Agent Severide

Chapter 17

Chicago Med

The steady sound of beeping was all Zoey could hear, slowly the blonde used the small amount of energy she had to open her eyes noticing the unfamiliar room. She went to say something but almost choked on something causing her to begin to panic remembering the dolls and the unsub they were chasing. "Hey, Zoey. It's okay your safe your at med. DR.HALSTEAD!" Kelly yelled for the doctor before turning his attention to his baby sister who had tears and panic in her eyes as he held her hand. 

Within seconds the ginger-haired doctor came jogging into the room instantly taking note of his patient's alert state. "Hey Zoey, I'm Dr. Halstead. You remember me?" he asks walking over to her. She nods her head slightly, "We ended up having to intubate you, Your airway collapsed and you were without oxygen for a few moments," The ginger explained causing her to nod remembering that Jack choked her out into unconsciousness. All because she told him she wouldn't marry him and she didn't care if she'd lose her job because of the dirt he had on her. "I'm gonna take this tube out, see if you're able to breathe on your own. Okay?" Dr. Halstead asks again earning a nod from the blonde as he began to unhook everything and turn the machine off before slowly pulling the tube out. 

The sensation cause Zoey to cough a bit and gag but after a moment she recovered. "Slow deep breathes, does that feel better?" the ginger asks. "Yea, do you have any water?" Zoey asks her voice raspy as Kelly nods handing her a bottle of water. The blonde accepted it drinking almost half the water before stopping. "I'm gonna run some tests just to make sure there's no brain damage from the oxygen loss," Dr. Halstead said before exiting the room after checking over Zoey's vitals that seemed normal from what he could tell.

The blonde looked at her brother sending him a small smile as the dark-haired lieutenant sighed pulling her into a hug as she fought tears from forming. "I'm sorry," Zoey said softly into her brother's hold. "It's getting sorted out," her brother said rubbing the blonde hair. "Your awake?!?" the sound startled the agent to look in the direction of the sudden sound. In the doorway, Garcia stood holding her laptop and a cup of what Zoey assumed was coffee. "Hey, what are you doing here?" Zoey asked pushing herself into a sitting position with a groan as her abdomen still ached from the last time Jack beat her. 

"Take it easy," her brother said stopping his sister from forcing herself up. "I'm here because well I care about you," Garcia said walking in and taking a seat on the other side of the agent's bed. "I'm gonna give you two a minute," Kelly said standing up and pressing a kiss to his baby sister's head before he hesitantly walked out of the room and over to the nurse's station not wanting to go far in case Zoey needed him. 

21st District Police Department, Chicago Illinois

Everyone stood in the bullpen as Garcia appeared on all of the desk screens in the intelligence office. "So I have some good news," she said on the screen smiling as she turned the camera view to Zoey who was sat up and awake. The agent sent a wave and a half smile, "Look who's awake," Morgan said with a smile. "We'll be over to the hospital shortly, Garcia did you find anything on- Um yea I recovered that shortly before I called. I sent it to your devices... it's um it's not pretty" Garcia said as the laptop camera view shifted and the background changed. 

"If, he was using this against her it would explain why she was covering for him. I'm gonna go see Severide, but I'll see you guys soon. Also, nail this son of a gun" Garcia said with hurt and anger in her voice before the feed cut out. 

On the screen, Garcia sent the video through to play on the screens she was just on. It was a video of Severide from around the time the BAU just met her and she started working together with them in the FBI. The video began with a glass being set on the bar, a hand comes into view dropping a pill in the glass as it quickly dissolved. The glass is picked up and walked through a large crowd of what looked like a club. Zoey soon came into view as the spiked drink is offered to her even though anyone could clearly see she was always wasted. "To Shay," a familiar voice says off camera as Zoey took the drink chugging it back to the toast. 

Zoey was stumbling around drunk and drugged for a few more seconds before the blonde just passed out completely on the ground in a crowd. Nobody seemed to notice the scene as the video just cut out. Everyone stood in disbelief?  anger? 

It was Voight and Hotch that decided to take this moment to walk down the hall towards the interrogation room. It was over for Jack, "Now let's go to Med and see our girls" Morgan said referring to Garcia and Severide. As the entire BAU team thanked all the detectives for helping them out on both cases disappearing down the stairs and out of the station but not before promising to get a round for the intelligence team courtesy of the BAU as a proper thank you. 

"So you coming to see Zoey?" Antonio asked looking at Jay as he gathered some of his things after the office had cleared out. "I don't know, I might just head out for a drink." the detective replies earning a look from Antonio. "Really? I'm surprised, It kinda sounded like you had a thing for Zoey when you talked about her earlier," Antonio said referring to the detective's comments while they were interrogating Jack. This comment earned a scoff, "Not at all, she's just a bit attractive. That's all" Jay replied as Antonio crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow at the other detective. "Sure, I've seen that look before with Gabby and Erin. I'm just saying," Antonio said with a smirk before walking down the stairs leaving Jay to think over what he said.