Disclaimer: I so wished I owned these characters, but alas, I don't. They are property of Warner Bros. And Shoot the Moon Productions.
Rating: PG
Summary: Amanda gets hurt on Assignment, later some L/A


Lee looked up just in time to see Amanda collapse behind the crates. His face was one of shock, but quickly morphed into an intense, angry look. He pointed his gun toward the second guy, and began firing. Before long, his bullet again hit it's mark, and the guy fell down dead on the floor. After taking out that guy, he turned his attention to Amanda. He crossed the warehouse quickly over to where Amanda lie unconscious.

"Amanda...Amanda..." Lee whispered gently as he stroked Amanda's cheek, trying to stir her. Realizing that she was totally out, he gently lifted her into his arms. He quickly strode out of the warehouse and to his car, putting Amanda gently down in the backseat. He whipped off his coat, and carefully put it behind her head. For the first time he saw how badly she was bleeding from her leg. "Thank God," he thought relieved to himself. It was only a leg wound, nothing that would permanently damage something really serious.


Lee sped down the highway on his way to the hospital. He found himself getting off on the shoulder of the road, he kept looking back at Amanda so often.

As they approached the hospital, Lee started talking to Amanda even though she showed no signs of recognition. "It's okay Amanda. We're almost there. Just a little bit longer. Hang in there." He said trying to sound reassuring.


He pulled up to the hospital's emergency room entrance, scooped Amanda up in his arms, and strode into the ER. He rushed up to a doctor, and explained what her injuries were. The doctor looked confused that this apparent housewife had gotten shot, but he had Lee follow into one of the rooms down one of the many corridors.

He set Amanda down on the sterile white hospital bed, and stood over in the corner while the doctor examined the wound. He was so nervous. What if the doctors found something wrong with her. What if shrapnel had spread throughout her leg....What if infection had set in...what if....

Suddenly the doctor spoke up, pulling Lee from his nervous thoughts. "Some bullet fragments have also lodged in her side. There may have been a few things that have led to this. Such as maybe more than one bullet was fired, or maybe a bullet ricocheted and some just happen to fly in her direction. Whatever the case, it doesn't really matter, but we need to get that shrapnel out before it lodges farther and farther into side, and infection sets in. The bullet in the leg should be easy enough to get out, but I am more worried about those bullet fragments in her side." The doctor concluded his report on Amanda's wounds.


Lee's face fell. He couldn't believe that all this had happened on one simple assignment. He should have known not to let her come on this. Thinking about the assignment, he realized he had to call Billy let him know about Amanda. He looked around for a pay phone, found one, and quickly dialed Billy.


"Yeah, Billy. It's me..Scarecrow. Listen I'm at the hospital. Yeah...yeah... I am fine, but I'm afraid I have some bad new about Amanda. Well, she did get shot on the assignment. I brought her here thinking it was just a shot in the leg. Well, I got here, and they found some bullet fragments lodged in her side. Yeah, she is being operated on right now.... No, no, I am sure I am fine. I got the guy that shot her and Rodriggen. All right, Billy, I will see ya in a little bit. Bye." Lee finished up his long explanation to Billy, and quickly got off the phone to see if there was any news on Amanda.


He approached the nurses desk, wanting to get information on Amanda. The nurses were standing around chatting. "Excuse me, Ladies, but I would like to know how Amanda King is doing." He interrupted their "important" conversation. One of the nurses spoke up and said, "She is still surgery, sir. But you are welcome to have a seat in the waiting room."


But Lee didn't want to have a seat in the waiting room. Instead he paced the floor, practically wearing a path in the carpet. He finally sat down, but his leg kept bouncing up and down. Patience was one virtue he just didn't have. He finally got up again, and began pacing.

"Scarecrow, you're going to wear that carpet down to nothing if you don't stop pacing back and forth!" Lee heard a familiar voice call out to him through the waiting room. Billy walked up to him and put his hand on Lee's shoulder, forcing him to stop. "Lee, how is Amanda? Have you heard any more??" Billy questioned.

"No, there isn't any news yet," Lee sighed. Billy's face dropped. "Well, I guess we are just going to have to wait patiently until we receive word on Amanda." Billy said calmly for Lee's sake.

Suddenly, the doctor Lee had talked to earlier stepped out of the double doors, and looked around the waiting room. Lee dashed forward, intently looking at the doctor's face. "What, is everything okay...Is Amanda okay?" Lee questioned instantly.

"Well...." The doctor started slowly, " I am afraid I have some bad news....."