I was going to make ya'll wait a couple days but I'm not that mean.


Nick had been shot while in Afghanistan. It was a through and through in the shoulder from a sniper. It had hurt a lot. He had been transported back to Canada for two weeks before finishing up his tour. He wasn't a huge fan of having to feel the shear pain of getting shot again. Some life moments were just better left off as one.

He stumbled back as the bullet hit his vest, an inch above where it ended. He sucked back air as he felt himself hit the concrete. He told himself to look beside him, where was Andy? His mind flashed back to one time when his buddies and him were on a patrol in Helmland Province, Afghanistan. Their Humvee was hit by an IED. Two buddies of his and landed a hundred feet from the Humvee, killed instantly. So when she wasn't to his right, he started to panic.

He was struggling to sit up and his first instinct, as he realized Andy was alive, was to radio it in. "1509. Officers down. Shots fired. Corner of Dundas and Parliament." Thank God this wasn't Afghanistan again, and he hoped to hell that some other officers were close by. He swallowed again and tried to sit up again but he couldn't breathe. At all. "Officers down."

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Andy had this happen to her before. The force of the three bullets that hit her vest sent her flying as well. Last time she had got shot in the vest, she got the wind knocked out of her. Now, with three bullets in her vest, she could hardly breathe. She looked around and saw two civilians with blood draining from the back of their head. She tried to groan. "Nick!" She tried to say. Shit, Andy thought. Stay calm McNally. You've been through this.

She was on the radio as well, even though she was struggling to breathe. "1509, we need multiple ambulances. Two civilians shot. Officers down," she managed to get out. She needed to find out if those civilians were alive. That was her duty. But it hurt too much to move.

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Diaz and Epstein were on Dundas St E, after grabbing a hot dog. They were joking about the latest girl Chris had slept with. However, Chris was "smitten" about this one- an air traffic control tower person by the name of Natalia. Dov couldn't really believe that Chris was actually moving on from Gail. He knew that breakup hurt him pretty bad.

"1509. Officers down. Shots fired. Corner of Dundas and Parliament," came through their radio. Dov looked over at Chris. "That's Andy and Nick." Without anything further, Chris hit the lights and sirens and Dov accelerated. They weren't that far from Andy and Nick.

"This can't be happening again," was all Chris said, thinking about how they had just buried Jerry. Now two officers down? They heard Andy's voice on the radio and breathed a little sigh of relief. Nick and Andy were alive.

As soon as it was safe to stop, Dov and Chris were out of the vehicle. Chris ran to Andy, Dov to Nick. While bending near Nick and working to get the Kevlar off, Dov got on the radio. "1520. We need an ambulance immediately. Two officers down and multiple GSW's to civilians. Repeat- two officers down."

"It's okay," Chris told Andy as he worked to take off her vest. "Keep calm. Remember to breath in and out."

"I can't," Andy struggled to say.

Chris finally got the vest off and laid it by her side. Three gunshots to the torso. If she hadn't of had the vest on, she'd be dead. "Come on Andy, breath in and out." Chris turned to Dov and Nick. They were checking the other victims. "Where's backup?"

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Oliver Shaw was a cop who had been around the block, so to speak. Not much rattled the senior officer. He had seen it all. Hell, he had just buried one of his best friends and colleague of 14 years five days ago. Oliver had been involved in multiple shootings, been shot, raced to calls when officers were down. But nothing prepared him for when the radio crackled of two officers down, 5 days after Jerry's death, and the realization that the call was coming from Nick Collins.

Two seconds before, he had been trying to keep the mood light with an uptight Sam. "Seriously. Zoe said need to have dinner with you. The girls miss their Uncle Sammy."

Sam shrugged. "Yeah, maybe. How are you and Zoe doing?"

Oliver was silent for a minute. "Well we're living under the same roof so that has to be some progress, right?"

Sam was about to say something when they heard the radio call of officers down. "Who's Collins' partner today?" Sam asked.

"McNally," Oliver said, looking over at Sam, as he stared out the window and Oliver drove as fast as he could. Oliver really wanted to know what the hell was going through that man's brain right now. No emotion. Oliver knew Sammy probably heard that Andy came in with Callaghan and not a word from Sam. Not one word. Oliver wasn't dumb- even though he was plenty inebriated last night, he got the suspicion that Sam broke up with Andy. And maybe Oliver was the only one who could have seen it coming, but he did.

When they got to the scene they could see Dov and Nick bending over a victim and Chris with Andy, who was still down. Oliver rushed over to Andy and Sam was going to another victim. Sam put his finger on the victim's neck to check for a pulse and couldn't find one. He shared the look with Oliver.

"Andy, listen to me," Oliver said in a commanding voice. "Remember. We've done this before. It all turned out fine. The ambulance is going to be here soon," he said in a calming voice.

Chris had gotten up to help with the other GSW's. Andy tried to speak to Oliver. "It hurts worse than last time."

The ambulance was finally there and the paramedics jumped out to help Andy. Oliver moved a couple steps. "She took 3 shots to the vest," Oliver explained. "The other guy who got hit is Nick Collins, over there."

The paramedics looked at Andy and then Oliver. "We're going to need to get her checked out at the hospital. There might be some cracked ribs."

"I'm fine," Andy said.

"McNally. For Christ's sake, you are going in the damn ambulance and getting checked out. I'm not losing you as well."

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Luke was just beginning to start on some of Jerry's casework. Since Epstein and Diaz had cleaned out his desk yesterday, Luke had a chance to look at some of his open files. Truthfully, he wasn't thrilled to be back at 15. Yes, they were almost one big family compared to other decisions, but things were different now. He had always been a little bit of an outsider in the "Old Guard"- Frank, Noelle, Jerry, Oliver and Sam; but now he was more than ever.

He ran his hand over his face when he read some of the paperwork. He didn't mind taking over Jerry's casework. He considered Jerry one of his good friends, but the man couldn't write worth shit. And it was going to give Luke a major headache just trying to read through the scrawl.

His phone rang and he looked at the caller ID. It said Toronto General Hospital. He was a little confused, but answered anyway. "Callaghan."

"Detective Callaghan? My name is Mia Inglewood; I'm a nurse at Toronto General Hospital. I'm calling because Officer Andy McNally has you named as an emergency contact," the nurse explained.

Luke was already out of his chair and running to Frank's office. "What happened?"

"She took 3 shots to the vest. It's just precautionary, but we need to alert all emergency contacts," Mia explained.

"Thanks. I'll be there as soon as I can," Luke said and closed his cell phone. Frank was on the phone but put it down as soon as he saw Callaghan's face. "I just got a call from the hospital. McNally took 3 shots to the vest. I don't know anything else."

Like Luke, Frank was out of his chair as soon as he heard the news. "Fuck. I was on the phone with the mayor. I heard on the radio of officers down. I just didn't know they were from 15."

"Collins and McNally. I'll drive. Let's go," Luke said. Just because he could, he turned all lights and sirens on in the car. It had been awhile since he had driven a squad car, but it was the one Frank said to take.

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Traci was freaking out. Now just freaking out. But majorly freaking out. Gail was with her at that moment, thankfully. She just lost her fiancé, she wasn't about to lose her best friend. And she had no idea what was going on. All she heard was gunshots. And gunshots never meant anything good. Especially when the person on the other line wouldn't answer.

"Traci, calm down. I'm going to call Dov right now and see if we can find out anything," Gail explained. Truthfully, Gail was just as petrified as Traci. They couldn't lose Andy. Not before Jerry, not after. Especially not after. And the fact that they only heard gunshots was even worse.

"Okay," Traci said, as she sat down on the couch, head in her hands.

Gail slowly got out her phone and pushed 5 on her speed dial, which was Dov's. "Epstein," he said quickly.

"Dov! What's going on? Is Andy alright?"

Dov sighed. "I have 2 seconds. Collins got hit in the vest one time, he's fine. Andy got hit in the vest three times. They're taking her to Toronto General for x-rays, just to make sure nothing is cracked or damaged. She should be fine."

"Should we come down?" Traci asked, knowing Gail put it on speaker.

"No. She's fine. It's just precautionary. I'll call you when I can."

Gail and Traci both let out a breath they didn't know they were holding. "I am so glad Andy is alright," Gail finally said. She counted Andy as close but when Andy offered her the couch at her apartment, she then realized how close they were. Gail bit her lip and took Traci's hand and squeezed. They'd get through it. Eventually.


I tried to include the perspective of everybody in it. I "sort of" included the situation from Butterflies (2x01) because Andy getting shot in the vest again is like a Blast From The Past.

I honestly started with the whole "it's easier to get over somebody by getting underneath someone else." And the fact that I got ridiciously bored with all the Sam/Andy stories and I can't write Sam/Andy. At all. And I'm pissed at how Sam is acting. I don't know if it will be an Andy/Luke fic or just a friendship. We shall see where the plot bunnies take us :)

And THANK YOU for all the reviews! It does mean a lot and I do read them and try to put some of it into the story! So if you have any suggestions or something you want to see in it, send it to me in a review or PM me.