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A/N: Thanks to everyone who left a review on the last chapter, it means the world to me. I know I have been leaving you hanging with two cliffhanger chapters but here's a new one for you.

The beeping sounds of all the machines and the chaos of everyone moving behind the curtain was deafening. Voight did all he could to keep Adam back from barging into Kim's room and only when he thought that his officer had enough self restraint did he let him go, keeping a hand on his shoulder as a precaution.

"Take a deep breath Ruzek, we don't know what's going on." Adam ran both hands through his hair and held them together in front of his mouth, trying to get his emotions under control.

"I don't know what happened Sarge. One minute we're talking and one minute all hell breaks loose. What if this is the end?"

"Ruzek, enough." Voight spun him firmly to face him. "Burgess is strong and she is fighting, don't lose hope." Both turned at the sound of the curtain being drawn and the sudden silence was ringing in his ears.

"Adam." Rhodes was the first out of the room, everyone else coming out except Maggie.

"No, don't say it." Adam could only think of the worst right now.

"She's awake." Rhodes smiled at him and clapped a hand on his shoulder. "She's asking for you but try to keep her calm, her body's been through a lot. I'll come talk to you guys in a second."

"Thanks." Adam pulled him in a quick hug and released him before he went into Kim's room, Voight close behind. "Kim." He watched her as she blinked a few times and suddenly a smile appeared on her face.

"Adam." She croaked. He knew the breathing tube had irritated her windpipe.

"Here." He moved the glass of water and put the straw to her lips. "Take it easy darling."

"What happened?"

"Thank God you're okay." He hid his face in her chest and finally aloud himself to cry.

"It's okay Adam." She ran her fingers through his hair and her eyes locked with Voight's who simply smiled at her and let the two reunite in peace

"I thought I'd never see you again." He looked up at her and he smiled through his tears.

"What happened?"

"What do you remember?"

"I remember getting ready to come meet you guys at Molly's and then it's a total blank." She tried to sit up straighter but her stitches pulled and she yelped in pain.

"Easy there." Connor came into the room with Kim's chart in hand. "You were shot three times. One in the shoulder and two in the stomach."

"But there were only two shots." Adam remembered at least that from the evening.

"Most likely shot by two different guns." Connor said. The investigation was still ongoing and Adam was forced to stay out of it but he was sure going to pass that information along. "Now the one in your shoulder was a through and through so that was an easy fix but the other two? One nicked your abdomen wall and the other your liver so we have to give you some blood transfusion because you were loosing so much blood."

"We almost lost you." Adam confirmed, holding her hand tightly as he listened to Conor explain it to Kim.

"WIll I be able to go back to active duty?" She tried to sit up but Adam had to help her because her body was still weak.

"With time but don't put a timeline on it Kim, you've had serious trauma to your body."

"One day at a time darling." He ran his fingers through her hair.

"Let's start by getting your strength back up and then we can talk about specifics okay?" Conor smiled at her.

"Okay."

"I'll come check on you later but don't hesitate to call the nurse if you're hurting anywhere or if you need me paged."

"Will do doc, thanks." Adam answered and Conor gave them a nod before leaving them. "Come on, let's lie you back down." Adam fussed over her.

"I'm okay Adam, I feel fine."

"You just woke up from a week and a half long coma Kim, your body needs to rest."

"My body is rested Adam." She argued as loudly as her weak body was letting her.

"Already a lovers squabble." They turned at the sound of Voight's laugh. "Glad to see you awake Burgess."

"Happy to be back." She started coughing and Adam was at her side in a minute with a glass of water. "Did you guys catch who did this?"

"We have one offender in custody and he's going away for a long time and we're trying to make him flip on the second shooter. Shouldn't be long before we do."

"Thanks Sarge." She smiled at him.

"You have a few minutes Boss?" Adam questioned as his back was facing Kim.

"Sure. Rest up Burgess." Voight pat her leg.

"Thanks for coming by Sarge."

"Ruzek." He motioned for Adam to follow him. "What can I do for you?" He waited for the door to Kim's room to be closed before he asked.

"I want to help you find the second shooter." His worry had now moved aside to let the anger through his veins.

"Kim needs you here right now." He knew why Adam wanted to join the investigation.

"Kim is awake and I can have Nicole sit with her while I'm at the 21st helping to catch the son of the bitch that put her in here."

"I don't think it's a good idea Adam."

"What would you have done if it had been Justin, or even Erin?" He growled. He didn't know why Voight was so against him helping out.

"Worst." He admitted. It wasn't a secret what had happened to Bingham after Justin's death but he wouldn't let Adam go down that hole. "Fine. You've got one hour to sort everything out before you make it to the district. We can't stall that investigation if we want to put them away for a very long time."

"Understood." Adam pulled out his phone and dialled Nicole's number as Voight left. "I need a favour." He said into the phone. He talked for a few minutes and then he returned to Kim's room.

"Is everything okay Adam?" Kim suspected what the discussion between Adam and Voight was about but she just wanted to make sure he wasn't going to do anything stupid.

"You don't need to worry about it darling." He took a seat next to her bed and took her hand in his.

"I worry about you though." She ran her fingers through his hair and he closed his eyes at the contact.

"I'm fine."

"When's the last time you ate?" She could see it all over his features that he was lacking hours of sleep and a good meal.

"I ate a few bites and drank a coffee this morning."

"That's not enough." She frowned. "You need to get out of here and take a real shower and eat a real meal."

"I'll do that soon enough." He turned his head as he heard a knock on the door.

"I heard someone was awake." Nicole poked her head in the room.

"Nicole." A smile lit up Kim's face. "Is Zoe with you?"

"She's at a friend's house but she can't wait to see you when you get out of here."

"I have a feeling you're here for a reason." Kim looked between her sister and Adam.

"Yeah because Adam called me and said that you were awake." She smiled. "You had us all worried."

"Sorry about that." She smiled nervously.

"Now that your sister is here, I'll head on home to shower and eat. Are you going to be okay or you want me to bring you something back?" He leaned down and kissed her lips gently.

"No, I'm good." She didn't want to burden him with that.

"I'll get Hailey to swing by your place to grab you some things."

"Okay."

"I'll see you in a bit. Thanks for staying with her Nicole."

"No sweat. It's time I returned the favour." They exchanged a glance and a nod.

"I'll be back in a bit." He left the sisters together while he went for a quick shower at home, going straight to the 21st after.

"So you and Adam huh?"

"Yeah." Kim smiled where Adam last stood. "We kind of made up a couple of days before I was shot."

"I'm happy for you sis." Nicole had seen it after her attack how Adam had been there for the both of them and it was only when she saw him at Med the next morning of Kim's shooting that it was clear to her he was still madly in love with her sister.

"Thanks. I just hope that he's not gone to do something stupid." Kim kept looking at the door, suspecting where he was really heading.

"You just worry about getting better, I'm sure everything is okay." Nicole assured her.

Adam walked up the stairs of the 21st and stopped at Platt's desk.

"How's our girl?" She leaned against her elbows on the front desk.

"Surprisingly well but it's going to take time. They upstairs?" He questioned her.

"Yeah and he's in the cage."

"Thanks Sarge." She could see that his eyes no longer held fear for Burgess's life, only anger for the perpetrator of the crime. She watched him go through the door behind the front desk and she returned to what she was doing.

Adam made it down the stairs of the roll-up and saw a Spanish guy sitting patiently, his arms crossed over his chest and his eyes closed. He grabbed the keys that were hanging in the tech office downstairs and walked directly to the cage.

"You think you get to sleep down here after what you did?" The guys opened one eye and closed it back up again.

"I'll do whatever the hell I want to." Adam could only chuckle.

"You got no idea who I am do you?" Adam was using all his restraint not to pummel him into the ground.

"I know who you are." He finally opened his eyes and smiled. "You're that bitch's boy." He chuckled. "She dead?"

"She's alive and kicking. Didn't plan on that one did you?" He grabbed him by his jacket and slammed him in the wall.

"Her body dropped like a dead weight." He spat in Adam's face and it all it took to set Adam off. Adam threw one punch to his ribs, a second one to his cheek.

"Who's your partner?" Adam pounded again.

"I ain't telling you shit."

"Trust me, you'll talk." Adam slammed him into the ground and went outside the cage where he put his hand on a chain that was hanging from the ceiling. He pulled it down and wrapped it around his hand. If he wasn't going to get a name out of that it, he would at least evacuate some anger. "I'll ask you again, tell me his name." He pounded repeatedly in his ribs as he tried to protect himself as much as he could.

"You can beat the hell out of me all you want." He chocked and spat some blood on the ground. "I'm not giving you his damn name."

"That's okay, I got plenty of time." Adam smirked as he repeated his pounding on the guy's body.

"Hey Trudy, have you seen Adam come in?" It was well past the hour he had given him to get here so they could continue their investigation.

"About thirty minutes ago." She barely looked up from her computer.

"Where'd he go?" Platt stayed completely mum. "Trudy." Voight said more forcefully when she finally looked up from her computer and into his eyes.

"I might have said something about the cage." She had no remorse over that but she followed behind Voight when he cursed under his breath.

"That's exactly why I didn't want him to get involved in the investigation." He growled. He knew what Burgess meant to Trudy and she would do anything to protect her. They walked in just in time to see Adam's foot connect with the perps chest and his left fist to connect to his face again.

"Travis Parker." He finally gave the name away as Adam was being pulled away by Voight and Platt. He had blood drooping from his mouth and left eye, his body in a pulp on the ground.

"I told you I'd be able to help." Adam pushed past both his bosses as they looked at each other.

A/N: So Adam flipped the switch from worried to angry but what kind of affect will it have on him going forward? Please take a few seconds to review before you go, I always love to read your thoughts - Sarra