This is a brand new fan fiction so I hope you enjoy!

The first part of this story I don't own as it's been taken from the episode where Kerry Young got shot.

(No Copyright intended!)

The rest is my own work & I own.

Hope you enjoy!

The Heavenly Decision

The black taxi came to a stop on the street corner and a young blonde haired female jumped out of the back. After paying the driver, she made her way towards the front of the police station, smiling after catching sight of the handsome young man heading in her direction.

"My Dad, he's gonna be ok" she shouted happily before pausing then continuing to explain

"I made a promise to myself, if he lived. There are things I know, things that are gonna mean big changes for a lot of people here. I'm gonna go see Inspector Gold"

The young male took a deep breath.

"The information on Gabriel..." but was interrupted by the blonde shaking her head.

"It's not that it's more than that, much more"

"I don't care!" the handsome man admitted. "I don't care about anything else except..."

Gazing into the emerald green eyes in front of her, the blonde smiled and confessed,

"Nor do I. Smithy...I love you"

Smithy gave a huge sigh of relief and let a smile appear on his face.

"Yeah?" he asked and the girl simply replied

"Yeah"

Seizing the moment, Smithy leant in to kiss the pretty blonde but as he did, a loud gun shot rang out and the female collapsed into his arms.

"Oh no, no, no Kerry, no!" Smithy called out as he struggled to hold up Kerry.

Just then, a second shot was heard and Smithy fell to the ground with Kerry bleeding to death in his arms. Looking at his hand, Smithy realised it was covered in blood and tried to look around to see if he could see where the gun shots had come from.

"Kerry, no don't, come on!"

With little breath, Kerry called out

"Smithy. Smithy!"

Looking over to the front door of the station, Smithy shouted out

"HELP I need some help!"

He only had to wait a few seconds as Andrea Dunbar appeared at his side and started to gently pull Kerry off her Sergeant while he stood up. Once he was standing, Smithy took Kerry off Andrea, held her his arms and ran to safety behind a parked riot van. Kerry was gasping for breath and Smithy realised how much blood she was losing. As another officer walked out from the station, the young Sergeant shouted to them to take cover, in case they too got hit. Just then, an alarm started ringing out to alert the rest of the station of the situation. Up in his office, Superintendant O'Karo heard the alarm, looked out of his window and spotted the scene. Yanking open his office door, he rushed out into the corridor, followed closely by Sergeant June Ackland.

"What's happening?" Inspector Gina Gold asked as she rushed into the corridor from another office.

Rob Thatcher flew through the doors of CID and shouted

"Someone's firing into the front of the station!"

Instantly, the Superintendant raced down the stairs, ordering June to get an ambulance, for Gina to call S019 and for everyone else to stay inside, away from the windows.

"Well has anyone been hurt?" Gina asked worriedly.

"It looks like Kerry and Smithy" Rob explained as he rushed down the stairs following the super.

Back outside in the front yard, Smithy was still sat on the floor behind the van with Kerry in his arms. Placing his warm hard around her cold, pale face, he pleaded

"It's ok sweetheart, come on, please. Just stay with me, come on"

O'Karo, Rob Thatcher and PC Reg Hollis ran out into the yard and took cover behind a parked car as Smithy shouted out

"We need an ambulance, Kerry's been hit!"

"What about you?" O'Karo asked but Smithy replied that he was fine.

Before anything else could be said, Kerry let out a noise, flung her head back and started to shut her eyes. Smithy started panicking and gently shook her.

"No, oi, look, oi, don't close your eyes!"

Rob ordered Reg to run back inside and grab the first aid box while the Super called out

"Did you see where it came from?"

"We need an ambulance!" Smithy yelled as loud as he could, worried about the amount of blood that Kerry was losing, the way she was struggling to breath and the fact that she was struggling to keep her eyes open.

However, O'Karo repeated his question and Smithy replied

"It was the flats, possibly the offices"

As Reg slid a first aid kit across the ground to Smithy, Adam reassured him to stay calm before radioing for S019. With his spare hand, Smithy pulled out a patch from the first aid box and placed it on Kerry's chest, making sure to put pressure on to it. As he did, Kerry leapt out in pain and once again, jolted her head back with force.

"Look at me! Kerry look at me, keep looking at me! Don't close your eyes! That's it!"

Rob explained to his super that an ambulance had arrived and was waiting at the end of a street just around the corner and were waiting to be led in as the street had been cordoned off but O'Karo instantly made the decision to hold the ambulance where it was until he'd given the all clear. "Where's this ambulance?" Smithy yelled out at Superintendant O'Karo.

Knowing what he was about to say would completely anger the young Sergeant; Adam took a deep breath and looked away from Smithy before calling back

"We'll let it through as soon as we've secured the area" the Super replied but through gritted teeth, an angry and emotional Smithy shouted back

"NO, let it in now!"

Just then, police sirens rang out and as an S019 patrol car came screeching to a halt, armed officers jumped out and stood behind a van. One of them shouted to the Superintendant

"They said it came from the offices across the way? We got units going in there now, how many shots fired?"

"At least two!" O'Karo replied.

With that, the S019 officers split into two groups. Rob Thatcher escorted one group onto the station roof while the second group headed over to the roof top offices across the road. Once they'd gone, Adam radioed for the ambulance to come through before walking over to Smithy and Kerry. On hearing footsteps approaching him, Smithy looked up and spat

"Why did you wait for so long?"

Just then, the ambulance sirens filled the area as the ambulance drove into the front yard and parked alongside the riot van. Superintendant O'Karo bent down and stared at Kerry who was coughing up blood and struggling to breathe. A paramedic walked over, knelt down by the side of them and asked

"What's her name?"

To which Smithy replied

"It's Kerry"

"Can you get that jacket off me" he ordered.

Smithy let Adam help take Kerry's jacket off her but once it was off, the young Sergeant pulled her back into his arms, smoothing the blonde hair from her face and holding her gently.

"Come here darling, that's it"

The paramedic listened to her chest and informed the officers that her airway sounded obstructed before placing an oxygen mask over her mouth.

"Kerry, Kerry try and stay awake for me" the paramedic called.

A few seconds later, the two officers helped lift Kerry up onto the ambulance trolley and a paramedic strapped her in. Smithy told the paramedics that he was going with Kerry and helped to lift the trolley into the back of the O'Karo took a step back and watched as the ambulance doors were slammed shut and with all sirens blaring, the ambulance drove out of the station, speeding towards hospital. For a moment there was silence and all that could be heard was the ambulance sirens in the distance. Suddenly, Ken Drummond's voice was heard.

"Sir, the borough commander wants to speak to you as soon as possible and MIT are on their way. Sir!"

Adam turned his head to look at Ken but all he could muster up was

"Right"

In the back of the ambulance, Kerry was still having difficulty breathing, even though the oxygen mask was positioned over her mouth. She was also continuing to lose blood and Smithy worried that she wouldn't make it.

"It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be fine. Please Kerry" he whispered to her.

"Please come on, you can drive faster than this" Smithy shouted to the paramedic who was driving the ambulance.

"Just press down and hold" the paramedic ordered as he listened to Kerry's chest through his stethoscope. Smithy pressed down on Kerry's blood soaked chest and as he did, she made heavy breathing noises, like she was gasping for breath. Smithy looked up at the male paramedic and asked

"What is it? What's happening?"

"She's still having difficulty breathing" he replied in return.

"Well then do something!" Smithy yelled.

Kerry listened to the conversation between the two men, even though it was faint. She could see Smithy standing over her and felt him push down on her chest. The young officer felt so drained and tired as she tried, but failed to remember what had happened. What she did know, was that it felt as though there was a ton of bricks on her lungs that was stopping her from breathing properly. The distressed blonde was in so much pain and her eyes were getting heavier so she thought; if they were closed for a few minutes then maybe she'd feel better, so she shut them. As she did, Kerry was startled by the faint sound of Smithy's voice so opened her eyes back up but her vision had become blurred.

Ten minutes later, the ambulance arrived at the hospital and after a doctor met them at the door, Smithy helped him and the other paramedics push Kerry down through the long dark corridors towards a special room. The doctor told Smithy to wait outside but he was adamant that he wasn't leaving Kerry, so ended up entering the room. As soon as the doctor wired Kerry up to a machine, a loud flat beep filled the room as her heart stopped.

"We're gonna have to shock her" the doctor explained to his colleagues.

Smithy quickly panicked.

"What's going on?"

The doctor turned his head and ordered Smithy to wait outside but again, he refused so the nurse pushed him out of the way and he stood behind a glass screen., watching helplessly as the hospital staff rushed about to try and resuscitate Kerry.

Kerry Young opened her big blue eyes and looked around. There were palm trees and brightly coloured flowers everywhere and the boiling sun was shining brightly. Looking down, Kerry realised she was barefooted but she didn't mind as she was standing on soft, fresh green grass which was tickling her toes. As she looked up, Kerry could just make out some kind of shadow or figure in the distance walking in her direction. As she looked closer, the figure became clearer. It was a lady dressed in a flowing white dress and her long blonde curly hair fell way past her shoulders but her face was still unclear. Looking around at the scene, Kerry had some idea of where she was.

"This place looks like paradise, it must be Heaven"

Just then, Kerry realised something.

"Oh god, I'm dead aren't I" Kerry asked, lowering her head.

For a moment there was silence until Kerry, still looking at the ground, asked

"Are you an angel then?"

There was no reply so Kerry lifted her head, meaning to ask again but instead ended up squinted her eyes and looking puzzled. The figure was now standing right in front of Kerry and she smiled when their eyes met. For a moment, Kerry just stared, looking confused and blinking, thinking she was seeing things. Then, after a few seconds, Kerry finally found the word she was looking for.

"Mum?"

A huge smile spread across the heavenly figure's face and in the softest tone of voice, said

"Hello princess"

A puzzled look remained on Kerry's face as she tried to get her head around the fact that her mother, who died over 20 years ago, was now standing in front of her.

"I...I..." Kerry stumbled, trying to find the right words

"Come here my beautiful daughter" Mrs Young called, wrapping her arms around her daughter.

For a moment, Kerry kept her arms by her own side but soon gave in and hugged her mum back before letting out a flood full of tears. Pulling away from Kerry, Mrs Young wiped the tears from her daughters face and spoke softly

"Shhhh it's alright my darling, Mummy's here"

Kerry smiled sweetly and gazed into her Mum's big blue eyes.

"I've missed you SO much Mum, I wish you didn't leave us, but we're both here now and there's so much I want to tell you. I..."

"Kerry Louise..." the heavenly Mum interrupted.

Mrs Young cupped her daughters face with her warm hands and smiled lovingly.

"Darling, there's no time. You have a decision to make"

For the fifty millionth time, Kerry looked confused.

"What do you mean? I thought I died...and this is Heaven...and we're both here so..."
"Kerry, you have an important decision to make and you need to make it. Now"