The ride to the hospital was one of the longest in Charlie' life. When he saw Ian go down all he wanted was to race across the yard to his boyfriend' side and hold him, tell him he loves him and that he was not allowed to leave him. Don had held him back while Colby ran to him instead. Charlie was crying, being held by his brother tightly when the E.M.T.s arrived and began working on him. He couldn't hear what was being said, only saw them hook him up to an i.v. and get him on a gurney and into the ambulance.
Don didn't let charlie ride with him. "He's in bad shape charlie. They need the room to work on him." So now he was in the back seat of his brothers S.U.V. with his dad beside him, holding his hand, and Don and Colby in the front following the ambulance. Don was on the phone with david. Him and megan were at his house looking for what ever evidence might had been left behind. While he waited for them to pull up to the hospital he sent out a quiet prayer. "Please let him be alright. Please don't take him from me. Please.." the last word broke in his throat as he started sobbing again for his lover.
As the ambulance pulled upto the door, Don turned left to pull up a little ways beside it. Charlie was out before the car had stopped but he wasn't fast enough to catch a glimpse of Ian before they had him behind closed doors. "No! I need to see him! Please.." he was still sobbing from the ride over. Don went to his brother again. "They have him now buddy. He'll he alright." He said while wrapping his arms around him. "Can you promise that don?" His little brother asked in a voice so small he felt his heart break for him. Unable to give him an honest answer he guided him to the O.R. waiting room.
He was seated between his dad and don, Colby sitting across from them, when megan, david, and surprisingly Larry came in. Ian had been in surgery for a little under two hours. "What did you find?" Don asked ad they all sat down. Larry came right up to charlie and pulled the younger man into a tight hug and held his friend close as more tears fell. "
"We found some tire tracks outside of the house. We sent them to the lab to find what car it's from. No shell casings like last time. Nothing real concrete but there's no question who did this."
Don sat, rage building inside him. "No, we know who did this." He felt Larry lower his brother back down into the chair and wrapped his arms around his shoulders in silent support while they waited for news on their teammate, friend, lover, and to alan and don, brother and son. It wasn't to much later when a man who looked about the same age as their dad came out in scrubes. "Edgerton?" They all stood up, charlie was the first to talk "How is he?" The doctor looked at him gravely and before he said one word, charlie knew. "No..."
The doctor looked at charlie sadly, "I'm so sorry. The bullet punctured his right lung and by the time he arrived it had filled up with to much blood. We tried everything we could but his body gave out. I'm sorry for your loss." He knew looking into the young man's face that he just lost a man he loved greatly. With a small nod he turned and walked away. Don caught his brother before he collapsed to the ground. He was shaking from uncontrollable sobs. "I'm so sorry buddy." He said, holding him close while his dad wrapped them both in his arms. Larry stared at his heartbroken friend while megan had silent tears in her eyes and David had his head in his hands.
Charlie looked up into his brother' face, a heart wrenching sob came out of his chest as he tried to speak. "I..don...I need..see..." Don knew what he was asking. "Ah buddy, you can't. You don't want to seen him like that." Charlie started shaking his head and before anyone knew it he was fighting them off pushing them away to find the more, screaming his sobs. " NO...IAN...I...NEED..." He was half way down the hall before Don came up behind him and grabbed his little brother and held on for dear life. " i'm so sorry buddy. I'm so sorry" he repeated until charlie gave up the fight and turned to wrap his arms around Don. "I love him." He whispered and dons resolve broke and tears were soon running down his cheeks. " I know you do buddy. He loves you so much. And I swear to you charlie I will get this son of a bitch." He feels Charlies arms tighten around him while his sobs stay strong in his shoulder.
He' not sure how long they had stayed like that when he felt his brothers body go weak in his arms. Silent tears still fell. "Come on charlie, dad's going to take you home." He handed charlie over to his dad while he gave the keys to david. "Take them home for me. Make sure he goes straight to bed and I don't want him anywhere outside or close to windows." David nodded his head slightly. "You got it Don." He gave charlie a soft kiss to his forehead and hugged his dad and watched them make their way out of the hospital.
Don took a deep breath then turned and made his way to the basement level. Opening the first door on the right of the elevator he stepped inside the security room and saw a black haired man staring down at a monitor. The same one that is currently showing his family walking out the front door of the hospital. He closed the door with a soft click as the man turned. At that moment he was unsure who's eyes had cried the most. His brothers or the broken man in front of him.