It was just over an hour later when a doctor entered the room to give everyone an update.

"I have some good news. Mr. Reynold's surgery went very smooth. Doctors are stitching him up as we speak and then he will be moved into a recovery room. As soon as he is moved into his room you guys will be able to go in and visit." The doctor said.

"Thank God." Blackburn said as everyone was now able to breathe a little easier knowing Brock was going to be ok.

"What about Clay? Any update on him?" Ray asked.

"His surgery is a little more complicated but so far it's going well. They…" The doctor started to say before being cut off

"So far? What's that supposed to mean? Are complications expected? Give it to us straight doc." Jason interrupted.

The doctor just eyed him, slightly annoyed. "As I was saying, the bullets in his shoulder and leg have been removed and the areas repaired. They are currently trying to remove the third one from his abdomen. Due to the location it's a little trickier. There is a lot of bleeding that needs cleaned up and they are trying to find where all the bleeding is coming from so that they can safely remove the bullet without nicking anything. As soon as I hear more I'll let you all know."

As soon as Brock was moved to his room, the team left the waiting room and enter Brocks room. He was still tired and a bit out of it. The doctors had told them he would be like that for a day or two due to the pain meds and that there was no need to worry.

Almost two hours after Brock came out of surgery a different doctor walked into Brocks room with an update on Clay. "The surgeons managed to successfully remove all three bullets and get the bleeding under control. The gunshot wound to his abdomen did cause quite a bit of internal bleeding but they were able to find the sources of the bleeding and stitch it up. Due to the amount of blood loss the doctors have started a blood transfusion to help replace the lost blood. We will also be putting him on some heavy painkillers for the first few days so he'll most likely be mostly out of it until we begin to lessen the dosages."

"Is he going to be ok?" Ray asked.

"He'll be in a lot of pain for a few weeks but we fully expect him to make a full recovery with no lasting effects." The doctor replied.

"When can we see him?" Jason asked.

"They're moving him into a room now so as soon as they get him settled I'll come back to get you so you can visit." The doctor informed them before leaving the room.

When the doctor returned only Jason, Ray and David stood up. The team decided they would be the only three to go at first so that Brock wouldn't be alone in case he started coming around.

As they approached Clays room and walked in they were a bit surprised but what they were looking at. Clay was laying there sound asleep. The doctors had put him in only baggy fitting shorts to make it easier to change the bandages so that he hopefully wouldn't develop any infections. The blanket was pulled up only to his waist leaving his entire upper body exposed. It was only then that they realized the true extent of his injuries. Most of his entire chest and upper stomach was bruised and covered in welts, making it very easy to identify where the vest stopped the bullets from fully penetrating his skin. It made Jason put a hand up to his chest. He knew the kind of pain he was going to be in when he woke up. The same kind of soreness that the rest of them were trying hard to hide.

Davis had counted eight welts, not including the ones on his back or the three that had actually penetrated his skin. Clay's right thigh was covered by the blanket but the doctors had it propped up on a couple of pillows to elevate it and through the blanket you could tell it was heavily wrapped. There was also a vertical long white bandage taped to his stomach, slightly to the right of his belly button, covering the incision sight from where the surgeons cut him open to clean up the internal bleeding and remove the bullet. They also had his left shoulder bandaged heavily securing his arm close to his body and hiding the third incision sight.

They walked closer to the bed as the doctor began explaining things to them. As they reached the sides of the bed they noticed Clay's eyes were held tightly shut, his forehead wrinkled and jaw clenched. His breathing was also rapid and short.

"I thought he was heavily drugged. Why does he look like he's in pain?" Jason asked slightly annoyed. Clay doesn't deserve to feel this pain.

"The drugs are probably just wearing off. There's a button he can push that'll administer more whenever he needs it."

"This button over hear?" Jason asked pointing to a PCA pump that was just out of Clays reach. "The one he can only reach if he moves, which I guarantee you he doesn't want to do cause of how much pain it'll cause. Does he even know it's there?"

Through Clay's foggy find he could hear Jason getting upset with the nurse. He attempted to hide his pain and open his eyes, turning his head towards where the voices were coming from.

"Easy kid, you're gonna be just fine. Just relax ok?" Jason told him, knowing the amount of pain he was in.

Clay managed to open his eyes just long enough to acknowledge Jason, Ray, Lisa and the doctor in the room before a wave of pain took him over, forcing his eyes to shut hard and the look of pain to return to his face.

Jason glared over at the nurse and then picked up the PCA pump, pushed the button the release the pain meds then put it on Clay's right hand. "Just push that button whenever you need more kid. It's the strongest stuff they can give you."

Clay slowly shook his head in understandment before the meds kicked in and forced him back to sleep.

"How long you think he will be like this?" Jason asked the doctor.

"Hopefully not too long. Maybe three days. It really all depends on his pain tolerance." The doctor replied.

Jason, Ray and Lisa all knew he had an abnormally high pain tolerance so they were confident it would be closer to two days.

They hung out in his room for a few hours before Blackburn entered to check on them. They knew the rest of the team was eager to see Clay. Blackburn remained in the room while the other three left to head back to Brocks room so that Trent and Sonny could go see Clay.

Once Trent and Sonny entered the room they had the same reaction as everyone else. They sat down next to Blackburn and all three of them kept their eyes on the kid, making sure he was ok.