Probably just a couple of chapters...a palate cleanser if you will. You might need it to get through this week's catastrophe.

Kim was beside herself. She thumped on the door and screamed "CPD. Open the door." The urgency in her voice was obvious but there was no one around to hear it and whatever was going on inside the room was alternating between loud and violent and quiet. It was like time was standing still.

All the while she held up her phone. "Where the hell are you?"

The sudden screams from inside the room tore through her.

"Kim, we are a minute out. Hang on."

"I can't Hailey, I need to go in."

Adam's heart was in his mouth. This was his worst nightmare. "Kim, what's happening? We are almost there." Kev was driving and there was not a rule they hadn't broken.

"He's killing her, I can hear it. I need to get in there." Kim shot at the base of the door in hopes it would stop whatever was going on inside.

"Kim." Adam screamed desperately.

Suddenly he heard Upton's and Halstead's voices through the radio and Halstead ordered her to stay outside but as soon as they were through the door Kim followed them.

Daniel rushed at them and he lunged at Upton, knocking her backwards and into Kim who stumbled and fell just as Halstead fired a shot, which wounded him but didn't stop him. Upton and Kim struggled to their feet and Kim pushed past and into the bathroom while Upton went to help Halstead take down the offender. That struggle faded in Kim's mind once she got in the bathroom, she trusted them to deal with it and could only see what was in front of her.

The young girl in the bathtub startled her, her lifeless body and eyes made her feel sick and she scrambled and tried to get her out of the bath but couldn't lift her weight, she felt weak all of a sudden so she climbed in, sliding her body under the lifeless one to lift her out of the water in the hope that she was still breathing.

"Kim, Kim are you all right?" She heard Adam's voice and called out to him. Adam rushed through the door, stepping over the chaos in the other room and Upton followed him.

"Help me." She tried to lift her out again but couldn't and Adam dragged her from the bath and left her on the floor for Upton to start CPR. "No, No, No." Kim cried.

As Kim tried to get out of the bath she slipped on fell back into the bath, her upper back catching the faucet and she cried out in pain. Adam reached for her and lifted her out of the water. "You okay?" he tried to get her to respond but she was already fighting him to get free.

"Save her, please save her." She begged when Upton stopped CPR.

"She's gone Kim."

"No." Kim pushed Adam away and he couldn't stop her falling to her knees to start CPR again. They had to try; they couldn't give up.

Hailey put her hand on Kim's arm to stop her and Kim screamed at her. "Don't touch me. Don't fucking touch me."

Adam had to practically restraint Hailey to stop her pulling Kim off the dead girl. Kim was reacting badly and wasn't going to listen to anyone and Adam let her go. They all knew the girl was dead but Kim had to do this, he understood that about her and he just watched and waited for the moment that he could see the realisation hit her and then he'd step in.

His heart was thudding in his chest, his adrenaline coursing through his veins and he'd lift both of them together if he had too. When the call first came through all his fears came bubbling to the surface. She wasn't supposed to be in the field, she was on desk duty, they had left her in the bullpen. How the fuck did she get out here and why? They'd had a few heated discussions about desk duty and finally Kim accepted that it needed to happen.

He did doubt whether Kim had the strength to stay out of the situation. In the end she waited as long as she could. It had nothing to do with her courage, he never doubted her courage. Kim never shied away from putting herself on the line or worried about being first through the door and her heart would always put other people first but he was worried; more like out and out terror and he'd never felt that before.

In that split second could she put their child first, in that very moment would someone else's child win out? He was glad he never had to make that decision; he wasn't sure he was that selfless. He knew he'd do anything to protect her and his child, they'd already been there and it had been an eye opening experience for him. In that moment he realised just how much this child already meant to him.

When the paramedics arrived Kim finally accepted that the girl she was desperate to save was gone and it was devastating for her. Adam saw the light in her eyes disappear and knew in that exact moment she was blaming herself. He lifted her up off the floor and stood her on her feet, she was cold and wet and shaking uncontrollably and for a brief moment she let Adam hold her shoulders to keep her upright.

Voight came in with a face like thunder but it softened when he spoke to Kim. "This can't happen again." he took her away from the room, it was crawling with cops and paramedics. "Kim, I let you stay on the case because it was your catch but this isn't what I meant."

"I know."

"Now you need to go to Med and get checked out." Halstead had told Voight that Kim had been knocked over at least once and he'd seen her in the bathroom, dripping wet and wasn't sure how that happened.

"I'm fine."

"It wasn't a suggestion. Get someone to take you."

As soon as Ruzek knew that Voight was sending her to hospital he insisted on taking her. He had already told her he wanted her checked out and she had refused, and not politely either but she couldn't refuse Voight. He had hoped that his Boss would insist on it.

"Are you okay?" He asked when he got her into the car.

"I'm fine." Kim snapped.

"Okay." Adam exhaled slowly. He had so much to say and he felt his body shaking and was struggling to figure out what was making him feel that way, what precisely he was feeling.

"Go on say it. You know you want too?"

'Say what?"

"Some lecture about not being in the field, and all that shit you go on about." He'd been her verbal punching bag on more than one occasion, he had to let it roll off him but that was easier said than done.

"I'm not going to say anything. I just want to know if you are okay."

"You want to know if your baby is okay. It's your kid remember." She snarked at him, a throw back to when he had told her that she was pregnant with his kid and if she didn't like him doing whatever he could to keep her safe he didn't really give a shit. It had been a catalyst to them finally sitting down and talking but it still had rattled her at the time and she'd been angry.

"Kim, are you okay?" he repeated slowly. He wasn't buying into that argument right now. If he said what he was really thinking he'd be an asshole. Yes he was pissed she'd put herself in danger and their baby, but he was pissed because he was terrified and that feeling was uncontrollable. He'd been terrified since the moment her voice came over their radios. Even now he still had a pit in his stomach. It wasn't just that she put herself in a situation that was dangerous but also he was pissed at himself for not being there.

"She's dead Adam, because I hesitated."

"You did what you always do, put someone before yourself. This time it was your unborn child."

"How do I tell her parents that? How do I tell them that I heard him murdering her and did nothing." Kim whispered quietly, all the fight and anger draining out of her. "How do I tell them that my child was more important than theirs?"

"I don't know. Start with I am sorry for your loss." He didn't really know how to answer that, but wasn't that what being a parent was? Putting your child before all else, protecting them, keeping them safe? That was your job and just because her child wasn't born yet didn't mean it meant any less. "And Kim, you saved 19 other girls and all those future girls who were destined for the same life."

She lurched forward and screamed. It was an agonising cry of desperation of grief and heartache and Adam tightened his grip on the steering wheel. His heart was tearing listening to her pain.

Suddenly she sucked in a deep breath and pushed her body back into the car seat.

"What is it?"

"My stomach."

"Where? Is it the baby?"

"I think so."

Adam pushed his foot to the floor; they were almost at Med and he flicked on the lights and sirens. Everyone needed to get out of his fucking way. "Is it bad? What's happening? Talk to me Kim."

"I don't know Adam." Kim cried, clutching her stomach. "I don't know."