Gabby tried to think for a minute, reaching into her locker then and glad she found some gloves. No longer hesitating she pushed her fingers down into his chest, feeling around. She had to find the bleeding source and stop it.

''Come on Matt, I need you to stay with me.'' She said but she was worried he was already gone and that she was going to be too late. She still felt a pulse but also felt it was irregular and slowing down.

Suddenly she realized it was his heart and realize blood was coming from there and when she found the spot, she pressed her fingers down and the bleeding seemed to lessen.

''Hands up!'' She heard then and she turned her head, looking at one of the boys of the gang she had seen at the scene before, holding up his gun, pointed at her.

''I am not moving my hand. You will have to shoot my if you want me to move my hand!'' She said angry. She was not going her hand. If she kept holding her hand like this and he would arrive in the hospital fast, she hoped he had a fighting chance

''Are you stupid?''

''I am not the one running shooting up a house with first responders.'' Gabby said. She didn't even care, the only thing she could not do was move her hand.

Suddenly she heard a siren approaching and the man - although Gabby was sure he was not even 20 and was more a boy - seemed to hesitate for a second.

''T, get back here?!'' Gabby heard and the boy ran away. She looked at the back door that was just a few feet away, but she knew there was no way of getting there without letting her hand leave Matt's chest and she knew if she did that, she didn't know what would happen. She could feel his heart beat was already slowing down and even though she didn't want to cry, because she knew it wasn't going to help either of them, but she could no longer keep her tears in.

In the common room, Herrmann was laying on the ground.

His shoulder was hurting so much and he knew that he had been shot. When they had started shooting Boden, it became chaos and even though he had tried to get to the floor, he knew he had been hit.

He tried to turn around to see what happened to chief Boden, but his shoulder hurt too much and he rolled back on his back, looking up at the ceiling.

Closing his eyes he thought about Cindy in the kids and he regretted not telling her what was going on. She would have been worried about him, but she would have known what was going on. No he did not know if he would make it out of here and he hadn't even told her what was going on. Oh, he couldn't leave her alone with the kids.

Severide was still standing with his hands up. The leader had walked away as he had heard something from the locker room and as there had been a shot, he was scared either Casey or Dawson was in trouble as well.

The person pointing the gun at him seemed a bit unsure now their leader had walked away and Severide looked backwards. Their chief was still sitting up against the kitchen island, blood streaming from his mouth and he was so worried about the chief not making it. For now he still seemed to be alive, but also knew that if medical care was not going to get here fast it was not going to be good.

And he couldn't bear the thought of little Terrance growing up without a dad

''Hey, lieutenant, eyes on me!'' The boy said angry.

''We need to get medical care for the chief and Herrmann, if you don't, you are going up for manslaughter.'' Severide said as he turned back to the boy, hoping that to talk some sense into him so they could provide medical care to two in need.

''Shut up, before I shoot you too!'' The boy said then.

''Then why not shoot us all?'' Severide said as he came walking towards the boy.

Gabby kept on hearing the knocking on the back door there. She tried to reach out from where she was but there was no way she could reach it without letting the laceration on his heart go.

Suddenly the door was pulled open with a crowbar it seemed and Jimmy Borelli looked in.

''Oh Gabby!'' Jimmy said then, so happy to see that she was okay and he almost wanted to hug her.

''Don't touch me!'' She warned him.

''What!?'' Jimmy said confused. Only then he saw that she was sitting knelt down by Matt, surrounded by blood.

''I can't move my hand'' She said scared as she looked at her hand, her three longest fingers pressing down into Casey's chest.

''We need to get him to the ambulance.''

''I can't pull my hand away.'' Gabby said as she was still sitting down by him.

''Why not, we need to get him out of here as soon as possible.''

''I can't, because the bullet hit his heart...and if I am going to pull hand away, he is going to die.'' Gabby said calmly, trying to comprehend what she was saying, so scared what was going to happen now.

''But he is dying as we talk.'' Jimmy said then.

''I know.'' Gabby said then.

''Brett ran away with the radio. She alarmed the police, police should be here really fast, I could see them approaching, they are trying to get in.'' Jimmy said then. He knelt down beside her.

''Is there an exit wound?''

''No, but it lacerated his heart I think, I am trying to stop the bleeding.''

''I know, but he needs to go on bypass as soon as possible.''

He got up then and looked outside as more sirens were approaching and he walked away after putting something between the door.

Gabby felt her own heart pound in her chest. She was so scared that somebody would come here to hurt them, but then the police walked in through the door and she sighed relieved, followed by Borelli.

''Ambulance arrived here, they want to take Matt right now.'' Jimmy said then and he let the medics in, standing on the other end of the locker room, to make sure they were not coming from the common room.

Gabby was explaining to the medics as they tried to get Matt ready for transport.

Right before leaving she looked at one of the police officers, asking if they had an update on the others.

''We haven't been able to get into the common room.'' The police told them and Gabby looked worried. They knew that there had been shots fired and if there people in need there, there was no way help could get to them right now.

''Do you know anything about the people in there?'' She asked worried.

''I know 2 people have been shot, at least. We are trying to get medical help in there as soon as possible.''

Sad, Gabby walked beside the gurney until one of the medics stopped her at the ambulance.

''I am going to take over.'' The medic said.

''No, no no!'' Gabby said then. ''I am not going to move my hand.''

''We need to get him out of here as soon as possible. We need to get him to lakeshore really really quick or I think he is not going to ma-''

''He is not going to make it, I know that, so get him out of here, I am coming with you and I am not letting my fingers move a bit!'' Gabby said then and finally the paramedics nodded. Carefully they put the gurney in the ambulance, Gabby sitting over Matt, carefully. She looked as all color seemed to be leaving his face now and she knew that even if is she managed to keep her hand in this place until he was in the hospital, nothing was sure. But she knew he at least had a fighting chance.

Gabby was trying to not fall over, sit as still as possible but as the ambulance was rushing to Lakeshore, there was not much to hold on to and even worse, barely any space to sit.

But looking at Matt, she knew she had to do this, cause she could not lose him.

''Shit, shit shit!'' She suddenly heard from the front as the ambulance slowed down.

''What is it?'' Gabby asked.

''This guy is not letting us past!''

Without any warning, the ambulance suddenly came to an abrupt stop, Gabby toppling over and as she was helped up by the other medic, she looked at her hand, covered with Matt's blood but even worse, no longer there to hold the wound on his heart.

Police had gathered at the front of firehouse 51. A large part of the unit had been able to get in through the back but they were almost ready to attack the gunmen in the common room.

Suddenly two of them came walking out, one holding his gun against Otis's head and the other against Severide's.

''Dead count will go up by two if you don't let us go now!'' The gang leader warned the police.

Kelly looked at the police officers facing them, worried what they were going to do, but whatever happened, this had to be over, before it was too late for Boden and Herrmann.


NOTE: Well I was worried I wouldn't make it through the night if I wasn't going to update soon enough, as people really wanted to see this chapter but of course I am leaving you on another cliffhanger!

Please do let me know what you think and if you want to see another update soon! I am trying to keep the tension up but then I also dont want you to have to wait too long! So please do let me know what you think!