Hailey's ears were ringing as she straightened up to survey the damage around her. She had instinctively curled her body around the girl when the blast went off, and she quickly scanned both of their bodies for any signs of damage.
"Are you okay? Are you hurt?" She asked Felicity.
"I'm... I'm okay. Where's my dad? It was all a set up against the police!" The little girl cried.
Hailey shook her head, looking behind her at the devestation. Keying in her radio she said, "this is Detective Hailey Upton from Intelligence, I have multiple casualties and wounded a half mile west of Garfield Park, please send available units. We're gonna need ambos."
Hailey noticed Jay was helping Vanessa put a tourniquet around her leg. A piece of shrapnel had cut open her lower thigh. Kevin was trying to wake up an unconscious Adam. She saw Voight running towards where the blast originated, shouting into his radio. She led Felicity over to Jay and Vanessa. Rojas was unable to put weight on her injured leg, but was responsive and clear-headed, so Hailey left the girl with her.
Adam was sitting up, groggy. "Where's Kim? WHERE'S KIM!?" he shouted frantically.
She was crumpled against a car parked on the street, she had been the closest member of the team to the blast. Blood was running down the side of her face, and she was unresponsive. Hailey touched her gently, speaking firmly and clearly. "Kim? Do you hear me?"
Adam saw her, rushing over. "Baby, hey, can you hear me?" He shook his head, his frantic eyes meeting Hailey's. "What the hell happened?"
Hailey looked around. "I... I think it was a set up. Get all the CPD elite together and..." She motioned around her.
Kim stirred, opening her eyes slowly. "Adam? What happened?" She tried to sit up, wincing with the effort. Suddenly, her face fell and alarm flooded her. "Adam, the baby!" She exclaimed, touching her abdomen protectively.
Adam kissed her head. "We're gonna get you checked out, babe." He glanced at Hailey's confused face and sighed. "She's pregnant," he admitted, his voice shaking.
Hailey raised her eyebrows, but said nothing. She just nodded, and left them to help others. Jay met her as she headed towards the chaos. "You okay?" He asked, touching her arm.
"Yeah, I'm good." She hesitated before adding, "I love you too, Jay."
Realization hit him, and he firmly took her hands, turning her to face him directly. "We're going home tonight, Hailey, you can tell me that later."
She nodded, but she wasn't convinced. She took a deep breath and they followed Voight, Kevin close behind them.
They saw Hank trying to open the door of the van, one side was crumpled. "Can anyone hear me in there?!" He shouted.
Jay helped him wrench open the passenger door, and Hailey was small enough to squeeze in. She felt the driver's neck, there was a pulse. Teddy Stewart was behind the driver, slumped against the window.
"He's alive..." A weak voice told he from the back of the van. Superintendent Crawford was in the van, blood down one side of his face and he was holding his right arm. "Jenson and Andrews are alive but in bad shape." He motioned to the other police officers in the van. "My leg is pinned."
"We've got ambos and Fire headed this way," she assured him. She could already hear sirens.
"What the hell happened?" Crawford stammered.
Hailey glanced at Voight, reading in his face the same thoughts that were running through her head. Someone had targeted the Chicago Police Department by using one of their top supporters as bait.
Voight took charge. "Let's help get these people to a hospital, then we're going after this son of a bitch," he said firmly.
Closest to the blast zone the wounded were scattered. Hailey saw paramedics running towards her from Ambulance 61. For once, Hailey was glad to see Emily Foster.
"We've got five injured in this van, squad is probably gonna need some jaws to rip them out." Hailey told Brett, who nodded and replied "they're right behind us."
Sure enough, the Chicago Fire Department was rolling in, ready to take over the scene. Emily asked Hailey, "do you need us to check you out?" A look of genuine concern on her face.
Hailey shook her head. "Nah, I was farthest from the blast, I'm good." She touched Foster's arm and gave a small smile, heading back to check on the injured Intelligence members while Voight, Jay and Kevin helped move others.
Paramedics we're loading Kim into an ambulance, Adam was at her side, his brow furrowed with concern. He glanced at Hailey as she approached, and she saw the conflict in his face.
"Go with Burgess," Hailey encouraged. "We'll be fine here, it'll be a while till this is cleaned up and we can investigate," she assured him. "I'll see ya later," she patted his shoulder.
Adam swallowed hard, nodding. Hailey saw the tears brimming in his eyes as he turned away, climbing into the back of the ambulance.
She watched them drive away and sighed. However long they'd been hiding this secret about Kim could cost them, Hailey thought. She turned and glanced at Jay down the street as he helped a limping man. How much was she willing to risk for this job?
She shook her head, coming back to reality and turning to Vanessa and the little girl. Felicity was leaning into Vanessa's embrace, sobbing as Rojas stroked her hair.
"Hey Felicity," Hailey squatted down to eye level, putting her hand on the girls shoulder. "I saw your dad, he's going to have to go to the hospital to get checked out, but we can meet him there."
Felicity nodded, Hailey helped Vanessa up. She called Jay, " Hey, can I take Rojas to the hospital in your truck?"
"Yeah, sure. I'll ride with Voight. We want to talk to those closest to the blast when they wake up. We'll be right behind you."
"Okay..." She hesitated, she wanted to say more to him.
Jay sensed her hesitation. "Hail? I'm here. We're okay. And I love you."
"Yeah..." She glanced at Rojas, watching her. "See ya soon."
She helped Rojas down the alley to where Jay's truck was parked, thankfully it had been far enough away to be unharmed. She got in the driver's seat, breathing in the familiar scent of him, wanting so badly to just be wrapped in his arms in bed, waking up to realize this was all just a dream. She drove quickly to Med, where she got Vanessa into a chair in the waiting room. Vanessa was adamant that she be seen after everyone else was taken care of, but Hailey still asked Maggie to check up on her soon. Meanwhile, Hailey got the room number of Mr. Stewart and led Felicity there.
Opening the door, the man was propped in his bed, covered in cuts and bruises, but looked relatively well. His eyes lit up when his daughter entered and they clung to each other.
"What is going on? How did you find Fee?" He was baffled.
"Mr. Stewart, it appears that the kidnappers weren't in this for the money, it was a strategic attack on the CPD using one of our top supporters."
His face fell. "What? How could that be possible?"
"Is there anyone who has a beef against you? Anyone who has worked for you recently that might have a grudge? Who would know about your connections within the CPD?" Hailey questioned.
Stewart shook his head. "I've got enemies for sure, but someone capable of this?" He pulled out his phone, telling Hailey, "I'll call my secretary, you have full access to all my files."
Hailey thanked him, urging him to get some rest. She knew this was definitely not their last conversation. She left his room and walked down the hall to the nurses station.
"Could you tell me where Officer Kim Burgess is?"
The nurse pointed down a hall, "Room 12."
Hailey knocked lightly on the door, then entered. Kim was laying in bed, staring out the window, and Adam was next to her, holding her hand, his leg nervously twitching.
"Hey guys, how are you?" Hailey asked gently.
Kim sighed. "I'm fine. We're waiting on some test results... I'm 22 weeks pregnant, Hailey."
Hailey tried not to look too shocked. It was early Spring in Chicago, still plenty cold enough to hide a baby bump under layers. But she was a detective. Had she really been that blind? Recently though, she had been distracted.
"Wow. Okay, so is the baby okay?"
Adam shook his head. "We're not totally sure. Heartbeat is good, but there's some problem on her blood test."
"Fetal-maternal hemmorage." Kim stated. "It means some of the babies blood cells mixed up with my blood cells... And if the counts are too high the baby could be in danger." Kim was tearing up. "I'm so STUPID. I thought I could keep doing this job and still protect us. Damn. I'm an idiot!" Kim was beginning to break down, leaning into Adam as she sobbed.
Hailey looked at Adam sympathetically, and left them alone in their room. Her phone buzzed and she glanced at a text from Jay.
'Hey we just got here. Meet at nurses' station.'
Hailey met up with Jay, Voight and Kevin.
"I heard they brought Burgess and Rojas in for injuries. Have you seen them?" Voight asked her.
"Yeah, I just checked on Burgess, she's waiting on some blood tests, Ruzek is with her. Vanessa was refusing treatment until everyone else was helped. And Teddy Stewart is responsive, I talked to him a bit."
Voight nodded. "Okay, let's see if we can talk to any alert victims."
The team split up, heading to different rooms. Hailey was walking down the hall with Jay, and she quickly pulled him into a supply closet.
Closing the door, Hailey wrapped her arms around Jay's torso, burying her face in his chest, breathing deeply. He squeezed her gently. "We're okay, Hail."
She turned her face up to him, sighing. "Apparently, Burgess is pregnant."
"Wait. What?"
"Yeah. They're worried the blast could've hurt the baby."
"Whoa, wait. How pregnant?"
"Like 5 months."
"WHAT?! Why didn't she tell anyone?!"
Hailey shrugged. "Maybe she was trying to figure out how, and time got away from her..."
"Whose the father?"
Hailey raised her eyebrows. "Seriously? You're a detective. You should be able to figure that out."
Jay's eyes got wide. "Ruzek?!"
Hailey nodded, then said to Jay, "You know how I'm always saying I don't want our relationship to effect our work... Well, I don't want our work to effect our relationship, either."
Jay's eyebrows went up. "I don't get it."
She took a deep breath. "I want a future with you, Jay. And after today it just feels like that's looking more and more unlikely. I mean, we could have been the ones hurt, or worse -"
He cut her off. "Hail, you can't think like that." Pulling her close he continued, "let's just soak in what we have now and not worry about what could happen." And with that, he kissed her passionately, gently pressing her against the door. They spent a few heated minutes in the closet freeing their minds, but then straightened their clothes and headed back to work.