Thank you all for being patient with this story. Life just gets too busy at times. Here's an update. I hope you enjoy. - uconnpaws

District 21:

Kevin walks in, "Morning" as he takes off his jacket and places it on the back of his chair.

Kim is texting at her desk and looks up when Kevin walks in, "Mornin". Adam walks toward her from the break room holding 2 cups of coffee, nods his head in Kevin's direction, "Mornin' Kev" and places one in front of her.

"Any news?" Kevin asks.

"Will made Hailey go home last night. She hasn't heard anything and is heading over to the hospital now." Kim looks at Adam with a concerned look on her face.

Kevin matches her concern with his hands on his hips.

"Jay'll be alright." Adam replies, "He'll be pleading with Hailey to bust him out soon, just you wait." He ends with a smile.

She returns the smile but uncertainty is edged across her face. "I hope so."

Voight sits in his office, after hearing the conversation about Jay, he folds his hands in front of his face and signs.

At Chicago Med:

Hailey walks into Jay's room but it's empty. A bit of panic creeps in as she walks to the nurse's station. The nurse is on the phone but acknowledges her, as she is ending the call Hailey sees Will, bypassing the nurse she heads right towards him.

"Where's Jay?" Hailey asks anxiously.

"He went to CT." Will says typing on his tablet.

"WHY!" "WHAT happened?! You said you'd call if something happened! Did he get worse? Why DIDN'T YOU CALL ME!" Hailey rapid fires at Will.

"Stop Hailey." as Will tries to reach out and calm her.

"NO!" she steps away, "WHAT HAPPENED!"

Will, using his tablet, points to an area away from the nurses' station. "Marcel noticed that Jay was tender on his right side above the cartilage separation. That guy really rammed him…"

"Twice." Hailey interrupts Will. "The offender rammed him twice into a dumpster."

"I remember." Will says softly. "Marcel didn't want to put Jay through more tests at the moment, he was finally resting. So I checked on him after you left. I believe he has a broken rib on his right side.."

"You thought that before but the first CT showed the separation, why now?" Hailey's arms are crossed trying to process the new information.

"His coughing fits. I believe that's what did it. Plus, the CT will give us a good look at that infection." Just as he finishes, his tablet alerts. He looks down and with a small smile. "Jay's all done. He's on his way back."

District 21:

"Thanks Sarge." Kevin says and hangs up the phone and signs deeply.

Both Kim and Adam lookup and Voight walks from the break room with a coffee, they are waiting for Kevin to speak.

"Platt says all four offenders are being booked for drug possession and attempt to sell. The investigation into excessive force on Red is still pending and nothing has surfaced about Officer Bailey's actions." Kevin states somberly.

The members listen to him but remain silent, all showing their disapproval in their faces.

"I just don't believe it! This is actually happening. I'm going to get, what, a three day suspension for trying to protect Jay and Bailey, who broke Jay's wrist, dislocated his shoulder with a banned tactic, is getting off scot free. " He huffs in disbelief.

"NO HE WON'T!"

Chicago Med:

Jay has been settled back into his room. He was awake for a few minutes as Hailey fussed over him but is now sleeping. She has returned to the chair on the left-side of him with her right hand on his left forearm. Will is standing at the foot of the bed looking at Jay's results on his tablet.

"He's so tired." Hailey breaks the silence but doesn't look away from a sleeping Jay. His breathing causing a soft wheeze into the O2 mask.

Marcel walks into the room and stands next to Will. Will looks up, "I gather you've seen the CT results."

Marcel nods. Hailey looks towards the Doctors. A nurse with a smaller IV bag walks in and hooks it into Jay's IV. Hailey's been patient enough.

"What's going on?"

"He has pneumonia. We're starting him on azithromycin. He'll continue to receive medication for the fever and pain."

Hailey's concern is palpable, she squeezes Jay's arm, closes her eyes and sighs.

Marcel nudges Will's arm to get his attention and motions that he's leaving and that they can talk later. Marcel walks out and Will pulls up a chair next to Hailey. Hailey doesn't look at will but returns her focus on Jay.

"Jay didn't tell me you two were together." Will softly says.

A shy smile creeps across Hailey's face, "We didn't want to make it a big deal. But it seems everyone knows."

"Some things you can't hide. My brother isn't one for words but his actions speak volumes. I saw a change in him after you two became partners…..then another after he was shot. I was just waiting for him to tell me. The "Great Communicator"." Will ends with a chuckle.

"I'm very happy for both of you."

"Thanks." She pauses for a few moments caressing Jay's arm. "Does he know I'm here?"

"Most certainly." Will states matter-of-factly. "He wouldn't be this cooperative if you weren't. He trusts you and he knows you have his back."

"And he doesn't trust you?" Hailey teases.

"Well," Will states "He does but, you know, brothers."

They both relax with the light-hearted moment.

"Was that all the CT showed?" Hailey asks, "How bad is it?"

Will brings up the CT image on his table to show Hailey. "He has a broken rib, like we suspected, showing her the shadow, (pointing to the screen). This is the lower sternum fracture here."

Hailey's eyes wander over the image, She notices the white.

"That's the pneumonia." Will answers her unspoken question. "Concentrated on his right side. His left is better. But that's what the azithromycin is for." He let's this all sink in for her. "But that's not his biggest problem."

Shocked, Hailey looks up. "There's more!?"

"He has a small diaphragm rupture on his right-side, right here." He points.

Hailey picks up Jay's left hand and holds it to her forehead with both hands. A small sob escapes.

Will places his hand on her back, "I know this is scary. But Dr. Marcel is confiendient this can be repaired by minimally invasive surgery. He'll have two small scars. That's it."

Hailey nods into Jay's hand.

"He just needs to rest and get better before we can perform the surgery. The rupture added to the reason he wouldn't take a full breath and why it's important we are diligent with his pain management."

Hailey nods again.

"I'll let you be." Will gets up to leave. "He's getting the best care, Hailey. Call if you need anything."

Hailey looks up and swipes her face, a quiet "Thank you Will." as Will walks out.

She looks at Jay's face, places her right hand over his forehead and combs her fingers through his hair. "For better or worse, right? I'm here, I'm right here."

District 21:

"NO HE WON"T!"

Surprised, all the members turn towards the stairs. No one heard the gate open as Miller walked into the bullpen until she spoke.

"Explain." Hanks says.

She walks towards Kim's computer. "Pull this up, please."

Kim types in the www address into the url. A cloud account appears.

All gather around Kim's computer.

"Click on the file."

A video starts to play. It's Officer Bailey's body cam footage. The screen displays his actions. When he had his gun on Adam, you can clearly hear "STOP POLICE! YOU OVER NEAR THE DUMPSTER, STOP! PUT YOUR HANDS UP!" This is repeated several times before Adam's voice is heard. "RYAN!" and then Kevin tackles Red.

It further shows his actions as Jay tries to get up. He knees Jay in the back, slamming him to the ground, opens his baton and applies an arm lock with it. Everyone hears Jay's scream.

"That's enough." Voight says. He looks at Miller. "Where did this come from?"

"I reached out to TECH and they came up with a way to directly upload his body cam in real time. So even if he tampered with it, the video was still preserved."

"Humm" Voight grunts in response.

"So with this new evidence." Miller continues, "No charges will be filed on Officer Atwater and Officer Bailey will now be held accountable for his actions." She looks at Voights team. "And we all can be happy about that." He looks at Voight as she leaves. "Sargeant."

Everyone is relaxed and happy over this development. Kevin rubs his face, letting the tension leave his body as he sits down. Voight starts to walk towards his office when Kim's phone alerts, all pause "It's Hailey." She smiles as she starts to read the text but it quickly vanishes. Silence as she puts her phone down.

"What is it, Kim?" Adam asks. All are worried at Kim's reaction.

"It's Jay…..uh….Hailey…..says…uhm…he has pneumonia and he needs surgery."

"What for?" Adam wants her to continue.

"She didn't say."

Adam turns to Voight, "Sarge?"

"Let's go!"

"The hospital isn't going to let all of us in." Kevin states.

"I'd like to see them stop us." Voight retorts.