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Leonard made his way slowly over to Amy, both Sheldon and Penny seemed to be frozen with shock. Once Leonard reached her, he gasped at what he saw. She had a large gash on her forehead which seemed to be where the majority of the blood was coming from. Her face was bruised as if someone had punched her numerous times, and there were scratches and bruises all over her arms. The rest of her body was covered with clothing but Leonard could only assume it looked as bad. Penny came rushing closer, tears now streaming down her face.

"Get me something to stop the bleeding from her head." Leonard said

"Okay." Penny said, turning to grab a towel from the kitchen, passing Sheldon who was standing there staring at Amy

"Sheldon!" Leonard shouted, trying to wake Sheldon up from his trance

Sheldon startled a little and then came closer; kneeling down next to Leonard as Penny came rushing in with the towel. Sheldon reached out and took it from her before Leonard grabbed it and started applying pressure to her head wound.

"Penny call 911," Sheldon said, suddenly in control of the situation "Leonard check to see if she has a pulse."

Sheldon sat very still while Leonard held two fingers against Amy's neck looking for her pulse, not even breathing himself until he saw relief flash across Leonard's face.

"She has a pulse," Leonard said "its weak but it's there."

"The ambulance is on its way," Penny said hanging up her phone "about 5 minutes away."

"Should we call the police?" Leonard asked, looking over at Sheldon as Penny knelt down on the other side of Amy and grabbed her hand

"I told the dispatch lady that Amy was attacked," Penny answered "they will call the police as well as the ambulance."

"How could someone do this to her?" Sheldon asked running the back of his free hand across her face

"I don't know buddy." Leonard said, putting a comforting hand on Sheldon's back

It seemed like an eternity before the ambulance got to Amy's apartment, but finally they heard someone knocking on the door and loudly announce that it was in fact the ambulance. Leonard rushed to the door letting the two EMT's into the apartment.

"She's right over here," Leonard said "she has a head wound that won't stop bleeding, I checked her pulse, and it's there but really weak."

Penny stood and moved out of the way as the two EMT's knelt down on either side of Amy, but Sheldon seemed unwilling to move. One of the EMT's checked Amy's pulse himself while the other one coaxed the towel out of Sheldon's hand so that he could check her head wound.

"Okay let's get her started on 2 liters of oxygen," one of the EMT's told the other "and cover that wound with some sterile gauze."

The EMT worked in silence for a minute, hooking up the oxygen and tending to the head wound, while the other ran down to the ambulance to get a stretcher. Once he returned they lifted Amy onto it and went to leave the apartment, Sheldon, Leonard and Penny all following. After they got Amy loaded into the back, one of the EMT's went around and got in the driver side, the other turned and looked at the three friends.

"Okay guys," He said "one of you can ride along with us, but I don't have room for all of you back here."

Penny started to step forward, assuming that Sheldon would not want to ride in the ambulance because of all the germs he was afraid of.

"What are you doing Penny?" Sheldon asked, stepping forward at the same time. "I will be riding with her."

"Oh, of course Sheldon," Penny said, stepping back "I just didn't think you would want to ride in an ambulance."

Sheldon climbed into the back of the ambulance and once the EMT had climbed in and slammed the door shut the ambulance took off with the sirens blaring and lights flashing. Leonard and Penny ran back to Leonard's car and jumped in, following the ambulance to the hospital. Inside the ambulance Sheldon sat staring at Amy as they sped along. He watched as the EMT took her vital signs, frowning when he got the reading. Sheldon reached for Amy's hand and held onto it, wishing more than anything that she would wake up. It wasn't long before they had reached the hospital and Sheldon was following the stretcher into the Emergency Room. He watched as the doctors and nurses descended on Amy, rolling her into one of the trauma room and shutting the doors. He was about to follow them into the room when another nurse gently touched his arm.

"Why don't you come with me to the waiting room." The nurse said "let them work on her."

"Can't I just go in there?" Sheldon asked, not wanting to leave Amy alone

"No, I'm sorry," the nurse answered "come on to the waiting room, I promise I will keep you filled in on what's going on."

Sheldon followed the nurse out to the waiting room, taking the first seat he found. He put his head in his hands and noticed for the first time that he had blood on his hands, but surprisingly wasn't bothered by it as much as he usually would be. It wasn't long before Leonard and Penny came rushing through the doors and over to Sheldon.

"How is she?" Penny asked. "Did they say anything?"

"No," Sheldon answered, staring at the floor "they just took her into a room and sent me out here to wait."

"She's in good hands." Leonard said, sitting next to Sheldon and patting him on the back.

"So we called Howard and Bernadette and they are going to call Raj." Penny said, sitting next to Leonard.

"Wait, shouldn't we call Amy's mother?" Leonard asked

"I don't know," Penny answered "they don't talk much, Amy said they aren't that close."

"Don't call her" Sheldon said, taking his eyes off of the floor to look at them. "Wait until we talk to Amy and see what she wants to do."

"Okay sweetie," Penny said "that's a good idea."

"If you guy's will excuse me I am going to go wash my hands." Sheldon said, staring at his hands and the constant reminder of seeing Amy surrounded by it.

"Of course." Penny said

"Hold on, I will go with you." Leonard said, getting up and following Sheldon.

Sheldon and Leonard were silent as they walked to the bathroom and it wasn't until they were on the way back to the waiting room that either of them spoke.

"I should have told her before." Sheldon said quietly

"Told her what?" Leonard asked

"That I love her." Sheldon answered "I never told her, I was afraid of our relationship changing and now I am wishing that I had just told her. Maybe then she wouldn't have thought she couldn't tell me about her father."

Leonard didn't say anything, knowing that nothing he could say would make Sheldon feel any better. Once they got back to the waiting room they sat back down with Penny and continued to wait for news on Amy. It was only about ten minutes later that Howard, Bernadette and Raj came rushing through the doors and over to them.

"Do you know anything yet?" Howard asked

"No, no one has come out yet" Penny answered, standing up to hug Bernadette

"How are you doing Sheldon?" Bernadette asked, reaching out tentatively and putting a hand on his shoulder

"I just can't believe this is happening" Sheldon answered, not even flinching when Bernadette touched him "I wish I knew how she was."

Everyone sat down to wait for news, occasionally looking towards the doors and hoping to see someone coming out of them. It seemed like hours but was really only about fifteen minutes before someone was making their way towards them.

"Excuse me, are you the guy who came in with Amy Fowler?" he asked, and then after getting a confirming nod from Sheldon, continued "I am Dr. Smith, one of the doctors working on Amy when she came in."

"How is she?" Sheldon asked, everyone else staring at the doctor waiting for an answer.