What Lies Beneath

Chapter 7

Sienna dropped to the ground as she heard the bullets whiz past her head. She scurried to the opposite side of the shelter, thankful for the darkness that had settled over Miami. She heard her mother as she screamed out. Looking around, Sienna tried to see, but that same darkness made it difficult. She kept her gun steadied as she moved in silently. From her point , she could see her mother who was holding a gun in her hand. She was talking to someone in front of her. She couldn't see her father.

"Why are you doing this?" Calleigh said to the unknown person.

" Because the federal government doesn't pay me much anymore. I was making good money on the side until you went and shot up the place," she heard the man say.

" You were in on it?" Sienna heard her father say as he approached the man from behind. " I should've known. I couldn't trust you from the first time I saw you, Sackhiem."

Sackhiem? That's the feds name on the contact sheet ,Sienna thought.

" Can it Speedle. As you see I have the upper hand here. I've got a gun pointed at your beloved wife's head. And hers is , sadly filled with blanks. You can try it if you want, Calleigh."

" You're bullshittin' me Sackhiem," Calleigh said. " You took the live ammo out ?"

" Calleigh, everything's going to be fine," Tim said as he steadied his gaze. Sienna saw another man enter from Sackhiem's right.

"Calleigh , everything is going to be fine," Sackheim mocked. " Trying to give her a false sense of hope that you two will make it out of here alive, Speedle. I thought that you were a pessimist."

" I am a realist, there's a difference, Dennis. Now put your gun down,"Tim ordered.

" No, put yours down. Or my colleague will shoot you," Sackhiem said as the man came into full view.

Sienna continued to watch intently as her father did what he was told and put the gun down.

" Good now join your wife over there, and we can get this sorted out. I have to make a report in about fifteen minutes."

" You'll never get away with this," Tim said as the man beside Sackhiem chambered a round.

Sienna couldn't hardly catch her breath, but she couldn't sit here and watch her parents die. Not again. She closed her eyes and stilled herself before she spoke.

" Miami- Dade P.D.! Put your hands up!" she said as she stepped from behind the building.

" Who the hell are you," Sackhiem said as turned his attention to her.

" Mom, Dad, are you two alright?" Sienna asked as she advanced on them. She never took her eyes off of Sackhiem or his friend.

" Sienna?" Calleigh and Tim said in unison.

" Oh , so you're Sienna. I'm sorry to hear about your sister. She was too much of a coward to live," Sackhiem said.

" Shut up , Dennis," Sienna ordered. " Can I call you Dennis? I mean I feel like we should be family or something, since you took mine away from me."

" Do you know what you are doing, little girl?" Sackhiem asked in a mocking tone.

" I know that I have a nine mm pointed at your head and that I won best marksmanship at the academy. Oh and I was taught everything I needed to know by Horatio Caine," Sienna said as she saw movement from her left side. She kept her eyes trained on Sackhiem, not knowing if he had another guy stashed somewhere.

" Sienna,..." Tim said with sadness in his voice. He had saw the same movement she had saw. He couldn't bear it if he lost her as well.

Sienna felt his apprehension and calmed him, " Daddy, it's okay. We'll be out of here in no time."

Then suddenly, she heard a shot. She pulled the trigger just as other gun shots rang out. She fell forward feeling a stinging pain in her shoulder. She rolled out of the line of fire and got to her legs weakly. Someone else shot and she saw the guy next to Sackhiem fall down. She raised her gun just in time to see Sackhiem turn and raise his gun to her father's face. She let a shot off and then saw as Sackhiem fell to the ground. Dropping the gun , she felt herself fading. She dropped to her knees as she saw him emerge from the shadows. He put his gun in his holster and walked quickly over to her.

" Sienna? Are you ok?" Horatio asked as he knelt down. Fear was written all over his face. Tim and Calleigh had ran to where she lay and stood above Horatio.

" Are mom and dad ok?" Sienna asked weakly. She was feeling dizzy and tired at the same time.

" I'm here baby. You hold on," Calleigh said as she knelt down and grabbed her hand.

" Sienna, you did good," Tim said as he knelt down as well. He had tears in his eyes as he gazed down at her.

" Thanks , daddy..." Sienna said as she closed her eyes. She succumbed to the welcomed darkness.

TBC...

A/N: Shocking isn't it? Sorry so short...