A/N: Sorry it's been so long since i lst updated, but i just finished a crazy two weeks of finals. I'm done with college for the summer now, so I should have a little mroe time to wrote. As always, please read & review!!

Lucy was almost eight months along before they were finally able to find out what the babies were. It seemed like every time they went in for an ultrasound, the babies were in the wrong position.

"Okay, are you ready to find out what your babies are?" Matt asked Kevin and Lucy.

Lucy looked up at Kevin, and together they nodded.

"Okay," said Matt, "it looks like Baby A is…a boy! Baby B is…a girl!"

"Yes!" Lucy squealed. She had been hoping that at least one of them would be a boy. She thought that Kevin needed a son.

Although Kevin was excited to be getting a son, he was even more excited about getting another girl. "Savannah and Erin will be excited to get another sister," he said.

"I have a feeling they're not the only ones that really wanted at least one girl," Lucy teased.

Kevin just laughed.

"Do you have any names picked out yet?" Matt asked.

Lucy shook her head. "No, not yet. We have some in mind, but nothing definite."

"We wanted to wait until we found out what they were before we came up with names," Kevin explained.

He was about to say something else when his cell phone rang. He glanced down to see who it was. "Luce, it's Michaels. I've got to take this call. I'll be right back." He hurried out of the room as he answered.

When Kevin was gone, Matt sat down in the chair that Kevin had vacated. "How's everything going at home? Is Kevin spending more time with you and the girls now?"

Lucy nodded. "Yes, he's hardly worked any overtime since Chief Michaels got back, and he still got the promotion to sergeant. Captain Michaels even got on his case when he got back about how much overtime Kevin had worked while he was gone. He told Kevin that he doesn't ever want to see him work that much overtime again, no matter what."

"I'm glad. It seemed like things were going better, but I wanted to make sure," Matt said.

Kevin walked in then. "Luce, I've got to go. They need me down at the station. I know that today's my day off, and Michaels apologized, but we have a lot of people out sick right now. He's calling Roxanne in, too."

Lucy sighed. Today was supposed to have been a special day just for the two of them. Kevin was going to take her out to lunch after her appointment, then they were going to go shopping for baby things. Even so, she understood that Kevin had to go. "Okay, just give me a minute to get changed and get my stuff together and I'll be ready to leave."

Matt cut in then. "Kevin, why don't you let me take Lucy home. There's no sense in you having to wait around when I'd be more than willing to take her home."

Kevin looked at Lucy, who nodded her encouragement at him. "GO ahead, Kevin. It's fine. Let Matt take me home. I'll be fine, alright?"

"Okay." Kevin sighed. This was not how he wanted his day off to go. HE walked over to Lucy and gave her a hug and a quick kiss. "I'm sorry, Luce. I'll be back home as soon as possible. I'll make it up to you, I promise."

"You don't have to make it up to me. Just stay safe, that's all that I ask. Be careful, okay?"

"I will," Kevin replied. "I love you. I'll see you later," he called over his shoulder as he hurried out the door.

"Love you, too," Lucy called back. She then turned to Matt. "Give me a second to get changed and I'll be ready to go. I'm sorry to inconvenience you like this."

"Hey, you're not an inconvenience. Don't ever think of yourself as an inconvenience. You're my sister, and I'm here for you whenever you need me. Besides, you're my last appointment for today, so unless I get a call from the hospital saying that they need me, which I shouldn't, I'm free for the rest of the day. What do you say we do something special together?"

"Like what?" Lucy asked.

"Like me take you out to eat, then we go back to your house and we talk for awhile." matt answered.

"Okay," Lucy agreed.

Kevin and Roxanne were out on patrol when a call came in about a robbery in progress. The unit responding needed backup.

"That's only a block away, Kinkirk. Let's go!" Roxanne commanded as she picked up the radio to respond.

Minutes later they arrived on the scene, pulling up behind the squad car that was already there. Roxanne and Kevin jumped out of the squad and hurried over to where two other officers were crouched behind their squad car..

"What do we have here?" Kevin asked.

"About twenty minutes ago, two me walked into the store and demanded all of the money in the register. The cashier complied, but at the same time pressed the silent alarm. When the two men heard our sirens, they freaked out and took everyone inside the store hostage. We've exchanged fire several times, but so far they haven't made any demands." One of the officers replied.

"Have you had any contact with them other than the exchanges of gunfire?" Roxanne asked.

The other officer shook his head no. He was about to speak up and say more when they heard shots coming from the store. All four officers quickly dropped to the ground and grabbed their guns out of their holsters. From behind the safety of the squad, they returned fire.

Finally, after almost thirty minutes, the gunfire coming from the store ceased. Kevin, Roxanne, and the other two officers remained hidden behind the squad for a few minutes to make sure that the shooters weren't just reloading, then slowly, cautiously, they came out.

They had no sooner come out of hiding than Kevin saw the store door open. He was just about to turn to alert the others when a shot was fired.

Roxanne turned toward her partner when she heard the gunshot. She turned just in time to see Kevin grab his chest and collapse to the ground.

"Kevin!" she screamed, falling to the ground beside him while the other two officers grabbed their weapons and returned fire.

Kevin was bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound somewhere in the chest area, but Roxanne couldn't tell where. She grabbed her radio and requested a squad and an ambulance at their location, then quickly tore a strip off of her shirt to try to stop the flow of blood.

Kevin's eyes were squeezed shut and his teeth were clenched shut in an effort to stop the pain. However, when he felt Roxanne apply the cloth to his wound, he opened his eyes. "Roxanne, help," he managed to gasp out.

"Shh, it's okay, you're going to be fine, Kinkirk. Help on it's way," she said.

"Hurts," Kevin groaned.

Roxanne knew that it had to be bad if Kevin was complaining of pain. Kevin never complained about pain unless it was really bad. "Help is almost here, Kinkirk. Hang on."

Kevin opened his eyes and gasped out, "Can't."

"Yes, you can," Roxanne practically screamed. "You have to. Lucy and the girls need you, and so do the twins that Lucy's carrying. They're going to need their daddy. You have to hang on.," she pleaded.

"Tell…Lucy…I love her so much," Kevin managed to gasp out. The words were no sooner out of his mouth than he stopped breathing.

"Kinkirk! No, you can't do this!" Roxanne screamed. She immediately began giving him mouth to mouth in an effort to get him to start breathing again.

The gunfire from the store had once again ceased, so one of the other cops scurried over to help Roxanne. He had just taken over the breathing when the squad arrived. He waited until the paramedics were ready to put oxygen on him, then he quickly moved aside and let the medics work.

Roxanne was reluctant to move away from her partner, but she knew that she had to give the paramedics room to work.

By this time, the scene was flooded with officers. The SWAT team had arrived as well, and had gone into the store. When they entered, they found that one of the shooters had killed himself, and the other one put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger as soon as he saw them.

Chief Michaels arrived on the scene amidst the desperate attempts to resuscitate Kevin. It had been almost eight minutes since he had stopped breathing, and despite the best efforts of the paramedics, they could not get him breathing again. Right after the ambulance had arrived, Kevin's heart stopped, and they were unable to get it started again. Michaels hurried over to where the paramedics were carrying on in their attempts to resuscitate Kevin. He had just arrived next to them when he heard them pronounce him dead.

Roxanne had also heard those words. "No! He can't be dead!" she said softly.

Chief Michaels hurried over to Roxanne and attempted to calm her down. "Shh, Roxanne, it's okay. They did their best and I know Kevin fought his hardest. You need to be strong now. Lucy needs to know."

When Chief Michaels said Lucy's name, Roxanne immediately looked at him, then looked down at her uniform. "I can't go see her like this." She had Kevin's blood all over her uniform.

Chief Michaels looked at her uniform and agreed with her. "We'll take you back to the station and let you get changed first. Should we call Chandler?"

Roxanne nodded. "Lucy's going to need him there. Since today was supposed to have been Kevin's day off, more than likely Lucy will be home alone with the kids. I can't let her go through this alone."

Chief Michaels agreed, so he quickly led Roxanne to his squad car and drove her back to the station.

"Do you want to call Chandler or do you want me to?" Michaels asked once Roxanne had gotten changed

Roxanne took a deep breath and said, "I'll do it." She picked up the phone that was sitting on the desk in the office that she and Kevin had shared and dialed Chandler's cell phone number.

"Reverend Hampton," he answered.

"Chandler, it's me," Roxanne said. "Chandler, Kevin…" her voice caught and she couldn't go on.

"Roxanne? What about Kevin?" Chandler asked worriedly. He had heard the emotion in her tone and knew that something was seriously wrong.

"Kevin was shot, Chandler. He was shot in the chest. He didn't make it," Roxanne managed to get out before having to stop again in an effort to remain in control of her emotions.

Chandler was shocked. Kevin? Dead? He couldn't believe it, yet he knew it was true. Roxanne wouldn't play a joke like this on him. "Roxanne, I'll meet you at Lucy's house."

Chandler slowly hung up the phone. He still couldn't believe that Kevin was dead. SO many questions were running through his mind that he wanted answers to, yet he knew that the most important thing right now was for him to be there when Lucy heard.

Lucy and Matt had just gotten inside the house when the doorbell rang. Lucy sighed. She had been hoping to sit down and rest for a few minutes.

When she got to the door, Lucy peeked through the window beside the door to see who it was. When she saw that it was Sergeant Michaels, Roxanne, and Chandler, she froze. "Matt?" she called, her voice shaking.

Matt quickly joined her at the door. He couldn't figure out what was wrong until Lucy pointed out the window. It was then that Matt saw who was standing outside of Lucy's door. "Luce, it's okay. Don't suspect the worst. He could just be injured."

"No, he's dead, I know he is. They wouldn't be here if he were just injured. I would have gotten a phone call from Roxanne instead," Lucy said with tears streaming down her cheeks as she opened the door.

Chief Michaels took a deep breath, then said, "Lucy, Kevin was shot today while responding to a call. He was shot in the chest. There was nothing we could do. I'm sorry, Lucy, but we couldn't save him. Kevin's dead."

Lucy collapsed sobbing into Matt's waiting arms. Even though she had known what Chief Michaels was going to say, nothing could have prepared her for it.

Matt led his sister into the living room. "Lucy, you need to calm down. This isn't good for the babies," he soothed once her had settled her on the couch.

Lucy looked up at him with a tear streaked face. "Kevin's dead," she whispered.

Matt's heart broke at the look on his sister's face. It reminded him of the time when her best friend died in a car accident. She had the same look on her face now that she'd had then, only now it was ten times worse. He looked up at Chandler and mouthed, "Call Mom."

Chandler nodded to show that he understood, then began to head towards the kitchen. However, before he got there, he was stopped by Chief Michaels.

"I'll do it," Michaels said. "Right now Lucy needs you with her."

Chandler agreed and went back to the living room. Roxanne had joined Matt and Lucy on the couch and was attempting to help comfort Lucy.

Back in the kitchen, Chief Michaels took a deep breath, then picked up the phone. He stood there and stared at it for a moment, then set it back down. He couldn't do this, not this way. He had to tell Annie in person. He knew how much Kevin meant to Annie, and he couldn't bear the thought of telling her something like this over the phone. HE went back to the living room and motioned for Roxanne to come with him.

Once Chief Michaels and Roxanne were outside, he explained to her what he was planning on doing and asked her to go with him. "If I show up at Annie's door and it's just me, she's going to remember when Eric died, and she's going to be running through the list of family members that it could possibly be, whereas if I show up and you're with me, she'll know that something happened to Kevin," he explained.

Roxanne agreed, and minutes later, they were in Chief Michael's car on their way to the Camden house. When they arrived, they got out and went up to the door. Roxanne reached out and rang the doorbell. Moments later, they heard footsteps coming towards the door.

Annie opened the door and was shocked to see Roxanne and Chief Michaels standing there. "It's Kevin, isn't it?" she guessed.

Chief Michaels nodded. "I'm sorry, Annie, but Kevin was killed today in the line of duty. He suffered a gunshot wound to his chest. We did everything we could, but we couldn't save him."

Tears were streaming down Annie's cheeks. Both she and Eric had loved Kevin like a son. "Have you told Lucy yet?" she asked.

Roxanne nodded. "Yes, Matt and Chandler are with her."

"Matt?" Annie asked, puzzled. Then, suddenly, it all came back to her. "Kevin was supposed to have today off. He was going to Lucy's doctor appointment with her. What happened?"

"We were shorthanded at the station, a lot of officers are out sick right now. We needed some people to come in, and it was Kevin and Roxanne's turn. They got called to assist at a robbery turned hostage situation, and Kevin was shot." Chief Michaels replied.

"I need to go to Lucy. I need to be with her right now. How am I going to tell Sam and David? What am I going to tell them?"

Roxanne stepped forward and wrapped Annie in a hug. "Mrs. Camden, why don't you let me call someone like Ruthie or Mary? They can take care of telling the boys. Right now, Lucy needs you with her."

Annie nodded. "Okay, let me get my stuff and let the boys know that I'm going to Lucy's. Can you call Ruthie for me?"

Roxanne nodded. "I'll take care of it right away." She went out to the squad and used her cell phone to call Ruthie.

"Hello?" Ruthie answered.

"Ruthie, it's Roxanne."

Ruthie could tell by Roxanne's voice that something was wrong. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"Ruthie, I don't know how to tell you this." Roxanne sighed. "Ruthie, Kevin…Kevin was shot today-"

Ruthie cut Roxanne off before she could say anything else. "He's okay, isn't he? Please tell me he's okay! He has to be okay!" she pleaded.

"Ruthie, I'm sorry. I wish I could tell you that he's okay, but he isn't. Ruthie, Kevin died. They did everything that they could to save him, but they just couldn't. He was injured too bad."

"How's Lucy doing? Does Mom know yet?"

"Lucy's taking it hard. Matt's with her right now, and so is Chandler. Annie's on her way over there. I'm on my way back to the station with Chief Michaels. I have to pick up my car, then I'm going back over to Lucy's."

"Who all knows so far?"

"So far, just you, Chandler, Matt, and Annie. I don't know if Matt's even had a chance to tell Sarah yet."

"I'll take care of calling everyone. What about Sam and David? They know, don't they?"

"No, Annie wasn't sure how to tell them. She said that you took care of all that when Reverend Camden died."

"Okay. I guess I'll go over to Mom's house then, and tell the boys. I'll call everyone from there. Roxanne, thank you."

"I'm sorry, Ruthie." Roxanne said, before hanging up.

Once Ruthie had hung up, she tried calling peter, but didn't get an answer, so she left a message on his cell phone asking him ot call her as soon as possible.

She headed out to her car and got in. Before long, she had arrived at the Camden house. She hopped out of the car as soon as it stopped and ran to the house. She tried opening the door, but it was locked, so she pulled her keys out of her purse and used her key to unlock it.

Before she even had a chance to call for Sam and David, they flew at her and wrapped their arms around her, which, now that they were almost teenagers, was a rare thing. Ruthie immediately knew that they had somehow found out. For several minutes, the three of them stood there, in a group hug, feeling safe and comforted in the arms of their siblings.

David was the first to speak up. "Ruthie, we over heard Mom talking to Chief Michaels and Roxanne. Kevin got shot, and he's dead."

Ruthie could hear the tears in David's voice. He always had been the more sensitive of the two. "I know, David. Roxanne called and told me. Mom doesn't think that you know. She doesn't know that you overheard, so I was supposed to come over here and tell you."

Sam spoke up then. "Does anyone else know?"

"Matt knows. He was over at Lucy's when Chief Michaels and Roxanne told her. Other than him, Mom, Peter, and the three of us, no one else knows. I have to call and tell them."

"Ruthie, we turned on the TV. It's on the news. They're not saying a name or showing a picture, but they know that a Glenn Oak police sergeant was shot and killed."

Ruthie sighed. "Well, I guess I should probably start calling people before they overhear it on the news."

Ruthie picked up the phone. The first person that she needed to call was Ben. He needed to know so that he could call his mom and sister and tell them. She dialed Ben's number and waited for answer.

"Hello?" she heard a groggy male voice answer.

"Ben, it's Ruthie."

"Ruthie? What's wrong?" Ben sounded much more awake now.

"Ben, it's Kevin. He…" Ruthie had to stop for a second to regain control of her emotions. "Kevin got shot, Ben. He didn't make it. He died."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for several moments, then Ben spoke up. "When did it happen? How's Lucy?"

"I'm not exactly sure when it happened,; sometime late this morning, I think. I haven't seen Lucy myself, but I've heard that it's pretty rough on her right now. Roxanne said that she was taking it pretty hard."

Ben's voice was filled with emotion. "I'm going to call my mom and Patty Mary, then I'm going over to see Lucy. Thanks for letting me know, Ruthie."

Ruthie heard a click in her ear and knew that Ben had hung up. She took a deep breath. She sure hoped that the other phone calls were easier to make than that one.

The next person she called was Simon. She needed him here right now. Sam and David needed him, too. She quickly dialed his number, then listened to the phone ring. She was about to hang up when Simon answered.

"Hello?"

"Simon? It's Ruthie."

Simon could immediately tell from her voice that something was wrong. "Ruthie, what is it? What's wrong? Is Mom okay? Did something happen to Peter?"

"Mom and Peter are fine, Simon. It's not them, it's Kevin."

"He's the officer that they're talking about on TV, isn't her? The one that was shot and died?"

"Yes, he's the one." Ruthie said, tears choking her voice.

"How's Lucy doing?"

"I haven't seen or talked to her, but Roxanne said that she's not doing well at all. Simon, I'm at Mom's house. I can't get a hold of Peter. I called and left a message on his cell phone, but eh hasn't called me back yet. Come over, please?" she pleaded.

"I'll be there as soon as I can. I need to call Rose and tell her, then I'll be over. Do Sam and David know?"

"Yes, They overheard Mom being told by Roxanne and Sergeant Michaels."

"Okay. It's going to be all right, Ruthie. Lucy's strong; she can get through this. I'll be over there as soon as I can."