The Final Chapter - for now at least

Disclaimer - I don't and probably will never own the show :( i am just playing with the CSI:NY world - i do however own Hayley, the sick and twisted soul.

Everybody noticed the way Adam was swaying and how his eyes lacked focus. So as his knees gave way, Mac (whose hand was already in place to catch him), Flack and Sheldon all held him in place instead of letting him hit the floor and probably injure himself even more.

The paramedics took Adam's weight off of them and lowered him to the ground. One started to check for signs of further injury while the other brought in the gurney.

Mac, Stella, Flack and Sheldon were all listening to what the paramedics were saying to each other. The only words any of them really picked out was 'multiple broken ribs' and 'possible punctured lung' then moments later he was being carted out of the bar and into the ambulance.

None of them rode along in the ambulance as the paramedics said that none of his injuries were life threatening so there was no need for it.

Stella, Mac and Hawkes followed the ambulance back to the hospital (using Mac's car again) whilst Don took a minute to see to his sister.

*Flack*

"Hey Sam, how you holding up?"

"What me, I'm fine. Just tell me what the hell that was all about" She said noticing that her brother was about three inches away from her face.

"Technically I'm not allowed to tell you, but I owe you some kind of explanation"

"Damn Straight you do"

"Hayley, you've known her for what...6 months?"

"Yeah, that's right"

"well, 6 months ago that was when her brother was killed by Mac".

"So she has been using me all this time?"

"It seems like it, I am just sorry that you had to be involved in all this"

"Hey, Don, I understand, it's not your fault"

"You wanna a ride home?"

"Sure, that would be great"

After they exited the bar Don lead Sam to his car. He walked her all the way to her apartment and departed with a hug.

Flack sped his way down the highway making his way to the hospital.

*Hospital*

Adam seemed to have been in and out of surgery a lot recently, and this can't have been doing him any good, well mentally anyway. He didn't seem to show it but everyone seemed to sense that Adam was off a little they just hoped that it would pass.

Adam came out of surgery after his lung had been re-inflated, the multiple sources of internal bleeding sealed and his ribs set back into place. His body was one big mess, luckily the surgeons had been there in time to fix the damage, all he has to do is heal and if he is lucky he the wounds won't scar.

Time seemed to pass quite quickly for everyone, they were no longer scared to death whether Adam would make it or not since he was already out of that part of the woods. All they were concerned about was how he would carry on with life, apart from the fact he would have to take time off work, they didn't know anyone who could put up with all this and not come back changed from it and that unnerved all of them. How would they cope with Adam if he wasn't Adam any more? Before they knew it Flack had joined them after he had been pointed in the right direction by the front desk.

Before they knew it they had been informed that Adam was out of surgery and they could see him.

As soon as he was moved to a room (that was definitely not ICU) they all came in and stood around him.

For people who always spoke their mind, they weren't saying a lot; you couldn't have cut the silence with a knife.

All was resolved when he briefly joined the real world a few hours after surgery and convinced everyone he was fine, and that all it took was having them around and having that bitch locked up may have helped a little also.

Adam seemed vaguely pale, but much better than he had when they found him in that tank, everyone who was there could of sworn that was the end of him, luckily fate had other ideas and decided his time isn't up...for now that is...

*Note* may be a little AU since i don't think Flack and Samantha have this kind of relationship in the show and I left this a little more open ended than i meant so i may come back to this add a little more closure if reviewers hint that they would want it.

This is the first draft of this fanfic - any errors and or suggestions for improvement - either pm me or review to post a comment

If you are craving another Adam whump, check out my other fanfic "Structural Integrity" - which is the next fanfic that am currently working on.