This is my first ever story submission. Please be gentle with your reviews.

Jon and Ponch were stopped at a red light when the call came in. Man with a gun holding office staff hostage. When Ponch heard the address he looked at Jon

"Say isn't that?"

"Cassie's office" Jon finished for Ponch

With sirens blaring and lights flashing they quickly drove through the intersection and started gunning it for the office.

Jon called in on the radio their intention, he knew it wasn't their jurisdiction so he added the fact that it was where Cassie worked in hopes Sargent Getraer was listening

He was, as the next thing they heard was their boss ordering their 3 best officers to assist.

Jon was proud to work with such a family oriented workplace.

It didn't take long for Jon and his partner to cut through traffic to get to the center of town where the office was. There was only 1 police cruiser on scene so far and he was busy trying to keep pedestrians back. Every once in awhile Jon would see one more person come out of the building. Jon was scanning the group looking for Cassie. He asked his partner "do you see her?"

Ponch was standing on tippy toe "no Jon I don't, say isn't that her co-worker?" Ponch was pointing just to the right of the crowd. Jon saw her and they both quickly walked over to Jessica

"Jess, where is Cassie? Has she come out?"

Jessica looked over at Jon whilst biting her lower lip "Jon I haven't seen her, I'm not even sure if she was in the office when it started"

"Tell me everything you know Jessica " Jon was a little anxious

It's George, a co-worker that was fired last week. He has our boss at gunpoint. I don't know anything else.

Jon started for the front door of the building when Ponch grabbed his arm. "Jon we don't know if it's safe to go in there, let swat handle this, they're trained for this"

"Ponch my wife might be in there, you know I can't just wait out here. Either you back me up or you get out of my way"

Ponch knew Jon was right so he walked with Jon cautiously to the front door. The lobby looked empty so they headed for the stairwell. When they opened the door a lady came flying out at them sobbing. Ponch barely caught her in time before she stumbled to the floor. He quickly walked her to the door and passed her off to the officer outside. Jon whispered to his partner let's get up there before the Sarge gets wind of what we're doing and stopped us. They made their way up to the 2nd floor then quietly to the 3rd floor. Jon opened the door and peeked into the hallway. He didn't see any movement then noticed someone lying on the floor in the hallway. They crouched down and crept to the body. Ponch felt for a pulse then shook his head no, to his partner.

They both crept towards the door that lead to the main office and all the cubicles one of which belonged to Cassie. Jon suddenly saw movement to the left corner of the office. He saw a man with a shotgun pacing back and forth. Ponch pointed behind the man and Jon noticed what he was pointing at. It was Cassie's boss sitting in a chair. Jon pointed to Ponch then pointed left, then pointed to himself and pointed straight. They both moved slowly and quietly. Jon knew he'd be seen but was hoping he'd be enough of a distraction for Ponch to surprise him. It felt like it took forever to reach their destination , finally the gunman "George" stopped pacing and held the shotgun directly at Jon. Jon stopped moving and stood up, this was it he was thinking

"Don't you dare move a muscle" George said to Jon

Jon slowly raised his hands in surrender, "George, give me the gun, you don't want to hurt anyone"

Ponch was about to make his move when George suddenly swung his gun to his old boss "Are you kidding me? This guy ruined my life!" Luckily Ponch was able to stay hidden. Jon had to think fast to get George's eyes back in his direction. Jon took a step forward which made George swing the gun back in his direction, Jon quickly raised his hands again and Ponch used this opportunity to lunge at George which made him drop the shotgun and Ponch quickly had his hands behind his back and was cuffing him before George knew what was happening.

As soon as Jon was sure that his partner had George secure and was escorting George as well as Cassie's boss downstairs Jon took off for Cassie's cubicle shouting her name. Jon was taking off his helmet (he didn't realize it was even still on) and put it on Cassie's desk. She wasn't here, Jon started wandering from office to boardroom to copy room calling for his wife. That was when Bonnie, co-worker to Jon and cousin to Cassie came into the office "You haven't found her yet?"

"NO, she wasn't outside?"

"No, are you sure she's not in her cubicle?"

"I was just there" Jon rushed back thinking he missed something. Jon stood in the middle of Cassie's cubicle hands on his waist. He saw stacks of paper on the desk, an accordion file even a picture of the 2 of them next to her monitor then out of the corner of his eye he saw movement under her desk. Jon pulled away her chair and there she was, huddled in a tight ball her knees up to her chest and her head hiding in her knees. Jon crouched down and touched Cassie while saying her name.

Cassie freaked, screaming not to touch her and was hitting Jon's hand away. This startled Jon for a moment before he came to his senses and he grabbed her arm, not pulling, just making contact. "Cassie! Cassie it's me Jon"

Cassie wouldn't look at Jon, she just kept her head down and was sobbing uncontrollably.

Jon tried another tactic. He started to stroke her arm and spoke in a softer tone "Cassie, look at me. Cassie it's me Jon, look at me." Cassie looked up and it took a moment but as soon as she recognized her husband she was out from under the desk and clinging to Jon for dear life.

Bonnie reached the cubicle at that time "Is she hurt?"

Jon tried to pry Cassie from him so he could check her over but Cassie wouldn't have any of that. Her grip tightened around Jon's neck tighter

"I can't look Bonnie, can you see anything?"

Bonnie looked around Cassie and under the desk "I don't see anything Jon, she might just be shaken"

"That's an understatement" Jon whispered under his breath

Bonnie went on to look after the coroner that had just arrived and Jon stayed on the floor with Cassie trying to reassure her that everything was ok now. Cassie didn't loosen her grip and kept on sobbing. Bonnie approached with 2 paramedics and a gurney. Jon again tried to pry Cassie from his body and Cassie hugged herself tighter to Jon sobbing not to let go of her. "Cassie honey, the paramedics are here, they need to look at you."

It took Jon and both paramedics' full strength to get her off of Jon and onto the gurney. The paramedics strapped Cassie in while Jon held Cassie's hand trying to calm her reassuring her he wasn't going anywhere,.

They all walked like that to the elevator and down out of the building. Jon saw Ponch, Grossie and Bear by Bears squad car where they held George. That was when George saw Cassie and started shouting her name and apologizing for scaring her. Cassie started to hyperventilate so the paramedics quickly put her in the ambulance and attached an oxygen mask to her. Jon was right next to her holding her hand. They were rushed to the hospital. Cassie was almost breathing normal when they reached Bayside General. It was awkward trying to get out of the ambulance with the vice grip she had on Jon's hand. When they entered trauma room 1 the ER doctor tried to hold Jon back but he insisted he had to stay and Cassie was starting to get agitated again.

Jon was shocked when the doctor wrenched his hand free from hers and pushed him away. He stumbled and landed against the wall with an oomph. This really upset Cassie and she started to go into convulsions. He stood stunned for a moment then shook his head and dove into the crowd of medical personnel that were surrounding her.

He put his hands on either side of Cassie's face and spoke loudly to her "Cassie, I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere. " her eyes had rolled to the back of her head "Cassie it's me Jon, I'm right here" still no change.

The doctor started to move forward but Jon held up a finger asking for one more chance. Jon was really scared, he needed to get her to calm down. What was he going to do?

The only thing he could think of was how she reacted when he was angry. He knew how much Cassie hated his angry voice. He held on tight and yelled at her "GODDAMMIT CASSIE, LOOK AT ME!"

It took a moment before she stopped convulsing . Her eyes started to focus then she was looking into Jon's eyes. "There's my girl." Jon said softly. Cassie put her hand on Jon's cheek, he put his over hers "Stay with me ok?" she just looked into his eyes.

Jon looked up at the doctor and in almost a growl said "Don't you dare try that again" Jon was not a force to be reckoned with.

The doctor gulped and nodded. "We need to start an IV.

Jon nodded then spoke "Cassie, the doctor is going to look at your arm don't move ok?" Cassie nodded.

Jon was on Cassie's left side so they went after her right arm, prepping her, Jon heard the nurse say Cassie had good veins.

Jon was trying to distract her so he used that information "Did you hear that Cassie? You have good veins" he could see a faint smile behind the oxygen mask. They both donated blood as often as they could.

Cassie suddenly flinched, Jon looked over and saw they had just inserted the needle, the least they could have done is warn them. Jon held her face with his hand. "It's ok Cassie they're almost done, the worst is over" Cassie let a tear escape, this tugged on Jon's heart strings.

"Officer Baker we need to give her a sedative if we want to proceed" he spoke quietly

Jon nodded his head without looking up from her eyes "Do it." He held Cassie's hand to his cheek and watched her eyes get heavy and slowly drift off to sleep. Jon waited a moment to make sure she was out, then let out a sigh as he put her hand down and backed away from the bed.

The doctors and nurses sprang into action. Jon leaned against the wall and watched for a few minutes. Once he was sure she wouldn't wake up, he quietly slipped out of the room. What the hell just happened?