I can't believe I'm on chapter 9! This is crazy! I love this story! Sorry I haven't been able to update, I've had a lot going on. Thanks to those who have kept reading & reviewing. You're amazing!

Halstead and Lindsay circled the room. It was bigger than either of them thought. Halstead had no idea why Olinsky didn't put Antonio in charge…and by all means, he should have. Besides Olinsky, Dawson was the one who had been on the team longest…hell, he even brought Jay on.

So why had Olinsky put Jay in charge?

Either way, this was his chance to prove himself, and he wasn't going to let O or Voight down…or Antonio once he thought about it.

Then they heard the shots, and they started running. Just as Roderick came running out.

Roderick and Halstead faced each other.

"Guess this is the end of the line for us." Dylan said, and held out his hand.

"Guess so. Thank you." They shook hands and Roderick hugged Lindsay, who also thanked him.

And he was gone.

Halstead led to the shoot out…

Only by the time they had arrived, the gang was down.

They saw Voight in the middle with a gun…and one arm handcuffed.

Then they saw Olinsky putting another clip into his gun…with two already on the floor.

Casey and Severide's guns were smoking too.

Jay wondered if Casey had ever fired a gun before…it looked like he was shaking.

Then they saw Dawson…also reloading another clip.

"That was your plan all along, wasn't it?" Halstead said standing up and walking over to Alvin.

Olinsky smiled, "You know, you're not as slow as some people think you are."

Everyone smirked…

Well, everyone except for Halstead. "Who thinks I'm slow?"

"Well, if you're not, what took you so long to get here?" Voight asked.

"The mansion is huge!" Halstead yelled.

"Let it go, Jay…" Lindsay said, laughing from behind him. "We got 'em…and they didn't want us fighting in our 'condition' anyway. They underestimated both of us."

How was a guy supposed to argue with that?

"Where's D?" Voight asked.

"He got away." Halstead said.

"You let a fugitive get away?" Halstead was smart though, and picked up on what Voight was doing.

"He was quick. We fought, but he was quick." He stayed calm.

"There were two of you!"

"Yeah, he kinda knocked me out…" Lindsay put a hand up behind her head for emphasis.

And Voight turned and shot the guy who was trying to hide the fact that he was still alive.

"Not that that conversation mattered much. Nice work you two. I'll see you back at the station." Voight turned around and they radioed for CSU to come out.

After an extremely long and painful process, most of them were finally cleared to go back to their stations.

"Hey, Erin, who are you riding with?"

Halstead looked up from where he was in the ambulance and saw Severide running toward Erin…who was headed toward him.

"Oh, I was going to go with Voight." She replied, shortly.

"The truck has more room…" Severide teased.

Erin laughed, "No, thanks...I don't need more room if I want to be comfortable taking a nap on the road."

"You won't have that long to nap?" he retorted.

"Yeah, I know…but I'll still be comfortable while closing my eyes."

"Oh..alright…hey, are you okay?" he grabbed her arm so she could look him in the eye.

Halstead went to move, but suddenly Voight was beside him, "Don't. She'll hate you if you step in."

Halstead stayed.

"Yeah, thanks to Jay and Dylan."

Thanks to Jay and …

Thanks to Jay

Thanks to Jay

Those words were ringing in Jay's head, and he could feel his heart beating faster. He just hoped Voight couldn't hear it.

"Well, that's good, then…I guess. I'll…uh…see you around." Severide put an awkward hand through his hair…or what little of it there was…and didn't even wait for her reply.

"Yeah..I, um..guess?" she watched him walk away.

Jay might've had a bullet in his shoulder, which he had forgotten about until about two seconds ago when his adrenaline started wearing off, but he felt as though he could do about two million gymnastics tumbles.

And Jay Halstead didn't do gymnastics.

She had turned down Severide though, and that's what counted.

Now Jay figured he had the best shot in the world.

When Voight was called to talk with CSU, Halstead took his chance. "Hey, do you…do you think I could come over tonight to see Kyle?" He ran a hand through his hair.

"To see Kyle or me?" Lindsay narrowed her eyes at him.

"Aw, come on, Linds…haven't I seen enough of you today?"

Lindsay's mouth dropped, but she quickly smiled. "With a comment like that? Though I suppose I wouldn't suspect anything less…I'm not too sure with your shoulder though."

"Come on…I can handle it."

"Alright…but only after you get out of the hospital."

Either she knew better than to argue with him, she didn't feel like arguing with him, or she wanted him to come over.

Halstead hoped it was the latter.

"Looks like it clotted." The EMT said.

"Yeah, it's kinda been a while since I got shot." Halstead replied.

"Guess I shouldn't expect anything less from Intelligence, huh?"

Jay laughed, "I supposed." Then winced. Whatever she did, it sort of hurt.

"Sorry, but I gotta bandage ya up."

"Ms., you should probably get looked at too." The EMT said looking up at her.

Erin walked over to the EMT, who began telling her it would be in her best interest to go to the hospital.

"I don't need to, but thank you." Erin smiled, but it was short-lived as Voight walked over.

"You go if they say you go; you got that?" Voight looked at her, furrowing his eyebrows.

Erin rolled her eyes, "No, dad. I do not need to go. I'm fine. Are you going on an ambulance?" She smiled as Voight's eyebrows shot up and he walked away. He couldn't make her go if he wasn't going himself. She followed him to the car.

Halstead was slightly wincing as the EMT was helping him.

"Lay back." The EMT told him.

He did so. He knew he would have to go to the hospital. He just hoped they would release him tonight. Was that too much to ask for?

"What a day." Ruzek said, shaking his head.

"What about it?" Olinsky asked.

"Jay and Erin get kidnapped. Roderick turns out to be undercover. Jay gets shot. Voight gets shot…"

"That's the job. But I wouldn't consider getting grazed getting shot. And from the looks of it, Voight doesn't either.

The EMT had already stitched him up on sight after he refused to go to the hospital himself.

Jay's wound, however, was a through and through. They needed to take him to make sure he didn't have any permanent damage.

"Is there any chance I can be released tonight?" Halstead asked.

The EMT almost laughed. "You Intelligence think you're invincible. You have a through and through. They'll need to make sure there's no permanent damage. So you're probably not going to get out for a couple of days at least."

Halstead rolled his eyes as the EMT pushed him back once more. Other EMTs came over to help, and they put Jay in the back and closed the doors. Erin had gotten into Voight's car. She needed to get home. Nicole had been there long enough, and Kyle … well, who knows what Kyle was doing or thinking.

Halstead lay in his hospital bed…he was just staring at the ceiling. There was nothing good on to watch, and he didn't have a roommate…not that he would talk to him or her if he did.

Fortunately for him, that's when Lindsay walked in.

And she had Kyle with her.

"Hey, buddy!" Halstead said, attempting to sit up.

"Don't hurt yourself, Halstead." Lindsay joked.

"Hi, Uncle Jay."

"What are you doing here?"

"He wanted to come visit his uncle."

Halstead gave her that look that he didn't believe her, and she stuck her tongue out at him. Meanwhile, Kyle ran over and lightly hugged Jay.

"Uncle Jay, when do you get to go home?"

"Soon, I hope, buddy."

"Jay?" asked a nurse walking in.

"Yes," Halstead said, sitting up.

"You're going to be cleared to go tomorrow."

"Really?" Jay asked, furrowing his brows.

"Yeah, bullet missed anything vital. You've lost a lot of blood, but we should be able to get that back into you, you're O+. Technically, you could be free to go tonight, but we're going to keep you overnight for observation." She smiled and left the room.

"Wow…look at you." Erin said.

"Yeah." It was then that Halstead looked at his shoulder. He was stitched up, and there was hardly any pain now.

"Careful, Jay," Lindsay scolded as though she had read his mind, "you're probably on some painkillers."

He smiled, "If I was on drugs, you would know."

Erin's eyes grew wide and she raised her eyebrows, but she let the conversation die there.

Just then, Erin heard, "Gdad!" and both Erin's and Jay's faces grew pale. Voight was at the hospital, and he had already seen Kyle.

"Hey, buddy, what are you doing here?" Voight said, lifting him up.

"Mommy wanted to come see Uncle Jay."

"Oh, did she now?" Voight was holding Kyle with one hand as Erin came walking out of Jay's room.

"Alright, come on, buddy, we're going to go home now."

"Sorry, we wanted to get out of the house…"

"What are you sorry for?" Voight asked, handing the toddler to her.

"Um…that I was visiting Jay?" Erin stuttered.

"Yeah, and? He's your partner, I expected nothing less. But you should be at home, getting some sleep."

Erin rolled her eyes again and walked away.

"How ya holdin' up?" Voight asked, walking into Jay's room.

Halstead shrugged, "I'm still in one piece…"

Before he could continue, Voight said, "Barely."

Halstead looked at him, "Yeah, I know…I'm sorry.."

"Damn…" Voight interrupted again, standing up. "Why do you two think you always have to apologize to me? Halstead, you did nothing wrong. You have nothing to apologize for. In fact, I came here to congratulate you."

Halstead furrowed his brows, "Congratulate me?"

"Yeah, you idiot. You managed to keep a cool head, in spite of all you and Erin were going through. You managed to get her out of there…alive. You managed to keep going even with a bullet hole through your arm. And I never thought I'd have to be giving you a pep talk in a hospital."

"Well, that makes two of us." Halstead said, smirking. "Thanks."

"You deserve it…and…I think…" Voight wasn't sure why he was having trouble saying this, but he immediately regretted it as soon as Halstead's face lit up and he saw his smile in anticipation of what Voight was going to say.

Voight sighed, shrugged, and just spit it out, "I think it would be okay for you and Erin to date. Just keep it professional at work, and we won't have a problem."

Even though Voight had said the word 'date' with venom, Halstead got the gist, but he furrowed his brows, "Thanks…"

"Lemme guess, you weren't going to come for my permission?"

Halstead shook his head, "Nice guess…and no, not really. We're adults, and technically, she's not your daughter…"

"Watch your step, there, kid." Voight said.

"…But, you're our boss, and I'd rather have your approval than sneaking around…though, that does have a sort of adrenaline rush…"

"Shut. Up. Halstead." Voight warned.

Just then, Halstead was quiet, and looked at Voight, "I can't. I'm on meds."

Voight let out a small laugh and shook his head, standing up, "You couldn't even if you weren't on meds…" And with that he left the room.

Kinda boring, but at least I summed up the first event. There's another one to come shortlyyy please stick around! And keep reviewing! Next chapter should be up soon.

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