A/N: As always I do not own the characters from Chicago Fire, PD or Med. I just like playing with them. I do own my own characters, Katherin, Ken and anyone else I come up with.

A/N2: I am originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin. The fact about their football team is true, my folks own stock in them , and are season ticket holders :) just had to throw that in there. Also I am a singer , so my stories include a character that sings. It's what I know, so I write about it.

Now the Warnings: Domestic violence, and sexual abuse mentioned ; rated for language and future scenes. Some of these are going to be a bit graphic, please feel free to skip over them (first being right now)

Chapter 6

He was on top of her, pinning her down. "Don't make a sound Kitty Kat… you'll regret it." He pulled her pants down , forcing himself between her legs. "You know you like it rough." He whispered in her ear. Kat wanted to die. He was deep inside her, and it felt like her insides would bust open. She bit her lip to the point she tasted blood, but she stayed quiet. If she didn't she knew it would be way worse. He finished and rolled off of her, throwing a towel at her. "Clean yourself up and get downstairs. " He adjusted himself and walked out of the room, slamming the door behind him. Kat flinched but didn't move until she heard his footsteps down the hall and his voice downstairs. Then she moved gently to the bathroom , looking at herself in the mirror and silently sobbed.

Kelly sat up like a bolt of lightning hit him. He blinked a few times and realized he had fallen asleep. Then he heard it again, a noise coming from his bedroom. He jumped up and ran in to find Kat, tangled up in the sheets and yelling .

"Get off me! Leave me alone!!" she was yelling at the top of her lungs and sounded petrified . He sat on the bed next to her, peeling the sheets back from her and gently scooping her up he put her in his lap.

"Kat, you have to wake up. You're having a nightmare." He rocked her, stroking her cheek with his finger till her body relaxed and she opened her eyes. She blinked a few times trying to focus on the face in front of her.

"Kelly? What… happened ?" she knew something had, she had gone to bed alone and now she was in his lap.

"You were screaming , sounds like you had a nightmare." He sat her back on the bed but didn't move from his spot. "You okay?"

She screwed her eyes shut tight and nodded. Ugh he's going to want me to leave. When she felt his finger under her chin she opened her eyes. He had turned her face to look at his.

"Don't hide. I'm right here." He kissed her gently on the forehead. "You want me to go?" She shook her head rapidly back and forth indicating no. "Okay then I'll stay right here." He pulled the sheets back so she could slide under them again. He felt her grab his arm and he looked down at her tear filled eyes. "I'm not going anywhere, I promise." He lifted the sheets and slid in next to her, wrapping an arm around her like he did in the hospital. She curled into him, laying her head on his chest, while his fingers made lazy designs on her bare shoulder, he was trying to relax her. It worked, within a few minutes her breathing evened out and she was asleep again. Kelly on the other hand didn't sleep. He thought of all the ways he was going to make this man pay.

The next morning Kat woke up to arguing . She could hear Kelly talking very loudly to someone in the living room, but she only heard one side of the conversation so she figured he was on the phone. She washed up in the bathroom, searched through his closet to find the closest thing she could fit into and went searching for him. He had his back turned towards her and she took a moment to admire him without his knowledge. His body was tense, the conversation wasn't going the way he wanted she deduced. She could see his muscles moving as he flung his arm up and down, making his point to the person on the other end of the line. He was pacing and she heard him say "Damn it Voight this guy is really bad! You need to put him down I don't care who he is!" he turned and faced her after that comment, quickly ending the phone call when he saw her standing there. "Hey, you're awake. How you feeling ?" he threw the phone on the couch and walked towards her.

"I'm fine… listen Kelly about last night…"

He gave her a tender hug and quick kiss on the temple before going towards the kitchen, completely ignoring her attempt to apologize. "You want eggs? How's your pain, you need a pill?" he started pulling things out of the fridge and cabinets.

She sighed. "No damn it Kelly, stop and look at me." She didn't mean to snap at him, he had been nothing but amazing to her, but she needed to get this out. He stopped immediately and turned towards her. "I'm sorry, about the yelling and the nightmare. I'm sorry for waking you up, and scaring you. " He had started to make his way towards her while she talked, and was now standing in front of her. "I'm usually alone when I have those, so I'm sorry that I disturbed you…" she stopped finally when he leaned down and kissed her, taking her by surprise. He was gentle about it though, not forceful in any way. Kat didn't believe for a second he ever would be. When they pulled apart she looked at him with doe eyes. "What did you do that for?"

"I had to get you to stop the self depreciation somehow didn't I?" he grinned at her and turned back to go into the kitchen. "So, do you want eggs or not?"

She ran her fingers over her lips and nodded absentmindedly, forgetting he wasn't looking at her anymore. She sat down at the island and glanced over at her phone, cringing. "Holy shit, I think my phone keeled over from the amount of messages and calls I've been getting . Maybe I should try and change my number?" She started scrolling through the calls and messages looking for any that weren't from Ken. 99% of them were ignored, but she had a few missed calls from a number she didn't recognize. "Hey do you know this number?" she read it off to him and he nodded.

"That's the district's number , probably Sergeant Voight on his office phone. " He started scrambling eggs and adding cheese to the bowl.

She dialed the number and waited. "Voight. " a gruff voice came over the line, startling her.

"Oh, hi… um… this is Katherin… Bend… we met yesterday? I saw you tried calling my cell… sorry. " God she was nervous. This man scared her more than the fire chief did. She could hear Kelly snicker at her.

"Yes, I need you to come to the station today. We have some more questions for you. " No please, just a demand. She was used to that, though his tone was better than the one she was usually dealing with.

"Sure, not a problem. I'll have Kelly bring me, what time?"

"Sooner the better ." He answered and the line went dead.

"Oh, okay thanks so much for your time. Ok bye." She continued even though he had hung up.

"He hung up already didn't he. " Kelly was laughing .

"He doesn't know how to finish a phone call…" Kat muttered causing Kelly to laugh harder. "He said I need to come in as soon as possible, they have more questions for me."

Turning off the burner to the stove Kelly dished up the eggs on two plates and turned around to pass one to her. "No problem, we can go after we stop and get you clothes." He inhaled his plate of eggs before she had even started on hers. "I'm gonna get changed, hurry up and eat."

She watched him walk away and sighed a little bit. No denying the man was attractive, and sweet, caring, nurturing… He showed those sides last night . She started eating , humming to herself, and decided against taking a pain pill. After she was finished she quickly cleaned off their plates guest be damned I'm cleaning these dishes. She pulled on her shoes, groaned as she looked at her phone again and waited.

He walked out a few minutes later, stopping at the couch to grab his phone he had thrown there earlier. She could tell he had gotten a shower, his skin had a pink tint to it. "Ready to go ?" and she nodded at him. They loaded up with coats hats and the like and took off.

After a brief stop at her house to grab clothes and essentials , they headed to the district. Kat could feel her butterflies in her stomach, a whole mess of them flapping around . They stopped at the front desk and spoke to another sergeant, this one named Trudy Platt. She was an older lady with a spitfire attitude and Kat liked her immediately.

"She's married to Mounch." Kelly whispered to her when her back was turned .

Kat eyes lit up "The man with the funny name!" She giggled and cocked her head to the side looking at the Sergeant's back "I can see that actually…"

"Voight's expecting us." He informed Trudy so she took them upstairs.

"Why are they behind a cage door?" Kat whispered to Kelly as they ascended the stairs.

"Because no one is allowed up here without clearance. " Trudy answered. "Hank, you have visitors. "

He strode towards them "Thanks Trudy." He stopped and shook Kelly's hand and motioned at her to join him in his office. When they got to the door he stopped "Just her. Sorry Kelly." And shut the door behind her. "Have a seat."

Kat knew she hadn't done anything wrong, yet somehow she felt like she was being punished for something . Maybe that was just the way this man was, scary and intimidating. It probably worked on criminals, it was definitely working on her. She sat down and he sat across from her behind his desk. "Yes sir, how can I help?"

He shoved a picture at her. "I need you to verify this is the man we are after."

She picked it up , nodding. "Yes, this is Ken." She sat it back down on the desk and clasped her hands together, waiting.

"I also need you to explain to me the relationship between you two. Are you his employee? Girlfriend? Wife?" he stared at her, causing her face to turn red.

She took a deep breath and started . "No, I was never his employee, not really. I guess you could call me his girlfriend? I was working at a club as a singer and he came in one night and saw me, basically told the owner that if he didn't introduce us he would have him… whacked I believe was the term that was used…something mobsteresque." she shook her head. "At first it was fine, dinners, presents… I felt bad he was giving me all these things but he told me I was special. I had just moved from Wisconsin to Chicago with the thought of becoming a singer… "

"He took advantage of you."

"Yes. I mean at first I was a willing participant, all I had to do was dress up and be his date for a few events. But then he would get mad at me if I wasn't available when he needed me. Forced the club owner to fire me so he could have me all to himself… then the abuse started. " She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "It wasn't much first, he would apologize right away, say he would never do it again… " she opened her eyes and Hank had moved , leaning against the front of his desk in front of her.

"How many hospital trips?"

She had to think for a second on that one. "2 overnight stays. Broken collarbone and a broken arm. I went to the ER the first time he hit me but that just made it worse. After that I learned only to go when something was broken."

"And you never filed a police report ? TRO? I'm surprised the hospital didn't file something . "

She nodded "They tried, I tried. I've attempted to get several TROs, somehow the paperwork gets lost in the system, they never get filed , or they're just thrown out. This man, he has friends everywhere Sergeant. I only am talking to you because the Chief suggested it, and it seems like his men trust you." She looked down at her hands. "I know he has cops in his pocket, I just don't know where or which ones."

Hank growled at that remark. "Not me, and not my team."

"Please understand , I've done this for years now. This song and dance with him. It gets bad, then better, then worse, then okay." She stared into his eyes. "I'm tired. Really tired. I put my trust in people, and I'm usually disappointed and let down. "

Hank moved again this time to sit next to her. He held out his hand and she put hers in it. He squeezed gently "Let me tell you something Miss Bend, I go after some of the worst people in Chicago, and I almost never lose. When I tell you we will do everything we can to get him, I mean that. I'll be honest with you, because you deserve it. I don't always go by the book, so I'm asking you right now, are you ok with that?"

She didn't hesitate before answering "Sergeant, if this man disappears and is never seen again I am 100% okay with that. I've lived in fear for way too long." She pulled out her phone from her bag and handed it to him.. "This is how many times he's attempted to contact me since yesterday. I would consider that harassment of some kind…right?"

Hank let go of her hand and took the phone , scrolling through the messages and missed calls. His eyes flashed with anger, she could see it while he looked at the screen. "Can we keep this?"

She nodded "Yes of course. I'll give you my password to every email address and social media account , my voice mails, you have my permission to search all of it." He got up and grabbed her a pen and piece of paper so she could write it all down.

"Are you staying at Kelly's?" he asked when she was done writing.

"Yes, for the time being. " She nodded.

"Then if I need to talk to you I'll call him, until you can get a new phone and number." They rose together and he opened the door for her. They walked out into the bull pen , causing the entire room to jump up. "Ruzek, this is Miss Bend's phone. Pull everything off of it. Phone calls, voice mails, text messages. We need to have proof of harassment, that's our first step ."

The man jumped up and grabbed the phone from him "Got it Boss."

Hank turned to Kat, taking her hand and clasping it in his. "Thank you for coming by. I'll be in touch soon." He walked her to the staircase where Kelly was standing waiting . "Severide." He nodded at him and walked back to his office, dismissing the two.

They had made their way down the stairs and through the cage door before either spoke. "So? What did he say ?" Kelly turned to her stopping by the front door of the precinct.

"He said to trust him. And I do." She smiled and they walked out of the 21st.

The rest of the day was uneventful. Kat regretted not taking the pain pill that morning , by the time they got done at the district she was hurting and Kelly could see it, so he suggested they head home and relax.

"We can cancel tonight, if you're hurting too bad. The guys will understand." He said as he lead her back into the apartment .

"Are you kidding ? Hell no. These people have been so supportive , there's no way I'm backing out on them." She poured herself a glass of juice and downed the pill with it. "Besides, you need a night off babysitting duty." She smiled at him. "It'll be fun."

They had made their way to the couch. Kat laying against Kelly's side , her legs stretched out over the opposite end. He had his arm around her, careful of the bruises on her ribs. They watched old movies for the rest of the afternoon until it was time to get ready.

Around 5 Kat got up, careful not to disturb Kelly ,he had fallen asleep during Casablanca , grabbed her bag and headed to the shower. There she carefully peeled off her clothes and checked her bruises. As suspected they were already turning green and yellowish. At least they're Packers colors now. She turned to the shower and started the hot water. She tested it before easing her way in. Closing her eyes she let it run down her battered and bruised body, but for once she felt like something good might actually happen, instead of the same old song and dance. Maybe it wasn't luck that led her to Molly's that night. Maybe she finally deserved something… someone good in her life.

Kelly jerked awake, after he heard a noise coming from the bathroom. He hasn't meant to fall asleep but he had been up all night , watching Kat sleep and thinking of all the ways he would make this Ken guy pay… he felt relaxed with her laying against him, and he couldn't help it. He realized she was singing again when he got up and moved towards the bathroom.

I've made up my mind,

Don't need to think it over

If I'm wrong, I am right

Don't need to look no further,

This ain't lust

I know this is love

But if I tell the world

I'll never say enough

'cause it was not said to you

And that's exactly what I need to do

If I end up with you

Should I give up?

Or should I just keep chasin' pavements

Even if it leads nowhere?

Or would it be a waste

Even if I knew my place?

Should I leave it there?

Should I give up?

Or should I just keep chasin' pavements

Even if it leads nowhere?

Kelly smiled – she is really talented. He decided to talk to Stella, Herrmann and Otis about her singing at the bar. That might be a nice distraction from the situation that was going on. He didn't want to scare her again so he found clean clothes , got changed and sat on the bed waiting for her to get done.

He heard the water turn off , but she kept singing.

I build myself up

And fly around in circles

Waitin' as my heart drops

And my back begins to tingle

Finally, could this be it

Or should I give up?

Or should I just keep chasin' pavements

Even if it leads nowhere?

Or would it be a waste

Even if I knew my place?

Should I leave it there?

Kat walked out of the bathroom, towel wrapped around her, and jumped a foot when she saw Kelly sitting on the bed. "Good God!" she grabbed her chest "You are going to give me a heart attack one of these times!" she picked up the bag she had tossed in the corner and threw it on the bed, rummaging through it. He just grinned at her, not saying anything. She turned and looked at him "What? Use your words Kelly."

"You're really good. Like… you should be on stage good." His eyes sparkled and Kat knew he had something up his sleeve.

"Well, thank you. I did actually used to be on stage… I was singing at a club when I first moved to Chicago. " She found the outfit she was looking for and went back into the bathroom to put it on. Kelly tried following her but she waved her hand at him and pointed to the bed, so he sat back down.

"I think you should sing at Molly's. I wanna talk to the owners tonight about it, if you're okay with that. "

"Owners? I thought it was just Herrmann?" she poked her head back through the doorway. "How many are there ?" she said before disappearing back into the bathroom.

"Well, technically four. Otis, Herrmann, Stella and Gabby."

"Wait, who's Gabby?" she called out to him.

"Matt's ex wife, Antonio's sister. She moved to Puerto Rico not too long ago to help with the relief efforts from the hurricane. She used to be a firefighter. And paramedic with our house . "

"Oh wow! That's so… I can't even think of a strong enough term for how awesome that is!" she stepped put of the bathroom and Kelly's jaw dropped. She was in tight jeans, had a deep blue sweater on that matched her eyes, heels and she had done her hair up in some sort of twist since it was wet. "What?" she looked at him, then down at herself.

"Uh, nothing . You look great." Kelly looked away before she caught the desire in his eyes. "You ready?"

She nodded, knowing that there was more behind his words, but she didn't push it. "Yup!"

They made their way to the door and he held her coat out for her, then put his own on. She grabbed the hat he had given her and pulled it down over her wet hair to try and keep the cold at bay. He grabbed the scarf and put it around her "Don't forget this." She took a deep breath in and they walked out the door.