Disclaimer: *Sighs* I do not own ER or any of its content or characters.

Neela's Point Of View

~~~Takes Place 6 Months after Gallant left~~~

I got up that day, and looked outside, only to discover the horrible storm conditions. I completly hated walking in the rain and either way I would have too. I grabbed my umbrella before leaving and started walking down the steps of my aparment building. I opened the umbrella quickly and started to run. I slowed down a little because I was afraid I would fall. I arrived finally and walked into the hospital, shaking the excess water out of my hair. Everyone was staring at me and I wondered if I had done something wrong. I walked into the lounge to discover Susan, Abby, and Carter all discussing something. They quickly got quiet at the sight of me.

"Oh don't mind me." I told them. "Go ahead with your business."

They continued to look at me as I put my stuff into my locker. I turned around.

"What?" I replied in my accent.

"Oh Neela....." Susan said and gave me a hug.

"Huh?" I asked. "What....what's going on?" I asked them.

"Maybe you should sit down for this." Abby sighed.

I walked over to the couch with them and they all sat down except Carter. He said he would leave this to Abby and Susan and walked out of the lounge.

"Guys whats going on?" I asked aggitated.

Abby and Susan looked at eachother and Susan nodded, saying without words that she would be the first to speak.

"Well last night after you went home an ambulance came in. " She began. "There was a person from the army on it and he said that his buddy was in trouble, that he had been shot right below his heart. We thought it was an ordinary person, and then we looked down to find......Gallant." She said looking down.

"What...?! No! He is supposed to be in Iraq!" I yelled shaking.

"He was but he was on his way home to see you. He didn't call because he wanted it to be a secret according to his friend. He took a plane home but when he arrived someone didn't like the fact that he was in the army. Probably someone who was from Iraq. They shot Gallant while he walked down the street with his friend after following them for a mile."

"We took him into the trauma room. He was still awake but barely. Before he passed out he told us with all his strength that he wanted to see you, so that we couldn't let him die." Abby told me. "We tried as hard as we could to wake him up. He's not dead, but his heart may stop and he could go into cardiac arrest." She said, tears running down her face.

"What....what do I do now?" I asked Susan.

"All we can do is wait." She told me.

I nodded, understanding the situation. I had seen in before. I never thought it would happen to me though. I stood up and walked over to the sink. Abby and Susan watched me. I let the water from the faucet run into my hands and I splashed them on my face. I turned around to Susan and Abby and looked at them for awhile.

"Save him." I said.

Here is the chapter you have been waiting for a while now. Sorry it has been so long I have just been busy. I will try to write chapter 9 tonight. Review please!