"Hope you said your goodbyes to her," Mitch says as he starts to pull the trigger. Nash with his mind on Tess does not comprehend that Mitch has a gun on him and is about to kill him. Nash pulls Tess close to him when a shot is fired.
"Uh!" Mitch says as he puts his hand onto his chest where his blood is now pouring out of, he turns around. "Who are you?" Mitch gasps out as he collapses to the floor, dropping his gun in the process. "A friend," the man says as he checks on Todd on the ground wounded.
"How bad are you bleeding?" the man asks Todd.
"He just wounded me, check on Jessica," Todd says as he tries to stand up. "Nash!" the man says.
"Nash! How is she?" Fred asks as he was the one who had shot Mitch. "She can't die Fred, not when I just found her," Nash says.
"Ah man, we need to get her to a hospital quick! Why don't you give her to me so you can stand up," Fred says as he starts to reach for Tess. "No!" Nash says as he starts to stand up, bringing Tess with him as he stands. "Jessica!" Todd says as he walks to Nash and Tess.
"Let's get out of here," Fred says.
"You get her to the hospital. I'll deal with him, if she dies I'm coming after you too," Todd says as he picks up the gun keeping his eye on Mitch.
"Come on, my car is out back," Fred says as he and Nash walk out of the room and down the stairs to the back door to where Fred's car awaited. Fred opened the car door for Nash to sit in the passenger seat. "Owwww," Tess moaned in obvious pain.
"Tess, I'm so sorry baby. We'll get you some help real soon. Fred hurry!" Nash said as Fred got into the car and took off, speeding as fast as he could to the nearest hosptial. The ride only took minutes but to Nash it seemed like an eternity; all he could do was whisper in Tess's ear that she was going to be fine and to hold on and not leave him. Fred pulled up to the emergency room at St. Luke's hospital.
"We need a doctor now!" Fred screamed as he got out and went to open the door for Nash. Nash got out of the car as carefully as he could, trying not to jar Tess anymore than he had to. "What happened to her?" a nurse said as she came up to them. "She was shot in her side," Nash said.
"Bring her in here, get Dr. Thomas," the nurse said to aid who rushed off for Dr. Thomas, Nash laid her in trama room 1. "Please save her, she's all that matters to me!" Nash said, as Dr. Thomas came up into the room. "Sir, why don't you go out to the waiting room," Dr. Thomas said. "No, I don't want to leave her!" Nash said.
"Come on Nash, let the doc help Tess," Fred said as he basically had to pull Nash away from her room. "She has to be ok Fred, she has to be," Nash said as he stared at the curtain, his whole world laying on that stretcher fighting for her life. "She will be Nash," Fred said.
"Sir, where are you hurt at?" a nurse asked as she came up to Nash. "What, I'm not, she's the one who's hurt," Nash said.
"Are you sure, there is so much blood on you!" the nurse said, as Nash looked down on his shirt which was covered in blood, Tess's blood, the blood of the woman he loved more than anything. "Tess," Nash said as he then looked at his hands which were also covered in blood. "Sir, why don't we get you some clean clothes?" the nurse asked.
"No, no I don't want to leave her!" Nash said.
"Sir, they will be with her for awhile. I promise we will have you back in time," the nurse said. "Go on Nash, I'll come get you if something happens," Fred says.
"Swear to me," Nash says.
"I swear," Fred says, as Nash walks off with the nurse. A few minutes passed and Dr. Thomas comes out. "Is she ok?" Fred asks.
"Where is her husband?" Dr.Thomas asks.
"Nash, he went to get some clean clothes. Is she going to make it?" Fred asks fearing the worse, not knowing how his best friend would react if something happened to Tess. "She's going to be fine, we removed the bullet and closed the wound," Dr. Thomas said.
"Ok, thank god!" Fred said relieved for his friend. "She was very lucky, a few minutes later and we might have lost both her and her baby," Dr. Thomas said.