A/N: This was supposed to be the last chapter, but I'm considering writing an epilogue. And I'm writing a new story, which should hopefully be up between Christmas and New Year's.

In an upstairs room ...

Luke Callaghan was hiding behind the door of the room that Zoe Shaw was being held in, gun out. He was ready to shoot the first person who walked into the room. Luke heard when the front door was opened, and he made sure his captive was unconscious before hiding. He heard the entire exchange between Sam and Andy, smirking to himself the entire time.

Suddenly, the door was flung open, hitting Luke and knocking him to the floor. His gun skidded across the floor, flung under a cabinet at the far end of the room. Luke lay on his back, stunned, as Sam stood over him. When Luke realized who it was, he tried to kick Sam's legs out from under him, but he was still too weak from being knocked down.

Sam called for backup, "Andy! I found Luke!" He knelt down, gun still trained on Luke. With one hand, Sam brought Luke's right hand behind his back, and placed his right knee on the small of Luke's back. Once he was sure that Luke couldn't break free, Sam holstered his gun.

Andy burst into the room, gun drawn. Once she realized what the situation was, she relaxed as Sam handcuffed Luke to a couch in the middle of the room.

After Luke was securely immobilized, Sam and Andy fanned out to search the room.

"Andy, Luke's gun flew under that cabinet." Sam pointed to the cabinet. Andy nodded, and retrieved the gun, clicking on the safety and stuffing it inside her jacket.

After the initial search revealed nothing, they started to check the cabinets and any other places Luke could have hid Zoe. The cabinets were empty. Now, the only thing large enough to fit an adult was the closet. Andy and Sam faced the closet, looked at each other, and opened the door.

Zoe lay on her back, unconscious, with a small pool of blood around her. Andy moved to lift her, but Sam stopped her.

"McNally, we have to leave her until the ambulance arrives." Andy stepped back, eyes full of pain and empathy for Zoe. She turned around, and Sam could see the tears in her eyes, "Oh Andy, come here." Sam put his arms around her, and Andy started to cry.

Just then, Oliver burst into the room with wild eyes. Andy and Sam jumped apart. Oliver surveyed the room, walking up to Sam and Andy.

Oliver yelled, "What were you two thinking? You could've been killed!" Oliver's eyes were now full of fury.

"What do you think, Ollie? Saving your wife!" Sam yelled back. Oliver stepped forward, mouth opening to yell again.

Andy stepped in between the two men, "Guys, calm down! Yes, we might have been killed, but that's the risk we take each time we put on the uniform." Seeing both men calm down, Andy lowered her voice, "Besides, any longer and Luke could've killed Zoe."

Zoe chose this moment to wake up. She stirred, and tried to sit up, but Oliver rushed over and kept her on her back.

"Zoe, lay down. The ambulance is going to be here soon, okay?" Zoe nodded her head, but winced from the movement.

As Oliver explained what happened, Andy and Sam turned around, wanting to give the couple some privacy.

Sam laid his and on Andy's shoulder, "Hey." Andy looked up. "You did good, for not panicking or anything." Andy nodded, and laid her head on his chest.

"Luke's going to jail, right? We can't let him do this to anybody else."

Sam looked down at her, "With all of the evidence we have against him, there's no way a judge could say he's innocent." Andy could hear the conviction in his voice. Behind them, Oliver cleared his throat.

They looked over, where Zoe was sitting up, despite Oliver's protests, "Hey, Zoe wants to say something." Oliver stood up and moved so that he wasn't blocking Zoe's line of sight.

"I just want to say thanks." She saw that Andy was about to respond, "No, I mean it. Thank you." She closed her eyes and slumped back, exhausted.

"Zoe, you know you would've done the same for us." Andy looked at Sam, "Come on, let's go wait for the ambulance." Sam walked out of the room.

"Wait! Andy!" Andy stopped and looked back.

Oliver, cradling Zoe's head, gave her a sheepish smile and said, "Sorry for ruining your birthday."

Andy laughed, and went outside to wait with Sam.

The End.

Happy Holidays, everyone!

Thanks for your screen time,

-Emma