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A/N: Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed the first chapter, either on here or on Twitter. It's always nice to have these kind of reponses for stories. So I decided to go ahead and write chapter 2 right away, hope you enjoy it and not kill me haha.
The room was suddenly swarmed with personnel and the motions pulled Adam out of his trance. He stood up and took a step towards his father's bed but Kim pulled him back.
"Adam don't, you have to let them work on him." She pleaded with him.
"One mil of Epi." Rhodes called aand the nurse pushed the meds in his access.
"Help him." Adam's eyes were filled with tears and the panic rose in his chest again. Rhodes looked at him and back to his patient before he returned to performing CPR, another nurse bagging him and pushing air in his lungs. The line was still flat on the monitor and Conor asked for another round of epi before he requested the paddle's, doing everything in his power to save him. "Come on dad, don't do this to me." It took everything in Kim to be able to restrain him but the fear and sadness was settling in her heart with every second that passed without the monitor going back into sinus rythme.
Minutes passed and still nothing was going on. The line stayed flat and the beeping monotonus. Kim's eyes filled with tears as Adam's body shook in sobs in her arms, Conor and the rest of the medical staff stepping away from the bed. Conor didn't look Adam in the eyes as he said the words.
"Time of death, 20:47." He finally looked at Adam. "I'm really sorry Adam." He moved passed him, clapping a hand on his shoulder. Everyone walked out of the room, giving them some time alone.
"Adam." Kim put a hand on his shoulder, not knowing what to say to him right now.
He took a tentative step forward, his hand shaking lightly as he rose it to the bed, his fingers brushing lightly against his father's still ones. "No, that's not possible." His fingers wrapped around his father's and he shook them lightly. "They said he was stable." Kim took the few steps seperating her from Adam and stood by his side, linking their fingers together.
"Sometimes." She trailed off, her eyes filled with tears and no real explanation to give him. "It was his time Adam." A tear rolled down her cheek and her other hand instinctively moved up to wipe it as Adam's body started shaking violently, overtaken by sobs. He pulled his hand away from hers and pressed both hands against the gurney as he cried. Kim had never seen him that way and her heart was shatteringin small pieces. He pressed his head in his father's chest as Kim rubbed his back, letting him evacuate the tears. She knew that only time could make the pain less but right now she knew it would be hard as hell.
"WHYYY?"His screams echoed off the walls of the quiet room.
"I don't know." Kim really didn't know what to tell him right now. "Do you want me to get you anything? Call anyone?"
"I want him back." He turned around and faced her, his eyes blood red.
"I know." She couldn't take it anymore and pulled him to her in a hug, giving him all the support he needed, even if he didn't know how to voice it right now. When the sobs turned into hiccups, she ran her fingers through his hair
"Would you mind?" His voice was muffled against her neck.
"It's ok, I got you." She pulled away from him and cupped his cheeks. "You're going to be ok, I promise." Her eyes were still misty and his dry, blood red still. She kissed his forehead and left him alone, closing the door behind her. She let out a shaky breath as Dr Rhodes came to see her.
"How's he holding up?" He had his hands deep in his pockets as he looked past her to Adam who had pulled the chair back to the bed.
"Right now." She turned to look into the room too. "I don't know how he's going to get through it." She sighed.
"Keep being there for him Kim, it's all you can do right now." He put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "He can take all the time he needs."
"Thanks Conor." She gave him a grateful smile before he left. She looked at Adam a few more seconds, his body overtaken by sobs again. She took a deep breath and walked in the hallway as she made the phone calls. The first was was made to Voight, giving him the bad news. He insisted that she stay with him for as long as he needed her and that he would check in the morning with her for another update. She asked him to start to coordinate something with Trudy for the funeral, knowing that Adam wouldn't be in any state for now to take care of any of it. She walked back to the nurses station to find out what happened in these kinds of situations and she went back into the room quietly, not wanting to scare him. "Hey."
"Hey." His voice was strangled and he didn't dare to look at her. "I don't even know how I'm suposed to tell my sister."
"I'm there if you need anything."
"Can you stay with him?" That one request pulled at her heart. The man she loved more than anything was hurting and lost and she didn't know what to do to take his pain away.
"Sure." She watched him as he left the room and leaned against the wall right outside. She looked attentively at his body language. His muscles would tense, his chest would heave every once in a while and she could see the tears falling on his cheeks. "Please give me the strength to help him through this." She whispered to whoever would listen. He returned ashortly after.
"My sister's on her way with my mom."
"Do you want me to stay with you?"
"Please." He begged. She nodded and took a seat next to him. He took her hand in his after a few seconds. "I don't even know what I'm supposed to do now."
"I asked Voight to check in with Platt for some arrangements. I figured you could need a hand there." At the mention of Voight, he stood straighter.
"You should go, the team probably needs you." His words were conflicted but she wasn't going to tlet his vulnerable state dictate anything.
"I'm not going anywhere. Whatever you need, I'm there for you. Intelligence can function without us." She promised him.
"Thanks." They stayed together in silence while they waited for his sister and mom to arrive. When they did, Kim sliped out of the room to leave the family together to grieve. She stood outside with her arms wrapped around her middle, wondering how she was going to stay strong for him. She sensed a presence on her right and looked to find Kevin there. She put her head against his shoulder and sighed. "How am I supposed to do this?"
"I'm there for the two of you too. It's going to be hard but we gotta be there for him, for whatever he needs." She hummed in response and closed her eyes for a few seconds. His mother stepped out and went to the nurse's station and returned shortly after. The three friends locked eyes together and the two boys nodded at each other. Clearly they didn't want to intrude on this family time, the three of them needing to rely on each other to go through it all so they simply waited. They waited while Dr Rhodes cames and talked to them. They waited while the nurses rolled the machines out of the room and finally they waited behind the family of three as Robert Ruzek was prepped and taken to the morgue by one of the orderlies.
Adam walked towards them and pushed his hands in his pockets. "I guess this is it." He looked at his shoes.
"What do you need?" Kim asked him, taking a step forward towards him.
"Um. I think I'm going to head home."
"I'll follow behind you." Her gut was screaming at her not to leave him alone.
"No." He finally looked up at them. "I just, I need to be a lone for a little bit."
"Adam." Kim all but pleaded with him.
"I'm fine Burgess." He pulled his hand out of his pocket and took hers. "I'll call you in the morning." He smiled sadly.
"Ok." He walked passed them and they turned to follow him as he walked off the floor.
"I don't like this." Kevin knew his partner and he could see he was closing himself off.
"Neither do I but we'll see first thing tomorrow." Atwater hummed his answer before he guided her outside, just in time to see Adam's car peel out of the parking lot. The road back would be long but the friends made a silent promise to keep a close eye on him.
A/N: Ok so I know, this chapter is shorter than the first one but I thought it was important to being able to see that moment, independant of the rest. Please take a few seconds to review before you go, I love reading your thoughts. - Sarra