Timeline: Season 6

Completed: May 31, 2020

"I've got him," Jay Halstead tells the rest of the unit through his earpiece.

Jay hears the responses of his team but doesn't pay attention to the actual words as he is busy following their suspect through the house. Jay follows the suspect through the hall of the second floor, being careful not to lose him in one of the many rooms.

Out of the corner of his eye, Jay catches a shadow going into the last room on the left. He follows, being sure to clear the room as he goes.

"Chicago PD! Stop!" Jay orders.

The suspect turns around and smirks before disappearing out of the window.

"He went out the window," Jay informs the rest of the team. "I'm following him." Jay does as he said, ignoring Hailey telling him not to.

Jay lands on a roof as he goes out the window. Running across the roof, Jay almost catches the man until he jumps to the ground and takes off again.

Without thinking, Jay leaps himself, rolling to land. He hops up, taking off after their suspect once again. Jay feels a sharp pang in his right ankle as he puts pressure on it, but ignores the feeling as he chases the suspect.

Jay chases the suspect for another three blocks before he sees Adam arriving in one of their cars. Jay then tackles the suspect onto the hood of the car.

"Are you okay?" Adam asks as he helps Jay get their suspect into the back of his car.

"Fine," Jay grunts.

"You know your arm is bleeding, right?"

Jay looks down at his arm and is surprised to see blood dripping down his left arm.

By now the rest of the team has arrived at their location.

"Jay, are you okay?" Hailey asks.

"Fine," Jay answers, annoyed. He goes to take a step, but freezes when pain shoots up his leg from his ankle, though not shown on his face, Hailey can see the pain in his eyes.

"Yeah, sure," she answers sarcastically.

"Kim, call an ambo," Voight orders.

"I'm fine," Jay argues.

"You're getting checked out," Voight tells him, not leaving room for an argument.

Hailey goes to his side and wraps an arm around him to help him over to a curb where they sit down.

Five minutes later Ambulance 61 shows up with Brett and Foster. "What happened?" Brett asks.

"He jumped out of a window after a suspect," Hailey answers.

"There was a roof," Jay tries to defend.

"Okay," Brett senses that there is a tension in the air. "How does this feel?" She asks as she takes his ankle and moves it around.

"Fine," he grunts.

"I'm pretty sure that it's just twisted, but you should still get it checked out. And that cut's going to need stitches," Brett tells him as she puts gauze on it to keep it clean until he can get the stitches."

"No ambulance," Jay tells her.

The two paramedics look to each other, "Hailey can you drive him?" she asks the blonde detective.

"Yeah, come on Jay," she tells he injured partner.

"Wait, here's an ice pack for his ankle. Jay, keep it elevated."

"Thanks," Hailey says on behalf of her partner.

The ride to Med is silent and Hailey can tell that Jay is in more pain now that the adrenalin has worn off.

Hailey thought it was going to be a normal day- that is never the case with the intelligence unit, especially when her partner is Jay Halstead.

"You know, I would think that you would know by now that jumping out of windows to get the suspect never leads to anything good," Hailey tells Jay as they are sitting in the waiting room of the ED at Med; referring to how he followed their suspect out of a second-story window without thinking, only a partial roof shorting the drop.

"I got him, everything's fine," Jay argues.

"And we're not sitting in the waiting room of the ED," Hailey answers sarcastically, glaring at her partner who is sitting in the chair next to her, ice pack that is resting on his elevated ankle. "You're lucky if your ankle is only twisted. And Brett said that the cut you got most likely needs stitches," Hailey tells him angrily, momentarily forgetting about his fear of needles until his face pales at the word.

Realizing what she said, Hailey stops, "I'm sorry," she apologizes, rubbing his uninjured arm.

"It's okay," he whispers.

Before Hailey can respond, the intake nurse, Leah calls his name. Jay attempts to get up, but cannot put pressure on his ankle. Hailey sees this and wraps her arm around his waist so he can use her as a crutch, knowing he will refuse a wheelchair.

No sooner does Hailey get Jay settled in the treatment room does Will rush into the room wanting to know what happened.

"He decided to play superman and followed our suspect out of the second-floor window," Hailey answers.

"There was a roof," Jay tells his brother.

"Jay," Will addresses his brother, "You're not superman, so quit being a daredevil. You give me a heart attack every time you end up here."

"Since you're here, can you-" Jay starts to ask.

"No, it's against hospital policy to work on family."

"Will…"

"I'll get Natalie to look at you," Will offers.

Jay nods his head, looking down. "Thanks, Will," Hailey answers for the younger Halstead.

Will goes over to Natalie, "Can you check on Jay? He chased a suspect out of a second-floor window, messed up his ankle, needs stitches and a tetanus."

"Yeah, I'll check on him once I discharge my patient in four."

"Thanks."

Student Dr. Elsa Curry overhears this conversation and figures to get a head start since she is Dr. Manning's resident for the day.

"Hello detectives," the student doctor greets when she enters the room. "I'm student doctor Curry and I'll be examining you today."

Jay and Hailey look to each other, "Will said Natalie would be in to check on Jay," Hailey tells the young blonde.

"I'm Dr. Manning's resident for today. I'm just going to start the process now, then it will be less that she needs to do."

"Do you want me to find Will?" Hailey asks Jay.

"No," Jay lies nervously, not wanting to need his brother to come to his recuse because of a needle.

Hailey can tell that Jay isn't telling her the truth, but decides not to call him out on it and instead moves next to him for moral support.

Curry puts on a pair of gloves and starts to examine the cut on his upper arm. "This is definitely going to need stitches," she comments as she preps the needles. "I'll give you a numbing agent before I start," she tells Jay while prepping the needle in front of him.

Just as she is about to inject the needle into his arm to numb the area, Jay makes the mistake of looking at the needle. Jay's eyes get wide and his breathing increases, his eyes then roll to the back of his head and his body goes backwards as he passes out.

Hailey, not realizing what was happening until he was already down, was grateful that he went backwards, landing on the bed, and not forwards where he would have faceplanted on to the floor.

"Jay?" Hailey questions. She then goes to try to wake him, before she is stopped.

"I can stitch him up while he's out. His vitals look good, so I'm not too concerned."

"Okay," Hailey hesitates, knowing it would be best for Jay mentally if he wasn't aware of the needle going through his skin, but at the same time knowing that he wouldn't like something being done to him while he is unconscious. Hailey grabs his uninjured arm, hoping he can sense her presence.

Elsa stitches up the cut on the detective's arm before swabbing a disinfectant on the injury site and taping a gauze patch to the area.

She then uses smelling-salts to wake up the detective from his unintentional slumber.

"Wha' happen'd?" Jay questions, dazed, as he comes to.

"Hey, you fainted? How are you feeling?" Hailey asks her partner.

"I feel ready to leave," Jay tries.

"Soon. I promise," Hailey answers.

While the two detectives are talking amongst themselves, Elsa prepares the Tdap shot.

"Okay, Detective," Elsa addresses Jay. "Once you get your tetanus booster, we'll wrap up your ankle and send you on your way."

Jay is happy at the announcement that he will be able to leave soon.

"Detective," the student doctor directs at Hailey. "Can you keep him distracted so we don't have a repeat of a few minutes ago?"

Hailey agrees and starts talking to Jay about something Vanessa did the other night while they were out. She stands on Jay's other side. With her hand on the back of his head, keeping him from looking at the needle about to go into his skin.

Jay flinches as the needle goes into his arm but otherwise does fine. Elsa disposes of the needle before grabbing what she needs to wrap his ankle.

Jay's ankle is wrapped in less than five minutes. "I'm going to start on your discharge paperwork, I'll be back in a bit," she announces.

"See, that wasn't so bad," Hailey comments.

Jay nods, out of it. Hailey notices, "Is something wrong?"

"I feel weird. And I don't know if it's from when I passed out earlier or if something is wrong?"

"What is it?"

"It's hard to catch my breath and I'm lightheaded, dizzy," Jay tells her.

"Okay, relax," Hailey tells him as she pushes Jay back against the bed before sticking her head out of the treatment room to call for help.

"Maggie," she calls to the charge nurse, the first person she spots. "Can someone check on Jay? Something isn't right," Hailey tells her when she has the attention of the nurse.

Hearing this Maggie walks into Jay's treatment room. "What seems to be the problem?"

"He's having some trouble breathing and is lightheaded," Hailey informs the nurse. "He passed out when he saw the needle, but isn't sure if it's from that or if something is wrong."

"Okay," Maggie acknowledges before turning her attention to Jay. "Your oxygen does look a bit low. It says in your file that you're allergic to the pertussis inoculation."

Jay nods, confirming this.

"Okay. Who checked you out? It says you got the Tdap injection and not the Td injection."

"It was a student doctor," Hailey answers. "Elsa Curry?"

"Okay, I'm going to find a doctor to get you on Benadryl. I'm pretty sure you're having an allergic reaction," Maggie tells them as she walks out of the room after placing an oxygen cannula under his nose.

Maggie steps back in a minute later followed by Natalie and Will.

"Jay, what happened?" Will asks concerned.

"We think Jay got a shot he was allergic to," Hailey answers.

Will nods, moving to take a look at his brother. Seeing something strange peeking out from under the gauze patch, Will removes it to see hives forming on Jay's arm.

"Did she touch you with latex?" Will asks his brother.

"I don't know."

"He'll be fine Will," Natalie reassures. "Jay, I'm going to get you started on Benadryl," she tells him while placing a needle into his arm.

"When can I leave?"

"You need to stay for a bit longer. Just until the reaction is over."

"Elsa," Natalie calls over when she leaves Jay's room.

"Yes, Dr. Manning?"

"Why did you treat Dr. Halstead's brother?"

"You were busy, I'm your resident. It's not the first time I've given stitches or an injection," she defends.

"You gave him an injection that he's allergic to," Natalie informs her. "Did you not read his chart?"

"I read that he doesn't get the pertussis inoculation. Whooping cough is dangerous, he is putting other people in danger."

"You put a patient in danger, the brother of a doctor here in danger. Ms. Goodwin will be hearing about your actions."

"How're you feeling?" Hailey asks.

"Benadryl is helping," Jay tells her sleepily.

"Go to sleep. Someone will be here when you wake up," Hailey tells him.

"Are you staying?"

"I'm going to let Voight know what's going on. I'll be back soon," Hailey promises before leaving the treatment room.

Walking outside where she can use her phone.

"Voight," she hears through the mobile device.

"Sarge," Hailey says.

"Upton. How's Halstead?"

"They're keeping him for observation. A student doctor gave him a tetanus shot he's allergic to so they're watching for a reaction to it."

"Make sure he doesn't try to escape," Voight tells her before hanging up.

Hailey walks back into Jay's room just as they are moving him.

"Just in time," Will comments.

"Hey, what's going on?"

"He had another reaction, so Nat's going to admit him for the night. Hopefully, he can leave tomorrow morning or afternoon. Do you mind staying with him until I finish my shift?"

"Sure, no problem." Hailey follows Jay to his new room.

With Jay still sleeping, Hailey decides to pass time by playing on her phone.

She is brought out of her train of thought when she hears a whimpering coming from the bed. Putting the phone down, she gets closer to the bed. "Jay? Jay, it's okay. You're okay. You're at Med."

"Hailey? What happened?"

"Will said you had a reaction. Natalie is keeping you overnight for observation."

"I don't feel good."

"I know," Hailey gently responds knowing how Jay gets when he has an allergic reaction. "Need me to do anything?"

"No," Jay answers while scratching at his arm.

"Hey, stop that," Hailey gently chides Jay. "You'll rip a stitch out."

"It really itches though," Jay complains. Hailey looks at his arm to see hives in the area that would have been touched by the latex glove, despite the Benadryl.

"I know. I'm going to see if I can get you an ice pack," Hailey tells him before she exits his room.

"Hey, how's Jay doing?" Natalie asks as she runs into Hailey on her way to check on Jay.

"Okay, considering. He has a bunch of hives where she touched him with the latex gloves. Is there any way I can get an ice pack for him?"

"Sure, I'll get it myself," Natalie offers.

"Thanks," Hailey thanks before going back to Jay's room.

"No ice?" Jay questions when he sees Hailey walk back in empty-handed.

"I ran into Natalie, she said she would get it for you," Hailey tells him as she pulls his hand away from the hives. "What did I tell you?" she questions giving him a look.

"I can't help it," Jay answers.

Before Hailey can respond to him, Natalie walks in with an ice pack wrapped in a towel.

"Here, this should help in a couple of minutes," she tells him as she places it on his arm.

"Thanks," he mumbles.

"I'm sorry about Elsa," Natalie apologizes.

"Wasn't your fault," Jay whispers.

"So, after talking with Ms. Goodwin, Elsa is on probation."

"I didn't want to cause trouble," Jay states.

"Hey, this wasn't your fault," Natalie tells him. "It's in your file that you can't have the pertussis vaccine, and she gave it to you anyway."

"Did you find out why she gave it to him?" Hailey questions.

"The point was that she claimed that Jay was putting people in danger by not getting it, so she took matters into her own hands," Natalie answered.

"But that hurt Jay," Hailey exclaims.

"I know, trust me," Natalie looks down to her pager. "I need to go; multiple MVA victims coming in. You should try to rest some, Will's probably going to be a while," Natalie tells Jay who is fighting sleep before she leaves the room.

"You should go," Jay tells Hailey. "I'll be fine."

"I'm staying. You can't get rid of me that easily," she jokes as Jay falls into a light sleep.

Hailey goes back to her phone while also watching to make sure that Jay doesn't have any more reactions to the pertussis vaccine.

Walking into his brother's room at three in the morning, he finds both detectives sleeping. Jay is on his side facing Hailey, and Hailey is bent over the bed, her head on top of her crossed arms.

Will takes a look at Jay's vitals and chart, happy with how he is doing, before taking a blanket and throwing it over the blond detective. He then takes the spot in the chair on the other side of his brother's bed.

After what seems like forever, Jay is allowed to go home with strict instructions to take it easy and to stay on Benadryl for another two days. The two detectives arrive to his apartment just after two in the afternoon, with Jay balancing on crutches.

"Thanks for the ride," Jay tells Hailey as they step inside of his place.

"No problem. So, what's the big deal with needles?" Hailey asks, knowing of his fear, but not the reason behind it.

Jay sighs, "When I was serving in my first tour… I was captured as a prisoner of war along with four other soldiers. They would torture us by using hot needles," Jay pauses.

Hailey grabs his arm, "You don't need to tell me," she tells him, knowing that it's hard for him to talk about his military days.

"No. It's okay." Jay takes a deep breath before starting again. "They would take the needles and slowly pierce them through our stomachs. Sometime there would be as many as fifty in us at once."

Hailey can tell that he is getting uncomfortable and rubs his back.

Jay is silent for a moment.

"Jay? Are you still with me?" she asks.

"Huh? Oh, yeah."

"Thank you for being willing to tell me, but I don't want you to if you're not ready," Hailey tells him.

Jay looks at her, the look in his eyes thanking her for her words.

A/N: Not my best chapter, I'll probably go back to it later and edit it. Speaking of edits, I'm going to at some point go back and edit all my stories. As I read them later on I notice a lot of typos or other mistakes in them, I do use Grammarly, but 90% of the time I am uploading these at one to five in the morning in my time zone, so I don't catch everything. I do not use a Beta as I am confident that my stories are not a complete "hot mess" for the most part. I also plan to put in "A/N"s in the chapters where a measurement is taken place with notes of the conversions from Fahrenheit to Celsius and of anything else that may need to converted to the metric system. Also, how is it that I have less time when I participating in distance learning rather than actually going to class and just not going out in general rather than pre-COVID pandemic life.

Questions & Comments

asian-ninja- Chapter 10- Oh Jay, you really gotta stop picking fights with the wildlife. First a bee, now a jellyfish, that's 0 for 2 now. I like that you went with something unexpected, cause really who would think that Jay would be taken down by a jellyfish of all things. Very creative!

Response: I love your comment. The first two sentences made me laugh. Thank you I was trying to do something different, I'm glad you liked it.

Guest- Chapter 13- Wow, Poor Jay. It took quite a long time for him before he's back to his normal self. So happy for him, he is.

Response: I know that it seemed long (about six weeks), but from researching it, I understand that it does take a long time to fully recover, plus Jay had the complication of an enlarged spleen.