Chapter 11

Jack felt like he'd spent far too many hours sat in hospitals waiting for his wife, he just wanted her to be safe at home with their children, not in the hospital yet again unsure of what was happening next. He'd tried to find out what had happened but the detectives with him weren't giving anything away, Fin simply said that she was in a critical condition and they were on their way to the hospital. The hardest thing had been that Casey had been released first, Mary and George had been full of joy when the call came to say Casey was on route to the hospital, the agonising wait afterwards until they'd found out about Amy was horrifying. He just wondered what was happening behind those doors. Casey was still in her drug induced sleep but he wasn't sure he could see her if she wasn't, knowing that she was the one ok and Amy was fighting for survival.

"Just a few marks around her wrists, the odd bruise, and minor dehydration." Cody had told their brother George Jr when he'd arrived, Jack almost balked at the description of the injuries, he'd seen the look on Eliot's face when he'd asked about his wife, there was a slight fear in the wise detective's eyes that the lawyer hadn't liked the look of.

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"Mr McAllister." The doctor said little over an hour later emerging from the operating room.

"How is she?" Jack asked standing up feeling a sense of déjà vu; he'd been in the same position a few years before when Amy had ended up in a coma when she was pregnant with the twins.

"Your wife must have a guardian angel," the doctor smiled. "We almost lost her a couple of times on the table but we managed to stabilize her and repair the internal damage caused by the shot to the chest. As well as the blood loss she's suffered from a collapsed lung and 4 broken ribs, but that'll all heal. Her leg will recover fine with some extensive physiotherapy."

"She'll love that." Jack breathed with a slight smile of relief before allowing the doctor to continue.

"And the wound on her abdomen is largely superficial, fingers crossed it won't leave too much of a scar." He finished watching the relief spread across the face of the man in front of him, it was like a huge weight had been lifted off of his shoulders.

"Can I see her?" Jack asked running his hands through his hair as he processed the list of injuries his wife had sustained.

"She's in recovery now; you'll be able to see her soon." The doctor finished with a smile. Jack nodded before firmly shaking the doctor's hand; he was thrilled that his wife had pulled through.

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Casey woke up to see bright lights above her and felt an uncomfortable mattress beneath her, it took a few moments for her to remember that they'd been rescued and that she was in hospital, they'd left Amy in the room after she'd been shot. Then everything else came flooding back to her about what she'd done and she started sobbing again.

"Hey sweetie it's ok." Her mother said taking hold of her hand, Casey looked around to see both her parents, her twin and Olivia sat around the bed, she wondered how long she'd been there with their pained and tired expressions.

"I'm sorry." Casey said through her tears and her mother reached over to give her a hug, trying to relax her middle daughter but it was a pointless task. "Where's Amy?" Casey asked turning to look at Olivia who she knew would be the one most likely to tell her the truth; Casey held her breath in case she got the news that her sister was dead.

"Alive, she's in the ICU at the moment until they take her off of the ventilator," Casey looked panicked as Olivia spoke. "She suffered some internal damage; they just want to give her system a bit of recovery time." Olivia added and Casey nodded full of relief that her sister was alive.

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"Phone found in the house matches the number that has been calling the McAllister's, they've found all the plans, and plenty of evidence." Munch told Eliot as they sat in the squad room a few hours later. "Physically at least we can start to put things away, but emotionally..." Munch trailed off and Eliot nodded, he wasn't able to sleep thinking of the injuries Amy had sustained, especially her stomach, he hoped that Casey would get over what she'd done.

"Of the two I think Amy will recover emotionally the fastest, I think part of her knew she'd be taken in order for Casey to be returned." Eliot mused, "She's tough, determined and ready to die for her family." He sighed. "Whereas Casey is a little more unsure, the more fragile of the two given recent events, she has to live with the knowledge of what she's done to her sister." He let the sentence hang in the air; he just hoped the two sisters would be able to face one another and rebuild their relationship.

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Amy moved gently trying to stretch out the pain in her leg cursing herself for getting shot at her own hands with her own gun, she ached all over and the beeping coming from the machine connected to her finger was starting to get on her nerves. She knew it was bad, but she knew she was safe in a hospital, and the scent of aftershave in the air told her that her husband was there with her, and that made her feel comfortably safe, but there was something missing, or rather something's missing.

"The babies?" Amy asked in a croaky voice getting her husband's attention

"With my parents, but we can get them here if you want." Jack said softly stroking her head, taking her hand in his and kissing it gently. He was impressed with how quickly she'd come round after they'd removed her from the ventilator, he'd been allowed to stay with her the entire time after how she'd reacted last time she'd been in hospital, the last thing they wanted was for her to shut down emotionally, and having Jack there would help prevent that.

"Just as long as they're safe," Amy smiled closing her eyes a little, "Casey?" Jack told her Casey was ok, and in another ward, he'd not seen her but told her that their parents said she was doing ok. "He's dead isn't he? I heard the shots, those SWAT guys don't miss." It was more of a statement than a question but Jack still told her it was the case; she smiled before saying that it was over. Jack held onto her hand as she fell back to sleep, he too quickly drifting off holding onto his wife's hand.

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"She's looking well considering." Olivia said to Casey who was sat up in bed, once she'd learned her sister was ok Casey had refused to speak, a frightened look permanently etched on her face. Olivia could tell she was replaying the whole ordeal over and over again and she doubted she'd be ok until she'd seen her sister with her own two eyes, but no matter what they said they couldn't get Casey out of her bed and up to the ward they'd moved Amy to. She wouldn't talk about it, or acknowledge what had happened; she didn't even say anything when they told her she could go home with her parents. The only response they got was a tear rolling down the redhead's cheek when she was told that Grant Sr had been charged for his involvement with the abduction.

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