#3 The Red, White and Chicago Blue

Chapter 34 "Too Little, Too Late"

She fell to the bathroom floor and began crying the hardest she ever had. It hurt to stand, it even hurt her just to sit. She managed to find her tattered clothes and throw them back on. Her phone began to ring, and her brother's picture was on the caller I.D.

"Brayden? What the hell are you doing calling me?!"

"Do you know where you are?"

"If I did, don't you think I'd try running away?!"

"Why didn't you fight back?!"

"They had me pinned against the car! They won't let me go unless Adrian is released!"

"He's dead."

"What?"

"He was given lethal injection a few years back. He was found guilty of capital murder."

"Now they're never gonna let me go..."

"We know where you are and we're coming for you."

"You are keeping your ass on that couch. You have a broken arm and strained shoulder."

"Do you think I'm gonna let some morons beat my sister over someone who's been dead for years?"

"I don't know if they're coming back or not and I don't want them to catch me with my phone."

Unfortunately for her, one of the men did return. He grabbed her by the arm and threw her on the bed. He slapped her across the face repeatedly and wouldn't stop.

"Now sweetheart, you and me are gonna have a little fun."

"Please just let me go!" She Berger through tears.

"Oh that won't be happening."

"Please...let me go. I have a newborn at home. Come on, have a heart. I won't arrest you if you just let me go!"

He looked all around, then back at her. He took off his mask and tossed it on the ground.

"Oh my god..."

As it turns out, it was Garcia's kid undercover. Garcia was an old partner of Kim's when she was on patrol.

"Manny?!"

"Yeah, it's me."

"Were you the guy that never showed his face?"

"I've been working undercover with the Gish brothers."

"What for?"

"After their brother died, they wanted to carry on what he did."

"They knew he was dead? And they kidnapped me anyway?"

"Pretty much, yeah."

"Why didn't you stop them?! You were my friend!"

"I am your friend! If I had tried to stop them, they would've killed both of us. I only did this to protect you."

"But you let them rape me!"

"What are you talking about?"

"They beat and tortured me, and they raped me. How can you just sit there knowing that happened?"

"I didn't even know they did that! If I had, you know well enough that I would've prevented that!"

"You can't tell my father about this."

"There you go blaming yourself again. You need to stop that."

"Shit...they have my duty weapon and badge."

"Oh god."

"I'm gonna be in so much trouble..."

"We are gonna get out of here."

"I'm not running out in just my bra and panties."

"They shoved your clothes under the bed. Here."

She went to the sink, but he grabbed her arm. "No. Do that, any evidence will be washed away."

"But I know who did it."

"Without DNA, they're not gonna be convicted. They will be set free."

He rushed her to Chicago Med, hoping to see a familiar doctor. Alicia was talking to Will at the desk when they arrived. Alicia turned her head when the door came open, her mouth dropping.

"What happened?!"

Manny whispered to her, low enough so that no one else could hear. Will escorted her to a treatment room and shut the curtain. Hannah put her face in her hands and began to cry.

"What happened is NOT your fault. You do know that, don't you?"

"They targeted me over their dead brother. They knew he was dead and they did this to me anyway. You know how that makes me feel?!"

"What happened, had nothing to do with you. Those men will not live to see the outside of a jail cell ever again."

"They...they raped me."

"We can have a rape kit done. Do you have a preferred doctor?"

"Could you do it?"

"Are you sure you're comfortable with that?"

"It's just you doing your job."

"Alright, I'll be right back."

Over the next half hour, the waiting room was filled with the unit and her family. Bob was in a rage, almost scaring everyone. His wife was trying to calm him down, but it wasn't very effective.

"Bob, you need to calm down. All this stress isn't good for you. You know you have high blood pressure."

"Angela, our grandchild was assaulted. Do you expect me to keep calm?"

She stepped back, frightened by his tone of voice. Adam walked over his father, in hopes of calming his nerves just a bit.

"Dad, the unit's got this."

"I don't understand how you're not in a fit of rage right now."

"What she needs to see is that all of us are here for her. How do you think she'd react if she saw you like this?"

"Knowing her, she'd tell me to sit my old ass down and take a chill pill."

"Maybe you should listen to that."

Alicia waved Adam into one of the offices, shutting the door behind them. He gave her a look, wondering what she couldn't tell him in front of the others.

"What's this about?"

"Hannah's been raped. She's pretty roughed up, but she should be fine."

"Can I see her?"

"She's resting right now, so I suggest maybe waiting a little while longer. I'll come get you and Kim when she's awake."

"Thank you."

"Of course."

Alicia came and got them a couple hours later. But as she was getting them, Hannah fell unconscious and began coding.

"WHAT'S GOING ON?!"

"Kim, you'll have to wait out here. We got this."

"LET ME IN THERE!"