Lassiter patted Henry's arm and said, "He did, and I am not sure yet if he succeeded or not. Shawn was just taken into the operating room to try and fix what the man did to him."

Henry just looked into Lassiter's eyes with tears streaming down his face and said, "I promised him I would not allow anything to happen to him, I let my son down and now he might die."

Lassiter didn't quit know how to comfort Henry, but he knew he had to try; he put his arm awkwardly around his shoulders and gave it his best shot. He said, "Henry you were drugged by some one who you thought worked here. You thought you all were safe here; if anyone is to blame it is the guard who wasn't at his post and the hospital for not noticing. There is nothing you could have done. Now, come on Henry let's go out and wait in the waiting room for word on Shawn and let the crime scene people do their job. They will transfer your stuff to the new room when you he gets one." Henry nodded and followed allowed Lassiter to help him stand.

Lassiter and Henry sat in the surgery waiting room waiting for word on Shawn. Lassiter took a minute to call the Chief and let her know what went on and asked her to contact everyone else.

They were sitting in the waiting room for an hour, both men in complete silence. Juliet, Vick and Gus joined them. They all waited for another hour worried about the man they all loved, who had all ready gone through more than most could survive.

Henry never said a word to anyone; he sat in the corner of the room and just starred. Everyone tried to get Henry to interact, but he wouldn't talk to anyone. He was stuck in a silent struggle of guilt and fear inside himself.

The only person that pulled Henry from his self-induced mental punishment was the Doctor that came from the operating room. The Doctor came over to Henry, and sat down in front of him, he told Henry "Shawn was pretty weak but they were able to reinsert the trach tube and fix the damage that having it forcefully removed caused."

Henry starred at the Doctor in shock and said, "The Bastard ripped the trach tube out?" The Doctor looked sad and said, "I am sorry, Maybe I should start from the beginning, and tell you what happened to Shawn. The man who attacked him ripped the tube from his neck (Henry's hands covered his mouth in disbelief) ripping all the stitches and causing some real damage that took a while to repair. While he was bleeding the attacker proceeded to carve the word 'GOTCHA' in his chest with a pocketknife (everyone in the waiting room gasped when they heard the last part). We were able to stitch the wounds on his chest up and fix the damage but Shawn was weak after the first attack and now, well, he is truly lucky to still be alive."

Henry was in shock at the Doctors report but he did manage to tell the doctor thank you. The Doctor patted Henry on the leg and told him, "Shawn is going to make it, if he has taught me anything he has taught me that he is one stubborn young man that has a whole lot to live for. The nurse will come and get you all when he is settled into his new room."

When the Doctor left Chief Vick looked at Lassiter and Vick and said, "You two need to go out and do whatever you have to do to catch this bastard, I have some hell to give to the rookie that was on guard duty. Vick then knelt down in front of Henry and told him, "Henry, as far as I am concerned there are no other cases but Shawn's right now. We are going to get this son of a bitch."

Henry looked at her and said, "I am his own father, and I let him down and let that maniac hurt him again forgive me if your promises don't mean that much to me."

Vick didn't know what to say to Henry. She just patted his arm and said, "Call us if we can do anything for you or Shawn."

Thirty minutes after everyone left the nurse came in and brought Henry and Gus to Shawn's room. The two men sat on either side of Shawn's bed starring at the new collection of bandages and praying that Shawn can find the strength to wake up again. Both men were determined to stand guard and make sure that no one touched Shawn that didn't absolutely have too.

Maybe 10 words were exchanged the whole evening neither man felt like casual conversation They were both were physically and mentally exhausted. They both sat and watched the rising and falling of Shawn's chest. Both men would nod off but only for minutes at a time every twitch and rouge noise they would wake up ready to attack anyone who dare try and hurt Shawn again.

Around 4 a.m. Shawn's eyes popped wide open and he started to thrash around in the bed and he tried to fight against Gus and Henry. Henry got up and gently held his son's arms down and told him that he was safe now and no one was going to hurt him. Shawn stopped struggling but he kept shaking his head and he cried.

When he calmed down enough Shawn signed to his father, "Did he hurt you?" Henry just smiled a sad tear filled smile at his son. He told him, "He was fine. He put something in my coffee that made me pass out and gave me one hell of a headache but I am fine. Shawn signed, "Good, what happens to me isn't important I want to make sure you all aren't hurt because of me."

Henry reached over and gave Shawn a huge kiss on the forehead. He told his son, "What happens to you is pretty damn important to me. Kid, I am sorry I let you down earlier today, I hope you know I would gladly lay down my life to keep you safe and I failed you this afternoon. I hope you will forgive me"

Shawn reached up and stroked his fathers face and then signed "Bring me a smoothie when they take this tube out and we will call it even" Henry and Gus busted out laughing and Henry said, "You have got a deal son."

With one wise crack Shawn managed to relieve the burden of guilt from his father and put both of the most important men in his life at ease. Both men thought if he can make wise cracks about smoothies then he is going to be just fine.

Henry sat back and let Shawn get some rest. A few minutes later Henry got a text that Lassiter and Buzz were about to go and corner Shawn's attacker he promised him they would let them know how it went.