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            Angel staggered under the force of the bullet but it wasn't silver so he knew he would be ok. But he felt the bullets strike Buffy's body and he knew that she was not. He saw Teal'c take down the attacker and so he concentrated on Buffy. Her eyes were wide with pain and she was bleeding heavily.

            "Angel?" she whispered, confused. "What happened?"

            "Don't talk." He said and snapped his fingers at Max, "Give me your t-shirt."  Max whipped it off, handing it over. Angel used it on the worst wound and worried about the two others. "Did someone call Janet?" he asked desperately and Teal'c placed a hand on Angel's shoulder.

            "She will be here shortly Angel. What can I do?"

            "We need to control this damned bleeding." He looked up in alarm as the door banged open and everyone else tensed until they saw it was a frantic Jack.

            "Oh God, Oh God!" Jack said frantically, holding Buffy's other hand. She was so pale from the blood loss.

            "Jack?" she whispered faintly and Jack clutched her hand tighter.

            "I'm here Babe." He said and she smiled. "Good, I missed you." and she passed out, causing him to panic.

            Angel stopped him from moving her, "I can hear her heart, it's still beating. Jack, look at me." Jacks grief stricken eyes met Angel's.

            "I may be her only hope." He said quietly and Jack's eyes widened. "No, she doesn't want to be a vamp." He protested.

            Suddenly Janet and an emergency team came in and both Jack and Angel stood back to let her work. They got Buffy connected to an iv, then onto the gurney and took off. Jack and Angel followed them and when they reached the infirmary but Janet turned and said, "Let me work."

Jack turned and shouted, "What in the hell happened?" and Angel shook his head.  "He was a devout Catholic is my guess. He was shouting in Latin 'kill the demons' when he shot us."  Angel shook his head at the waste. "He didn't realize I wouldn't even be hurt." They both realized that their hands were covered in her blood and walked to the locker room to clean off.

Jack looked Angel, "You have holes in your t-shirt."

Angel shrugged, "I was hit three times. The bullets will be pushed out as I heal."

"Doesn't that hurt?"

"A bit." They cleaned themselves up in silence and walked back to the infirmary. They were met in the hallway by Teal'c, General Hammond, Sam and Daniel. Teal'c had already explained to the others what happened. Angel raised his eyebrows for any news but Sam shook her head. "Nothing yet."

Jack paced the hallway and Angel was tempted to join him but stayed put. Three long hours later Janet came out and sighed, "She is in critical condition. In her weakened state she is not healing as quickly as usual. In addition 2 of the bullets entered a lung and we had to go in and remove them. The other bullet went into muscle and we removed that, it should heal." She sighed.

"What does that mean doc?" Jack demanded and she shook her head. "We have to wait. She's in post-op, you can see her in a few minutes." And she turned and left.

Angel was rolling the slugs that his body had expelled around in his hand absently. General Hammond had left to make some calls and Sam had left to check on other things. Daniel was sitting beside Jack, just being there for his friend. Teal'c stood silently in support as well.

Buffy stood before the Powers that Be and waited.

"Buffy, You need to be more careful. You still have things to accomplish." They scolded and Buffy sighed.

"Hey what about me? I just got engaged, I was hoping to enjoy it a little longer." She said sarcastically.

They smiled in sympathy, "Yes, about that. Congratulations. Now you need to be more careful, you have a long life ahead of you and missions to fulfill."

Buffy raised her eyebrows, "I didn't do it on purpose!!" and suddenly was back into her aching body.

"Did anyone get the license plate of the truck that hit me?" she groaned. Janet couldn't believe it. Buffy had just had surgery and should have been unconscious for hours yet.

"Buffy?" she asked quietly and watched her friend open her eyes. "Hey Janet. What's up?" she asked and Janet smiled, checking the wounds under the bandages with amazement. The wounds were almost healed and Janet barked at a nurse for scissors to take out the stitches. Once they were removed she checked Buffy's vitals, and smiled down at her.

"Well, you're doing it again, your healing ability must have kicked in. I'm upgrading you to fair condition. I need to let Jack in before he tries to break in." and she left.

Buffy lay quietly, listening to the beeps of the machines. Jack came in and sat beside her, tears in his eyes.

"Hey, I'm going to be ok. The 'Powers that Be' scolded me and said I have stuff and things to do still." She smiled at the relief in his eyes. Her eyes went over his should to the silent Angel standing in the shadow.

"You ok Angel? What happened?" she asked and Angel stepped into the light, his arms crossed.

"A religious fanatic." He said shortly and Buffy made a face. "Oh joy."

Jack had her hand against his cheek, his eyes closed. "This is really too much excitement for me to take. Marry me tomorrow, ok?" he asked looking into her eyes.

"Not even! I need a dress and shoes and stuff!" Buffy sounded completely shocked.

Angel grinned, "Oh yeah, she'll be ok. Already worrying about clothes." And he came around the bed and kissed her.