"We were able to stop the bleeding. He did code while under, but it was short. Your bother is very lucky Mr. Grant. The bullet missed his heart by three inches. If he would have been any closer, well, this would be a different conversation." The doctor told Andrew. Andrew and the rest of the Grants sigh in relief. The two men shook hands and the Grants told him thank you.

"When can we see him?" asked Shawn.

"We'll be bringing him up shortly. But I must warm you, he'll be out for a while." The doctor replied. "I'll send a nurse when he's ready." They all shook their heads and the doctor left. Fitz was in the corner with Olivia in his lap, who was still very shook up about what she saw. Fitz tried getting her to tell him everything, but all she did was shake her head no and out her head back in the crook of his neck.

Shawn and Andrew were talking among themselves. It looked heated and people were starting to watch them. They both noticed and moved to an open window.

"Do you think it's wise we be by a window right now giving everything that just happened?" Andrew asked.

"If he wanted all of us dead, we'd be dead. He won't do it again." He paused and then added "For now."

"Look, I know this may not be the best time, but what are we going to do? The police are already looking into this and if they look the right way, everybody's cover is blown. Adriana is going to jail for basically creating a nuclear chemical network that won't be linked back to the president. EVERYTHING we did for Maximum will be uncovered. They will come for us after they kill Patrick, take us away from our families and do away with us. All of ours wives will be left to raise our kids by themselves and Olivia will raise the only child Fitz has alone. Hell, they may even think we all had something to do with this. Now what do you think?" They stared at each other for a while before Shawn gave in.

"Protocol 10." He simply said.

"WHAT?! Fuck that. No. What the hell are you thinking right now? I'm not just leaving everything behind and neither should you. You know what we had to go through to get out. I'm not going back. Let them kill the motherfucker. They can do anything. I don't care, but you will not call Protocol 10!"

"Andrew-"Shawn tried to say.

"He shot and almost killed our brother Shawn!" Andrew was practically yelling at him not and did not care about the looks he received from people. "We need to talk to Fitz and Carter. Adriana's involved now, so she needs to be there when we do. Just give me this. Give me time to figure this out before you call it in." Shawn sighs and realized Andrew was right. He nodded and they both went back to the waiting room with Fitz, Olivia and Adriana.

Adriana was starting to look pale and feeling sick. How in the hell did she not know any of this her whole life? There was never any hint of her brothers being government weapons. Deadly government weapons at that. She looked at all of them and realized that she wasn't even shocked or scared. We all have our own secrets right? I sure do she thought. Then she thought back to something Fitz said to her years ago that didn't make sense until now. "Everybody has three lives. The public, the private and the secret. Some are just better at hiding it."

But how could Patrick do this to her? To their family? After he saved her from one of the worst nights of her life in college? Thinking about that night made Adriana zone out.

*Nine years ago

Adriana was excited. Tonight was the big game between Harvard and Yale and she would get to see all her brothers. It would also be the first time they would get to see her in her Yale cheerleading uniform. But as usual, they would arrive at the game together and then go to their respective sides. She waited for them outside and spotted them as soon as they walked up. Adriana ran to Fitz and he caught her in his arms and spun her around.

"Bubba!" she screamed. He sat her on her feet and that's when she noticed Mellie was right behind him. Everyone knew how Adriana felt about Mellie and Adriana let it known. Fitz looked at her uniform and frowned.

"What?" she asked.

"These uniforms get shorter and smaller every time I see them. But the bows seem to get bigger!" he told her as he tugged on her giant bow.

"All the more reason to stay in shape. I worked too hard for this shit." She laughed.

"Did you forget you have four other brothers over here Ana?" Carter said. She playfully punched him in the arm and gave him a hug. She did the same with Shawn, Andrew and Patrick.

"I'm so glad you guys came! This is going to be great." Adriana jumped up and down.

"Can we go get our sets now? I want some food and I gotta piss." Patrick said.

"You can. I'm still waiting for someone. Looks like it'll be even this year. Four on four." Adriana said.

"What do you mean?" Mellie asked with a fake smile on her face.

Adriana ignored her and looked to Fitz. "It's a friend of mine I met though someone. She went to Harvard and is smart as a whip. Pretty too. This'll be her first game." Adriana looked around and saw her. "There she is!"

Fitz turned around and lost his breath. She was dressed in a Harvard t-shirt that hugged her curves in all the right places, with a jacket that showed it when she moved. She was wearing skinny jeans and paired them with some light brown knee high boots. Her hair was curled and bouncing perfectly off her shoulders. But what really caught Fitz's attention were her lips. They were plump and perfect for kissing. Fitz wondered what they tasted like. As she neared, he noticed that she had this walk of confidence about her. Her hips swayed like they were calling his name.

"Everybody, this is Olivia Pope. Olivia, these are my brothers. Shawn, the oldest. Andrew, the second oldest. Carter, the baby boy. And Fitzgerald Grant. The third. Oldest I mean." Adriana introduced. Olivia shook hands with everyone. But when she got to Fitz something was different. From the moment they touched, they both felt something that could not be ignored. They looked into each other's eyes and suddenly became lost there. His blue ice crystals burned into her chocolate bright orbs. He didn't know what to say so he said the only thing that came to his mind.

"Hi." He voiced. His voice suddenly became her favorite thing in the world and it was just one word. In this moment, she really looked at him. She wondered how it felt like to run her fingers though his Greek god curls or run her hands along his well-toned arms. Looking own his body, she realized they were wearing the same shirt. She chuckled a little.

"Hi." Olivia smiled.

Adriana looked at the two and smiled. 'This may just work' she thought. That is until she heard Mellie clear her throat and ruined the moment. Olivia and Fitz let go of each other's hand and stepped away.

"I am so sorry. I am so rude. My name is Mellie. I'm Fitz's girlfriend." Mellie extended her hand and Olivia shook it.

"I'm Olivia. Nice to meet you."

"Likewise." Replied Mellie.

"Anyways," Adriana said sarcastically "Olivia will be joining you, Fitz over on Harvard's side. So make her feels welcome please. I have to go and finish getting ready. Love you!" she yelled as she walked away.

Fitz and Olivia just stared at the ground for a minute until Fitz spoke up.

"So you went to Harvard? What did you major in?" he asking wanting to get to know her.

"I doubled majored in pre-law and media communications. You?" she asked.

"Political science."

"So you must be the son of the governor of California then." She stated.

"He sure is." Mellie said. Fitz gave her a side eye glance.

"How 'bout we go get our sets. Shall we?" Fitz asked blocking the rest of Mellie's efforts to make Olivia uncomfortable. Olivia nodded and they made their way to the stadium.

Later that night, everybody found their way back to the backyard of Alpha Sigma Pi to celebrate the win of Yale over Harvard. The cheerleaders were standing with the quarterback while he gave a thank you speech to his team and everyone that came to show the team support.

"But there is one special person I have to thank. She has cheered her ass off this entire season. In the rain. When mud was slung. Even when we were getting our asses handed to us by Princeton, you, Adriana Grant are one bad ass cheerleader. And on behave of the entire football team and cheer squad, we would like to name you Honorary Cheerleader of Alpha Sigma Pi. Let's give it up for Arianna Grant folks!"

Everyone clapped and cheered and went to hug her. She told everyone thanks and they cranked up the music. An hour later, she went to the kitchen to get a drink and found Eric, the quarterback, in there by himself. Going over to him, she stood beside him and he smiled.

"Why are you in here by yourself? You should out with everybody. Celebrating!" She nudged his shoulder with hers. He shook his head and drank the rest of his water.

"I really don't feel up to it. All I want to do is take a shower and go to bed. But I won't be doing that anytime soon. What's your excuse for being in here?" he said.

"I was actually looking for you. I never got to thank you for earlier. So thank you. It meant a lot."

"No problem." They feel into a silence before he spoke again. "But thank you. You were the only one I could hear when we down tonight. If it weren't for you, we might've lost."

"Yeah right. You guys had it in the bag. I was just doing my job. You just gave me something to brag about to my brothers. Go Bulldogs." She said playfully. "But speaking of brothers, I need to go find mine. I'll see you later." Adriana waved bye to him and left the room.

A couple hours later, the party was starting to calm down. Adriana was talking to Olivia and Shawn, when Patrick came over. He had a beer in his hand appeared to be a little tipsy. Carter followed behind him.

"Man, I think it's time we go. I keep getting hit on by all these girls and 'no' only goes so far." He said. Shawn agreed and so did Olivia.

"I'll go find Fitz and Bitchasaucersrex to tell them we're leaving." Adriana said.

She walked around the house and didn't find them so she went outside and looked around and had no luck. 'They must be upstairs' she thought. Adriana went back inside and went upstairs. She was walking by random room and came to an open door. She walked in and didn't see Fitz or Mellie. Adriana turned to leave, only to be met with Eric. She jump and her hand flew to her heart, feeling it beat fast.

"Oh my god. Eric. You scared the fuck out of me." Eric didn't say anything. He only walked in and closed the door behind him.

"Can we talk?" he slurred. He was drunk. Really drunk.

Adriana shook her head no. "I would love to but I'm actually about to leave so maybe tomorrow? When you're sober?" she gave a nervous laugh.

Eric began walking towards her and Adriana back up with each step he took. He was finally in her personal space when her back hit the wall. Eric placed his hands on either side of her, boxing her in. "See, I don't wanna talk tomorrow. I wanna talk right now." He started kissing her neck and rubbing her hips. Adriana pushed him away, putting space between them.

"Eric, your drunk. Now I'll excuse your disgusting behavior for right now, but I expect an apology later. Good night." She tried to leave but he pushed her back to the wall.
"Oh good night it will be. For both of us. Just do what I want, and everything will be fine." He started trying to kiss her again and Adriana slapped him. Eric looked at her shocked and slapped her back with the back of his hand drawing a little blood from the corner of her mouth. She pushed him off her again and headed for the door, only to be pushed down on the bed. Adriana turned around and tried to get up but Eric was too strong for her. He pinned her down and positioned his hips between her legs.

"I've waited a long time for this. You walked around in this short ass skirt and this tiny top and it's time you get what's coming to you." He reached down and unbuckled his pants, pushed them down below his waist and reached in his boxers.

"Get off me!" she tried yelling but then she felt his fist break skin on her face and tears traveled down her face. Adriana tried pushing him off her again but was met with a punch to the ribs and one to the head. There was now a river of tears flowing down her face and she knew it was only about to get worse.

Eric ripped her panties off and slammed himself inside her breaking her hymen in the process. Adriana screamed in pain only to have him cover her mouth with his hand. "Shut the fuck up Ana! You asked for this." He told her.

"There you two are! Adriana finally found you." Patrick said as Fitz and Mellie came up to them.

"Ana didn't find us. As a matter of fact, I was looking for her. Where is she?" Fitz replied.

"She went looking for you. I guess she got lost in the crowd." Olivia said to Fitz. Mellie was not at all happy to see her still here.

"Probably. But before we leave, I have to piss." Said Patrick and he went upstairs "Shit. Now that I think about it, I gotta go too." And Fitz took off upstairs also. He found the bathroom Patrick was in and banged on the door.

"Hurry up man. Other people gotta go too. Stop jacking off and let's go." He teased his brother.

"Okay asshole." And Patrick opened the door and Fitz went in. He turned to go back down stairs when he heard something. He stopped and listened for it again and he heard it. Patrick followed the sound to the end of the hall and put his ear to the door.

"You like this? You like this don't you Ana?" he heard. Something snapped in him and he busted through the door. The sight before him sent him over the edge. Eric was on top of his sister, who was barely awake. He went over to him, pulled him by the shirt off of her.

"You son of a bitch. Get the fuck off her. FITZ!" he yelled. Fitz came running down the hall and saw his sister in the bed, with blood under her and on her face. He looked at Eric and went over to him and started hitting him.

"YOU SICK MOTHERFUCK! HOW DARE YOU!" he yelled with each punch to the face, head and anything else his hands could hit. Patrick was with Adriana making sure she was still alive. He checked her pulse. It was weak but still there. He saw the bruises around her neck starting to form and the ones on her face. He got up and went over to Fitz to stop the horrific beating he was inflicting on Eric.

"Fitzgerald! Stop or you're going to kill the fucker." Fitz stopped but not before giving him one last punch to the face. He looked up at Patrick and then to Adriana. He rushed over to her, picked her up and carried her out. Fitz ran down the hall and stairs and started yelling for his brothers.

"Shawn! Carter! Get the truck!" he ran towards them. He ignored the gasped and questions as he approached them.

"What happened!?" they asked.

"I'll tell you in the truck. Let's go. Hurry!" He yelled. Everybody followed them curious to what was going on. They got to the truck and Fitz got in the back with Adriana, who was still unconscious. Mellie slide in the front, leaving Olivia out. Fitz saw this and exploded.

"Out Mellie." He said.

"I'm going with you." She stated.

"Mellie, get the fuck out of my truck before I throw you out!" Fitz yelled.

"I want to be there for her!" she yelled back.

"No you don't. She doesn't even like you. I don't even like you. So get the fuck out of my truck before I tell everyone how you fucked Gerry to get with me! Out!" Mellie's eyes got big and she immediately got out. "Olivia get in. Shawn, hospital."

"Mr. Grant?" a doctor said. Fitz, Shawn, Carter and Andrew all stood up. "Whoa. Okay. Who hear knows the most Adriana's medical history?" Fitz raised his hand. "Okay, we need you to fill out these papers. We also a few questions for you and you should also know its protocol that we call the police when something like this happens." They all nodded and the doctor left. Fitz sat back down next to Olivia and just stared at the papers. Shawn's cellphone rang and he got up and answered it.

"Shit. Are you sure?" they all looked at him. The color in his faced completely gone. "Alright. We'll be right there." And he hung up.

"What?" Fitz asked.

"The press is starting to gather outside. Patrick is at the police station giving his statement and Eric is denying everything. He's saying she was drunk and came onto him. The three of us," he motioned between him, Carter and Andrew, "are going down there to get all this shit straight. They'll be here soon to take your statement as well Fitz and Ana when she waked up." The three brothers got up to leave which left Fitz and Olivia alone. The room was quite for a while. Fitz put the papers in the chair beside him, put his elbows on his knees and dropped his head in his hands. Olivia had to clue what to do or why she was even here. She looked over and saw Fitz crying silent tears. She reached over without thinking and placed her hand on his back trying to somewhat sooth him but it didn't. All it did was make him cry harder. Fitz turned towards her and laid his head in her lap and let out everything he had been holding on to. Olivia rubbed his back and ran her fingers though his hair.

"Fitz.." she tried but couldn't think of anything. He just gripped her tighter.

"He took her innocence. And he didn't even care. He just…" Fitz trailed off as more tears came into his eyes. He cried for a few more minutes and then sat up. Olivia reached over to grab a tissue from the table and wiped all his tears and even his nose.

"Why are you being so nice to me? After my girlfriend, ex-girlfriend, it, whatever you want to call her, was such a bitch to you" Fitz sniffled. Olivia thought it was kind of cute.

"Because you need someone right now. And trust me; I've dealt with worse people than Mellie. I'm not going to judge you because of who you date. Sometimes who people date, doesn't really tell who they are." Olivia said.

All Fitz did was nod. "I can't help but think that if I found Ana sooner, that this-" Fitz didn't finish because Olivia cut him off.

"No. Don't do that. Don't blame yourself. This is NOT on you." Fitz looked away but Olivia grabbed his face to face her. "This is not. Your. Fault. Just be thankful you got there in time before anything could happen. You and Patrick potentially saved her life." She rubber her thumbs on both his cheeks. Olivia looked into his eyes and saw him start to accept what she was saying.

"Excuse me, Mr. Grant?" Olivia pulled away and Fitz stood up.

"I'm doctor Skylar. I'm the one who examined Adriana when she came in. She has a head concussion and a cracked rib. We also had to stich up a small part on her check. It also appears that he choked her enough to cause her to pass out." Fitz felt his eyes water again. Olivia saw this and went over and took his hand in hers. "We also did a rape kit on her and found that there is scaring. Now when you brought her in, you mentioned there being blood underneath her and that was due to the amount of force he used to penetrate her hymen and so forth. We looked over everything else and all appears fine. We'll keep her here for a couple days than release her. Do you have any questions?" "When can we see her?" he said quietly.

"There bringing her up now." The doctor paused. "I'm so sorry this happened to you Mr. and Mrs. Grant." And she left.

Fitz and Olivia remind quiet and sat back down. They were both shocked at the statement the doctor made. Olivia looked over to Fitz who looked at her and gave her a weak smile.

"A concussion, a cracked rib, stiches and scaring." He looked at the floor and silently started crying again. Olivia, who knew she had no time to cry, had to be strong for him. She knelt down in front of him and hugged him. Fitz, not realizing how much he really needed her, placed her in his lap and cried in the crook of her neck.

"It's going to be okay. I promise. We'll get through this. She'll get through this. Plus if it helps, I happen to be a lawyer. A kick ass one at that, and I will make him pay. If it's the last thing I do, that bastard will pay. You have my word Fitz." She promised him.

Fitz stopped crying as soon as she said his name. It was like a prayer to his ears. Without thinking, he lifted up his head and kissed her. Surprised when she didn't pull back, Fitz deepened the kiss and so did Olivia. They broke apart moments later and just looked into each other's eyes.

"That was…" Fitz said.

"Wow." Was all Olivia said. Knowing she had to get some space between them, she stood up and walked to the other side of the room.

"Mr. and Mrs. Grant, she's ready." A nurse came in and told them.

"Thank you." Olivia looked to Fitz. "So here's the game plan. You go to Adriana and I'll handle the press."

"Are you sure about that? Have you ever done that?" he asked.

Olivia smirked. "There is a lot you don't know about me Mr. Grant. Handling the press is my greatest joy. Like I said, trust me."

He walked her to the elevator and pressed the button. They waited for a moment until it binged. Olivia stepped inside.

"Please come back up here when you're done." He pleaded.

"I will." Fitz leaned in and pressed the button for the first floor and stepped back.

"Thank you Mrs. Grant." And before Olivia could reply, the doors shut.

Fitz turned around and followed the nurse to Ana's room and mentally prepared himself for what was to come next.

Adriana snapped out of it. She knew what she had to do. Waking out of the waiting room, she dialed Patrick's cell. It went straight to voice mail, but if she was right, he would call back from a burner phone. Three minutes later her phone rang. She answered.

"You wanna play hard ball fine. But it's between me and you." She stated clearly.

"I just had to make a point." Patrick commented.

"And what was that?"

"That you would do what I wanted. And it seems you are." He laughed. Adriana grew sick.

"Shooting our brother is a bit too far don't you think?"

"Nope. He had it coming just like the rest of them. Now are we going to talk all day or are you going to give me those codes?"

"I need ninety two hours instead of seventy two." she said.

"Oh that's right. I forgot you have to go though the president and VP for the last two. Tell you what, since I'm in a wonderful mode today, I'll give you ninety two instead of forty eight. I know how hard it can be to get information like that, but it's possible." He smiled.

"I also have a question. Why? Why now?" she felt her walls breaking down for the brother she once knew.

"Why? Why the hell not? They all took what was mine. Power! I had everything when I went to the other side. Over there, there are no rules. You play by your own but since they wanted to be the good guys and where the white hat, I decided I looked better in black. And one day, so will you."

"I doubt it." Adriana replied.

"Doubt it all you want. I don't give a fuck. Just give me what I want or Olivia dies a painful and I do mean painful, screaming for Fitz death." And he hung up. She looked at her phone and read the time stamp: 2:23. That's more than she needed. Adriana dialed a number and he answered on first ring.

"Huck, trace that last incoming call on my phone."

"Give me a minute." He was silent. "It's from a tower in New York."

"Can you tell me exactly were?" there was more silence.

"Somewhere in Roosevelt Hospital." Adriana took off running back to the waiting room.

"He's here! He's here in the hospital!" she told everyone.

"What?! How do you know that?" Shawn asked.

"I traced his burner. And that means he may want to finish with Carter. Andrew, you go to Carter and Shawn you come with me. Fitz it's in my bag if you need it." And everyone moved out.

"Huck?"

"Still here."

"Is there any way you can tracked that number to see where in the building its located?"

"Yeah. Somewhere called St. Luke's." He said.

"Okay. I need you to get here as fast as possible. Call Fitz. He'll tell you everything." and she hung up. She looked over at Shawn.

"Take the stairs. He could've hacked into the elevator camera's." he told her.

"Fitz, what the hell is going on?" Olivia demanded.

Fitz was pacing back and forth. "I' can't tell you just yet. I will though. Promise."

Olivia sigh and nodded. "Okay. I trust you."

Jut than Fitz's phone rang. "Ana."

"He was he but not anymore. He just left his phone so we'd track it. We're coming back you." Adriana sighs.

"Okay."

A couple minutes later Shawn and Adriana walked in the waiting room. They all sat down and let the silence drift in. Andrew came in and told them that Carter was ready. They went to his room and sat down around his bed. Olivia held his hand and laid her head on the bed and went to sleep after a while. Fitz phone rang again.

"Hello?"

"So did Ana tell you about my date with Olivia?" Fitz looked to Olivia, who was sleep by Carter. Than to Adriana.

"I swear to god, you even try to touch her, I'll fucking kill you." Fitz told his in a deadly voice.

"Oh I'm so scared. Boo who! What the fuck ever. Look here's the deal, our dear baby sister has ninety two hours, that's four days in case you didn't know, to deliver those codes if she doesn't, well, let's just say you won't be having a baby. And did you really think I would be in the hospital? Nice try fuckers!"

"When I find you, I'm really going to show you the meaning of torture. Know that now." And Fitz disconnected the line.

"Really Ana? Why didn't you tell me?" he asked her.

"And what did you expect me to say? You need to set your ass down because I'm handling this."

"And how are you doing that? Because it seems here lately, all you do is fuck shit up!" Fitz yelled at her.

"That is enough!" Shawn told them both. Fitz looked over at Olivia who was shockingly still sleep.

"Protocol 10." Everyone's head snapped towards the bed.

"Call in Protocol 10." Carter said.

What?! Let's just say saying Protocol 10 is like saying "Olympus Has Fallen" to America. Thank you for all the reviews. As usual, they are most certainly me know what you think of this one. Thanks for all the follows and everything else. You guys ROCK! Until next time beautiful people.