A/N I changed the rating of this story to T. Parts of this chapter may be graphic for some.

Erica slowly processed everything as she opened her eyes to see a woman staring down at her, a worried expression on her face.

Jackson had walked out on her. Greenlee had stopped her from going after him. She wanted Bianca to help her. She heard a shot ring out behind her. A hand grabbed her shoulder. Another shot. The hand pulled her down to the ground.

Her shirt was covered in blood. She knew it wasn't her blood. The only pain she could feel was in her head. She must have hit her head when they fell. She could feel someone lying next to her. She turned her head to see who had taken the bullets that had almost taken her from this place. She was shocked to see the person lying next to her.

"Greenlee….oh my God…HELP someone help us" Erica screamed out.

Suddenly the fog that had set in the room from peoples shocks lifted. Seeing Erica alive and Greenlee Lavery lying on the floor bleeding had given them the jolt they needed.

Jesse whipped out his cell phone and started barking orders and demanded for as many EMS units as they could find.

Adam ordered Winifred to go get as many towels as she could.

The doctors in the room were grateful for a distraction from their own pain and were able to focus on something else.

Cara ran over to Marissa. Taking a towel from Winifred she pushed down hard on Marissa's abdomen as Bianca held her hand.

"Marissa I love you. Don't leave me you hear?" Bianca pleaded with the first woman that truly loved her.

Marissa was breathing deeply trying to stay awake the pain so great she thought sleep might help get her mind off it.

Frankie tended to Angie who just wanted to help the others in the room. She hated having to rely on someone else.

Kendall was holding Greenlee's hand begging her friend to wake up, to open her eyes. Zach gently lifted his wife from her friend. Someone needed to look at her arm.

Joe and Jake ran over to Greenlee and started to asses her injuries. David also ran over to his onetime sister-in-law and ex-wife. Even though they weren't together he would always love her.

"Where was she shot?" David tried pushing Jake aside.

Jake grabbed David and pulled him away from her, "Listen David I know you care about Greenlee but you're too close to her. Let my dad and I take care of her. I love her to. I won't let anything happen to her. Go help Brooke…please" Jake felt for the man both his ex-wife and daughter were fighting for their lives he needed to focus on someone else just like the rest of them.

Jake then turned his attention back to Greenlee.

"Jake help me turn her over there's no entrance wounds here." Joe took over the care knowing his own son was going to have a hard time being objective taking care of his close friend.

The gently turned her over and saw one entrance wound to her lower back. There was another on her left side.

"JAIME!" Jake called out and watched as Jaime ran over to them. "Jaime I need you to run out to my car. My medical bag should be in the trunk I need you to get it now!"

"Dad, her breathing's shallow I think the bullet hit her lungs. Her heart rate is weak." As he talked to Joe he noticed her eyes slowly open.

She started gasping for air. They could see the terror in her eyes.

"Greenlee," Jake bent down next to her "sweetie I need you to calm down. You've been shot honey. Dad and I are going to take good care of you."

She started coughing uncontrollably. He saw the blood in her mouth. Just then Jaime ran in with his medical bag. He pulled out his stethoscope and listened to her lungs as she continue to cough up blood.

"Her lungs are full of blood Dad. If we don't do something soon she's going to drown in her own blood."

The both knew she needed to get to the hospital and now. She needed a chest tube stat. They looked at each other knowing what they had to do it was unconventional but it was her only hope.

Joe called out to Jaime again, "James go to the kitchen get me a knife and get something we can sterilize it with. Then get the strongest alcohol they have the higher the proof the better." As Jaime ran to the kitchen Joe turned to everyone else, "Does anyone have a pen? Preferably a BIC?"

They all started checking their pockets and purses. It was Ryan who walked over to Joe and handed him a pen. He wanted to stay there and hold his wife and tell her everything is ok but he didn't want to be in the way. Before he could walk away Jake grabbed his arm.

"Stay Ryan we don't really have anything to dull the pain I need you to stay and hold her she's going to try and pull away from us and we can't have that." Jake hated to cause any pain on this woman but it was the only way they could save her life.

Ryan sat on the floor next to Greenlee. His head bent next to hers and held on to her hand. "I'm here baby I'm with you. Squeeze my hand as hard as you can when the pain gets to be too much. I love you."

Greenlee laid there shaking and coughing. Her entire body hurt and she was afraid of what they were going to do knowing it would probably hurt given the fear in everyone's eyes. She was hit with another coughing attack. She could taste the blood in her mouth she turned her head spitting it out.

Jaime came back with everything Joe asked for. Joe took the knife and the lighter and used the lighter to kill anything that might be on the knife. Jake took the bottle of Everclear, not surprised that the Chandler's would have a bottle of the highest proof alcohol out there, and spread it over Greenlee's chest hoping to reduce her chance of getting an infection.

He then took the cap of the bottle and poured some alcohol in it. "Greenlee I want you to try and drink this. It's the only thing we have that might numb some of the pain."

She nodded her head. Ryan helped her sit up enough to drink the alcohol. As soon as she swallowed what tasted like poison she was hit with another coughing attack.

Once this latest bought ended Ryan took hold of both her hands. Jake tore the pen apart only keeping the body of the pen. Joe took the knife and prepared to cut into Greenlee's side but couldn't stop his hands from shaking if he made one mistake he could kill her.

Jake placed a hand on his father's hands, "You can do this dad".

Slowly Joe took the knife and cut in to her. She let out a blood curdling scream as the pain washed through her body. Ryan held tight to her making sure she didn't pull away from them.

"It's ok Greenlee. I got you, you're going to be ok" Ryan whispered in her ear praying it would be true.

Everyone looked on as Jake and Joe tried to save her life. When she let out that first scream it cut through them deeper than any bullet could.

Kendall had to turn away from her friend. She couldn't watch her go through this anymore. She clung tight to Zach.

Erica sat back and watched as the doctors cared for the young woman. She never really liked Greenlee but hated to see the woman in such pain.

As Joe inserted the pen into her chest she let out another scream and felt tears stream down her face.

With the make shift tube in her chest Jake checked her lungs. "It worked Dad her breathing isn't as labored."

With Greenlee stable for now Joe and Jake attended to the others. Jesse was yelling into the phone again asking where the EMT's were.

"You've got to be kidding me another thirty minutes. These people could die!" he slammed his phone shut and turned to the guests, "there was an accident about a half mile from here a father and son were in a SUV that flipped over in the side of the road causing another 5 cars to wreck as well. It's going to take another 30 minutes to clear the accident. They're working as fast as they can."

"It's ok Jesse they'll get here soon. We'll all be ok. Cara got Marissa's bleeding under control for now. David's taking care of Brooke and Greenlee's holding on. We've survived so far we can make it a few more minutes" Angie tried to comfort Jesse.

"Greenlee, Greenlee honey…" Ryan shouted out to his wife. "Jake! Get over here something's wrong!"