It was crazy how fast the word ran through the bunch of worried parents, 'the hostages were free. A lot of parents were relieved but Karen wasn't. She just had that kind of bad feeling a mother has. They always know if their kids are okay. There is kind of a connexion between a mother and her baby but the connexion Karen felt was weak. She felt like her son was far away from her. The woman tried to flush that thought but the sight of a few students rejoining their parents just worsened her already sad situation. Keith saw her sad expression and quickly pulled her in a hug but she pushed herself out of his arms when she saw the girl she considered as her own daughter. The young lady was coming towards her followed by Brooke, Peyton and Nathan. Haley's hands were covered in blood as much as her shirt and Brooke and Nathan's. Karen was heartbroken, Lucas wasn't there…

She ran at Nathan "O my god, are you hurt?" she inquired.

None of them had the strength to tell her. Keith apparently didn't. He just couldn't. How were you supposed to tell the love of your life that her 17 years old boy had been shot and is maybe dead by now? Dan came from behind Karen and started to worry about the blood soaked shirt of his son. "My god Nate, is that all your blood?"

Nathan couldn't answer. He stood there, mouth opened and stuttering before he could say it. It was too hard. How do you announce that kind of news? Hey Karen, I don't want to be rude but, huh your son has been shot and he's dying…that wouldn't be appropriate. "Huh..hu…it's not any of us' blood.." he murmured. His eyes said everything he couldn't put into words though.

Karen felt weak in the knees as thought she could have dropped down at any seconds. "Lucas…" she sobbed. Tears swelled in Nathan's eyes. "I'm sorry…" he whispered.

"He's…dead?"

Nathan shook his head, his eyes full of tears "I don't know…I…I got him out of the school and they took him…" he whispered.

Karen nodded, tears falling from her own eyes. "Then I guess, they're waiting for me to go, huh?" she said opening her arms to get a hug from Haley. The young girl murmured in her ear "Ambulance is over there" she said pointing the way. Karen nodded and hugged the rest of them as well.

"I should go…see you guys" she said turning to the way Haley pointed. Her heart broke. There she stood, seeing everything from afar…she saw him, at least what she thought was him because he seemed so helpless…

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One of the SWAT members took Lucas from Nathan's arms as one another guy put his hands in his back and laid him flat on the cement. He went through Nathan's pockets and he finally saw there was nothing wrong with him. The kid didn't have any gun. When everything was out of harm way, the tall man told him to go and get Lucas' parents.

The other man, the one holding Lucas, ran him next to the ambulance where he laid him down on a stretcher and went back to his position. The paramedics rushed over Lucas. The kid had his skin white like the winter's fallen snow and his T-shirt, originally blue sky had turned a freaking crimson color. His blue lips were shaking. The rest of his body was shivering. One of the young paramedics cut through his T-shirt to put a bandage on the wound. At least he wouldn't bleed to death on his way to the hospital. Then, the young paramedic wrapped the shaking body in some thick sheets. The other paramedic had taken care of the other part in saving a young kid from death, placing an oxygen mask covering the kid's pale face.

That mask was linked to a plastic bag, the man pressed steadily. They loaded Lucas into the ambulance. One of the paramedics turned his head when he heard a woman yell for his attention.

"You're his mom?" he asked.

"Yeah…this is my son…" she sobbed.

The man sighed and looked at the poor kid lying behind him. "Well…it seems like your son was shot at his stomach level and he lost a lot of blood. Maybe too much…We're bringing him directly to the hospital" the paramedic said.

Karen nodded, tears falling from her eyes. "I'm coming with you…"

The man nodded "Then get in"

"Just let me tell my fiancé first…" she said

"Sure"

Karen walked over to Keith and pulled him in a tight hug. "Keith! I'm gonna ride the way to the hospital with Lucas. I'll meet you there" she sobbed.

"That's going to be ok!" he said rubbing her back.

"I'm just so scared" she cried.

"It's gonna be ok! Lucas is strong. He'll pull through!" he said.

"I hope.."

"You know just like me how stubborn he is…he's not going to let this beat him! He's a Scott! He's a fighter. Now go. I love you Karen" he whispered softly into her ear.

She nodded and made the biggest effort to have a smile for her husband-to-be. Keith smiled back and watched her get into the ambulance and leave with the fear of the world in her eyes.

We could see the exact same look in the eyes of the person right next to Keith, Dan. Never had he wanted to admit it but he loved his son and he didn't want him to die.

Nathan looked over to where Brooke was. She was crying in Haley's arms. He looked at Haley, she was trying her best to comfort Brooke but she was crying as much as Brooke and she feared what was going to happen next.

He walked towards the girls and watched Peyton who was crying alone next to the girls. "Come here" he whispered to her. Multiple tears fell from Peyton's eyes as she pulled herself in her ex boyfriend's arms. She cried softly into his chest and Nathan rubbed her back.

"Come on girls, we gotta go" he said.

Brooke nodded. "Ok"

Haley walked over to Keith. "Keith, huh can we ride with you?"

"Sure…come on you four! Let's go"

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"What's his name?" the paramedic asked.

"Lucas…Scott" she sobbed.

Even with the mask and the sheets covering his face, Karen could see that Lucas was taking some color back. She sat there and watched him while he slept. His pulse was weak but he was holding on with all his strength left. She brushed the hairs covering his forehead. He was cold, so cold…

His eyes slowly fluttered open. All he saw was blur and he felt so cold. Still, managed to focus on the form next to him, a woman sat there, his mother…She smiled when their eyes met, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Hey, do you hear me?" she whispered.

He just nodded his head and softly closed his eyes. He opened them again. More and more tears were falling down Karen's warm cheeks as she watched her son struggling to stay alive.

"I love you sweetie" she whispered. He took a deep breath.

"I love you too…" he said, his voice hoarse through the mask.

She smiled and squeezed his hand as it was losing its warmth. He slowly slid his hand and weakly pulled the mask of his mouth so he could speak. Karen went to stop him but he spoke first.

"Brooke…tell her I love her" he murmured.

Karen shook her head "You'll tell her when you get better" she said.

Lucas kept talking, his voice hoarse and tired. "Also, tell Keith…I love him…just like my dad…" continued Lucas.

Karen understood what he was doing "Lucas don't do that. Don't say your goodbyes because you are going to live! You've got a long life in front of you"

Tears formed in his eyes "I'm not scared…I'm almost not feeling the pain anymore…"

"Lucas don't" she cried.

"Tell Haley…She'll always be my best friend.." he murmured.

"Don't you dare give up on me" she yelled.

He took one last breath, "I love you mom…"

It seemed like a weight had left him. The painful breaths he took, the ragged movement of his chest and the shivers in his body stopped. His head rolled on the side. His eyes, wide opened, looked blank. The hand Karen was holding grew cold and limp. Her heart broke and shattered across her whole body.

"We're losing him!!"

Dun dun dun dun! What a cliff! Lol. Thank you guys so much for the reviews, I always love them and stay tuned for much more drama coming.

And yeah I changed the rating cause it was just for violence and language. There's no sex! Mentions of but I don't describe anything naughty! Lol. Promise.

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