"Riker calm down!" Laura called after him.

But it was no use; Riker kept on ignoring Laura and just kept on running down the hallway towards the elevator. Laura couldn't go after him either because of Germaine and Ashleigh being in the apartment. Before she knew it, Riker was in the elevator and gone.

She sighed before turning around and going back into the apartment.

This just couldn't be happening at all. No. It couldn't.

One minute they were happy coming out from the airport, the next there was a gun-fire that came from nowhere and Ross was on the floor bleeding to death in Ratliff's arms. Now Ratliff's outside Ross's room whilst he's lying on his death bed. Just great.

Who would even be so sick and horrible to do something like that to Ross? Who. Ratliff couldn't think, in fact he couldn't even think straight at this moment. He couldn't even talk properly down the phone when he called Riker, then the phone cut off and he went back to crying.

Ross had been in that room for the past 5 hours and nobody had came out to even tell Ratliff about him and how he was getting on. Nobody at all! It was getting frustrating now, that he just wanted to shout. But he knew that wouldn't help the situation so he just sat there with his head in his hands and just cry.

"Ratliff!" Someone called from down the hall.

Ratliff looked down the hall and saw Riker coming towards him.

"How is he? Is he okay?" Riker asked panicked as he took a seat next to Ratliff.

Ratliff shrugged "I don't know," His voice cracked "they haven't told me anything..."

"What happened anyway?" Riker asked.

"I don't know..." Ratliff's voice changed in pitch from sadness.

Riker put his arm around Ratliff and brought him in closer for a hug "Well... What do you remember?" Riker asked.

"We were coming out of the airport and... There was a gun-fire and I turned the next thing he was on the floor." Ratliff explained, through his tears.

"D-do you know who did it?"

Ratliff shook his head "I don't even know what direction it came from..."

Riker sighed and took his arm away from round Ratliff. He should really call Rydel and Rocky and let them know about Ross, but Rocky's just calming down and Rydel's just been... Yeah... So he doesn't think landing that on top of them is going to help them in their situations.

Riker wanted to know where Ross had been shot just to know how serious it was, but he knew asking Ratliff wasn't going to help him either so he got up and decided he'd go to the front desk and ask about it. "I'll be one minute." Riker said.

A few minutes later Riker arrived at the front desk, but there was about 5 people lining up for the front desk so he had to wait a while. Especially since there was this one kid about 3rd in line that's head was pouring with blood, even if it was wrapped in a white bandage. How kids and people manage to do things like this to them, Riker does not know.

Finally he was at the front of the line.

"Excuse me; can you give me some information on Ross Lynch please?" Riker asked.

"Sure, are you his brother?" She asked.

Riker nodded "I just got here and I daren't ask his partner, he's in a bad state as it is."

She then did a few clicks on the computer before getting some pieces of paper out of a file "From what it says here he was shot twice."

"Yeah, I know that, but where?" Riker asked.

"Once in the chest and the other in the..." She stopped before sighing "the other in the head."

Riker's eyes widened and his stomach dropped "No, no... H-he's going to live... right?" Riker asked.

The women shrugged "I don't know," she said "I'm a receptionist, not a nurse."

Riker then walked away from the desk and back to Ratliff. Just great. Riker's heard about these things before when people get shot in the head. They always turn out permanently paralyzed, temporarily paralyzed, losing their memory or... Dead.

Riker doesn't want any one of them to happen. Even though he knows one is bound to happen.

Rydel got home at long last and managed to cover up any bruises and cuts on her arms, before managing to put a fake smile on her face. It's bad enough Riker and Rocky already know about what Noah's done to her, she doesn't need her Mom, Dad and Ryland finding out also. Even though they are bound to once Riker and Rocky come round and open their mouths.

Plus she's pregnant. There's no hiding that forever.

When she got in her Mom was sat in the kitchen at the table.

"Where's Charlotte?" Rydel asked walking into the kitchen.

"She's upstairs in your room in her crib." Stormie said.

Rydel nodded "Okay, I'll go see her." Rydel said.

"I've just put her down so there's no point."

Rydel turned around and sat down.

"Do you want anything to eat?" Stormie asked standing up.

"Sure, I'm feeling a little hungry anyways." Rydel said.

Rydel sat down at the table whilst her Mom was going around the kitchen putting something together for her to eat. She was lost deep in thoughts that she didn't even hear the door open and close as Rocky came in.

"Hey Rocky." Stormie said.

"Hey." He smiled.

His smile faded when he saw Rydel sat at the table. "You told her yet Ry?" Rocky asked.

Rydel looked and saw Rocky "What. No. Rocky don't." Rydel said, almost begging.

"Told me what?" Stormie asked.

"Nothing," Rydel said smiling "it's nothing. Don't worry about it."

"Err, it is," Rocky said "now either you tell her, I do, or Riker does. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't like Riker to tell her."

Rydel sighed heavily before standing up, she then stormed out of the kitchen and upstairs where she slammed her bedroom door shut. Causing Charlotte to wake up by accident. She sighed and got up before picking her up.

"I'm sorry..." Rydel said quietly as she rocked her gently "please go back to sleep..."

A doctor then came out from Ross's room to Ratliff and Riker, both of them then stood up in front of the doctor,

who looked at them as if he had bad news. So Riker and Ratliff didn't even bother getting their hopes up for good news.

"All I'm saying," The doctor began "is that... If he'd only got shot in the chest... Then everything would have been absolutely fine. But seen as though he got shot in the head—"

"He got shot in the head!" Ratliff said surprised, and even more upset. He even began to shake as more tears came to his eyes.

Riker looked at Ratliff. He can't believe Ratliff didn't know... Didn't he see the blood on his head or anything? Oh well. He must have thought Ross hit his head on the ground when he fell or something.

"I thought he just hit his head off the ground when he fell..."

Riker's thoughts were correct.

The doctor shook his head.

"What's happened to him?" Riker asked as his voice cracked.

Riker really didn't want to know the answer to this, so he figured it was better to find out sooner rather than later wasn't it?

"He's very lucky not to be paralyzed I will tell you that." The doctor said.

"I-is he dead...?" Riker asked.

"No," The doctor said "will you both let me finish off my sentences before jumping to conclusions."

Riker and Ratliff nodded.

"When the bullet went into his head, it got embedded into his skull, which we managed to get out. That's why he is lucky not to be paralyzed," The doctor began to explain "but... Unfortunately. If he's not paralyzed or temporarily paralyzed or dead... That means..."

"He's lost his memory..." Riker said shocked.

"Yes."

"What?!" Ratliff yelled "forever..."

"We don't know," The doctor said "we're going to keep him in the hospital for a couple of weeks. If his memories not back by then, we'll release him for about a week, then bring him back a week later and we'll see if it's permanent or not."

Riker nodded "Is he awake now?" Riker asked.

"No not yet, he's resting. But by tonight he'll be fully rested and you can see him then."

"And until then?"

"Then just wait here or you can go home until then."

"I'm staying." Ratliff said.

"What about Charlotte?" Riker asked.

"Oh yeah..." Ratliff said.

The doctor then walked off, letting them decide on what they'll do.

"We'll look after her while you're here." Riker said.

"No," Ratliff said "I'll leave and go see her. Then I'll come back later, I think Ross would want me to put her first before him anyway. Besides, we've been away from her for about 3 weeks now."

Riker smiled "Okay, your choice."

Aww. I saw the most adorable video of Rydel ever :3 R5 were doing a V.I.P somewhere and there was this little boy who asked her for a kiss and she kissed him on the cheek :3 Awww.

If you wanna watch it go to YouTube and type on "Rydel Lynch kissing a fan - R5 V.I.P" :D