"Tim, it's not your fault" Lucy assures him, watching as he guards over Ana's bedside.
"I should've been there" Tim groans. "I shouldn't have let her go home alone, she was receiving death threats"
"you sound surprised" Harper pipes up, sitting on Ana's other side.
"death threats are normal?" Nolan asks.
"we should expect it, especially for Ana" Harper answers.
"why?" Lucy questions.
"she's our weakness, the most vulnerable member on the team, you get her, you get all of us" Harper explains.
"what do you mean?" Angela asks.
"the mayor just stopped by, Elijah Stone is guarding the door way, hell Oscar Hutchinson is on his way here, this isn't normal" Lucy realizes.
"not to mention how half of the LAPD is guarding the hospital and she has more nurses watching over her than any other patient" Nolan adds.
"exactly" Harper sighs.
"why? why is she like this?" Angela questions.
"your guess is as good as any" Tim replies. "she's just..."
"she believes in the broken" Aaron finishes.
He receives some looks of confusion so he continues "Ana was the first person to not look at me like a murderer, she was the first person to believe that I was innocent and to believe that I could be a cop despite my past."
"she helped me with getting Lila back and she refused to hate me for how rude I was to her in the beginning" Harper says.
"she made me feel useful when it felt like the world was screaming at me that i would never be enough" Lucy adds.
"she saw past my age and my past and just wanted to be friends with me. she was there by my side with Henry and all of it" Nolan tells.
"she sacrificed her body so that I could be the mom I always dreamed of being." Angela sighs.
"she refused to let what happened with Isabel define me. she was always there to remind me that what happened with her wasn't my fault" Tim responds.
"she didn't care what I had done, she saw me as a person, someone who deserves another chance" Oscar pipes up entering the hospital room in his bright orange prisoner jumpsuit and with the warden right next to him.
"we're all broken" Lucy realizes.
"but she didn't care" Aaron notes.
"damnit" Tim curses, standing up and starting to pace.
"Sarge, the animals are growling at me" Smitty says, opening the hospital door.
Moose, Billy, and Max use that moment to sprint into the room and jump onto Ana's bed. Billy quickly curls up on the pillow by Ana's head with Max loafing on Ana's chest and Moose laying down by her feet.
"I swear to god if those things hurt her" Elijah growls, shoving past Smitty and entering the room to see that the animals are all peacefully watching over her.
"don't come in here" Tim says, walking over to Elijah.
"unless you forgot, Bradford, I saved her life" Elijah spits out.
Tim takes a deep breath. "it's your fault she's in that bed to begin with" Tim hisses.
"I have no idea who hurt her" Elijah responds.
"we better find out" Harper says.
[Time Skip]
"you're running an operation with Elijah Stone?" Wesley hisses.
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Altruism | Part Four : Love
Action"Let me be your light at the end of the tunnel" - Ana Cabrera Ana Cabrera is a Cuban immigrant. She lives in a three bedroom apartment with her grandparents and is a rookie starting in the LAPD. This is Part Four. To find Part One, follow this link...
