"Sam!"
"I'm hit!" Sam belts out in pain.
"Get them up!" Ed yells prompting Raf to spring into action.
"I'm fine we half to keep goi….." Sam yells back over the headset only to be cut off by another rain of gunshots.
"You ok Spike?" Ed asks hesitantly
"Ya all good Ed! We have to get to them can you pin him back a bit?" Spike replies as they descend down 2 more floors finally reaching the window immediately getting to work with drilling the hole to safety.
"Raf…."
"Ya got it."
Raf fires a few shots back down towards the shooter making him bolt out of the way and under into cover. Ed quickly races down the stairs to the ground floor yelling out demands to Whinnie over the headset, Whinnie then quickly passing on the information, prompting the ready team 3 into action.
"Ok I am just about on the ground; team three is on their way now, Raf do you have the subject pinned?"
"Ya he is pinned behind the north wall."
"We are just about through." Spike quickly claims.
"I am going after the subject." Ed quickly yells as he turns the final corner and is faced with the culprit.
"Joe?"
"Ya who were you expecting?"
"Umm someone a little smarter than you…."
Moments later Ed is charged by Joe both stumbling backwards Ed's gun crashing to the hard concrete floor out of his reach.
"Look who is smart now." Joe teases as Ed is able to throw a hard fist smacking Joe right in the jaw causing him to stumble back cursing as Ed gains the upper hand.
"This isn't over." Joe screeches out as he reaches for his gun stashed away in his pants firing off a shot missing Ed by inches.
Ed is forced to retreat behind the side wall as Joe is able to fire a few more shots off. Ed reappears a few seconds later sending a hard punch Joe's way causing him to crash to the ground, the gun flying out of the way. They stumble back and forth for a Minuit both throwing punches back and forth until finally Ed is able to get the upper hand once again and get Joe subdued, cuffing him then quickly shoving him into the corner ,breathing a quick sigh of relief as he sees team three pull into the parking lot.
"I see you couldn't have waited." Donna quickly mentions to Ed catching a small smile in return.
"Couldn't have let you have all the fun." Ed quickly throws back.
"We have him, how about you go inside and get all cleaned up, that nose doesn't look too good…"
"Copy that."
"Sam, Spike how are you doing up there?" Ed worriedly asks as he enters back into the hospital heading for the washroom to wash off the dried blood smeared all around his face.
"Just about through." Spike replies quick.
"How are you Sam, how bad were you hit?"
"I'm ok Ed, just hit lower left leg."
"We are through!" Spike yells out with great excitement in his voice.
"Copy that Spike I will be up there soon"
"Copy that Ed."
"You guys ok?" Sam asks getting a slight nod in return from both Greg and Jules.
"Ok we are going to get this away from you." Spike informs as both him and Sam work mersciosly on disabling the death trap.
"Nice and easy….. Ok we have it." Sam quietly says setting the gun down on the nearby seat then limping over to Jules's side giving her a reassuring smile then un-piling the obstacles in front of the door.
"Thank you." Jules says weakly as she struggles against the handcuff.
"No problem, are both of you ok?" Spike asks as he rushes over pulling the gag from Greg's mouth then whisping out his keys, removing the handcuffs.
"Sam…" Jules whispers looking over seeing fresh blood seeping through his pants.
"Don't worry Jules I'm ok, just hit my leg."
Jules tries to sit up a bit wincing back a wave of pain. She finally is able to get to her feet taking a few steps towards Sam collapsing at his feet.
"Whoa there Jules take it easy it's ok!" Sam quickly says lifting her up caring her back to her bed laying her down, then slowly easing himself down next to her placing a wet towel over the bullet wound.
"Boss you good?"
"Ya Spike thanks to you guys…. Did u get Joe?"
"Ya we have him." Ed says prancing through the door giving Greg a smile.
"It's finally over."
"Yes it is."
"Sam let's get you to a doctor." Ed says remembering the bullet that could have taken his friends life away.
"The bullet went straight through, can you just get the doc to come in here and fix it… I want to stay with Jules and the boss."
"Copy that Sam."
"Doc?"
"Coming I may need him to be transferred to another room though, depending on the wound and the severity of the damage."
"Got it."
"Sam?"
"I'm fine!"
Five minutes later the doctor shows up assessing the damage and concluding that there were no major veins or arteries hit, he was lucky. 3 inches over and he could have been dead.
"I am going to stitch it up then I would like you to stay here over night just to make sure everything is alright."
"Ya thanks doctor!"
"Sam…"
"Ya Jules."
"Can you stay here tonight?"
"Ya Jules, there is no place I'd rather be."
"Ok guys we are going to head back to the barn; we will come back later to check on you guys." Ed quietly whispers noticing that Jules had finally fallen asleep, Sam right next to her.
"Finally they can sleep without worry of Joe showing up in the middle of the night waking them up with their doom staring them straight in the face." Raf happily explains as both he and Ed slowly walk through the busy hospital hallways.
"Seems like we walk these hallways all too often." Spike sadly mentions.
"We do, let's get back to the barn…. Maybe we can pay our little friend a visit too." Raf comments.
"Raf let's just leave it for now. Sophie needs me home soon so let's just call it an early night. I bet team three won't mind covering for us if there happens to be another call.
"Sure sounds good, see you tomorrow?" Spike asks
"Ya for sure."
"Have a good night Ed!" Both Spike and Raf say at once.
"You too guys."
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"Hey Sophie…I'm home."
"Wow you're early, any occasion?"
"Had a hard day at work today, got the rest of the night off."
"Is your team ok?"
"Jules and the boss are in the hospital for a while and Sam is ok just has to stay overnight for observation."
"Will they all be ok?"
"Hopefully after a while they will all be able to return to the SRU, Jules's memory is still a little fuzzy and she can't move much so we will have to see how that goes but the doctor says that they should make a full recovery provided with lots of rest."
"Ok that's great… how about you are you ok?"
"Ya now that this is over... where is Clark?"
"Out with a friend, he is staying over for the night."
"Well I guess we get some alone time tonight."
"I would LOVE that."
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Sam is shaken awake right around midnight by Jules's crying.
"Jules you ok?" Sam asks with a small look of worry in his eyes.
"Just another nightmare."
"You sure?"
"No…. I dream that I will wake up with Joe standing over me. No one there to save me and Greg, left at Joe's hands once again."
"You don't have to worry anymore, he is in jail and I won't let anyone touch you."
"Thanks Sam, I really appreciate it."
"No problem… Jules"
"Ya Sam?"
"You know I am always there for you."
"Ya I know."
"Good and never forget that."
