Talia added
"But it's better now, right?" West asked
"It's no longer the wild, wild west. Lots of low-income families live here. But it never hurts to be cautious." I tell him and Chen goes over to get something out of the car and West followed her while me and Talia stayed behind
Soon, Chen and West rejoin us and this is where TIm retrieved a large rifle from the trunk.
"Let's go." Tim says ready to go
"A little extra shock and awe?" I ask
"Damn straight." Tim says
"We're here to talk to people, not scare the hell out of them." Talia tells him
"Speak for yourself." TIm says then sees everyone's look "All right." He says and puts the rifle back in the trunk "Let's do this. This'll go faster if we split up." He says then looks to Talia and asks "You all right riding solo?"
"Have you met me?" Talia asks him
"Okay. Chen and I will start on three. You take two. Jackson and Lopez will ground floor it. Stay in constant radio contact." TIm says giving orders
Tim holds the door open for everyone to enter the building.
"What a gentleman." I say sarcastically and enter and me and West head to the ground floor when we hear Tim on the radio
"7-Adam-19. Shots fired at Bronson Estates." Tim says
"Tim, um, we're hearing gunshots. What's your status?" I ask then hear static then ask for Talia "Talia, are you there?"
"Control, respond." Tim said and I keep trying to get my radio to work
"Radio's not working. Try yours." I tell West when someone starts to fire at me and West from down the hallway
"Look out!" I yell to West
Me and West return fire from around the corner. Two of the gunman are moving closer to their position.
"We need to get out of this hallway!" I yell at West and we are moving down the hallway
"The phone doesn't have a signal either. Must be a jammer." West tells me
They hunker down as they hear the elevator doors open and shut. A man comes around a corner carrying two grocery bags.
"Police! Drop the bags! Show me your hands!" I yell
"Don't shoot!" A man says
"Lopez." West tells me when he hears footsteps and souting
"Which one's your apartment?" I ask the person
"Why?" He ask
"You don't want to find out. We need to get out of this hallway." I tell him
The man picks up his bags and unlocks his apartment door; he, WEST, and LOPEZ go inside and shut the door.
West is checking rooms and I look out the peephole and see two gunmen moving away.
"Clear." I say
"We're stuck. Think the others are all right?" West asks after finding bars on the ground floor windows
"I hope so." I tell him
Floyd is videoing me and West on his phone while we are waiting to leave his apartment.
"These cops forced their way into my apartment. They refuse to leave." Floyd says to his phone
"We're trying to stay alive. You got a problem with that?" I ask him
"Yeah, my brother's doing 20 years for something he didn't do. So, yeah, I got a problem with that." Floyd tells me
"Look, I appreciate where you're coming from, but we're not here to cause trouble.
We're here because somebody's trying to kill us." West tells him
"Vance?" Floyd asks
"You know him?" I ask
"Yeah. Enough to steer clear. He's got a dozen guys living here. You walked into a buzz saw." Floyd tells us
"No kidding. We need to call for help, but he's jamming our signals." I tell him
"Any idea how we fix that?" West asks him
"Shut the power off in the building. Jammer should go off." Floyd says
"How do we turn off the power?" I ask
"Main circuit breaker's in the basement. I know this because I see it every time I'm doing my laundry." Floyd says
"It's not gonna be easy getting to the basement. I only have two magazines left." West says
"Me too. And those are gonna go real quick if we get into trouble outside." I say
She moves into the kitchenette and starts knocking on various parts of the wall.
"W-What are you doing? Hey. Why are you knocking my wall?" Floyd asks me
"Maybe we don't need to go outside to get to the basement." I tell him
West and I are starting to break through the wall using a hammer and screwdriver.
"Oh, come on. Come on. Hey. Hey! Come on! What are you doing?! You're wrecking my kitchen. Who's gonna pay for this?" Floyd asks
"L.A.P.D." West says
"And if they don't, send the bill to me." I add
Floyd pulls out his phone to continue recording just as me and West break through the wall. We peer down into the space exposed.
"Next stop. Basement." West says and we get into the crawlspace
Both West and I have managed to climb down to basement level.
Soon, West and I peer out from behind a wall.
"Secure the back hallway. I'll keep an eye on the stairs." A man says
"Any idea what's going on?" Another man asks
"Red, man. We're locked in." The first guy said
West has spotted the main power shutoff and creeps across the room to get to it. When he hits the switch, the lights go out and he ducks back under cover.
"Who's there?! Come on!" The man says
West and I are defending their position against machine-gun fire.
"I'm out." West tells me
"Me too." I say
A canister comes bouncing down the basement stairs, then erupts in a flash and smoke. The thugs scream and cover their ears as PERCY and NOLAN come down the stairs shouting at them.
"On your stomach!" Nolan yells
"Get down on your stomach right now!" Percy yells then
"Now! Get down!" Nolan yells again
"Do it again! Hands behind your back!" Percy says
"Give me your hand! Right hand. Don't you move." Nolan says
Nolan and Percy cuff the men and exchange a look.
"Come on. Get up. All right." Officers say
West emerges from cover and sees his dad.
"Dad?" West asks and him and Percy hug