Eric automatically looked at Calleigh to make sure that she was ok, if she had been hurt, or (gulp) killed, he would never forgive himself. She was fine, her gun out searching for the shooter, with no luck. Horatio was also searching for the shooter, gun out. Eric then grabbed his gun, following their lead. There were no more shots, and so they all returned their guns to their holsters.
"Hey what about Stetler?" Eric asked. He then looked at the ground where Stetler had been standing, and saw his body with blood pooled around his heart, if he had one, Eric thought to himself.
"This looks bad," Calleigh said.
"It does, but the evidence is on our side," Horatio said as he put on his sunglasses.
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"This is my second time being interrogated today, so make it quick," Calleigh demanded.
"I will make sure that I do my job," The interrogator said. He was going to take over Stetler's job, and investigate his murder. He looked young, poor kid is trying to prove himself, Calleigh thought.
"Did you see anyone kill him,"
"I saw him get shot, I did not see anyone pull the trigger though,"
"Are you covering for anyone like Horatio, or . . . Eric?"
"No I most certainly am not, that was a long distance shot, if you have a ballistics expert or medical examiner, I presume you won't want me, to look at the wound they will tell you that that wound was long distance. There are other witnesses there that will tell you that we were all there standing NEXT TO HIM, and then he got shot, and THEN we pulled out our arms. None of us shot him, I am done here!" she said as she stormed out of the room, thinking that she would have liked to have shot him.
"Horatio, we can confirm that it was a long distance shot, and so you, and your CSI's are off the hook." The new IAB agent said (the same one that interrogated Calleigh) later that day. His name was James.
"We, were never on it," Horatio said walking away and putting on his sunglasses.
That day the entire team worked hard to find out who shot Stetler. They figured out that the killer was Chad Ryans, another CSI who Stetler had gotten in trouble for an inner office relationship. However he was still on the run.
"Calleigh, Eric . . . why don't you go home, we can take it from here. It has been a long day for you to especially," Horatio offered at nine PM.
Calleigh normally wouldn't have accepted but Horatio almost forced her to go home, plus it really had been a stressful day.
*At Calleigh's house
"Eric, this is hard on us both, maybe we should just go back to the way they use to be . . ."
"Calleigh it doesn't has to be like this, everything will be fine, really. If you really want to end this, then I will respect that, but I don't want this to end,"
"Eric I don't want this to end, but it would be better that way, wouldn't it?" she asked rhetorically.
"Calleigh, no it wouldn't. I love you, I will quit my job for us, please give us a chance,"
"Eric, I don't want this to end, and I don't want you to quit your job,"
"I don't want to, but I will,"
"Eric, please stop, you're just making me feel guilty,"
"Calleigh, please,"
"Ok, I'm sorry, I just had my doubts . . ."
"Calleigh there is no reason for you to have your doubts, WE love eachother, that is all that really matters, right?"
"Yes, you're right, it is," she said as Eric grabbed her and pulled her into a hug and then kissed the top of her head. He couldn't stand to lose her . . .
In an attempt to lighten the mood Calleigh asked "So it's odd that he was shot for doing to someone the same thing that he was about to do to US," she said putting specific emphasis on the "us" part.
"Well, love makes you kill,"
"Eric . . .?"
"Yes?"
"Would you kill for me?"
"I would kill anyone that hurt you,"
"I would kill anyone that even wanted to hurt you," she countered.
"Ha ha you beat me . . . but really Calleigh I wouldn't just kill for you, I would also die for you,"
"I know you would, I would for you but . . . I can't imagine living without you."
"I couldn't live without you," he said once again kissing her forehead.
OK sorry it got really sad (like my mood) and so then I tried to make it happier, but I think I over did the happiness. And sorry id didn't feel like writing about how they found the shooter so this is how they did: found gun by bullet striations, then did prints/ GSR, and then got a confession. Sorry once again.
Reviews would make me smile (which is hard to get me to do right now.)
~ Katherine ~