I am so sorry it is taking me so long to update. I've been really sick and been in and out of the hospital. It's been really hard to focus on anything else. I know this chapter is not very long but I wanted to get you guys something. Its not very good. But now that I am starting to get better I am going to put more focus on this story.

Thanks so much for being so patient with me.

Amber aka Welby

"Don't worry sis, I'm sure he has already gotten away and is on his way here right now." Sadie grins. "You know he wouldn't miss this."

Sadie brushes Jude's hair out of her face.

Sadie looks down as Jude's eyes close. All the machines start beeping…she looks around, confused. The nurses and doctor run into the room.

"Her blood pressure is dropping, heartbeat erratic…start compressions. Get the OR on the phone and let them know we are on the way down. We have to get these babies out before we lose them all."

They quickly push the bed out of the room.

Sadie is left standing there, wondering why this is happening.

Another ambulance comes to stop outside the emergency room. The attendants quickly pull out the stretcher.

"We have massive blood loss as a result of a gunshot wound. Weak pulse and blood pressure is low." the attendant tells the nurse as they rush into the hospital.

"Does anyone know how it happened?" the nurse asks.

"Hostage situation."

All of sudden everyone starts running into the room. "We have a code blue in emergency 1, code blue in emergency 1." is announced over the intercom.

Everyone is gathered in the waiting room wondering when they will get any news. Sadie and Kwest are sitting next to the door holding hands. Sadie hasn't stopped sobbing since they took Jude to the OR. Speiderman, Kyle, Wally, Jamie and Patsy are sitting on the couches. Their eyes staring blankly at the television screen in the corner. They are not really watching it and if you asked any of them what they were watching, none of them could tell you.

Speid reaches up every once in a while to wipe his tears off his cheeks. "Please god, don't let anything happen to Jude" he prays silently. "She's my Lisa, my best friend and the only one of this group who really gets me."

Darius is pacing from one end of the room to the other. "What the hell is taking so long?" Darius roars. "Shouldn't we have heard something by now?"

"They said they would let us know as soon as they can. They're pretty busy, D" Kwest says quietly.

They hear the door open and they all look up to see Tommy run in the door.

"Where's Jude? Is she OK? How are the babies?" he asks, looking around frantically.

"Whoa, Tommy! Slow down! She is in surgery, she was having complications so they had to get the babies out quickly." Darius says, walking up to him.

"Damn cops! They wouldn't let me leave until I went down to the precinct and gave a statement. They wouldn't tell me anything." he says running a hand through his hair. "What kind of complications?" he asks.

"Her blood pressure started dropping and her heartbeat wasn't right." Sadie says standing up and walking towards Tommy. She quickly hugs him.

"What happened, Tommy? After we got Jude into the ambulance and started driving away, we heard another gunshot. We were so worried about you. No one here knew anything or couldn't say, and when we called the police station and they wouldn't tell us anything. How did you get out?" she asks stepping back and looking up at him.

"After Angie tried to shoot Jude, I grabbed her arm that held the gun and we fought over the gun. It went off and she was shot." Tommy sighs. "They took her away in an ambulance not long after Jude. I just can't believe this is happening. I just got Jude back, there is no way that I can lose her again."

By now the rest of the group has made its way over to where they are standing. They are not sure what to say to him that could help him. They all want to re-assure him that Jude will be fine, that she is a fighter, but they are so worried that it might be a lie. Jude has always been tough, but this is not something you can prepare for.

Tommy looks around at the group, as odd as this group may appear and how different they all are, they are his and Jude's family. He would never have been able to get through the last few months without them. They forced him to keep going and never give up hope.

"Well we are definitely glad you are ok, Quincy" Speid says, deciding to be the first of the group to step forward. "Now if we could just get some word on Jude…."