Down to the hole
Miami somewhere near the dock
7:01pm
The EMT are loading the injured officer in the vehicle.
"How is he doing?"
"He lost a lot of blood already Sir, we do everything we can, we have to go now"
"Take care of him"
The Chief return to the others who were standing few feet away from the ambulance.
"Is he going to make it?"
"I don't know, he lost lot of blood...what happened in there Mister Wolff?"
"With all this smoke we couldn't see anything, he just get out from nowhere"
"Who? who was it?"
"I don't know I don't know..sorry I don't"
"That's ok Wolff, calm down, breath"
"Did you shoot him or is he still in there somewhere?"
"I think I did..yeah yeah I did touch him I'm sure, when I shoot back he lost balance and he drop his gun"
"Good good, let's go back inside and see if we find anything"
Just at this moment Agent Taylor came back from the building.
"Sir, Dzemo is not between our guys...he escape again..I don't understand"
"Damn...he may still be around, I believe Mister Wolff shoot him"
"Are you sure?"
"And you Taylor? you were sure Dzemo was here no?"
"Sorry Sir, I think it's all getting on us"
"Yeah, I have an officer injured and not sure he's gonna make it and a bad guy running somewhere bleeding in Miami's street...and don't forget two of my finest csi missing so ...you better work with me on that one Agent Taylor"
"I understand,uh so my guys are still encircling and blocking every ways posible around here, we can still get him...Did you see Delko?"
"I send him with Tripp, I didn't want him left alone"
"Good thinking"
"Yeah so let's take this bastard down, I want everyone ready, we going to encircle him like a beast...no matter what, this guy is down at the end of today"
"Ok..team 1, hold your position, nobody pass your lines copy?"
"Team 1 ,10/4, copy that"
"Team 2, open your eyes target's on the move"
"Team 2 copy that, full eyes open Sir"
"Team 3 let's catch this guy, we walk in triangle"
"Team 3 copy that..everybody on the move"
"Wolff you think you can keep up with us?"
"Yes sir, I want too for Tripp"
"Then let's move"
Hospital
7:08pm
Calleigh and Alex came back as fast as they could, After giving birth she couldn't run as quick as she could. They could just see her doctor, Chloe and two others nurses running down the hall.
"HORATIO"
Horatio just turn around, seeing them arrived breathless.
"Cal !"
She just land straight in his arms, he did block her way.
"Horatio what happened, where they're taking him? where is he? what happened?"
"Honey calm down"
"Tell me tell me please Horatio, tell meeee"
She collapse on the floor, even with Horatio's arms around her, he couldn't hold her up.He bend his knees and caress her hair and hold her head on his chest.Alex was still standing beside him, she let her hand drop on his shoulder.
"Horatio what happened?"
"I don't know Alex, he was asleep on me and suddenly it's like he choked on me, Chloe was there and the doc just came in...I don't know they just took him from me and they took off...I don't know Alex..Jesus I don't know"
Calleigh was crying ,all she got inside went out now.
"I knew I shouldn't let him, I knew I shouldn't"
"Calleigh honey, don't say that he was perfectly well and it could happened anyway with you or without you"
'I felt it, I shouldn't have go away, he's my baby..I want my baby"
"Sweetheart, it's gonna be ok love"
She took a breath and lift her chin up looking at him, he look at her surprise, he didn't recognize her eyes.
"How can you say that, you don't know...since the beginning it's wrong.."
"What?...what do you mean?"
"The baby...me...us.."
"Calleigh"
"Don't say that Calleigh, you don't mean it"
She looked at him without saying anything more, she just push his arms away and stood up, he tried to grab her arm but she walk away, heading to the other side where few seconds ago, the medical team went with her baby boy. Horatio freeze looking at her walking away...something just happened...did she just say she didn't want him anymore...Alex step just behind him.
"She just freak out Horatio, that's all"
'No..no..that's not all...she meant it"
"Oh no she didn't...I'll go talk to her"
"Do that...Alex?"
'Let me know what's going on with Ethan please?"
'Wh...are you not staying here? with her?"
"No..I need to get out..."
"You can't leave, she needs you, she needs you Horatio"
"No she didn't.. she wants me away...I..I...let me know" On this Horatio turn his heels and walk slowly away, head down,one arm along his body, the other hand massaging his neck...Alex looked at him sadly...and then turn back and head the way Calleigh went before.
Miami building area
7:30pm
Everybody are walking on velour steps in line closing the trap on Dzemo...if it was the only chance they had that will be this one, tonight is the bigger chance to capture him and lock the door on him for good.
"Team 2 to leader, we have a shadow on the view"
"Team 2 can you confirm?"
"Team 2 negative...need more visual"
"Team 2 give me a point"
"Leader you need to go right...shadow is 330 yards from you"
"Copy that team 2"
"Team 3 copy that?"
"Team 3, 10/4"
"We move on silence mode"
The Chief just step in beside Agent Taylor.
"Can your guys confirm it's him?"
"We blocked every singles gates Sir, it has to be him"
"I want confirmation, if we go over there and it's not him, we're going to loose him"
"Sir"
"Do it"
"Team 1, cover your position, no one is to get out of here, clear?"
"Team 1, no problem Sir, copy"
"Team 2, I need confirmation"
"Team 2 waiting for my sniper"
All team were waiting, they froze waiting for the confirmation.Taylor was sweating, that was probably his last chance with the chief.After what it seems long minutes came a voice through the ear pieces.
"Sniper to Team leader 2"
"Go ahead sniper"
"I have confirmation, I repeat confirmation,our target is a hot point"
"Team 2 to leader, confirmation target is a hot point, I repeat our target is a 100"
Taylor look at the Chief waiting.
"Give them the green, I don't give him a chance to escape"
"Leader to team 3 on the move"
"Team 3, on the move"
"Team 1 and 2...no black hole if you can,shoot, I repeat shoot,copy?"
"Team 1 copy THAT!"
"Team 2 COPY!"
"Sniper I want his moves"
"10/4 leader"
Taylor, the Chief, Wolff and team 3 start again waling to their enemy. Slowly but with assurance they close the distances, hiding behind truck who were park there during the weekend, behind big container, behind building.
"Sniper to leader?"
"Go ahead sniper"
"Target is heading to the factory on the building left end"
"10/4 sniper"
The chief hold Agent Taylor's arm.
"We can not let him go inside,I am not calling an other ambulance in here"
"Do you suggest we should take him off for good now?"
"He shoot to kill"
"I can't do that, he doesn't have any guns"
"Nobody knew that"
"Sir"
"Give me your radio"
Taylor give him the radio, he could see the chief regards and didn't dare going against his order and his superiority.
"Leader to sniper...you shoot to kill..I repeat shoot to kill"
"Sniper...confirmation needed,did you said shoot to kill?"
"Team 2 to sniper you have green light, you shoot, I repeat shoot"
The sniper locked his target on his visor, turn back his black cap, adjust his elbow on the roof...
"Sniper to team 2, target locked"
Everyone went silence.
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...
...
"Sniper to leader...target down, I repeat target down, over"
"Leader to sniper, copy that...good job"
"Team 2 to sniper, copy that...one out, great job"
Team 1, 2 and 3 went back to their vehicles, their jobs was done. The chief, and the others walk and stand around the dead body, lying on the ground, a pool of blood floading around his head, the sniper didn't miss his target for a inch, it went straight to his brain on the middle of his skull.
"I don't know if it was the right decision Chief, we could have him alive"
"I thought I saw a gun..a big one Agent Taylor"
Ryan approached Taylor and stop face to face.
"I saw one too...and after what he did to Calleigh and Tripp...I'm not going to loose any sleep on it"
"Right..I see..ok..I may have see a gun as well"
"See Mr Taylor, we all make bad decision but at the end we clean the street from one bad guy no"
"Absolutely Sir...so it's over then?"
"I have a guy in the hospital with a big hole in his chest and I'm not even sure he still alive so no it's not over yet, but for him yes it is...Mr Wolff let's go on , our detective needs us"
"Yes sir, thank you"
"Taylor you're taking care of this mess?"
"Yeah sure go ahead let me know"
"We will"
Hospital
8pm
Calleigh and Alex were sitting on the bench outside the surgery room, at least they supposed it was, where else they will had bring Ethan. Alex just hold Calleigh's hand, she was shaking but not crying strangely.
"Calleigh, honey we should call Horatio"
"No no...I need to know what's going on in here, nobody's know anything or they don't want to tell me"
"Calleigh, Cal sshhh, ok calm down, you know what I'm going to see if I can have an update ok?"
"No no stay with me please?"
Just two minutes after , the doctor get out of the room. He seems tired, he didn't look happy or either sad. Calleigh stood up fast heading his way, Alex grabs one of her hand.
"How is he?"
"Calleigh, please sit down" He took one of her hand also and lead her to the chair.
"Calleigh, we knew from the beginning it will be hard, and what happened today is not a good sign"
"But but.."
"Can you explain what happened exactly?"
"His lungs are not developed enough yet and he has a hole in his heart I'm afraid"
"No,no ,nooo" Calleigh start crying, Alex couldn't stop her own cry to fell but she had to hold herself up for now.
"We couldn't see that earlier it just happened, his heart is so small that it was impossible to see that hole"
"Is he?"
"No we secured him for now Dr Woods but I don't know how long he's going to hold on..uummhh, I'm sorry Calleigh but we need to take a decision here and now"
"A decision?" She get up and was in furry now. "That's all we made for now..decision..and then what?...in few days an other one?... and again and again?
"Honey calm down, just"
"No you, you always tell me to calm down...I can't anymore, I don't have the courage, can you understand that?"
"Calleigh"
"No no don't...just don't...I don't trust you anymore"
"Don't say that Calleigh"
"Stay out of it Alex, he's my baby and I...I...I'm loosing him..and I lost Horatio" She drop to the floor, crying like she never cried before, she felt her heart contracted like someone was squeezing it hard, she lost hope... Alex rush to her,dropping on the floor too, reaching for her friend.
"I want to see my babyyy, plea plea pleeaaassseee!"
"Doctor Woods where is Mr Caine?"
"I don't..."
"I'm here"
Alex look back up and has a small smile on her face. Calleigh stayed down, holding her visage in her hands, still crying. Horatio seems sad but not only...angry, frustrated, desperate. He just take a quick look at Calleigh on the floor then the doc.
"How is he?"
"It doesn't look very good I'm afraid of...I was just saying to Calleigh that we need to take a decision now"
"Can we see him?"
"As soon as he set up in the room, yes you can..but as I said we need to talk asap"
"I heard"
The doctor put his hand on Horatio's back.
"Can I talk to you a minute?"
"Sure"
"It's a question of time now, there is no time to loose"
"Ok but Calleigh needs to be here"
"She's in no shape as you can see but YOU ARE"
"I can't take decision by myself"
"We don't have time "
"You don't understand doc...she doesn't want me to"
"What do you mean?"
"If I take the wrong choice and it's going bad I loose her too"
"Ok..uh ok, I give you until tomorrow morning to clear it up but not more...if he make it until there"
"Can you at least explain me the choices we have"
"It's simple...or I try the surgery, trying to closed the hole he has in his heart or you choose to stop, you don't want him to suffer more and we let him go"
"Oh...so why don't we just choose the first solution?"
"Because it's real risk this surgery, it's a very heavy operation on a little guy like that and it's 1 chance on 5."
"If it's working?"
"He's in full recovery but he will stay here until we reach the nine month but not anymore on the kangoroo method"
"And if we decide to stop?"
"I will let him go with you, we stop the kangoroo method, and he could survive a week, two weeks maybe until the next crises..the surgery is very risky, I know you will think more about that one but I don't want to give you false hope, most of the time I get out of this room and I have to tell the parents their baby died on the table"
"And Calleigh is already weak and she couldn't take that"
"Calleigh but you too"
"I understand"
"Chloe is in there now as soon as she done she's going to show you the room, the two of you can stay there tonight and then I'll see you tomorrow, if anything happen I'm here until midnight ok?"
"Ok, thank you doctor"
The doc left, and Horatio came back to Calleigh and Alex, they were sat now and Calleigh has calm down a little.
"Calleigh we need to talk"
"I don't know if I can now"
He bend in front of her without touching her.
"Look at me..please?"
"I'm going to bring some drinks guys, if you need me"
"Thank you Alex"
"Calleigh, please?"
"How can you still talk to me after all I've said to you?"
"Because I'm in love with you..deeply"
"I don't know what to say anymore or think either"
"Just say that you still love me too"
"Of course I love you...deeply too"
"Ok, let's just say it was the nerves ok?"
"mmh mmh...Horatio?"
"I'm so scared"
"I know sweetheart I know but we have to be strong ok..our little guy, there needs us"
"What the doctor said?"
"He said we have to talk about things"
"Choices right..again?"
"Yeah...but not only..."
"What else?"
"Us"
"Ok"
"Ok?"
"Yes, I'm sorry"
"Don't, it's your baby and it's normal to react this way"
"No it's our baby not only mine"
"Ok...we can not see him right now but in about an hour i believe we can go there"
"Ok maybe we could talk first"
"Cal we have the whole night to talk and take a decision but right now I'd like you to try to eat something and relax a little bit ok"
"Ok"
Tomorrow the next chapter…