First Health Montgomery Memorial Hospital:
Officer Sterling had stopped by the hospital after her shift and was waiting in the waiting room of the hospital. She was concerned about Piper and what condition she was in. The doctor had come out once and explained to her that the damage they had previously sustained was worse than they had previously thought.

Piper’s left lung was too damaged to save, and it would have to be removed. As for other injuries, she was lucky that the bullets had missed her spine. If they hadn’t missed, Piper would be paralyzed for the rest of her life. As for the bullets they removed, the doctor turned those over to the forensics team from the police department to determine which gun they came from.

Officer Sterling knew there was no way Piper would be able to get the recovery care she would need at the group home. She was still living with her parents and was helping take care of them. So she couldn’t take Piper in, but there was someone she knew from her college days who might be able to help.

She pulled out her cellphone, walked out of the hospital, and dialed the person she was thinking about. She listened for a while, hoping the person would pick up.

Somewhere in Fergus County, Montana:
“Get back here, you asshole!” Marshal Russel Givens was chasing after a suspect he had been looking for for a while and finally located him hiding out at an abandoned ranch. The suspect had been on the run for the past few months and made the mistake of coming to Montana.

Russell came across the suspect by accident and started tracking him. He managed to track the suspect to an abandoned ranch that the suspect was related to, but lost it due to financial problems. Now the suspect was running across one of the old pastures trying to outrun Marshal Givens.

The thing was, Marshal Givens had been on his college track team and won several state awards. Marshal Givens managed to catch up to the suspect and tackle him to the ground. He rolled the man over so he was lying on his stomach, twisted his hands behind his back, and put his handcuffs on him.

“Why did you make me chase you, Sam?” Marshal Givens helps Sam up off the ground.

“I don’t want to go back to jail, Givens.” Sam knew that was where he was heading.

“Well, you should have thought about that before you went on the run, Sam.” Marshal Givens started marching Sam Masters back towards the ranch where his pickup truck was parked.

“You could let me go, Givens. You know I have connections and could make it worth your while.” Sam was hoping Givens was one of those cops he could buy off.

“And get my ass kicked by my wife? No thanks, Sam. I like my job and love my wife. If she ever found out I turned into a crooked cop. She would kick my ass and put me in the hospital for months, before arresting me.” Marshal Givens knew his wife Gloria was a badass and had a strong sense of right and wrong.

The last person she learned was on the take of a mob boss or the cartel, ended up in the hospital with most of his bones broken by her. She wanted you to live and pay for your crime, instead of taking the shortcut of dying. His wife believed in karma and what you needed to do in order to pay that karma back.

He marches Sam Masters back to his black Dodge Ram 3500 extended cab and secures him in the backseat. He climbs into the driver's seat and adjusts his light brown custom-fitted cowboy hat. He puts his sunglasses on, starts the truck, and heads back toward Billings, Montana.

He figures he’ll get there by four in the afternoon. He looks in the rearview mirror towards Sam. “You know, you could have saved yourself more time by not escaping, Sam.”

“How the hell did you know I was hiding out on my Uncle’s old property?” Sam was wondering how Givens found him.

“I spotted you at the gas station getting fuel for that Mustang you stole; that’s how. That was a dumb move driving around in a stolen car.” An evil smile appears on Givens' face.

Sam couldn’t believe he made such a stupid mistake by doing that. He was mentally kicking himself for that mistake.

The Regency Office Complex, Main Street, Billings, Montana:
Gloria Givens was watching the crowd as the limo she and her partner were in pulled up in front of the office complex. The VIP they had been assigned to protect while he was in Billings had received several threats from some major hitters connected to the Dixie Mafia. The information she and her partner had been given said Henry Brit put out the hit on their client. According to the information they had, Mr. Brit didn’t like the fact that their client wouldn’t play ball with them on a new casino he was building. So, to keep the Casino from being built, a hit was put out on their client.

The reason they were in Montana instead of Biloxi, Mississippi. Was because one of the backers who was willing to loan money to their client lived here in Montana and wanted to meet in person. So, she and her partner flew down in the company jet, picked up the client, and flew back to Montana with the client on board.

Gloria’s partner exits first from the limo and scans the crowd before giving the all clear. The client was next, followed by Gloria. Gloria’s partner, Jake Summerset. He escorts them inside the building and up to the floor where the meeting was going to be held. Jake enters first and makes sure everyone is who they said they are before letting the client inside.

Once Jake was outside the conference room, Gloria and Jake took up guarding the door. Both of them were used to doing this type of work. Originally, Gloria had been an NCIS agent stationed onboard an aircraft carrier. But after doing that for several years and marrying her husband. Gloria decided to leave NCIS and go to work for a company named Dark Angel Protection Agency.

This way she could spend more time with her husband, instead of being out at sea so often. She hadn’t planned on marrying so young, but the two of them hit it off so well. It was like they were made for each other. She knew he was a Marshal the first time they met.

While Gloria is standing outside the conference room door, her cell phone starts vibrating. She looks at the caller ID and notices it was her college friend Lupe Sterling. Normally, you weren’t supposed to take personal calls while on duty, but since she and her partner were waiting outside the conference room door and there was no one else on the floor. She pressed accept: “Hello, Sterling, what can I do for you?”

“Hey Gloria, do you have time to talk?” Sterling knew her friend was busy.

“Not right now, I don’t. I can get back to you later on tonight.” Gloria knew she couldn’t stay on the phone.

“Alright, call me back tonight, please. It’s very important.” Sterling figured Gloria and her husband might be able to help Piper.

“Can you at least give me an idea what it is about?” Gloria was curious.

“It’s about the safety of a transgender girl. I’ll explain more about the situation tonight when you call.”

“Alright. You be safe.” Gloria knew her friend was a cop.

“You too.” Sterling knew Gloria did a lot of different jobs.

Sterling ended the call after saying goodbye, then went back into the hospital to check on Piper.