Chapter 2:

Henry and Gus arrived at the hospital and asked the nurse behind the desk if there was any word yet on Shawn Spencer. The nurse checked her computer and told the duo that Shawn was taken straight back into surgery but assured them someone will talk to them as soon as they are able.

Henry and Gus shook their head and sat down in the waiting room. Henry just rubbed his face and asked Gus, "How in the hell does a romantic dinner turn out with Juliet being kidnapped and Shawn fighting for his life." Gus shook his head and said, " I don't know but this is Shawn we are talking about, nothing should surprise us by now." Henry just let out a tired chuckle and agreed with Gus. They sat for the next few hours in virtual silence as they waited for word on Shawn.

Lassiter was back at the station sifting through even the smallest piece of evidence that he could find. He could feel himself getting angrier and more panicked by the minute. Nothing was making sense and nothing was getting him any closer to who the kidnapper was and why he kidnapped Juliet of all people.

Lassiter spotted Rookie Hank was just coming in 45 minutes late for his shift. Lassiter growled at the young man for being late, he started to yell at the young man, "While you were too busy to come to work on time Detective O'Hara was kidnapped and Spencer was shot and is in the hospital fighting for his life! What do you have to say for yourself?"

The young man just cowered under the stern voice of the head Detective. Hank looked at Lassiter and apologized and promised it will never happen again he told the angry officer he got caught up "tying up some loose ends" from Valentines Day but he is ready to work now.

Lassiter started to yell again but he stopped when he smelled a familiar smell on Hank, he started to ask about the smell but he shook his head and dismissed the smell as stress. Lassiter told the rookie to see McNab for his assignment and stormed back to his desk.

Lassiter sat at his desk and began to place evidence from the evening on a white board. On the top of the board under a tag that read victims was a picture of his partner and her boyfriend. He looked at Juliet's picture and muttered to himself, "Hold on Juliet, I promise I am going to find you, you are my partner and partners never give up looking."

Back at the hospital Dr. Smith greeted Gus and Henry and asked if they were the family for Shawn? Henry perked up and answered, "Yes I am his father and this is his best friend Gus. How is my son?"

Dr. Smith told the two men that Shawn had to go to surgery to repair the damage that the bullet caused. He warned that he lost a lot of blood and is not out of the woods by far yet, he is in a coma but he is alive and in ICU. The doctor then told the men that he would bring them to see Shawn.

They got to the doors of the ICU but Gus stopped and told them to go ahead he was going to call Lassiter and inform him about Shawn. Henry nodded his head in acknowledgment and followed to doctor to his son's bedside.

Henry entered the room and Shawn was lying absolutely still. It always worried Henry more when Shawn was still he laughed to himself, Shawn even moved in his sleep. Henry sat down next to Shawn and held his sons hand. He told his comatose son, " I am so glad that you are okay, you were fighting to save the woman you love, there is no better reason to get shot. I am so proud of you for trying to protect Juliet. The whole SBPD is out looking for her and they could sure use your help, you just have to wake up." He sat in the darkened room holding his sons hand repeating his plea for him to wake up.

Gus was out in the hall outside ICU, he dialed Lassiter's number to let him know how Shawn was. A very gruff and stressed Lassiter picked up the phone not even stating his name just a firm "WHAT." Lassiter's greeting frightened Gus, he slowly began to tell Lassiter, "I-It is Gus, I-I was just calling to keep you informed about Shawn." Lassiter hearing the fear in Gus's voice apologized for being terse with him and asked what was new with Shawn.

Gus continued, "That's okay Lassiter I know you are beyond stressed right now. Shawn had to go to surgery to repair all the damage to his shoulder. He lost a lot of blood and is in a coma right now but he is alive."

Lassiter exhaled relieved that he was at least alive, "We don't have any leads on Juliet yet, I hate to say this but we could really use Spencer on this case." Gus laughed and promised he would never tell Shawn he said that. The two men promised to keep each other informed if anything new happened on either end and said goodbye.

Gus made his way into Shawn's room patting Henry on the shoulder as he made his way to the other chair. Gus smiled at Henry and asked how Shawn was. Henry told him, "The doctors didn't know when or if he would wake up. They said the bullet nicked an artery and he lost almost 30% of his blood volume, they are busy trying to transfuse him now, pointing to the red bag next to the IV." The two men sat in silence thinking about Juliet and praying that somehow Shawn would be okay.

Across town in a dark and moist basement Juliet was sitting on the floor handcuffed to a post. She was crying thinking about the last time she saw Shawn, chasing after them, yelling with blood pouring from his shoulder, crying that she was in a seemingly hopeless situation, at the hand of God know who. She leaned her head back against the pole and cried out to the air, "Please God help Shawn and help Lassiter find me, please."

Chapter 2.1 hopefully this is a little easier to read then the first chapter 2. Please leave me your reviews I love to hear from you all.