Disclaimer in Chapter 1

Thanks for the reviews . keep them coming. it's a goal I have to break 100. so come on and help me out!! And. I don't own the doc's from ER and General Hospital and I don't own any of the Third Watch Characters either. Sorry it has taken so long to update - my internet crashed and it's been a pain getting it back up.

Chapter 16: And the rest of the world..

Two hours has passed since Callie's identity has become known.

Frank looked at his watch and saw that it was after midnight, and he was still

pacing. He was just so restless and consumed with guilt. "This is all my fault. If I had

never gone out with Callie, if I had just let Nancy know how I feel sooner, if I had

just." Frank thought to himself. Frank sat in a chair with his head between his knees as

a few silent tears fell for Nancy.

Chief McGinnis called in two officers to finish up the remaining interviews, and

he put out the A.P.B. for Callie. He took Frank and Joe's statement and recorded them

so he could play them for everyone back at the station. After the two officers arrived he

said his goodnights and headed back towards the station. The earlier meeting had been

put off due to the interviews taking longer then the Chief thought. He wished he could

go home and crawl into bed, and just forgot about the day's events. "So much for

wishful thinking." The Chief thought as he as wearily walked into the station.

He mumbled a hello to the desk sergeant, and headed up to the conference room.

He walked into the room and saw papers everywhere, telephones ringing, empty food

containers, empty pots of coffee, and so many men hard at work. It didn't matter where

you had met Nancy, what agency you worked for just as long as her attackers were

brought down that's all that mattered. It touched the Chief's heart that all these people

were coming together to help Nancy. He felt sometimes that Nancy was his own

daughter. He cleared his throat and the room became silent, and everyone looked

towards the Chief.

Tears came to his eyes, when he spoke, "Thank you, gentlemen and women. On

not only the behalf of the family but on behalf of me. I think we need to change shifts.

As I look all of you in the eyes I know you have been in here working all day and all

night. I am sending you all home to hotels or wherever you need to find a bed for the

night. I am calling other people to take over. We will restart at seven am tomorrow, and

that's an order."

The men and women in the room slowly stopped what they were doing and

began explaining to whomever would be taking over their spot while they got a few

hours of shut eye. Slowly the room emptied and taxi's were driving off. Finally, Chief

McGinnis was ready to leave and he left Sergeant Yokas in charge, and headed out to

his car to begin the long drive home.

Meanwhile, back at the hospital waiting room George and Will had been filled in

with the latest information. Nancy wasn't dead, yet. Nancy's condition hadn't

changed she was still in a coma, but at least they now knew the name of her attacker.

They now knew that Callie, Frank's ex was Ned's partner in crime. George and Will

now sat on one of the loveseats cuddled together with blankets quietly talking.

Joe and Iola were a few seats down and on the other loveseat cuddled in some of

the blankets Bess, George, and Will had brought back. They sat all snuggled in after

explaining to George and Will what had happened. Iola was still a tad freaked out by

discovering that it was Callie behind everything. Iola had always thought of Callie as a

friend, a partner in making Joe and Frank squirm. She shuddered at the thought and

pulled herself closer to Joe. Joe stroked her head and murmured some comforting

words.

Aunt Eloise had decided to wait for Gertrude so the two could catch up. She was

in the bathroom when Iola screamed, and had stopped to talk to a doctor about her

nieces' condition when George, Will, and Bess arrived. She had just arrived back in the

room to here the explanations to everyone. She now sat in a chair a few feet away from

Joe and Iola, who were almost sleeping. She could hear a few sniffles from over in

George's direction. Gertrude was in getting her statement taken by Officer Cruz Officer

Swersky.

They were the two officers the Chief had picked to take over for him. They had

moved the interviews to a new room after Iola had identified Callie. Laura and Fenton

were the last ones left to get their statements taken. The sat in the center chairs, holding

hands and watching their eldest son. They didn't know what more they could say to

ease his pain and make sure he knew this wasn't his fault.

A plane somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean

In the first class section of the plane two people sat taking a beak from each other

momentarily to make some plans for when they land..

"Callie - Callie. Let's just find a hotel to stay at for now. Then we are settled we

can find a house somewhere and move into that. We need to find jobs, and open bank

accounts." her lover trailed off.

"Mmmm. sure darling. Whatever you say, but we will take a few days to relax.

Let's just leave the United States behind us, and start totally anew. No more dark days,

just happiness in every possible way." Callie said with a sly smile.

"Callie... we have nothing. We can't relax until we have money to pay for the

hotel, to buy the home." Ned stated.

"Don't worry I have enough cash on me to get us through. Don't worry baby I

have it all planner out. Now relax. for me?" Callie said.

Ned gave her a look and just sat back in his seat and closed his eyes. Callie put

her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

"May, I have your attention please? We will be making a slight detour of a stop in

Madrid, Spain for a quick refueling. Please buckle your seat belts and put your trays in

the up right position." A stewardess announced over the p.a. system.

The Drew Home

Carson and Hannah lay wrapped around one another, sweating yet comfortable

with a slight chill in the room. Carson sat up and moved a little ways away from Hannah

and grabbed the down comforter and pulled it up over them. Carson gave her a kiss and

pulled her back into his arms.

"I love you Hannah!" Carson whispered near her ear.

"I love you, too Carson." Hannah replied as she turned her head and kissed him.

With that said the turned to each other once more, before finally falling asleep in dawn's

early light.

The Hospital Chapel

Bess sat in a pew near the back after lighting a candle for Nancy. She had never

been very religious, heck, no of her friends had. Yet she had felt almost drawn to come

to the chapel in the hospital. Tears gently fell from her eyes the longer she sat.

As she sat not knowing what to say, or do an old familiar song lyrics came back to

float about in her head.

"I've been sitting here

Can't get you off my mind

I've drove myself insane
But the truth remains..

You're gone..

You're gone..

Time is passing so slowly now

Guess that's my life without you

But if there's something that I could do.."

That last line stuck in Bess's head. She changed it to, was there something I could have

done? The tears came harder now that it was finally starting to sink in.

Nancy her best friend, excluding George of course, was dead.

That's it for this chapter. Reviews are greatly appreciated. I don't own NSYNC'S lyrics to Gone either.