Sorry it took so long to update. I had to undergo surgery but now I am back and I hope you like the new chapter. Hope to hear from you! I am really really glad that you liked it so far! I love to continue this story, so thank you for all of your reviews. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 2 – Patience

"Jules!"
"Steve!" Jules wasn't even surprised as Steve was kneeling next to herself and Sam. She knew that it had to be him. Nobody else would have taken such a great risk.

"Was he conscious?", Steve asked looking over Sam's injuries.

"Yes he...he said that...that he couldn't feel his legs." Jules took a deep breath as she felt the tears building in her eyes again.

Steve gave Jules hand a quick squeeze and made eyes contact.

"I need you to help me, can you do that?"

"Of course."

"Okay. So we need to bring Sam out of here as fast as even possible."

"What about his injury? Can we move him?"

"We have to and you have to trust me Jules."

"I trust you."

"Okay good. I want to to stabilize his neck while I am turning him to his back."

It took Steve nearly ten minutes to stabilize Sam's body enough to move him. He brought a special vacuum stretcher so Sam's back would not take any more damage.

With a great amount of help from the other guys they made their way out of the building carefully and secure.

Greg was standing outside his face full of sorrow and guilt as he watched Sam being carried to the ambulance.

"Steve how is he doing?" Greg asked his eyes never leaving Sam.

"It's to soon to tell but he is stable, that's the good part."

"What about his back?"

"I can't tell anything."

"Thanks Steve. Where are you taking him?"

"St. Michaels."

Greg's eyes met Jules and he could tell that she was bagging him to go with Sam but she knew that it wouldn't be possible. Ed and the others where waiting for her, they all needed her. The whole situation was not secured. Eric Fenton was still anywhere inside this building ready to kill everyone who was standing in his way our just trying to catch him. He had nothing to loose anymore. His wife, his kids, he had killed them all, just because Laura Fenton was willing to start a new life. And now he had shot one of their team, right in the back without any warning. They had to take him down before he was able to hurt or kill more people.

"Jules." Sarge said while she was kissing Sam again.

"You have to pull through this, you hear me Sam? You have to stay strong and pull through. I need you! You hear me? I need you, you can't just leave me here. I am coming as soon as I can and I don't want to get any bad news? You got that? I love you Sam. I love you so much!" Jules said giving Sam another kiss before she stepped back giving Sarge a brave nod.

Jules turned around whipping her tears away on her way to the other guys.

"Are you okay?"

"As okay as I can be right now. Ed lets go and get this guy!"

It took the team another hour until they locates Eric Fenton again. He was standing right in the middle of the food court, his gun against his head.

"Mister Fenton?" Ed said but right at that moment another shoot echoed trough the quite building. Eric Fenton had decided to end his life too but he wasn't willing to do it alone. Eds voice had shown him that here was audience, that he wouldn't die all alone. He had found the place where he had asked Laura to marry him. He just wanted to get here and end it where it had all began. At the moment he had asked her there was a great audience of people. They had stooped as he had fallen to his knee bringing up his voice. Today there was just a minor audience but that was what he needed. As an actor there was always an audience.

"Subject is down." Ed said while Jules was lowering her MP5. Ed gave her a quick nod while Jules started to run. She had to be with Sam, to make sure that he was okay.

"Jules take the SUV I am riding with Ed as soon as we are ready here." Sarges voice came to her comm link.

"Thanks Sarge. See you at the hospital."

Jules stepped through the automatic door and made her way to the information table in no second. She knew this building quite well.

"I am looking for Sam Braddock. He was brought in about an hour ago." Jules said while the nurse was flipping trough her PC.

"Braddock? Ah, here we go. He was rushed into CT and immediately into OR. He is still in surgery in OR 4. You can take a seat in the waiting area level 4."

"Thank you very much. There are more SRU Officers coming soon."

"Of course. I will send them trough."

"Thank you."

Jules took a seat right in front of the doors to the OR so she could watch every movement. After a few minutes of sitting she could feel the adrenaline leaving her body. Her hands where shaking now and she was afraid, as afraid as she had never felt before. "I can't feel my legs." Sam's voice echoed through her ears. Jules took a deep breath, desperately trying not to loose it. The team was not far away. She couldn't break down in front of them and she couldn't allow herself to break down until she knew what was going on. Sam was stable as he was brought in. They got time for x-rays so he was stable the whole time, that was a good sign. He was going to pull through and he was going to be okay, they where going to be okay. No matter what was going to happen. They would be together, that was all that mattered, wasn't it?

"Jules?" It was Spikes voice that rushed her back to reality. "Any news yet?" "The brought him into CT and than into OR, he is still in surgery." Jules said as the whole team was completed. "I am going to get Natalie...she really needs to know." Spike and Natalie where dating for about a year now. Just yesterday they all had a great dinner at Jules and Sam's house and Natalie and Spike had told them that they where moving in together.

"What about the rest of the family. Should I call them?", Sarge asked. "No!" Jules and Spike said in common. "Natalie is going to take care of it as soon as we have more information's. The last thing Sam can deal with right now is his dad." Spike said while Jules nodded slowly. "I am leaving to get Natalie. I don't want to bring her the news on the phone." "That's a good idea." "Give me a call if anything changes." "I promise." Jules said while she watched Spike jogging to the elevators. He and Sam had slowly become really close through Spikes relationship with Natalie and Jules was glad about it. The two of them had much in common and after Spike had lost Lou and Sam had lost Matt it was really important for both of them to have one another.