Kim had busied herself all morning, anything to keep her mind off Adam and his whereabouts. She had caught herself watching the door, hoping Adam would walk through it and put her mind at ease.

He hadn't.

Everyone and their mother had walked up those stairs and into the bullpen. It felt a bit like grand central station to be honest, it was a constant flow of federal agents who had made the 21st their command center. With them came patrol officers that had been plucked to do grunt work, there was constant foot traffic.

None of it Adam.

When they finished their briefing with the feds, Kim sought Voight out.

"Adam. Is he okay?" Kim asked, unconsciously wringing her hands together, "Have you heard from him?"

"I have not." Hank replied, "I'm not worried. Nor should you be. Ruzek is fine."

Kim tried to take solace in that, "Are you sure? It just doesn't feel right. Adam doesn't just drop off the face of the earth. It's not like him."

"Adam's fine." He told her, "You need to partner up with Atwater and hit the bricks. Check in with CIs." He needed her occupied and out of the district. His own gut was screaming at him, something was indeed off. He wasn't lying to them when he informed them of Adam's 'special project' but Adam's absence had nothing to do with it.

"You don't think it's strange?" Kim asked Kevin as they waited for the barista to finish their order, "Adam checks in with you every morning..you're not bothered by the fact you haven't heard from him in two days. Two days, Kevin. One...two." She counted on her fingers.

Kevin smirked, "Burgess, I can count. Honestly?"

"Please." Kim bit back.

"I think you're over reacting. Ruzek probably hooked up with some chick and hasn't felt the need to check in. You heard Voight. He's on a special project. I wouldn't worry."

Kim was exasperated and blew out a long breath, "I think that's a load of bullshit. I don't feel right. Something is off. Seriously off. It bothers me that you're blowing me off. It's Adam, Kevin."

He gripped her upper arms. "Burgess, I'm not blowing you off. I just don't think we need to be worried, okay? We can stop by his place."

"According to Voight he's working. So he's probably not there." Kim replied, "I'm crazy aren't I? This is crazy. Me worrying like this. Just ignore me." She wasn't sure which way was up. Her logical side told her to back off, that she needed to trust her team but her heart was telling her otherwise and it was really fucking loud.

"Okay. We won't stop at his place" Kevin held the door open for her.

"Yes. Yes, we will." Kim replied.

Kevin knew better then to respond, he grinned and nodded his head as he climbed in the car.

Adam could barely move, even the slightest movement sent his pain level through the roof. They had kicked his ass and left him curled up on the cold floor, he lacked the strength to move to the cot. He knew he had a few broken ribs, the fact that breathing resulted in intense pain was proof of that, his breathing was rapid and shallow, he had starting spitting up blood a few hours ago.

The fog had also begun to lift, he was starting to piece together what had happened, he had been set up. He remembered hearing Gibby's voice when he was tossed in the room and he was certain one of the guys that had worked him over last night was Watkins. He had caught a flash of a tattoo, he was pretty sure it was the memorial tattoo Watkins had done in honor of his late father.

He had to have been drugged, he still was undecided if the redhead had been in on it, it wouldn't surprise him either way.

He struggled to sit upright, he knew he needed to push past the pain if he had any hope of surviving this.

"Boss" Kevin popped in Voight's office, "I think we've got a problem."

Hank pointed to the door, "Close it." He waited until he did so, "What's up?"

"Ruzek, he's MIA. We went to his place, his car is there and no sign of him. Burgess is really worried."

Hank pinched the bridge of his nose, "Tell Olinsky I need him."

"Boss.. what's going on? Is Ruzek good?" His own nightmare still fresh in his mind, he to was beginning to worry, "I've called him a dozen times and nothing. It's like he fell off the face of the earth."

"Tell Olinsky" he saw Kevin open his mouth to speak, "I said to tell Olinsky I need him. Now." He spoke through clenched teeth.

He turned it over in his hand as he spoke, "You think I'm stupid?" He towered over Adam, he kicked him hard in the side, "I've got eyes and ears everywhere."

Adam groaned as the bile filled his throat, he couldn't remember the last time he had eaten and judging by what he had just thrown up it had been a long time. He had nothing left in his gut, he was in excruciating pain each time he wretched.

"Fuck you.." Adam managed to grunt out, "Fuck you."

Woods laughed, "Fuck..have you no fight left in you? I thought you'd put up a bit more fight. Just like your old man, huh? All bark and no bite." He crouched down in front of Adam, "I found this."

Adam managed to sit up, "Good for you" rested his head against the wall.

"You planted it."

"The fuck I did" he covered, "That's your game..not mine." He ran the back of his hand across his face he wasn't surprised to find it caked in blood, "You won't get away with this."

Woods tossed the small recording device at him, "I don't give a fuck. Did you think you could beat me at my own game? I'm the master. I've got people everywhere...I know you and Voight were working together. I know you planted that" he pointed to the device in Adam's lap.

Kim watched as Al exited Voight's office, he was worried. She could see it written all over his face, his brow was furrowed his eyes trained on the floor and his hands tucked in his armpits as his folded arms lay across his chest.

"Al..." Kim approached him.

"Just a minute" Al stopped her, "Wait for everyone to get here." He touched her arm, "Just hang on."

"He's not okay, is he?"

"Please Kim. Just hang on." Al led her to her desk, "Have a seat."

Hank took a few deep breaths before speaking, "Adam found himself in some trouble, about six months ago his sister ended up in hot water with CPD and child services. Adam tried to help her, he made it disappear. Only Denny Woods found out."

Kim was in a state of shock, "Sister? Adam doesn't have a sister." She shook her head, "What the hell?"

"Half sister. None of that matters right now. Woods used it against Adam, he threatened Adam with jail time for his sister, the kid going into the system and that Adam would lose his job. Woods demanded Ruzek feed him information..."

Jay shot up out of his seat, "Fuck! Ruzek chucked me under the bus. He turned that tape in, didn't he? Son of a bitch!" He pounded his fist on that desk, "That fucking rat! Where is he? I'm gonna kill him!"

"Woah..Halstead." Al grabbed his arms, "Calm down..."

"Calm down? How the fuck are you so calm? He's a rat. Don't come at me with that calm down shit, you weren't the one who had to sit in front of IA."

"You think he liked doing what he did? Do you think he enjoyed it betraying you? Betraying us?" Al went toe to toe with him, he was furious with Ruzek but he wasn't going to let Halstead trash him, "You got a slap on the wrist...Ruzek knew that, it's why he gave it to Woods. He knew you'd be fine."

"I don't give a fuck. He fucked me over." Jay ripped his jacket off the back of the chair, "I'm gonna kick his ass.."

"Jay!" Kim shouted, "He's missing! Adam is missing. Haven't you figured that out!" Kim flailed her arms around, "He's in trouble..." her voice cracked with emotion, "We have to to find him!"

"Halstead. Sit down. There's more." Voight commanded. "Platt tipped me off. She told me something was up with Ruzek, he was asking a lot of questions and he was requesting reports. It raised a few red flags. Olinsky and I started watching him, we pieced it together. We took him for a ride. He was scared shitless, he had already told Woods to fuck off. He agreed to flip the script. To work with me to take Woods down."

"You trust him? How do you know he isn't playing you? He can't be trusted, he has proven that!" Jay argued.

"Bro..." Kevin finally spoke, "You need to calm down..this is Ruzek we're talking about."

"Jay, you've got a brother. Tell me you wouldn't protect him, can you look me in the eye and tell me you wouldn't do the same?" Voight asked. "Adam made a mistake no doubt, he knew it then and he hated it. He feels like shit over it. We've put the screws to Woods, we've been working him. We went harder just after his daughter was shot. I had Ruzek plant a bug in Woods car and office. Now that his kid died, Woods is even more unhinged and out for blood..."

"He's got Adam." Kim felt her blood run cold.

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