Lost Souls (Agent Severide Serie Book 5)

Chapter 22

Chicago Med

Dr. Rhodes took the tube out of Zoey's throat causing her to cough and gag a bit. "I hate that thing," she muttered. "Stop playing Nicki Nicki nine doors with death and you wouldn't need it," Will replied with a smirk. "Where's the excitement in that Will, Gotta find ways to keep him on his toes," Zoey joked as Connor checked over her vitals, lung sounds and her heartbeat. "You scared me Zo, I'm so sorr- Jay, it's not your fault. Nobody knew he would be there I sure as Hell didn't" Zoey told him. 

Worry washed over the agent thinking about her brother, "Is Kelly ok- JJ is with him at the safe house. He's okay," a voice said causing Zoey to look up at the door to find Reid standing there awkwardly. "Does he know?" she asked as Reid nodded, "It took JJ and 2 other agents to stop him from coming here to see you," Reid replied causing Zoey to nod. "Sound's like Kelly," she replied. "So I'm guessing if he's still in Protective custody that means we haven't caught him yet?" she said more than asked. 

"We have a solid lead," Reid said walking into the room staying at the end of the bed. "How are you feeling?" the agent asked with the sad kicked puppy look across his face. "I've been through worse," she said pushing herself up into a sitting position. The movement caused her to groan in pain. "Zoey, lay down. You need rest" Connor told her. "How long have I been laid up?" the blonde asked looking towards the dark-haired doctor. "2 days," Jay said as Morgan appeared in the doorway. "Look who's awake," the agent said with a small smile. "Hey Reid, Garcia got a location," Morgan said causing Zoey to go stand up despite Will and Connor telling her not to. 

The blonde looked around as she stood nearly falling over, "Where are my clothes?" she asked nearly falling over as Will and Connor steadied her. "You're not going anywhere, You need to rest in order to heal. No extra stress," The dark-haired doctor said as they helped her back into bed. "We'll get him Superwoman, just listen to your doctors. We'll be back" Morgan told her as he and Reid disappeared out of the room and down the hall. 

"I will give you a Ferrari if you break me outta here," Zoey whispered towards her husband who laughed. "Tempting but I can't do that. Also, where do you keep getting the money for these cars?" He asked. "Insurance covered the last 3 that got totalled but my rate is trash but I could literally go pick one up today if I wanted," Zoey replied. "Then why haven't you?" Will asked, "Because I'm tired of buying my favourite car just to watch it almost kill me for a third? time I lost count, and I actually hate driving," the blonde replied. "Everything sounds good, We'll probably get her moved out of the ICU soon and you should be able to go home in a few days if everything heals properly. No more getting up and doing G.I Joe crap," Connor told her. 

Zoey rolled her eyes, "You're no fun," she replied with a smirk, "Only when my patient is stubborn as Hell and would take off to go work a case right after being shot," Connor replied sassily before walking out of the room. "I mean, what else am I supposed to do?" she asked more rhetorically after he walked out of the room. "Babe, you're supposed to rest and get better," Jay said leaning forward and kissing her cheek as Will's pager went off. 

"They need me in the ED, I'll be back later to check on you," the ginger said before leaving the room. Zoey sat there for a moment wondering 'How did he even get in the apartment? what if Jay had gone home before her? "You okay?" the detective asked noticing how quiet and spaced out his wife got. "Yeah, just- Um How'd he get into the apartment?" She asked stumbling over her words as she looked at him while spinning her engagement ring and wedding band on her finger anxiously. 

"The window by the fire escape, I'm so sorry I wasn't there babe-Jay it's not your fault. Stop blaming yourself." She told him, "But it's my job to be there for you and protect you and I wasn't," he said leaning forward and taking her hand in his. "I should have been there" his voice was shaky and Zoey could tell he was beating himself up for what happened to her. "I told you to go back to work, for the record though we're getting a townhouse," she said half-joking causing the detective to let out a light laugh and smile at her. 

"Alright, we'll start looking when you get outta here," Jay said as Zoey gave him a look. "Pass me my phone, we have literally nothing but time right now," she pointed out as her husband handed her the device and she instantly started looking into properties that were more private. "Look at this one, we could literally walk to navy pier, it's practically on lake Michigan and I could get Garcia to help us install a decent security system," Zoey added. "Or I could install the security system, I'm pretty tech savvy you know," Mouse said from the doorway causing the married couple to look up. "Yea, I've already got a cute tech girl I see," the blonde replied with a laugh. "Awww pity..." Mouse replied sassily as he walked over handing Jay a cup of coffee. 

"I'm good thanks," Zoey said referring to the coffee he got Jay. "I got you angel face," Garcia said walking into the room and handing her a can of her favourite energy drink. "Garcia you're a goddess," Zoey said taking the can and opening it before Jay could stop her. "Don't let Will or Connor see that, they will lose it." her husband said not in the mood to argue with her but was definitely gonna keep a close eye on her and the monitors. "oh, whose this?" Garcia asked noticing Mouse sitting on the ledge of the windowsill sipping a cup of coffee himself. "Garcia this is Greg Gerwitz-Intelligence's Tech analyst. So you're the one that went snooping through my files a week ago," she said looking at him. "Guilty," he replied with a shrug, "I traced the IP address back to your laptop, You might wanna reset your computer when you get a chance I uploaded a virus onto your motherboard. Zoey failed to mention you were um, never mind. I'm Penelope" she said holding out her hand to the brunette.