Hope. It was something Adam was clutching in his hands, trying to hold on but it was slowly seeping away. They were still waiting for word on Kim and the hope he had that she would be okay was slowly fading. He did his best to hold out hope for her and for Zoe. The team hadn't called with any updates, which he took as a good sign because at this point they would only call if everything was a dead end and they needed more information. No call meant hope. Adam was going to hang on tight to that.
The patrol officers Voight sent over already arrived but Kevin sent them to go get coffee while they waited on word about Kim. The waiting was tortuous as Adam was not a patient person. He was a doer and sitting here wasn't doing anything but he knew he wouldn't be able to actual do anything if he went into the field without hearing about Kim first.
When Kim was shot, Adam was worried. When she was stuck in the warehouse he was really worried. When Roman was shot, he was worried for her even though he didn't want to be. But right now, he was terrified. He was hoping he would go from terrified back to worried once he got his eyes on her or once he knew more about her condition but the whole not knowing thing was eating away at what little patience he had.
Adam jumped out of his chair when a female doctor in her late 40's approached him and Kevin.
"You are the officers waiting to hear about Kimberly Burgess?" The doctor asked.
"Kim. Yes." Adam replied.
"Is she okay?" Kevin asked now standing next to Adam. The doctor looked and felt very tiny standing next to the two tall men.
"She will be. We are keeping her sedated right now for her body to heal. She has a broken collarbone, dislocated shoulder, a concussion, and major bruising to her trachea and larynx. We were worried about a fractured skull and a brain bleed but both of the scans came back okay. And she may not be able to speak for a bit after she regains consciousness. I really hope you catch whoever did this to her." The doctor said.
Thank you." Adam said. Adam held on to the words 'she will be okay'.
"Can we see her before we go back to try to catch this guy? She is a friend." Kevin asked.
"Of course. She is down in the hall. We also still have her intubated to give her body some rest while we have her sedated." The doctor replied.
"Great. Thank you." Kevin said and him and Adam walked down the hall after shaking hands with the doctor.
Adam followed Kevin down the hall. He knew everything the doctor said didn't sound good so he was mentally trying to prepare himself for seeing her. He didn't want to cry in front of Kevin.
They finally made it to the room and Adam realized he didn't prepare himself as much as he thought he did when he saw her. They walked into the room and Kim just looked so small in the bed. She was tiny but always so full of life, passion, energy he didn't think much of it. He appreciated it when they were together because she was easy to pick up but now her looking so small was weird. As they moved closer they could see around all the tubes to see she looked like one giant bruise.
"Ah man." Kevin said as she he put his hand up to his mouth. Adam didn't say anything. He walked around to the other side of the bed. He kept is eyes fixed on her and listened to the sound of the machine breathing for her. He picked up her hand from where it laid on the bed next to her body and just rubbed his thumb back and forth over it. Her other arm was in a sling and overall she looked like she was hit by a truck.
"How big did this guy have to be to do this to her?" Adam asked Kevin.
"I don't know, man. She can normally hold her own. But right now she looks like she was hit by a truck." Kevin responded as he took in the site of his friend lying there helpless. At least she looks peaceful, Kevin thought. He knew if she were awake she would be in a tizzy over Zoe, so for now this was better.
"We should go. See what we can do to help so that way when she wakes up we can tell her we found Zoe." Adam said even though leaving her side was the last thing he wanted to do but he knew he couldn't do anything for her here now. He would rather be here when she woke up. He didn't want her to be alone. Adam planned to ask the doctors to move Maddie in here too so if Kim did wake up while he was gone she would have someone besides the patrol officers she didn't know. He contemplated calling Platt but decided if it was needed Voight would call her.
"Sounds good." Kevin said. As Kevin headed for the door Adam leaned closed to Kim, kissed her forehead, and whispered, "Don't worry darlin', we will work everything out. I promise."
A/N: Sorry it took so long for an update! I have been in a bit of a life-funk so it has also put me in a writing-rut. I uploaded this short chapter in hopes of holding everyone over until I get my mojo back and hopefully re-inspire myself. Thanks for reading!