Hi! Feel free to shoot me :/ i know i'm a horrible person for not updating :( anyway here chap 3!

The sterilized smell burnt my nose as I stepped into the hospital ward with oscar only a pace behind me, my feet felt numb with every step I took. I couldn't go and see him like that, so vulnerable, so helpless.I stopped walking and stumbled into Oscar's chest, he wrapped his arms around me as if it would stop me from feeling pain. Fat chance, I thought to myself. We'd reached franks room, I could tell not by the nurse's earlier directions but by the group of large men standing outside the room as if they were protecting something important .They are.

"you'd think they would at least try to look normal. they might as well have a sign above their heads saying 'SPIES' " Oscar chuckled in my ear trying to lighten the mood. I laughed but it was hollow and soon turned into a sob. I turned my head into Oscar chest his grip protective around me around

" What is going to be behind that door?" i asked him. "he might me already dead..." Oscar pulled me away from him, held me at arms length and looked at me with his blue stormy eyes.

"How can you say something like that Carrie? This is Frank, remember." Oscar replied in a deadly seious voice. He let go of me and walked into franks hospital room. With no other choice but to follow him (well its not like I was going to wait out here for him) I drew a deep breath and walked into the room.

The scene In front of me was just as I connected franks limp body to beeping machines all around his clean bed and the bright lights on the ceiling made every reflective surface hard to look at. Oscar was sat on the right side of the bed in one of the two scratchy hospital chairs placed there. His Distant expression on his face as he stared at frank told me that he hadn't notice me come into the room yet. I was only when I clicked the door shut that he jumped out of his daze, sat up and looked at me. i couldn't meet his eye, but i knew he was still looking at me. It was like his eyes were looking right through my facade, as if he could see everything i was thinking.

"I'm sorry for what i said out there, i didn't mean it Osc" I said softly using the nickname i used to tease him with. "I just didn't know what to expect in here, and I cant lose someone else" He looked down and opened his mouth to speak to me when a tall nurse with pointed face and dark green eyes walked into the room and cleared her throat. "Mr Cole, if i could have a quiet word outside please." the woman spoke quietly obviously noticing the tension between Oscar and I.

"uh sure..." he turned to me, and I nodded, we could finish our talk later. Oscar followed the slender girl out of the room and shut the door. I suppose I shouldn't of listened in but what harm would it do?

"I'm here to discuss Agent London's condition." The blonde nurse stated. "he is stable-for now- but he is still likely not to fully recover, it-"

"what happened to him?" Oscar cut in, pain evident in his voice "I mean i know he was nearly killed and all that but how? I haven't been told details."

"Mr London was shot in the lower back extremely close to the spinal cord. As I was saying before you interrupted me" she replied with Oscar narrowing his eyes and the last part "It is likely he wont fully recover and that he has a major risk of being paralysed from the waist down" Oscar's mouth dropped open and he lent against the wall behind him for support.

"I'm sorry, but we will try our up most best to help him." the nurse said in a softer voice, and started to walk away before Oscar spoke once more

"One question, how come you told me this now? Why didn't you jest tell me in there? Carrie has a right to know to." oscar spoke clearly.

"well," She started "your friend, miss Stewart looked distressed, so i thought th-"

"Oh i know what you thought! you thought that you'd leave me to deal with her reaction, make me tell her that if he even survives he probably won't even walk again!" Oscar shouted at the petite nurse towering over her menacingly. she took a step back and glared at him hands on her hips.

"Actually Mr Cole" she replied eyes narrowed "I just thought as miss Stewart looked distressed it might be easier to hear it from you, but it seems she has already heard." the nurse said looking over Oscars shoulder.

I had moved closer to the door when the young nurse started talking about Frank's health and had heard all of the conversation.

"Thank you, but i'd like to talk to my colleague alone now." i spoke curtly before turning to Oscar and pulling him into a close cupboard.

"Oscar what the hell was that?" I whispered harshly slapping him round the head. I carried on ignoring his yelp of pain "You can't lose your cool like that Osc, it's not her fault Franks is in this state."

Oscar looked down at his feet guiltily, scratching the back of his head "I know, i'm sorry. It's just the look on your face when i told you, I couldn't see you go through that again Carrie, It's not fair"

"None of this is fair oscar, but its life. and its our jobs to find out who did this and stop them from doing it again."

So, how was it? It's quite long for me really and I hope you like it! I was going to do another page but when i got to this bit, i just fell like stopping I don't really know why :L

Anyway Hoped you liked it :)

Sugar xx