Chapter 1
Excruciating pain pulses through out my body as the bullet blasts through skin and muscle, I fall against the iron wrought bars, tight pain spreading through my chest. I hear voices mainly Booth's trying to keep me concious , "come on sweets, stay with me, I know this hurts right now, just think about Daisy, and how much she needs you, just don't let go"he says his voice worry filled. I don't know how this happened, the guy opened the door, and then boom, he shot me. The pain gets worse as I take in a half attempted breath, and part of me just wants to give up even trying, until Booth turns me on my side making it easier for the moment. Sirens sound as an ambulance comes up to the curb with a screeching halt, and paramedics come racing out.
They come up the stairs pushing Booth to the side and a female one kneels down beside me. "hey what's your name sweetie"she asks, "lance"I wheeze, "OK lance we're going to take care of you alright"she says gently putting a stethoscope against my chest, she sees me wince from the cold and then she glances at her partner, "his breath sounds are weak on the right side, and heart rate's rapid"she says quickly, "OK we need to get going, but let's get him started on oxygen first"he says, grabbing a cannula from the bag. He gently puts it in as the woman starts cutting my shirt off, then they put me on the gurney. I briefly see Booth arresting the guy that shot me as they load me into the ambulance. Once inside they remove my shirt completely and she's able to see the wound,as she put's something on my chest to watch my heart rate.
"how you feeling Lance"she asks hand resting on my shoulder, "bad, ow, something's not right"I say,suddenly feeling dizzy. My heart rate rises precipitously as the pain gets worse , "OK breathe, easy, we don't need it going any higher"she says, I try to relax but it doesn't get any better. Then just as suddenly the dizziness over takes me and just before everything goes black I hear "damn that's not good, we're losing him", and everything goes black.