IN THIS SKIN -- CHICAGO FIRE

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Kelly paced nervously around the house. He had told Shay, Gabby, Casey and Boden what was happening, but the rest of the firefighters and squad members could sense his nerves. Everyone was on edge due to this. The house had all been informed of Otis' innocence and it had been said that there was a 'slight mix-up', but due to Marley's absence it was fairly obvious that she had something to do with it.

He glanced at the clock. She should have called by now. Gabby nodded towards the door to his office and he followed her in.
"Call Antonio." She stated, handing over her phone. He hesitated, but took the phone and pressed it to his ear.
"Gab-" Antonio began.
"No, it's Kelly. Why haven't you called?" Kelly asked urgently.
"Kelly, I can't talk right now, but you need to come down to the hospital. Now. It's urgent."

Almost immediately, Kelly hung up the phone.
"He didn't say, but something's happened and I need to go to the hospital." Kelly stated nervously.
"We'll come too. Shift is almost over anyway." Gabby stated. "Get changed, I'll go tell them whats happened."

After a quick conversation with Boden, Gabby walked into the seating area, where everyone had gathered.
"Listen up. Marley is in some trouble with Ryan and his gang and she'd gone under cover to get a confession about the drugs and shootings that have been happening. We called Antonio and he didn't say much but she's at the hospital. Me, Kelly, Shay and Casey are going to see what's happened. Chief's agreed to it. So he wants me to tell you that Herrman, if there's a call, you're in charge, same for you Clarke." She said quickly, seeing Matt and Leslie walking with Kelly towards her.
"Call us when you know what's happened, and tell her that we love her." Mills stated, and everyone in the house agreed. Gabby nodded and smiled.
"We will." and with that, they were gone.

Arriving at the hospital made it clear it was more serious that they had thought. There was 2 cop cars in the front of the hospital aswell as Antonio and Jay. The uniformed officers were stood at the entrance to the emergency department- that alone was enough to make Kelly's stomach sink.

Seeing Antonio covered in blood made it all the more hard to not puke.

Antonio and Jay both stood to greet the four, looking visibly affected. They had only known the girl for a day, but she had had a huge impact on them both. Kelly couldn't speak.
"What happened? Where is she?" Shay demanded, she had been like a mother to Marley and was very concerned.
"Sit down," Jay demanded, and they did. "She got the confession. She did so well. It was going fine. Then Ryan found the wire and called her out. They beat her up." Kelly almost sighed, relieved she wasn't more seriously injured.
"So when can we see her?" Kelly asked. Antonio shook his head.
"Caleb, he pulled out a gun. We got in then, saw him aiming it at her. We told him to drop it. When he didn't, we shot him, but he, he had his finger on the trigger and when he fell he released it, and she got shot in the chest." Antonio stated.
Kelly's whole world froze.
"Shot? Is she okay?" Gabby asked, placing an arm on her brothers knee. In that moment, a doctor appeared.
"Family of Marley Severide?" The six of them all stood up. The doctor came and sat next to them.

"The bullet hit an artery in her chest, which is why she bled out so much. It split inside her, so we had to perform an emergency operation to remove the fragments. There were some complications though. She bled out, a lot. And we found an internal bleed. One of the fragments had burst her lung and another was dangerously close to her heart. We did everything we could for her. The bleeding was stopped and we have removed all fragments, but unfortunately things are not looking good. She's on life support." The doctor stated, as sympathetically but straight as she could.
"But she'll wake up, right?" Matt asked, his eyes widening. The doctor sighed.
"I mean, its a certain possibility. As a doctor, I have to tell you to have hope and believe she'll wake up, but as a human, I'd say prepare for the worst. You can go in and see her now- just through those doors. Try not to be too loud, and only two at a time, but i'll bet she can hear you." The doctor patted Kelly on the shoulder as she walked away. Kelly looked like he was going to pass out.
"She's going to die. She's going to die thinking I hate her." He almost cried. Antonio shook his head.
"No, she knows you love her. Before she passed out she wanted me to tell you that she loves you. She knows man. She knows." He whispered.

Matt let Kelly and Shay go in first, and he and Gabby drove back to the house.
"You're back quick, was it a chipped nail?" Mouch joked and everyone laughed. Gabby shook her head, her eyes puffy from crying. Matt's face remained stone cold.
"There's no easy way of saying this. Marley, she was helping, she did well, but she got beat up, and one of them shot her." Gabby stated, her eyes filling with tears as she reprocessed the news.
"She'll be okay though? Right?" Cruz asked. Matt and Gabby both hesitated.
"She's on life support, Kelly and Shay are with her now. But it's not looking good. Kelly needs us, and so does Marley." Matt stated.
"I appreciate some of you have families you need to go to, but i'm sure Kelly would appreciate as many of us going to the hospital as we can. You're all off shift from now, and I can arrange for you all to be off tomorrow too. Marley has been in a tricky situation, but she is family to us all. Let's go and remind that girl to keep fighting because she has us." Boden said, appearing in the room.
Everyone agreed, and Cruz, Mills, Boden, Mouch, Herrman, Otis, Clarke (and Leon, who they picked up on the way) all made their way to the hospital with Matt and Gabby.

BUt what awaited them was anything but good news.