AN: First of all thanks for all the reviews please keep them coming. I was hoping to write 2 chapters today, but after my first job my second job called me in. However, this chapter is a bit longer than the last one. Please read enjoy and review. :D

Lanie watched as Perlmutter made his first cut into the latest murder victim that Karpowski's team was covering. "Are you going to get that?" Perlmutter snapped when Lanie's phone started to ring.

She wanted to snap right back at him that it only rang twice, but she also wanted to keep her internship position. She picked up the phone and warmly greeted the person on the other end.

"Hi this is Linda Miller, I am a nurse at Lenox Hospital. May I please speak to a Lanie Parish?"

"This is she." Lanie said as she excited the morgue. "What is this concerning?"

"You are aware you are the medical proxy for a Katherine Beckett."

"Oh god what happened?" Lanie said as she started pacing around the hallway outside the morgue.

"I am sorry. That is all I can tell you over the phone. Will you be able to come and fill out some forms for us?"

"I'm already on my way." Lanie hung up her phone and opened the door to the morgue just sticking her head in. "Dr. Perlmutter, I have a family emergency. My sister is in the ER and I need to go. Perlmutter waved his hand not even looking up from the dead body.

Lanie rushed to the nurse's station when she arrived at the hospital. "I need to know everything about Kate Beckett."

The nurse glanced up at her before looking back down at the computer in front of her. "Are you a relative?"

"No, I got a call from a Linda Miller. I'm Kate's medical proxy."

"Ahh, I see you now. Lanie Parish."

"Yes, that's me."

"I need you to fill these out.," the nurse said as she handed Lanie a stack of papers.

"I need to know what is wrong with her."

"Look, I can only tell you she is in surgery. It says she was brought in with a GSW. I can ask a doctor to give an update, but he won't be here until the end of the surgery. If you go down the hall we have a private waiting area her training officer is in there."

"Thanks so much." Lanie said as she grabbed the stack of papers and headed down the hallway.

Royce was the only one on the small waiting room when Lanie arrived. His head was buried in his hands and is hair was ruffled were he had been running his hands through it. "What happened Royce? How did my best friend get shot?" Lanie said as tears started falling down her face. It was the first time she had cried since she got the phone call. When she heard GSW from the nurse it didn't register, but when she heard the words come from her own mouth it seemed to break the dam.

"She was just supposed to get coffee."

Lanie sat next to Royce. "Just tell me what happened from the beginning."

"Beckett and I decided to get lunch at a deli, but they have terrible coffee so I told her to get us coffee from the gas station. I called ahead for the sandwiches and then dropped Kate off at the gas station. I went and picked the sandwiches up and drove back to the gas station. I was pulling into the parking lot when I heard a gun go off. I immediately flick my lights on and get out of the car as I draw my gun. I call for back up when I realize that this perp has a little girl as a hostage. The bastard had a gun to the head of a maybe 6 year old girl."

"Oh god was she the one he shot."

"No it looked like some poor sap had tried to make a run for the door. Anyway the next thing I know he is shoving the girl down and is coming out the door using Beckett as a human shield. Beckett realized we weren't going to get a shot if she didn't move, so she came me a countdown. She shoved her elbow into the guy. One of our snipers took a shot, but so did he. He was dead before he hit the ground. I ran up to them and there was just so much blood. Beckett was unconscious and her upper left chest near her should was a mess. You couldn't see what was going on with her uniform and vest on. I came with her in the ambulance, but I couldn't look."

"Hey, Royce Beckett is strong she is going to be fine." Lanie said as she put an arm on his back.

Royce was about to answer her when the doctor walked in.