Hello readers, thank you for the love in the last comments and I know think this maybe the end so please read and review and let me know how you liked the story, I love you all so much thank you for the support and love ~Layna.
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Danny sat at his desk looking yet again at the list of possible witnesses to the whereabouts of Sam Ricker. He wanted so badly to catch the last of the son of bitches who were trying to off his brother and Eddie. Baez walked into the bullpen area upbeat with coffee in her hands, she seemed both excited and in a hurry.
"Come on, Gormley got the go ahead, we can go get Stevens." Danny did not need to think twice, he jumped from the chair and grabbed his coat.
"Let's go catch this guy." She nodded with a huge smile on her face but as they began to fast walk out of the office, the ring of Danny's phone stopped them.
"It's Linda," He said before picking up. Baez listened to the one sided conversation with anticipation. It felt like the conversation was never going to end; when it did, she watched Danny's demeanor change.
"What is it?"
"Jamie…" He said, he looked in disbelief but Baez could not tell whether he was happy of in a state of shock.
"Jamie what," she demanded.
"He is awake." A smile spread across his voice as he processed it.
"Oh that is so Great, Danny go to him, I will go pick up Stevens."
"I can't let you interrogate without me," He said thinking of his next move, he wanted so badly to see Jamie but also he wanted to catch this guy so that his brother would remain safe.
"We will let him sweat, you should go see Jamie, I'll call if I need you, go," She insisted.
"Thanks Maria," He said practically running out the door.
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Frank jogged to Jamie's room, only about thirty minutes did Erin call him and tell him that Jamie had miraculously woken up. As he turned the corner he could see into the room, his family crowding Jamie's bedside, tears in their eyes, he was surprised that even Danny had become misty eyed.
"Room for one more," He asked as he walked into the room, His gaze connected to Jamie's and he felt his whole world begin to come together. He walked to his son and embraced him in a big but gentle hug.
"Jamie, you scared the hell out of us." Jamie still had the tube in his mouth.
"Doctors say they want to be cautious and keep it in until they are 100% sure." Erin clarified as she saw her father's worry: he nodded in response.
"Jamie, you are a miracle, three days the doctor said he didn't think you were going to wake up." Linda said as she cuddled into Danny's shoulder.
"He is a Reagan, of course he made it," Henry said, all of them agreed on the statement.
"Oh I am so glad you are awake Uncle Jamie, Jack and I were afraid that you weren't going to be able to take us sledding this year," Sean said.
"He still has some healing to do there Sean," His mother explained. Jamie touched his nephews hand and gave him a knowing look that he would be doing it even if the others objected. They all looked down at him adoringly, Jamie knew that they loved him more than the world itself; he had the same about them.
"Baez and I are getting close to catching the last person in the diablo crew," Jamie nodded, his mind running the thought of ending it all, the nightmare being over. Then it hit him, and he gave all of them a look hoping that they would understand it.
"Eddie?" Erin asked him, she was the first to catch on, he nodded vigorously as he wanted to know she was okay.
"She is doing perfectly fine, her brother though won't let us see her, but from what her mother tells us she should be discharged either today or tomorrow." Jamie closed his eyes knowing that she was okay he was so relieved.
"We should let you get some sleep, Come on boys say goodbye." Jack and Sean looked ready to protest but one look from their mother and they said their goodbyes reluctantly, Linda kissed him on the cheek and Danny a light tap on the shoulder. Erin and Nicki followed both giving him a kiss, Henry hugged his grandson and then suddenly he was alone with his father.
"I have to get back to work, but I will be back later, I am so glad you are awake Jamie, you scared me to death. I am so proud of you and I know your mother is too, I love you get some rest." He kissed Jamie's forehead, and as he walked out Jamie let his eyelids grow heavy and finally let sleep take over his body.
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"He is awake, he is going to be okay," Erin said as soon as they all stepped out of the hospital, tears of joy lightly fell down her face, she squeezed her daughters hand who smiled back at her.
"Doctor said that the tube should come out relatively soon if he is breathing over it." Linda said as she laid her head on Danny's shoulder.
"Well we all should go home and get some rest, I think we can sleep a little more knowing he is awake," Henry said, it was true none of them had really slept a full night since this began.
"I have to go finish some business at the office but it shouldn't take me too long and I think that I may come check on him after," Frank said.
"And I can't get a full nights rest until I catch Sam Ricker," Danny said kissing his wife on the forehead and ruffling his son's hair.
"Okay well, call me in an hour, I don't need any more worries," Linda said with a slight frown but she soon added, "Go catch that son of a bitch!" He waved goodbye to his family and headed to his car, pulling out his phone to call Baez to inform her that he was on his way. However when he called her he knew that something was wrong.
"Baez, what's going on?"
"Danny, Steven's is dead, he was killed, I have a CSU here combing through this place but I know it was Ricker."
"Damn it, I'll be there soon," He growled.
"No don't bother, meet me back at the station we gotta get the list of out other suspects."
"Okay, I will be there soon."
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Danny returned to the station half an hour after he hung up with Baez, she was not there yet but he knew she would soon make her entrance. He moved to his desk and looked at the list again, with a sigh he lifted a pen to the paper and crossed off Stevens. He looked at the list again, it had been shortened in a bad way, and they had four people left and who knows if they were even alive.
"Danny," Baez called as she walked quickly to her desk and sat in her chair, she began to type viciously.
"What happened?"
"It was a gunshot to the head, quick but sends the message, media is already on it, and somehow our list has been leaked so we need to get to the next person on there." She said pulling up the address for a Maggie Lewis, the woman who was last on their list.
"We still have Meghan Phillips, Dave Carney and Justin Daniels left on this list."
"I just got word that Meghan Phillips is dead, called Dave Carney and Justin Phillips, no answer so I sent two officers to their residents."
"And so now Maggie Lewis," Danny asked.
"She answered for two seconds before she hung up all of a sudden, we need to get to her now, I think he is there," Baez scribbled down the address on the post it note on her desk, turned and walked out. It took Danny a moment to register what was going on but finally ran to catch up with her fast pace, they had to save her, they had to save Maggie Lewis.
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His eyes fluttered open and were greeted by the bright light from the light fixture above his bed, he squinted his eyes as he tried to block it out but soon he heard the voice he had longed for causing his eyes to shoot open.
"Jamie," The voice was so soft and sweet and when he opened his eyes, he smiled with warmth in his heart as she smiled back at him, tears in her eyes. He slowly raised his hand up and caresses her cheek before wiping away the tears. She leaned into his hand and placed her hand on his chest as she soon fell down next to him and snuggled up against him.
"I was so terrified," She exclaimed, kissing him gently on his cheek. They lay in silence, only the soft hiccup of her crying filled the room for a few minutes before his doctor entered.
"Ah, I see you have a visitor, it is nice to meet you, I am Doctor Phillips," The man extended his arm out to Eddie who sat up and wiped away the rest of her tears with one hand, with the other she shook Dr. Phillips' hand
"Edit Janko, Jamie's girlfriend." She said turning and giving Jamie a large smile.
"Well Ms. Janko, I have some good news; we have waited for a few hours and I think that we can take out Jamie's tube. I called his father and he gave the go ahead, he said he would get here when he could but he also knew you would be here so he wanted you two to be able catch up." Eddie smiled again and nodded moving to the other side of the bed and taking Jamie's hand.
"Okay Jamie, you ready?" Doctor Phillips asked enthusiastically, it was not very often he got to do this with a patient that had been as Jamie had been, Jamie nodded his heart fluttered.
"Okay, I'm going to pull this out and I need you to give me a big cough okay, in three… two… one cough." It was quick and as soon as the tube came out Jamie felt the gritty feeling that it left behind but he was not too bothered. Eddie and Doctor Phillips watched the screen, the oxygen level dropped slightly but it steadied and evened out, the Doctor smiled with triumph.
"Looks good Jamie, if you have any problems just press the button to call a nurse."
"Thanks," His voice was so raspy, it was not his own but he knew he would be fine in an hour tops. Doctor Phillips left and just Jamie and Eddie were alone, she again snuggled next to him and he wrapped his arms around her, they were finally together and for the first time in a while they both drifted asleep both engulfed in each other's safety.
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB "Okay, thanks Dad, yeah we are heading there now, okay I will, love you too." Danny hung up and turned to his partner who was driving and trying to catch on to what Danny was talking about with his father.
"They took out his breathing tube, doctor said he is perfect on breathing on his own, he expects a nice recovery." Danny smiled to himself his brother was doing great.
"That's great Danny, I am so glad, he is a fighter." Baez said as she turned down the side street to Maggie Lewis' home, behind them was three other cop cars.
"Now we only have one more thing of business," Danny said as he looked at the apartment building, Baez nodded and threw the car in park and hopped out of the car, Danny behind her they began to tell the other cops their strategy before moving in.
They rushed up the first three floors making sure the neighboring tenants stayed clear of the hallway. They finally reached apartment 304 and Danny looked to Baez who nodded and knocked.
"Maggie Lewis, NYPD open up," No answer same so Danny ushered three cops over who battered opened the door. The coppery smell of blood filled the room, as they grew further into the room they found the source.
"Danny," Baez pointed to the floor leading to the room at the end of the hall, a blood trail splattered the hardwood floor and lead to the slightly ajar door in the dim lit hall. Danny took point and crept down the hall, Baez moved behind him and as they approached the door she slightly and very carefully moved the door, a sudden movement scared them as a calico cat bolted out of the room leaving bloody paw prints behind it. Baez looked to Danny and nodded pushing the door all the way open and they charged the room, Baez ran to the closet and an officer ran to the bathroom.
"Clear," The officer called.
"Clear here too," Baez yelled from the closet.
"Damn it," Danny growled as he looked at the lifeless body of Maggie and Gregory Lewis, he looked closer noting the ugly devastating gash on Gregory's throat and the multiple painful stab wounds on Maggie.
"Officer Templeton, can you call the CSU and the coroner?" Danny asked, the woman nodded and exited the room. Danny walked around looking at the blood splatter and the broken lamp and shattered window.
"Officer Reynolds you and Officer Fleming need to canvas the area, please take time on this, someone had to have heard something.
"Danny, you need to get in here," He heard Baez call from the closet. He stepped around the bodies and evidence trying not to disturb the scene. He joined Baez in the large walk in closet, one that was bigger than Jack, Sean, his and Linda's was combined.
"Wow, they were living luxurious," Danny said noting all the designer clothes.
"Yeah but Danny look," his eyes followed a small blood trail away from the designer clothes and into the work clothes that Maggie and Gregory had, from the file he knew that Maggie was some big shot lawyer and as for Gregory he was unsure.
"Oh no," He said as he spotted Greg's work clothes.
"Danny we have to go NOW!" Baez said with fear in her eyes. They blotted out of the room and jumped into the car. He yanked out his phone and dialed the phone number, his heart pounding.
"Pick up, pick up, pick up," He begged but he only got her voicemail.
"No answer, try your dad." She said with urgency in her voice, Danny didn't waste a minute and dialed the same result.
"Step on it Baez," He said fear creeping in his voice, he prayed they made it in time but he knew that they didn't have that much time, he called again, hoping for something.
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Eddie laughed as Jamie joked about how they were never going undercover again; they had been asleep for not more than an hour when the Nurse came in to check vitals. Jamie looked at Eddie as she laughed again at something the nurse added in, he watched her with admiration displayed on his face, could she be anymore perfect.
"Alright you two, I am off to check up on more patients, Jamie you could be out of the ICU soon so be prepared for a move, you are one strong guy." Nurse Julia said as she placed her stethoscope back around her neck.
"He really is," Eddie said as she sat next to him and ran her hand through his hair.
"You got a keeper Jamie, but anyway I have to go, I hear the bell from Room nine, a trouble patient, I'm glad you were my first stop," She joked before waving goodbye and walking quickly to the room two doors down.
"You aren't a trouble patient… obviously they haven't gotten to know too well," She chuckled.
"Ha ha very funny Eddie," He said grabbing her by her waist and pulled her onto the bed, she sat next to him an kissed him, the spark between them was there and the love filled them as it surged through their bodies.
"Sorry to interrupt," a voice came from the doorway, a tall male nurse stood there with a creepy smile on his face.
"A nurse was just in here," Eddie said with an uneasy feeling filling her.
"Right, nurse Julia, well she forgot to write down the BP in the chart, she is being held up as well as some other nurses down the hall and she asked me to run quick and check it." Jamie heard the alarm from down the hall, but it still did not seem right, this felt wrong.
"No, I saw her write it down I heard her tell me that my BP had improved and then she wrote it down." He was lying her had never gotten anything from her on his vitals only that he was making a good recovery but he could see that the man felt trapped. It happened quickly as the man pulled out a gun and pointed at them, with no time to fully react the only thing Eddie and Jamie just clung to each other both shutting their eyes tight and then the gunshot went off.
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Danny and Baez ran out to Jamie's room right as they pulled the body out, crime scene tape blocking a perimeter. His heart skipped a beat when he saw the body and the nurses looking shaken, a few crying. He ran to the door see the empty room and the bloody mess, his stomach dropped as he began to freak out on the inside. A passing officer who looked to Danny who hadn't identified himself.
"Sir, I am going to need you to leave the area," Danny without focusing on the young officer, flashed his badge causing the man to straighten up.
"What happened here?" Baez asked as she saw her partner still in shock.
"Sam Ricker came to finish the job; he created a diversion by strangling a patient down the hall. He came to shoot Jamie Reagan but he failed because Commissioner Reagan shot him before he could even empty one out of the chamber." Danny could feel the feeling come back to his body when he heard that his brother had not been shot.
"Where is Jamie Reagan?" Danny asked with a touch of Urgency.
"Well the doctors moved him out of ICU and down to the second floor…" Danny didn't let him finish the sentence before he bolted to the stairs, Baez politely thanked the man before running after Danny. It was like he was taking three stairs at a time, he made it down them so quickly. He burst out of the door out of breath but filled with adrenaline, he ran into the Nurses station quickly throwing up his badge to the shocked nurse.
"Jamie Reagan," He said in a huff just as Maria caught up to him.
"He was moved to Room 250, that's right down this hall on your right." She answered pointing to her left. Danny walked to the room, as it grew closer he wondered what he was going to say to his brother, he walked past 246 and then 248 finally reaching the room he needed. He slowly entered, his heart beating rapidly but he did not know why, as he knocked on the door frame all eyes turned to him. A gentle smile from Jamie caused Danny enter with a matching one, he ruffled his brother's hair before grabbing him in a huge, he squeezed him tightly, Jamie hugged him back, the unspoken love that filled the room and the notion that it was over, it was all over.
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So much had happened in the Reagan family the rest of the year and on, Jamie was placed in rehab and once he regained his strength he was able to go home. Jamie and Eddie moved in together when his lease was up and only three days after that a ceremony was held to present Eddie and Jamie medals of Valor for their heroic work of taking down of a notorious gang. Jamie and Eddie still had nightmares but having each other to console during the bad times made it all better. Jamie returned to work only three months after being release from the hospital and though his family was worried they knew he was going to be okay.
Life went on; Nicki went to college, the boys moved up another grade and everyone grew another year older. The pain of the whole ordeal still sat in the back of their minds but it was over and though fear of a repeat was possibly imminent they moved on, Jamie put it as he was shot twice and there should be greater odds of him getting attacked by a shark than a third bullet.
It was Christmas break, a Sunday as they family sat in the kitchen, Nicki shared her exciting tales of college life and the new friends she had made. Erin shared the wonderful news that she was going to be the first female Manhattan DA, everyone overjoyed. As dinner came around they all sat in their respective chairs, Eddie the new member at the table had gotten her seat next to Jamie once Nicki left but was now placed beside Erin and Jamie. They bowed their heads and said grace and as it happened, Jamie couldn't help but look around the table and see him amazing family. He stopped as he caught her eye and she flashed him the most glorious smile that made his heart melt, the woman that he loved, the woman who made everyday better with just a smile, Jamie Reagan was blessed.
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Thank you all for reading this story and following me on my journey to writing it, I love you guys so much and all the support you have given me, I am blessed to for all the wonderful words, thank you again and I hope you enjoyed this story. Love Layna.
