Hank narrowed his eyes at this guy, he made sure to keep Sophia right behind him. This prick wasn't getting anywhere near his granddaughter. He quickly picked her up and carried her over to Maggie.
"Maggie, you mind taking Sophia to get a snack". Hank says.
The head nurse looked back to see the guy and nodded. "Of course, come on honey you can have whatever you want".
The older man set the seven-year-old down, Sophia just clung to Hank's leg.
"I don't want you to go Grandpa Hank". Sophia spoke.
"I'll be right back sweetie, I promise. Ms. Maggie will watch you". Hank tells her softly.
"Promise you'll be back?"
"I promise".
"Is Grandpa Bob coming to?"
Hank then made a mental note of calling Adam's father. "He's coming to".
Sophia then took a hold of Maggie's hand and walked away, Hank smiled then when he turned around he viciously glared at this prick and went over to him.
"Let's take a walk". Hank said dangerously.
"I wanna see Sophia". Ryan spoke.
The older man then roughly grabbed Parker by his hair and practically dragged him outside away from the hospital so Sophia doesn't see. Ryan then tried to make a move at Hank but he stopped when he saw the murderous glare on the older man's face.
"I just wanna see my kid man, no harm no foul".
"You don't deserve to see Sophia, not after everything you did".
Ryan scoffed. "I didn't do anything".
"I looked into you, Ryan Parker, 35. You have an arrest record longer than my arms, assault, assault and battery, battery with a deadly weapon, drug possessions. You ended up doing 3 years in Statesville for aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape. You honestly think I'll let you near that little girl, who happens to be my granddaughter".
"I'm her father! I have a right to see her".
"Buddy in my book you lost that right a long time ago".
"Who the hell are you?"
"I guess you never heard of me, my name's Hank Voight and if you go a foot near Sophia or Adam, I'll drop you before you could even blink".
"You can't keep me from my daughter".
"Watch me and if you try anything, you'll be going for a ride. So do all of us a favor and go back to wherever the hell you came from before I personally make you disappear".
"This ain't over".
"Walk away. Now".
Once the bastard walked away Hank then pulled his phone out and called Adam's father, he walked back in. Sophia was sitting at the nurse's desk eating some trail mix and sipping on some water, Maggie went over to the older Sergeant.
"How's Sophia?" Hank asked.
"She's alright. I was able to get an update on Adam". Maggie replies.
"How is he?"
"Connor said he's doing well, the bullets didn't hit anything major. Surgery should be done within the next 20 minutes or so. Have you contacted his family?"
"Yeah, his father is on the way".
"How have they been since the accident?"
"Not good. Adam, he comes to work trying to hold it together but I know deep down he's still upset I don't blame him. He said that um Soph has been having nightmares and that she's been seeing Dr. Reese since the accident".
"I remember that day, just awful".
"What happened exactly, Adam and Sophia refuse to talk about it".
"Car hit them dead on, the driver was long gone before anyone arrived at the scene so we don't know if he was under the influence or not. Emma...she was already dead they pronounced her when they got here. Little Sophia, she had a few bumps, bruises, couple scratches, and a broken arm. Poor thing was terrified, we didn't tell her about Emma till Adam got here".
"Thanks, Maggie".
"Not a problem".
"Hank!" A voice called out.
He turned around to see Adam's father, Bob there. Hank had gone over to the older Ruzek.
"Bob, I need you to calm down. Sophia is still scared as it is". Hank tells him.
"What the hell happened?"
"Adam was picking Sophia up from school, there was a car who started shooting. He got Soph to safety, he ended up taking three bullets, one to the shoulder and to the abdomen. Maggie just updated me the surgery is going fine the bullets didn't hit anything major, he should be out in 20 minutes or so".
"Where's Sophia?"
"She's with Maggie. I wanna talk to you about Emma's accident"
"Hank please I can't".
"I'm sorry to do this but I think the accident and what happened today could be connected, I'm not sure".
"Emma was hitting the breaks when she got hit when the car was looked at, they noticed that the break had been tampered with. Whoever was driving the other car was long gone before anyone arrived at the scene. They said they had been going over 90 miles an hour". Bob started to break. "Emma was gone, she died on impact, Soph was hurt but she was alive".
"I'm very sorry for you're loss, all of you. Like I said these two things could be connected". A thought had popped into Hank's head. "What do you know about Sophia's father. Ryan Parker".
The older Ruzek scoffed. "He's a loser, he never hit Emma that I knew. She would have told me or Adam. I don't know what Emma ever saw in him. Why do you ask?"
"He showed up today, he wanted to see her".
"You didn't let him, did you?"
"No, absolutely not. Bob, have you ever looked into Parker at all?"
"I've been meaning to but never had the chance why".
"He can never and I mean ever go around Sophia".
"You looked into him?"
"I did. He's a dangerous guy from what I gathered from his rap sheet he was charged with assault, assault, and battery, battery with a deadly weapon, drug possessions. The list goes on. He did 3 years for aggravated kidnapping and rape".
Bob looked to his young granddaughter. "He didn't. Did he?"
"No".
"You get this son of a bitch Hank because if he hurts my granddaughter, you'll be arresting me".
"Bob let me and my team handle this, Adam and Sophia are gonna need you. Don't do anything you'll regret".
"Trust me, I won't regret doing anything".
Before Hank could say anything, Sophia saw her other grandfather and ran over to him with a huge smile on her face.
"Grandpa Bob". Sophia says excitedly.
"Hey sweet girl, how are you?" Bob asked his granddaughter, as he tucked some hair behind her ear.
"I'm ok but Uncle Adam got hurt and it was because of me".
"No honey, what happened to Adam wasn't you're fault".
"He's right sweetie, it wasn't you're fault". Hank tells her softly.
"But it was, I didn't tell him about the man following us".
"Soph, what all did he say to you?" Bob asked.
"He said if I told anyone, he'd come and take me away. He knows where we live, where you and Uncle Adam works, where I go to school. He said he'd hurt Uncle Adam if I told. I was scared to tell him, I didn't want to get taken away".
"Sweetheart, did he ever tell you his name or do you remember what he looked like?"
"It was the man who came here today, he told me that he was my dad".
Bob looked over to Hank with a look of anger but maintained his emotions in front of his granddaughter. Before either man could say anything the intelligence team had come in.
"How's Adam?" Kim asked, still worried.
"Still in surgery". Hank answered.
Everyone looked to Sophia, for the little girl to be Adam's niece she resembled him very well. Bob held his granddaughter protectively.
"Soph wanna meet your uncle's team?" Bob asked her.
She nodded and he set her down, she was completely nervous and shy around new people. Hank then came around and started to introduce each member of his team to the seven-year-old.
"Sophia this is Antonio Dawson, Jay Halstead, Kim Burgess, Kevin Atwater, and Hailey Upton". Hank introduced his team.
"Hi". Sophia says nervously.
They all said hello to the little girl, a couple of minutes later Connor had come down. Sophia stayed with Hank while Bob went to the surgeon.
"How's my son?" Bob asked.
"Adam is gonna be just fine, the bullets didn't hit anything major. He's not gonna be cleared for work anytime soon".
"Can we see him?"
"Of course, two at a time".
The older Ruzek looked back at Sophia. "Wanna go see Adam?"
"Yeah". Sophia says.
The little girl ran from Hank to Bob and the others watched as they walked away, the older Sergeant then gathered his team around.
"Sarge, we have nothing to go on. We're gonna need to talk to Sophia". Jay told his boss.
"No need, she told me. Someone has been following them both, this person knows where they live, where Ruzek and his father work, and where Sophia goes to school". Hank informs his team.
"Who's been following them?" Kevin asked.
"Sophia's father. Ryan Parker".
"You say, Ryan Parker?" Antonio asked.
"That's right. Why?"
"Back when I was in Vice, he was wanted for a triple homicide but we could never prove it was him. He's the kind of guy to not get his hands dirty. Disappeared for a bit. Probably went underground".
"That son of a bitch isn't to be anywhere near Sophia, she's going into protective custody. Jay, she is not to leave your sight for any reason what's so ever. Where she goes you go". Hank looked to Jay.
"Copy Sarge". Jay spoke.
"Why didn't Adam tell us?" Kevin asked, feeling hurt.
"He didn't want to expose Sophia to what we do, he knows the dangers of this job he didn't want it following him home". Hank explained.
"So where was he when he was on furlough?" Hailey asked.
"His sister, Emma was killed in a car accident. She died on impact, Sophia made it but was hurt. He's been dealing with a lot, don't jump down his throat when you see him".
Bob and Sophia got to Adam's room, the young detective was out cold. His shoulder was heavily bandgaed as was his midsection. He had breathing nostrils in his nose. The seven-year-old had went over and carefully as she could she got up next to Adam, she laid her head on his chest.
"Your gonna be ok Uncle Adam, you straong and brave just like Grandpa Bob and Grandpa Hank". Sophia says quietly to her uncle.
The older Ruzek had covered his little granddaughter up as she was slowly falling asleep on his son.
"Go to sleep sweet pea, I'm gonna be here". Bob tells Sophia.
"Is Grandpa Hank gonna be here to?" Sophia asked, her voice full of sleep.
"He's gonna be here to, so is everyone else".
"When's Uncle Adam gonna wake up?"
"I don't know honey".
"If he wakes up before me, can you wake me up?"
"Of course I will. You rest now sweetie".
"I love you Papa".
The older Ruzek went over and tucked the blanket around his son and granddaughter, he kissed both their heads.
"I love you to peanut".
He sat in the chair as he watched his son and grandchild sleep, Hank was appraoching the room. He saw his detective and surrogate granddaughter asleep he glanced to see Bob watching the two sleep. The older Sergeant softly knocked on the door getting his attention. Bob looked back to see Hank there.
"Hey". Bob greets him quietly.
"How are they?" Hank asked.
"Adam's good, he's stable. Sophia just went to sleep, she said if Adam woke up to wake her up".
Hank smiled then it dropped as he looked at the older Ruzek. "We should talk outside Bob".
"Is everything ok?"
"I don't want Soph overhearing any of it".
The two head outside the room and close the door so they don't disturb the two. Bob looked at his son's boss with a very concerned look.
"What is it Hank?"
"I'm putting you, Sophia, and Adam in protective custody until this blows over".
"I appreciate the concern Hank but I don't need protecting, my son and grandchild do".
"Bob don't fight me on this. Emma's gone, look where Adam is, Sophia got hurt once and was in the middle of a shootout. They could be coming for you next".
"Let them come for me, I'm not afraid".
"You know who is afraid? Sophia. She just lost her mother, her uncle was just shot, and now you wanna do something crazy".
"I wanna avenge my daughter's death! If you say Emma's accident and what happened today could be connected I want in on the case".
"You know as well as I do they won't let that happen, I can't and won't allow that to happen. I'd pull Adam off the case to. You're emotions are already clouding you're judgement".
"Hank you know what it's like to lose a child, there's a hole inside of you that never goes away. It grows bigger and bigger. When I lost Emma I almost died, but I held it together for my son and Sophia. I have a chance to finally end the bastard once and for all and you won't even let me do that".
"You're right, I do know what it's like, when my son died. My whole world fell apart. I know exactly what you're feeling but Bob you still have Adam and Sophia, they need you. I'm all asking is just stay with one of my detectives. They'll stay with you and Sophia and I'll have a detail here on Adam".
"Fine. You get the bastard who did this".
"Believe me I will".
It's been a few hours, Adam and Sophia were still asleep. Hank had convinced Bob to go get coffee that he'll watch the two. He was checking his phone for any updates from his team but there weren't any. A small groan had caught his attention, he looked over to see his detective waking up.
"Adam? Adam can you hear me". Hank says to the young detective.
Adam was slowly coming around, he heard a consisant beeping noise that was irrittaing as all holy hell. He opened his eyes and everything was blurry, he closed them for a moment and reopened them, he saw that he was in a hospital room and Hank was right there.
"Sarge. What the hell happened?" Adam asked weakly.
"You took a few bullets, one to the shoulder and two to the abdomen. Connor said the bullets didn't hit anything major, you'll be fine. You won't be back at work for a while". Hank explained.
Something just hit the young detective. "Sophia. Where is she? Is she ok?"
"Easy easy, she's right here. She's asleep. You got her out of the way in time".
Adam looked down at his sleeping niece, he then kissed her head and held her closely.
"She wasn't hit or anything?"
"No but, Sophia saw you on the street, she was covered in blood".
The young detective looked at his niece and kissed her head. "I didn't want her to see that".
Sighing Hank looked at Adam. "The others know about Sophia".
His head shot up, his eyes went wide he closed them tightly. "They hate me don't they?"
"No, they understand why you hid her from them. They aren't mad I explained everything".
"I was trying to protect her boss, it's my job".
"I understand Adam, I do".
Sophia then started to wake up, she heard voices the little girl brought her head up from her uncle's chest and rubbed her eyes.
"Hey sweetheart". Hank greeted his granddaughter.
"Hi Grandpa Hank". Sophia says sleepily.
"Look who's awake Soph".
She turned and saw her uncle wide awake. Adam smiled when he saw his niece smile, it was the best thing ever.
"Hey munchkin". Adan said to his niece.
"Uncle Adam!" The seven-year-old couldn't contain her excitement.
She carefully wrapped her arms around him and held onto him for dear life. A moment later Jay knocked on the door everyone turned to look at the detective.
"Hey Jay". Adam greeted his friend.
"How are you feeling?" Jay asked.
"It hurts but I'll manage".
Hank then took this time to get Sophia out of the room so he could talk to Adam.
"Halstead, why don't you take Sophia to the cafetria so she could eat something". Hank says to Jay.
"But I wanna stay with Uncle Adam". Sophia protested.
"I have to talk to him about grown up stuff sweetie".
"Can I come back?"
"Of course you can".
The little girl carefully climbed off the bed and headed over to Jay, Adam looked up at his friend for a moment.
"Jay you got a quick second before you go". Adam said.
"Sure, what's up bud?" Jay replies.
"You're one of my best friends, hell you're like my brother, but if anything happens to Sophia I will get out of this bed and kick you're ass".
"Duly noted. I'll bring her back in a little while".
The yound detective left with his friend's niece, Adam then looked at his boss a bit confused.
"Uh Sarge, what do we gotta talk about exactly?" Adam asked highly confused.
"Ryan Parker". Hank answered.
Meanwhile
Jay was walking with Sophia, they headed to the cafeteria, on the way they ended up running into Will.
"Hey, I heard about Adam. How is he?" Will asked his brother.
"He's gonna be ok, he's awake, stable and alert. He's talking to Voight about something". Jay answered his brother.
The older Halstead looked down at the seven-year-old and back to his brother with a raised eye brow.
"Long story".
"I gotta go check on a patient, we'll talk later".
"See ya".
Sophia took a hold of Jay's hand and started swinging it, she glanced up at him. "Jay, who was that you were talking to?"
"That was my brother Will, he's a doctor here".
"When I grow up, I wanna be a detective like my uncle".
"Adam is a very good detective".
Sophia stopped, she'd had been keeping another secret from her uncle. She bit her lip and looked up at Jay.
"Jay, have you ever kept a secret?"
"Yeah, I kept a lot of secrets. Why?"
"I've been keeping one from Uncle Adam and both my Grandpas".
That caused the detective to stop and bend down to her level. "What kind of secret?"
"I can't say?"
"Why not sweetie?"
"Because I'll get into trouble".
"Why would you get into trouble?"
"He told me if I told, he'd come back and get me. He told me that Uncle Adam would pay".
"Did he say what for?"
"No. This isn't the first time he came around, he came around before my mommy died. He came to our house they were yelling and screaming, the day we had the accident we were on our way to tell Uncle Adam but then we got hit".
Before Jay could speak, he heard a click. A click he was very familair with. He turned to see Ryan with a gun raised, he gently pushed Sophia behind him.
"Parker don't do this". Jay told the man.
"Just give me my kid and I'm gone". Ryan demanded.
"I can't do that and I won't do that".
"See the way I see it is, you got two choices. The easy way, you hand her over and nobody gets hurt or,the hard way. I take her by force and it gets messy real fast. So what will it be?"