When Sharon arrived at the murder room, there was chaos everywhere. People were shouting and running from desk to desk, while phones were ringing. She really didn't except to find this much confusion.

"Hey everyone" she shouted trying to get everyone's attention. The only one that saw her was detective Sanchez who stepped next to her and gave a loud whistle.

Everything and everyone suddenly stopped. "Thank you, Julio" she smiled at him. "So, what's going on?" everyone started talking at once and she winced. "One at the time, please. Tao, tell me everything"

"This" he showed the map on the board. "is an proximally map of the warehouse and where the shooters were. These are the trajectory of every shooter" he pointed at the red lines "and these are the our responding bullets" he pointed at the blue lines. "We've counted about 87 bullets and cases in total."

"So, it was an ambush." Sharon exclaimed "What about the 911 call? Any news?"

Julio answered her. "It was a burner phone, madam. You couldn't trace the buyer and where it was bought, but they sent the tape."

"I've listened to the tape and started analysing the background noise." Buzz intervened. "I've made the vocal comparison against the shooters we have in custody, but no match"

"But that doesn't mean it couldn't have been anyone of the injured shooters or the ones that died. What about the shooters we have in custody? Do we know they identities?"

"They are all members of a minor gang, the Vochos" Julio explained. "They've always kept their distance from the cops. Never escalated like this"

"So what? Was it like a message? An initiation?" she crossed her arms.

"We don't know, but from we got from the tape, they were targeting Major Crimes specifically"

She sighed. "Amy, any luck with the interrogations?"

"I'm afraid not, captain. Their lawyers are here and they said they want talk until we give them some kind of deal"

"A deal?" she exclaimed angrily. "Do they realize that they've shot at cops without reason? And if…" she swallowed the lump in her throat "And if Andy doesn't make it, they are all conspirators of first degree murder?"

"How is Andy, captain?" Tao asked and Sharon could see that they were all wondering the same thing.

"Provenza is at the hospital and he'll let us know when they'll tell him something. Andy is still in surgery and it looks like it's going to be long before we'll have news"

They all nodded sadly, they had been hoping for better news.

"About Andy's entry wound," Tao continued. "From what we remember where he was standing, the trajectory doesn't match up with any of the shooters positions"

"How can that be?" Sharon frowned.

"From where his entry wound was and the angle to hit him there, the shooter should have been here" he pointed at an open window on the top of the warehouse way distant from the gang members were.

"So there was another shooter?"

"And from that position it could mean only a sniper" Sanchez added.

"We need to make them talk. Who is the DDA in charge of the case? Rios called me rambling about something, but I wasn't really paying attention to her"

"Join the club" she heard her foster kid comment from where he had joined them.

"Rusty" she rolled her eyes at him playfully. "Have you finished your homework?"

"Couldn't really concentrate with all that was going on here. Was lieutenant Flynn really hit?"

She nodded. "I'm afraid so. He is in surgery right now"

"Is he…" He didn't know how to finish. He now felt like every member of major crime division was his friend. He saw these people every day, it was strange hearing that one of them got hurt. Especially Andy. He knew Sharon wasn't read to admit it, but he was sure the woman liked her lieutenant more than just a friend.

"Let's not think about it." She put an arm around his shoulders "What did you need?"

"Well, it's nearly lunchtime. I came to see if you wanted something"

"I'm not really hungry, but thank you" she opened her purse "Here's some cash. Maybe you and Buzz and your security detail can go and get something."

He nodded and left with the electronic technician.

By the end of the afternoon they managed to get some information from the gang members. They were told that they had been hired by someone to drawn the major crime division to the warehouse and shoot at them. The guy paid them 50,000 $ in cash for the job and he was to give 5,000 $ extra for every agent hit or killed. That's all they got from them. They couldn't even describe the guy because they had only talk to him by phone and they had found the bag full of cash in a deposit locker at the station.

Sharon had sent someone to process the locker and Buzz was working on tracing the phone number, but it had been a dead end.

They had decided to call it a day and an hour later Sharon, Rusty and the rest of the team were walking inside the hospital towards the waiting area. As soon as she got walked in, Sharon noticed Nicole sitting nervously on a chair. Her eyes then landed on Provenza who looked even more tired than how she had left him that morning. A slow nod from her lieutenant told them that there was still no news.

"Sharon!" the young woman jumped from her seat and she rushed to hug the captain.

Sharon stood there awkwardly embarrassed as the others had their eyes on them, mostly with a shocked expression. She was pretty sure than no one had idea that she had gone to Nicole's wedding with Flynn, no one except Provenza and Rusty. She had no idea how Nicole was going to react to her presence after the eventful night the day before. After her and Andy had left Nicole's house, she had the feeling that the oung woman needed some time to trust them again, but she felt the girl cry on her shoulder and Sharon put her arms around her in comfort. After a few minutes the girl stepped away, drying her eyes. "Sorry, I..."

"It's okay" she gave her a sad smile and kept a hand on her back. "How are you holding up?"

"It's strange. I'm sure dad has been hurt on the job before without us knowing, this... this seems different. I've never been on this side, he's always kept us away from his job. I mean... I know he's a cop and it's dangerous, it's just..." she started sniffing again.

"It's okay" Sharon slowly guided her back to her seat.

Nicole seemed to have just notice the other people in the room. "Hi" she gave a small wave. "You must be all my father's colleagues." Her eyes landed on Rusty "And you must be Rusty. My father talked about you"

The boy looked at her surprised. "Lieutenant Flynn talked about me? Seriously?"

"Yeah," she gave him a smile. "In our family sessions. He told us you are a very bright young boy. even if he didn't say it, I know you mean a lot to him"

Rusty didn't know what to say, but Sharon could see he was touched that Flynn had such I regard of him.

Nicole's phone started ringing and she sighed when she saw it was her mother.

"Hi Mum" she got up and walked to a corner of the room. "No, I'm still at the hospital." She listened to her mum rolling her eyes at her even if she couldn't see her. "Of course I won't make it to your party tonight. No, mum I'm pretty sure getting shot and nearly dying isn't part of dad's master evil scheme to keep me away from it. Yes, I'm still staying here after what happened last night. He is my father" she told her angrily. "I'll call you when I have news, if you are even interested" she closed the call and threw her phone in her bag. "Sorry about that, she can be a bit..."

"Bitchy" Provenza muttered and Sharon glared at him.

"What he meant..."

"No, it's fine... I mean after the things she call you, I'm sure you have every right to hate her. When we were kids my mother kept telling us that dad didn't care for us, but I'm a teacher now. I know how parents that don't care for their children behave. They don't pay for child support, they don't go to the recitals, miss birthdays. Dad tried to do everything he could. He never missed a payment, he always sent cards and presents for our birthdays and when his job would let him, he was always there for our recitals. So I don't know what to believe anymore"

"Your father is good man. He would do anything for his kids..."

"Even create a girlfriend?" she chuckled.

"Where his your brother?" Sharon tried to change the subject, she didn't want the rest of the team to know what happened between her and Flynn.

"He will be here tomorrow. He had just got back on campus and had an exam in the afternoon. My husband and kids will be..." in that moment the door opened and two little kids rushed in followed by distinguish young man.

"Hi mummy Nicole" the seven and six year old brothers embraced their stepmom.

"Hello little guys."

"Hi Sharon" they turned their heads towards the captain.

"Guys" their father reprimanded them. "I thought we agreed that you should call her Mrs Raydor"

"No, it's fine" Sharon waved him off smiling. "I've told them they could call me Sharon"

"Oh, you must be Flynn's new step grandsons." Amy kneeled next to them. "You're so cute. Your grandfather is always talking about you." She frowned " But, how do you know the captain?"

"Sharon is Grandpa Andy's girlfriend." the younger one answered creating a sudden silence in the room as they all gasped in shock

"Sammy! Sharon is only Grandpa's Andy friend, we've told you that" Nicole said trying to fix his mess and looking at Sharon apologetically.

"But they were holding hands yesterday and Julie at school said that only boyfriend and girlfriend can hold hands" he explained with the innocent that only children have.

Sharon looked away blushing well aware that everyone was looking at her, probably wondering why her and Flynn were seen holding hands and what she was doing with Flynn's family anyway.

The door opened and the doctor walked inside. They all got up forgetting all about holdings hands and the captain and Flynn going out together.

"Doctor, any news?" Nicole asked holding her husband's hand.

He sighed and they knew he wasn't bringing good news. "Because of the trajectory of the bullet, there was a lot of damage. The bullet hit first his pulmonary artery and then it lodge in his liver. We've repaired the damage on the liver and recovered the bullet, but for his heart... we repaired as much as we could, but he went into cardiac arrest a couple of times, so we've decided that the best way to proceed was to interrupt for now and continue in a second moment hoping that he will be strong enough for a second surgery"

"So you still don't know if he's going to make, that's what you're telling us" Provenza exclaimed.

"For now we've only done a temporary fix and he is in bypass. There are a lot of ifs to consider. He is now in ICU receiving all the best we can give him, but it's up to him and his body. Once his vitals are up and we are sure he can go through a second surgery, we will try again."

"Can we see him?" Nicole asked through her tears.

"Like I said he is in ICU and no visitors are allowed." He looked at the bunch of people surrounding him. "I guess a couple of you can go and see him through the window. That's all. Look" he told them frankly. "We won't have any news for a long time. I suggest you all leave for the night and came back in the morning. Here is the bullet we've recovered" Sanchez took the plastic evidence bag from the surgeon. "I'm sorry" he said before leaving the room.

Nicole cried in her husband's arm and even Sharon couldn't hide the tears in her eyes.

"Captain" Sanchez and Tao got her attention. They were looking at the bullet. "We were right. This bullet didn't come from the shooters in the warehouse. It's from a sniper gun."

The agents looked at each other, they knew what these piece of information meant.

"I want you to coordinate with the hospital and have two agents guarding Andy's room" she ordered and Tao and Sanchez went to make the arrangements.

Nicole shook her head in confusion. "What's happening? What's does it mean?"

Sharon sighed "It means your father was targeted, that someone organized the ambush so they could hit him" She didn't finish her thought but Amy and Provenza knew what she meant: someone might come back to finish the job.