"Dr. Campbell? Dr. Campbell!" When Lana got no response from the other end she knew Andy was unconscious. She threw the phone down and ran down the hall screaming, "Lu! Lu!"

"Lana, what is it?" Lu appeared in front of her.

"It's Andy! She just called. She's been shot Lu."

"What!" Lu's eyes widened. "Where is she?"

"At home."

"Come on. We'll drive an ambulance."

And with that, Lu and Lana were off on their way to Andy's house.


Once they arrived, Lu hopped out of the back and ran inside. It didn't take long for Lu to find Andy. Her co-worker was lying on her side in a heap, on the floor, in the living room.

Lu fell on her knees next to Andy and rolled her over. She checked her breathing and pulse. She had a weak pulse and shallow breathing. She was alive, but not by much. Because she was losing so much blood, Lu feared she'd go into shock.

Once the paramedics came in with a stretcher, they transported Andy into the ambulance.

While Lu and the paramedics attended to Andy, Lana could do nothing but look at her friend from a distance. Seeing how bad her condition was, Lana couldn't help but cry.

After a few minutes, Lu decided to let the paramedics handle things. She sat down next to Andy and took her hand. It was only then that she noticed Andy's face. She had a black eye, a busted lip, and multiple cuts and bruises elsewhere.

Then, Andy's eyes gradually flickered opened.

"Andy! Are you okay?" Lu checked her pulse.

"Hurts." Andy's voice was barely a whisper.

"I know." Tears were threatening to pour down her face any minute. "Andy, whose gun was it?" Lu pushed Andy's brown locks away from her face.

"Mine."

Lu was perplexed. She didn't know Andy had a gun. "Why'd you have a gun?"

"Les." Andy's face scrunched up in pain. Lu couldn't tell whether it was emotional or physical.

Lu raised an eyebrow. There was only one reason she could think of that someone would have a gun. "To protect you from Les?"

Tears fell from Andy's eyes. She gave a slight nod. "He…He…" Her voice caught in her throat.

"He what Andy?" Lu took both her hands and looked into her eyes. She immediately sensed Andy's emotional anguish.

Andy forced herself to say those three words she'd been terrified of speaking. "He raped me." She closed her eyes in shame and started sobbing.

Lu's mouth fell open. Horrified, she looked up at Lana, who heard Andy as well. Lana looked just as stunned as Lu.

"It's okay Andy." Lu bent over and hugged her hysterical friend. Lana went to the other side of Andy and did the same. "It's okay." For the rest of the ride to Rittenhouse, Lu and Lana tried to comfort her.


Do you get what I was talking about at the beginning of the story now, about a character being totally out of character? I know Les would never in a million years do that to Andy, but hey, that's why this is fanfiction. Anyway, back to the story.