Chapter 2 Present Day

A/n: Hey everyone sorry if the first chapter sucked I was not sure how to do the flash back stuff from here on out it will be present day.

Steve woke up and looked across at his wife who was sleeping peacefully and had her hand resting on her stomach. Steve leaned over and traced his finger down her cheek.

Cheryl slowly opened her eyes. "Mmmmm morning honey," Cheryl replied dreamily.

"Morning sweet heart you look tired are you feeling ok should you be working," Steve asked with concern in his eyes?

"Yes I am perfectly capable of going to work."

Later that day Cheryl and her detective Been Chapmen had to go out on a very difficult case. A man had been taking women and their babies slowly torturing them and then killing them. He usually killed the baby first to make the woman suffer. The case had been difficult on Cheryl and she had begun to have nightmares as a result of it. So Cheryl's phone rang and a few minutes later she was getting her jacket on and calling for Chapmen and telling him that their was a sighting of the baby killer as he had began to be known. The rest of the day had seemed to go by very slowly for Steve. He had a feeling that something was wrong but he dismissed it as paranoia. Then the call came around 3:30.

"Sloan here," Steve said as he answered the phone.

"Um Lieutenant this is detective Chapmen it is Detective Banks she has been shot and is being taken to Community General as we speak."

"Ok thanks for telling me I will be their as soon as I can," Steve said as he began to shake. He got up put on his jacket and walked to the captain's office. Steve knocked on the door.

"Come in," Captain Newman called. Steve walked in the office.

"Lieutenant what is wrong you look like you have seen a ghost," Newman said worriedly.

"Cheryl er Detective Banks has been shot and is being taken to Community General and I need to go," He trailed off.

"Of course go to her and Steve, let me know how she is."

Ok sir I will do that thanks," Steve said as he walked out of the office and closed the door behind him.

Jessie had just sat down in the doctor's lounge with a cup of coffee when his name was called over the PA. "Oh my goodness I can't even have a coffee break." Jessie got to his feet and began to run to the ER. "Ok what have we got," Jessie asked as he entered the ER?

"Forty year old female multiple GSW and she is six months pregnant."

"Ok let's go to trauma 1." "Oh my god," Jessie cried as he got his first glimpse of the woman. "Get Dr Martin and Dr Sloan down here stat."

"Yes doctor the nurse replied.

"Jess what is it," Mark asked as he ran in to the ER?

"Mark it is Cheryl she has been shot multiple times."

"Oh my god that is horrible."

"Hey who paged me," Alex called as he ran across the ER?

"I did," Jessie replied.

"Ok what have we oh my god," Alex trailed off as he saw the victim. "Cheryl, honey can you here me?"

"I want a fetal monitor heart monitor and standard blood work and prep an OR for surgery," Jessie called out. Mark saw Detective Chapmen standing awkwardly outside the door. "Um excuse me guys I will be right back.

"Ben, how are you doing?"

"Oh hi Dr. Sloan how is she?"

"Well we don't know Jessie and Alex are working on her." "Does Steve know?"

"Yes I called him as we were coming over." "Ok well good then let's go to the doctor's lounge and Jessie will come and get us as soon as he has news.

Steve broke all traffic restrictions and pulled in to the parking lot at Community General in ten minutes. He ran in to the ER and looked around frantically for either his dad Jessie or Alex. Suddenly he saw Amanda running towards him.

"Oh Steve, honey I just heard what happened how is she?"

"I don't know I just got here."

"Well let's go to the doctor's lounge and wait you know that Jessie and Alex will come and find us when they have news."

"Amanda I am so scared what if she dies," Steve asked as his voice began to break?

Amanda put her arm around Steve and began to walk him towards the doctor's lounge. "Come on Steve it will be ok she is a fighter." Steve and Amanda had arrived at the doctor's lounge and Mark and Detective Chapmen jumped up. Mark ran over to his son and took him in to an embrace.

"Son it will be ok she is a fighter and she has two of the best doctors working on her."

"What about the baby is it ok?"

"I don't know I think so but I don't know," Mark replied. The four of them sat in the doctor's lounge for three or four more hours in silence before Jessie and Alex came wearing scrubs that were covered in blood. All four of them jumped at once and Steve began to ask questions.

"How is she? How is the baby? When will she be able to go home?"

"Steve let Alex and Jessie tell us what they know ok.," Mark said soothingly.

"Steve she has been shot multiple times. Once in the shoulder once in the chest and once in the stomach," Jessie said.

"Oh my god Steve said as his legs began to weaken. Mark and Been helped him sit in to a chair and Amanda began to rub soothing circles on his back.

"Alex How is the baby," Steve asked in a voice that was barely above a whisper.

"The bullet hit her stomach but not in an area that was critical for the baby. For now the baby is safe," Alex replied.

"What do you mean for now," Steve asked with fear in his eyes.

"Steve Cheryl is in a coma and is currently on a ventilator," said Jessie.

"How long will she be in the coma?"

"I don't know I hope not to long," Jessie replied.

"Jess can I go and see her please?"

"Sure she is in ICU and should be settled in by now. You can and go and see her but I think you should go home and get some rest."

"No Jess I refuse to go home Cheryl needs me."

"Ok well I had to try. Ok come on she is in room 2991." Steve got up and walked out of the room with the others close behind. When they got to the room Steve looked in and froze. "Steve do you want me to go in with you," Amanda said softly?

"Um yah that would be great thanks Manda." Steve couldn't believe what he was seeing all of the machines and to know that they were keeping his wife a live right now. Steve walked over and took her hand in his.

"Cher can you here me baby?" There was no response save for the sound of the ventilator as it continued to breath for her.

"Ok everyone visiting hours are over and I want everyone to go home," Alex said. Everyone left and Mark gave his son a hug as he passed by. Steve pulled a chair over to the side of the bed and got settled for the longest night of his life.