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A/N: Thanks to everyone who left a review on the last chapter or gave it a fave/follow. So I've been sitting on this chapter for a little bit now but I've finally been able to finish it so enjoy.
Adam and Kim were standing in the roll-up Adam having fitted Kim with her mic hidden in the clutch she was carrying. Her hands were resting against his shirt and her thoughts were miles away.
"Darlin, you okay?" He rested his hands on her wrists, stopping the light tremor he felt under his fingertips.
"Yeah, I'm good." She looked up at him and smiled.
"You're lying." He said softly. "Talk to me."
"Two of our own in the ICU and one line of duty death." She trailed off. "How can you be so calm?"
"You're worried for the two of us." He rubbed her wrists with his thumbs. "It's going to be okay." He promised.
"And you have a crystal ball hidden somewhere you haven't told me about?"
"No, but I believe in our team." Kim's fingers started fixing the mic inside Adam's dress shirt.
"Let's just hope that's enough." Her fingers were working frantically to get the wire done properly and Adam slipped into a jacket lined with Kevlar, the only protection that would go undetected. He and Kim were going undercover to make a buy so they could put a stop to the attacks that were targeting officers all around the city of Chicago.
What Kim was wearing wasn't as easily protectable and would be too obvious, so she had to trust Adam and the rest of Intelligence to have her back during this case.
"I should be the one that isn't okay with this." His eyes gave her a once over. She was wearing a simple black dress with thin straps, the hem stopping mid-thigh. She was unprotected and that always left him nervous. He knew she could hold her own, but this buy, if everything went well, would take some Kevlar piercing bullets off the board and maybe they could stop losing some friends on the force in the same breath.
"I'll be fine. Just cover my ass." She smiled, turning on her heels and going to finish getting ready with Kevin.
"Covered." He exhaled sharply. He remembered saying that exact same word the day Kim had offered to go undercover for the first time with Intelligence.
"How's she doing?" Jay questioned him as he came down the stairs and looked at both Kevin and Kim.
"Nervous, a little scared I think." He fixed the cuffs of his shirt under his jacket.
"If I had barely any clothes on me, I'd be nervous too." He patted Adam's chest with a chuckle and went to Voight so they could make sure they were ready to go.
"Alright, everyone knows what they have to do?" Voight slipped his hands in his pockets.
"We're ready Sarge." Upton handed Adam the bag of cash. "Stay close Kim."
"I've got her covered." Adam placed a protective arm around her waist. Hailey's lack of faith in his ethics had been their problem during the mistake that was their relationship and he hated that she was insinuating that Kim couldn't hold her own. "You ready?" They locked eyes together and Kim tilted her head to the side and smiled at him. Kim had been detailed to Intelligence for almost four years now and regardless of their status, Adam worked as effortlessly with her as he did with Kevin.
"Good, let's roll." Voight gave the go and Adam helped Kim into the car before taking his spot behind the wheel.
Adam watched as her hands fiddled with her clutch. He placed his hands on hers and stilled her movement. He looked at her and smiled, stilling her breathing and her nerves. He linked his fingers with hers and the rest of the drive was silent, Adam settling into UC mode. When they parked in the alley behind the club, the loud music was vibrating through the walls.
"We're up darling." He extended his hand to help her out of the car and guided her through the crowd. The line-up wasn't long and it didn't take them all that much time get inside. Kim pulled Adam by the hand, pulling him towards the bar, a large smile on her face. She knew she'd have to up the flirting while she was there so being with Adam just made it easier.
"Come on baby." She ran her hands against his chest as her eyes roamed the room, Adam's still on her. "I want to dance." She made a pouty face, but Adam didn't budge.
"How about you order yourself a glass of wine while I do business." Adam didn't even try to be discreet when he lowered his hand to cup her ass, pulling her closer to him.
"How about you dance with me and I'll make it worth your while." She whispered against his lips, nipping at his bottom lip not so gently.
"Amber, baby, later." Adam spotted the seller they were coming to meet.
"Guess someone won't be getting any." She pulled herself away and flagged the waiter, ordering a glass of whiskey.
"Women can be quite difficult."
"She does enjoy the attention." Adam slipped his hands in his pants, squaring his shoulders, as Kim drank her glass while sitting on a stool, her legs crossed and showing entirely too much leg for his liking.
"If you play your cards right, you'll be able to give her a whole lot more attention." He smirked, watching Kim way to closely for Adam's liking.
"Let's make the deal then." He winked at Kim in a sign of assurance.
"Follow me." Kim watched Adam go towards the back of the bar and she ordered another drink, making her way towards the dance floor that was off from the room where Adam had disappeared behind. The only thing they had been able to fit her with was ears and she danced while she listened to the conversation in the back room.
Adam let the door slam shut behind him, his hands still deep in his pockets. They needed to make the buy before the rest of the team could make the pinch.
"Where's my merchandise?" The room was empty.
"Where's my money?" The other countered.
"If the merchandise is legit, you'll get your money." Kim knew what her cue was to bring the money in, so all Adam needed was to see the actual bullets. The guy signaled his second in command and two other guys came with crates. Adam raised on the other lids and the bullets were all lined up neatly in a row. He whistled and took one between his fingers.
"Impressive isn't it? Now bring me my money."
"Impressive indeed, like candy on Christmas." That's was Kim's cue to bring the money in.
"It's all there." She walked in with a small duffle bag, placing it on the table and taking her spot next to Adam. She was no longer acting as a clingy girlfriend. "The deal brings us mutual benefits."
"I love a woman who can hold her own."
"She can hold her own alright."
Rounds were fired in the back room, Adam pulling Kim behind him to protect her, but Intelligence swooped in quickly and made the arrests, Kim finally able to open her eyes. Adam had shielded her but when she opened her eyes, she found Adam on the ground, breathing heavily and blinking rapidly.
"Adam, baby, you're okay." She tried to asses any injury on him but she couldn't see anything. "Adam, what hurts?"
"Mfine." He tried to get up. "Just stings." Kim pressed a hand to his chest to keep him down.
"Take a few deep breaths and then we'll try to get you up." Clearly the wind had been knocked out of his lungs when the shooting started. A couple of minutes passed until she held him by the arm and helped lift him up.
"Hey Ruz, you okay? Kevin game back into the club from the back.
"Yeah, good." He held onto his side, trying to get his breath back but his knees buckled and Kim had trouble keeping him upright.
"Adam." She lowered him down slowly and started looking and touching him. She needed to find out where he was hurt. "What hurts?"
"Chest." Her fingers finally found the blood under his jacket. "Kev, we need an ambo." She lowered Adam on his back and kept both hands firmly planted on the wound. She could faintly hear Kevin's commands, but her attention was on Adam.
"Five minutes out Burgess. Hang in there dawg." Kevin kneeled down next to her, needing to give Kim as much support as she could take.
"You hear that Adam, five minutes, hang on." The next minutes were feeling like forever and Kim was pulled away from Adam's body while they worked on him.
"Meet us at Med, we've got him." Kim's hands were bloody, and her eyes were tearing up.
"Come on, let's go." Kevin guided her to his own car and they drove to Med.
"So, what are they saying?" Jay asked as they strode in.
"He's in surgery. Caught a bullet in his chest and side, right side." Her hands were still slightly stained with Adam's blood.
"He's tough, he'll pull through." Voight patted her shoulder.
"They said they won't know until they open him up."
"I'm sure he'll be fine." Hailey said with a soft smile.
"He'd probably be fine if you had waited before barging in that room." Kim had a fire in her chest right now for the way things had gone down, leading into the shooting while they were both in a vulnerable position.
"I did what I thought was right."
"But he never said the word for you to come in. We had it under control."
"I had a bad feeling and made a choice." She tried to defend herself to Kim.
"You ignored Adam's call, again." Kim growled. "You can't take the fact that he has great instincts and he knows how to do his job." Her voice was starting to rise. "You had to flash your rank again to justify you blowing the whole thing out of the water."
"If we had waited any longer, we would have lost them."
"And if you had waited just a little longer, Adam wouldn't be in surgery right now." She yelled in the middle of the waiting room, pushing hard on Hailey's chest with both hands.
"Come on Kim, let's go take a walk." Kevin reached for her forearm and gently prodded her backwards.
"You better be out of here by the time I get back." She let Kevin pull her away, Voight staying behind with Jay on the off chance that they would get news while she was outside. "He better pull through or I swear to God I'm going to kill her myself." She was pacing in her heals, Adam's coat jacket around her shoulders.
"He's too damn stubborn to go down so easily." Kevin pulled her into him, his large frame was shielding her from the rest of the world.
"He got hit protecting me." She mumbled into his chest.
"He'll always protect you, no matter what." He pulled away from her and held her at arms-length. "Always." She nodded, her voice caught in her throat. "Come on, let's go back in." He pulled her against his side and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. They walked back in and found Hank with Jay, both sitting in chairs, waiting.
"Any update?"
"Will said he was still in surgery but Rhodes told him it was text book at this point."
"Tell me we got everyone." Kevin knew that Adam would be pissed if he was shot for nothing.
"Upton and Antonio are back at the station doing the interrogations." Voight confirmed.
"You should go too." Kim told them. "I'll be okay by myself here." She looked at Kevin.
"I ain't leaving you here by yourself, don't even think about it."
"Stay with her, we'll keep you updated." The two stood and Jay pulled Kim in for a hug. They weren't that close but she appreciated the gesture.
"Just get those sons of bitches that shot him." She said as he released her.
"Promise." He placed a hand on her shoulder. "Hang in there."
"Thanks." She smiled at him and took a seat, staring at the floor.
"Try to not let her head go there." Voight could see the clogs turning in her head.
"Yeah." Kevin sighed as the two left, leaving to go sit next to Kim in the waiting room. "Hey, he's going to be fine." He placed his hand on her knee.
"He has to because our story can't end like this, not when I just got him back."
"Trust me, he'll fight to come back, he just got you back too after all." It had merely been a couple months they were back together and the dynamic had already changed in comparison to their first go at a relationship. Kim leaned her head against Kevin's shoulder as they waited for some news on Adam.
"Kevin, Kim." They both got up as Kim was dozing off lightly
"Tell me he's okay." Kim couldn't hold in place and her heart was thundering in her chest.
"It was a text book surgery Kim, he'll be just fine." Dr. Rhodes's smile was enough to relax her beating heart. "He's being settled in room 305 so you can go up there and sit with him until he wakes up."
"Thanks doc." Kevin shook his hand and guided Kim to the elevators. "Told you he'd fight." When they made it to the room, the nurse was coming out after taking his vitals
"You're good to go honey." The elderly nurse smiled at her.
"Thank you." She smiled back at her. "You coming Kev?"
"You go in, I'll go give Voight a call to say he's out of surgery." She nodded and walked in, pulling a chair next to Adam's bed.
"You've got to stop scaring me like that." She took his hand in hers, mindful of all the wires. "I can't have you dropping out on me, not so soon after we finally got back together" He somehow looked battered and frail in the bed compared to his usual, confident self and she hated it. She sat with him for about an hour before he woke up. "Welcome back."
"What happened?" He was clearly still groggy from the sedation.
"You went and had to play hero and get shot in the chest and in your side to protect me."
"I'd do it all over again." He coughed.
"Ruz, my man. You're awake." Kevin was happy to see his friend up.
"Thanks for looking out for her."
"Anything for the two of you. She's my girl, I always got her back." He patted Adam's leg.
"Did we get them?" Kim was playing with his fingers as he asked Kevin the question.
"Just got off the phone with Voight. Said to take care of yourself that it's an open and shut case. I'll go call update him on you. Just take it easy."
"Not going anywhere." They watched Kev leave and Adam gave Kim his attention. "What's on your mind darling?"
"This operation, you, in here."
"What happened?"
"They came in too fast, it wasn't supposed to go down that way."
"Whose face did you get in?"
"She had it coming."
"Come on Kim, you can't do that to her."
"Are you kidding me right now Adam? She keeps undermining you while you're undercover and this time it got you shot. You're lucky it wasn't life threatening injuries."
"But we got the bad guys and you're safe."
"I almost lost you Adam." Her anger had turned into fear and tears were clouding her eyes.
"Hey, hey. I'm okay. Look at me Kim." A tear fell down her cheek as their eyes met. "I'm right here." He pushed himself aside to make some room for her. "Come on."
"Adam I can't, the wires, your scars."
"I'm okay, you're not so come on." She sat on the side of the bed and laid down, placing her cheek against his chest, the steady beating a new found comfort.
"I don't know what I would have done." She whispered, trying not to tempt fate.
"Don't let your head go there. I'm here and I'm not going anywhere. Not away from you or the awesome life we're going to have together with kids, a dog, and a pool, whatever you want we'll have it."
"Don't make promises." She warned gently.
"Just wishes. You and me, we've got this."
"We've got this." They stayed like that, Kim letting his words make their way into her heart, their broken past behind them, leaving only the future for the two of them.
A/N: So Burzek got a close call but it's truly the beginning of their happy life so all and all, I think it's pretty sweet. I really hope you guys like it and please take a few seconds to review before you go, I always love to read your thoughts.- Sarra