A/N: Glad you guys like it so far! Sorry this took so long to update. I had an insane week. Two St. Patty's performances (I'm still sore...) plus I go to a vocational school for culinary stuff and I had a whole bunch of performance tests so I could keep my scholarship. But I have some good free time coming up with Spring Break and all that approaching so yay!

"Shawn!" Gus ran over, I stood up and hugged him close, still with Jules's hand in mine. He stepped back and Vick looked me over.

"Spencer you're a mess. You're going to have to go home and change at some point."

I shake my head. "No I'm staying here. There's no way I'm leaving."

"I'll swing by and grab both of us some clothes later tonight man, don't worry about it." He clasps his hand around my shoulder.

Chief leans her hands against the foot of the bed and sighs, closing her eyes. "Gus, after we talk to the doctors try and get ahold of her mom and dad, you have their numbers right you two?" I nod. "Shawn have they told you anything yet?"

"No. Apparently we're just waiting here." Vick sighs again.

"I'm gonna go call my husband and tell him I'll be here awhile. Don't let the doctor start without me." She orders us around just like at the station. Part of me wants to scream and tell her this isn't a case. But it is a case, and part of me is grateful for her not acting differently.

"Okay Chief. I'll make sure." She nods and leaves the room.

I turn to Gus, he's been crying. He's trying to hold it together for me. "What the hell am I gonna do Gus?" I sit down again, it feels like standing is just too much to deal with.

"Well I would tell you to let go of her hand but…" I smile a little. Then we both just deflate. He pulls up a chair across from mine so we face each other. "We can't really do anything right now, we gotta wait. You just need to be there for her."

I run my hand down my face, trying to hold together. "So what took you guys so long to get here?" He grins from ear to ear.

"I'll tell you later." I go to prod him further, it doesn't take a psychic to tell he's hiding something, but the doctor walks in. I recognize him from outside. He was the one ordering around the younger guys. I try to stand up but it feels like there's something weighing me down to the chair. I put Juliet's hand in both of mine, telling myself I was preparing both of us. Chief Vick walks in with puffy eyes.

"Hi, Shawn Spencer, right?" I nod and shake his hand, returning quickly to Jules. "I'm Dr. Holt. And you are…" he turns to the Chief and Gus.

"I'm Karen Vick, Chief of Police at SFPD. This is Shawn's partner Burton Guster. They work with me." He shakes both their hands and addresses us as a crowd. "So what can you tell us?"

"Ms. O'Hara i-"

"Juliet," I correct him.

He nods at me. "Juliet is stable for now. We found four bullet wounds. Three went clear through but one seems to have done something to her lung. That's why she has the breathing tube right now. We're going to be doing some scans and tests in a few minutes to see the extent of the damage and what kind of surgery she'll need. Her heart is still very weak. The amount of blood loss caused her heart to stop for about two to three minutes on the way here. We'll be running some tests when she wakes up to see if that affected anything." Something in him changes at the last sentence. If that affected anything. What's that supposed to mean? Is there or isn't there something wrong? I push down my thoughts and focus on what he's saying. "Right now we have her sedated. Her body is in shock and we don't want her to wake up, realize what happened, and stress her heart until we know it won't cause another cardiac episode. We're planning on taking her off the sedatives in about an hour, but that doesn't mean she'll wake up right away. That hit me hard. I almost jumped up and shook this doctor. What did he mean? Will she wake up or not? Vick puts her hand on my shoulder, sensing my inner freak out. I look up at her for a minute and she gives me a stern look that could mean nothing other than "keep it together, this isn't the time to panic" and she had a point. I took a breath.

"How long will these scans take?" I ask.

"She'll be in and out of the lab in about twenty minutes. We'll just be doing X-rays, some blood work, and then we'll bring her back here. I'm afraid you'll all have to wait here though."

"No." I look at Chief Vick. I love hard ass Vick! "This woman just got targeted by a group of cop killers almost exclusively. There's no way she'll be going anywhere unescorted." Without another breath the Dr. Holt nods.

"And who will be escorting her?" He asks.

"I will be personally." The Chief tells him. He nods again.

"Okay then. Mr. Guster-"

"Just call us Shawn and Gus. I'd suggest called her Chief though." Gus interrupts.

"Alright. Shawn, Gus, you'll stay here or you're welcome to go the cafeteria. Like I said it'll only take a few minutes. Chief Vick, I'll go get the papers for you to sign and we'll get these scans out of the way." He walks out.

Vick comes up to us. "Here," she hands Gus two badges. "I had these made the other day when we got down here. They're official tags identifying you two as specialty police consultants. It'll get you in and out of here without a problem. It'll also make sure these guys don't try and push you out of here when I'm gone." We nod. Holt comes back in, Vick signs a few papers, and off they go. Gus and I find our way to the cafeteria, grabbing snacks and coffee for both us and Vick.


Juliet:

I can hear voices somewhere. It sounds like I'm listening to it from under water. I try and focus on it but there's too much pain. I do my best to speak but all that comes out is a miserable, pathetic, groan. "O'Hara?"

A/N: So there it is! Another chapter! (Hopefully) tomorrow I'll pub the chapter with Jules waking up.

Side note: Does anyone watch Bones? It comes back Thursday and I'm sooooo excited! :D

Have a nice day y'all! 3