Hey guys,
So this is my first fanfic and I'm sorta nervous. My friend made me upload mine for a deal that we have and this is my part! It doesn't really connect to any episodes of the show or anything, just a random, general type thing. Sorry for any spelling mistakes or grammar ;)
It was 5:30 AM when Briggs came down the stairs at Graceland. Graceland was quiet because a lot of the agents were on assignments that required them not staying at Graceland. Briggs, Johnny, Mike and Charlie were the only ones there. It was like he couldn't sleep any longer so he just decided to get up and head to the beach for a while to clear his head. As he walked in the cold sand and looked around, observing how many people there were around him he recognized one. A bit further down on the beach he recognized Charlie's distinct hair and body sprawled across the sand. He smiled as he thought about the fact that she had fallen asleep on the beach, but that smile immediately disappeared as he realized she was laying at a strange angle. The closer he got to her body the more he picked up his pace until he broke out into a sprint towards her. When he reached her he fell to his knees next to her body.
"Charlie" he said as he stroked her hair, "Charlie can you hear me? Move your fingers if you can hear me" he coaxed but she wasn't responding. After a while he started shaking her lightly.
"Charlie come on baby, Charlie please" he begged squeezing her hand but she wasn't responding and it was starting to scare him. Hesitantly, he checked for a pulse telling himself that she was fine and that she was just tired. The moment he couldn't find one his heart sunk down into his stomach.
"Shit Charlie" Briggs muttered as he laid her straight and performed CPR.
"Breathe Charlie, breathe for me baby" he pleaded still performing CPR on her. The moment she started coughing he stopped. Briggs looked at Charlie expectantly.
"Charlie, abre tus ojos mami" Briggs whispered into her ear. Charlie seemed to stir for a few seconds before surrendering to darkness. Briggs picked her up, thinking there was no way in hell he was gonna leave her on the beach, and started walking back to Graceland. When he got into Graceland he laid Charlie down on the coach. She hadn't moved on the way back to Graceland and he was starting to get worried that there was something bigger, that she was seriously sick or injured. The moment he put her down on the couch Johnny jumped down the stairs.
"Hey wassup Briggs? What you doing up this early?" He questioned Briggs. Briggs would've has answered except he was running his hands worriedly over Charlie's body checking for any broken bones and internal injuries.
"Wow dude, what in the world are you feeling Charlie up for?" Johnny asked immediately aware of what Briggs was doing.
"I'm checking for broken bones" Briggs mumbled back at Johnny.
"What happened? She get hurt?" Johnny asked suddenly aware of the fact that Charlie wasn't conscious despite Briggs running his hands over her body.
"I found her on the beach Johnny. She wasn't breathing" Briggs grumbled getting even more frustrated by the minute by the fact that he couldn't figure out what was wrong with her and why she was on the beach, dead, in the first place. Johnny, hearing this, quickly walked over and looked down at Charlie. She looked pale and her features showed that she was exhausted. His worry meter immediately shot up sky high as he watched Briggs re-check her. Charlie was like his little sister and he wasn't gonna let anything happen to her.
"Can you figure out what's wrong?" Johnny asked Briggs tentatively.
"No" Briggs said. "Damn it!" Briggs exclaimed as he lifted his hands in frustration.
"I have an idea" Johnny said as he ran into the kitchen. He came back to the couch with a glass of water with sugar mixed into it.
"Help me lift her enough to get this down her throat" Johnny told Briggs. While Briggs lifted Charlie just enough to get the liquid down her throat, Johnny poured it into her mouth bit by bit. Johnny had almost emptied the glass when Charlie started coughing the last bit he had poured into her mouth up.
"Wow hey, tranquila" Briggs said to Charlie while patting her on the back to help stop her coughing fit. Johnny put the glass down on the coffee table and sat down next to it.
"Charlie, you okay babe?" Johnny asked looking her up and down. Damn, she looked like shit. He wanted to know what happened to her probably as much as Briggs wanted to know but first they had to make sure she was okay. When Charlie finally stopped coughing she looked at two of her favorite guys.
"Fine, I'm fine" she said all in a sigh. She laid her head back on the pillow of the coach as she just lay there and took deep breaths.
"What in God's name happened to you?"Briggs exclaimed looking at her with big eyes wanting an explanation so bad he was going to burst. He loved her, which is why he needed to know what happened. Briggs couldn't just let this pass as another daily thing because it wasn't daily, it wasn't normal.
"Charlie answer me" Briggs demanded raising his voice. He knew how much Charlie hated it when he raised his voice but he couldn't give a rat's ass at the moment.
"I don't know" Charlie admitted ashamed. She really didn't know and it scared her. She didn't know how she ended up at Graceland on the couch, or why she had sand in her hair and on her shorts, or even what day it was.
"I'm gonna take a bath" Charlie stated as she started getting off the couch. Before Charlie could reach the stairs and go towards her room she stumbled, forcing her to hold onto the kitchen island counter. While she stood gaining back her equilibrium Johnny rushed over to her steadying her. Charlie hissed in pain as Johnny held her by her hips. She must be bruised, she thought to herself. Johnny's grip immediately softened, as if hearing her thought, but he didn't let go.
"You want me to help you?" he asked kindly but Charlie shook her head 'no'. She would not be seen as weak, even though she knew them well enough to know they wouldn't think her weak. Johnny helped her up the stairs and then let her go her own way. He didn't want to get her angry and he was going to respect her need for privacy. While Charlie showered Briggs filled Johnny in on what he knew. He told Johnny about how he brought her back to Graceland and each detail leading to it. When Charlie slowly and carefully walked down the steps into the kitchen, they fell silent. They both studied her. Charlie stood with wet hair in sweats that she had once gotten from Johnny, and a big shirt with long sleeves. She looked tired, drained.
Charlie trudged through the kitchen towards Johnny and Briggs. Briggs and Johnny were sitting on the bar stools at the kitchen counter.
"Hey baby" Johnny said to her as she got closer to them.
"Hey Chuck" Briggs said after Johnny's greeting. Hearing her much beloved nickname at Graceland, Charlie smiled the best smile she could manage at the moment. Once she reached them she walked to stand behind Johnny. Charlie then cuddled on his back as best she could, she needed the warmth. She was freezing cold and didn't have anything warmer she could wear.
"You cold?" Johnny asked Charlie as he turned his head as much as he could to see her.
"Uhu" She nodded on his back as she closed her eyes.
"You tired?" Briggs asked after a while, putting his hand on Charlie's back. Charlie shrugged as she lifted her head off of Johnny's back, but the moment she opened her eyes the world began to spin and she had to hold onto Johnny. Briggs saw that she was having a hard time standing on her own and got up to steady her. He helped her around to the other side of the counter. Briggs then lifted her so she was sitting on the counter facing him. Johnny then got up and came to stand next to Briggs in front of Charlie. Charlie lay her head in her hands, hoping that it would make her world stop spinning.
"Charlie, sweetheart, can you look at me please?" Briggs asked her while he gently pulled on her hands to get them away from her face. When she raised her head to look at Briggs her head just about exploded as she let the darkness take over.
"Whoa whoa whoa! Easy…" Johnny exclaimed lurching forward to hold Charlie up as he saw her body go limp and her eyes fall shut.
"Charlie, Charlie baby wake up" Johnny spoke into her hair as he held her tightly to him, afraid she'd fall off the counter.
"Paul…" Johnny said trailing off, hoping for some help. Briggs panicked the moment he saw Charlie's body go limp. He couldn't move, react, help, nothing. He was frozen in panic.