Title: Immortal Love
Disclaimer: I do not own Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Dick Wolf and NBC-USA networks do. I also do not own the Twilight series, Stephenie Meyer does.
Author's Note: Inspired by reading Stephanie Meyer's Twilight. This story is mostly an AU story. In this story Alex's partner is Daniels.
A/N 2: This is just a set up for the whole story, sort of like the back story. I created Dr. Simon Zephyr for this story.
Genre: Supernatural/Romance
Rating: T
Chapter 1: How It Began
-Story begins in late Fall, 2005-
As Alex and her partner Detective Daniels where leaving the squad room after turning in the paperwork for a long and tiring not to mention brazen kidnap and ransom case Alex sensed that her partner was still tense.
While waiting for the elevator, Alex spoke up and said, "Hey Daniels how about we go out for drink and dinner somewhere say Mies Bar? I know you could use one and I could too. My treat and I insist."
"Okay thanks Alex I appreciate it."
As soon as they both got off the elevator and headed toward their department issued SUV neither knew it would be Alex's last night as a human.
When they arrived at their hangout, Meis Bar, they each ordered their dinner and their favorite drinks, margarita for Alex and bourbon for Daniels and then they chatted about what was going on in their lives and about how shameless the suspect acted in the case they solved.
A little while later their drinks and their foods arrived and they dug in not realizing how hungry they were after working tirelessly the last few weeks.
Whilst Alex continued to drink her margarita and eventually her refill she started to feel sick and the more she drank the worse the feeling got. Then she started to get the tremors and felt her whole body begin to shake uncontrollably. As the seconds passed by the trembling was becoming more and more unpleasant and that was when Daniels noticed something was not right with his partner.
"Alex what's wrong?" Daniels asked in an alarmed voice.
"Daniels, I-I," Alex tried to get out but couldn't finish her sentence when she threw up and suddenly her eyes rolled showing the whites in her eyes and she was having trouble breathing.
"ALEX!" screamed Daniels when he caught her before she fell over.
After he carefully laid her limp body on the ground and felt for a pulse and began CPR he then yelled at the top of his lungs, "Quick somebody call for a bus we have a dire emergency here."
One of the waiters who was nearby immediately put in the call and within minutes the sirens were heard and two EMTs with a stretcher followed by Mike Logan and Carolyn Barek. After Daniels got Alex on the stretcher the EMTs got to work and placed an oxygen mask on her and IV in her as they rolled her towards the entry.
Daniels wanted to stay behind and help with the investigation but Carolyn convinced him to go with Alex because she would need to have some there for her and Daniels nodded and he took off.
During the ride to Lennox Hill Hospital Daniels held on to Alex's now ice cold hand and whispered, "Hold on Alex, hold on we're almost there, you have to hold on."
When they reached the ER the EMTs along with Daniels went in and then one of the doctors told Daniels to wait outside while they check over Alex.
For the duration of the wait, Daniels called Deakins and told him what happened and felt a little bit better when Deakins said he will be over as soon as possible.
He then the made one call every cop dreaded to make, calling the family and giving them the news. Luckily Alex's dad was a former cop and her younger brother was also currently a cop.
"Hello Eames residence, this is John speaking."
"Hello John, this Detective Daniels calling."
"Detective Daniels what's wrong," John asked instantly asked when his police intuition kicked in when heard the panic in his voice.
"Sir I am here with Alex at Lennox Hill Hospital. Her condition is unknown and it doesn't look good at the…" Daniels said but was not able to finish when John interrupted, "Okay my wife and I are on our way. If you hear anything call the cell as soon as possible okay?"
"Yes sir I will."
Right after Daniels finished his conversation, the Commanding Officer of MCS, Captain James Deakins came running in.
"Daniels what is the update on Alex's condition?"
"I don't know sir, all I know is that it doesn't look good."
Deakins took a deep breath and then said, "Ok Daniels tell me again what happened."
Daniels let out heaved a sigh and retold what happened and what he saw.
About forty five minutes Mike and Carolyn had wrapped their preliminary investigation questioning potential witnesses, the waiter who served and the manager and gathering evidence including the drink and the glass that Alex drank from and thanked the manager and were on their way.
After they were their department SUV, Carolyn called Daniels to check in.
"Detective Daniels this is Detective Barek. Detective Logan and I have finished our preliminary investigation and we are on our way over, which hospital are you and Alex at right now?"
"Lennox Hill Hospital."
"How's she doing?"
"We are still waiting right now but I am not too optimistic you should have seen the way Alex looked when it happened."
"Okay we will be there as soon as we can okay and you can fill Mike and I and then."
"Okay, wait the doctor is coming out, Capitan and I are need to talk to him I will see you later."
After closing her phone Carolyn didn't know what to think or say and Mike who usually couldn't pick up on such things this time did.
"Caro, where are they right now and I'm guessing the situation is not good."
"Yeah Mike it doesn't look good and Alex was taken to Lennox Hill. Daniels and Deakins are talking to the doctor right now."
In the meantime as Daniels closed the phone right as the doctor came out John and Andrea Eames came running in.
"Are you all here for Detective Alexandra Eames?" asked a middle aged doctor.
"Yes," said Deakins and continued, "I am Detective Eames' commanding officer James Deakins, and this is her parents John and Andrea Eames and her work partner Detective Daniels."
"How is our daughter?" asked John as calmly as he possibly could even he was wreck inside.
"I'm Dr. Simon Zephyr the head physician here and the good news is we have stabilized Detective Eames but that is all the good news I have right now. We still aren't sure what happened. If this of any assurance I have contacted a former colleague of mine Dr. Cullen. He is one of the best doctors in the U.S. and he will be here tomorrow morning at the earliest."
Tears running down her face Andrea, "Is there anything we could do? Can we see her?"
"Well one thing you can all do is pray and right now we have her isolated in ICU just as a precaution. Yes you can see her but only from the outside and no more than two at a time," said
Deakins and Daniels looked at each other and then Alex's parents and immediately decided one thing.
Deakins looked at John and said, "How about you and Andrea go first. We have two detectives on their way and we'll fill them in."
John nodded as he and Andrea followed Dr. Zephyr to Alex's ICU room.
After an interminable amount of time Dr. Zephyr pointed to the direction Alex's room, they thanked him and walked towards the room not knowing what to expect.
When they finally reached the room and Andrea saw Alex covered with tubes and more than one IVs sticking out she struggled for a breath of air as tears began to well up.
"My poor baby girl," was all Andrea could manage to get out and instantly she was crying and held on to John for support.
While John and Andrea were outside Alex's ICU room looking in and praying for their oldest daughter, Carolyn and Mike showed up in the waiting room and when they saw the grim look on both Daniels and their captain's face, both felt a pit in their stomach.
When Carolyn and Mike approached the duo Deakins stood up shaking his head.
"Detectives Barek and Logan it doesn't look good with Alex. All the doctor could say is that she has been stabilized and that another doctor has been called in and will be in tomorrow morning at the earliest. Right now all we can do is pray for Alex and hope she pulls through which she could since she is strong and stubborn and never gives up. Oh and if you want to later the two of you can go and see her in ICU from the observation area."
Carolyn and Mike both nodded their heads as they sat down and propped their heads with their hands. Mike who is hasn't been much of a prayer for awhile now, found himself praying for his friend and colleague and hoped for the best.
A/N 3: Thanks for reaing Chapter 1 of "Immortal Love". Your reviews are appreciated!