"Aiden move your hand so I can take a look!"
"I don't want to contaminate the crime scene," Aiden said still keeping hold of her arm.
"Always the professional," Danny smirked trying to make light of the situation. "FLACK WHAT'S ARE ETA?" he yelled taking hold of Aiden's arm against her protests.
"The bus is two minutes out. How is she doing?" Flack asked coming back into the building.
"SHE is doing fine. Don't start talking about me like I'm not here." Aiden began to squirm under the pressure of Danny's hand. "How is the girl?"
"She is with her mother." Flack crouched down beside his friends. While trying to help he noticed another spot. "Dammit." He pulled out a hanker chief and pressed it to Aiden's side. "She got shot twice?"
"I got shot twice! No way!" Aiden moved away from Flack's hand. "This sucks." Aiden closed her eyes and tried to relax.
"The bullet got her in the arm an in the side looks like," Danny observed keeping pressure on her arm. "Aiden keep your eyes open for us."
"I'm doing my best," Aiden said keeping her eyes open a sliver. She and Danny had been talking to witness in a restaurant across the street from their homicide. While they were talking to a women and her young child a shooter entered. He aimed his gun right at the little girl and as a reaction Aiden grabbed the girl and used her body as a shield. It was also one of those days when she figured a vest was overkill. Now all she could do was look up at Flack and Danny, neither one was good at concealing their worry. "I'm having some trouble breathing," she admitted as she stopped fighting against her friend's attempts to help.
"Okay Aiden the bus is coming I can hear it just hold on," Flack said as he loosened the collar of Aiden's shirt. "Here come the paramedics."
"Flack you ride. I'll get the casings and call Mac." Danny stepped out of the way letting the medics do their job. "Call me if there is any news."
"Alright, I'll make sure she'll be okay." Flack followed the gurney out restaurant and out to the bus.
Danny waited till they were out of sight before he pulled out of his cell phone. "Mac its Danny. Listen there's been an accident."
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Stella continued to process the scene but kept a close ear on the conversation Mac was having on his phone.
"What happened?" Mac asked. "Where did they take her?"
Stella walked across the room over to Mac whose face was filing with worry.
"Okay we'll meet you there." Mac hung up the phone and turned to his partner. "Aiden got shot."
"Is she alright?"
"Flack is with her at the hospital. Donny says she wasn't hit anywhere major."
"I can stay here and finish processing," Stella offered.
"Okay, I'll keep you informed."
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"Flack! How is she?" Donny asked, Mac following close behind him.
"Still in surgery, the bullet went in a lot further than we thought. They haven't said anything since they brought her in." Flack was about to burn a whole in the floor.
"What happened?" Mac asked. "The whole story."
"We were talking to a witness when this guy came in and pointed his piece at the witnesses little girl. Aiden protected the girl and got shot in the process. Flack was in the back and returned fire, he chased the suspect till he lost him in the subway system. I stayed with Aiden we didn't notice she was hit in the die till later on but she was still talking up until the bus came."
"She passed out in the bus." Flack turned with everyone else when the doctor came in. "How is she?"
"She is resting. We got the bullet out it made a small tear in the lung. We are going to keep her overnight but she should make a full recovery." The doctor passed the bullet in a plastic bag to Mac.
"Thank you doctor." Mac passed the bag onto Danny. "Get this to the lab and run it through the system."
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"Hey Flack," Aiden said quietly turning her head towards her friend. "How's it going?"
"Aiden." Flack smiled and got up from his chair. "Mac she's awake."
"Mac is here?" Aiden asked in a drowsed state turning her head towards the door. "Hey. You guys all look so worried." Aiden had a slight slur to her speech she was still pretty out of it. She tried to sit up but only made it about five inches before she felt the pressure in her chest and coughed.
"Easy." Flack placed his hand on Aiden's good arm.
"What's the damage?" she asked as the pain passed.
"Bullet nicked your lung. They are keeping you overnight to rest." Mac squeezed her hand and gave a small smile. "Do you need anything?"
"I'm good, thanks Mac." Aiden closed her eyes and drifted to sleep knowing that her friends were looking out for her.