#3 The Red, White and Chicago Blue

Chapter 22 "Two Victims And A Gun"

Will was standing at the reception desk in the ER, when all of a sudden the doors flew open. Lilly and Connor looked up, wondering what all the noise was. Ember and Mackenzie, along with two other paramedics were wheeling two gurneys inside.

"Whoa what is going on here?!" Will asked as they passed by.

No one answered him, then one of the nurses spoke up. "Halstead, Mikayla and Ruzek, Brayden. Gunshot wounds to the shoulders and chests."

"April, let me in there."

"Will, you know you can't operate on family. That's a law. Now move, we need to get them in the operating room and we need to do it now."

April shoved him out of the way and ran into the first operating room. He walked over to Jay, who was sitting there with his face in his hands.

"Hey..."

"They need to save her."

"The bullet didn't look like it severed anything major, she'll probably have a long recovery process though."

"Or she'll be like Hannah and come into work the day after she was shot."

Everyone laughed.

"Okay William, I got shot. Big deal."

He grinned. "That's exactly what your mother told me. Before you were born, she got shot the same place you did. The day after her surgery, she said those exact words."

"My god I really AM turning into my mother." Hannah realized as she made a face.

"Oh yeah and she wrecks squad cars too." Kim chimed in with.

"MOM. Hush!"

"What?"

She got up. "I'm going to the firehouse. Anyone need anything while I'm out?"

"Yeah. Hey anyone got a piece of paper? We're gonna write down our orders."

"Diego, don't you even think about it."

"What? You only asked if we needed anything. We're gonna write down our orders so you don't forget."

"You wanna know what I think of that?"

"What?"

She flipped him off and then headed out the door.

***

Galina was in the garage, cleaning the truck when Hannah arrived.

"Hey girl."

"Hey. Have you seen Noah?"

"Yeah, he's inside cooking."

"Thanks."

She walked in side, everyone but Noah crowded around the TV.

"Hey guys."

They ignored her.

She rolled her eyes. "The Blackhawks are on, aren't they?"

"Yes. Now be quiet!" Griffin said, not looking away from the TV.

Noah was in the kitchen making lunch, when she snuck up behind him. "Guess who?"

He turned around and smiled. "Hey beautiful." He took her face in his hands and kissed her.

"I really could not stand to be at that hospital another minute."

"Why were you at the hospital?"

"My brother and Mikayla were both shot. You know the tear gas incident you guys responded to this morning?"