AN: Warning: Gun shot violence, and intense situation. Hope this was fast enough for you guys. Thanks for the reviews, here is the next chapter.

Chapter 14: Leaving no one behind

Nick slammed on his breaks the minute he was as close to the bank as he could get, but with both ends of the street blocked and a lot of people had gathered to see what was going on, it wasn't as close as he would have liked to be. Then he got out of his vehicle before slamming the door and running through the group of people till he made it the front where it was tapped off about a couple yards away from the bank.

When one of the cops saw someone running up toward the tape, he stopped on front of him before he could slip under it, and was shocked it was Nick, but before he could say something, Nick speaks while trying to catch his breath. "Sara and my wife could be in there."

The cop looked at him with sympathy before replying. "The captain will reach them once they set up. The important thing is to remain calm in situations like this."

Before Nick could blow up at him, they both heard Grissom's voice, only it wasn't his usual calm and easy going tone, it was very sharp. "Easy for you to say when you don't have a wife and unborn child in there, isn't it?"

The cop swallowed, hearing about the older man's reputation when he gets mad, which was something he didn't want to be on the receiving end of, before he cleared his throat. "Dr. Grissom, Mr. Stokes I'm sure they'll do everything they can to get them out."

Both men were itching to slip under the tape so they could head towards the bank, but they didn't want to cause more problems or get someone hurt or worse, so they just stood there looking toward the building with worried looks on their faces and hope in their hearts that the women they loved will get out of this alive.

Once one of the bank phones started ringing, the leader answered it sharply, who has now ditched the masks, showing him with short brown hair while his buddy had medium length blond hair, and while he was talking and making demands, Sara looked toward one of her fellow hostages, which they were all sitting down now, and the early to mid 20's man was looking at the gun that had once belonged to the guard before he was killed, not far from where he was sitting that.

When he looked up and saw the leader still on the phone with his back toward him and his partner still groaning in pain while his eyes were closed, Sara caught the man's attention and shook her head no, but he wanted out of this bank and wanted to be the hero to get everybody else out, so he moved to reach for it. But a second later a gun goes off and he felt a sharp pain in his arm, making him fall back holding it while the leader was still talking on the phone. "And if I don't get what I want, I won't shoot to injure this time, they'll be dead and thrown out of the bank for you to collect."

He slammed the phone down as he turned toward the man who he had just shot. "Do you think I'm that stupid." He points toward the mirrors that were hanging in an angle that he could see behind him, while shaking his head.

And of course Sara couldn't help but open her mouth, which she did a second later. "Well considering you probably got this bright idea watching some action movie or a video game, and thought you could be like them. I would say that was pretty stupid on your part."

His dark eyes glared at her as he walked up to her, pointing a gun to her with his finger on the trigger ready to push back. "Well look at you, someone's got a smart mouth on her."

Sara took a breath before replying. "That has been mentioned a few times in my life."

"And I bet it has landed you in some hot water at those times."

Despite having a gun pointed at her, her heart racing while her daughter was moving around inside, she calmly replied with a smirk. "You have no idea."

As he raised his hand to backhand her, the phone rings again, so he took an angry breath as he placed his hand back to his side in a fist, and after one more hard look at her, he moved the gun away before walking back towards the phone.

Sara let out the breath she had been holding while looking over at Shelly, who was shaking her head in a disapproving manner, which she understood. Like she said to him, her mouth can get her into some trouble at times..

Her thoughts get interrupted when he yells as he picks up the phone again. "Doctor, stop his screaming!"

While Shelly gets up from her spot next to the other robber and ran to the man who he had just shot to see what she could do, the leader was speaking to the person on the other end. "Alright, I got what I wanted and now I'll give you what you want, one hostage."

He slams the phone back down and turned around to look at all them before his eyes landed on Sara. "Smart mouth, get up." She did what he said, then he spoke. "Bring in the water and the supplies then leave."

A part of her desperately wanted to take that offer and not look back, but Shelly was still in here and she wasn't going to leave her best friend behind, let alone the rest of the people, so she shook her head. "Let the mother and son go."

"Only one."

Before Sara could speak, Shelly did. "This man needs the hospital now."

Sara speaks replied a second later. "Then the man and the boy. Come on, he's seen enough today."

He paused as he looked at the scared boy, who held his mother's arm tightly with fear in his eyes, and a sympathy feeling shoot through him, but he shook it off a second later and spoke sharply to Sara. "Fine, but only them."

Sara walked over to the little boy, who was shaking his head with tears in his eyes as she got closer to him. "No, I want my mommy."

Before his mother could speak, Sara looks at the blond-haired, blue-eyed little boy, who remained her of her own son, even though she tried not to think about that right now, and gave him a small smile before speaking. "I'll take very good care of your mommy, honey, I promise."

As he continued to sniffle while the mother tried to talk to her boy, the leader was getting mad. "Hurry up and make your choice! Or no one will leave."

After Sara doubly promised the little boy that she would protect his mother, he nodded with a sniffle as he held out his hand to her. "Ok."

While they were standing up, Shelly had lifted the injured man up, then the leader pointed the gun at Shelly. "You stay right there."

To him she was the most valuable person in this bank and he wanted her near him, so the other young man who was married, stood up and helped the injured man to the door while Sara walked the little boy there.

Once the door was opened, Grissom, from his spot behind the tape, saw her and sucked in a breath, hoping it was her that the robber was letting go. But the moment the water bottles and the medical supplies were in the bank, she had walked back in, letting the door shut behind her and out of his sight once again.

Nick looked over at him when she was out of sight and placed his hand on the older man's shoulder. "Least we know it wasn't them that got shot, and honestly with all those people, I feel better with her still being in there. She's probably the most qualified person in there on protecting them, even when she is 7 months pregnant." Then he smirked, knowing she'll be the like a tiger, protecting her young. "Maybe even more so because of that."

Sure wanting her in there might have been a little selfish on his part because his wife was still in there, not that Shelly needed full protection since she's been taking self-defense classes and can hold her own, but he honestly believed what he said. Those people in there were better off more with her in there than not.

Grissom nodded, he did agree with Nick, but the small selfish part of him wished it was her that was coming out, so she could be with him safe and sound. But he also knew that if she had a choice, she wouldn't leave all those people, especially her best friend, behind. And that's one of the reasons why he loved her so much, she had such a big heart and wanted everybody around her to be safe.

He took a breath before speaking. "Let's go talk to the boy and young man, and see how our wives are really doing."

After Nick nodded, they headed toward the area they had set up a makeshift command post, where the boy and young man was now at talking to the ones in charge.

As Sara was turning back into the bank, she heard the leader talking to Shelly. "Now you got the supplies, get that bullet out."

"There is only so much I can do, this isn't an operating room. If something more serious happens I don't have the means to fix it."

He looked at her with determination. "Easy solution then, don't let it happen." Then he looked at Sara and her stomach with a smirk before he looked at Shelly again. "Because now you are holding people's lives in your hands. So get to it."

The two women looked at each other before she walked over to the wounded robber, but before she got to work, she turned back towards the leader. "If you let the rest of them go."

As she pointed to the people that remained in the bank, he chuckled as he pointed the gun at her. "Or you can just do it."

She thought about what Nick said about not showing fear to anybody as she replied. "And if you shoot me, your friends' chances of getting out of this alive goes down. I'm the only one in here who is qualified enough, and who knows how much longer you have to wait for another doctor to come in here. He could be dead by then, is that what you really want?"

He was actually shocked that this was the second woman he encountered today that had a mouth on her. It seems he had picked the wrong day to do this. "So, there are two smart mouths in here." Then he points between her and Sara. "You guys know each other?" Before he finishes sarcastically. "Because I'm sure you would make good friends."

Despite the situation, they couldn't help but mentally laugh at his last comment, but they didn't confirm that they were because they decided to play this like they are strangers, so they both shook their heads no.

Then he walked up to Shelly, and if he expected her to back down, she didn't, she stood strong in her spot as he looked at her before he replied a second later. "The old couple."

"Fine." She'll take it just as long as more people were going to be ok.

He looked at the other hostages and pointed to the older couple. "This is your lucky day, out."

They slowly got up from their spot on the floor before heading towards the door hand in hand, and walking out as soon as they were at the door.

The leader looked at Shelly again while stepping back. "There, now get to work."

Shelly cleared her throat. "I need an assistant." Before he could speak, she pointed to Sara. "Can I use your help?" Sara nodded and walked up to her, then to keep up appearances, Shelly held out her hand. "Shelly Stokes."

Sara shook her hand with a small smile. "Sara Grissom, nice to meet you."

After they released hands, they put on the gloves that were provided for them before starting, but a second later the leader speaks, who had been watching her mess with a needle. "Wait! What are you doing?"

She looked at him with a sigh. "If you don't want your friend to feel more pain than he already has, then I need to sedate him."

He looked at his friend, and asked. "That ok, man?" His friend nodded with a tight look, he just wanted this excruciating pain to stop, so the leader looked at Shelly again. "Fine, now get to it, quit wasting time."

She was going to make another response, but this time decided to stop herself and nod before getting to work once the robber was sedated, telling Sara what she needed help with when the time came.

Some time later

After Shelly had successfully gotten the bullet out, which everybody was thankful she didn't nick anything to make her job more complicated, she stitched up the wound on his thigh and wrapped it, then as she was finishing, the leader gets up from the place he was sitting so he could watch to make sure there was no funny business, and said. "Well this is cause for a pizza."

He knew he still had a little time before his friend would be waking up, and since he's still calling the shots, he might as well order something to eat.

But he had made the mistake of turning his back on them because with his friend still out, Shelly stuck the scalpel in the sleeve of her blue shirt in that moment before her and Sara shared a look, already forming a silent plan between them, then she cleared her throat and said. "I have to use the restroom."

"Yeah, me too."

He stopped and turned to them. "One at a time."

Sara nodded as she stayed close to the leader's friend while Shelly walked toward the restroom.

When she had walked out a few minutes later, which Sara saw her first, the leader had his back toward her as he hung up the phone, but before he turned around so he would see Shelly, Sara started to engage him in a conversation to distract him.

Even though the conversation wasn't going smoothly, things were going as planned and it gave Shelly enough time to grab him from behind, which surprised him, but before he could react to it, she had placed the scalpel against his neck while whispering in his ear. "Make a one wrong move and I promise you it will be your last."

AN: Did she really save them? Find out next chapter. Please review.