Dr. Jason Bull sat in the courtroom next to Benny as the charges against his client, Elliot Miles were dropped. Elliot was a free man! Jason sat with a smile on his face, mostly to cover up the pain he was feeling. Elliot signed to Jason 'you are not alone.' Jason smiled even more and signed right back to him that he was not alone. Jason took a labored breath.

"Are you ok?" Benny leaned forward and asked. "You're as white as a ghost."

"I'm great, man." Jason smiled and nodded his head. "I just need some air and some sleep."

Jason patted Benny on the shoulder.

"Tell Marissa I might not be in today." Jason said breathless "Tell everyone thank you."

He tapped the desk to get his point across.

"They did this." Jason got up and patted Benny's back. "Nice work counselor."

Benny had a huge smile on his face as Jason walked out of the courtroom. They had done the impossible.

Jason walked out of the courtroom proud of himself and his team. But something wasn't right. He was having a hard time breathing as he walked outside. He was hot, too hot for a nice spring day in May. As he walked he was trying to breathe through the pain he was having, feeling like someone was squeezing his heart. He stumbled to the top stair of the federal courthouse because he was getting extremely dizzy. He sat down and unbuttoned his top button on his shirt and undone his tie. The pain in his chest started to take over him as he laid back on the cool concrete. When not one person stopped to ask if he was alright, Jason reached into his suit jacket pocket and pulled out his phone. With great effort, he called 911.

"Hello 911?" Jason said. To his dismay they asked if he would hold. "Yes, I'll hold." Jason rolled his eyes and sighed.

'How am I supposed to hold? I could be dead before anyone gets to me.' Jason thought.

Another pain went through his chest causing his breath to hitch and him to flinch in pain. He saw someone standing over him. It was a little boy.

'Maybe he can get me help?' Jason thought.

"What are you doing?" The young boy asked as he watched Jason struggle to breathe. "Are you taking a nap?"

Jason could barely shake his head as he struggled to breathe. He could hear the young boy's mom call to him.

"Jeremy!" The little boy's mom called, but he stood there watch Jason. "Jeremy, leave the strange man alone."

The boy complied and walked away from Jason. As the boy walked away someone on the other end of the phone finally spoke to Jason.

"Hi…uh…I think I need and ambulance. I think I'm having a heart attack." Jason struggled to say. "I'm at the federal courthouse…right outside." Jason sighed "I promise you'll see me…Absolutely I'm not going any place."

Jason took another labored breath and lowered his phone from his ear onto his chest.

'So, this is it. I'm going to die alone.' Jason thought as his breathing became shallower.

As he laid on the courthouse steps with people walking around him, Jason's eyes lost focus of life, becoming fixed and dilated. He took one more labored breath before his body went limp and he was gone.

Chunk met up with Benny at the defense table to congratulate him on the win. Elliott came over to thank Dr. Bull. He looked with concern and pointed at Jason's chair.

"Yeah where is Dr. Bull? It's not like him to get up and leave before congratulating his client on a win." Chunk pointed out.

"Bull needed some fresh air. He looked like he didn't feel good. He was extremely pale." Benny said.

Chunk stood back crossing his arms thinking for a moment.

"You know come to think of it Bull had been complaining of tingling in his left arm and hand at the office yesterday." Chunk said.

Benny's eyes got wide as he and Chunk put the pieces together.

"You don't think he?" Benny questioned.

"That sounds like a heart attack to me Benny!" Chunk said.

Benny went running out of the courtroom with Chunk hot on his heels. Benny had a gut feeling something was wrong.

'Gosh why didn't I pick up on this before?' Benny thought.

Benny looked around and almost didn't see the older man lying on the top stair with people walking around him.

"Bull!" Benny yelled as he rushed to Jason's side.

People were still stepping over and walking around Jason instead of stopping to help him.

"Can't you see a man is in trouble and you don't even have the decency to stop and see if he needs help?" Benny yelled at passerby's.

He got down on his knees before placing two fingers on Jason's neck to check for a pulse and leaning down to see if Jason was breathing. The image of Jason's eyes being fixed would haunt him.

"My God, Chunk he doesn't have a pulse and he's not breathing!" Benny shouted over his shoulder.

Without giving it a second thought Benny started CPR. He was trying so hard to keep the tears from flowing.

As he did compressions he tried to encourage Jason.

"Come on Bull! Don't you do this to me!" Benny yelled as he got harder with the compressions.

Benny was too in the zone to see the paramedics that were making their way up the steps.

"Sir we need you to step away so we can work on the patient." One paramedic said.

"No! I need to save him!" Benny said as he continued compressions.

"Sir please we will do everything we can…"

"I said NO!" Benny yelled at the paramedic as he kept pounding on Jason's chest.

The paramedic looked up at Chunk and communicated with their eyes. Chunk knew what he had to do and nodded. He wrapped his arms around Benny and tried to pry him away from Jason.

"No, I gotta save him! Let me go!" Benny kicked and screamed before breaking down into tears.

"Do either of you know this man?" One paramedic asked as the other cut away Jason's dress and under shirt to reveal his bare chest and started CPR.

"Yes, he's Dr. Jason Bull. He's actually our boss. He's 45, he had been complaining of numbness in his left arm and was pale in court this morning." Chunk explained.

"Sounds like a heart attack." The paramedic made mention.

"Still no pulse." Her partner said.

"Ok let's go ahead and get him hooked up to the EKG and AED." The paramedic demanded.

Benny and Chunk watched the green flat line as the Paramedics worked on Jason. They watched as the AED delivered shocks to Jason's body causing him to jerk, but to their dismay the green line stayed flat.

It felt like an eternity to Benny as he watched the paramedics work feverously to get Jason back.

"His pupils are fixed and dilated, non-reactive to light. Still no pulse or respirations. It's been about 15 minutes of rounds of CPR and AED." The paramedics looked at each other and sadly shook their heads.

There was no way of knowing how long Jason had been down, but one thing was for sure, Dr. Jason Bull was dead.

As the paramedics were about to call his time of death, Benny begged and pleaded with them.

"Please! You can't give up on him so easy! Please do one more round! Take him to the hospital! Please! Don't let him die." Benny sobbed.

The female paramedic looked at her male counterpart and shrugged her shoulders.

"I guess we can try one more time." She said.

They started the CPR over and pressed the AED to deliver the shock when it was appropriate. Benny's prayers were answered when the flat green line came to life and started showing little green spikes.

"We got him! Let's load him up and get him to the hospital." The paramedic said.

The paramedics quickly loaded Jason onto a gurney and was getting ready to roll when Chunk and Benny noticed Elliott standing back watching in horror.

"Elliott, would you like to ride to the hospital with us?" Chunk offered.

Elliott shook his head and showed his phone to Chunk.

"Of course, we will text you on his condition." Chunk sadly smiled.

Elliott returned the sad smile before heading home. Benny and Chunk followed the ambulance in Jason's car to NYU Medical Center. It was a blessing that Jason had a driver because neither of the guys were mentally stable enough to drive.

"I should have caught the signs." Benny cried. "I saw all the signs Chunk and I just let Bull tell me he was fine. He said he just needed some air and some sleep. I let him walk out of the courtroom and die alone."

Benny became angry with himself. "Damn it Benny why did you do that. I should have told him to sit down and I could have called an ambulance for him, kept an eye on him."

"It's not your fault Benny. We all missed the signs. None of us could have predicted he was going to have a heart attack, little on die on the courthouse steps." Chunk rubbed soothing circles on Benny's back.

"But I should have. I could have prevented this. God, Chunk! I never even got to tell him I was sorry for blowing up on him during the trial." Benny spat.

"You will get that chance. Jason's a fighter! He meets challenges head on and moves passed them. He'll pull through this." Chunk comforted.

"I guess I need to let the girls know what's going on." Benny started to calm down. He was in shock that he found Jason dead.

"That's a good idea. If we didn't and Marissa found out she would kill the both of us!" Chunk chuckled.

Benny dialed Marissa's number. Her cheery voice on the other end of the line was almost heartbreaking.

"Great work today counselor!" Marissa cheered.

Benny paused for a moment before giving her the news.

"Marissa, grab Danny and Cable and meet us at NYU Medical Center." Benny stayed calm enough to get the information over to her.

"Benny, who's being taken there? What's going on?" The worry in Marissa's voice catching the attention of Cable and Danny.

"It's Bull. Apparently, he had a heart attack on the steps of the courthouse." Benny sighed.

"Oh my God! Is he ok?" Marissa asked as the girls gathered around her.

"When Chunk and I found him, he was already gone. But they were able to get him back. We will meet you at the hospital." Benny said before hanging up the phone, he didn't want Marissa to hear the pain in his voice or the tears he was trying to hold back.

"Marissa, what was that about?" Danny asked.

As Marissa grabbed her jacket and made her way to the door she answered. "It's our fearless leader. He apparently had a heart attack after court this morning."

Both Danny and Cable were right behind her as she made her way to the elevator.

Benny and Chunk noticed the ambulance went a little faster and turned on its lights as it got closer to the hospital.

"No, something's has to be wrong or else they wouldn't do that, right?" Benny panicked.

"I am sure it's just to get the cars to move out of their way so they can get Jason to the hospital faster." Chunk reassured.

As they pulled under the emergency room entrance, Benny could see the paramedics running with Jason. The fear started building in him again that something was indeed wrong.

Chunk and Benny walked up to the check in and said they were there for Dr. Jason Bull. The nurse told them to have a seat in the waiting room. And wait they did.

Jason started crashing as he was brought into the Emergency Room.

"He's coding, grab a crash cart." One of the nurses yelled as another one jumped on the gurney and started compressions. "Let's get him in room 4."

Dr. Graham Jones, the ER doctor, walked in watching the ER nurses work on Jason.

"What have we got?" Dr. Jones asked.

"45-year-old male, possible heart attack, was DOA, got him back after 15 minutes, crashed as we got to the ER." The female paramedic answered.

Dr. Jones looked into Jason's eyes and saw they were still fixed.

"Someone hand me the paddles. Charge to 300, clear!" Dr. Jones demanded as he slapped the paddles against Jason's chest, lifting him off the gurney.

No change

"Charge to 350, clear!" Dr. Jones demanded as he tried again.

Still no heartbeat.

"Charge to 400, Clear!" Dr. Jones tried again, and again still no change.

"Push one of epi and let's charge to 450. Clear!" Dr. Jones demanded as he silently prayed it would work.

He was rewarded with the sweet sound of a weak heartbeat.

"We got him! Let's get him to the Cath Lab! Let's move people! No time to waste."

Dr. Jones walked into the waiting room to pass along the news.

"Family of Jason Bull?" Dr. Jones stated.

The whole TAC team was now in the waiting room patiently waiting for word on Jason.

"We are! How is Dr. Bull?" Danny jumped in and asked, before anyone else had a chance to.

"Well we got him back. He crashed as he was being brought into the ER. We have sent him off to the cath lab to see how much blockage there is. One thing is clear, he did suffer a heart attack." Dr. Jones answered.

"So, what now?" Danny asked, taking over the questioning process like she was interrogating this doctor.

"Depending on the blockage we will either do an angioplasty to clear the blockage or if it's on the more severe side he might have to have open heart surgery." Dr. Jones explained.

"Open heart surgery? Could it really be that bad?" Benny asked.

"We are not sure yet. When I know something, I will send the cardiologist out to talk to you guys about the next step." Dr. Jones answered. "If you guys need anything let me know."

The team thanked him as he walked back into the emergency room.

"It really couldn't be that bad, could it?" Benny asked. He tried to keep himself calm, but was failing miserably.

In the cath lab things were not on the up and up for Jason. They did a cardiac catheterization to see where the blockages were and how severe.

"How are we looking?" Dr. Alex Wright, the cardiologist asked.

"It doesn't look good doctor. Mr. Bull has 30% blockage in two arteries and 40% in another." The cath lab tech said.

"Ok, I am going to talk to the family. Get Mr. Bull prepped and ready for surgery." Dr. Wright said.

About 20 minutes since the team saw the ER doctor, another doctor came out looking for them.

"Family of Jason Bull?" Dr. Wright asked.

"We are the family of Dr. Bull." Marissa answered.

"You guys need to follow me." Dr. Wright said.

The team exchanged worried looks as they followed Dr. Wright. They were taken to the surgery waiting room, a lot more comfortable chairs and more space than that of the Emergency Room waiting area.

"First off, I'm Dr. Alex Wright and I'm one of the cardiologists working with Dr. Bull. We were hoping to do an angioplasty but there was too much blockage. There's 30% blockage in two arteries and 40% in another." Dr. Wright said before taking a seat on a coffee table in front of the team. "So, there are two things I need to tell you guys. First being, it's a lot worse than we originally thought, Jason suffered a massive heart attack and is lucky to be alive. Second, we are rushing Jason into emergency surgery. If we don't do the surgery, Jason could have another massive heart attack and die. It looks like we will have to do open heart surgery, a triple bypass. Open heart surgery after a heart attack is an emergency and a lifesaving surgery. There's no time to waste. They are back there prepping him now. With that being said it's going to take several hours so settle in and we will take good care of him." Dr. Wright said before shaking the team's hands and heading into the OR.

"Damn, a massive heart attack? I can't believe it!" Chunk said.

"I know I would have never thought Dr. Bull would have let himself go for so long." Cable said.

The team sat silently except for a few sniffles here and there. None of them knew their boss was so bad. They each missed the warning signs. The fact that Jason died at the courthouse weighed heavy on each of their minds. They just hoped they would get the chance to tell Jason they were sorry.