I am not sure if this is a one shot or not. The story is about how something that happens on shift can make things go sideways later on, the other stuff just happens to be there. Will see.
This story is Rated T and the time frame is sometime after 4.10
Some of you will not like this story.
I do not own Rookie Blue, but if I did…
It had been an unusually calm day. Not too many calls but enough to keep everyone busy.
The radio came alive towards the end of the shift, "1519, respond to domestic disturbance at 1520 Osborn Street."
Andy grabbed the radio, "1519 responding." Andy flipped the lights on as Nick pulled out onto the road. When they arrived they saw a man and a woman hitting each other in the front yard.
Nick and Andy jumped out of the car and tried to separate them. Andy got the wife up against their squad car while Nick pinned the husband to the ground just as Oliver and Chloe pulled up.
Nick handed the guy over to Chloe as he dusted himself off, "Thanks for the help Chloe."
He was just walking over to their squad car, when the husband charged past Nick.
"Shit" Oliver cursed quickly grabbing the wife to get her and Andy out of the way. The husband slammed into Andy, knocking her into the squad car. Andy hadn't had time to do much more than shriek before Nick had run over and thrown him to the ground.
"Move again and I will beat you into next week." He hissed through his teeth and threw another punch at him.
It took Oliver all his strength and an authoritative "Stop, stop! Nick, STOP!" to get him off the man.
"You pig you just made the biggest mistake of your life!" Nick was slowly coming to his senses again, when he heard the husband threatening him.
He had heard that one before, so all he did was to stand up and chuckle. "Says the one going to jail. Right buddy!" He looked over his shoulder and saw Chloe helping Andy sit on the curb. He narrowed his eyes and turned back to the perp. With a sudden edge to his voice he added. "Your biggest mistake was hurting my partner." He then turned to see Chloe helping Andy sit on the curb.
Nick walked over, "You ok, Andy?" He bent down to look at her. Andy kind of waved at him as she tried to catch her breath.
"She got the wind knocked out of her. I called for a bus already." Chloe said trying to calm Nick while attending to Andy. "Will you please put the wife in the car."
Nick straightened up and walked over to the woman. When he had steered her into the back of their squad he turned around and saw, that Oliver had done the same with his own car.
When the bus arrived, Nick returned to Andy. The EMT looked at Nick, "We are just going to take her in since she is having trouble breathing. May have a cracked rib."
Andy protested, "Really I am fine, tell them Nick."
"And with that line, I will be going with you guys."
Andy frowned and the EMT smirked, "No problem."
Nick patted Andy's hand. "Let me get Chloe to drive our squad car. She can pick us up once you have been checked out."
After Chloe finished booking the husband and wife, she headed over to the hospital and joined Nick in the waiting room.
"Hey, have you heard anything?"
"When we first arrived, they let me back there and then all of a sudden they kicked me out. The nurse told me the doctor would be out soon."
"Ok, I will call Frank and let him know. Traci also asked that you update her, she is on a homicide scene with Swarek. She just wants to know she is ok."
"Yeah, she texted Andy several times, I am trying to answer her."
"You have Andy's phone?" Chloe stood up looking at him puzzled.
"Yeah." Nick ignored her curious looks. He knew Andy had told Gail about their relationship, but they had kept it on the down low with the rest of their friends from 15.
"Hmm." Chloe turned to step outside to make a phone call.
Two hours later, Chloe was driving Nick back to the station to get his car. They were keeping Andy overnight for observation. Chloe was utterly confused, why Nick refused to explain why they kept McNally overnight. She had hinted about it, but after a while, when she realized she wouldn't get any information out of Nick, she had dropped the topic and promised to pass on the good news that Andy was fine.
Ten days later Andy and Nick were sitting in their squad car taking a snack break. Nick had gotten her a hot tea and muffin, while he got his usual cup of coffee. He kept teasing her because she wasn't allowed to drink coffee.. Both enjoyed the moment sipping their drinks with the windows rolled down and a nice breeze coming through the squad car.
"What movie do you want to catch tonight?" Nick looked at her eating that big muffin trying not to get it all over her uniform. Nick chuckled and handed her a napkin.
"Well, they have the new Star Trek movie out for rent. I mean you did give me that fancy TV gadget thing for my birthday, it's kind of cool like that." Andy smiled as she took the napkin from Nick.
Before Nick could answer, Andy saw someone walk up to Nick's window on the driver's side of the squad car.
There was a pop and Nick slumped forward, his blood flying everywhere. Andy tried to move, to get out of the car when she saw the gun pointed at her. Another pop was heard and Andy lost her breath, she couldn't breath. The next pop she felt pain and the world spinning. Before she knew it she was being pulled out of the car, she tried to fight but blacked out as soon as she felt the pavement beneath her.
Traci and Sam were driving back from interviewing a victim, making idle chitchat about the case when the radio came alive.
"Umm… Shots have been fired. You have two officers shot. …We are at the corner of, ummm," The man was screaming at this point.
"Sir, may I ask who am I speaking to?" said dispatch.
"My name is Steve. The nametag on the uniform I am giving first aid to says 'McNally'. The other guy is still in the car. I don't think I can save him. Somebody tackled the gunmen, I think. We are in front of the coffee shop on East College and 1st street. You need to hurry, these guys are in rough shape."
Dispatch came alive a that point, "All available officers, respond to 2202 East College Ave, Officer's in jeopardy. Respond with caution."
Sam looked at Nash and floored it.
When they arrived, there were officers everywhere. Oliver ran up to them as they made their way from their car, "Traci, I need you to go to the hospital now! They took Andy to St. Luke's. She was bleeding out. She took one in the vest. But with the second one she wasn't so lucky. The bastard hit her in the side. Sam just go with her, Luke is on his way to help with this." Oliver waved around. Sam noted he looked so pale. "I sent all the rookies there. They don't need to see this."
Sam turned to see why Oliver was keeping Nash away from the scene.
There in the driver's side of the squad car was Nick, with a gunshot wound to the head. He was slumped over; his eyes still open looking at the world
"Sam, go."
He took his partners arm and guided her back to their car. Sam knew she fought hard not to panic. "They can handle this. Let's go, see how McNally is doing." Traci tried not to panic as Sam put her back into the car.
When Oliver arrived at the hospital, almost all of the 15 were there, waiting for answers. Everyone walked around in silence. Traci held Gail as Sam paced back and forth.
Sam saw Oliver walk over to Frank and made a beeline for him.
"What happened?" Sam barked out as he pulled Frank and Oliver into the hallway.
Oliver sighed, "According to the guy who tried to tackle the gunman, he just walked up to the window and shot Collins point blank range in the head. Then he went after Andy. While another bystander pulled Andy out of the car and administered first aid a second one tried to tackle the gunman. I am sure you heard the civilian on the radio asking for help. When they took Andy, she was in bad shape."
Sam looked like he could kill someone. "Who was it? Do you think they were the target or was this something bigger?"
Oliver didn't know what to do. So he gave his friend a tight smile and searched for a way to explain. "After talking to witnesses, we figured out it was the husband from the domestic not to long ago they responded to. He attacked Andy and Nick tackled him. The guy told Nick he would live to regret it. So, yes, Luke thinks they were targeted." He patted Sam on the shoulder; "The whole force is on the hunt for him. We will get him, I promise."
Sam ran a hand through his hair. How could this happen?
Frank had heard the story several times now, so he stood back and watched both of his friends. All he could think of was how a life was wasted because of revenge. When he saw the look in Sam's eyes he felt like he should talk to him. "It could have been any one of us on that call. Sometimes these things just get out of control and go sideways."
But before Sam had time to lunge himself at Frank in his anger, Oliver had grabbed his arm and directed his attention elsewhere. "Look, the doctor is coming out."
They hurried back into the waiting room as the Doctor called, "I am looking for Tommy McNally, Nick Collins or Traci Nash for Andrea McNally."
They all heard the list, but only Sam was surprised that Nick was listed right after Tommy.
Frank stepped up to the doctor just as Traci did. "This is Traci Nash. Her father, Tommy McNally is being notified. Nick Collins was with her tonight. Unfortunately he was killed by the same gunman."
Everyone around them flinched when Frank said Nick was killed. Gail held onto Traci as Sam walked up, bracing both of them up. Traci was sobbing. Gail was paler then usual and looked like she had been crying.
The Doctor took a deep breath. "Do you two want to go some where more private or do you want to do this here?" The doctor looked around at all the people standing around.
Traci quietly said, "Its ok, we all love her." She squeezed Gail's hand as the doctor took a deep breath.
"I realize that Miss McNally took a bullet to her vest. If a detective wants to come back and retrieve all the evidence that is fine, I can lead you back in a second. That bullet caused two broken ribs on the left side. The other bullet went through the gap in the vest on the left side traveling through her body, hitting her lung, nicking the heart and out the right side. She lost a lot of blood but we were able to stabilize her. Her heart stopped on the table once however after a blood transfusion and a few meds we got her going again."
The doctor took another deep breath. He was not sure if he really should divulge this information to all her colleagues. He looked at Traci. "Are you sure you want to do this here with everyone? We can go somewhere more private to continue this?" Traci and Gail were sobbing before him. And it looked like they could only stand, because Sam held them up.
Frank was holding Traci's hand tightly by this point.
Traci weakly said, "Its ok, really, you can tell us. The four of us are her family."
"Ok, I am not sure she even knew this, but McNally is about 8 weeks pregnant."
Sam sucked in air as Frank, Gail and Traci braced. Traci nodded and the doctor continued.
"At this time, everything is fine. We will monitor both of them and hope for a full recovery. But if things go south we will need you or Mr. McNally to decided how to proceed. Do you understand what I am saying?"
Traci sobbed, "Yes."
"Miss McNally is in critical condition right now. The next 24 hours will be the toughest for her. If she can make it through that, we have a fighting chance. I know this is a lot to take in and a big waiting game right now. But she is in good hands here. A nurse will come out shortly, when Andrea is settled into ICU. You could give her a list of who can see her. It will cut down on traffic, but also put less stress on her and the staff. When she is moved to a new room, then we can talk about how many visitors and such. I can make arrangements for someone to stay with her on a trial bases but if it makes matters worse, I will revoke that and then we can revisit the plan. Do you have any questions?"
Traci shook her head. The doctor patted Traci on the shoulder; "I will talk to you in a few hours. Ok?"
"Thank you, doctor." Traci whispered.
The doctor walked away, as Sam and Gail looked on at Traci and Frank.
Sam softly asked Traci, "You knew?"
Traci squeezed her eyes closed, "We knew."
Gail squeezed Traci's hand. "Sam, let it be for now."
Sam shook his head and walked out of the waiting room with Frank giving chase behind him.
Traci squeezed Gail's hand, "You knew?"
"Yeah, found Andy throwing up in the bathroom a couple of weeks ago."
Traci frowned, "And you're ok with this?"
"I wasn't at first. But what can I do? You can't undo things you have done."
Traci and Gail went and sat down, waiting to be told they could see Andy.
Sam stepped outside of the hospital and was hit with a blast of air. Frank stood next to him.
"You can't be mad Sam."
"The fuck I can't." Sam shouted.
Frank smacked Sam upside the head as they heard Oliver's voice behind them.
"Sam, get a grip! You dumped her and you left her. Just because you got your shit together and decided you wanted her back, doesn't mean she has to come running into your arms. For god's sake YOU MOVED ON!" Oliver's face was bright red. "How dare you making this all about you? McNally has bigger problems than your hurt feelings right now. So cut it out."
Sam sat down on the bench outside. He saw Frank stepping back and letting Oliver pounce on him. His face had become darker and darker and he looked like he was ready to punch Sam.
Frank grabbed Oliver, "You two can not get into it right now. There is a woman upstairs fighting for her life because some guy decided to destroy it. It is going to be a rough couple of weeks for her; you two fighting is not going to help at all. Do you understand me?"
Sam leaned over and put his hands in his face. Oliver sat down next to him.
Oliver quietly whispered, "She is going to need all of us more then every now Sam."
"I know, I know."