Waiting

"Oh no! Tyler!" Sarah and Kate practically yelled together when Pogue entered the loud, crowded bar. "What happened?"

"Later, we need an ambulance." Pogue said gentle but commanding, this was not a time to be telling stories. He quickly looked over both of the girls, both were on the verge of freaking out, Sarah looked around in panic. "Calm down. Caleb's outside with Reid." Pogue stopped, trying to find words. "Reid…he had a little break down. But he's fine." I hope, thought Pogue, he'd never seen Reid act like that, honestly it scared him.

Kate pulled out her phone and dialed 911, by this time many people had formed a circle around them, just aimlessly staring. What the hell is wrong with people? This isn't a show! Pogue thought angrily, he wanted to scream out at all of them, but he couldn't he had to stay calm, for Tyler and Reid.

"What the hell is going on?" Nicky asked, walking up to Pogue and the unconscious figure in his arms.

"I don't know, we found him like this." Pogue's arms were beginning to tire, Tyler sure weighed a lot more then he looked. "But I'm guessing Aaron and his boys did this, do you know if there still here?"

"They left shortly after you all got here, did someone call 911?" Pogue couldn't read the expression Nicky wore, it was a mix between worry and anger he guessed.

"There on there way. They should be here soon." Kate answered Nicky's question and flipped her phone in to her pocket.

"Is there anything we can do?" Sarah asked staring at the messed up Tyler.

"No. If I were you guys I would just go back to the dorms, we'll call you when we hear something." Kate and Sarah nodded slowly and began to make there way to the exit.

"Pogue tell Caleb-" Sarah began to yell back.

"I will!" Pogue already knew what she was going to say, so he finished it quickly. Sarah gave one more concerned look at Tyler and then left. He understood that the girls wanted to stay, but it would be easier caring for Tyler if they weren't there, plus already to many people would be at the hospital. Where the fuck is that ambulance?! Pogue's arms were really beginning to hurt, and what's taking Reid and Caleb so long?

Just as he thought that Caleb and Reid burst through the back doors, pushing their way through the mess of people. Caleb had his hand on Reid's shoulder, leading him to Pogue and Tyler. Reid still looked like a complete mess, his cheeks were still wet, his eyes puffy, and his nose red, but he lost the look of panic and horror, which was good.

"Caleb could you take him for a second, I feel like I'm about to drop him." Pogue grunted to Caleb, who ran over to his side and began to take the full weight of Tyler.

Pogue's arms sighed as the weight was taken off of them, he looked down at himself, his new white tank top had smears of blood on it. He knew right away where this was going when he got home, he didn't want any memories of this day. A soft intake of air made him look up at Reid, who was now taking a full on view of his Tyler.

"Hey, it's fine. He's fine." Pogue placed his hand on Reid's back. "Don't freak out, ok?" Reid took in a deep breath and nodded slowly, he had to be strong.

"HEY! Ambulance is here!" Someone called from the front of the bar, Pogue jumped into action and cleared the way so Caleb could easily hand Tyler over to the EMT's.

"Hey! Hey! In here!" Pogue called out to them when he reached the doors, four EMT's rushed in with a stretcher finding there way to Tyler.

"Sir, we can take him from here." One of the EMT's said to Caleb, he didn't realize it but he had a vice grip on his baby brother, it was hard to pass him over, but he finally managed to knowing he was in good care. "We can only take one of you, the others will have to follow behind." The girl EMT looked from Caleb to Pogue and then to Reid's overly stressed face.

"Pogue, you go, me and Reid will follow." It was hard for Caleb not to jump in that ambulance, but Reid couldn't go in because who knows what might happen in there and someone needed to be there for Reid. Yea, Pogue is always there for any of them, but Caleb felt that he should stay with him, so he let Pogue go.

"Alright, we have to go now." The EMT stated in a hurried tone, by this time they already had Tyler strapped on the stretcher, a oxygen mask on his face, and they were beginning to load him up. Pogue gave a glance back to his brothers and mouthed "I'll meet you there" to them. They nodded and then rushed off to Caleb's car.

In The Ambulance

The ambulance took off with a jolt, and an experienced driver maneuvered it's way through hard traffic at high speeds.

"Sir, could you briefly tell me what happened here?" An older man asked him while the others were checking all of Tyler's vital signs and hooking him up to an IV.

"Me and my friends got to Nicky's, Tyler was supposed to be there. We couldn't find him, so we looked. We were tipped off that he was in the back, we went there and we found him like this." Pogue didn't once look at the man, he was just watching every move the EMT's made, watching their faces, any signs that something was terribly wrong.

"So you don't know who did this then?" The man was patient, but he seemed to be annoyed Pogue wasn't giving him any attention.

"We think this kid Aaron did it, probably over a game of pool." Actually Pogue was positive Aaron and his little posy did this, who else would? Who else would want to hurt Baby Boy? No one, that's who….except for Aaron.

"Right. Later the cops are going to question you all further." The man turned back to his patient, wiping some blood from Tyler's face.

"Is he going to be ok?" Pogue could feel his patients withering, all he wanted to do was find Aaron and kick his ass, that's it.

"Honestly, I don't know. His vital signs are fine, but he has many head injuries, he'll need a CAT scan. We can already tell he has a few shattered ribs, but at the moment that's all we know." The girl said, sympathy showing in her voice and eyes as she looked at Pogue.

Pogue didn't even realize the kid had broken ribs, his hands clenched into fists as he saw the ugly bruises beginning to form by his rib cage, the bones that poked out that indicated they were badly fractured. Aaron was a dead man.

Caleb's Car

Silence, except for Reid's harsh breaths. Caleb kept glancing over in worry at his second youngest brother, Reid wasn't crying anymore, but a look of ferocity was covering his face. This couldn't be good.

Suddenly Reid wiped around and turned a deadly glare on Caleb, "Why didn't we do anything, we could have done something?"

"Reid you know why. Tyler was already unconscious, if we used on him it could have made him go into a coma. And someone might have come out. Also we were all in some state of shock." Caleb was now wishing Pogue was in the car with Reid.

"He already might be in a coma!" Reid hissed at him.

"Reid we don't know anything, so would you just calm down a little? Biting my head off isn't going to do anything." Caleb didn't want to fight with Reid, not when Tyler was going to the freaking ER. He just wished he would shut up and have a little more control over his emotions.

"And what the hell? Why couldn't I ride with Tyler?"

"Reid, if you would just listen to yourself right now, you would know why. The EMT's needed someone in there that still had a head on their shoulders, right now you're a basket case. And I totally understand why, but you really just have to calm down. Freaking out wont do anything." Caleb looked back over at Reid, Reid was looking out the window, his jaw was clenched tight, his fist rolled up into balls. But Caleb knew Reid was trying to calm himself down, he had actually once listened to Caleb.

Arriving at The Hospital

As soon as they got to the damn hospital Pogue and Kate were just recently released from, things moved so fast Pogue could hardly keep up. One second they were squashed in the ambulance, the next they were being flung out, carrying Tyler's with them. Then nurses and doctors and some cops took the responsibility of Tyler, they quickly moved Tyler from the stretcher to a roll bed, and hooked needles into him, and this and that. Pogue was actually running beside the bed as they took off down the hall like speed racer, he was doing good until a cop stopped him saying "Sorry son, but you cant go back there." Pogue watched Tyler being rolled away until they rounded a corner and was no longer in sight. You have no idea how hard it was for Tyler to be taken away, with no one there for him, he was alone.

"POGUE!" He recognized the voice as Caleb's, he turned around to see both Reid and Caleb sprinting to him. "How's Tyler?"

"Aw man dude, he's not good." He glanced at Reid, but there was no point in lying anymore, "They said he has multiple head injuries, and his ribs, there shattered."

"He didn't wake up?" Caleb looked like he grew paler every moment of a second. And Reid, well, Reid just looked like he wanted to demolish something. I swear that kids bipolar, one second he crying up a storm, the next he's like the hulk.

"Excuse me boys, but we have to question you. And one of you will have to fill out his forms." The cop that stopped Pogue said interrupting them.

"Yea, sure. But there's not much to tell. Caleb, I can handle the questions, you and Reid go fill out his stuff." Caleb nodded and took Reid by the arm to the counter were they would receive the millions of papers that needed to be filled out.

Caleb was lucky he had known Tyler all his life, Tyler's parents had put him,. Reid, and Pogue down as family members and gave them his medical information, his social security number, his insurance, everything. He even had a copy of his birth certificate, but that was at his house. All the covenant members had each others papers, just in case something like this happened. Caleb's mom was the only one that lived close, Tyler, Reid, and Pogue's parents all lived hours away.

Meanwhile Pogue sat down with the cop and answered every question he had for him, telling him the whole story, front to back. He reassured him that Reid and Caleb's stories were the same considering they were all together, and finally the cop let him go back and join his brothers.

"How'd it go?" Caleb asked looking up from the stack of papers he was filling out.

"Fine, just told him what I know." Pogue sat down next Caleb and eyed all the paperwork he and Reid were working on. "Want help?" Caleb threw him a clipboard and a stack of papers. "I don't understand why they need a hundred papers of the same exact thing."

Caleb shrugged and continued to write, Pogue glanced at Reid. "How's Reid?" He whispered to Caleb.

"He's calmed down a lot. But he's not talking much." Caleb whispered back, not taking his eyes off his work. Pogue looked at Reid again, worry growing for him, then as noticed he couldn't do anything to help Reid right now he got back to his work.

After many long minutes, and very cramped hands, Reid, Caleb, and Pogue handed in Tyler's paperwork. "Do you know when we'll be able to see him, or when we can hear how he's doing?" Pogue asked the receptionist.

"No dear, I'm sorry, I wouldn't be able to find out if I tried. But the doctor will be out in good time." The elder lady said to them, so with a slight smile to her, they took there seats once again.

"Oh Caleb, I forgot. Sarah wanted you to know she went back to her dorm with Kate. They want us to call when we hear something." Pogue said.

"Yeah, I figured that much out." Caleb answered back, he checked the clock. 2:36am. " I'm happy it's the weekend."

"Yea no kidding." Pogue looked at the clock as well, then he looked at Reid. "Guess Reid's worn out." Reid had his head resting on Caleb's shoulder, he was out cold, for once tonight he looked peaceful.

"Yup, he really freaked me out today. Him just breaking like that, I guess none of us ever thought of Tyler getting hurt like this." Caleb pondered half to himself half to Pogue.

"I never imagined Tyler getting hurt, not even when Chase was around. I always knew someone would be there to protect him, but the one instant we let our guard down…man he's hurt bad." Pogue was feeling hot tears gather in his eyes, he tried with all his power to hold them back.

"I know, I know." Caleb could feel the same tears in his eyes. "He'll be ok, he has to be."

All three that night said silent prayer in their head, hoping, wishing Tyler would be ok. Even Reid who was now sound asleep, muttered Tyler's name out loud. The only thing they could do now was wait, wait for good news, or possibly bad, and pray with all their hearts that their youngest would make it through.

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