The Chandler Mansion stood quite. The faint sounds of sirens wailed in the distance. Two ambulance units had just left the Chandler's taking Brooke, Kendall, and Scott to PVH. As soon as the ambulance's pulled away the mansion everyone else started piling in to car's headed to the hospital as well.
The only ones left were Jesse, Brot, and Natalia. They all stood at the door to the living room surveying the scene while waiting for the Crime Scene Unit to show up to process the scene.
Jesse walked into the room being careful not to disturb anything in the room. Everything was going to need to be cataloged. When they found the monster who did this Jesse was going to make sure they didn't evade prosecution. Pictures of this room were going to be critical.
There were towels everywhere soaked in blood. Men's jackets had been discarded shortly after the shooting ended were laying bundled up on the floor having been used as blankets and pillows.
Jesse made mental notes as to where everyone had been. He wanted to get everyone back there stuff if at all possible. Next to the back door was Bianca's shawl. Marissa's purse lay next to the shawl, its contents strewn across the floor.
Pieces of Greenlee's dress were crumpled up on the floor. Her heels were thrown carelessly on the floor. Her purse to was left behind. The wallet had fallen out and was open. A picture of her, Ryan, Emma, and Spike from their February wedding stared back at him.
All over the room there were mementos of the people that had been there just moments before. Jesse turned to Brot and Natalia. "What did you guys find in the tunnels?"
Brot walked over to the entrance to the tunnels. On the floor where shell casings . "Base on where the victims were and where the bullets hit the walls it looks like the perp was standing here. Greenlee and Marissa were hit first. Those shots were taken carefully. When Greenlee was hit those two shots were taken one after the other. There was a good five seconds before the next shot was taken. Shots three thru ten were erratic and all over the place."
"So Brooke, Scott, and Kendall were all accidents then. The shooter wasn't going after them. So who was the shooter going after then?"
Natalia stood where Greenlee had been hit. "Brot stand where you think the shooter was and point the laser pointer towards me."
"Greenlee had just placed her hand on Erica's shoulder when she got hit for the first time. Based on the angle of the laser she was hit in the left side first. She must have turned to her right and started to go down. The second shot was right after the first that one went into her back. She fell to the ground and pulled Erica down with her. A few seconds later the third shot hits Marissa. After that the shots were went everywhere. My guess is the shooter was aiming for Marissa but hit Greenlee first."
Brot shook his head, "You may be right but from this position the shooter had a clean shot on everybody." Brot pointed the laser towards where Greenlee and Ryan had been standing moments before the shooting then slowly moved the laser across the room in the path she took before being shot. "The shooter could have easily had their sights on Greenlee and finally got their shot off when she got over here."
"Why then would the shooter have taken a second before shooting Marissa and then go crazy shooting across the room." Natalia knew Brot could be right but it didn't make sense for the shooter to take a break in between shots and then shoot at the exact same spot before going crazy.
Jesse then interjected with his own thoughts, "What if Erica was the target?"
"I don't think so Dad?" Natalia shook her head.
"I agree with Natalia Chief. If Erica had been the intended target the shooter would have pointed the gun down towards her."
"So either the shooter was going after Greenlee and then got trigger happy, or Greenlee got caught in the cross fire of them going after Marissa. I want you two to start looking into their enemies' see who held a grudge against either them big enough to do this." Jesse looked over as CSU entered the room.
As CSU started processing the scene Jesse sent Brot and Natalia to the station while he went to PVH.
Car's pulled to the side as the ambulance rushed down the streets of Pine Valley. Maria looked after Marissa, who's condition had gotten worse since they left the mansion, while Angie and Jake worked on Greenlee.
"Dad," Jake called out to Joe who was sitting in the front of the ambulance. Joe turned to look at him, "Dad call ahead to the hospital tell them to have O neg. ready for both patients and have someone get a hold of Jackson. Greenlee's going to need a lot of blood and plasma and she can't get that from just anybody. We know she and Jack have the same rare phenotype. Get him to the hospital as soon as we can and save us sometime testing people."
Joe pulled out his phone and started making calls. Maria tried to keep Marissa alert, "Marissa honey stay with me we're almost there. Just a few more minutes."
Marissa's face was a pale white and sweat beads had formed over her forehead. Marissa looked at Maria who noticed her eyes were glassy. In horror Maria watched as Marissa's eyes rolled back and her body started to convulse.
"Jake! Angie!" they looked over and saw Marissa in distress. Jake climbed across the bench and stood behind the stretcher. Angie moved to the back of the ambulance and watched as Jake and Maria moved Marissa onto the bench they had just occupied. Once Marissa was on the bench the doctors worked in the tight space to get her stable again.
Angie held tight to Marissa's head and shoulder's keeping her from hitting her head. Jake got a syringe of anti-seizure medication ready and handed it to Maria. Maria pushed the syringe into Marissa's IV praying the girl would respond.
"Joe how much further?" Maria screamed for Joe praying they were close.
"We're pulling up right now. Hold tight he needs to turn the ambulance around and back into the ER."
Angie and Maria held tight to Marissa as the ambulance whipped around. They felt relief as the doors opened and a cool wind hit them. They had finally made it to the hospital and both patients were still alive.
Seth ran around the side of the ambulance and helped them lift Marissa onto the gurney the nurses had brought out. The attending physician sent Marissa to Trauma Room 3 and told Jake to take Greenlee to Trauma Room 1. As they took both patients in Angie started asking questions to the Attending.
"What OR's are open?"
Dr. Ashburn was the attending on duty and was very meticulous about how his shifts were run he knew better than anyone what was going on in each room and was able to answer all of Angie's questions. "We have one surgery right now. 30 year old man in a motor vehicle accident. We have a patient scheduled for gallbladder removal in about half an hour and the patient in Trauma Room 2 is ready to go up to repair damage to his leg also a result of a M.V.A. We may have one more that need to go up 8 year old boy also a victim of the M.V.A. he's being seen by Ped's now."
"Doctor are any of these life threatening or can they wait till tomorrow. I want to keep the OR's clear for these two patients and one more critical that's on her way in now."
"We can hold off on the gallbladder and the leg but I'd like to keep one OR clear for the pediatric M.V.A."
"Thank you doctor." Angie smiled at him and walked into Trauma Room 1.
Inside Trauma Room 3 Joe and Maria worked diligently to stabilize Marissa.
"I need two units of O neg. stat. Her blood pressure is crashing."Maria called out to the nurse as she put an IV in Marissa's other arm. "Joe as soon as we get a unit in if her b.p. rises we need to move her into surgery and stat.
Joe turned to the other nurse. "Call up stairs and make sure we have an O.R. team ready when we bring her up."
Maria bent down over Marissa snapping her fingers "Marissa! Marissa wake up for me honey".
Down the hall Jake had just ordered a chest X-ray for Greenlee to assess the damage done to her lungs. They needed to get a chest tube in but what to see what they were up against first.
As the X-tech to process the film to give back to the doctors Angie noticed Greenlee's eyes slowly open.
Angie moved to the top of the bed to get in the patients line of site, "Greenlee? Greenlee?"
Greenlee looked around the room. She remembered being in the Chandler Mansion. Leo was there he told her he was alive and was back for her. But now she couldn't find him. Had it all been a dream?
Jake ran in with the X-Rays, "Angie we need to get a chest tube in now. If we wait much longer both lungs are going to collapse," Jake noticed Greenlee was awake.
He heard her trying to talk to him beneath the oxygen mask. Angie gently lifted the mask up enough for them to hear her.
"Jake….where's…Leo…?" she gasped between labored breaths.
Jake put a comforting hand on her shoulder, "He'll be here soon sweetheart."
A tear streaked down her face. She started shaking her head, "No…your…lying….it….was a dream." As she struggled with her emotions the monitors started beeping like crazy.
"Jake her pressures dropping. We need to sedate her this is causing too much stress on her body." Angie put the mask back over the girls mouth and nose. "Greenlee we're going to give you something to make you sleep. When you wake up there will be a tube down your throat helping you breathe."
"No….no….no…I want to be with Leo…" she whispered beneath the oxygen mask.
Jake pushed the sedative into her IV putting her to sleep.
With Greenlee intubated they got to work to stabilize her for surgery.
As the worked on Greenlee Marissa had finally stabilized and was ready to go up to the OR. As they were getting ready to take her upstairs the next team of EMT's rushed into the ER with Brooke, Kendall, and Scott. Not far behind them was the rest of Pine Valley.
Bianca ran to the nurses' station, "Where can I find Marissa Chandler?"
Before the nurse on duty could answer Bianca saw Joe and Maria exit the trauma room a team of orderlies behind them pushing Marissa. Bianca ran over to her girl firend but was stopped by Joe.
"Joe is she ok?" Bianca pleaded with the older man.
"She's stable for now Bianca. We're taking her upstairs to explore the damage the bullet did."
"Can…can I see her before you take her up?"
"Make it quick, and Bianca be positive she needs your love and strength."
Bianca walked slowly over to the gurney that held her beloved Marissa. She looked down at the other woman. She had IV's in both arms wire's everywhere montitoring her vitals. She was still pale but not as pale as the last time Bianca had seen her. Bianca placed her hand on top of the other girls red hair and gently stroked her hair. "Marissa I love you. Don't you forget that. You're going to be ok and as soon as you get out of here we're going to start our lives together."
Marissa's eyes opened and she looked up at Bianca, "I love you to." Bianca bent down and kissed her softly on the lips. And watched as the wheeled her away.
Frankie and another doctor had taken Kendall and Scott to have their injuries looked at. Both needed to be given blood to replace what they had lost waiting for the ambulances to arrive. Both injuries were nonlife threatening but both would need surgery to remove the bullets and repair the damage. While it was customary for patients awaiting surgery to be admitted and taken upstairs both were allowed to stay in the waiting area with the families and wait for news on the others.
David, Cara, and Griff had taken Brooke into Trauma Room 2 which had been emptied when the victim from the auto accident had been taken to the OR. David was ready to get to work but was promptly stopped by Cara.
"David, you can be here." She gently told the doctor.
"What do you mean? This is my patient! I'm not leaving." David was angry that she was trying to stop him from doing his job.
"David part of the condition of your being released on bail is that you couldn't work on any patients in a hospital. You don't need to go back to jail. Griff and I will take care of Brooke. Go be with your brother. Go pray for your daughter and Greenlee."
David released a deep breath he had never realized he had been holding in. Focusing on Brooke had allowed him to momentarily forget about the danger Marissa and Greenlee were in. He'd also pushed the small detail of Leo being back in town to the back his mind. Cara was right he needed to go see Leo and find out what the hell he was doing there.
Adam Chandler was the last to arrive at PVH and promptly ran to the nurses' station demanding someone give him attention.
A kind looking nurse came up to him, "Hello Mr. Chandler are you here about your son and grandson?"
A/N As always thank you everyone for your kind reviews. I appreciate everyone who has commented on the story. I hope everyone is enjoying it. Please keep reviewing even if you don't like it. Also I am going to try to update every day or two until the story is over. A fair warning it may be hard I was on vacation this last week so it was easier to find time to sit down and write. I get to go back to that wonderful place they call work tomorrow so it may be a little harder to find the time.