A/N Hello! I have finally returned with an update. I am very sorry for the long wait.

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"Excuse me, do you happen to know anything about my brother Joe Hardy?" Frank questioned the orderly who had entered his room.

"It seems he passed out in the cafeteria, I've been sent to bring you to him." The orderly replied gesturing to the wheelchair he had pushed in ahead of him.

"Is he alright? What's the matter with him?" Frank asked worriedly as he allowed the orderly to help him into the wheel chair.

"I'm not sure of the exact details, I was just told to retrieve you, your mother said you would want to see him." The orderly explained.

"My mother's here?" Frank asked as they made their way down the hallway, eventually reaching the elevator.

"Yes, she's just arrived, your aunt is here as well."

The detective never saw it coming, one moment he was speaking with the orderly and then the syringe came out of nowhere. By the time Frank realized what was happening it was too late, and he had begun to fall into the waiting arms of unconsciousness.

Meanwhile, in the operating room of Bayport General Hospital a team of surgeons was fighting desperately to save the life of one Callie Shaw who was experiencing internal bleeding along with various other complications resulting from her hit and run.

An ominous sound began to blare through the operating room, as her blood pressure began to rapidly drop. The doctors began to scramble to find the source of the problem, determined to save this young girl who had her entire life ahead of her. They managed to stabilize her blood pressure, bringing it back up to safe levels. The internal damage was extensive, and despite managing to put a stop to the internal bleeding, the doctors weren't sure if she would survive the night.

The doctors closed up, and Callie was moved to a room in the Intensive Care Unit. They set her broken arm and leg, and gave her a blood transfusion. A nurse was assigned to check on the girl every half an hour.

Vanessa...

Doctor Montgomery had managed to stabilize Vanessa's vitals and conclude the surgery on her lung. The teenager had been bandaged up and moved into the ICU, her room next door to her best friend, Callie's. The blonde was currently unconscious, her mother had arrived at the hospital and was sitting next to her bedside watching the barely visible rise and fall of her daughter's chest. Unnoticed by the woman, a tear slid down her face as she observed her child lying in the bed.
There was nothing worse, Andrea Bender maintained, than seeing your child in pain. She had seen Callie's parents on their way to their own daughter's room, and they had such a lost expression on their faces as though they had no idea how to carry on when their daughter was suffering. The computer specialist had waved weakly at the couple, but had not stopped to speak with them. She was mainly concerned with being with Vanessa and she could tell that they wanted to be with their own daughter as well.

Andrea lightly stroked her daughter's hair, praying to God that she wouldn't lose Vanessa like she had lost he husband. She didn't think she could stand it.

-Story Break-

In the emergency room a strange hush had fallen over everyone. The mass entrance of so many injured teenagers, had caused a sense of anxiety to pervade the atmosphere of the room. Thus far, the status of the admitted teenagers was not optimisic on the whole.

Of the two girls, Vanessa Bender and Callie Shaw, neither was currently in very good condition. The doctors had managed to stabilize them, but their parents had been told to prepare themselves for the worst.

As for Tony Prito, the surgeons had managed to remove the bullet, which luckily had missed any vital organs. He had been given a blood transfusion and the doctor's were cautiously optimistic that he would pull through.

Biff Hooper was alive, but unconscious, he had stopped breathing twice since his arrival at the hospital, and had yet to awaken. It remained to be seen whether he would regain full mental functioning, or even if he would survive at all.

Phil Cohen was by far facing the best condition of them all, as he had escaped with naught but a severely broken arm. He would require surgery for his arm as soon as possible, however as his surgery was lower priority then the other surgeries going on at the moment, so they were waiting for an operating room to be available.

Chet Morton was suffering from a severe head injury coupled with smoke inhalation. The doctors were fairly sure he would pull through, but were uncertain what level of damage he would face from the head injury.

Joe Hardy currently remained firmly in a comatose state, while his doctor's remained uncertain of the cause of his current state.

All in all, despite being home to the Hardy family for nearly twenty years, Bayport had never seen so much damage in one evening. And, things were about to get much, much worse.

A/N Review! This story will be updated every Friday in compliance with my new updating schedule!