A glimmer behind a gravestone,
a warning that came too late.
The sound of a gunshot,
the sight of her falling.
For Her
Part One: The Two of Them
Neither of them speaks as they exit the elevator, it's not that they don't want to, it's that they don't know what to say. There doesn't seem to be the right words, or even enough words, so they both revel in the silence.
The two of them look up, they turn to take in the room that they have entered, this is their domain, it is where the two of them have spent so much time. They've laughed here; they've fought here, hell, even one of them proposed here. But today it is different; today each of them can feel eyes staring at them, questioning eyes, wanting answers that neither of one of them knows.
Most of their immediate colleagues were at the funeral, they saw what happened, they know the painful details, but the rest, they stand there, looking, staring, waiting for a reaction.
News travels fast in this city, but news of a cop being shot travels faster and considering who was shot – the news has spread like a wildfire.
Everyone knows Beckett, she's the homicide cop who you'd want solving your murder. She's fiercely intelligent and as brave as anyone that they have ever known. This year she'd almost frozen to death – but still, in their eyes she didn't seem to flinch. She'd still stopped a bomb, she'd saved lives and she'd solved the murder.
She's the cop that takes on everyone, but today she'd been the one that was taken on. Someone hurt her and both of them know that everyone in this precinct wants this person caught and dealt with. No one more than the two of them.
It's Esposito that speaks first; he tells their colleagues that Beckett has been taken to hospital.
It's Ryan, who tells them that they'd been unable to track the gunman at the cemetery. That they'd been too slow, or that he had been too organized, too methodical, too clever in his planning, so as to avoid capture – for now.
It's Esposito, who tells them that the best thing their colleagues', can all do now is their jobs – that is what Beckett would want.
It's Ryan, who tells them that they will be kept updated, that he will call the precinct as soon as they know more information.
But, it is only the two of them that excuse themselves and enter Montgomery's office.
It is the two of them that lock the door and close the blinds.
And it is the two of them, together, that search the office for clues.
It is Ryan and Esposito, together, reading file after file. She'd told them to check everything and then when they were done, to check it again and that is what they will do.
They aren't doctors, they aren't nurses, they can't mend wounds, or sew skin back together – they are cops and they will do what they do best.
They will work this case – they will discover why this all happened.
They will do it, because it is all they know how; they will do it for Beckett. They will work it – for her.
The next piece of the puzzle will be Lanie.