Bullets racked the car Dawn was about to scream when Angel clamped a hand down on top of her mouth.

"Be quiet" He muttered.

"What's happening?" She whispered

"I'm not sure." He said "We need to get back to Wolfram and Hart"

Dawn nodded in understanding. "How?" The hardest to answer one worded question came out of her mouth. Before Angel could answer the door flung open a man stood there and pointed a gun at the two of them who remained on the floor.

"Get out of the car! Put your hands behind your head!" said the man shouted, Dawn looked at angel uncertainly they were far from Sunnydale now but not very close to LA either. Angel slowly stepped out of the car then reached in to help Dawn out when the man glared at him for doing so he snapped his hand away, not wanting to endanger Dawn. He could live with a shot she couldn't. Dawn's eyes swept the scene her eyes grew wide. There were at least five men there with shot guns.

"Looks like we got ourselves a treat here boys!" said the man who Dawn presumed to be the leader said. Angel glared at them formulating a plan in his head.

"What happened to our driver?" He asked cautiously. The man shrugged.

"Dead" he answered Dawn whimpered which brought angel's and the man's attention back to her Angel could smell her fear. He was also starting to get worried ashis jacket could only protect him for so long from the sun.

Within seconds Angel had grabbed the leader's gun and swiveled wit around and broke his arm a couple of the men fired at him but it only stunned him for a moment. It wasn't until he heard Dawn crying and smelled the blood did he realize what happened. Quickly he knocked the men out and called for wolfram and hart's 'clean up crew'. He went over to Dawn and assessed her condition, she had been shot in the cross fire her right shoulder was bleeding and it didn't look like it planned on stopping any time soon and besides angel was starting to smoke quickly he picked Dawn up trying to be gentle he laid her out on the back seat. Then he threw the dead driver out of the car and took the drivers seat, he threw on the AC and slammed the drivers side door. He gunned the engine and took off down the street. When he was far enough away from the crime seen he called Fred praying she wouldn't be in the lab but in her office, his prayer came true.

"Wolfram and Hart science Department, Winifred Burkle speaking" Came Fred's clear sweet voice.

"Fred? It's Angel I've got an emergency" Fred started to ask what it was, but Angel cut her off "It's Dawn Buffy's sister I'm bringing her in now she was shot I need an EMT ready and waiting when I get there. And alert the lawyers I'm breaking some serious speed limits here."

"Ok Angel I'm on it just get her here"

"I'll be there in 20"

"Bye Angel" The phone line went dead and Angel glanced over his shoulder Dawn was almost unconscious from loss of blood, he knew he had to keep her awake.

"Dawn? Dawn! Come on honey! Stay with me!" He said pressing his foot down even harder on the viper's accelerator; it was almost at 160 mph.

"Angel?" Dawn moaned

"That's right Dawn, We'll be to LA in 20 minutes maybe even less than that" He was pressing the car making it go as fast as it could.

"What happened?" She asked whimpering in pain, Angel knew he had gotten shot too but it didn't hurt him nearly as much as her. Just then as he glanced into the review mirror he saw a cop car pulling out behind him.

"Aw, Shit!" He said, Angel didn't swear much but he did on occasion, now was one of those occasions. Willing the car to go faster he pushed the pedal all the way to the floor, the car was boarding doing 185mph now. He could hear the siren's fading out as he saw the first sign telling them which direction Wolfram and Hart was in. Angel then noticed a red button on the dash board it said 'home' on it

"let's hope this works' he pressed the button and the car came slowly to a halt it took Angel a minute to realize the were in the lobby of Wolfram and Hart.

"Well that's new" He muttered jumping out of the car and going to the back.

"Dawn, Dawn I need you to listen to me. We're in Wolfram and Hart now. Squeeze my hand if you understand." Angel's hand received the smallest amount of pressure from her hand.

"Good. We're going to get you to a doctor ok?" Angel picked her up gently and she whimpered in pain. It hurt herto be in thisposition but she knew if she moved it would hurt more, she had to trust Angel.

Angel gently lifted her onto the gurney that had come along with several EMT's.

"Take care of her I'll be down in a few minutes"

"I'll be with her Angel don't worry" Wesley's voice said as he ran down the stairs. Fred was coming up too. Angel nodded and headed towards his office.

"Don't you ever go away?" Angel asked as he spotted Eve sitting on his desk.

"No way sweetie, it's my checking up on you that keeps this place going. Now how is little Dawnie?" Eve asked faking to be concerned.

"Get out" Angel growled "Or you will regret it" He shifted into game face and took a threatening step towards her.

"Alright honey I get it but I'll be back later!" She said as she hoped off the desk and onto the elevator, Angel sighed and pressed a button on his intercom.

"Yeah boss?" Came harmony's voice.

"Send Gunn in here, fast!" Angel said sounding exasperated.

"You needed something Angel?" Gunn asked walking into the office five seconds later.

"Yeah I broke some serious Speed limits out there getting Dawn here-"

"Dawn's here?
"Yes and she was injured in a shooting on the way here. I broke speed limits trying to get here fast."

"Why didn't you just press the home button?" Gunn asked looking tired at Angel's mistake.

"I didn't realize it would take me here until about 8 minutes into the ride. Now I need you to take care of those tickets." Angel winced as he stood up " And now I get to go have bullets ripped out of my back." Angel started to walk out of the office before he stopped and added. "Thanks Gunn you really are a great lawyer I appreciate your help with this."

"No problem."

"I'll see you in a few hours." Angel said and walked stiffly out of his office as Gunn went back to his.

HOSPITAL WING

"How is she?" Angel asked Fred.

"She's in the ICU but they've got her stabilized." Fred told him. Angel let out a sigh of relief if anything happened to Dawn Buffy would Dust him.

"Ok well I got to go these bullets torn out of me. you guys will stay with her right?" Angel asked directing the question at Fred and Wesley.

"Of course what are friends for?" Wesley asked.

"We'll watch her go on, feel better Angel!" Fred told him gently and watched him walked into a separate room….

a/n

if you wanna know if dawn surrives review! any suggestions are appreciated.