I do not own The O.C. or any of thier character.

I finshied the last chapter and it is long, and when I say long i mean long, 11 pages typed out. So I want to thank the following people:

Melodie568, bigwilly, Zbyszko, JustJamie3, OCluvr1212, Mrs. McKenzie, haley-ryan-hotty, orange-tide, HelmsDeep2234, FanFic-Fan-Forever, and Sis2ACesarSalad.

All you peope were nice enough to write me reviews, with out saying it was stupid, or I wrote myself in, which I didn't. My name isn't Cat by the way, I was just obsesses with that name, which i am not anymore, I have found a new name to love. So anyways thanks for the reviews and thanks for encouraging me to finish this story. Hope you liked it.

Once again I tell you I am not good with medical info, since I haven't asked anybody about it, I just wanted it to work out this way so if you don't like sorry, but i will not be changing it.

Chapter 18

"Ryan let me go." Eddie cried as she struggled against the arms that held him.

"Eddie don't. Wouldn't you rather he be in jail." Ryan said as he struggled to hold Eddie there.

"Yes." Eddie said as she stopped struggling.

Jamie get into the office and lock the door." Ryan said

"I just though you would lie to know, you whould be worried about Cat. She was shot with all three bullets." Jamie said as she shut the door to the office, and locked it.

"You ass." Eddie cried again squirming in Ryan's arms. "Ryan let me go." Eddie cried

"Eddie we need to worry about other things." Ryan said Ryan was worried, Cat hadn't said she was hurt so he wasn't worried about her being hurt physically until now.

"Fine, Ryan, go check on my sister. I promise I want hurt anybody." Eddie said

"Good." Ryan said as he ran back to Cat. She was still awake, crying. "Cat answer a

question for me."

"What?" Cat asked though her sobs. She was now lying next to Canan's body.

"Did Jamie shoot you?" Ryan asked.

"Yes." Cat said. "No, I don't know I cannot feel anything."

"Where?" Ryan asked

"I don't know." Cat cried out.

"Come here." Ryan said as he tried to lift Cat's body away from Canan's. Cat was struggling against him wanting to stay near her sister. "Cat, she'd dead, you cannot change that. But you can help yourself. Canan wouldn't want you to die for her like this. Let me help you." Cat stopped struggling and Ryan put Cat on his lap, and started to look for an entry wound. He couldn't see any. It could have been because of all the blood that was covering her body. Cat was now crying into Ryan's shoulder. He still hadn't found a bullet hole. He put his arm around Cat's shoulder he then felt a bullet hole in her shoulder. He looked closer and saw that it was all the ay though the shoulder. It was her left one. He grabbed Cat so he could carry her.

"Eddie go tell Teresa to put something to cover the couch. Bring Canan, Sandy you bring Jamie with you. Kirsten and Seth you guys come with me and Cat to Teresa's." Everybody nodded.

Ryan and Cat were in the backseat of the SUV. Cat had driven up. Eddie left the car service station five minutes before Ryan. Going full speed down the road towards Teresa's. Sandy was following behind Kirsten.

"Ryan why are we going to Teresa's? Shouldn't we be going to a hospital?" Kirsten asked

"The closet hospital is about 30 minutes away with no traffic. It's five o'clock on a Saturday. Also the hospital isn't very clean. Teresa's house would be cleaner and safer." Ryan replied.

They arrived at Teresa's 10 minutes later. Eddie had gotten there and told them what had happened.

Ryan had carried Cat into the house. She was still awake, but not very coherent. He carried her to the couch and put her down. Teresa had a cup of water and Ryan made Cat drink it. He then picked her up again and carried her to the bathroom. HE then shut the door. He took her shirt off and saw that she had been nicked in the other shoulder.

"Ryan what are you doing?" Cat asked. He voice was weak. He looked at her and saw, the skin he could see, was pale as a sheet.

"I am cleaning you up." Ryan said as he turned on the hot water in the tub, where he had placed her. He cleaned her chest and arms, and patted them dry to try to clean her up. He put some antiseptic in her wounds. She winced as he poured it. He then wrapped her wounds with bandages. He next took off her pants to change her into different clean clothes, that Teresa had placed in there before. He took off the pants that Cat was wearing and he saw another bullet hole on her leg. The bullet was still stuck there so he took it out and put it with her clothes. He cleaned the wound out and wrapped it up. Once she was bandaged he helped to the side of the tub and dried her off. He then dressed her with the clothes from Teresa and Eddie and picked her up.

He opened the door and carried Cat to the couch, which Teresa had readied for her. Cat had fallen asleep as Ryan carried her to the living room, so he gently placed her down. When he started to back away from her he found he couldn't. He looked down and saw Cat had grabbed onto Ryan's sleeve. He didn't want to make her wake-up or become antsy. But he had to clean himself up he had blood everywhere. He slipped the shirt off. He let Cat hold on to it while he went to clean it up.

"Is she going to be alright?" Eddie asked Ryan, who had just finished getting dressed after his shower.

"If she can sleep, yeah." If the bleeding stops soon, yeah, she will be fine." Ryan said trying to comfort the older brother.

"What if the bleeding doesn't stop?" Eddie asked Ryan as Ryan started to walk away.

"Worse case scenario she stays here and dies. Best we bring her to the hospital and she is in there for longer than she should." Ryan said as he entered the living room. He grabbed the first aid kit and went towards Cat, who was tossing and turning the best she could on the couch. Ryan sat down on the edge of the couch and reached for her arm. The instance he touched her, she stopped squirming.

Ryan didn't seem to notice, but Eddie did. Eddie watched Ryan slowly remove Cat's right arm from the shirt she was in. Once the arm was free they could both see that blood had bleed though the gauze already, and was on the shirt, which was black so they couldn't see the blood on it. Ryan took the bandage off and cleaned the wound. He patted it dry with some gauze, and then wrapped it back up with fresh gauze. The then cleaned the other two wounds the same way. Once they were cleaned and freshly wrapped, Ryan had Eddie bring him a button up shirt and a pair of shorts to make it easier to clean her wounds. Eddie brought them and Ryan changed her. He grabbed the bag filled with the bloody supplies and started to stand up, but once again Cat had a hold on his shirt. Needless to say, he didn't get very far.

"Here, let me." Eddie said as he grabbed the bag from Ryan. "You stay here with her. She seems to feel safer with you than anybody else."

"Are you sure, you don't want to stay here." Ryan asked

"I am sure, for now anyways it's midnight. I should go to bed. The Cohen's are in the guest room. You can sleep here tonight, sine this the only room, with comfortable sleeping furnisher left." Eddie said as he walked away.

Before Ryan could say anything, Eddie had turned the lights off; all but two dim ones that were used to let people find the bathroom in the dark. Eddie rounded the corner and was gone from site.

Catheren was on the edge of the couch, so Ryan tried to climb over her and get behind her but he found it wasn't going to be easy since Cat was still holding his shirt.

"Cat, I'm right here, let go of my shirt for a second please...I am trying to make us both comfortable." Ryan said in a whisper.

Cat release her grip slightly, until Ryan started to move.

"It's okay, Cat, I'm trying to go behind you." Ryan said into Cat's ear, trying to comfort her. She released her grip and Ryan quickly went over her. He put his arms around her waist and said: "See I'm right here."

Cat now held onto Ryan's arms and didn't ever seem to want to let go.

It was 6 o'clock in the morning when Cat woke-up. She opened her eyes and saw Ryan sleeping with her. She was wrapped protectively in his arms. She felt safe, but didn't know why she was there. She looked around slightly and saw Teresa walking into the room, Ryan and herself where in. Then it struck her; she was in Teresa's house. 'But why am I here?' she asked herself. Cat moved so her back was now against Ryan, but she could feel pain rack her body. Teresa must have seen her move, since she came over to Cat and said: "Don't try to move"

Cat didn't know why. But she wasn't sure she wanted to know.

Teresa started to mover her hands to the top button of the shirt Cat was wearing.

"What are you doing?" Cat asked her voice hoarse.

"Cleaning, you gun shot wounds." Teresa said

Cat raised an eyebrow at Teresa and watched as the wounds were cleaned, wounds Cat didn't even know she had. Then Teresa's told her to turn slowly. Cat sis but fought against the pain. Teresa helped turn her over to clean the one on her other arms. Then Teresa told her to turn back. She did. She could feel every time she turned Ryan would tighten his hold slightly more.

Cat watched as Teresa cleaned the one on her leg, and then held off to the kitchen, only to come back with O.J.

"Drink this." Teresa said

Cat did as she was told, but she had a hard time swallowing the drink.

TWO DAYS EARLIER

"How's she doing?" Sandy asked, it's been less than 24 hours since the death of Canan.

"The bleeding has mostly stopped, she just she just tries it open slightly when she moves, since she has been having fits lately." Ryan said

"Should he be going to the hospital? Or Jamie to the police?" Sandy asked

"Teresa just called the cops. She told them everything that happened and that Canan and Jamie are now at her house."

"What'd they say?"

"They said that they would be up soon, they said that we shouldn't have moved the anybody though or taken Jamie."

"It's true."

"Okay, Cat was bleeding. She wasn't going to leave without knowing Canan wasn't going and we couldn't leave Jamie alone. It was all I could think to do in the few seconds I had to decide. I did what I though and felt was best, and I still think that I made the right choice."

"What about Cat?"

"She will be fine, once she come back to being awake."

"Are you sure?'

"All we have to do is wait. The hospital won't do anything for her now. I know that. The police are coming to take Jamie and to take Canan's body to the morgue. You should leave after you fgive your statement." Ryan said

"Why?"

"Sandy, you don't want to stay here. You have a job, Kirsten has a job and Seth has school."

"So do you." Sandy said

"I am not leaving here until Cat is better or she died. I'm sorry to upset you with my choice but I cannot leave here now."

"No, I understand perfectly." Sandy said. "We will leave once the police have all of our statements. But we are leaving the SUV you drove down. That way you will have to come back sometime. Deal?"

"Deal." Ryan said as he walked into the kitchen. Sandy followed him.

"What would you like?" Teresa asked as she saw Sandy and Ryan walk in the kitchen.

"I would like the usual." Ryan said as he sat down at the table

"I'll have whatever he is having." Sandy said also sitting down.

"Wouldn't you want to know what it was first?" Teresa asked

"No, my life is full of surprises why not make it one more."

"Fine." Teresa said as she went to the stove.

Ryan and Sandy talked more with input from Teresa about what was going to happen with Catheren. When Teresa put a plate in front of each of them with an omelet on it.

"This doesn't look so bad." Sandy said.

Ryan started to eat it.

Sandy took one bit to have a hard time swallowing it. Once down he spoke up. "What's in this?" Sandy asked

"You don't want to know." Teresa said as she walked out of the room.

"Ryan?" Sandy said

"Hey you said you didn't want to know what was in it." Ryan said

"But I want to know now."

"No you really don't." Ryan said.

"Tell me the main ingredient." Sandy pleaded

"Nope." Ryan said as he picked up his plate and walked into the living room. "How is she?' He asked Eddie who was now sitting beside his sister.

"Not to good." Eddie said. You could feel the concern in the room.

"Why do you say that?" Ryan asked

"She keeps fidgeting. She doesn't stop." Eddie said

Ryan couldn't see her fidgeting since he was facing the back of the couch. But he could hear her. Ryan came closer and put his hand on Cat's shoulder, the fidgeting stopped once he touched her.

"How do you do that?" Eddie asked

"I don't know it just happens." Ryan said

"What should we tell the cops when they ask about her?" Eddie asked looking down at his sleeping sister.

"We tell them the truth. If we lie they will find out." Ryan said

"But they will ask us why we didn't take her to the hospital."

"We tell them the truth."

"But if she dies here, you or me, or even Teresa and her family could be charge for her death."

"No, they don't care about her death, they will deny it all."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I am sure."

Then a knock was on the door. "This is the police." Came a thundering voice on the other side of the door.

They told the police everything. They told them everything that the officers asked, even about Cat. The police said that 'if' Cat wakes up to tell them and they want her statement. They took Jamie away.

The Cohen's left and Eddie went to work. Teresa went with her mother to the store and Ryan stayed with Cat.

He was tired, but he didn't really know why. He had gotten enough sleep. He changed the wrapping around Cat's arms and legs and snuggled down next to Cat. He hadn't planned on falling asleep.

Ryan woke-up the next day. He looked at the clock and saw that it was 7 in the morning. Teresa's was already making breakfast. He slowly got up and went towards her.

"Why didn't anybody wake me up?" Ryan asked sleep heavy in his words.

"Well you were exhausted yesterday. You didn't get much sleep, so we thought that the nap would be good for you. But you slept the whole night." Teresa said.

"Really, How long?" Ryan asked

"Well from about 4 in the afternoon to now."

"That was over twelve hours." Ryan said

"Yeah, but you needed it."

"Thanks."

Teresa put an omelet in front of him and he ate it. When he finished he helped Teresa pick up the house, at noon he tried to get Cat's body to drink something, after about an hour he finally got it to. Nothing happened the rest of the day. Ryan sat in the chair next to the couch, holding Cat's hand while reading a book. Night came ad Ryan went to bed on the couch.

Present

Teresa looked at Cat. She saw confusion in her eyes, she was sure she knew why Cat was confused.

Teresa took the cup and brought it into the kitchen, she didn't want to lave the kitchen, since she didn't want to answer any questions. She started to scramble eggs. When she got back to the living room, Ryan had just woken up, she decided to stay in the kitchen.

"Hey you." Cat said still confused, her voice still hoarse.

Ryan looked at the girl in his arms. Had she actually talked to him, was she really awake? He looked her in the eyes, and found out it was true.

"Hey sleepyhead." Ryan said "How are you feeling?"

"Sore." Cat responded.

"Do you remember why?" Ryan asked

"No."

"What is the last thing you remember?'

"Getting a phone call from Katie."

"What did Katie have to tell you?" Ryan didn't really want to bring it up, but she would hate him if she didn't.

"I don't remember."

"Think hard."

"Canan, something about Canan." Cat said after a minute of thinking.

"What about Canan?"

"She was gone...no kidnapped." Cat said after five minutes

After and hour of trying to remember Cat finally remember having Ryan leave the warehouse.

"What happened after I left?" Ryan asked

"He called Canan down." Cat said

"Did she come?"

"Yes."

"Then what?"

"Jamie yelled at me, and told me to run away with him. Canan had her arms wrapped around my legs cause she was scared. He kept saying we were meant to be together. That it was out destiny. I told him no. That I was going to leaving him there, since he cheated on me. He told me that if I left, he would shot me." Cat said, "I pulled Canan behind me, turned to her and told her to run. She did but Jamie pulled his gun out and aimed it at her. I stood up and in the way. He pulled the trigger it hit my right shoulder. I tried to grab the gun from him but I got it to point at the floor. It went off and I felt pain my leg...I fell and Canan ran over to me. The gun was pointed at me now. I didn't know what to do. He moved the barrel so now it was at Canan's head, but I grabbed her and pulled her under me. The gun went off and went thought my left shoulder. I heard Canan scream I pulled away from her and saw the blood pouring out of her. She told me she was cold. Then she told me she loved me, and it wasn't my fault. Oh, God...I killed my sister. She's dead...Canan died in my arms." Cat now started to cry as all her memorize came back to her.

"Shhhhh.... It'll be okay. Shhhhh..." Ryan said trying to comfort Cat.

"No it isn't, she's dead, and she died, because of me." Cat said her voice muffled in Ryan's shirt

"She told you not to blame yourself, so don't. Do what your sister asked you to do."

TWO DAYS LATER

Cat had given the police her statement the day she woke-up. Canan's funeral was today. Catheren was to give a speech, but since she wasn't able to walk well, yet, she had Ryan help her to the podium. He had to help her stand.

"I would like to thank you all for coming. Though this isn't a happy time. Not even the heavens are happy. My sister used to ask me questions. I didn't want to get into the science of nature so, when she asked why there was rain, I would tell her someone dead, and the person and everyone above us where crying. My family was very religious, though I was not. When she first asked what stars where, I told her they were the people that had dead, that were watching over their loved ones, until the end of time, she really liked that one. She told me that she would always watch me from up there, I told her that I would be the one up there watching, because she was going to be the one to live a long wonderful life, with people that love her. I guess I was wrong. The first and only funeral she went to was the one from out grandmother; she thought it was a party, so she asked where all the balloons were. I told here that it wasn't a party, but something sad. Balloons weren't an appropriate thing to have. But as you can see, she changed my mind. She ways wanted the happy things in life, so I asked if there could be balloons here. I loved my sister, and I would have done anything to protect her, but I guess it was her time. I will miss her smile, and her laughter, I will miss everything about her, but the one thing I will miss the most, will be the fact that she was terrified of the bogeyman. She wouldn't want you to be sad for her, she is now in the stars watching over us, making sure we are all safe." Cat finished her speech and stepped down. She couldn't handle all any more of he ceremony, so Ryan and Cat are now sitting on a bench outside the door.

The ride to the ceremony was as followed: The heirs, the parents, Eddie and Teresa, and then Ryan and Cat. As Cat looked out the window at all the happy families, the sad feelings kept coming back.

"I still cannot believe she is dead." Cat said.

"I'm sorry." Ryan said not wanting to make her sadder, but want her to know he was listening.

"You didn't do it." Cat said

"I know but I am sorry about Canan, and what she said was true, you didn't cause it." Ryan said

"I know you are sorry, but..." Cat didn't finish her thought she just went back to looking about the window.

The ride was silent. They got to the cemetery, and stood in the rain for about an hour after the ceremony was down, but standing there looking at the grave.

Ryan didn't see Cat again. She had disappeared, no one else knew where she was either.

On the day Ryan was going back to Chino with Teresa, because of the baby, Sandy came in.

"I have some news you might want to know." Sandy said

"Yeah, what's that?" Ryan asked as he continues to pack.

"The Knights, don't own the house they live in..."

"Why would I be interested in that?" Ryan asked

"If you had let me finish I would have told you." Sandy responded.

"Sorry."

"The house belongs to Cat. Her birth parents dead and left the house to their first born, Kali Sullivan, AKA Cat Knight. The Knights changed her name before they adopted her. Since Cat left them, they have to leave the house, since they don't own, and the person that does, isn't getting paid for rent or anything."

"She Cat's parents, left her the house?"

"They wanted to have her back about a month after Cat was adopted, which was about a day after she was put up for adoption, but they couldn't. They had two other children, but they left the house and most of the money to Cat or Kali, what ever you want to call her now. That house is hers and hers only. No one can take it, the Knights have to pay for the months that they stayed there. Since the whole house was already paid for. There is no more tax on the house. All the bills had been paid for and those not paid for are taken out of the bank account in Kali's name. And boy she had more money than J. Lo."

"Crap." Ryan said shocked at what he was just told. Cat wasn't unloved at all in her life. They wanted her back, but they couldn't get her back....

The End.

Hope you liked it. I got bored of reading it since I wrote it up on Halloween but is there were any spelling mistakes i am sorry. I don't know if i will be writing another one to this one, but I might. if you liked it that thank my friend since she was the one who told me I should post it.

WATCH FOX ON THURSDAY 11-4-04 IT'S COMING BACK. THE O.C. IS COMING BACK. YAY.

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