Author's note: Some of you already know that English is not my first language so bear with me, please!
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"Kensi!" she heard Sam's frantic voice on the other side of the line, "Oh my God! Look at me! Don't you do this to me"
She immediately stood up from her chair at the bullpen, "Sam, what's going on?"
She didn't get any answer. Knowing that something was really wrong she run up the stairs to the conference room, while still listening to Sam's panicked voice.
"Eric!" she found the computer genius with his feet on the table playing some stupid game, "Trace this call, now! Something is wrong with Sam. I want cameras too"
While Eric was going through all the means to find all the surveillance cameras available she kept trying to talk to her partner, now on speaker.
"What's going on, Sam?" she was getting impatient.
"He must have dropped the cell" Eric reassured her as Nate and Hetty came into the room with worry printed on their pale faces.
Suddenly, the image from the surveillance cameras came into the screen at the same time that Sam finally answered, "It's G…He got shot!"
Kensi froze as her eyes confirmed what she was hearing. Callen was on the ground, his partner's arms around him trying to bring him back to consciousness.
"The ambulance is already on its way" Eric told them.
5 holes on his chest. 5 bullets ripped through his body.
Kensi approached the screen. She could not hear anything her colleagues were discussing. The world blurred around her. There was only the screen and Sam's cries coordinated with what she was seeing in front of her. She had lost too many people in the past and he was one of her best friends and a person she trusted with her own life, every single day.
He wouldn't dare do this to her.
Kensi. Kensi. "Kensi!" she heard Nate call her as she came out of her trance.
She turned to face them, desperation veiled with determination. They looked back at her not one of them knowing what to say next. Suddenly she walked out of the room leaving them wondering where she was going.
***
The whiteness of the corridor was almost blinding. People who were dying probably would think they were entering Paradise through these doors. Salvation.
Was he going to get saved in the end?
Tears were threatening to spill from her eyes but she had to remain strong. There was still hope left.
5 bullets. 5 bullets ripped through his body.
Please, don't die… And she kept repeating it in her mind.
***
She found Sam sitting on a chair looking defeated. She sat next to him.
"He's in surgery" he whispered.
Kensi nodded, "What did the doctors say?"
"Nothing" he was pissed off "You know doctors…"
She let the statement hang between them. She hated doctors…
"Who did this Sam?" after a long silence she finally managed to ask.
He took a moment, thinking…
"Too many possibilities…"
She nodded again. Callen and all his aliases had too many enemies. She would get there too.
It was then that she realized Sam had blood in his hand. His blood. She touched it becoming mesmerized by the bright red contrasting with Sam's skin.
"I saw the van… I saw the guy pointing the gun" Sam started rambling, "I didn't do anything to stop it"
Kensi put a hand on her partner's shoulder, "It's not your fault…" she reassured him.
He stood up abruptly and turned around to face her.
"Not my fault!" he raised his voice but immediately looked around to check if anyone was witnessing his break down, "He told me he thought he was being watched, Kensi!" he lowered his tone but she could see that he was screaming inside, "I thought he was being paranoid as always…"
She looked back at him afraid that if she answered him she would have her own break down there.
"I should have done something…"
***
The whole team was now gathered in the waiting room when the doctor came to see them.
"You're here for G. Callen?"
They all stood up and Hetty took the lead while Kensi stood a little in the back afraid of the news they would get. Nate noticed her behaviour.
"Yes"
The doctor took a deep breath and Kensi feared the worst.
5 bullets. 5 bullets ripped through his body.
"Is he ok?" Sam asked fearfully.
"He suffered a massive internal damage but he's still alive"
The team exhaled in unison.
"We had to induce a coma in order for him to recover from all the injuries. He's in the ICU right now" he delivered the information calmly.
"Can we see him?" Sam asked.
"I'm sorry…only family is allowed" he replied apologetically.
Hetty, outraged, answered back, "We're his family"
She was able to intimidate the doctor enough for him to let Sam in to see his best friend.
***
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