co-written by RatedrKjErIcHo.

Alyssa walked into the hospital and into the ward that Heath had told her he was in. She was worried about him. He'd been so in love with Nikki. And they'd planned so much of their future together. She closed her eyes. It reminded her so much of the way things had started out with Mike. He had a way of making you fall in love with him without even trying. She walked in and knocked on Heath's door. She walked in and saw him sitting on the bed with a gun to his head.

"Heath…..how….how are you doing?"

He turned to her. "She's gone. I lost her. I don't want to live."

Alyssa was weary of the gun in his hand. "Heath, you don't want to do that. Nikki wouldn't want you to do that. Just put the gun down."

"I can't." He said with tears in his eyes. "Nobody gets it. Nobody understands."

"I understand. More than you think."

"She was my life. I wanted to get married and build a life with her." He said as the tears started to fall. "We had plans. Life plans and now they're gone."

"I understand that. Heath, I lost my husband not that long ago. I know how it feels to make plans and have them taken away in an instant. But Nikki wouldn't want this."

"I don't know if I can live without her. I'm lost."

"I know how you feel. But you can't stop living. You have kept going for her. She wouldn't want you to do this."

He looked at her and then the gun in his hand. He didn't want to live without Nikki. If they had just stay home instead of going out to talk to the recruiter. Nikki would be alive. She told them to go and talk and get things together.

"You did this. You're the one who told us to go get everything together." He pointed the gun at her. "If you had just kept your mouth shut, she'd still be alive."

"Heath, that's not true." She said trying to control the emotions she was feeling.

He got up out of the bed and walked over to her. Before she could react, he pointed the gun at her head. He turned as the door opened and a nurse walked in.

"Get out." He said pointing the gun at her. "Leave us."

The nurse quickly left and headed to the desk. She quickly dialed 911 and explained the situation. She hoped everything would be okay.

Randy looked at the clock nervously. Alyssa had been gone a long time. And he was wondering if he was the reason for that. He sighed as his pager went off and the phone rang at the same time. He grabbed his pager and answered the phone before looking at it.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Stephanie did a rush on the DNA test. We got the results back. Congrats, you're about to be a father." Randy smiled. But the smile quickly faded when he looked at his pager. "Thanks for telling me sis. But I've gotta go. Work."

"Alright."

Randy hung up and headed to the station. He knew John was still on leave and at the hospital with Maddie. He arrived at the station and saw his team suiting up. He walked over to Dwayne.

"What do we have?" He asked him.

"Hostage situation but I'm not sure you should be involved."

"Why shouldn't I be? I'm one of the best."

Dwayne sighed. He didn't want to tell Randy the next part. "The hostage situation is at the hospital. A patient is locked in his room with a hostage."

"John's at the hospital with Maddie. She had the baby."

"Yeah I'm getting ready to text John the information. We might need someone inside."

"I know it's going to be hard to be at the hospital knowing it's where my wife died but I can do this."

"That's not the issues Randy. The hostage is Alyssa. The nurse who called it in said she saw him take Alyssa."

Randy closed his eyes as his heart started pounding in his chest. This couldn't be happening. Not again. Not when they were both on the brink of finally finding something good in life again."You there Orton?"

"Yeah. I'll be down in a minute. I have to be there Dwayne...just...just in case."

Alyssa looked at Heath. "Let's just talk about this okay? You're a good guy Heath and I know you don't want to do anything drastic."

"I have nothing else to live for thanks to you." He said as he pointed the gun at her. He had barricaded the door to keep anyone from entering.

Alyssa hoped she could reason with him. She was going to make sure she protected her baby.

John watched as Maddie and Mikey slept. He felt his phone vibrating and he looked at the message. 'Hostage situation at the hospital. Alyssa taken hostage. We are on the way.' He walked out to the nurses' desk and saw the doctor there.

"Excuse me, is something going on?"

"Of course not." The doctor said. "Everything is fine." He had been told by the hospital to keep everyone calm.

John moved closer to the doctor. "I'm a member of the San Antonio SWAT team. I just got a text from my boss explaining things to me. He is going to keep me updated. Now, I'm going back to sit with my wife. If anything occurs on this floor, I want to be notified."

The doctor nodded and John headed back into the room. He text Dwayne and told him to keep him updated on things.

The SWAT team assembled and suited up. They knew this was going to be a potential hard mission. The events from the last year still fresh in their minds.

"Alright. I want Daniels and Kazarian on the roof across the street. Styles, you and Angle stay close here. DiBiase, Ryder take the left side. Morrison, Kingston the right. Copeland, work your magic."

Everyone looked up as Randy came rushing under the police tape and looked around at them. "Orton, what are you doing here?"

"That's the woman I love in there and she's pregnant with my baby. I'm not leaving. I'm going to help rescue them."

Dwayne sighed. "Orton, you are too emotional. You can't be in this."

"I'm not leaving. I will do whatever I have to do to save Alyssa and my daughter."

John looked at his text message. The team was outside and getting ready to deploy to rescue Alyssa. The hospital had locked down the maternity floor.

"What's wrong?" He heard from the bed. He looked up and saw that Maddie was awake.

"Nothing."

"I know you. So out with it."

"There is a hostage situation here at the hospital."

"Is Mikey okay?" She said with a panic voice.

"He's fine. See." He pointed to where Mikey was sleeping in the bassinet.

"Great." She said with relief.

"There is more Maddie. Alyssa was taken hostage. She is in the room where the gun man is."

"Oh my God..." Maddie said.

"The teams outside. We just have to sit and wait."

Randy sat in the back of the SWAT van, his head in his hands. This couldn't be happening again. He couldn't lose them. Not before he could tell her. Not before she knew he loved her.

"You really love her?" He heard from the side of the van. He looked to see AJ standing there. They'd barely spoken in the months since it had come out that they were having a baby together. Randy nodded.

"I don't know how it happened, but I love her. I honestly do." Randy said. "And I can't lose her or Ayla." AJ looked at him and nodded.

"Do me a favor and stay out here. Please? I'll make sure to get them out safely."

"What?"

"Hey, if you're in love, I can't let you lose your family again. Hang tight. We'll get them out." AJ said. "I promise."

Randy nodded as Dwayne called his team into place. Randy stood back and listened as Dwayne gave orders.

"Alright listen up. We have a lone gunman with one hostage in a room on the third floor. We have an officer inside on the fourth floor. But I don't want John involved unless there is no other way. Our hostage is pregnant. So our main goal is get her out safely and unharmed. I want team A to go around the back and team B in the front and team C secure the perimeter. No one gets in or out from here on out. MOVE!"

The teams deployed to where they were supposed to be. Randy didn't want to sit back and wait but he didn't want to risk Alyssa and Ayla like he had Savannah. He wasn't going to lose his family.

Alyssa looked over at Heath. "You're a good guy Heath. And I know you're hurt and confused. I know that you feel alone. Like you can't go on and nobody will ever love you again. But it will get better. You will find love again. And it'll be scary and exciting and confusing. And Nikki would want that for you. But you have to listen to me. You have to believe that it'll all be fine."

Heath looked over at her, tears streaming down his face. "I've been there. I thought losing Mike was the end for me. But I did find love again. And I've been walking around with that guilt for weeks now. But I'm not afraid anymore. And you'll find that again Heath, you will. Just…..put the gun down. C'mon, let's get out of here okay?" Heath was silent for a few minutes, tears streaming down his face.

"You really mean it? You're in love?" She nodded. "I'm sorry about this…..I really am." He said just as there was a knock on the door. Heath looked at the door and panicked. His finger hit the trigger and the bullet seemed to move in slow motion. He looked back at Alyssa as she slumped to the floor, a gunshot wound to her side.

"Shots fired! Shots fired!" AJ's voice came frantically over the radio. "We're taking the room." Randy's heart caught in his throat as the fear from before returned. It was happening again.

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