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.—same old song and dance.
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Now the Warnings: Domestic violence, and sexual abuse mentioned ; rated M for language and specific scenes. Some of these are going to be a bit graphic, please feel free to skip over them. *side note – typically my "sex scenes " aren't detailed , but for some reason I went all out on this story. Just a word of warning!!
Chapter 10
Hank slammed the door to his office shut and slumped into his chair behind his desk. Grabbing the bottle and a glass from his bottom drawer he poured himself two fingers of scotch, and quickly downed it. Antonio had called letting him know that Ken had denied seeing Kat or knowing where she was, and had left. Seeing that they couldn't get any sort of warrant to pull Ken's phone logs , or check his apartment Hank felt lost . He remembered the first time he had met Kelly Severide, and how he hadn't thought much of the man back then. Course he never did think much of the men that dated Erin, even Jay at first, but Kelly proved himself throughout the years as a man to be counted on. Now Hank was letting him down. He was letting Kat down too, a woman he hadn't met but a few times but took a liking to instantly, despite his gruff manner towards her. She reminded him a lot of Erin, being a victim of terrible circumstances but pulling herself out from under such tragedy and making a life for herself. He poured himself another drink , then set the bottle back in the drawer, slamming it shut when he heard a knock on his office door –"Come in." he said shortly.
Ruzek stuck his head in. "Boss, I think we finally caught a break!"
The group of four men walked back up the stairs to the bullpen looking dejected. Kelly went to slump into the closest chair when Hank yelled to him, so he detoured and made his way to Hanks office.
"Voight." The tone of his voice said a lot. He was tired, frustrated, and pissed off.
Hank held out a photo to him. "I need you to tell me if you recognize anyone in this photo."
Kelly took it from his outstretched fingers and glanced at it. It was a photo of the crowd at fire the night previously. He scanned the crowd , shaking his head. "No, why?"
Hank stood up and pointed to a man looking like a homeless man. "Him. You recognize him?"
Kelly looked closer- "Bowman!" he snarled . "He was there?"
Hank nodded and handed him another photo. "This car he got in to? Is it the one he's usually in?"
Kelly shook his head. "No, usually he's driven around in some fancy black SUV. This is a panel van, like a delivery vehicle." Kelly handed the photos back. "What does this mean ??"
Hank motioned to Kelly to follow him. They went to a computer where Ruzek had video keyed ready to play. "Go ahead." Adam pushed play and the group leaned in to watch. It was pod video from behind Kelly and Kats apartment building. It showed the same panel van Ken had gotten into the night before was parked there . They watched and saw a man, shorter and stockier than Ken get out and go into the building . About 5 minutes later he came back, carrying a body over his shoulder . They watched him put her into the back of the van and take off.
"Kat!" Kelly's voice cracked. "Voight please tell me you can track it?" He was gripping the side of the desk so hard his knuckles turned white.
He looked to Ruzek who had already started typing, and the rest of the room went to their desks to try and get facial recognition on the man, or see if any other cameras had picked him up anywhere. Matt stood next to Kelly , hand on his shoulder . "They'll find her Severide."
Kat lay still, watching a few fluffy clouds pass overhead, sun shining on her face. She could stay like this forever, it felt so right. She flipped over and started swimming towards the shore.Kelly watched Kat walk out of the ocean in slow motion, like something out of a movie. She was gorgeous, water dripping off her as she walked towards him."Hi baby. Whatcha looking at?" she stood in front of him, grinning."You." He grabbed a towel, wrapping it around her and pulled her close, leaning down to capture her lips with his. It was a rather chaste kiss compared to all the others he had given her over their time there, but it had the same result. Kat's knees became weak and she leaned against him, as they stared into each others eyes…"I'm so glad we did this Mr. Severide." She whispered."I am too Mrs. Severide." He whispered back, before pulling her close again.
Kat rolled over and groaned. She had been having an amazing dream about Kelly… they were somewhere warm and tropical. A complete opposite of the situation she found herself in at the present . When her eyes focused again and she snapped back to reality, she looked and found herself still shackled to the bed. The room she was in had no windows , so she had no idea if it was day or night, or how long she had been gone. Kat wanted to yell, scream, curse at the world… but she knew it wouldn't do any good. She closed her eyes again and prayed for when she and Kelly would be back together .
Ruzek had been working on tracking the vans plates and he finally got a hit. Printing off the paper he stuck it to the white board and started talking . "Plates come back to a Joseph Duffy. 50, Caucasian… errand boy for Kenneth Bowman and his Irish mobsters. He has warrants out for aggravated battery and drug possession." He pointed to the picture of the van he had on the board. "The van was last spotted on a camera leaving Illinois ."
"Leaving the state going where?" Hank broke in.
"North." Ruzek posted another picture on the board. "This is it crossing the Illinois /Wisconsin border earlier today."
"Burgess get on the phone with Wisconsin state police. I don't want any jurisdiction issues." Ruzek grabbed his laptop and coat while Jay, Hailey, Antonio and Kevin grabbed their jackets and everyone followed Hank to the garage to gear up. Burgess followed a few minutes later on her phone. When they got to the garage and started to vest up Hank turned to the firefighters saying "Kelly I'm sorry, you and Casey can't come with us." Even as he said it Hank knew it wasn't going to do any good.
"That's bullshit Voight and you know it. Its my girlfriend that's been kidnapped! I'm going." Kelly shrugged off Matt's hand on his shoulder and walked outside.
"You really thought that would work?" Casey shook his head and followed Kelly to wait for the unit.
A bolo had been issued for the van , and they finally got a hit in a rural town in northern Wisconsin called Door County, about 4 and a half hours from the Chicago. The town police had contacted Burgess to let her know they would keep an eye on it , so the team had a caravan headed north. Ruzek, Atwater, and Burgess were together in one car, Hank and Antonio in the next. Finally Upton, Halstead, Casey and Severide together in third.
"So this van, it's where exactly?" Kelly couldn't take the quiet. They had been driving for a couple of hours and it was too much for him.
"Some place called Door County? A couple spotted it at a cabin on their property, called it in. They were coming to check on it since it's usually empty in the winter and saw smoke coming from the chimney and the van parked in the driveway. " Hailey has gotten the info from Kim so she relayed it to the occupants of the car.
"I know that town. My grandfather's cabin isn't too far from there." Jay said . "Great place. Really quiet in winter."
"She's from Wisconsin. You think it's a coincidence he had her brought here ?" Kelly asked.
The two detectives in the front seat looked at each other . "I don't think anything that happens due to this guy is a coincidence. " Jay responded.
In the middle car Hank and Antonio were talking. "Severide shouldn't be here Hank, he might not be able to handle what we find." Antonio was worried about his friends, but tried not to let it affect his thinking .
"You try telling him that. She's been gone for less than 24 hours and you can see the wreck he is. Kelly's a good man, a great firefighter… he's seen things no one should have to." Hank reasoned. "He will be okay."
"Boss. Kim's voice came over the radio to both cars. Door County police just called to let me know another vehicle has joined the van. I sent them a picture and they verified – its Bowman."
Hank slammed his hand against the steering wheel. They were in another state and had no way to get warrants to arrest him for this crime. "I have a friend that works in the state attorneys office here." Burgess spoke again "I'll call her and see if we can't get warrants to arrest him. I'll loop in the police officers watching the cabin too, see if they have any way to get it expedited."
"Do it." Was all Hank said and the group continued to move north towards their destination.
In the third car after Burgess's comment Kelly was livid. He saw red. Nothing else mattered to him but Kat and her safety. He decided after this was all done he would take her somewhere remote, just the two of them. So she could finally relax and feel safe.
Kat woke up to hear voices outside her door. She got up and started to move that way when her leg forced her to stop. Sighing she sat down on the edge of the bed and waited .
The door opened and Kat gasped. "Ken?" she shrunk back against the bed "What are you doing here?"
"You disrespected me KittyKat. You're mine yet you thought you could forget that? Move on with someone else?" he moved closer to her with every word "You were wrong . So very wrong."
"Why did you bring me here? What's the point of all this ?" Kat scrambled to keep him talking . She recognized the look in his eyes.
"Don't you see? You need to be punished for throwing us away. Say you're sorry, beg me for forgiveness and I MIGHT let you keep breathing."
Tears sprung to Kats eyes. I'm going to die here. "Ken, please. I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking. Why don't we go back to Chicago, start over?" her skin crawled as she said the words but she knew it had to be done.
"You think it's that simple ?? I brought you home Katherin. So you could see I care about you. Back to where you had such good memories…" Ken sat next to her on the bed, gripping her hand and pulling her towards him. "Why don't we have one last go huh? As much as I am angry at you , you were always a good lay." He leaned in, unlocking the shackle, and kissed her hard against the mouth, forcing her backwards on the bed.
Down the road the three vehicles from Chicago pulled up and met with the officers that were watching the cabin. A uniformed officer got out and went to greet them. "Officer Pat Barnes, Door County police." He stuck his hand out towards the group. "Which one of you is Officer Burgess?"
Kim stepped forward "I am." She shook the man's hand. "Thank you for keeping an eye on the place. Did you hear back from the state attorney?"
"We did. Their office sent an expedited search warrant and arrest warrants on both your perps. We were just waiting on you to get here before proceeding." He held out his phone to show them the documents. "The hard copies are waiting at our precinct for you. "
"Sergeant Hank Voight. " He stuck his hand out and shook the officers hand. "Thank you, we can take it from here. Hang back in case they try to run." He turned towards his group "Gear up." They scattered and grabbed their vests out of the trucks of their cars before returning to where Hank was standing.
"Casey, Severide… I know you want to be involved in this, but I am asking you to stay back. Let us get her out safely. " He glanced at the two men who nodded their heads.
"I'm sorry for being a pain Voight – I just want her to be safe. " Kelly said hanging his head. "Just, get her out. Please."
He raised his head when he felt Hanks hand on his shoulder. "That's the plan. Burgess, Atwater, Ruzek circle around to the back of the cabin. Halstead, you and Upton take the right and left, Antonio and I will take front. " The team separated and began their approach to the cabin.
Inside Kat had made peace with what was going to happen. Ken had stripped her of the bottom half of her clothes. He forced her legs apart , mumbling to her as he slammed himself inside her. She cringed , silent tears rolling down her cheeks. It wasn't supposed to be like this. Kelly was gentle, loving … she didn't want to go back to this way again. Something inside her snapped and she pushed Ken backwards. "LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Outside the team heard her yell. "Police open up!!" Antonio kicked down the front door as Kevin hit the back. "Put your hands on your head and get down slowly!" the man from the video did what he was told willingly. When asked where Ken was he pointed to a room that had the door closed. The team swept the rest of the cabin quickly and got ready to bust down the shut door.
When they did they found Ken with a gun to Kats head. Her neck had hand prints on it, where Ken had attempted to choke her, and she was naked from the waist down. "Bowman, put the gun down. There's no where for you to go, it's over. " Hank walked into the room, gesturing for Kim and Hailey to join him. He knew Kat would feel more comfortable with the female detectives seeing her this way, but there was no way Hank was leaving.
"You shouldn't even be here! Besides , Kat came with me willingly, didn't you Kat…" she cringed at his breath hot on her face.
"There's nothing willing about this Bowman. You had her shackled to the bed." He pointed to the chain hanging down. " She was kidnapped from outside her home this morning, and you're behind it." Hank took a step closer, gun drawn.
On the other side of the wall from Ken Jay was set to shoot. He just needed Ken away from Kat long enough to get a clean shot through the wall. Hailey was motioning to him where Kens head was at while he was talking to Voight , so Jay would be ready when it was time.
"STAND BACK! Let me guess the firefighter is here too right ? Well get him in here so he can see what his previous girlfriend has been up to. He won't want her. Then where will you be huh Kat??? Crawling back to me!" Kens eyes went glassy, Hank knew they didn't have a lot of time.
Kat knew it too. She closed her eyes and took a breath before opening them and giving Hank a silent signal. She took her elbow and jammed it back into Kens ribs , hard enough to surprise him and make him drop his grip on her. She fell sideways off the bed and it was over. Hailey gave Jay the signal and he shot through the wall taking Ken out quickly. Kat laid there keeping her hands over ears , face buried until she felt a hand on her arm. She looked up and saw Kim and Hailey standing there with jackets covering her. "Don't look behind you sweetie. Just look at us." Hailey held out her hand to help her up off the floor.
Hank stood next to Ken's body, blocking it from sight while Hailey and Kim helped Kat get dressed. When she was completely covered again he turned back around , holding out his hand for her to take. She looked at him, and practically leapt into his arms. "Thank you Sergeant." She whispered to him. He patted her back and then turned her towards Kim and Hailey who lead her from the room.
Kelly was pacing back and forth by the car. "You heard that right? " he turned to Matt. "That was a gun shot. I need to be up there."
Matt grabbed his arm "Kelly, let them do their jobs."
Kelly made a face but continued to pace back and forth . They heard footsteps and when Kelly turned around he saw Kat flanked by Kim and Hailey. "Kat!" He ran towards her at the same time she looked up and saw him.
"Kelly!" They met each other midway down the path as she jumped into his arms. "I'm so sorry, I should have never walked out of the apartment!"
He hugged her tightly and kissed her temple. "You're safe now baby. I've got you."