Her chest was on fire as she ran down the hospital hall to Dennis' room, he was her first stop, she knew that Jamie was safe with his family but she had to warn Dennis. She pushed past a group of techs and nurse quickly pulling her badge out and flashing it to the officers stationed at the door. Dennis sat up laughing at something that his wife had said but his smile soon faded as soon as he saw Eddie in her panic state.

"Janko, what's wrong?" He looked at her with worry; Leslie matched his expression.

"Is it the killer did you find out who it was?"

"We caught him, but he didn't attack you and Jamie." The worry soon was soon replaced with confusion. "Dennis, how long did you know about Adam?"

"Officer Hillgar, what is she talking about Dennis?" Dennis now looked down at his blankets which he crumpled in his fists, he wore a face of embarrassment.

"Dennis," Eddie demanded.

"I didn't know he'd go this far, he never physically hurt anyone and I was embarrassed to say he scared me."

"Dennis he has been moved to eight different precincts, why would you agree to have him partner with us?"

"Anyone who denied him ended up getting fired or transferred I didn't want to be the next on that list."

"He almost killed you Dennis!"

"He never was physically violent with anyone, you're sure he did this."

"Yes, Jamie warned me and I was so stupid," She sat on the edge of his bed.

"We all know how he was, but he never attacked anyone, he let the other officers attack him, that his game."

"He wanted to be my partner, he asked me out, I denied him more than once, you are too nice to ever fall into his trap and Jamie doesn't work with us, you were threats he couldn't eliminate."

"Where is he now?"

"I don't know, he disappeared after Baez and I took down Trevor Slate, the killer, he was using it as a cover up for your attacks." Dennis shook his head and let out a heavy sigh, disappointed in himself for trusting this man, the mess that had been made.

"So he is out there, you think that he will be coming back to finish me off."

"Oh god," Leslie grabbed a tight hold on Dennis' hand.

"Listen, I'm posting two of the smartest cops I know from the twelfth, you're house is close to there, I worked with Walsh and I trust her with my life!"

"Okay," He nodded giving his wife a reassuring squeeze.

"TARU is at your place now setting up some equipment, everything will okay I promise, I won't let him hurt you." She worried with his discharged tomorrow morning but she trusted Walsh and Ragetti ever since the pharmacy incident two years prior.

"I know Eddie, Thank you, and I'm sorry." She shook her head, she did not want an apology; she just wanted him safe.

"I have to go tell the Reagans, if you need me you have me on speed dial, call me okay."

"We will," Leslie smiled, fear still evident in her eyes.

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"You're sure about this Detective," Frank had to make sure there was proof if he was going to nail Adam. Eddie nodded as she tried to steal small glances at Jamie through the doorway. She was avoiding his room, partially from guilt but also because she did not want to see him so close to death. The doctors had not gotten any new developments; he was not improving nor worsening at this time.

"I knew it was only a matter of time with Hillgar, his innocent plea was only going to get him so far," Danny said furiously.

"I feel so stupid for not seeing it."

"No one saw it Eddie, at his other precinct he acted like a great guy, he picked his victim and then slowly starts his attack." She nodded to Danny's excuse but she wished she listened to Jamie instead of blowing him off, maybe then he would not be here, Frank noticed that.

"This isn't your fault Detective Janko, this man was a ticking time bomb, if anything I should have excused him from the NYPD with all the trouble he caused."

"The legal side of that would have destroyed this department, you're hands were tied."

"Wow you sound like Erin," Danny joked.

"I learned a lot in the academy but also having Jamie as a partner really puts a lot into perspective."

"Harvard strikes again, I'm glad that schooling did some good." Frank looked at Danny in surprise. "What, I get it the law is the law."

"I'll keep that in mind next time you get into with Erin." They all laughed, but Eddie was cut short when she thought about how Jamie may never give her another lecture. Danny looked at her as she stared at Jamie, he knew she wanted to go in there but was afraid; she needed a little push.

"Listen Janko, my Dad and I need to eat and like you said I can't leave Jamie alone, will you keep an eye on him?" She looked up at him unsure, she knew what he was doing and part of her wanted to be in there, no, she needed to be in there.

"Yeah," She managed to squeak out.

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She hesitated at the doorway, Frank, Danny had left five minutes ago, and she still was not able to walk onto his room. She was not going to lie the machines that were keeping Jamie alive were intimidating, she could not figure out why. She slowly made it into the room, one foot in front of the other, she walked in, it took time but soon she was standing at his bedside. She went to touch his face but she quickly pulled back, she acted as though he was fragile, as if when she touched him something would go wrong. She pulled a chair close to him and seated herself comfortably before letting out a heavy sigh.

"I'm sorry Jamie, I should have trusted you, should have believed that Adam was the bad guy but I was blinded by his charm." She carefully lifted his hand in hers; it was heavy and cold. "There's a lot of things I should have done Jamie but I didn't and here you are, he put you here and I don't know if you're going to be okay." She wanted to believe he was going to be but they listed him in critical condition, which was a step down from the guarded condition he was listed as a couple of days prior.

"I'm going to catch him Jamie, make him pay for this, I don't know how but I will, he isn't going to get away with this." She squeezed his hand gently, she wanted to yell at him to wake up, to be okay, to even tell her I told you so but she couldn't all she could do was cry. Silently she cried, tears slowly falling as she looked at Jamie's battered shell of a body.

"I am so sorry Jamie, I hope you know that, I hope you can hear that, I'm so sorry and I love you." She kissed him on the cheek and sat back down clutching his hand like a lifeline, like it was the only thing keeping him here.

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She sat with Jamie for two hours before Danny came back, this time with Linda and told her to go home and get some rest. Honestly, the crying had exhausted her, all she wanted to do was go home and pass out just so she could wake up refreshed in order to catch Adam. She took the elevator up to her floor and searched her purse for her keys. Through the receipts and miscellaneous crap, she finally pulled them out and forced them into the lock. She walked in and threw her purse and keys on the couch and sorting through her mail.

"Glad you're finally home," She gasped dropping the mail as she whipped around in the dim lightly.

"You son of a bitch," She yelled. She looked at him with hate in her eyes; he just smiled at her, a gun pointed towards her chest.

"Now now Edit, is that really how you want to talk to me, I thought we had some real chemistry."

"You thought wrong," She growled. She walked backwards as he walked towards her.

"You don't think I wasn't going to search your apartment, I already found your two 'hidden guns', they were easy." She cursed herself, she could not move for her purse, one quick move and he could shoot.

"What do you want Adam," She asked in disgust.

"I came to explain myself; you obviously think I'm the bad guy in this."

"You attacked two officers, two men who did nothing to you!"

"That is not true, they were in our way."

"Our," She questioned.

"Come on Eddie, we were meant to be; partners and lovers but Dennis and Jamie ruined that." She felt sick, he was delusional and there was no telling what his end game was. "As soon as I laid eyes on you I thought to myself that you were the prettiest girl I've seen." He had backed her into a corner and as he pulled himself closer to her, he ran the gun against her face. "You were the one for me, you should have been my partner but Sarge put with you that soft, lame excuse of a man."

"Dennis is a great cop!"

"He is a coward," he screamed back. "He couldn't even deny me, he wasn't good enough."

"So you tried to kill him."

"Kill him, go no I'm not a monster, I only wanted him out of the game."

"So you attacked him."

"It was easy, I mean he was predictable, I knew if I called him for help he would come. I made the call, told him where I was told him to meet me and he did."

"You almost killed him, you beat him, stabbed him and he almost bled out."

"Why do you think I called 911, I got him help, like I said I cared for the man, a good guy just not a good match for you."

"He trusted you!"

"Trust is a killer, I think Jamie knew that." Eddie grew furious, she shoved him back into the fridge and ran to the front door but he recuperated too quickly. He ran to her and reached her, yanking her by the hair she let out a scream; He quickly covered her mouth and places the barrel of the gun at her temple. "Come Eddie don't do anything stupid, I would hate to kill you, I mean after all I think you are my soul mate." She pulled away of him, falling him on the couch with a huff.

"We are not soul mates Adam, you're psychotic!"

"Eddie I am disappointed to hear you say that," He had such a calm demeanor it scared her. "After all the trouble I went through," with his free hand he rolled up his sleeve to reveal the bandages. "He was a fighter but I was able to take him down." Eddie felt all the hatred in the world towards this man. "It's no secret the chemistry you share with Reagan, that's why he had to be eliminated completely, unlike Dennis."

"What did you do Adam?"

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Jamie plopped down at his couch, he was exhausted, pulling such a long shift really drained him and all he wanted to do was sleep but he was still wired from his tour. Instead he turned on his television and flipped through the channels, about this time in the morning there where only infomercials and Church television. He sighed and decided on the news, the same old death or destruction he saw every day. He walked to the kitchen, turned on the faucet, and let the water run cold, looking at the clock it was 5:13am, he had to be in church in less than four hours, maybe he could just skip this week. He took a large gulp of water before taking the glass back to the couch. He laid down on the couch and listened to the news anchor talk about the new technology that was "sweeping the nation" but soon he drifted to sleep.

He jolted upright when the knock on the door woke him up, he looked at the clock he had been out for about a two hours. He slowly pulled himself from the couch, still groggy he made his way to the door, who would be here at this time. He looked through his peephole and instantly he grew confused, he opened the door to Adam who stood at the doorway, a friendly smile.

"Adam, what are you doing here?" He asked crossing his arms.

"Hello to you too Reagan," He replied.

"I'm sorry it's just that it's so early."

"I know I'm sorry, I just got off and I think we need to talk." Jamie looked at him unsure, "for Eddie's sake," He quickly added. Jamie sighed and pushed the door open all the way allowing Adam access into his apartment. He watched as Adam walked around and scanned his things.

"Listen Adam, I understand you want to talk about Eddie but I have to be up in like two hours."

Adam turned around and smiled nodding, "We can make this real quick Reagan."

"So is this about the case you both are working on because we tried to keep her under protection but she is hard headed and refused it."

"I don't think you respect her that much, calling her hard headed," Adam still roamed around the apartment looking at everything.

"Excuse me," Jamie asked in offense, his eyebrow furrowed as Adam turned back and nonchalantly repeated himself.

"You don't respect her, you don't know her at all if you think she is going to give up this case, if it were her that was attacked would you just give up?"

"No, Listen I respect Eddie plenty, I worked with her for six years, trained her, I think I know her pretty damn well."

"But you don't that's just it, you don't respect her, she has told me things Reagan, told me how you came one to her on the job, beat up a perp just because he shoved her." Jamie was shocked that she told him this stuff. "I think you should leave her alone, you have made her upset too many times, I don't want to see her get hurt."

"I think that's up to Eddie if she wants to cut ties with me she can but you can't make that decision for her."

"I want what's best for her and all you care about is what's best for you, you even told her those nasty rumors about me, it's honestly pathetic." Jamie was disgusted.

"I think you should go," He got up and moved to the front door opening it and motioned it for him to get out.

"So testy Reagan," Adam stood up and moved to the door slowly. "She doesn't need you; she needs a man not a boy in a police uniform."

"You are no man Hillgar, getting good cops canned, a bully, they're rumors they are facts!" Jamie was furious, how dare he tell him that he wasn't good enough for Eddie. Adam gave him a scowl, the friendly smile he came in with was long gone. As he reached the door, he stood face to face to Jamie.

"You should have well enough alone," Jamie wondered what he meant but in an instant he got his answer. He had the wind knocked out of him as the cold slender metal entered his stomach. Adam pulled the knife out and Jamie quickly brought his hands to the knife wound, blood quickly filled his hands. Adam kicked the door shut as Jamie stumbled towards the kitchen, his off duty weapon was on the kitchen counter but Adam was quick. He grabbed Jamie's shoulder and whipped him around throwing Jamie against the sink and shoving the knife into his flesh again in his stomach. Jamie was not going down without a fight; with what strength he had he shoved Adam away and grabbed at the knife as Adam tried to plunge it again, his fought him over it and was even able to cut Adam's arm. It was a short live victory, Adam quickly over powered him and was able to get Jamie in the arm, with exhaustion Jamie fell to the ground and began to push himself away from Adam.

"You are weak, she needs someone strong and you are only getting in the way." Adam watched as he pulled himself to the couch, he chuckled at his sorry attempt to escape. Jamie pulled on the cord to his lamp, sending it clattering to the ground, he threw everything from the coffee table and pushed over a shelving unit; maybe if someone heard him they would call for help but Adam caught on and quickly moved to him. He kicked Jamie on his back, Stepping on his wrists to pin him down. Adam pushed on one of the stab wounds causing Jamie to groan in pain.

"Admit it Jamie, you aren't good enough for her."

"Go… to hell," Jamie spat at him; Adam backhanded him, slicing his face slightly in the process.

"You're a poor excuse for a man and a cop, "He raised the knife again this time hitting him the chest, felt his breathing become constricted, panic set in. His body was shutting down and fighting back was now becoming harder. "Tell you what Reagan, let me just do everyone a favor." With a quick movement, he struck twice more before being satisfied that he had done enough damage. He slowly stood up and wiped the knife clean that with a cloth he kept in his back pocket. With one last attempts Jamie grabbed Adam's ankle and gauged it with his nail, Adam just kicked him off and made his way to the counter, taking Jamie's gun. Jamie felt his eyes grow heavy part exhaustion, part blood loss; he breathing rattled as blood slowly made its way into his chest.

"Like I said Reagan you should have left well enough alone." He gave him a wicked smile before he quietly closed the door behind him. Jamie laid on the floor, his body not allowing him to move or even call out for help, it was only a matter of minutes before he lost consciousness, bleeding out, no one knowing what happened, no one looking for him.
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Tears fell down her face, she felt physically ill, and the man before her now was a sick and psychotic man. Jamie had gone through hell, she could not begin to imagine how scared he was, just hearing it she was terrified.

"You're disgusting; a sick man."

This may be true but we were meant to be, I did what I had to do." Eddie let out a sob as Adam stroked her cheek, the gun still pointed at her chest, Jamie's gun. "We are free to be together, you and I, and that's just what we are going to be." He yanked her up off her couch by the arm and towards the door.

"Where are you taking me," She squirmed in his grasp.

"Home," He replied with a crazed smile, she knew she had to get out or else she was going to be killed.