Donna walked to the firehouse, holding little Terrance's hand. He was so excited to go see his dad at the firehouse. For Donna it was a great excuse to leave the house as they got to walk to the firehouse now. But Terrance had made such a mess of his toys and she knew she had to clean it up, but then she was also not in the mood to clean it up right now.

''We are going to surprise daddy, hmmm?''

''Yes, daddy!'' Terrance jumped up and Donna love dhow excited he was. It was like the firehouse was his second home sometimes. She was already worried she was holding the hand of a little firefighter. It couldn't be good for her heart if he became a firefighter as well.

Suddenly she saw all the police and ambulance by the firehouse and worried she lifted Terrance up. The boy was just playing with het curls, not knowing the worry her mother was in right now as she ran to the barricade of police cars. People had gathered to look and she ran past them, until one of the police officers held her.

''Sorry Madame, we can't let you past...''

''Why not, what is going on!? My husband is in there?!'' Donna asked scared.

''There has been a shooting and there is a hostage situation. I can't tell you anything else, please stand back now.''

Scared for her husband and for all the people she knew inside, she stood back, a few tears streaming down her cheek, worried and scared.

The ambo was on its way again after having to stop and was rushing to Lakeshore.

''Stand back.'' The medic warned Matt as she pushed Gabby back. The ambulance was almost at Lakeshore and Gabby wished she could help, but now that she saw Matt was bleeding heavily and the medic was fighting to keep him alive. Frozen she stood there, worried to lose him.

As soon as the ambulance arrived at Lakeshore the gurney was pulled out.

''OR 2 is prepped.'' The doctor announced and before Gabby could even say anything, they rushed away. Gabby looked a bit lost as she got out of the ambo as well and looking down at her hands, she rushed into the bathroom at the emergency room and washed her hands, tears streaming down her cheeks.

No long being able to stand up, she sunk down on the ground against the wall, crying and sobbing, no longer being able to keep her fears and worries, about Matt but also about all the others.

Herrmann was still laying on the ground. he was worried about Otis and Severide had been taken away by the gang members, held under gunpoint for them to get a way out.

Suddenly shots sounded again in the common room and he wanted to take shelter, but there was no way there as his shoulder was hurting him too much and he started to feel weaker and weaker.

Boots made its way around his head and he felt his jacket being taken off him.

''Don't worry, you are save and we are going to make sure you are going to be just fine, I promise.'' And EMT said as he started cutting the jacket away.

Cruz looked relieved when the police and EMT finally rushed in, tending to Boden and Herrmann, glad help was finally here as he and the others were also let out through the back, brought to safety.

Mouch was so happy when he came outside, hardly being able to believe he had made it through and what had happened. He couldn't wait to hold wait to hold Trudy in his arms. He saw Brett and Pouch sitting together on the grass then and the dog got up, running his way and he got down on his knees, petting her, so happy to hold the dog, trying to comprehend what had just happened.

Gabby was scared as one of the doctors came walking her way as she was waiting in the ER.

''We put him on the bypass now and he is slowly stabilizing. We are waiting for his oxygen levels to go up enough and for him to stabilize enough so that we can start the surgery...''

''What are his chances to make it through?'' She asked worried.

''We have assessed the damage to his heart and we think he had a good chance of pulling through if we manage to fix it. We are going to try to fix it. But we can't say for sure.''

Gabby nodded understanding, knew there was not much he could say.

''He is a healthy man and hopefully, everything will most likely turn out okay. But it will be touch and go for a while.'' The doctor tried to calm her and she nodded, appreciated it. She knew that the doctor could not tell her much and couldn't give her false hope that it was sure he was going to make it, but she knew Matt was strong and that he had to pull through.

In the ambulance, Herrmann was getting woozy as they got him on an iv with painkillers now and he was so happy that they had come out in okay.

He couldn't wait to see Cindy and hold the kid, so grateful to be alive.

In the emergency room in the hospital, Gabby was trying to read a magazine. She didn't care about what it said, not at all, but it was taking her mind of what was happening to the firehouse, the people in there and Matt being in surgery. She really needed to take her mind of it. As much as she wanted to go back to the firehouse to go and see what was happening there, she knew that there was nothing she could do and she would not even be allowed near it, for some reason, this seemed like the better solution.

''Gabriela.'' She suddenly hear and looking up she saw Donna, holding Terrance.

''Donna.'' She said worried, ''Do you know if the others are already?''

''I don't know, I was told to go here and wait.'' Donna said with tears in her eyes and Gabby nodded understanding, laid her hand on Donna's shoulder. Terrance was almost crying. Even though he didn't know what was going on, he did know something was wrong and Gabby caressed him over his curls.

''Is Miss Boden here already?'' A doctor asked then and she jumped up, Gabby taking Terrance from her.

''Go, I will watch him.'' Gabby said the and Boden nodded and walked away.

Terrance sat on her lap then and she held the magazine in front of him, slowly started reading to him.

Finally he started to smile a little bit and she just hoped that now that he was happy, everything would slowly turn out to be okay.

At the firehouse, the policemen looked as the two gang members were still holding the firefighters.

Otis was so scared, feeling the gun on his head and his hands were shaking as he held them up. Never had he even been worried about death, but standing here for all this time now, he felt like he was looking death in the eyes.

''Put down your weapons.'' The police said again.

Suddenly Severide pulled over the arm of the guy. The bullet that was shot hit the ground and Severide threw him to the floor, kicking the pistol away.

Otis was pulled back, the gun pressed even firmer on his head and he closed his eyes, so scared about what was going to happen now.


NOTE: Oh look! Another cliffhanger! Not all of them are out of safe yet and there is still a lot of uncertainty and a lot coming up so I hope you are all still with me and you want to see more!

Please do let me know what you think and if you want to see another update soon! I am trying to keep the angst and action up!So please do let me know what you think! .