Helloooooooo! Ok, so here's the scoop. This is a total revision. You will recognize a lot of it but I had to change a couple things since what I had written was making it hard to end it like I wanted. If you read it before, I hope you still like it.
I have to admit, this story has been the bane of my existence! I just don't have the discipline, patience or time for these multi-chapter stories. Kudos to you that do! After I finish Target and Jay, I will just stick to my one shots.
Ok, that's it. Without further adieux, I give you, Assigned Experiences REVISED…
P.S.
I don't own anything in regard to Chicago PD except my love for the show and it's characters. I am all about happy endings...it might not look like it but we'll get there eventually.
Subject warning: Implied rape, PTSD, self harm, torture.
CHAPTER 1
Al's POV
The ambulance took Jay to University Hospital even though we wanted him to go to Med. University was closer and the paramedics were worried about Jay being combative. They couldn't safely sedate him again with a head injury and if he woke up they didn't want him to go off in such a small space - on wheels.
That's why we found ourselves in front of some random doctor giving us a rundown on Jay's condition in an unfamiliar waiting room. It's kind of sad, when you think of it, that any waiting room would be deemed 'familiar' but I guess that's something that comes with the job. Erin had arrived as soon as the doctor started talking. She gives Voight a dirty look for sending her on what turned out to be a wild goose chase with Burgess and Roman, when she could have been with the rest of the team when they found Jay.
"Detective Halstead is going to be okay. No internal injuries. Besides the multiple contusions, he has a good number of taser burns (?) covering his body." With this statement the doctor looks at Voight for confirmation and receives the Voight "affirmative grunt" in return. "His left shoulder and forearm have deep contusions but no broken bones. He has hairline fractures to three ribs on his left side, a grade 3 concussion that will need to be monitored, so we will be keeping him at the very least, overnight. He has a subconjunctival hemorrhage…" He sees the look of fear on our faces and continues, "…it sounds scarier than it is - it's a broken blood vessel in his eye, which is why his left eye is bloody. It will dissipate in a couple of days. He has a slight sprain and 60 stitches in the ankle from the cuffs during the struggle. These will need to be monitored for infection.
Antonio exhales an angry "Jesus."
The doctor continues, "We still have him sedated. He started to struggle again during the CT and we had no other choice than to sedate him. Given his injuries, he's going to be in quite a bit of pain so I've written an order for morphine to control his pain when he comes out of the sedation."
"When can we see him?" Which really means, 'I want to see him right now!' when Erin asks it.
"We are waiting for a room to become available. I'll have the nurse get you when they move him." With that he makes his exit and we return to our seats. I'm sure we are all thinking the same thing; relief that Jay is okay and worry over how he reacted when we tried to free him from the cuffs. Ten minutes later we hear footsteps running down the hall. Ruzek sticks his head out and waves at, I'm assuming Will, to let him know where we are. Will and Dr. Rhodes burst through the door moments later.
"Is he okay? What the hell happened?" Panic is written all over Will's face. He's not in "doctor" mode right now, hasn't been since Voight called him almost 24 hours ago when Jay first went missing. For now Will's in "freaked out brother" mode. Antonio speaks up. He starts with what the doctor just said and moves on to how they found Jay.
"We got a lead on Flen, the suspect. It panned out. We were able to not only confirm who he was but where he lived and worked."
Ruzek takes over; "We broke the door down and found Jay unconscious, Flen standing over him with a taser. When he went to tase Jay again, Voight shot him. Jay was tied to a chair, naked, except for a sheet over his lap…"
"He's dead, the guy?"
"Ya, Will he's dead. He can't hurt Jay anymore."
Ruzek continues, "…when Jay was coming to, he started to panic as soon as we started to uncuff him. We had got his arms free and one of his legs when he really lost it. You could tell he was badly injured and probably in a lot of pain based on the bruises, burns and cuts on his body. He was still sort of confused and out of it yet he fought all 5 of us, while his foot was still hooked to a chair. It took all of us to subdue him enough so he wouldn't hurt himself more. He still struggled the whole time. We could barely hold him until the ambo got there and paramedics could sedate him."
Erin listens, hand over her mouth in disbelief. This is all new information to her since she wasn't on the raid.
Towards the end of Ruzek's story, Rhodes leaves the group and approaches the doctor that treated Jay. Seconds into the conversation Rhodes was getting upset. Then everyone turned their attention to Rhodes when he yelled, "Are you fucking kidding me? Why didn't you?" Rhodes glares at the doctor as he remains silent. "It's protocol. Do it!" Will heads down the hall to Rhodes as the University doctor leaves, looking intimidated. Rhodes says something and Will looks stunned, then collapses into a crouch, grabbing his head like he's doing everything he can to keep it in place while he stares at the floor. Rhodes puts his hand on Will's shoulder but he springs back up and storms outside. Only stopping long enough to put his fist through a wall on the way there. Voight leaves the group, heading towards Rhodes but looking after Will. We all look on, stunned. Will is usually mild mannered and calm, even if the shit's hitting the fan. Atwater says what we are all thinking, "what the hell?!"
"What's going on Rhodes. What are they keeping us?"
"They aren't keeping anything from you, except their stupidity, which they are only now aware of." He hangs his head and sighs, "They didn't do a rape kit Voight. They should have done a rape kit." Voight stoically takes this in. A gravelly "Hmph" is the start of his reply. "They're doing one now?" Rhodes only nods. "Good." Then, "Voight, I need you to take Will back to Med. We'll be there soon. I'm not leaving Jay here." Voight nods and walks out the door after Will.
Rhodes is at the nurses station being an asshole to the Attending Physician. He turns to us when we approach him, looking exasperated and like he is barely keeping his anger in check. Before we can ask, he lead us away from the desk and back to the waiting room. He huffs and says, "They didn't do a rape kit. They're doing one now and then we're transferring him to Med. I need you guys to head over. Voight is on his way there with Will." And then he just walks away into what, I am assuming, is Jay's treatment room.
Whatever anger we were keeping a lid on when Jay was first brought in has reached its boiling point. All we can do is glare at each other in our shared rage at what happened to Jay and what we are afraid might have also happened. Before any of us can unleash our mutual anger in a strange ER, we head over to Med, where they will understand our rage and join us in it.
