A/N : I want to thank everyone that reviewed my first Chris and Merri story. I hope to continue to write for them for a very long time. Anyway here's my first Chris/ Merri multi chapter story. It's an A/U piece, but it's set in the same time frame as when Savannah was killed, with tag's to 1x22 You'll do.

Disclaimer : I don't own NCIS: New Orleans, but wouldn't mind spending time with Lucas Black….

Chris LaSalle's

House French Quarter

Chris had no idea what he was about to find when he entered his home, after all the events of the last 48 hours, he really just want to spend some alone time with Merri. He knew she had left the office before he had, she told him she would meet him back at his place. She had told him to take his time and handle everything with Cade that was his Merri. She knew what he needed, that he needed to take care of his brother, just like she had with her sister Emily. But nothing had prepared him for what he walked into.

There lying on the ground in a pool of her own blood was his Merri. He ran over to her as fast as he could. When he reached her, he immediately felt her neck for a pulse. That's when he felt her hand grab his, she took ahold of his arm and pulled herself up to Chris's ear.

"Please help us Chris, we need you, it hurts to breathe.." Merri had look of pleading in her eyes.

Chris took off his jacket and pressed it into her side, as he was doing this; her words dawned on him. She had said "help us" could this mean what he thought? No maybe he had heard her wrong, it couldn't be, he couldn't be so close to everything he ever wanted and still on the verge of losing it. Life would not be the cruel to him, not after everything he had just went through with Cade. Chris looked down at his Merri, she still had ahold of his hand. She had moved it to rest on her abdomen; Chris took out his phone and dialed 911.

"911 what's the Emergency?"

"I've got a female federal agent down, gun shot in the lower right side? Hurry she's loosing lots of blood.."

"We've got an ambulance on route to your location, please remain with victim."

Chris dropped the phone to his side; he kept one hand pressed to Merri's side. While she held tight to his now free hand. Merri started to try and talk.. "I'm so sorry Chris….I tried…"

"Shhhh baby it's gonna be ok, help is on the way…" Chris pulled her to him, getting her blood on him. He needed to feel her in his arms, not just for his sake, but for hers as well… He heard the ambulance and police cars pull up outside, and heard them enter his house.

"Back here." He shouted to them

They entered the front part of Chris's house and made their way towards the back, were they had heard the voice come from. As the EMT's approached the scene, they found the two agents on the floor. Chris was holding Merri in his arms. The EMT's rushed over to her, and pushed Chris out of the way so they could work to stabilize her. Chris just stood and watched as they worked to save her and his baby. The one EMT approached Chris to get information from him.

"Sir can you tell me what took place here?"

Chris just stared at him for a minute, before the words really sank in. "No…I just…I just walked in and found her, I found her on the floor.. She's gonna be ok right? I wasn't too late was I?"

The EMT noticed the blood on Chris, "Sir are you ok?"

"I'm fine…She's gonna be ok?"

"We're working to stabilize her, before we move her. She's lost a lot of blood; are there any medical conditions we need to be aware of?"

"I think…I think, she might be pregnant …"

"I'll make a note." The EMT moved to the stretcher, Chris watched them continue to work to save Merri and his baby's life. If only he had left when she had; If only he hadn't been so wrapped up with Cade, he should have been here with her. She shouldn't have been all alone, he should have been here. This was his fault, he knew it. Now Merri and his unborn baby where going to pay the price. He watched the EMT roll the stretcher out to the ambulance, Chris got up to fallow them, a NOLA cop stopped him.

"Sir we need a statement from you?"

Chris glared at him, "You can get it later, I'm going to the hospital with my girlfriend, in case you didn't notice she was shot."

Chris pushed past the sea of cops in his house and made his way to the ambulance, just as they were loading Merri inside. "I'm going with ya."

"That's fine sir, get in.."

Dwayne Pride had just pulled up in front of Chris LaSalle's house; he had heard the call come out over the police dispatch. As soon as he heard it, he headed to the young agents home. But nothing had prepared him for the scene in front of him. He stood on the street and watched as the EMT loaded Meredith Brody into the back of the waiting ambulance, he then saw Christopher run out of his house after her. He heard him tell the EMT that he was going with them, and watched as Chris jumped in the back.

Pride walked into Chris's house and looked around, he noticed the pool of blood on the floor and saw Chris's jacket. A NOLA cop approached him, "Sir you can't be in here, this is an active crime scene."

"Son I'm very much aware of what this is, I'm Special Agent Dwayne Pride. The two people involved in this are my agents." Pride showed the Officer his I.D and Badge.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know."

"Do you know who the officer in charge is?"

"That would be me Dwayne." Detective Dan Carlyle spoke up

"Dan can you tell me what you think happen here, based on what you see."

"Looks like Agent Brody might have been shot by someone she knew or someone that knew how to enter without breaking in. No evidence of forced entry, no signs of struggle. I think the purp startled her, but want really know anything until we talk to LaSalle. He took off with her in the ambulance. When one of our officers tried to stop him, he pretty much told him to go to hell, but not using those words."

"Sounds like Christopher, " Pride said

"Pride do you know anything that might help us shed some light on this? Cause to me it doesn't look random."

Pride took a deep breath, "I'll get back with you on that Dan." Pride turned around and headed out of Chris's home, right now he needed to talk to Chris and find out what was going on.