A/N: Hey all. I know, I suck, and I'm sorry. I thought I had settled into a my workload when it suddenly doubled and I was back to square one. I've really got it under control this time, so it should only be a few days before I can update again. Thank you all for patience and for sticking with me!

Kadence

Disclaimer: Camp Rock and its characters are the property of the Disney Channel. I own nothing…I merely borrow for my amusement, as well as yours.

Chapter 10

"Please let me stay with her," Jason said, tears finally falling as he held one of Mackenzie's bloodstained hands in his own.

"Where is she?" Agent Schiff said, running in, with a bunch of agents.

"She's right here," Brown said.

"Oh Mackenzie, I'm so sorry," Agent Schiff said.

"Where are her injuries?" the doctor who'd come in with the agents asked.

"I don't know," the nurse said. "There's so much blood and I'm not trained for this."

"Alright, everyone out. I need to patch her up and then we have to get her out of here," the doctor ordered.

"Please let me stay with her," Jason pleaded.

"Jason, come on honey, I don't think Mackenzie would want you to see her like that," Connie said.

"Brown, I need to know exactly what happened," Agent Schiff said as they all walked out.

"Jason, you need to go get cleaned up," Brown said. "And Connie please start getting the campers to have parents come and get them or make other travel arrangements home."

"Uncle Brown," Jason said again.

"Jason, you need to get cleaned up," Connie insisted. "And I'm sure your Mitchie, Caitlyn and your brothers are very worried by now. Come on, sweetheart."

Connie managed to guide Jason in the direction of her cabin, where Mitchie, Caitlyn and the boys were, while Brown turned back to Agent Schiff.

"How the hell did this happen?" Agent Schiff asked. He knew it wasn't Brown's fault that Mackenzie had been hurt, but he'd developed a soft spot for the young girl over the past few months. Despite losing everything, Mackenzie never showed her weakness. She was stronger than anyone could ever give her credit for and Schiff knew she'd get through this, just like she had everything else so far.

"One of my campers figured out who she was and gave the information to the press," Brown said. He always knew Tess Tyler was trouble, but he never could have imagined this.

"Why?" Agent Schiff asked.

"Jealousy," Brown said. "Miss. Tyler always has to be the center of attention and when she realized people were over her, she, apparently, decided that it was all Bailey, or rather, Mackenzie's fault. When I realized what was going on, I tried to get her off the property, but before we could, one of your agents said something about a breach."

"Yes, they'd been watching the entrance and some of Carmine's men got on the property," Agent Schiff explained.

"The agents took off with her and that's when we heard the gunshots," Brown said. "I'm sorry about your men."

"I am too," Agent Schiff said. "But they were doing their jobs. They protected her and I can't ask for anything more than that."

"Do you think she'll be okay?" Brown asked.

"She has to be," Agent Schiff replied.

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"Oh my God, Jason," Caitlyn said when Jason entered the cabin with Connie Torres.

"Mom, what happened?" Mitchie asked.

Jason was crying, his hands and shirt were stained with Mackenzie's blood, and Connie was practically holding him up to keep him from falling to his knees.

"Make sure he washes up and gets changed," Connie said. "Camp Rock is officially closed for the summer. I have to make sure all the campers start packing and make travel arrangements home."

"Jason, come on bro, you've got to get cleaned up," Shane said, walking Jason into the bathroom.

"Do you think she's…" Caitlyn started to ask Nate.

"I don't know," Nate said.

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"Alright, it looks like not all of this blood is hers," the doctor said.

"Thank God," the nurse said.

"She does have a GSW to the shoulder," the doctor said. "And it looks like she hit her head, so she might have a concussion. The head wound's not severe, head wounds just bleed a lot."

"So she'll be okay?" the nurse asked.

"I'm just going to give her a sedative so she doesn't wake up while I'm stitching her up," the doctor said.

"How is she doing?" Agent Schiff asked as he and Brown walked back in.

"She was shot in the shoulder. It was a through-and-through, so I'm just going to stitch her up. Her head doesn't need stitches, just a bandage to cover the scratch. She might have a mild concussion, so I'll monitor her when she wakes up," the doctor said. "But all-in-all, she's going to be okay."

"Let me know when she's ready to be moved," Agent Schiff said.

"Where are you bringing her?" Brown asked.

"I don't know," Agent Schiff replied. "The safe house has been compromised and I can't bring her back to New York."

"Can I make a suggestion?" Brown asked.

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"Jason, please tell us what happened," Mitchie said, when Jason came out of the bathroom. He had washed up and put a new shirt on, but he still looked lost. "Where is Bailey?"

"Her name is Mackenzie," Jason finally said. "She is that dancer that Tess was talking about, Mackenzie Grace. But she wasn't hiding because she was ashamed or embarrassed; and I should be ashamed for making her feel like she was."

"Jason, you couldn't have known," Mitchie said.

"She'll have every right to hate me when she wakes up," Jason said. "If she wakes up."

"What do you mean 'if'?" Shane asked.

"Mackenzie was hiding her because she was under the protection of the FBI," Jason explained. "Her family was killed and she testified at the trial. She was hiding here until everyone was sentenced. Tess telling people who she was led the people she was hiding from right to her. The men that took Mackenzie away were FBI agents trying to get her to safety. She was shot before they could get her out of here."

"Oh my God!" Mitchie and Caitlyn exclaimed as Jason slumped into a chair.

"I'm sorry man," Shane said.

"Is she okay?" Nate asked.

"I don't know," Jason said. "The agent and the doctor that came in wouldn't let me stay with her. Uncle Brown sent me back here with Mrs. Torres."

"She's going to be okay," Mitchie said, squeezing Jason's hand.

"Yeah, there's a doctor with her now. She's in good hands," Shane said.

"I just…I don't know what I'm going to do without her," Jason said. "She'll never forgive me for the way I treated her…the things I said."

"Jason, you were allowed to be upset," Caitlyn said. "What Tess came as a shock to everyone. You reacted."

"But I yelled at her," Jason said. "She was having a hard enough time keeping her secret from me to begin with and I just threw it all back in her face."

"Jason, you said you loved her. Did you mean it?" Mitchie asked.

"Yes," Jason said. "Whatever her name was, I know who she was as a person. I love her."

"Then she'll forgive you," Mitchie said.

"Ahem," a throat clearing interrupted the group.

"Uncle Brown," Shane said. "How is…"

"I have news," Brown said.

A/N: Anyone have any thoughts on Brown's plan? Leave it in a review or send me a PM if you can guess, or if you have a suggestion.

Kadence