AN: After the shooting that Casey witnessed, there has to be a plan to find the one responsible. Of course, that will draw in both sides of the law.

Chapter Two: Toy Soldiers

It happened so fast. Casey sat there looking at the floor of the ICU waiting room, and she could not believe what had happened almost an hour earlier. She remembered Alexander walking her to her car, and turning to leave. Then it happened. Alexander was struck down by a hail of bullets. She was terrified as to what she had just witnessed. She got out of her car, and went to his side almost immediately. Then Alexander lost consciousness. That was the most frightening thing that Casey ever saw, because she thought that Alexander had died right in front of her, but he was still alive, barely.

Just what in the hell was happening?

Casey sat there in the ICU waiting room, in a trance, still in shock as to what happed just an hour earlier. It really did rattle her, but what happened on the way here really did stick in her mind.

She literally was unable to leave his side, but she eventually had to because the doctors had to try and save him. He was in surgery, but before they parted ways, Alexander made a weak attempt to reach for her, and weakly called her name.

"Casey..."

"Casey..."

"Casey?" She looked up to see Nora standing in front of her, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

Casey just wrapped her arms around her mother, and cried into her shoulder.

"Mom, it was terrible." Casey said through sobs. "He walked me to his car, and then some guy shot him. If Alexander was not there, I would be gone as well."

"Don't worry, babe. Everything is going to be alright." Nora said. "Seth and Melissa are out there trying to find out what happened to Alexander."

"Where is the rest of guys?" Casey asked.

"Derek is at home watching the rest of children." Nora said. "George is in there with Seth and Melissa."

"God mom. It happened all too fast." Casey said, burying her face in her hands. "I am still all too rattled about it to think about anything else."

"Don't worry. Everything is going to be alright." Nora said again. She knew that both Casey and Alexander were not going to be the same again. Casey was mentally scarred by what she saw, and poor Alexander. If Alexander was going to survive this, there was no telling as to what this was going to do to him, or his family.

This was affecting all of them.

It was another hour when Seth and George finally joined them in the waiting room. Nora went over and sat next to her husband.

"How is he?" Nora asked George, but she was asking both of them.

"He is in recovery right now, and he will be fine. It is going to be a long road until he is back on his feet again." Seth said.

"Melissa is sitting in there with him now. When he wakes up, he is going to be in a lot of pain." George said.

"What about the cops? Aren't they going to want and talk to me?" Casey asked Seth.

Seth took a few seconds before answering. He knew the answer to that question, and it was something that he had to say in a careful way.

"okay. Here it is." Seth said. He took a deep breath before continuing. "Our family has a history with the cops around here. Our father was by no means a saint. He was in jail a lot, for stupid reasons, but he made sure that we were always taken care of. Anyway, our dad had a group of friends that basically made some of the cops look like fools. That still does not sit well with some of the law enforcement today."

"What are you talking about?" Nora asked in a confused tone of voice.

"People think that the world is black and white. What they fail to realize is that there is a grey area." Seth said. "I am not an old man, but stuff out here makes me age really quick."

Seth got up, and quietly left the ICU waiting room, leaving them to sit there, and ponder the brother's words.

Seth stood outside, looking at the starry sky, sighing deeply as the cool air blew through the area. For some strange reason, this calmed him down. There was good news and bad news that he had to get over. One, Alexander was going to recover from his shooting, and the bullets that hit him, did not hit any major organs, but since there was nerve damage, it was going to be a while before he was able to walk and move around normally. That was the good news.

Now there was the bad news. Sure, Alexander was going to be fine, but with actions come consequences. Seth knew what that meant. His family has some friends, and they were no saints. Trouble was coming, and that meant a few things. The fact that Seth was even thinking about it meant that Seth knew damn well it was not going to be good at all. He did not want to think about that at all. Seth was just glad that his brother was alright.

Sure, there was going to be a lot of trouble coming down the pipe as a result of this, but he was willing to take the moment of peace right now, because there was not going to be another for a long while. Seth was just standing there, trying to get his mind to calm down, but Jack approached him, knocking him out of his thoughts as he did so.

"Hey." Jack said, approaching him. "How is he?"

"In recovery. He is going to be out for a while." Seth said.

"Man. Look, is there anything that I can do?" Jack asked.

"Have the club look into this. I want the son of a bitch that did this." Seth said.

"Melissa might not be on board with that." Jack said.

"Ask me if I give a shit what she thinks." Seth responded.

"Fine with me." Jack said. "I will do what I can."

Jack turned to walk away, but Seth grabbed him.

"You and I both know that you can do better than that. I am not asking here, I am begging you." Seth said.

"You have my word." Jack said. He gave Seth a hug before heading inside.

"Be careful, Melissa is in there, and she is in one of her moods." Seth said. Jack stopped once he was inside, and flinched in place before continuing on into the hospital.

Seth let out a slight laugh before turning back to the sky above him.

To be a fly on the wall during that conversation. David thought.

Melissa sat near her brother as he was laying there peacefully. She and Alexander had there differences, but that was normal with any brother and sister. She really did care about the both of them, and that is one of the reasons that she became a cop, to make sure that both Seth and Alexander was taken care of, and to keep a close eye on Alexander, because she knew that Seth was a good guy, but Alexander was another story.

This shooting was bad news, plain and simple. Not only was the cops involved right now, but a certain group of outlaws were going to get involved...

She knew the path that Alexander was going to take, eventually, and when he did, god help all of them that were in the way.

AN: In the next chapter, Alexander comes to, and things are going to get very interesting. Wait and see what I am talking about.