AN- thank you all for the encouraging reviews, I'm glad you like it so far. I'm going to try and cover the complete list of characters so please let me know if any character seems over or under represented in the story.

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Chapter 2:

Andy was now pacing in the hallway. She was calling Sergeant Best, excited to be reporting good news, 'come on come on, answer already' she thought to herself as the phone rang for the 4th time. "McNally?" He answered with a firm yet caring voice- he had asked for an update as soon as possible, but he was unable to hide the fact that he had been asleep

It was 8:51am, but he had only just fallen asleep, just for a moment, sitting at his desk, trying to be of some use. After being at the hospital the night before he had left defeated. Oliver was okay, a concussion, some stitches, and some bruises, nothing that Celery couldn't handle while she stayed with him. Sam had been much worse, they didn't know how he was doing, when he would wake up, IF he would wake up. But after he came out of surgery he was only allowed one visitor, no one was going to take that spot from Andy and she wasn't going to the leave the room for a second unless it was by force. And Chloe, is young rookie that was like his own daughter, she was married to a man he didn't know who wouldn't allow him to see her or give him an update. All he knew was what Epstein had shared while Sam was in surgery. She was in a medically induced coma until the swelling went down and the clot was gone, and who knew how long that would take.

Needless to say, at the hospital he felt useless. Once Sam was out of surgery he made Andy promise to update him at any change as she left his side just long enough for the doctors to move Sam from the operating room to his ICU suite. After speaking with Andy, Frank made an announcement to the rest of 15 division as they sat in the waiting room. "Sammy is out of surgery now, recovering in ICU. McNally will stay here tonight and send me updates as she gets them." At that, Nick's heart broke a little more, but as he cringed alone in the corner, Frank continued, "I know you all want to be here, and I hate to say it, but you all need to go home. Parade is at 9am and I need you we'll rested, we all had a hell of a day and we will be down 6 officers tomorrow. Epstein will update us on Chloe and Ollie can have visitors tomorrow."

He wanted to say more but he just shook his head, said "Goodnight people" and headed back to his office to sort this out- how did this happen?

"McNally?" He answered with authority, though the exhaustion in his voice was undeniable. He sat up at his desk, rubbing his temples while he blinked a few deep blinks to wake himself up, "What changed?" He asked with less authority and more desperation, this was the first update he had gotten, and he had been waiting for hours. "He's awake," her voice cracked, "the doctors are in with him now."

"Thank God!" He exclaimed, "Keep me posted, I'm sending Callahan now, he needs a statement."

"Luke" She squeaked, suddenly remembering that she had covered for Marlo's obsession. "Sir, I haven't slept, can I talk to him tomorrow" Her voice quivered as thoughts of Marlo entered her mind. Her thoughts were now screaming at her- "What am I doing? He has a girlfriend that's means enough to him to put his career on the line and I'm pouring my heart out like a fool." Her eyes flashed in terror as the realization sunk in.

Thankfully the voice in her head was stifled as Frank sternly answered, "no, I'm sending him now, I'll send coffee, maybe that'll help you focus." He looked down and adjusted his watch, "Oh, I gotta go McNally, Parade's in 5" he hung up without waiting for a goodbye. He quickly dialed another number, "Epstein, any news?"

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Andy looked at her phone, still looking uneasy about needing to speak with Luke. As the nurse came into view she quickly shoved the phone in her pocket, it was against the rules to make calls inside and she wasn't leaving this building for a second. She walked toward the nurse intending to ask when she could go back in Sam's room when she suddenly recognized her.

"Monica" she squeaked out in a mousy tone.

"Andy," Monica sounded concerned "I just got on shift about an hour ago, I had no idea I'm so sor-"

But Andy had no time for sympathy and cut her off, "Do you know when I can go back in to see Sam?"

"Right, straight to the point" Monica stammered a bit as she continued,"We need to run a few tests, check his sutures, and..." Her voice trailing some as she realized Andy wasn't interested in details, just a time. "And... I don't know, could be 30 minutes, could be 2 hours- Officer Shaw is in room 317, If you head over there I'll come get you as soon as you can go in."

Looking somewhat lost in the idea of not knowing Sam's condition for a minute longer, much less 2 hours, she answered, "okay, yeah... I'll go there now." Her doe eyed Bambi look fading as she walked toward Oliver's room and slightly smiled, it would be good to see him.

Frank entered the parade room with a stack of papers in hand and his eyes firmly watching his feet. As he got to the podium he took a deep sigh before looking up to face his staff.

"I know your all worried so I'm just going to get straight to it. As you all know, last night Kevin Ford shot two members of 15 division and took another captive. Updates: Officer Shaw has a mild concussion and will most likely cleared for duty within the week. Celery said he can have visitors starting this afternoon, and as usual in Lou of flowers he prefers food." A few light chuckles escape, but the tone in the room stays serious as Frank continues.

"Officer Price" his voice quivers as he thinks of his God daughter, the Rookie he was meant to look after and keep safe, "was shot in the neck, it was a through in through mad luckily missed her arteries. She is still in an induced coma as we wait to see if blood clots or swelling are going to cause any permanent damage. Epstein will be updating me if there is any change."

"Detective Swarek is awake," the tension in the room has lightened emensly with the last fe words, things are looking up. Both Nash and Collins look at their phones, wondering why Andy hadn't called. Nash looks confused while Collins just looks hurt, as if someone just punched him in the gut. "He has only been awake a few minutes, he was shot in the lower abdomen and was in surgery until the wee hours of the morning. I'll update you as McNally updates me."

"Assignments:
We are short staffed today, with 5 officers and a detective out we need to work as a team. 27 will be helping to cover our precinct for the next few days as back up. In addition, Officer Best will be back on full duty as of today."

Cheers of welcome and smiles are sent to the back of the room where Noelle leans against the wall with a hollow smile- happy to be back in uniform, devastated that it had to be under these circumstances.

"Peck" she looks up, "your with Williams." Frank stumbled over the name, he had never called his wife by her new last name before and it just seemed natural to go back to her maiden name, although it made him grimace. Gail looks back at Noelle and smiles, happy about her assignment.

Diaz, go with Nash- Callahan is wrapped up in the Ford case and she will need a hand today without Sammy," his voice cracked unexpectedly. "Collins!" The authority now back in his throat, "Desk." Nick looked down in disbelieve and cracked his knuckles. "Everyone else, it's listed on the board. Serve, protect, and WARE YOUR VESTS! Dismissed people."

As Frank stepped down from. The parade room stage, Collins jumped up to meet him, putting his hand up Frank stopped him, "Collins, don't start, you are limited duty until your cleared- once Callahan gets Swarek's statement it shouldn't take long."

With his mouth still open to argue why he should be on the street, Nick bite so his tounge, let's out a meek, "yes sir" and walks out of the room as quickly as possible. Emotionally he's a mess and blowing up now is not an option, he just had to get out of there fast.

Back at the hospital Andy had just arrived at Oliver's room, she peaked in make sure she wasn't interrupting.
Celery had just stood up, kissing Oliver on the forehead, and was headed for the door. When she saw Andy she said, "Oh Andy, Was just heading to grab some tea, can I get you something?"

"Uh... No thanks" shoe raised her hand slightly, "got it covered." She knew Luke would be there soon and really didn't want to put Celery out, she had enough in her plate already.

Celery smiled sadly and walked to the door, "okay, I'll be back in a bit, give you two some time to talk. At that the two women switched places as Celery left the room and Andy came in, walking up the foot of Oliver's bed.

Her conversation with Celery had been at a whisper, she though Oliver was asleep, but as she put her hand on the footboard of the bed Oliver looked up, bright eyed and a little loopy. "Hey McNally! Your my first visitor of the day, bring me anything good to eat?" He started to chuckle and wink, but then he finally really looked at her and his demeaned went from playful and happy to be safe to terrified.

"McNally, why do you have blood all over your uniform, what happened?!"

Andy's eyes tripled in size in an instant, she looked down at her clothes, she was still wearing last night's clothes and hadn't even thought for a minute to take off her bloody shirt. Sam's blood. How could she be so stupid!

She stammered out, "Ol... Ollie, nobody told you?" her voice quivering as she realized she was going to have to tell him his best friend had been shot.

AN- Please let me know what you think so far and what parts of the story you want to hear more of, next chapter should be up in a few days.