In My Head (Agent Severide Book 2)

Chapter 6

Somewhere In Montana 

Zoey groaned in pain as a loud high pitched ringing sounded through her ears. The agent pushed herself off the ground as everything spun around her. She could see a bright blurry glow in front of her and she could feel the heat coming from it. 

The agent stumbled to her feet ignoring the aching coming from all over her body as she stumbled back trying to gain her balance as her vision continued to spin. The ringing started subsiding a little and was replaced by the sound of booming explosions causing Zoey to stumbled back a little as she could hear the faint sound of her name being called. Severide shook her head a little as her vision started to come back along with a sharp pain in her side. Zoey started walking towards the sound of Morgan still hazy and confused. 

The moment the agent came into view Morgan sprinted to her enveloping her in a massive hug, "Are you okay? were you hit?" he asks his voice full of concern as the blonde shook her head as the rest of the team pulled up in SUVs "I have never been so happy to see your face Superwoman" Morgan said letting go of her as the team jumped out of their SUVs rushing over to check on the duo. "You guys okay?" Hotch asked as the two agents nodded as Severide let out a deep breath as everyone headed towards the SUVs. 

BAU Privet Jet 

Zoey sat at a table on the jet that was quiet since the whole team was sleeping on the flight back except for Severide who was staring out in silence as her head began throbbing to the point her vision would start to blur a little. The blonde closed her eyes for a moment as the ringing she heard after the explosion sounds through her ears. After a moment she rubbed the temples of her forehead as the ringing subsided and her vision started coming back. 

Zoey could practically hear her older brother Kelly and Shay mentally screaming at her for not getting checked out at the hospital after the explosion but she didn't wanna worry her team not to mention she'd been through worse. She was just a little still sore after being thrown from the impact of the explosion. The sound of her phone rang causing her to answer the call placing the device to her ear, "SSA Severide" the agent said through the line that was silent. "Hello?' she said again confused, "Thank god you're okay, we saw the explosion on the news," Kelly said through the phone his voice full of worry. "I wasn't inside when the explosion went off," she said honestly. "Don't scare me like that Zo," Kelly said letting out a sigh, "Your okay though? What even happened?" he asked through the line. "It's a long story, the jets about to land soon. Can I call you when I leave the office in a bit?" she asked him as her head started throbbing again and the ringing started to return. "Yea sure, you should probably call Halstead. The explosion was all over the news and he called me twice." Kelly said through the line with a smirk she could feel. "I'll give him a call, I'll talk to you later Kells. Love you" Zoey said through the phone. "Love you too Zo," Her brother said before she hung up the phone and dialled Jay's familiar number. 

The line rang once before it was answered, "Are you okay?!?" Jay asked clearly worried and panicked as he answered the call. "I'm alright Jay," Zoey said trying to reassure the dark-haired detective. "We saw the explosion on the news... They said 3 people died in the explosion..." he said through the line clearly worried she was one of the 3. "You can't get rid of me that easy" Zoey said with a smile, "I'm buying you a round when you come home," was all the detective said. "Deal" she replied as the plane began to land and the team started to wake up. "Look, we're landing in Virginia now, can I call you when I leave the office?" she asked him as the descent of the plane caused the ringing to grow loading in her ears along with causing her vision to spin. "Yea sounds good. Talk to you later," Jay said as Zoey hung up the line as she rested her head back closing her eyes hoping the pain in her head would stop. 

The jet landed at the airport and everyone grabbed their belongings and made their way across the tarmac towards the airport. "Okay everyone, you have the next 4 days off. We'll pick up again on Monday morning" Hotch said as the group walked in the airport. Severide paused for a moment, "I think I'm gonna head home," she said causing the rest of the team to stop walking and turn towards her. "Ouuu got plans with lover boy?" Morgan asked with a smile on his face. "Possibly, and I wanna see my brother," the blonde said earning a nod from the team. "Well get outta here, you earned the time off. All of you did" Hotch said looking at Severide and then the rest of the team. "Well you heard the man," Prentiss said as the team went towards the parking garage after saying a quick goodbye to the blonde agent; who walked straight towards the gate flying out to Chicago on any available seat left on the flight. 

Before the flight took off Zoey sent a message to Jay before switching her phone onto airplane mode. 

'Hey I'm flying home, can you pick me up from O'Hare? I should be there in the next 2 hours' -Zoey

The flight took off and the ringing in Zoey's ears got intense causing her vision to blur and head to throb again before it subsided after a couple of moments. The descent into O'Hare wasn't any better causing the blonde to feel nauseous from the high-pitched ringing and spinning blurry vision. Zoey took a moment to shake off the sensation as the passengers filed off the plane, the blonde forced herself up grabbing her bag as she walked off the flight feeling extremely hazy. 

Zoey made her way through the airport just trying to focus on getting outside as the sensation slowly began to subside. The blonde looked around noticing Jay's pickup truck a little ways down the carpool lane. The detective stood leaning against the bed of the pickup truck as she approached with a smile on her face. "I wasn't sure you got my message" before Zoey could finish her sentence the muscular brunette engulfed her in a hug causing her to groan in pain a little in pain as he squeezed her. Jay stood back looking at her, "You alright?" he asked clearly noticing the sound of discomfort she made.