carly's trouble with men part 9

At carly's house jack was in the basement with carly,where sam had taken them at gun point before he'd gone back upstairs again,as he looked at his ex worried;"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine!"answered she lying;"I thought that sam was in jail!"
"I told you that because i'd didn't want to add to your stress and i was going to tell you the truth soon enough."said jack;"I had kind of hoped that he would have been caught before i had to tell you that he wasn't in jail yet."
"So it's okay for you to lie,but not for me?"started carly slowly;"Why don't you just say it and get it off your chest."
"Say what?"asked her ex confused;"What are you talking about?"
"Come on,jack,you must be dying to tell me that us beeing trapped downhere is all my fault and that if i had stayed at the hospital that we wouldn't be in this mess right now."said carly tired;"Isn't that what you love doing,jack,telling me how i never think things through before i do them?"
"Hey,calm down,carly,that isn't true and i don't think that any of this is your fault!"started her ex surprised about her reaction and saw how worked up she was getting;"What's the matter with you lately and why are you acting so strange?"
"Nothing's the matter with me."said she softly and got up,wishing that her headache would just go away and that she wouldn't feel so sick anymore;"I wish that you hadn't come downhere because then you wouldn't be stuck here right now."
"I'm glad that i came because now you don't have to face that psycho alone!"answered jack while he got up too and put his arms around carly;"Hey,it's gonna be okay and i'll get us out of here!"
"Please don't!"begged his ex as she pulled away from jack;"Stop doing that and stop trying to protect me!"
"Hey,downthere."said sam at the top of the stairs and slowly came towards them as he kept on pointing his gun at them;"It's bye,bye-time,detective snyder,because for what i have in mind i don't really need an ex hanging around."
"What are you going to do?"asked he angry and jumped infront of carly;"I won't let you hurt carly again!"
"Don't think you'll able to do anything about it,jack,not when i'm done with you."laughed the psycho as he turned his head towards carly;"Say goodnight to your ex."
"No!"yelled carly and totally out of the blue,with a sudden strengh that she hadn't felt in a while,she pushed jack out of the way and tried to reach for sam's gun,which in the heat of the moment went off,causing carly to be thrown backwards when she got hit by the bullet.
"Carly!"screamed her ex shocked and wanted to go down on his knees next to her when he saw sam trying to aim the gun at him a second time,so he took a swing at him and knocked the psycho out cold.
"Jack....?"whispered she,trying to stay awake,as jack took her into his arms and carried her back up the stairs,into the livingroom where he layed her down on the couch;"Are you okay?"
"Am i okay?"asked jack stuned by her question with tears in his eyes as he grabbed his cellphone while he saw carly was unconscious;"Damned,why did you do that,carly,why did you try to grab the damn gun?"

Chris was about to go home after a double-shift at the hospital when a nurse walked into his office;"Excuse me,doctor hughes,you're needed at the e.r."
"No,i've been here way too long and i'm going home."said chris a bit irritated;"Have them call somebody else."
"I did,doctor,but the victim that's on the way is a patient of yours and i thought that you might want to check this out yourself."answered the nurse;"The ambulance is on it's way now."
"Which patient?"asked he worried;"What happened?"
"It's miss. tenney,doctor,i don't know all the details,but it seems that she was shot."said the nurse;"Do you want me to call another doctor or do you want to handle this yourself?"
"I'll handle it myself."started chris a bit shocked as he put his white coat back on and followed the nurse towards the e.r.

Margo was sound asleep when the phone started ringing and woke her up,so she picked it up;"Hello?"
"Margo?"asked dallas' voice from the other end of the line;"Sorry to wake you."
"This better be good or you'll be on trafic-duty for the rest of your life!"warned she him annoyed;"Why are you calling me in the middle of the night?"
"We got sam locked up downhere."started the young cop hesitating;"But we didn't get him in time."
"What happened,dallas?"asked margo worried and sat up straight in bed;"He didn't...?"
"He was able to shoot carly and he was about to shoot jack too when jack was able to punch sam out."answered he;"They brought her to the hospital,but i don't know how serious it is yet."
"Thanks for telling me this,dallas."said his boss tired and hung up the phone;"Damned!"

At the hospital jack was walking up and down the hallway while gwen sat on a chair next to her husband,waiting for news about carly,when brad came up to them;"Hi,guys,how is carly?"
"Who's with the kids?"asked his brother worried;"You didn't leave them alone,did you?"
"Ofcourse not and they're fine because i left them with emma,jack,so don't worry."answered brad;"What happened?"
"I found carly at the house,but she refused to come back to the hospital with me or to even come out to the farm and then sam suddenly showed up."started he tired;"That woman can be so damn stubborn,brad,she drives me crazy when she's like that!"
"That's our girl."said his brother with a faint smile;"She's as stubborn as a mule."
"Why aren't they letting us know if she's okay?"asked gwen in shock and got up from her chair;"I couldn't believe it when we got the call."
"Hey,it's okay,honey,i'm sure that carly'll be fine."answered her husband as he put his arms around gwen and looked at jack;"Right,jack?"
"I don't know,will,they have been in there with her for over an hour now."started he with tears in his eyes and looked so lost;"Sam wanted to shoot me,but carly suddenly tried to grab the gun and it just went off."
"Hey,carly's tough and she's a fighter,so she'll get through this!"said brad;"It'll be okay."
"Why did she do that,brad,why did she go for that damn gun?"asked his brother in shock;"Why?"
"Maybe she didn't want you to get shot."answered he;"That is something that you will have to ask carly when she's awake again."
"Brad's right."started gwen softly when chris appeared;"How is she,chris,is she okay?"
"She's gonna be just fine,gwen,she's one lucky lady because the bullet didn't go too deep in her shoulder and we were able to get it out without any major surgery or anything."said he;"Things could have been a lot worse."
"Can we see her?"asked jack relieved;"Is she awake?"
"There wouldn't be any point in going in there right now because carly's out like a light and you all look like you could use some sleep too,so go home and she'll probaly be awake by the time that you come back."answered the young doctor;"She'll get through this."

A few hours later at the policestation margo was sitting in the interogationroom with dallas,questioning sam;"Why did you kidnap carly?"
"I didn't kidnap her."smiled sam;"She came with me because she knows that we belong together,detective hughes."
"Do you really expect us to believe that?"asked she stuned about his answer;"If she came with you on her own free will then why did she run off after knocking you over the head with your dummy?"
"Don't call him a dummy!"said their suspect angry;"His name is cowboy jack!"
"I don't care what his name is,sam,he's still nothing more then a dummy!"answered margo;"Why did you shoot carly?"
"I didn't mean to shoot her."started he slowly;"I meant to shoot her ex like she wanted me to but somehow she got in the way and i shoot her by accident."
"Are you trying to tell me that carly wanted you to shoot jack?"asked dallas surprised;"You must be kidding me."
"No,i'm not kidding you and i have allready told you that carly did everything out of her free will and that she knows that we belong together."answered the psycho;"She knew that she was better off with me then with that ex of hers."
"I don't believe one word of what you're saying,sam,because no matter what kind of stupid things carly has done in the past she would never ask anybody to shoot jack or stage her own abducting."said margo irritated as she got up;"As soon as carly wakes up i will ask her for what really happened and in the meantime we have what jack told dallas at the hospital,so you're not going to get away with what you did."
"Do you want me to take him back to his cell?"asked the young cop getting up too;"We're done here,margo,aren't we?"
"Yes,it's pointless talking to him."answered she and walked away;"Get him out of my sight!"

Out at the farm brad was talking to emma just before lunch when jack came storming down,into the kitchen;"Why didn't anybody wake me up?"
"Because you were asleep and you were exhausted."said his brother as he turned around;"How are you feeling?"
"Fine!"answered jack irritated;"You shouldn't have let me sleep so long because i need to get back to the hospital,brad."
"Calm down."started he slowly and grabbed jack's arm as he wanted to leave;"Sit down and have something to eat first."
"I don't have time for that!"said his brother,pulling away from brad;"I want to be at the hospital when carly wakes up again."
"You're not going anywhere untill you have something to eat!"warned emma him as she got up and went over to the fridge;"I'll make you something,jack."
"I'm not hungry."answered he;"What am i going to tell the kids?"
"They allready know that carly's in the hospital and you can just tell them that she can't have any visitors yet."started his brother hesitating;"But you might want to tell parker the truth because he's a smart kid and he knows that there's more then what we have told him."
"Maybe you're right."said jack tired when margo walked in;"Hi,margo."
"Do you have a minute?"asked she a bit uncomfortable;"I hate to have to do this at a time like this,jack,but i need you to come down to the station and give an official statement about what happened with sam because i just talked to the d.a. and he needs your statement as soon as possible."
"I don't have time for that right now because i need to get to the hospital!"answered her friend surprised;"What's going on?"
"We questioned sam this morning and he claims that carly went with him on her own free will and that she wanted him to shoot you."said margo hesitating;"We need your statement if we want to make sure that he doesn't walk away from this and i wasn't sure if we'd be able to get carly's statement today,jack."
"He said what?"asked he furious as he grabbed his carkeys and ran out of the kitchen;"That damn liar!"
"Jack!"called his friend on after him worried before turning back towards emma and brad;"I just hope that he doesn't go and do something stupid."
"Like what,margo,beat the hell out of that psycho?"asked brad sarcasticly;"Even i want to beat the crap out of him right now,so i can only imagine how jack must be feeling about him at this point."
"Then i'd better go down to the station before jack does something that he will regret."said she,walking away;"Bye,guys."

to be continued...