I do not own Passions; the only thing I own in this whole story is Kate.
Chapter 21- The Nightmare Continues...
Kate sat in the waiting room, staring blankly at the wall. Images of what had happened flashed through her mind.
"Gwen you don't want to do this, Gwen, please, just put down the gun..."
"I'm not listening to you. You ruined my life; I have to make you pay!" Gwen had screamed at her.
She heard the click, and Hank had pulled her close to his chest, turning his back to Gwen.
BANG!
Kate jumped as the memory of the shot rang through her head.
Hank had gone limp, falling to the ground. Kate had screamed, looking at the hole in his back, and frantically searched the ground for her cell phone. She had had it in her hand when Gwen had come up to them, but she dropped it when she had seen the gun. Finally, her fingers closed around it, she quickly dialed 911, and screamed for help. No one was home in the house, or else, they couldn't hear her. She was all alone, with Hank, who was bleeding profusely from the bullet hole in his back. Kate pulled her sweater off and bunched it up, applying pressure to the wound.
Kate frantically searched for a pulse, it was weak. She didn't know what to do. She had started to panic when she heard the sirens coming up the hill. She yelled to the paramedics, and they rushed over.
She watched as they had worked on him, and then silently put him into the ambulance. "Kate!" She had heard someone call; she turned around, panicking, thinking for a moment that it was Gwen there to finish the job. She was slightly relieved to see her aunt, Sheridan, running over, followed by a man she could only assume was one of Theresa's brothers. "What happened?" Sheridan had asked her.
Kate could barely speak, she finally found the words, and said softly, "She shot him." She looked down at her hands, which were covered in his blood.
Kate remembered the ride to the hospital, Sheridan had driven her here. Kate had been sitting here for what seemed like forever, alone. She couldn't help but notice the irony in this whole situation. She had searched her whole life for someone like Hank, and now that she had found him, she was going to lose him.
~*~*~
Fox had gotten a call earlier in the day from his best friend, Dylan Banning, telling him that he and Audrey Garrison-Grey had just landed, and needed a ride. After trying to reach Kate with no luck, he had called Theresa, and they had headed towards the airport to pick them up.
After they were all back in the car, Theresa pulled out her phone.
"Theresa, what are you doing?"
She looked up, and looked at her boyfriend. "I'm calling your sister. I want to thank her for sending Little Ethan back to me." She dialed the phone. After a few rings, Kate answered.
"Hello?"
"Kate, what's wrong?" Theresa asked, waving Fox over to the phone.
"She shot him, she shot him." Kate said over and over into the phone.
"What?" Theresa asked, "Who shot who?"
Audrey gave a frightened gasp from the back seat.
Fox took the phone out of her hand. "Meg, where are you?" He asked her, afraid for her safety.
"I think I'm at the hospital. I don't know, they took him away..." Her voice trailed off. "She shot him, she shot him, she shot him."
"We're on our way. Stay right where you are. Don't leave." He told his sister.
"Fox, what is going on?" Dylan asked, as Fox turned the car around and started speeding down the road. "What happened?"
"I don't know, but I need to get to her." Fox answered, as they got into his car. "I don't know what happened. She just kept saying 'she shot him,' over and over."
~*~*~
Sam Bennett got a call from dispatch saying that there was a shooting at the Crane Mansion. He decided to take this one himself, since the Cranes were very difficult to deal with, especially when arresting someone. He called to one of his deputies to come with him, and they headed out the door. Turning on the sirens, they drove to the hospital.
~*~*~
Kate looked down at her hands. They were clean now; a nurse had helped her wash them. She turned them over; the blood was all gone, like it was never there.
She could hear people running down the hall, not that she cared. Kate felt numb, as though someone had given her something.
"Meg, what happened?" She heard someone say. Looking up, her brother's concerned face filled her view. She felt arms around her, and heard voices whispering. Kate looked around the room. She saw a lot of people staring at her.
"She shot him." Was all she could say. Fox put his arms around her. "She shot him."
~*~*~
"Hello, we got a call that someone was brought here with a gunshot wound from the Crane Estate?" Sam told the receptionist at the desk.
"Yes, he was brought her a little while ago, he is still in surgery. He lost a lot of blood." The receptionist informed him. There was a woman with him, she is in the waiting room, down the hall, third door on your left."
"Thank you." He said, walking down the hallway.
~*~*~
Sheridan was outside the hospital, talking to Ethan. "I think you should come down here. She is really shaken. I don't think she can face what happened to her, all she can say is 'She shot him' over and over."
Ethan understood. "We'll be right there." He hung up the phone. "Gwen?" He called up the stairs. "Are you up there?"
She opened the door to their bedroom. "I'm right here, darling." She said calmly. She felt calm, for the first time today. She had won. Kate must be dead, she thought, he must be here to tell me that.
"We have to get to the hospital. Someone has been shot." Without another word, he led her out of the house.
~*~*~
Sam walked into the crowded room. "What happened?" He asked the group.
Sheridan was the first to speak. "Didn't they tell you?"
"Tell me what?" He asked.
"Your brother was shot." Sheridan told him.
"What?!?" Sam said, completely floored. What was Hank doing there? He asked himself. "That's impossible. He couldn't have been there."
"Chief Bennett," Sheridan continued, lowering her voice, "He was with my niece at the time." She indicated to Kate, who was still staring blankly at the floor. Sam recognized her as the girl he had seen Hank with a few weeks ago.
"I don't believe this." He said. He composed himself a few minutes later. He needed to find out what happened. He needed to do this for Hank. "Miss Crane?" He turned to Kate. "I need to ask you a few questions, alright?"
Kate didn't respond. She couldn't make the words come out.
"Miss Crane? Can you hear me?"
Fox held up his hand. "Chief Bennett, I don't think this is the time. She can't do this now."
Chief Bennett narrowed his eyes. "Why, did she shoot my brother? What does she have to hide that you don't want me to find out?"
Fox jumped up. Dylan, knowing what was about to happen, leapt in front of him. "Fox, don't do this. Kate needs you, you can't go to jail now."
Fox sat back down next to his twin. "Don't you ever accuse my sister of harming anyone again. She would never be able to shoot anyone."
Audrey nodded. "A few years ago, one of our friends families held a hunt, and Kate refused to attend, because there were going to be guns around. Kate was afraid that one would go off and shoot someone."
"Miss Crane, what happened?" Sam asked her again. This time she looked up.
"She shot him." She said again, looking into his eyes. He could see the horror that haunted her. It was written all over her face.
"Who shot him?" He asked her. He received no answer to his question.
"What is going on here?" A voice asked. Sam turned around to see his son, Ethan standing in the door way, his wife Gwen behind him?
Chapter 21- The Nightmare Continues...
Kate sat in the waiting room, staring blankly at the wall. Images of what had happened flashed through her mind.
"Gwen you don't want to do this, Gwen, please, just put down the gun..."
"I'm not listening to you. You ruined my life; I have to make you pay!" Gwen had screamed at her.
She heard the click, and Hank had pulled her close to his chest, turning his back to Gwen.
BANG!
Kate jumped as the memory of the shot rang through her head.
Hank had gone limp, falling to the ground. Kate had screamed, looking at the hole in his back, and frantically searched the ground for her cell phone. She had had it in her hand when Gwen had come up to them, but she dropped it when she had seen the gun. Finally, her fingers closed around it, she quickly dialed 911, and screamed for help. No one was home in the house, or else, they couldn't hear her. She was all alone, with Hank, who was bleeding profusely from the bullet hole in his back. Kate pulled her sweater off and bunched it up, applying pressure to the wound.
Kate frantically searched for a pulse, it was weak. She didn't know what to do. She had started to panic when she heard the sirens coming up the hill. She yelled to the paramedics, and they rushed over.
She watched as they had worked on him, and then silently put him into the ambulance. "Kate!" She had heard someone call; she turned around, panicking, thinking for a moment that it was Gwen there to finish the job. She was slightly relieved to see her aunt, Sheridan, running over, followed by a man she could only assume was one of Theresa's brothers. "What happened?" Sheridan had asked her.
Kate could barely speak, she finally found the words, and said softly, "She shot him." She looked down at her hands, which were covered in his blood.
Kate remembered the ride to the hospital, Sheridan had driven her here. Kate had been sitting here for what seemed like forever, alone. She couldn't help but notice the irony in this whole situation. She had searched her whole life for someone like Hank, and now that she had found him, she was going to lose him.
~*~*~
Fox had gotten a call earlier in the day from his best friend, Dylan Banning, telling him that he and Audrey Garrison-Grey had just landed, and needed a ride. After trying to reach Kate with no luck, he had called Theresa, and they had headed towards the airport to pick them up.
After they were all back in the car, Theresa pulled out her phone.
"Theresa, what are you doing?"
She looked up, and looked at her boyfriend. "I'm calling your sister. I want to thank her for sending Little Ethan back to me." She dialed the phone. After a few rings, Kate answered.
"Hello?"
"Kate, what's wrong?" Theresa asked, waving Fox over to the phone.
"She shot him, she shot him." Kate said over and over into the phone.
"What?" Theresa asked, "Who shot who?"
Audrey gave a frightened gasp from the back seat.
Fox took the phone out of her hand. "Meg, where are you?" He asked her, afraid for her safety.
"I think I'm at the hospital. I don't know, they took him away..." Her voice trailed off. "She shot him, she shot him, she shot him."
"We're on our way. Stay right where you are. Don't leave." He told his sister.
"Fox, what is going on?" Dylan asked, as Fox turned the car around and started speeding down the road. "What happened?"
"I don't know, but I need to get to her." Fox answered, as they got into his car. "I don't know what happened. She just kept saying 'she shot him,' over and over."
~*~*~
Sam Bennett got a call from dispatch saying that there was a shooting at the Crane Mansion. He decided to take this one himself, since the Cranes were very difficult to deal with, especially when arresting someone. He called to one of his deputies to come with him, and they headed out the door. Turning on the sirens, they drove to the hospital.
~*~*~
Kate looked down at her hands. They were clean now; a nurse had helped her wash them. She turned them over; the blood was all gone, like it was never there.
She could hear people running down the hall, not that she cared. Kate felt numb, as though someone had given her something.
"Meg, what happened?" She heard someone say. Looking up, her brother's concerned face filled her view. She felt arms around her, and heard voices whispering. Kate looked around the room. She saw a lot of people staring at her.
"She shot him." Was all she could say. Fox put his arms around her. "She shot him."
~*~*~
"Hello, we got a call that someone was brought here with a gunshot wound from the Crane Estate?" Sam told the receptionist at the desk.
"Yes, he was brought her a little while ago, he is still in surgery. He lost a lot of blood." The receptionist informed him. There was a woman with him, she is in the waiting room, down the hall, third door on your left."
"Thank you." He said, walking down the hallway.
~*~*~
Sheridan was outside the hospital, talking to Ethan. "I think you should come down here. She is really shaken. I don't think she can face what happened to her, all she can say is 'She shot him' over and over."
Ethan understood. "We'll be right there." He hung up the phone. "Gwen?" He called up the stairs. "Are you up there?"
She opened the door to their bedroom. "I'm right here, darling." She said calmly. She felt calm, for the first time today. She had won. Kate must be dead, she thought, he must be here to tell me that.
"We have to get to the hospital. Someone has been shot." Without another word, he led her out of the house.
~*~*~
Sam walked into the crowded room. "What happened?" He asked the group.
Sheridan was the first to speak. "Didn't they tell you?"
"Tell me what?" He asked.
"Your brother was shot." Sheridan told him.
"What?!?" Sam said, completely floored. What was Hank doing there? He asked himself. "That's impossible. He couldn't have been there."
"Chief Bennett," Sheridan continued, lowering her voice, "He was with my niece at the time." She indicated to Kate, who was still staring blankly at the floor. Sam recognized her as the girl he had seen Hank with a few weeks ago.
"I don't believe this." He said. He composed himself a few minutes later. He needed to find out what happened. He needed to do this for Hank. "Miss Crane?" He turned to Kate. "I need to ask you a few questions, alright?"
Kate didn't respond. She couldn't make the words come out.
"Miss Crane? Can you hear me?"
Fox held up his hand. "Chief Bennett, I don't think this is the time. She can't do this now."
Chief Bennett narrowed his eyes. "Why, did she shoot my brother? What does she have to hide that you don't want me to find out?"
Fox jumped up. Dylan, knowing what was about to happen, leapt in front of him. "Fox, don't do this. Kate needs you, you can't go to jail now."
Fox sat back down next to his twin. "Don't you ever accuse my sister of harming anyone again. She would never be able to shoot anyone."
Audrey nodded. "A few years ago, one of our friends families held a hunt, and Kate refused to attend, because there were going to be guns around. Kate was afraid that one would go off and shoot someone."
"Miss Crane, what happened?" Sam asked her again. This time she looked up.
"She shot him." She said again, looking into his eyes. He could see the horror that haunted her. It was written all over her face.
"Who shot him?" He asked her. He received no answer to his question.
"What is going on here?" A voice asked. Sam turned around to see his son, Ethan standing in the door way, his wife Gwen behind him?