Title: Till Death do us Part
Chapter 28 – Intervention!

A/N: So glad you all are enjoying this story so far! As a reminder to trolls/flamers/haters after 28 chapters this story's main focus is Kelly/Erin as a couple and that isn't going to change. Any/all ugly/rude/flaming comments about them/this story will be removed (latest troll you know who you are). If you don't like this story/pairing please be mature and just find another to read. To everyone else supporting thanks so much!


Then without warning…David strikes Kelly with angry force.

David of course has nothing to lose and so strikes at Kelly with added force; bringing the heavy piece of iron down on his frame over and over as a small voice inside his head reminds him that he's going to jail for murder.

Kelly fights back as best he can; his incentive that of self-preservation and just trying to get the upper hand and get control of David and hold him down until the cops arrive. He tosses back a few punches and kicks, the two of them smashing into a large piece of wooden furniture and then through an interior glass door; shards of wood and glass cutting his skin and inflicting a bit more pain on top of already fresh bruises.

His brain tries to clear the ringing from his ears long enough to try to discern if those new sounds are police sirens or something else inside him is yelling for the fighting to stop.

But David doesn't give up and returns the blows. However, Kelly, hearing Courtney's pleas for help in his emotional tense brain, comes back at him with renewed force and starts pounding on David with renewed strength. That is until a few seconds later when Erin and Jay bust through the front door and instantly break up the fight.

"Kelly!" Erin shouts as Jay charges toward David, the two of them tumbling toward the opening of the kitchen doorway. Just as David raises the fireplace iron to strike Jay when he hears Erin yelling at him to stop and then looks up to see her standing a few meters away with her gun trained on him. "Use that thing again and I will shoot."

"It's…over," Kelly wheezes as he lifts himself up onto one elbow, Erin quickly dropping to her knees at his side. "David…killed…Courtney."

"What?" Erin asks in shock as Emma Harris appears.

"It's true. David did it," she offers in firm remorse. "He knew her neck was snapped."

"Call…Holloway."

"She's on her way. So are the paramedics," Emma replies as she watches Jay cuff her brother and then drag him toward the front door.

"You should have just let it rest!" David hisses at Emma as Kelly glares at him and then makes a move before he pulls himself back.

"Rot in jail you child killer!" Kelly growls as Jay drags him out of view; Kelly turning back to his wife with a heated expression. "I was winning," he offers dryly.

"I see that. What did you do to yourself," Erin whispers as she takes the soft cloth from Emma Harris and then starts to gently wipe away the fresh smattering of blood from his nose and lip.

"I'm…okay," Kelly grunts as he tries to sit up.

"That cut on your head looks pretty nasty Kelly," Emma mentions as Kelly looks up at her in distress. "Sorry it came to this. I uh…I never expected him to get violent."

"He's going to jail for murder," Erin states calmly. "He was desperate."

"I know…I should have called. He just…he mixed me up," Emma huffs. "Plus I never thought…never wanted to believe he was capable of killing…his niece. He…he loved her. At least…I thought he did."

Both Erin and Kelly trade anguished glances as they hear the ambulance arrive and then Holloway's voice asking where Kelly Severide is.

"Kelly, are you ok….ay?" Bianca Holloway asks as she rounds the corner and then stops short as she looks at Erin helping Kelly get up to his feet. "Wow, you're a mess?"

"Thanks."

"And…detective…"

"Severide," Erin answers confidently as Holloway's brows rise in wonder.

"Right. Why are you working my case?"

"My partner and I were working another case in the area when the 911 call came through."

"Okay."

"My…brother did it," Emma utters in misery as Holloway nears Emma Harris.

"Okay. Ms. Harris I'll need your statement and Kelly, go home and clean up. I'll get your statement later."

"Okay."

Holloway watches Kelly's arm drape around Erin's shoulders and then slowly limp toward the front door and outside into the cool night air.

"Erin…"

"Matt told us what happened. That Holloway asked you to come and see Emma Harris. That she wasn't answering her phone."

"Matt's…quite the source…of gossip," he smirks which comes across as a grimace.

"Kelly…"

"Hurts to laugh."

"You might have a few broken ribs," Erin tells him in concern as they near the ambulance.

"I've got him," Dawson tells Erin as she and Brett start to tend to Kelly who's less than thrilled to be being fussed over. "You should go to the ER and get an x-ray."

"I'm fine. Nothing's broken," Kelly insists with a small huff as Dawson's lips purse.

"He will go to the ER…on the way home," Erin interjects as Kelly's lips just purse. "You're a bloody mess."

"I need to give my statement and then…" he stops as he looks at his wife with a broken expression. "I want her to have Courtney's pendant. Holloway owes her that."

As much as she wants to protest, after all that just happened she knows she can't. Kelly was right. Emma Harris needed it for closure and she knows it'll also help Kelly close the case for good.

"Okay," she agrees as she looks at Dawson and Brett with a small shrug.

Kelly watches Holloway exit the house and gives Erin's hand a squeeze before he hops off the stretcher and then slowly limps toward detective Holloway.

"She's…raw."

"All that pain's just come back and now with David…" Kelly's voice pauses as he looks at Holloway with a frown. "I was wondering…since the case is closed if I could give the pendant to Emma. She should have it. It belonged to Courtney and you don't need it anymore. David confessed. Please."

"Okay."

"Thank you."

Kelly takes the pendant from Holloway and then slowly heads up the stairs and into the Harris home; where Emma greets him with a teary-eyed expression. "I'm so sorry," he tells her as he gives her a warm hug and then shows her the St. Nicholas pendant.

Emma takes the piece of jewelry and breaks down once more, but still manages a teary, "thank you," before her knees start to buckle and Kelly helps her toward the waiting couch and helps her sit down.

"Don't think you should be alone tonight."

"Going to pack a few things…and go to my sisters."

"Okay good."

"Sorry he hurt you."

"Ah…my head's pretty hard," Kelly replies with a smile as he gives her another hug. "Call if you ever need anything."

"I will."

With that Kelly slowly stands back up and then slowly heads back outside, where the ambulance had left and only his wife was waiting for him. "I promised I'd take you to the ER," Erin tells him as he nears. "Come on."

"Yeah."

On the ride to the hospital, Kelly tells her all about what happened and then Erin adds the parts of why her and Jay were in the area and got to the call so fast. But for the most part he goes silent and Erin doesn't feel like pressing the issue until they get home.

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"I'll take it from here."

"Knew nothing was broken," Kelly gently grimaces as they slowly head for her car to go home.

"He attacked you with a fireplace iron, and he was a pretty big guy. They had to be sure. Good thing they also x-rayed your hard head," Erin adds lightly as Kelly just gives his wife a small head shake.

"Gonna have a shower…" he pauses as Erin looks at him in wonder.

"We need our own place."

"You have one more shift tomorrow and then you're off right?"

"Yeah. We'll go on Wednesday," Kelly agrees as they head into his apartment, so he can shower, change and then just relax. With Matt still on shift and staying at the Firehouse, Erin had enough things at his apartment so comfortably spend the night and with Kelly hurting, both physically and emotionally, she didn't want to disrupt him too much.

But when she hears him utter a small groan of pain and slowly heads for the bedroom and pauses in the doorway. Her eyes instantly fix on the purplish marks on his back and her breath sucks in; but as soon as he turns to face her with watery eyes her heart breaks. A few seconds later it shatters when a single tear escapes tormented sapphire pools and slowly slides down his flushed cheek.

"Oh Kelly," Erin whispers as she nears him and gathers his shaking frame in her warm embrace. One hand rests on his bare back and the other on the back of his head as it rests on her shoulder. "I'm sorry."

"He killed…" Kelly stammers as he pulls back and looks at her with a flushed face. "She was a child! He snapped her neck! Her damn uncle…her…Uncle. She trusted…him!" He growls in anguish as Erin's brow furrows and her fingers tenderly brush away another stray tear.

"So sorry…"

"Yeah I uh…I should shower."

"Come here," Erin entreats as she takes his hand and the two of them walk a few steps and sit down on the bed.

"If you hadn't come when you did…I might have killed him. To think about him…snapping her neck because he was…he was mad and she…she…" his voice breaks as he looks up at Erin in distress. "You were right."

"About what?"

"Dropping the case. I should have just let Holloway do her thing. How do you deal with these…cases."

"This one was personal for you Kelly," Erin reminds him tenderly as his fingers intertwine with hers. "Wish I could make it better."

"I remember…sitting by the lake and just praying they'd find her hiding out somewhere…under a tree or bench or something. Just…never suspected he took her…" his voice breaks as he looks at her with a tight lipped smile. "I should shower."

"Let me tend to those cuts after?"

"Sure."

Kelly gives Erin's hand a small squeeze before he slowly stands up; offering a small grunt before he heads toward the dresser, pauses and then turns back to her with a distressed frown. "She didn't…deserve to die."

"I know."

She watches him enter the bathroom and close the door; her eyes instantly watering as she hears a soft sob that he tries to stifle but is unable. "Kelly," she whispers in misery as she remains fixed in place on the bed. The wait before the water turns on is a bit longer than expected and for a few seconds she's tempted to ask him if all is okay but foregoes that in the knowledge that he might need a bit of quiet time. So waits. A few moments later, the water turns on and she finally pulls herself up and heads into the kitchen to make something warm to drink, not sure if he even feels like eating.

Kelly looks at his roughed up reflection in the mirror and curses the night's events as he remembers David so casually admitting to the crime…'snapped her neck..' a few seconds later his fists ball and he's tempted to punch the mirror but he pulls back a few seconds later, takes a deep breath and then turns on the water; hoping to wash away some of the pain of the night.

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"Wasn't sure if you wanted something to eat," Erin starts as she hears Kelly entering the kitchen about half hour later and then turns to look at his roughed up appearance with a small frown. "Holloway was right…you look like hell."

"Feel it," he agrees as he nears her and offers her a kiss to the top of her head and then looks down with a small frown. "How about we just order in something?"

"Chinese?"

"It's the little boxes right?" He counters forcing her to smile and nod. "Sure. Whatever you want."

"Any other cuts?" She asks, eyeing this dark tee-shirt.

"No…just bruises. Scar," he points to the small butterfly bandage on his head; a little souvenir from his trip to Chicago Medical. "Had her body never been found…he would have gotten away with murder," Kelly ponders as they slowly head into the living room to wait for their meal to arrive.

The two of them sit in silence for a few moments, watching the TV, Erin's head resting on his shoulder, their hands still clasped and resting on his thigh.

"I hope Emma takes some real time to grieve now…or talk about it."

But as soon as the words escape her lips, Erin's expression cringes and her body tenses; prompting Kelly to look over in haste. "Sound like a hypocrite. I kept Nellie bottled up and…Nadia."

"I kept Shay bottled up as well and should have told you about this case from the start," he admits with a small huff. "I'm glad there is closure now. After all this time."

"Yeah."

"Erin…"

"I still feel to blame for Nadia's death. Kelly, it was because of me. What happened to Courtney was horrible. Even Nellie…but at least others were to blame. Nadia…was my fault."

"Dawson told me that she uh…she traded places with Shay at Shay's insisting," Kelly confesses as Erin looks up at his distressed expression.

"I didn't know."

"She told me a few weeks back. I don't blame her. I blame…the guy who did it but still…" his voice dies out as there's a knock at the door. "I'll get it. Paper plates?"

"Can't we just eat from the boxes?" Erin retorts lightly.

Their meal is somewhat strained but they pick at it slowly and talk a bit more about the case, Holloway's handling of it, Nellie's last wishes and a few other emotional tight things. But going to bed with such distressed thoughts makes for a restless night for both so that when they awaken the next morning, neither are as refreshed as they wanted.

"Okay so tomorrow, we'll be going to…" Kelly starts only to hear a knock on their door early the next morning and trade wondering glances. "Probably Matt. Maybe he thinks…"

"We're swinging from the ceiling naked?" She lightly laughs as his smile widens.

"We weren't swinging from…oh," Kelly starts with a slight smirk, thinking it was Matt but then stopping short when he opens the door and looks at Voight, looking back him with a serious expression. "Thought you were Matt?"

"Is something wrong?" Erin asks in haste as she nears.

But before either Kelly or Erin could say another word, another familiar face appears.

"Benny?" Kelly questions in shock. "What's going on? Is Matt okay? What's happened?"

"You two had breakfast yet?" Benny asks his son.

"Yeah, we just finished. What's going on?" Kelly presses with a bit of agitation.

"The teams are fine. We're both doing this…for you," Voight confesses as Kelly's brow furrows.

"This…early?" Erin counters to Voight directly.

"Get your jacket and come with us."

"Okay," she agrees as she looks at Kelly who shrugs.

"Where are we going?" Kelly inquires as they all enter the hallway; Kelly locking the apartment door behind them.

"You'll see," Benny replies with a small smile. "Trust me…I think it'll help."

"Help what?"

"Help you both with your losses."

"What? How?"

"You'll see."


A/N: ah okay so you knew the intervention was coming but where are they going? And how will that turn out? and wanted to keep the fight scene mostly canon but with Erin/Jay breaking it up instead of Emma. So one small arch closes but another big one is about to start so please do review before you go and thanks so much!