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Chapter 11
Moving cautiously they checked round the corner to see one door straight ahead. Warrick goes up slowly and listens to hear the guys voice.
Inside the room, Simon had dropped Jade in the middle of the room, laying on her side. The blood seeping through her already soaking bandages. Simon slid down the wall, his gun still trailed on her; fear, anger, pain in his eyes. Jade's eyesight was frighteningly unclear as she looked up at him; the image rippling in slow strange movements.
"What...now...?"
She managed for force out between her dry lips.
"Now?" He sounded defeated. "Now, there's nothing left. I've done what I wanted. Grissom's dead. It's over."
He stared off into the distance.
"Shouldn't you...be happy then? You got...what you wanted..."
Jade took a deep breath. Talking was painful and was using up a lot of oxygen. The pain had turned to a dull ache in the distance.
"I did, didn't I."
"And what about me?"
He looked back at her. Then he looked at the gun.
"I was going to kill you too."
She tried not to let the fear show on her face, but failed. She took a shaky breath and tried to put on a brave face. She closed her eyes.
"Go on then."
He looked back at her, her eyes closed, her lips quivering. He raised the gun and aimed. She opened her eyes and started at him. Green tear filled eyes shown out at him. Staring right through his eyes, into his soul and even deeper. The look didn't waver, but his did.
"How do you do that?"
He asked lowering the gun.
"Do what?"
"Look that deep into me? I feel as if you know me. I hate that." His voice became gritty as he spoke. "The only person who knew me well was my wife. She was the only one who looked at me that way, like she knew my deepest secrets. You don't know me at all! Stop looking at me like that!!!!!"
He shouted. Jade kept on staring.
"STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!!!"
He stood, lifting the gun, and shot, screaming into the air. Jade jolted.
*****
Warrick shouted out, then froze in horror. Catherine had gasped and held her face. The others just stood there dumbstruck.
"No."
They turned to see Grissom standing there overwhelmed. His arm bandaged up and in a sling and a paramedic just behind. His eyes were pain filled, a frown of fear was on his face. Catherine and Warrick stared at him, upset. After a few moments of complete silence, they heard another gunshot, then the thud of a body hitting the floor. Warrick started to bang on the door, shouting Jade's name. Then he turned and shouted to Brass.
"Get something down here to open these doors!"
Brass nodded at the other officer who ran off back down the corridor. Catherine moved to Grissom who hadn't moved.
"Gil? Gil?"
It took a moment but finally his gaze moved from the metal door, to her face. Her face said it all.
*****
In the room, Jade opened her eyes, scared at what she was going to see. The image was getting fuzzier by the moment but she could make out Simon's body, slumped in the corner. Blood was pooling out all around him.
She sighed, painfully. The shot had gone wide. He couldn't do it, he couldn't kill her. She felt a stab of pain and hissed an intake of breath. The room started to spin and she closed her eyes again.
She knew she'd lost a lot of blood and that time was running out. She stared up at the ceiling, feeling blood run down her side and onto the floor. Her thoughts became nonsense and distant as she became dizzy. She didn't know how long she'd been laying there now. Time seemed to have stopped. After a few more moments she heard a distant voice calling to her.
"Jade, get up. You have to get out. Go and open the door."
"Can't...move..."
She whispered silently. The voice came closer to her ear.
"Come on Kate. Get up. Gil's waiting for you."
She turned her head to see an old man sitting beside her. He smiled a young smile for someone who looked so old. A bright glow surrounded him.
"M...Williams...?"
The man smiled.
"Yeah, it's me. You have to get up. There are people out there waiting for you."
"I can't...I can't..."
"Yes you can. I've never asked of anything from you, Kate. You are such a lovely, friendly person. You took real good care of me without me having to ask you anything. Now I'm asking. Get up. Unlock the door. You can do it."
He held his hand out. She pulled her arm from the floor and took it. He pulled her into a sitting position.
"Thank you."
She said, as if half asleep, her eyelids having a hard time staying open. She rolled herself onto her hands and knees, one hand holding her side, then tried to pull herself to her feet.
*****
Outside, Warrick heard a movement from the room. He turned to listen at the door.
"Jade? Jade?"
Grissom looked up from his sitting position against a wall, next to Catherine.
"I heard a noise, Gris."
He said to him hopefully. Grissom pulled himself to his feet with Catherine's help and they moved over to the door. Grissom listened carefully and could just make out the scraping of feet on the floor, then a small thud.
"Jade? Jade!"
*****
Jade had managed to stagger to the nearest wall and slumped down on the floor exhausted.
"Keep going, Jade." Mr. Williams said to Jade "You can do it."
"I can do it. I can do it."
She said to herself.
"I just want to thank you Jade. For everything you did for me. Thank you. Oh, and take care of Sparky for me."
Jade nodded and looked up. She was alone in the room. She smiled slightly to herself.
Gathering all her strength for one final burst she used the wall to help her up. Then leaning against it she slid herself along, blood sliding down her legs and onto the floor. After what seemed like a lifetime she found herself next to the door.
*****
Warrick heard the bolt slide slowly on the other side.
"Jade?!"
He called through. Grissom was next to him.
"Jade! Answer me!"
He called. The bolt hit the end and Warrick grasped the huge turn handle of the door and started to turn it as quick as he could.
"Come on Warrick."
Grissom demanded. Finally it stopped and Warrick gently pushed the door open. Jade was laying on the floor just beside the door. Warrick jumped through and checked her pulse, followed by Grissom.
"It's weak but it's there!"
Grissom watched as the paramedics climbed through the door and started to treat her. Warrick went and stood by Grissom. Gil looked around the room. He saw Simon still slumped in the corner. Blood surrounding him and the wall behind. There was also a pool of blood in the centre of the room. A trail led to the side wall and then around to where Jade was being placed on a stretcher.
"How did she do it?"
Warrick questioned in amazement, his eyes following the trail.
"I don't know. I don't know."
*****
24 hours later, Jade is laying unconscious on the hospital bed surrounded by equipment and wires. She'd had to have surgery to close the wound and had needed a few pints of blood pumped back into her.
Grissom sat on the chair by the bed with a strange feeling of déjà vu. One arm was in a sling, the other holding Jade's hand. She'd been out of surgery for about 2 hours now and was still unconscious. Grissom looked up the see Catherine outside and he stood and quietly left the room.
"Hey, how is she?"
Catherine asked him.
"They said she's gonna be okay. But she's still unconscious."
He took a deep breath and let it out between his lips. Catherine noticed the tired look in his eyes.
"Why don't you go and rest. I can stay here with Jade."
"No, I want to be here. She probably thinks that bullet killed me."
Catherine nodded.
"Mr. Grissom."
They turned to see Doctor Cartwright walking up the them.
"How are you feeling? How's the arm?"
*****
Back inside the room, Jade's eyes fluttered open. She frowned in confusion and blinked but her eyes didn't seem to want to focus. She feels things attached to her and started to fear the worst. Maybe Simon's pumping some unknown drugs into her. She starts to pull them off and tries to sit up but her head starts to spin and her side starts to hurt painfully. She hears a monotonous tone in the distance and she thinks it's in her head, making it spin even more.
*****
Outside, the three of the turned to the sound of the heart monitor sending out a droning tone. Doctor Cartwright turned and shouted to a nurse nearby, then rushed into the room with Gil and Catherine just behind. Grissom looked as scared as anything but soon feels relief as they see Jade fumbling around on the bed.
"Hey Jade, Jade, calm down. "The doctor said. "You had us scared for a moment then, thought your heart had stopped on us."
She held her shoulders and tried to ease her down.
"Where am I? What am I doing here? How'd I get here?"
She laid down reluctantly, still staring around, unsure of herself. Grissom moved closer and took her hand.
"Jade, look at me."
He commanded. After a moment she focused. Staring for a moment she soon seemed to recognise him.
"You're okay...?"
She reached up and touched his face.
"I'm fine, it's you I'm worried about."
She looked at the sling on his arm, then everything started to come back to her. She looked back at him.
"Simon's dead. He was going to kill me but he couldn't. He shot himself. Mr. Williams helped me."
"What?"
Grissom asked confused.
"Mr. Williams was there. He told me to get up and open the door. He helped me..."
Grissom watched her as she smiled to herself.
"Try and get some rest, okay?"
Grissom told her. She nodded and laid back down. Grissom turned to Catherine and they smiled at each other. The doctor left quietly.
*****
Next morning Jade awoke to an empty room. For a moment she wasn't sure where she was, then everything came back. She looked out the window to see Grissom talking to Warrick. They looked through the window at her and she just watched them. They came into the room.
"Hey, how you doing? You certainly look better than the last time I saw you."
Warrick asked.
"I'm okay."
She tried a smile.
"Good."
Warrick said. Grissom could feel something pass between them, and frowned.
"And maybe, when you get out of here, you'll let me take you out for dinner?"
Warrick asked.
"I'd like that. I'd like that very much."
Jade smiled. Grissom frowned even more.
"Okay, Warrick. Time to go - she needs to rest."
Warrick nodded at Grissom, smiled a goodbye at Jade, then left. Grissom sat down on the chair by the bed. Jade stared up at the ceiling in deep thought. Grissom noticed the play of emotions across her face and knew what she was thinking.
"It's going to be okay." He told her. "It's over. You're safe now."
She nodded, clearly not believing him.
She could feel her lip quivering and tried to clamp down on it. She'd only ever cried infront of him once and that was when her parents died. She wasn't about to start again now. She had to be strong when she was with him. He noticed the tears forming and getting forced back by her. He leaned forwards and took her hand.
"Hey, it's okay. Let it out. No-one will think less of you."
A tear slide down her face and she closed her eyes. Grissom pulled her in and she cried into her shirt until there were no more tears left to cry. He merely held her and began to chant some wondrous and tuneless lullaby into her ear, in some language she didn't recognise, that sounded infinitely comforting.
After the tears had dried up, she stayed still, leaning into him for a moment longer. Grissom realised she had calmed and pulled her back slightly to see her face. He smiled at her. She gave him a small smile back.
"Thank you."
He nodded. She opened her mouth to ask a question but decided against it and closed her mouth again.
"What?"
He asked.
"It's nothing."
"Nothing?"
She hesitated again, then spoke.
"How do you cope? Seeing what you see everyday. How do you deal with it?"
"I have outlets. Ways of distancing myself from work. I read, study bugs, I even ride roller coasters sometimes."
He explained.
"Well, I can read, but I'm not sure about the bugs and especially not the roller coasters."
He nodded in understanding.
"Still got the problem with heights?"
She laughed.
"You could say that, yeah. I guess I'll just have to find my own outlets."
Well.? Comments purrrrrleassssseeeee? I'm nearly finished now- really just the epilogue to do.
Chapter 11
Moving cautiously they checked round the corner to see one door straight ahead. Warrick goes up slowly and listens to hear the guys voice.
Inside the room, Simon had dropped Jade in the middle of the room, laying on her side. The blood seeping through her already soaking bandages. Simon slid down the wall, his gun still trailed on her; fear, anger, pain in his eyes. Jade's eyesight was frighteningly unclear as she looked up at him; the image rippling in slow strange movements.
"What...now...?"
She managed for force out between her dry lips.
"Now?" He sounded defeated. "Now, there's nothing left. I've done what I wanted. Grissom's dead. It's over."
He stared off into the distance.
"Shouldn't you...be happy then? You got...what you wanted..."
Jade took a deep breath. Talking was painful and was using up a lot of oxygen. The pain had turned to a dull ache in the distance.
"I did, didn't I."
"And what about me?"
He looked back at her. Then he looked at the gun.
"I was going to kill you too."
She tried not to let the fear show on her face, but failed. She took a shaky breath and tried to put on a brave face. She closed her eyes.
"Go on then."
He looked back at her, her eyes closed, her lips quivering. He raised the gun and aimed. She opened her eyes and started at him. Green tear filled eyes shown out at him. Staring right through his eyes, into his soul and even deeper. The look didn't waver, but his did.
"How do you do that?"
He asked lowering the gun.
"Do what?"
"Look that deep into me? I feel as if you know me. I hate that." His voice became gritty as he spoke. "The only person who knew me well was my wife. She was the only one who looked at me that way, like she knew my deepest secrets. You don't know me at all! Stop looking at me like that!!!!!"
He shouted. Jade kept on staring.
"STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!!!"
He stood, lifting the gun, and shot, screaming into the air. Jade jolted.
*****
Warrick shouted out, then froze in horror. Catherine had gasped and held her face. The others just stood there dumbstruck.
"No."
They turned to see Grissom standing there overwhelmed. His arm bandaged up and in a sling and a paramedic just behind. His eyes were pain filled, a frown of fear was on his face. Catherine and Warrick stared at him, upset. After a few moments of complete silence, they heard another gunshot, then the thud of a body hitting the floor. Warrick started to bang on the door, shouting Jade's name. Then he turned and shouted to Brass.
"Get something down here to open these doors!"
Brass nodded at the other officer who ran off back down the corridor. Catherine moved to Grissom who hadn't moved.
"Gil? Gil?"
It took a moment but finally his gaze moved from the metal door, to her face. Her face said it all.
*****
In the room, Jade opened her eyes, scared at what she was going to see. The image was getting fuzzier by the moment but she could make out Simon's body, slumped in the corner. Blood was pooling out all around him.
She sighed, painfully. The shot had gone wide. He couldn't do it, he couldn't kill her. She felt a stab of pain and hissed an intake of breath. The room started to spin and she closed her eyes again.
She knew she'd lost a lot of blood and that time was running out. She stared up at the ceiling, feeling blood run down her side and onto the floor. Her thoughts became nonsense and distant as she became dizzy. She didn't know how long she'd been laying there now. Time seemed to have stopped. After a few more moments she heard a distant voice calling to her.
"Jade, get up. You have to get out. Go and open the door."
"Can't...move..."
She whispered silently. The voice came closer to her ear.
"Come on Kate. Get up. Gil's waiting for you."
She turned her head to see an old man sitting beside her. He smiled a young smile for someone who looked so old. A bright glow surrounded him.
"M...Williams...?"
The man smiled.
"Yeah, it's me. You have to get up. There are people out there waiting for you."
"I can't...I can't..."
"Yes you can. I've never asked of anything from you, Kate. You are such a lovely, friendly person. You took real good care of me without me having to ask you anything. Now I'm asking. Get up. Unlock the door. You can do it."
He held his hand out. She pulled her arm from the floor and took it. He pulled her into a sitting position.
"Thank you."
She said, as if half asleep, her eyelids having a hard time staying open. She rolled herself onto her hands and knees, one hand holding her side, then tried to pull herself to her feet.
*****
Outside, Warrick heard a movement from the room. He turned to listen at the door.
"Jade? Jade?"
Grissom looked up from his sitting position against a wall, next to Catherine.
"I heard a noise, Gris."
He said to him hopefully. Grissom pulled himself to his feet with Catherine's help and they moved over to the door. Grissom listened carefully and could just make out the scraping of feet on the floor, then a small thud.
"Jade? Jade!"
*****
Jade had managed to stagger to the nearest wall and slumped down on the floor exhausted.
"Keep going, Jade." Mr. Williams said to Jade "You can do it."
"I can do it. I can do it."
She said to herself.
"I just want to thank you Jade. For everything you did for me. Thank you. Oh, and take care of Sparky for me."
Jade nodded and looked up. She was alone in the room. She smiled slightly to herself.
Gathering all her strength for one final burst she used the wall to help her up. Then leaning against it she slid herself along, blood sliding down her legs and onto the floor. After what seemed like a lifetime she found herself next to the door.
*****
Warrick heard the bolt slide slowly on the other side.
"Jade?!"
He called through. Grissom was next to him.
"Jade! Answer me!"
He called. The bolt hit the end and Warrick grasped the huge turn handle of the door and started to turn it as quick as he could.
"Come on Warrick."
Grissom demanded. Finally it stopped and Warrick gently pushed the door open. Jade was laying on the floor just beside the door. Warrick jumped through and checked her pulse, followed by Grissom.
"It's weak but it's there!"
Grissom watched as the paramedics climbed through the door and started to treat her. Warrick went and stood by Grissom. Gil looked around the room. He saw Simon still slumped in the corner. Blood surrounding him and the wall behind. There was also a pool of blood in the centre of the room. A trail led to the side wall and then around to where Jade was being placed on a stretcher.
"How did she do it?"
Warrick questioned in amazement, his eyes following the trail.
"I don't know. I don't know."
*****
24 hours later, Jade is laying unconscious on the hospital bed surrounded by equipment and wires. She'd had to have surgery to close the wound and had needed a few pints of blood pumped back into her.
Grissom sat on the chair by the bed with a strange feeling of déjà vu. One arm was in a sling, the other holding Jade's hand. She'd been out of surgery for about 2 hours now and was still unconscious. Grissom looked up the see Catherine outside and he stood and quietly left the room.
"Hey, how is she?"
Catherine asked him.
"They said she's gonna be okay. But she's still unconscious."
He took a deep breath and let it out between his lips. Catherine noticed the tired look in his eyes.
"Why don't you go and rest. I can stay here with Jade."
"No, I want to be here. She probably thinks that bullet killed me."
Catherine nodded.
"Mr. Grissom."
They turned to see Doctor Cartwright walking up the them.
"How are you feeling? How's the arm?"
*****
Back inside the room, Jade's eyes fluttered open. She frowned in confusion and blinked but her eyes didn't seem to want to focus. She feels things attached to her and started to fear the worst. Maybe Simon's pumping some unknown drugs into her. She starts to pull them off and tries to sit up but her head starts to spin and her side starts to hurt painfully. She hears a monotonous tone in the distance and she thinks it's in her head, making it spin even more.
*****
Outside, the three of the turned to the sound of the heart monitor sending out a droning tone. Doctor Cartwright turned and shouted to a nurse nearby, then rushed into the room with Gil and Catherine just behind. Grissom looked as scared as anything but soon feels relief as they see Jade fumbling around on the bed.
"Hey Jade, Jade, calm down. "The doctor said. "You had us scared for a moment then, thought your heart had stopped on us."
She held her shoulders and tried to ease her down.
"Where am I? What am I doing here? How'd I get here?"
She laid down reluctantly, still staring around, unsure of herself. Grissom moved closer and took her hand.
"Jade, look at me."
He commanded. After a moment she focused. Staring for a moment she soon seemed to recognise him.
"You're okay...?"
She reached up and touched his face.
"I'm fine, it's you I'm worried about."
She looked at the sling on his arm, then everything started to come back to her. She looked back at him.
"Simon's dead. He was going to kill me but he couldn't. He shot himself. Mr. Williams helped me."
"What?"
Grissom asked confused.
"Mr. Williams was there. He told me to get up and open the door. He helped me..."
Grissom watched her as she smiled to herself.
"Try and get some rest, okay?"
Grissom told her. She nodded and laid back down. Grissom turned to Catherine and they smiled at each other. The doctor left quietly.
*****
Next morning Jade awoke to an empty room. For a moment she wasn't sure where she was, then everything came back. She looked out the window to see Grissom talking to Warrick. They looked through the window at her and she just watched them. They came into the room.
"Hey, how you doing? You certainly look better than the last time I saw you."
Warrick asked.
"I'm okay."
She tried a smile.
"Good."
Warrick said. Grissom could feel something pass between them, and frowned.
"And maybe, when you get out of here, you'll let me take you out for dinner?"
Warrick asked.
"I'd like that. I'd like that very much."
Jade smiled. Grissom frowned even more.
"Okay, Warrick. Time to go - she needs to rest."
Warrick nodded at Grissom, smiled a goodbye at Jade, then left. Grissom sat down on the chair by the bed. Jade stared up at the ceiling in deep thought. Grissom noticed the play of emotions across her face and knew what she was thinking.
"It's going to be okay." He told her. "It's over. You're safe now."
She nodded, clearly not believing him.
She could feel her lip quivering and tried to clamp down on it. She'd only ever cried infront of him once and that was when her parents died. She wasn't about to start again now. She had to be strong when she was with him. He noticed the tears forming and getting forced back by her. He leaned forwards and took her hand.
"Hey, it's okay. Let it out. No-one will think less of you."
A tear slide down her face and she closed her eyes. Grissom pulled her in and she cried into her shirt until there were no more tears left to cry. He merely held her and began to chant some wondrous and tuneless lullaby into her ear, in some language she didn't recognise, that sounded infinitely comforting.
After the tears had dried up, she stayed still, leaning into him for a moment longer. Grissom realised she had calmed and pulled her back slightly to see her face. He smiled at her. She gave him a small smile back.
"Thank you."
He nodded. She opened her mouth to ask a question but decided against it and closed her mouth again.
"What?"
He asked.
"It's nothing."
"Nothing?"
She hesitated again, then spoke.
"How do you cope? Seeing what you see everyday. How do you deal with it?"
"I have outlets. Ways of distancing myself from work. I read, study bugs, I even ride roller coasters sometimes."
He explained.
"Well, I can read, but I'm not sure about the bugs and especially not the roller coasters."
He nodded in understanding.
"Still got the problem with heights?"
She laughed.
"You could say that, yeah. I guess I'll just have to find my own outlets."
Well.? Comments purrrrrleassssseeeee? I'm nearly finished now- really just the epilogue to do.