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A/N:Okay so thanks to everyone for the follows, faves and reviews on the last chapter, hope you like this one too ahead of tonight's episode.

Trudy watched as Adam went upstairs, Hank picking up their suspect off the floor. He handed them over to the paramedics and gave his instructions to the two patrolmen that were going to the the escort all the way to Med.

Never had she seen Adam in that state before but it was clear that he was in no state of mind to be on the case. Trudy and Hank exchanged a look before going back up to the bullpen together.

Adam walked up the back stairs to the bullpen and made a b-line for the sink to wash off the blood that was starting to dry on his hands. He scrubbed violently to remove it and he had trouble getting his breathing under control. Never had he been so enraged before and he couldn't get that rage under control right now.

"What the hell were you thinking?" Voight was none too pleased and Adam looked at him through the mirror, his eyes still holding anger.

"I did what needed to be done." He turned the tap off and looked at his Sargent.

"I told you we were going to get him to flip on his partner. I let you in on the investigation out of courtesy Adam." His anger was matching Adam's right now.

"Hank." Trudy was right behind him. "He got a name, let it go." She really didn't want it to escalate any further.

"I'm not going to let it go Trudy, he crossed the line."

"And how many times have you crossed the line boss?" His tone was furious and he took a step forward.

"Ruz, don't." Kevin had heard everything and he had gone to the locker room, telling everyone else he had it.

"Don't what Kev? Huh? He shot your best friend, three time. He deserves every bit of pain he gets."

"Your off the case." Voight said and walked out, not even letting anyone get a word in.

"You can't do that Sarge." Adam was ready to fight him on this but Kevin was now holding him back.

"Ruzek, let this go." He wasn't expecting that much resistance from his best friend.

"The hell I will." He shoved him back as hard as he physically could, Atwater acting as a wall between his partner and his boss.

"Adam, go sit with Kim, we have it from here." Trudy tried to gain his attention.

"You're the one who let me go down there, you wanted this." He yelled at her.

"I let my personal feelings get in the way, that was the wrong call." SHe stood straighter, his anger misdirected at her. "Either you go back to Med on your own two feet or I'll get some officers to force you out of the building. Do I make myself clear officer?" She knew where his anger was coming from and part of her anger was coming from the same place but she wasn't going to tolerate being yelled at like that.

"Fine, I'm going." He knew he wouldn't win against Kevin right now so he resigned himself and walked around him and out the door from the back.

Kevin walked back into the bullpen seconds after Trudy had gone behind Adam. "Where's Adam?" He questioned.

"Platt forced him back to Kim."

"Alright so Adam got us a name, Travis Parker. I want you to dump his phone and dig into his financials. I want to know everything about this guy." He was about to turn around and he stopped. "Oh and not a word to Adam from here on out."

"Copy that." Kevin looked at Hailey and then went to work.

Adam went back to his place and the first thing he did was down a beer, trying to get the edge off. He downed a second one and headed for a shower. The hot water did nothing to calm his nerves or the anger and his fist connected with the tiles and blood immediately poured out of the skin, Adam cursing and turning the water off. He wrapped a towel around his waist and grabbed a smaller one for his hand. It was a challenge to get dressed but he figured that he'd get it fixed at Med before turning up in Kim's room. He texted Nicole to get an update before heading out to Med. He spotted Will Halstead on his way in and stopped at the Nurse's station.

"Hey Maggie, you think Will has a few minutes for me."

"Sure." She smiled at him. "Will?" He heard her immediately and came her way.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"I think i might need stitches." He raised his hand to show him a badly made bandage.

"Ouch, I'd say your right." He could see the blood coming through it. "Maggie, can you settle Adam in trauma 2 and get me a suture kit?"

"Sure thing Will. Come on, follow me."

"Thanks Maggie." It wasn't very long before Will returned and put a pair of gloves on to check the extend of the damage.

"Let's have a look." He poured some clear liquid on the bandage in hopes that i hadn't stuck to the wound and lowered the lamp. "How'd you end up with a cut hand?"

"Things got a little tense at the district and I was sent home. The shower wall didn't survive." He said sheepishly.

"Let's start by making sure you don't have ceramic debris in there and then we'll close you back up." Adam nodded and watched Will work. He removed six tiny pieces before he clean the wound, all four knuckles having suffered the brunt of his anger. Knuckles were never an easy fix but will closed the skin between each and bandaged it up before giving him some cleaning instructions

"Thanks doc."

"If you need anything else I'll be around." He patted his shoulder and returned to the ED, Maggie giving him a new case. Adam slipped back out of trauma 2 and headed up the stairs to go see how Kim was doing. He walked into an empty room and he suddenly started to panic. He went to the nurse's station but they all seemed busy, frustrating him beyond belief. He returned to her room to come face to face with Nicole.

"Hey, where's Kim?" Nicole could sense his distress.

"They took her for a head CT and a neurological function test, make sure everything is okay. She's okay Adam but she worries about you."

"I'm fine." He lied.

"Is that's why your hand in wrapped in a brand new bandage?" She pointed to the hand he was clearly trying to hide.

"It's nothing, just a scratch."

"I hope you have a different story for my sister because if I don't believe you she won't either." She took a seat and waited. "And that whatever you refuse to tell me happened will help catch whoever did this to my sister."

"You have my word, the whole team is on it."

"What about you? Are you on it too?" They both turned around at the sound of Kim's voice.

"How's your tests go?" She eyed him suspiciously at change of subject but she was pretty sure he had been kicked out for trying to interfere.

"Dr Rhodes is supposed to come by to confirm but the radiologist said the CT scan is clear and the Neurologist gave me the all clear."

"That's good news darling. Anyone say how long you still have to be in here?" He pulled a chair up and sat on the side of her bed.

"Not sure. So your hand, want to tell me what happened?"

"The hand's fine." He assured her but she knew he was lying.

"I'll give the two of you a minute, I'll be right back." Nicole could feel the tension in the room and she left them to talk it out.

"Adam, talk to me please." She took his hand and ran her thumb against the bandage.

"I went to the district and Voight kicked me off the case after I beat the crap out of the perp that was sitting in the cage."

"Adam." She wanted to catch the guy as much as he did but he couldn't go around dealing it that way.

"You have no idea how scared I was when I saw you on that sidewalk. You were losing so much blood."

"Hey hey, I'm fine." She forced him to look at her and his eyes were filled with tears.

"I just got you back. For days I thought we wouldn't have another chance, that I lost you forever."

"I wasn't going to leave you after finally growing a pair to fix us." She chuckled, wiping a stray tear that had fallen on his cheek. Never had she seen him to vulnerable than he was now.

"I love you."

"I love you too." She knew that this wasn't fixing them but this was a start.

"You two made up?" Nicole poked her head in the room and Adam sat up straight, clearing his throat and wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.

"We're good." Kim smiled at Adam's attempt to regain his composure and the smile on Nicole's face told her she had witnessed enough. "All we have to do is wait for Dr Rhodes to swing by, I really need to know when I can get out of here."

"You need to be patient darling, he'll come soon enough."

"Already chomping at the bits to get rid of our amazing cooking facilities?" Conor came into the room laughing.

"As much as I enjoy your company, I'd rather be in my things."

"If you guys will give us a minute, I'll examine Kim and we can see where we go from there." Adam kissed her forehead and stood.

"We'll be right outside." She nodded and he let Nicole through the door first.

"You really think she's okay to get out of here?" Nicole turned and faced him.

"Dr Rhodes won't let her go home if he doesn't think she's okay."

"And she'll need someone to stay with her for a while no doubt."

"I've got her."

"Adam, this case will get solved and you'll be back at work."

"I'll help as much as I can, I promise."

"She's been there for me before and it's time I be there for her too."

"Hey, how's our girl?" Their discussion was interrupted by Atwater and Upton.

"She's with Dr Rhodes right now, looking at a release soon I think." He greeted Kevin with their handshake. "Any news on the case?"

"Sorry Ruz, can't say." Hailey broke it to him.

"What happened to your hand?" Kevin finally asked.

"Here comes the doc." Again with the avoidance. Kevin knew that he'd have to drill some sense into him later.

"Come on in. I'll bring everyone up to speed." The four of them made their way into Kim's room, Kevin and Adam taking her sides. "Okay so I did a physical on Kim to make sure that her surgery wounds are fine and they are healing nicely. I'm willing to let her go home under one condition."

"Just name it doc." Adam was ready for everything.

"She needs to be with someone at all times for the next couple of weeks to make sure that she doesn't overexert herself and I expect her to follow every instruction to the letter."

"I'll make sure that she does Dr Rhodes." Nicole smiled at him. "She'll be staying with me."

"Nicole, I can't ask you to do this." Kim was ready to fight her sister over this but Nicole was having nothing of it.

"I'm not taking no for an answer. It's the least that I could do."

"Fine." Kim rolled her eyes, Connor chuckling.

"It's settled then. I'll get started on your release papers." Connor smiled at Nicole and patted Kim's foot before heading out.

"We better get back to the district, we just came for an update." Upton declared, making her way to Kim's bedside, Kevin raising from the chair he was in. "Call me when your settled." Upton lowered herself and hugged Kim.

"Thanks for coming by."

"Gotta make sure my girl's alright." Kevin kissed her forehead and they exchanged their own handshake. "Text me when you get to Nicole's."

"I will."

"Ruz." Kevin hugged him followed by Hailey.

"I'll walk you guys out." Kevin knew he was going to take another crack at it to find out about the case. "Come on guys, give me something."

"We're not aloud to get you involved Adam." Hailey knew how much it must kill him to be so far away of the case that he couldn't help put the guy that shot Kim behind bars but Voight had been clear that they not tell him anything.

"But we'll call you as soon as it's sorted." Kevin promised under Hailey's glare.

"Thanks." Adam knew he wasn't going to win so he decided to focus on what he could control and that was to take care of Kim. He watched them go and he returned to her room to find her talking with Nicole about her living situation.

"You've got Zoe to take care of Nicole and work, I can't ask you to put your life on hold for me."

"So it's only okay when you do it? Is that what you're saying."

"Come on Nicole, that's not what I said. I only have my job and no kid to worry about."

"Darlin, please stop." Adam put a stop to her speech. "We've talked about it and your sister is the best person qualified to stay with you."

"What about you? You can help me, they won't let you near the case."

"And what happens when the case is solved?" Nicole had been right earlier. "I'll be back in Intelligence and no one will be there to take care of you. You heard what Rhodes said, you need someone with you at all times for the first few weeks."

"You guys are not going to let me win are you?" She sighed with exasperation.

"No way." Nicole smiled, knowing she had won.

"And I know you are going to fight me on this one too but if I can't be near the investigation, I'm getting Voight to sit a patrol car in front of your sister's house, I'd feel better about it."

"We've been over this before." She sighed. "It would be a waste of resources and besides, Voight is all over the case, it'll be cracked wide open really soon."

"Fine! You don't want a patrol car because it's a waste of resources?" She nodded her answer.

"Than I'll be crashing on the couch until this is over. I'll be back in a little bit to take the two of you back home." He exchanged a glance with Nicole and he was out the door, leaving Kim completely stunned.

A/N: So this should be interesting... Adam crashing on Nicole's couch, A smile exchanged between Rhodes and Nicole and Adam being forced away from an investigation. What could POSSIBLY go wrong? Please take a few seconds to review before you go, I always love your thoughts.- Sarra