Kate's POV

Ana had suggested a night of seduction for our men. I'm so up for that my hormones have been kicked into overdrive. I think I'm wearing Eli out with my demands but nothing can suppress the image of Eli spread on the bed with chocolate cake and extra fudge frosting applied liberally wherever I want it! Oh I can feel myself getting hot thinking about it. I wonder if he would be up for a fudge blow job? Mmm, chocolate cake smeared over his bronzed muscular chest... ooh! I'm dragged out my thoughts by a swift kick to my bladder, I swear this kid is going be a footballer, maybe he's the next Beckham? Or she could be practicing her ballet and be a Darcy Bussle in the making!

I'm sure it's psychological, but since I found out I am expecting, I've been peeing like a racehorse! I rush to the loo, I say rush it's more of a waddle as my backside is the size of a small country. Pregnancy is definitely not as glamorous as its made out in movies and on TV. If I'm not in the bathroom I'm taking up residence in the kitchen filling my face with whatever craving is attacking me. It was okay when I wanted normal stuff but when I sat down to pickled eggs and cherry tomatoes Eli nearly puked. My one constant is chocolate, preferably smeared all over my man's chest.

I should get my fat arse in gear. I waddle up the hall towards my room before I double back to grab some supplies out the kitchen. I head into my bedroom straighten out the bed and sprinkle it with rose petals, not too many, I don't want a scene from American Beauty in here, just a good amount of romantic fucking! I dig out some handcuffs and a couple of whips, a dildo or two and put them in the empty top drawer. I spray some rose water for effect then move on to the guest room. It's my favourite room in the flat, I convinced Eli to paint it a pale lemon so that it's unisex and can be easily transformed into a nursery. We have the room planned out to the smallest detail I know where the nappy rash cream will be stored, my hubby to be is one hell of a planner!

I grab some bedding out the cupboard and walk into the sunshine lemon room, it glows in the sunlight, making patterns dance round the walls from the glass light fitting. I stand and gaze out the window and see that it's starting to set, giving off ribbons of colour, streaking the sky with pinks and purples, weaving in threads of orange and gold it's stunning, I could stand here until the sky is black but I need to get on with the job in hand. I am just finished putting the sheet on when I hear the front door click open.

"I'm in here honey" I shout to Ana, picking up the duvet cover and working one side in. I hear her walking into the room behind me. "Could you grab that corner and help me get the duvet in the cover?" She just stands there behind me saying nothing. "Come on! Give me a hand" I spin round and am met with a contorted sneer.

"Not expecting me Kate?" The accompanying laugh chills me to the core. I freeze staring into those manic eyes. "Follow me".

"I'm not going fucking nowhere with you, you psycho!" I yell, only to find myself staring down the barrel of a gun. My eyes follow the motion of the weapon, it moves behind me and out of sight.

"I said move!" I feel it pressed into my back, I walk forwards knowing Ana will be back any minute. I feel the tears spilling down my face, I'm not scared for my own life, I'm scared for my child.

I step out of the room and am guided towards my room via the lounge. I hear a muffled voice at the door, a man's voice, Sawyer! He enters the room his gun in his hand, he doesn't see us in time, the gun is pulled from my back.

BANG

Time slows down as I see the bullet pierce his shirt and see the blood splatter up the wall as it exits at the other side, the gun drops from his grasp and the pain and anguish flashes across his face.

"Code red" he utters before a large boot stamps on his phone.

"No one's coming to save you, Mr bodyguard, your expendable!" The chilling laugh erupts again as the boot kicks the gun away, then it's retrieved by the other hand and before I know where I am there are two guns pointed at me and I'm shoved into my bedroom. The door slamming in our wake.

Ana's POV

BANG!

The shot rings out around me, I lurch forward hurling myself into the apartment. I hear Kate's bedroom door slam. I do a quick look around the lounge, I see the blood splattered up the wall ahead of me. I can feel the hairs on the back of my neck rising with every slow careful step I take. I can hear shouting coming from Kate's room along with loud wailing. I know Kate's in there with whomever has a gun, my stomach lurches with the realisation that the blood could be Kate's. Where is Sawyer?

I creep forwards nearly falling on the body lying bleeding on the floor. Sawyers face is ashen and there is a deep wound just below his right shoulder. His body is shaking, probably due to the amount of his blood swamping us. I pull two cushions off of Kate's couch, I gingerly lift his arm up. He groans in pain as I shove a cushion beneath him trying to stem the bleeding at that side. I compress the wound at the front pushing it into him with all my strength. He screams out, the pain creases and contorts his face.

"It'll be okay. I'll get help" I stand and make to move towards the door. I'm stopped by the sound of Kate's door opening.

"Oh so nice of you to join us Ana" the voice chills my blood, I don't turn around I already know who's there.

Kate's POV

"Get on the bed Kate" I sit on the edge. "Lie down!" The stern tone and the volume makes me quiver in terror. I follow my instructions. My bump sticks out prominently as I lie down.

"Please don't hurt me!" I beg.

"Oh lookey here, Miss Kavanaugh, your in the family way" the hysteria erupts again, before a loud wail echoes forth. It takes a second for me to realise I'm the one wailing.

"Don't hurt my baby" I beg. The face changes, and softens, almost like changing its mask.

"I had a baby once you know. They gave it away, they all took her from me" a babyish voice claims. Pain flashes across the innocent face of my captor before it twists again and the ire returns. "Babies are filth, the world would be a better place without scum, wailing, dirty, incommunicative beasts."

"No!" I scream covering my ears. I can't listen to anymore of the venom spilling out of her mouth.

"Aaaarrrrgggghhhh" a scream pierces the air, she looks at me panicked.

"Is someone through there?" I shrug "IS THERE SOMEONE THROUGH THERE?" I look away.

She throws the door open and motions to me to move. I walk towards her and she pushes me against the wall next to the door, gun pushed into my lower back.

"Don't move or I'll make it a long painful death for you and your scum" she sneers into my ear.

"Oh so nice of you to join us Ana"

I see my best friend freeze then turn slowly round. I can just see what's happening, I almost catch Ana's eye but she doesn't look at me she focuses on the gun then raises her gaze straight into the eyes of our captor.

Ana's POV

"What do you want Mia?" I demand. The gun in her hand swings wildly. Her face is like a crazed maniac.

"I want revenge." She replays coolly, her face twists bitter with rage and untamed fury "You, little bitch, stole my life, my brother and my lover. I hate you." She spits in my face.

"I stole nothing, you fucking nut job!" I notice Kate standing shaking in the doorway.

"Now, now little bitch, you'll do exactly what I ask you to and these two will be fine, if not you'll have even more bodies on your conscience." she motions the gun pressed into Kate's back.

"What do you want Mia?"

"I want you to die Anastasia Steele." I feel like all the air has been knocked out of my body.

"You'll let Kate go?"

"Yes, after she's seen you die."

"No, let her go Mia, she has done nothing to you!" She crackles and raises her hand, I feel it swing across my head. "Tell Christian I love him..." I whisper as I fall to my knees and the darkness swamps me and I slump over Sawyer body.

Kate's POV

I watch in disbelief as Ana drops to the floor falling lifelessly over Sawyer. He cries out as she falls, rolling himself on top of her, covering her body with his as Mia takes aim again.

BANG

BANG

Sawyers head rolls to the side his eyes open and face contorted in pain. She pushes me out the door towards the bodies. I can feel Sawyers glassy eyes staring at me.

"You killed them! You killed them both! Why?"

"They had it coming, well little bitch did, at least!" She replies in a controlled level way. "Poor, little, broken Christian, no one left to pick up all the pieces, what will he do now?" She sing songs the glee evident on her face.

"Let me go, please, I never did anything to you. Christ, I was your fucking friend!" I sob.

"Oh yes, until little miss bitch Steele came along! You dropped me like a hot potato! You deserve to be punished for that Katie! I'm sorry that I have to do this to you but, you'll get over it" she tilts her head to the side almost as if she's considering her next move.

"You promised you'd let me go" I beg. I see her absorb the information before she throws one gun away and pulls the other from my back. A childlike whisper leaves her mouth

"Tell them all I'm sorry" she places the gun at her temple and squeezes the trigger. I watch in horror as her head explodes across the living room. I stand completely still staring at the bloody aftermath of Mia's last stand. I hear a whimper coming from under Sawyer.

"Ana?" I crouch next to the tangled bodies. Her hand flounders out from under Sawyer. I grab hold and pull up as hard as I can, Sawyers body flips over releasing Ana's upper body. She sits up and struggles out from under her bodyguard.

"Sawyer? Miss Steele? Miss Kavanaugh?"

Ana's POV

Taylor's voice echoes round my head. I try to reorientate myself to the room. There is blood everywhere it has seeped through my clothes like water. Sawyer's glazed eyes stare at me. I crouch down and feel for a pulse, I can't feel one. I close his eyes the way I've seen it done on TV shows. I think he's dead. I hear footsteps enter the room.

"Code red, backup required, scene secure." I see Taylor flanked by two police officers. Kate slides sobbing down the wall. I step over to her and wrap my arms around her.

"They're dead Ana, she made me watch as she shot him" she cries the sobs heaving through her body. "She made me watch Ana, I thought you were dead! I thought you were dead! Then she, she..."

"Help, somebody help, she's struggling to breathe!" I cry, paramedics rush over and put a breathing mask on her and inject something in her arm. "She's pregnant, be gentle with her." They nod and strap her to a board and carry her out. I follow behind her, Taylor holding my arm.

"Miss Steele, you need to be checked over, your bleeding" I snap my head round

"I'm going with Kate!" I bite.

"Miss Steele, Mr Grey is waiting for her downstairs. Mr Grey is waiting for you downstairs too. It's my job to tell him you've refused medical attention" he gives me a 'I'd grass you up in a heartbeat' look.

"Fine! I'll see the medics!" I storm towards the nearest one. She sits me on the stretcher and takes my pulse and blood pressure.

"We need to get her to the ER now!" I feel my body being manhandled onto the stretcher and I'm being rushed from the building.

"We need her clothes! Put them in an evidence bag when you remove them "I see a tall burley guy shout at us.

"Yeah, yeah, we know procedure!" She shakes her head.

"What? Where are we going and why do you want my clothes? Where is Christian? I need him!" I start hyperventilating.

"Okay sweetie, I need you to calm down. Take some slow even breaths. I guess Christian is one of the two panicked men downstairs. He's not allowed up as this is a major crime scene. I need you to hold still now as we don't quite know the extent of your injuries." She soothes me, stroking my hand gently.

"Will you get him? Please, I need him!" I beg, clutching her.

"Lets get you loaded first then I'll find him okay? Now slow even breaths for me sweetie" she removes my hands from her arm.

"Ana, my name's Ana." She nods politely as the stretcher is pushed into the ambulance.

"ANA!" I breathe deeply, he's here. I feel his hand in mine.

"Christian." I take another deep breath and close my eyes.

Christian's POV

I hold her hand tight as I survey her body. Her clothes are soaked in blood, she is caked in a layer of red. She takes slow deep breaths, her eyes closed, a trickle of moisture runs from her eyes. What did she see? What the fuck happened? I pull out my cell and call Taylor. I need information.

"Sir?"

"What the fuck happened in there? Where the fuck was Sawyer, I don't pay him to sit on his ass, especially when some fucking lunatic attacks my girlfriend and future sister in law" I growl. The EMT looks at me and shakes her head.

"He's gravely I'll sir, he was shot three times, one in the shoulder, and twice in the back. They don't think he's going to make it." Oh my God, did she see him get shot? I snap back to information mode.

"Who shot him?" I bark

"It was Miss Grey sir." FUCK!

"Mia? Just wait till I get at her I'm gonna fucking kill her!"

"She's dead sir, she shot herself." I drop my cell. What the hell did she do first? I hear a gurgling sound and look down at Ana.

"Move sir, now. She's choking!" The EMT shoves me out the way and works on Ana. "Ana? Ana? Can you open your eyes for me sweetie?" She pushes down on her chest. "We need to be at the hospital now!" The sirens ring loudly above me.

"What's happening?" I plead

"She's vomiting and showing signs of severe head trauma, she possibly has internal bleeding, I don't know how much, if any, of this blood is hers." She yells as she sticks needles in Ana's arms.

The next thing I know the back doors are flying open and Ana is wheeled out people shout orders around her, I follow behind my hand on her head whispering that I love her and begging her not to leave me.

"Sorry sir you can't come in here authorised personnel only." I'm pushed back and a nurse leads me to a waiting room.

"Christian?"

"Mom! Kate, Ana, Sawyer it was Mia, mom she shot at them." She nods and tears spill down her face.

"Come with me, you and Elliot should be together just now." She leads me to a door just across the hall from where the nurse had guided me.

"What the fuck happened in there? Kate is fucking catatonic." He hurls all his fury at me.

"Mia." I don't need to say anything more. His face falls.

"Does she really hate us that much?" I can see him trying to rationalise it in his head.

"I don't know, I suppose it doesn't matter now anyway" I sigh

"Doesn't matter? The hell it doesn't, I want answers, that manipulative little bitch has gone too far this time!" His inner demon bursts out.

"Elliot, she's fucking dead! We won't get answers, they died with her. Only Ana and Kate know what happened and I can't see them talking about it." I pace the floor. Running my hands through my hair.

"Sit the fuck down, they will come and get us..." He's interrupted by a knock at the door. We both freeze as the door opens, our eyes waiting to see who enters. We both deflate when Taylor's head comes round the door.

"Sir, I have more information for you"

"Yes. What is it?" I snap unable to hide my disappointment.

"Sawyer passed away twenty minutes ago at the scene sir. I thought you should know." I close my eyes and drop my head.

"Has his family been informed?"

"Yes sir, I called them personally." I nod

"Thank you Taylor"

"I'll take up my post at the door." He says and goes to leave.

"Stay. Please sit down." I ask. He looks surprised then gives me a small nod and sits down. Time drags on minutes feel like hours. Kate and Ana's parents arrive together, escorted into the room by my Mom.

"Any news?" Carla asks nervously.

"Nothing yet." I reply.

"Can we see Kate?" Barbara probes Elliot.

"She's sedated again, they are taking her for scans to make sure she wasn't hurt and they are checking the baby too." He breaks down and cries. I've never seen Elliot cry before it shocks me to see him turn into the blubbering mess in front of me. His fiancée and child could have died. I involuntarily shudder at the thought.

The door opens and a small blonde woman in shrubs enters.

"Mr Grey?" She asks

"Yes" Elliot and I reply in unison.

"It's about Anastasia Steele" she says

"Oh God, she's alive please tell me she's alive." Carla begs the woman.

"I'm Mr Grey." I stand

"Okay, Ana has a mild concussion that caused a temporary loss of consciousness. She is awake and orientated. She needs an operation as she has a bullet lodged in her bowel and one in her left thigh. We will operate tonight, she's heading to the operating room shortly but wants to see you first."

I nod and follow the woman to Ana's room. She looks so small and frail in the big white bed. Her hair is still splattered with blood and there are random patches of the stuff all over her.

"Ana, baby I'm here" I take her hand.

"Christian?" The tears spill from her brimming eyelids.

"Shhhh, I'm here baby." I stroke her cheek.

"I need an operation.."

"I know, your going be fine, I'll be waiting for you, I'll be here when you wake up." I'm trying my hardest not to cry.

"Promise?" a single tear trickles down my face.

"Promise. I love you baby." I place a delicate kiss on her cheek.

"I want to go home." She breaks down and sobs now. I climb onto the bed beside her and scoop her into my arms, rocking and soothing her.

"As soon as your better baby. "She stares up at me with her big doe eyes.

"Sawyer? Is he dead?" I nod "He saved my life", I can't help but look confused.

The nurse chooses that moment to burst in and kick me out. I walk back to the now half empty waiting room. I field a lot of questions from both Carla and Ray. Once they are satisfied I sit down next to my mom.

"How's Kate?" I ask her.

"She's awake but not really talking, she just keeps asking for Ana." Her head hangs. "This is all my fault!"

"No mom. Mia did this, you did your best with her"

"I missed a schizophrenic illness in my own child!" She shouts. Carla and Ray glance over but thank God keep their mouths shut.

"We all did, just because you're a doctor doesn't make you any different from the rest of us!" I see Carla nodding.

"Grace, you did everything and much, much more for that girl. A lot of parents would have given up on her as a lost cause when she went into the Erm... hospital. But not you, you visited daily when you could even with your husband being so ill. You are the type of mother I hope I am to Ana and that I aim to be to Scarlett." My mother falls into Carla Steele's waiting arms and sobs.

Kate's POV

I curl into a tight ball in the middle of the bed. Ana, that's what I need. I steal glances at the worried faces around me, they all seem so foreign to me. I shut my eyes to block their pitying gazes out and I'm back in that room again, the two bodies on the floor and the blood I feel it's sticky warm as it splatters me. Those eyes stare at me, taunting me, still full of venom and hate. I force my eyes open, lean over the side of the bed and vomit. I feel the familiar squirm in my belly. I caress it.

"Ana saved us little one. She'll be here soon." Eli holds my hand and talks to me. I pull away and rock my bump stroking it lightly. "Don't worry little one Ana's coming." I soothe. I feel a sharp scratch in my arm and it floats back, back to the nothingness that I came from.

Christian's POV

The time drags by slowly, mom and Carla fall asleep first then Ray so only Taylor and I remain awake.

"Sir I'd like to take up my post please." He asks

"Okay Taylor, and thank you for today." I reply.

"It's my job sir." He nods his head and steps out of the room.

I feel a strange numbness in my arm and oh my neck! I stretch out and note that four hours have passed. I must have fallen asleep in this neck breaking seat. I stand and stretch my lower limbs. I need a walk. I step out the room and Taylor is there on guard.

"Sir?"

"I'm just stretching my legs and looking for the nearest bathroom"

"Third door on the right" he tells me. I offer a small smile of thanks before I stride towards it. On my return I see the same petite blonde talking to Taylor.

"How's Ana?" I ask.

"Surgery went well, she's in recovery." I feel my face light up.

"Can I see her?" I need to be with her.

"It's not normal protocol but you're allowed Mr Grey." She smirks. "follow me" I run along behind her like a little lost puppy.

She leads me to Ana's bedside.

"Hey sweetie look who I found!" Ana's eyelids flutter open and flick from short blonde to me. She grimaces as she moves her head. I sit on the chair that's been provided for me. I lift her hand.

"I told you I'd be here" I lean over and place a gentle kiss on her forehead. She pulls her hand away.

"Kate, I want Kate"

A/N: Big shout out to the wonderful Amy Rolon for betaing this chapter for me! I hope you all don't want to kill me after that one! I promise the story is coming to an end soon, there may be more from them though! I do love my Ana and Christian!

Till next time, thanks for reading and pretty pretty please leave a review

CarrieJ x