A/N: Kirsty87, does this answer your question? :P

Here is the next chapter. I hope you all enjoy! :)

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Ruby was getting more and more anxious. She was still sitting alone in the back of a police cruiser, with no more information about Charlie's whereabouts. It had been almost two hours since her sister and Georgie had taken off after those madmen. Armed madmen. Charlie hadn't even called her. But then again, she might not have had the time yet. And she knew Charlie was careful when she was on duty; she had promised her that several times. Yeah, she probably just had her hands full at the moment.

Gazing out the window of the car, she watched intently as another police cruiser pulled up. The first hour she had hoped to see Charlie step out of any of the numerous cars that had come and gone from the scene, but after a while she figured Charlie would be back when she was back and all she could do was wait. But as soon as she saw Georgie step out of the car, she sprung out of the car.

Georgie swallowed as she approached the younger Buckton. "Hi, Ruby."

"Where's Charlie?!" Ruby wanted to know. She had a bad feeling about all of this.

Georgie sighed. There was no easy way to do this, but it had to be done. "Ruby… I'm sorry, but Charlie's been hurt," she explained softly, barely managing to keep her tears at bay.

Ruby just stared at her, shaking her head. "No… No… Don't say that…"

"I'm sorry… She was shot in the stomach by one of our suspects when we were apprehending him," Georgie explained, feeling sick just thinking about it. She had been the one to put pressure on the bleeding wound herself, and after the ambos had rushed off with Charlie, she had tried to clean her bloody hands as much as she could. Half a bottle of water from one of the patrol cars hadn't been enough to get it all away, though.

"Is she…?" Ruby started, choking on her own words as they left her mouth. She couldn't even finish the sentence.

Georgie put a hand on her shoulder. "She was taken to the hospital about half an hour ago," she explained gently as she started leading her towards her car. "Let's go." Georgie had been on her way there, but after radioing the officers at the diner and confirming that Ruby was still waiting there, she figured she should tell her. She knew that Charlie and Ruby practically were each other's only family and having to get these kinds of news had to be crushing, especially over the phone.

By the time they got to the hospital, Ruby was a wreck. Georgie practically had to push her inside the doors and into the waiting area.

"Do you wanna wait here while I go and hear what's happening?" Georgie asked as Ruby sat down. Receiving a small nod, she headed for the nurses' station.

"Excuse me?"

"Can I help you?" a nurse asked kindly.

"I'm here for Charlie Buckton. She was brought in less than an hour ago, are there any news?" Georgie asked nervously.

"Buckton… The police officer that was brought in?" the nurse questioned.

"Yes."

The nurse looked down on her screens. "Apparently, she's in surgery, but that's all I've got…" The nurse looked at Georgie, who looked completely devastated. After what she had heard, the police officer had been shot while arresting an armed robber. Her own brother was a cop, and she that if anything happened to him, she'd want to know what was going on. "You know… I'll head down to the theater, and see if I can find out how she is," she said with a warm smile.

Georgie nodded. "Thank you so much," she said as the nurse took off. Pulling her cell phone up, she called the station and gave them a brief update.

As she arrived back in the waiting area, Ruby looked at her expectantly. "Did you hear anything? Is Charlie okay?"

"All they could tell me right now was that they had taken her into surgery," Georgie said as she sat down next to Ruby, "But the nurse said she'd go down there and see if she could get us an update."

Ruby nodded as she furiously tried to dry her tears, but as soon as she wiped them away, new ones would arrive. Just the thought of Charlie being shot… There was actually a real chance that she might lose her. She could lose the one person in her life that she depended on, that she needed and that she loved. Charlie was her only family. There was their dad, sure, but he was sick, and her life was with Charlie now.

"Ruby!" Georgie said as she shook her shoulder.

Snapping out of her thoughts, Ruby turned to face her. "What?"

"I asked you if you were all right," Georgie said gently.

"Yes," Ruby stated. After all, Charlie was the one who was injured.

"Are you sure? It's been quite a day for you, I mean. With the hold up at the diner and all."

"I'm fine," Ruby stated again.

Just then, Georgie stood as she recognized the nurse approaching them. "Any news?"

"I was just down at the theater, and Dr. Armstrong is currently removing the bullet from her abdomen. Right now, she couldn't say too much, but she told me that from what she could see right now, the damage seemed to be less than they had expected. She also told me that she'd make sure you'd be kept in the loop," the nurse explained.

Georgie nodded, and Ruby sank back in her seat. The nurse left them, and Ruby started crying again, covering her face in her hands. This was just too much. Charlie had a bullet, like from a gun bullet, in her stomach, and she could actually die.

Georgie's heart broke for Ruby. And for Charlie. Sighing, she pulled an arm around Ruby's shoulders and pulled her close, letting Ruby's head rest on her shoulder as she cried.

"I've worked with Charlie for a long time, you know, and she's a fighter. And one hell of a stubborn woman," Georgie stated, trying to offer some comfort.

"She could be dead," Ruby sniffled. "I mean, there is actually a chance that she is dead, inside this building. They could just be coming to tell us right now. And if she's not… There's still plenty of time for something bad to happen."

Georgie had to swallow her own tears before replying. She was trying to keep a positive perspective, but what Ruby said was actually true. "You know, if Charlie could hear you say that, she'd probably yell at you for underestimating her," she stated, trying to lighten the mood.

When Ruby just cried harder into her shoulder, she gave her a tight squeeze before deciding that trying to lighten the mood was probably not the best thing to try in a time when she was in danger of losing the woman she had known for a while, yet only just recently started to really get to know, and Ruby was in danger of losing the most important person in her life.