Chapter 6 Ryan was pissed as hell , and when those officers showed up , he decided to unleash all that rage on " Do you morons have any idea who you're messing with ? You seriously think you can just roll up and arrest me ? Don't push me or you'll be sorry ! " [ ] " Oh yeah ? And who exactly should we be scared of ? " That's when the mayor walked out of another hospital room . His son was getting treated here too , and he'd stumbled right into this shitshow . ] I walked over and nodded respectfully at the mayor . He acknowledged me , then marched straight up to Ryan and Nina , his voice cutting like ice : [ ] " Well ? I'm waiting . Who's gonna suffer the consequences here ? The SWAT team you almost got killed ? Claire , who saved everyone's lives ? Or these hardworking officers just doing their jobs ? " [ ] The mayor might not outrank the police chief , but compared to some SWAT team leader ? He was way above Ryan's pay grade . [ ] Ryan's mouth snapped shut immediately - he wouldn't dare say another word . ] . Nina , on the other hand , had absolutely no clue who she was shooting her mouth off to : Damn right I threatened you ! My husband's got serious pull - he can get straight to the top brass at Police HQ ! " [ ] The mayor's mouth twitched into this cold little smile , staring her down : " Really now ? Why don't you enlighten us about these connections of yours ? " || " You'll shit your pants when you hear this ! There's this guy at headquarters who - " [] Ryan completely lost it , slapping his hand over her mouth and flashing this desperate , ass - kissing smile at the mayor : [ ] Total misunderstanding here , Mr. Mayor ! She's brand new , just an intern who doesn't know jack about protocol . Please don't take her seriously ! " [ ] Even Nina wasn't dumb enough to miss the hint - she finally shut the hell up . [ ] But let's be real here . The moment Ryan started covering Nina's ass during that operation , this whole thing was destined to blow up in his face . The mayor made this disgusted sound and kept the pressure on : [ ] " Okay , Team Leader Sterling . If she's just some intern , then maybe you can explain how a complete rookie ends up on a deadly hostage situation , right in the thick of it ? " Ryan's mouth kept opening and closing, but nothing came out . Total deer - in - headlights moment . [] The mayor wasn't backing down though - not with his kid lying hurt in a hospital bed because of their fuckup . ] He whipped out his phone and pulled up body cam footage . Clear as day : Ryan literally pushing Nina into that room with the hostage - taker , calling it " negotiation " while she made everything ten times worse with her amateur hour bullshit But here's the kicker - I had a clean shot , was about to end the whole thing , when Ryan sent Nina charging up to my sniper nest at the worst possible moment . [ ] She screwed with my equipment , deliberately got in my face , completely sabotaged the operation - and every single word was recorded . [] The mayor had already seen it all ] His voice dropped to this dangerous low : " So tell me how does some intern who's never held a gun in her life end up at a sniper position ? " [ ] " That psycho was watching for any movement , and you hand her gear without proper light shields ? You let her give away our location ? " " I'm waiting for an answer : tyas just stood there looking like he was about to puke [ ] The mayor was really getting warmed up now ! ] " And here's the cherry on top - turns out all that online harassment against Claire , all those posts calling a genuine hero a fraud ? That was YOUR handiwork ! " ] * Did it ever cross your tiny brain that this kind of cyber bullying campaign could land you in federal prison ? " ] Chapter 6 Ryan studied his shoes like they held the secrets of the universe . [ ] The mayor gave him one final look , his tone going deceptively calm but absolutely final : [ ] " Well then . Time for you to have a nice long conversation with Internal Affairs . " [ ]