After a few more days in the hospital Jordan was finally going to be released into her father's custody. While Hank was filling out the discharge papers Dr. Charles and Will gathered the team around to talk with them.
"As you all know by this point Jordan has regression which means she has the mind of a toddler so during this time you're gonna have to have patience with her. She may or may not remember you so re introduce yourselves to her jog her memory a little bit". Dr. Charles said.
"Also keep an eye out for her injuries with her emergency C-section she'll need to heal and rest it's still uncertain if she'll remember and if she asks any question don't tell her the truth because that could cause her to have an episode". Will continued.
"Should we tell her anything about her life? If she ask?" Erin asked.
"I'd think that'd be wise just be careful what you tell her because if she gets upset that could cause an episode and we don't know what'll happen". Dr. Charles answered.
"What if she ask about...Justin? Then what do we tell her?"
They all knew that was a very touchy subject to talk about so they never mentioned it.
"Tell her that he went on a trip".
Erin couldn't hear anymore because she was getting very emotional, Jay then went after her. She ran halfway down the hallway before falling to her knees and began softly sobbing a minute later Jay was by her side hugging her but was careful with her arm and shoulder.
"It's alright Erin, before any of us know it Jo will be back to her normal self in no time". Jay tried to calm her down.
"T-this is all my fault Jay. Jordan wouldn't be like this if it weren't for me. We have to lie to her about Justin, we have to lie to her about her own brother. We shouldn't have to do that". Erin says choking on a sob.
"We lie to protect her, we do it any other time so why should now be any different?"
"Jordan has regression this time. She may or may not remember a lot from her life and we have to lie about some stuff. That's not fair".
"I don't like the idea but like Dr. Charles said if we tell her something about her life she could get upset and have an episode. We don't know what'll happen if she has an episode".
"I still feel this is my fault".
"Erin don't do this to yourself, none of this is your fault. We don't blame you, Jo doesn't blame you, Voight doesn't blame you".
"Look where we're at Jay. Jordan's in a hospital, she has the mind of a child, she was kidnapped and held hostage twice she almost died both times. She was pregnant and never knew it, Jo can't hold her child in her arms Jay. Charlie wouldn't have done what he did if it weren't for me".
"You couldn't have known any of that Erin. You didn't knew that he was still here, what he was doing or planning any of it. Don't put any of that on you what matters now is the facts, Jordan's alive and safe, Charlie's dead. For now the only important thing is to help Jo get back to her old self. After today I don't wanna hear you blame yourself anymore because it wasn't you're fault, it wasn't you're fault, Jo's fault, it was all Charlie and the bastard is dead let's move forward and help Jo".
Hank was finished filling out the discharge paper, Kim and Trudy were helping Jordan change into some regular clothes. The teen hissed when she felt pain but it subsided.
"You alright sweetie?" Kim asked.
"I'm ok. Thank you for helping me". Jordan says shyly.
"You're welcome honey".
"You're more than welcome sweetheart". Trudy said, tucking some hair behind her goddaughter's ear.
After a moment Hank knocked on the door and then entered. "Hey we all ready to go".
"I'm ready daddy". Jordan tells her father.
"All set Hank". Trudy tells him.
"Are we gonna go home?"
"Yes sweetheart we are and when we get there I want you to meet some of my friends". Hank says to her.
"You mean the people you work with?"
"Yup you're gonna meet them and some of my other friends".
"Are they nice?"
"Of course they are".
"Daddy is Justin gonna be at home too?"
Trudy and Kim's face saddened at her question, Hank felt his heart break into pieces. He felt his heart ache with pain he didn't have the courage or the heart to tell her the truth about Justin not now. Jordan saw their faces change and got concerned. Had she said something wrong? Was her brother at home?
"D-did I say something wrong? I'm sorry". Jordan stammered.
"No it's ok sweetheart. Justin he...he went on a long trip I'm not sure when he'll be back".
"I didn't mean to make you upset I'm sorry".
Tears were now burning in Jordan's eyes but Hank quickly went over to her and hugged her. "You didn't make me upset baby I promise. Let's go home now".
Hank hated having to lie to his little girl but to protect her from the truth he'd do it, he kept a protective hand on her shoulder as they walked out of the hospital room. The team looked on as they walked out they wanted to say something to the teen but decided not too. Dr. Charles and Sarah watched as they walked out but quickly caught up with them.
"Hank you got a sec". Dr. Charles said.
"Yeah". The older father then turned to his daughter. "Sweetheart you mind staying with Erin and the others for a couple minutes".
"Ok".
He smiled and kissed her head then sent her with the team, everyone gathered around her in a protective manner. Erin threw her good arm around the teen's shoulders in a protective manner. Hank had went to back to the psychologist he then noticed Will coming over and got a little concerned.
"What's up Daniel". Hank started.
"Hank you're gonna need a lot of patience with Jordan for a while. People with regression it's not an easy thing to handle many things she'll need help with again even if it's the smallest thing. Also avoid what you say because she can have a major meltdown and we won't know what'll happen during that time it could be good, it could be bad". Dr. Charles replied.
"She just asked about Justin, I can't tell her the truth not right now".
"I agree if she asks about him say he went on a trip".
"I just hate lying to her".
"To protect her from the truth it's the best thing".
"You're also gonna have to keep an eye on her, due to her having a c-section she could have some pain and if she has any you can give her painkillers. She may have some bleeding for a while. Walking is a good way to help and avoid some things". Will spoke.
Hank was trying to keep his cool he couldn't stand to see or hear his little girl in pain, Will put a hand on his friend's shoulder. "I'll come over every other day to check on her. Here's a prescription for percocet it's oxycodone it should help with her pain. As for the bleeding if she has any she should wear a pad and where the scar is it's sewed and glued so when she bathes let the water naturally open it don't scrub it. The glue fades away and you very gently clean it, but be careful with irritants in soap etc. The scar eventually goes down swelling wise. Some fade but some stay as a very visible discolored line".
"Thank you both of you".
"You're welcome". They said in union.
The older father walked out of the hospital going over to his team, Jordan was inside while they all stayed outside of the car.
"Everything good?" Antonio asked.
"Jordan's gonna need help for a while". Hank said.
"And we'll be there to help every step of the way". Erin spoke.
Everyone quickly agreed they wanted to make sure that Jordan was back to her normal self and would do whatever it took to get their surrogate sister back to normal. Erin and Jay had gotten in their car when she turned to him.
"Jay I'm gonna move in with Hank to help out with Jo she needs a lot of help and certain stuff I'll help out with". Erin told him.
"I understand stay as long as you need". Jay replied.
"You're not mad are you?"
"Why would I be mad? Erin she's like my little sister if I wanted I'd move in and help out too but what Jo needs right now is you and Voight and I'll be ok knowing that you're there helping our sister".
Erin smiled then they took off, everyone headed back to Hank's house. Antonio called his sister to get the firehouse crew together. The whole time Hank was driving he'd glance back to see his little girl who was still scared and confused all the teen did was watch the scenery pass by her after 10 minutes they arrived back to the house. The older father had gotten out first followed by Jordan he guided her inside, a few minutes after that the Intelligence team arrived with the firehouse crew and all headed inside. Jordan stood next to her father as she seen the people gathering around in the house she then hid behind him.
Hank then gently moved her back beside him.
"It's alright sweetheart they're not gonna hurt you. Remember I said you were gonna meet my friends. You already know Erin, Alvin, and Trudy". He then pointed to the members of his team first. "This is Jay Halstead his brother Will was your doctor".
"Hi Jordan nice to meet you". Jay said with a smile
Hank then continued and pointed to Adam next. "That's Adam Ruzek".
"Nice to meet you Jordan". Adam says giving her a small smile.
The next one Hank pointed to was Atwater. "That's Kevin Atwater. He has a brother and sister, his brother has the same name as you".
"Hey Jordan". Kevin spoke.
The next person was Antonio. "That's Antonio Dawson, his sister Gabby is right there she's a paramedic".
"Nice to meet you Jo". Antonio said.
"Very nice to meet you sweetheart". Gabby says.
Hank then pointed to Kim and Sean. "They are officers Kim Burgess and Sean Roman".
"Hey kiddo". Sean said.
"Hi sweetheart". Kim says.
He then pointed to the firehouse crew. "These are my other friends from Firehouse 51. This is Matt Casey. Joe Cruz. Brain or Otis as they call him. Christopher Herrmann. Stella Kidd. Gabby Dawson she's Antonio's sister. Kelly Severide. Randy Mcholland or Mouch, he's married to Trudy. Capp. Tony. And Chief Boden".
"Very nice to meet you Jordan". Matt says with a smile.
"Good to meet you kiddo". Kelly said next.
"It's a pleasure to meet you". Boden spoke.
Jordan then brought her hand up shakily waving it. "Hi. Nice to meet you. I'm sorry if I don't remember please don't be mad".
"Hey we're not mad sweetheart it's alright, we'll help you". Erin said gently.
"May I go to my room please?"
"Sure baby I'll check on you later". Hank tells her softly.
The scared teen then waved to everyone and went up to her room, she walked around her room and saw all the pictures but still had a hard time remembering her lip began quivering and a couple tears leaked from her eyes. Jordan then laid on the bed then hugged her pillow while softly sobbing. Why couldn't she fully remember everything? What was wrong with her? Everyone around her was sad because she couldn't remember so she was determined to get back to her normal self when she did remember everything and everyone. After a while Jordan slowly fell asleep clutching the pillow close to her chest.
The 51 crew left the house to head back to work, the Intelligence team stayed for a while longer. Erin and Jay left so she could get some stuff from hers and Jay's apartment. Hank was still sad and hurt about his little girl's condition he wanted her back to her normal self.
"Hey Jo will be alright, she'll have us to help her through this". Alvin says to his friend.
"She asked about….about Justin and I have to lie to her about that". Hank replies sadly.
"To protect her from the truth I'm sure we would to". Kevin spoke.
Sometimes Hank had to lie to Jordan to protect her from the cases and certain people but to lie to her about her life was something different. That was something he never thought he'd do. The rest of the team left the house giving Hank some time alone the older father went up to check on his little girl when he got to her door he looked in to see her fast asleep clutching the pillow, a sad smile appeared on his face when he realized it was Justin's pillow she was cuddling with he went inside the room quietly and covered her with the blanket. He then kissed her head and moved some hair off her head.
"You'll be back to normal soon Jo Jo". He whispered.
The older father then quietly left the room leaving the door cracked, Hank headed back downstairs as he poured himself a glass of whiskey as he sipped on it he saw the front door being messed with he then moved his hand to his gun and rested it there he was just about to draw it when Erin walked in holding a couple of bags.
"I'll head up to my old room and once I get settled we can talk". Erin said.
"Alright. Jo's asleep so try to be quiet as possible". Hank replies.
"You got it".
Erin carried her bags up to her old room and began unpacking, once she was finished she wanted to look in on her sister. A smile appeared on her face when she saw the teen fast asleep she then headed downstairs she saw her father figure on his second drink.
"You ok Hank?" She asked concerned.
"I don't wanna lie to Jo about her life but Dr. Charles said if we tell her certain things she could have a meltdown and we won't know how bad these will be. When she asked about Justin I knew I couldn't tell her she'd be crushed".
"Before I understood why we lie to her it was to protect from the truth it was kinda easy back then now it's hard. We shouldn't have to lie to her about her life but to protect her I don't see another choice here".
"Let's take it a day at a time this could be a temporary thing I don't know".
"Hank I'm so sorry-"
"Erin it's not your fault".
"I feel like it is none of this would have happened if I hadn't got mixed up with Charlie. He wouldn't have had Derek spy on Jo, he wouldn't have stalked her, almost killed her twice, he wouldn't have killed...Anna".
To hear his granddaughter's name killed him even more, this was one thing he didn't have the heart to tell Jordan. He covered his eyes to keep the tears in, when Erin saw her father figure in this much emotional pain it broke her heart. Nobody could have taken as much pain emotionally the way Hank has his whole life. All the people he lost, his father, Camille, Anna, Justin, Olive and Daniel, his granddaughter, he was close to losing the only person keeping him together it was all too much for the older man and when he cried it was a very rare sight. She gently took one of his hands into hers.
"We'll get through this together as a family, Jordan will have all of us to help her through this she won't be alone and neither will you. Whatever either of you need I'm here to help so will the guys and so will 51 I'm pretty sure Will, Natalie and a couple of other people at Med will help too".
"Thank you Erin".
"Anytime".
After a while of talking and drinking the two headed up to bed, before going to bed Hank checked in on his little girl one last time. Jordan was still fast asleep he went in to kiss her head and fix the blanket one last time.
"Sleep tight sweetheart". He whispered to her.
He then quietly left the room going to his. The time was going on 2 in the morning in the Voight household it was dark and quiet, everyone was fast asleep in their rooms. Jordan was in her room she was asleep but began whimpering as nightmares began to plague her dreams, soon she was tossing and turning she then screamed in her sleep. Hank and Erin awoke to hear Jordan screaming their drew their weapons heading to her room when they got to her door all they saw was the teen fighting in her sleep Hank handed his gun off to Erin while he ran inside the room. He gathered Jordan into his arms holding so she wouldn't hurt herself.
"It's alright Jo wake up sweetheart it's a dream, wake up baby wake up. It's alright, you're safe nobody's gonna hurt you". Hank soothed her.
Erin came back after putting the weapons back, Jordan was still fighting in her sleep but soon she came out of her dream state and felt a pair of familiar arms holding her she looked up through her blurry watery eyes to see her father holding her she fell against his chest and cried gripping some of his shirt.
"Shh it's alright sweetheart you're alright, it was a dream just a dream. You're safe baby we won't let nobody hurt you".
After a couple of minutes Jordan was calm and remained in her father's hold still gripping his shirt. "Don't let the bad man hurt us". She whispered.
Hank and Erin looked at each other with wide eyes when she had said that. Had she remembered Charlie?
"I won't let anybody hurt us baby I promise". Hank assured her.
"Jordy, the bad man do you remember what he looked like?" Erin asked.
"Dark hair I think, I'm not sure".
"It's alright sweetie he won't hurt us ever again".
Once Jordan was calm again and was back asleep Hank and Erin went to the hallway.
"How'd she remember him?" Erin asked quietly.
"You're guess would be as good as mine". Hank replied.
"We'll talk about this more tomorrow for now let's get some rest".
The two went back to bed, Hank was tossing and turning the rest of the night till he finally fell into an uneasy dreamless sleep. The older man was awoken by the sound of his alarm going off sighing he cut it off and got ready for the work day. He wore a long sleeve plaid t shirt, jeans, and his boots. Retrieving his badge and gun from the safe he then headed downstairs, Erin was making coffee and breakfast, Jordan wasn't awake just yet.
"Morning". Hank spoke.
"Morning Hank, coffee's ready and so is breakfast". Erin replies, sliding the plate and mug to him.
"Thanks".
"So what are we gonna do with Jo today? Take her with us or have 51 watch her?"
"She's gonna have to stay with me, due to her being on probation I wanna be able to keep my eye on her the first time she gets into trouble she goes to jail and that's not happening".
"Were you really gonna do it? Go to jail if Jo went?"
"Damn right I was, nobody isn't gonna take her from me. Not without putting up one hell of a fight".
Jordan awoke to see the sun shining through the curtains in her room she got up and quickly changed into a red tank top and blue short with her red converse she left her hair down so Erin could do it for her. Going down the stairs she saw her father and sister talking.
"Good morning". Jordan said.
The two adults looked over to see the teen dressed but left her long brown hair down.
"Morning sweetheart". Hank said.
"Morning Jordy, come eat something". Erin says.
She went over sitting down and began eating her eggs, as she ate quietly she was nervous to ask Erin if she could do her hair.
"Erin c-could you braid my hair please". Jordan's voice was soft.
"Of course I can honey, you want one braid or two?"
"One please".
Taking the brush Erin began to brush the teen's long brown hair, memories flooded back to the detective. She remembered doing Jordan's hair all the time when she was a little girl when the teen was old enough she started doing her own hair. After her hair was finished she set the brush down.
"All done".
"Thank you Erin".
"You're welcome sweetheart".
Hank smiled a little she may look like a teenager but for the time being she had the mind of a toddler, at least she had some innocence for the time. All the dishes were loaded into the dishwasher and the trio was good to head out, they headed out to Hank's SUV once they got inside they set off to the District.
"Daddy where are we going?" Jordan asked.
"Were going to the District sweetheart, that's where Erin and I work". Hank says, looking into the rear view mirror.
"I get to see where you work?"
"Yup you get to see where we work".
The two adults hadn't said anything to each other but had the same thought in their minds, 'If only she knew'.
During the car ride everything was normal Jordan sang to the radio, Erin and Hank made quiet talk. After a few more minutes they arrived to the District when Jordan had gotten out her eyes widened, in her mind her father never brought her to work to be there was fun. Hank had put a protective hand on his little girl's shoulder as they headed inside, Trudy was still in her sour mood when she glanced up to see her friends and her goddaughter a smile appeared on her face for the first time in weeks.
"Hey guys, hey Jo". Trudy greeted them.
"Hey Trudy". Hank say.
"Hi Trudy". Erin spoke next.
"Hi Aunt Trudy". Jordan said with a smile.
Hank took Jordan upstairs while Trudy kept Erin at her desk for a moment.
"How's Jo doing?"
"Not good, she has the mind of a toddler so we have to watch what we tell her because if we tell her something she could have a major meltdown".
"So is she going to jail or what's going on with that?"
"Jo's on probation, she'll remain in Hank's custody, she'll have to see Dr. Charles due to her mental state and Hank has to give a weekly progress report on her. If she stays out of trouble with the law she won't serve a day in jail but she gets in trouble once she'll serve time".
"What I wouldn't do to have a minute with those girls and their parents".
"You and me both".
Once at the top of the stairs the team was doing paperwork as always when Adam glanced to the stairs he saw his boss with Jordan.
"Hey look who's here. Hi Jo, I'm Adam from yesterday". Adam says with a smile.
"Hi". Jordan said shyly.
"It's alright Jo they're gonna gonna hurt you". Hank tells her.
Jordan looks to the rest of the squad and shyly waves to them. "Hi".
"Jo you mind waiting for me in my office for a second sweetheart".
"Ok".
Hank kissed her head and they watched as she walked to his office closing the door.
"Listen up. With Jordan being like this she isn't to be out of anybody's sight for any reason if Erin or I aren't here keep an eye on her". Hank tells the squad.
"What if we get a case?" Kevin asked.
"Trudy will watch her. I almost lost her twice I'm not counting for a third time. Also we're all gonna have to have patience with her she still may not remember some stuff so don't feel offended if she can't remember. Mainly watch what you say around her she's already had one meltdown I don't want to see another one we won't know what'll happen if she does have one".
"Got it".
Commander Crowley and Chief Lugo were walking inside the District heading upstairs, when Erin and Trudy saw the two enter they got concerned. Hank heard footsteps so he turned to see his bosses coming up.
"Commander, Chief, what can I do for you". Hank said to them.
"Can we go somewhere private to talk?" Crowley asked.
"This way".
The three headed to his office when the door opened it caught Jordan's attention, she looked to see her father with two other people she didn't know.
"Jo you mind going to the lounge sweetheart". Hank said.
"Ok". The teen replied.
Jordan left and once she was out of sight Lugo closed the door.
"What's going on". Hank started sitting down.
"First how's Jordan doing?" Crowley asked.
"She has regression, so she's having a difficult time processing things. Physically I think she'll be ok".
"We heard she's on probation". Lugo said.
"She is".
"That's not what we're here to discuss". Crowley cuts in.
"So what are we discussing exactly?"
"The murder of Charlie Pugliese".