Benny's heart sank when he found Jason bleeding to death on the cold cement.

"Why didn't I take the elevator down with Jason? This would have never happened if I was with him!" Benny's emotions were spinning out of control as the guilt hit hard. Quickly taking off his suit jacket, he placed it against Jason's bleeding chest.

"Come on, Jason. Stay with me," Benny pleaded, flinching back in shock when he found that Jason was also bleeding profusely from his stomach.

"How many times did this person shoot you? Why would anyone shoot you?" Benny whispered. He felt like he couldn't stop the bleeding. There was just so much blood and not enough clothing to stop it.

Benny was startled when Jason's eyes fluttered opened and he began to cough up blood.

"Whoa. Easy their, Bull. It's okay. Just take it easy. Help is on the way." Benny was trying to stay calm, but it was very hard seeing his boss and friend barely clinging to life.

"Cold..." Jason gurgled before a coughing fit took over his body, causing blood to come flying from his mouth.

"I know. Just stay with me." Benny begged, voice cracking as he carded his fingers through Jason's hair.

Jason couldn't see who was beside him, but he knew that voice, and it was a comfort to him. As he felt the life draining from his body, he knew that Benny would tell Juliana how sorry he was for not making their date, and ultimately breaking her heart by dying.

"T-tell Jul-iana I love..." Jason rasped out before, unable to fight it anymore, he closed his eyes and let the darkness take over.

"Bull? Jason! You gotta wake up! You gotta stay with me! We need you! Juliana needs you!" Benny pleaded as Jason lost consciousness. Benny felt as though there was a weight on his chest as he choked out a sob, tears now flowing freely from his eyes.

The ambulance came wailing in, but Benny knew it was too late. Jason was already gone. He searched Jason's pockets and found the ring he had planned to give to Juliana that night. Placing it in his own pocket, Benny decided to hold onto it for safe keeping, in case, by some miracle, Jason pulled through. And if, God forbid, they lost Jason, Benny wanted Juliana to have something to hold on to. The last gift Jason ever bought her. A symbol of the future they could have had together.

As the paramedics came running over, the crowd parted so they could work on Jason.

"Sir, can you hear me?" one paramedic asked as she pat Jason's shoulder. When Jason didn't respond, the paramedic checked his eyes "He's unresponsive. He's going to be priority transport."

Benny got up and staggered out of the way so the crew could work on Jason. He watched as they unbuttoned Jason's blood-soaked shirt to find he had been shot in the chest, way too close to his heart, as well as in his abdomen. As they rolled Jason onto his side, they found he had also been shot in the lower back.

"Do you know the victim, sir?" an EMT asked as the paramedics continued looking Jason over.

"Yes. He's Doctor Jason Bull. He's 49 - "

Benny couldn't give any more information before the paramedic said they needed to roll.

"I've got a 49 year old white male with three GSW's to the chest, abdomen and lower back. We will be en route to NYU medical center shortly. We will be running priority one," the paramedic spoke to dispatch.

As the paramedics loaded Jason onto the gurney and headed to the ambulance, Benny was hot on their heels.

"Sir, you can't ride in the ambulance," the paramedic stated.

"Like hell I can't!" Benny spat as he climbed up into the ambulance with Jason.

"Sir, only family members can ride with a patient."

"Well, I'm his brother, so you're stuck with me!" Benny said stubbornly

As they made their way to the hospital, one of the paramedics attached various wires to Jason's bare chest. It was music to Benny's ears to hear Jason's heartbeat. Confirmation that, for now, anyway, Jason was still alive.

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Juliana glanced at her phone, wondering if she should call Jason again. He was already a half hour late for their date, even though he had made a point to tell her that he had something special planned for that night.

Jason had always been the picture of punctuality when it came to their dates, and the fact that he was this late, and all of Juliana's calls were going straight to voicemail, was worrisome, to say the least.

"Excuse me, ma'am?"

Juliana looked up from her phone at the young waiter.

"Are you sure I can't get you some bread while you wait? Or maybe an appetizer?"

"I'm fine, thanks," she said, smiling politely. "I'm sure he'll be here any minute now."

"All right. I'll check back with you in a few minutes."

As the waiter walked off, Juliana took a sip of water, thinking it was about the only thing she could stomach right now. She had been feeling sick for the past few days, and anxiety over Jason's whereabouts wasn't helping.

Feeling dizzy with worry, Juliana decided to call Jason one more time. And if he didn't pick up this time, she would take a cab to TAC and try to find out what was going on once and for all!

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Benny rode in the back of the ambulance with Jason, silently praying his friend would be all right. There was so much blood painting the pavement in front of TAC, it was unreal. The bandages that the paramedics had put on Jason's abdomen and chest were soaked with blood, and didn't seem to be doing any good at stopping the bleeding. Benny watched the heart monitor, every beep a comfort to him.

Benny looked, horrified, at Jason's broken form. His face had lost all color, except for some scratches, which he must have gotten when his glasses broke. Jason was still in his nice suit, though the paramedics ripped open his shirt to reveal his hairy bare chest, now matted with blood.

It caught Benny off guard when Jason's phone vibrated against his leg. Pulling Jason's phone out, Benny looked to see a cute picture of Jason and Juliana on the display. Juliana was calling. Benny didn't want to tell her what was going on, but she needed to know. After a moment's hesitation, Benny answered the phone.

"Hello?" Benny rasped quietly.

"Jason, where the hell are you? You tell me to meet you at the restaurant, and I've been waiting here for 30 minutes past the time you told me. I don't know what's holding you up at TAC, but whatever it is, you should have let me know! I've been worried sick about you!" Juliana ranted, the worry evident in her voice.

"Juliana," Benny calmly interrupted.

"What a second. Benny? Benny, what are you doing with Jason's phone?" Juliana inquired, panic creeping into her voice.

"Juliana, listen to me…Meet us at NYU Medical Center," Benny managed to get out.

"Benny, why are you going to the hospital?" Juliana questioned, her fear clearly getting the best of her.

"BP's dropping! He's losing more blood!" a paramedic yelled.

"Benny, I want to know right this instant. What the hell is going on?!" Juliana demanded.

But Benny didn't hear her. He watched in horror as the comforting beeping of the heart monitor turned into a flat line with an loud, shrill sound.

"We're losing him!" the paramedic yelled as she started pounding on Jason's chest, trying to get his heart to pump again as she did CPR.

"Benny? Who are they losing? Benny?!" Juliana's voice cracked.

"Ja…Jason. He's been shot," Benny stammered before letting the phone drop to his side, forgetting to hang up.

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"Jason was shot? They're losing him? If they're losing him, that means I'm losing him, too," Juliana realized as she listened in at the commotion on the other end of the line.

As the shrill sound of Jason flat lining continued, Juliana knew that the love of her life was gone.

Left in shock as a wave of nausea came over her, Juliana was almost too dizzy to keep her eyes open. But she needed to keep it together long enough to call a cab and get herself to the hospital. Even if it was too late to save Jason, she needed to see him one last time.