"Put her down."

John stood there holding natty looking at Rick.

John didn't know what to do on the outside he stayed strong on the inside he was terrified.

"Ok I'm gonna out her down just be cool." John said sitting natty back down on the bed.

"Get over there. Keep your hands up."

John kept his hands where Rick could see them.

"How did you get in here anyway."

"The window was unlocked. Didn't think Maggie would slip up and leave a unmanned window locked."

Rick just looked at the window. He knew she would kill him when she got back from getting supplies.

"Look just let me take her out of here and I'll stay in her place."

"No way she wants her. She's hell bent on making her parents suffer. Of course I think the little girl should be with her mom and dad."

"Ok then just let me take her. You can come with me to I promise the cops won't do a thing you."

"I don't believe you."

"Office Spears." John yelled out the window.

"Yeah John."

"Can you guarantee me nothing will happen to my friend in here if he comes out."

"10-4 John."

"See they wanna help you now put the gun down and you me and natty will walk out of here unharmed."

Rick thought what John had said. He was tired of Maggie and her berating of him and her constant verbal abuse. Rick was about to drop the gun when they saw the mirror on the wall break.

"Shot's fired, shot's fired. John hit the deck." Officer spears yelled.

When john heard it he grabbed natty and took her over to a closet.

"Natty I need you to stay in here and put this over you and don't you come out till I tell you ok."

She just nodded her head and got in the closet and covered herself up john took the mattress and placed it in the closet with her to give her as much protection as he could.

After one shot was fired that's when the gun fire began to come in in waves.

John hit the floor covering his head from all the fallen debris that was blanketing the room.

"Rick get down." John yelled but Rick couldn't hear him his body was riddled with bullets. What seemed like forever the bullets finally stopped and the sound was eerie.

John crawled over to Rick's body he checked for a pulse but there wasn't one. If the may lay of bullets to the chest didn't kill him the one to the head surely did him in.

After john composed himself he saw his arm was bleeding he then realized about natty he rushed over to the closet pulled away the mattress and heard a muffled cry. He pulled the things he placed over natty, john was relived to see she was alright.

"Natalie. Come here baby it's ok I've got you. Your safe now. Shh your safe."

"John, John."

"Back here." John said holding natty in his arms calming her down.

"You two alright."

"Yeah I think so."

"Johnny your bleeding." Natty said pointing to his shoulder.

"Looks like one of the bullets grazed you. Come on the EMT's are outside let's get you both to the hospital to be checked out."

John stood up holding natty.

"Johnny."

"Yeah baby girl."

"I wanna see my mommy and daddy."

"We are baby. I'm gonna take you to them. I promise."

John was beyond happy that he got natty back but he would be more happy when he could reunite Natalie with Phil and lisa.