A\N: So I'm not going to lie to you; this is a very powerful and emotional chapter and its not going to get better any time soon. However emotional it is though I'm very proud of this chapter and I think its one of my best chapters I've ever written. Whether you think its good or have constructive criticism, please review and let me know. I'd appreciate it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, NBC or Global

Spoilers: If you're paying close attention spoilers for Chicago PD's 1.01 "Stepping Stone" and 1.02 "Wrong Side of the Bars"

Warnings: Some very emotional and powerful subjects. Can't say without spoiling it. If you want to know though before you read any further you can message me and I'll tell you.

Chapter 3

It was nearing Halloween and rather then being excited like most children would be Violet couldn't seem to get excited about anything, Some days she had been so upset that Matt and Gabby had kept her home from school. Those days she simply stayed in bed and for the most part slept.

Naturally both Matt and Gabby were extremely worried about her condition and if she hadn't been only seven years old Gabby might have considered the possibility that she was depressed. Still, the thought lingered in the back of her mind and she wasn't as surprised and horrified as Matt was when her Psychologist Dr. Soreli mentioned it as a possibility.

"Depression? She's six years old." Matt didn't hesitate to raise his eyebrows.

"It's quite rare for her age Lt, Casey," Dr. Soreli informed him, "But considering the trauma she has gone through over the past few months its understandable why she'd be acting this way. She shows all the signs of depression and I'm afraid it could get worse if we don't start treatment fast."

Tears fell down Matt's cheeks, "You don't mean…"

"No. Her brain isn't developed enough to be able to plan out suicide; though she could put herself in dangerous situations running away, or running out onto a busy road . Her mood is going to go down and she'll be so tired she'll want to sleep. With everything going on I know its hard to handle this right now but I recommend you to read these and start thinking about treatment options," She handed them some brochures.

With shaky hands Gabby accepted them and she and Matt stood from the stairs. They walked out of the office and made their way into the waiting room where Violet was, she was under close surveillance Gabby noticed; and as she looked at her, sitting on a chair not doing anything, she felt awful that she didn't act on her instincts before, if she had then maybe Violet wouldn't be as depressed as she was, maybe things would be different.

"Ready to go Violet?" Matt walked towards her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

Shrugging him off Violet stood and without saying a word began walking out of the office and into the hallway.

"I'll get her," Gabby walked ahead and fell in line with Violet.

Violet glanced up at her but showed no signs of expression on her face. Gabby studied her face and saw that her eyes didn't show any signs of emotion either.

"We're going to go to Uncle Kelly's and Auntie Leslie's for dinner," She longed for Violet to jump up in down with excitement, like she used to do.

Violet didn't say a word. She just waited for Matt to join them at the elevator and when it came she walked on and looked down at the floor. She didn't say anything until they reached Severide and Shay's apartment. That's when it happened.

Neither Matt nor Gabby was sure how it happened but it all seemed so sudden, one second Violet was climbing out of the car and the next she was trying to run into oncoming traffic.

"VIOLET!" Gabby lunged forward and roughly pulled her back and against her chest, "Don't do that!" Her heart raced and her mind buzzed with the possibility of what could have happened.

"LET ME GO!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, "I HATE YOU!"

Gabby tried to tell herself that Violet was sick and she didn't mean what she was saying, that didn't mean the words didn't hurt; they stung Gabby deeply.

"HELP ME! HELP ME!" She screamed and un-lookers began to pay more attention to the scene.

One man stepped forward, cell phone in hand, "I'm calling the police."

"No that's not necessary," Matt told him, "She's my niece and she's… her mother just died and she's going through a lot right now." He dug out his wallet and retrieved a card; "Call her psychiatrist if you don't believe me."

"How do I know that's not a fake card?" He asked skeptically and Matt saw the growing crowd now occupying the surrounding sidewalk. He also saw, out of the corner of his eye Shay rush across the street.

"It's not. Look just… I know this looks bad alright," He looked over to where Gabby was still struggling to get Violet under control.

"NO!" Violet kicked Shay as she approached her, "GO AWAY! JUST GO AWAY!" She sobbed and collapsed onto the road.

"NO….NO…" She began grasping for breath.

Gabby and Shay shared a look; they both knew what was happening. Violet was having a severe panic attack.

Without hesitation Gabby scooped Violet into her arms and held her, "It's okay Violet," She soothed; remorsefully grateful she was now to weak to fight back.

"She needs to get to the hospital," Her eyes became teary.

Matt was way ahead of her he had already jumped into the driver's seat.

Gabby got into the back and buckled up the seat belt as best she could; Violet was clinging to her and Gabby didn't want to upset her further by removing her.

Matt got to the hospital in record time and pulling up to the emergency entrance he stopped and let Gabby out while he found a parking spot.

Seeing Violet's face become paler by the second Gabby rushed as fast as she could into the emergency department; quickly scanning the room for anybody who might be able to help, or for anybody she knew.

"Please help," She stopped a nurse passing by, "My niece she's having a panic attack," She tried to explain while holding back her tears.

The nurse looked at Violet and immediately saw what Gabby had seen, "Follow me, we'll get her hooked up to oxygen,"

"Thank you," Gabby sighed with relief and followed the nurse into a curtained off area.

"I've seen you here before," The nurse made small talk as she helped Gabby put Violet on a hospital bed.

"I'm a paramedic out of station fifty-one but I'm on maternity leave," She explained quickly. "My names Gabby."

"Cassie," The young nurse smiled in return, "Well Gabby," She fitted Violet for an oxygen mask and started an IV, "I'll get the on-call Pediatrician come and take a look at your niece. In the meantime, I'll get some paper work for you to fill out."

"Thank you and my fiancée Matt Casey, he'll probably be wondering where we are, could you send him back."

"Of course," She gave another smile and left the area, a few minutes later she returned with a clipboard and Matt walking behind her.

"The doctor should be in soon." She handed Gabby the clipboard and left again.

"How is she?" Matt didn't hesitate to hold back his tears as he saw Violet hooked up to a temporary oxygen mask.

All of Gabby's medical training told her that it depended on how long Violet was deprived of oxygen. She knew it was art least five seconds she was gasping for air but her lungs had been closing every since she started having the attack.

"Gabby," Matt spoke again as he walked towards her.

"I don't know Matt."

Just then Violet's hand slowly began to move and her eyes filled with haze she looked around the room. "Dizzy," She wheezed out.

Letting out a breath of air Gabby kissed the girl's forehead, "You'll feel better soon sweetheart."

Violet nodded her head and her eyes began to close as she drifted back off into sleep.

"No, no Violet," Gabby patted her hand, "Stay with us," She didn't want to chance Violet going into a coma if she went to sleep, "A nice doctor will be here soon to see you."

"Tired," She cried, "So tired."

Taking a seat near her head Matt took her other hand, "We know you are Violet but the doctor's are going to make you all better."

"No," She cried even more.

"I want Mommy!" She tried to take the mask off but both Gabby and Matt successfully stopped her from doing so. Sharing concerned looks they comforted her as much as they could until the doctor came.

"Hello, my name is Dr. Willhite," A young good-looking doctor entered the room,

"Here, I provided all the information I could," Gabby put her wallet back in her purse and handed over the completed sheet of forums.

"Thank you, the doctor smiled, then taking a closer look at the fourm he looked at Gabby, "Dawson?" He questioned, "You're Detective Antonio Dawson's sister right?"

"Yes," Gabby nodded her head trying to remember if she knew him; they name did sound familiar Then it clicked, she knew who he was; he was the husband of Antonio's late partner Julia Willhite, she remembered he was a Pediatric Attending at Lakeshore.

"I'm uh…." He chocked back tears, even after a little over a year it was hard to talk about, "His old partner Julia Willhite was my wife."

"Yes. I remember, she was a great detective."

Dr. Willhite smiled and then turned to Violet, who was barely keeping her eyes open, "What seems to be the problem with this pretty girl?"

"I'm dizzy," Violet wheezed as she tugged at her throat.

"Dr." Gabby looked at Matt, "Mind if we talk outside in private?"

"Of course," He nodded. He followed Gabby into the hallway and she began explain to him what had happened since June. When she had finished he looked at her and said, "I'll see what I can do to get her up to Pediatric Psychology as soon as possible."

"Thank you."

Dr. Willhite nodded and turned to leave again.

Within the next hour and a half Violet was being transported up to Pediatric Psychology and into a private room. Waiting for her with a smile was Dr. Soreli. Matt helped get her settled into the room while Gabby went with Dr. Soreli to talk.

"Dr. tell me the truth this is bad right?" Gabby asked as soon as they walked through her office doors.

"I'm not going to lie Ms., Dawson its not good; but I'm optimistic that with therapy and support Violet will be able to get through this."

"Will she ever be the same again?"

"That I don't know. These past few months have affected het greatly and if it'll continue to be a problem for the rest of her life we just don't' know yet. Time will have to tell."

"What happens now?"

"I'm admitting Violet into hospital and I want to watch her for at least four weeks. In the time I'm going to tart her on a very low dosage of a adolescent anti-depressant and do some therapy."

"Okay," Gabby stood when she did, "What can we do?"

"Well its important that Violet feel as comfortable as she can so her favourite toys from home, some clothes even pictures would help her a great deal, I'd also appreciate it very much if you were to contact her school and see if they can send her some work so she can keep up with her classmates. That'll help so she's not overwhelmed when she goes back."

"I'll do that first thing Monday morning."

"Good now as you know for the patients and families on safety this is a locker unit so we're going to need-"

"YOU ALMOST KILLED MY DAUGHTER! I'M GOING TO SEE YOU NEVER SEE HER AGAIN!

"YOU'RE DAUGHTER?"

"Matt!" Gabby rushed out of the office and down the hall to see what she feared. Matt and Jim were having a yelling match, only to be held off by security officers.

"You broke a restraining order! The court's never going to let you near her!"

"Matt," Gabby approached him, "Don't," She begged.

"She's my daughter and I love her!" Jim yelled angrily back and he forcefully broke through the doctor's holding him back and rushed towards Mat.

"Matt please," Gabby looked up into his eyes, "Remember what Mr. Begaly said."

Sighing Matt put down his fists and allowed Jim to freely punch him before the security officers roughly grabbed him and dragged him away.

"Ah," Matt held his nose, "Really Gabby? Is this what you wanted?" He asked angrily.

"Come here and I'll have a look," She pulled him towards a chair.

"No its fine," He waved off her hands, "When I get my hands on that-" He began but stopped when he saw Violet out of the corner of his eye. She had removed the oxygen masks and cords and walked weakly into the hallway.

"Violet!" He turned and he Gabby, and multiple medical personal all rushed towards her. However before anybody had a chance to help she collapsed onto the floor.

TBC

A\N: So, what did you think? Please leave a review and let me know.

Next up: Family and friends come to visit Violet and urgent call from their lawyer causes more trouble for Gabby and Matt.