"Owen, I know this place is a semi holy place but that doesn't mean I won't kick your ass for calling me a dumb one." Bret said as he clenched his fist.

Owen placed his hands on Bret's shoulders and shook him. "Bret, you are a general. You're suppose to know what a gun shot sounds like when it goes through human flesh. You're suppose to know what a gun shot blood splatter looks like. You're suppose to know what real blood looks like. You're are real general that has been in wars. You've fought along side of your men. You're not one of those prissy generals who just wears the suit and medals. You should know all of this."

"What are you trying to say Owen?" Bret asked.

"Look, I can't tell you everything. Go back and watched the DVD, not as Shawn's husband, Bret, but as a General Hart." Owen said before giving Bret a hard shove into the darkness.

Bret jolted away and sat up as he caught his breath. He needed to watch that DVD again. Something wasn't right about it. Bret ripped the IV out of his arm and pulled all of the other wires off of him and got up. He walked out of his room and down the hall to the station.

"Where's Hunter and Brian?"

Todd looked up and jumped in surprise. "General, you're awake."

"Where are Hunter and Brian?"

"I-I don't know. I think they might be in their room or in their office."

"Thanks." Bret said as he walked away.

"Wait, you can't leave." Todd yelled but Bret didn't listen to him and kept walking.

Todd rubbed his temples. He was going to be in so much trouble when Randy came back.

Normally, Brian and Hunter would both be doing some type of work but the couple was way too sad and stress so they decided to just say in bed. Brian looked down. Hunter had his head laying on Brian's stomach and he wrapped his arms around Brian's hips. Hunter was 'listening' to the baby as it was giving him advice, or at least that's what Hunter said. Brian sighed. He normally would have laughed at that joke but he was just way too sad.

Hunter looked up when he heard Brian let out that sigh. "You OK?"

"Shawn and I used to talk about being pregnant together." Brian said, not answering the question. "And raising our kids together like siblings." Brian took a deep breath. "I'm trying not to be sad and stressed. I don't want to hurt the baby."

Hunter slide up Brian's body and kissed him. "You're allowed to be sad. You're best friend just died in the worst possible way." Hunter placed his hand on Brian's belly. "I think the baby understands."

"I know bu-." Brian stopped and gasped when the door of the bedroom opened. Hunter looked over his shoulder.

"Bret?" The both said.

"Sorry to interrupt but where is that DVD?" Bret asked almost in a panic.

"It's still in the DVD player in the TV room. Why? And how did you get out of the hospital?"

"I walked." Bret answered before leaving. Brian and Hunter jumped out of bed, threw their robes on, and followed Bret down to the TV room.

"Bret, are you sure you need to watch this?" Brian asked as the reached the room.

"Yes, something's not right." Bret said as he grabbed the remote. Hunter and Brian sat down but Bret stood up by the large screen. Bret pressed play and fast forwarded through Shawn's goodbye. He pressed play a few seconds before the gun shot went off.

A loud bang went off in the room. "Did you hear that?"

"The gun shot? Yes." Hunter said.

"It's not right." Bret said as he rewind it and watched it again. "What do you think that wall is made of? How far away from that wall do you think Shawn is?"

"Looks like reinforced concrete…maybe steel." Hunter said. "What does this have to do with anything?"

"The bullet hits the wall and bounces off and hits the floor…If the bullet had of went through Shawn's body, it would have lost it's velocity because of the thick skin and flesh us human's have…the bullet wouldn't have hit the wall, it just would have dipped and fell to the floor."

"I didn't hear any other sounds." Brian said and Bret rewind.

"Listen, don't just focus on the gun shot." Bret played the DVD and Hunter and Brian both listened. After the gun shot, there was a small 'ping' and than a 'pang'.

"Also." Bret paused the DVD when the blood started to run down the wall. "If the bullet was too far away to hit the wall then all of this blood couldn't have splattered on the wall…it's way too much and it can't be real."

"What do you mean?" Brian asked and sat up.

"The blood is too runny. Yes, our blood plasma is ninety percent water but it's way too runny, also it's way too red. It looks like ketchup they mixed with water and other things to make it runny." Bret said.

"So you're trying to say that this killing was a hoax?" Hunter questioned.

"And that Shawn's still alive?" Brian finished the question.

Bret took a deep breath. "If they killed Shawn…they didn't do it in this video."

Hunter and Brian both felt the weight of the world lifted off of their shoulders. "So what do we tell everyone?" Hunter asked.

"Tell everyone that Shawn's dead." Bret said.

"What?" Brian questioned.

"I believe who ever is doing this is closer to home then we think. If we let them believe that we think Shawn is dead, they'll start acting different and doors will open. Tell everyone that needs to know that Shawn is dead but don't tell them how if they ask why just tell them it's too graphic."

"OK, we'll start calling." Hunter said.

Bret said a silent thank you to Owen and he could hear Owen saying Your Welcome back to him. He was going to find Shawn.

"What?" Stephanie yelled as she felt the tears prickling from her eyes. "Shawn's gone. Hunter, don't lie."

"I'm not lying Stephanie." Hunter said in a somber voice. "He's gone. We got a DVD, they killed him on it."

"Oh God." Stephanie said. "How is Bret?"

"As well as you expect. I've never seen Bret cry so hard."

"And Brian and the baby?"

"They're both alright…I made Brian go lay down. I just wanted you to be the first to know Steph. I have some other calls I need to make. Bye."

"Bye." Stephanie hung up and began to sob in her hands. She really did like Shawn and thought that he was perfect for Bret. She could only imagine how Bret was feeling.

"What's wrong?" Sunny asked as she entered the room. She could here Stephanie sobbing from down the hall.

"Shawn's dead." Stephanie said.

"What?" Sunny acted shock and hide back her smirk.

"Yeah, Hunter just called me. They said he's dead."

"How's Bret?" Sunny asked in a somber voice.

"Horrible, crying his eyes out." Stephanie said as she wiped her tears. Sunny grabbed her sister and hugged her. Stephanie buried her head in Sunny's chest

"Just think of it like this, Shawn's in a better place now." Sunny smiled. A better place, indeed. Shawn was out of her way.

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