The Hospital:
Once everyone was at the hospital, the real waiting game began. They had told the nurse that they were there to see FBI Agnet Andrea McCord & she told them that she would tell the surgeon that they were in the waiting room. They all sat down, waiting to hear from the doctor on my condition.
Six hours after everyone got to the hospital, the doctor walked out to the waiting room. Don and the team hadn't been told where Andi had been shot, they had just been told the she had been shot and was in surgery. Colby saw the doctor first and stood up, which alerted everyone else. They all turned to the doctor but it was Allen who spoke first.
"How is she doctor?" Mr. Eppes asked.
"You must be Agent McCord's team. She is in recovery. The next 24 hours will be critical. She lost a lot of blood and we did lose her a few times during surgery. The bullet hit her in her right shoulder blade and from what the officers told me, it looked like she was trying to run when she got shot. Due to the amount of blood loss, we had to give her several blood transfusions. Unfortunately, she has also slipped into a coma. We were able to remove the bullet and repair the damage, but I can't say she'll have full use of her arm when she does wake up."
"Can we see her?" Amita asked.
"Normally, under normal circumstances, only two people would be aloud at a time, but I'll make an exception this once. But only for a few minutes. The nurse will show you to her room. I'm being paged to the ER, excuse me." He finished and they all heard his beeper going off. He excused himself and headed to the Elevators.
Don and the team, Ian—who had arrived at the third hour—Charlie & Amita, Larry & Mr. Eppes and Lt. Walker followed the nurse to Andrea's room, then went inside. They weren't expecting her to still have an intubation tube in her throat. They all saw how pale I was. And they all knew that Mr. Allen Eppes wouldn't leave my side until I was awake and being discharged.
"We'll take shifts. You guys go find who did this, and I'll make sure she's safe here. I don't think the nurses will mind."
"Keep us updated dad."
"Will do."
don, the team, Charlie, Amita, Larry, Lt. Walker & Ian left the room and headed out to their cars. They all headed back to FBI headquarters, including Lt. Walker. Any member of Don's team deserved full attention.
