Like I said before - I don't own them, I don't know them
This is an AU based on "Body count" and the spoilers are pretty much the whole season - which you sill see in the flashbacks - so have fun and please send me your reviews! I really need to hear what you think about this!!!!
So have fun.
***
Erik ran into the hospital corridor and almost slammed into one of the nurses in his hurry. He turned a corner and came to a dead stop.
Alexx was sitting in one of the chairs, crying silently. Horatio was standing by her side, his hand placed on her shoulder in silent support. Speed was couching next to the opposite wall his head between his hands. John Hagen was standing next to him, leaning against the wall, his shoulders slumped in defeat.
He started to walk towards them slowly, he was running a minute ago but now every step seemed to be coming with unbelievable effort.
"I just heard the call" He mumbled as he reached the others "How is she? She's going to be ok, right? She's ok?"
"They don't know yet" Alexx managed to mumble "She's in surgery now"
Suddenly rage washed over Erik and he turned to Hagen angrily "What the hell happened? You were supposed to protect her!"
"I was protecting her!" Hagen said angrily
"Well you did a great job!" Erik spat out
He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Horatio standing behind him "There's no need for this Erik, he was doing his best. You know Calleigh when she puts her mind to something, she can be stubborn as hell. It's not going to do us any good to point fingers"
Erik could feel the anger wash out of him at Horatio's words. He knew he was right. He sent and apologizing look at John, and the detective nodded his understanding.
"Calleigh Duquesne?" came a voice behind them and they all turned to see the doctor standing in the hallway
"Yes Doctor? Is she going to be ok?" Horatio stepped forward
"Miss Duquesne has suffered multiple gun shot wounds, two bullets as a matter of fact. The first bullet grazed her arm, it caused minimal damage to the muscle tissue and a small nerve damage but that will heal over time" the doctor started explaining "The second bullet though, the second bullet entered from the back and punctured her right lung, severing a number of arteries in the process. She lost a lot of blood. We had to perform extensive surgery to repair the damage"
"But is she going to be ok?" Speed insisted
"We did the best we could but it's up to Miss Duquesne now. We'll have to see how things progress over the next few days"
*
2 HOURS LATER
They were all still sitting in the waiting room, doing absolutely nothing. The doctor informed them that Calleigh was unconscious and that she probably wouldn't be up for at least another day. He told them that until she came to he was not allowing any visitors.
Horatio came back from taking a cell on his cell and called for their attention "Look everyone, there's nothing we can do here right now, and we still have a crime scene to go over"
"Let someone else do it!" Erik grumbled "We have more important things to do"
"No we don't Erik. There's nothing we can do for Calleigh here, but we can go out there and make sure we catch Kerner and put him back where he belongs" Horatio said sternly "Delko, Speed, I want you to go down to the gun store and go over the crime scene, Alexx I need you to get back to the morgue and go over the bodies again - there has to be something we missed. John."
"I'm not moving an inch" Hagen cut him off mid sentence "The minute Kerner hears she's still alive this is going to be his first pit stop - I'm not going anywhere!"
Horatio nodded his agreement and waited for the others to start filing out of the room. Before following he placed a hand on John's shoulder - silently thanking him.
John nodded at him "I'll call you guys if anything changes"
"You do that!"
*
Erik, Speed and Horatio stood in front of the gun store and stared at the sign. They've all seen their share of horrible things - working in their line of work - but this was different. This wasn't just some ammoniums victim - this was Calleigh, their Calleigh.
Erik's mind flashed back to a time about a year ago when he stayed over at her place. They were working a case of a Hispanic girl found dead in the water and the atmosphere in his neighborhood was getting a little hostile.
FLASHBACK
It was late at night and they were tiered and exhausted and they sat on her couch watching TV
"Hey Call?" He was to tiered to do more then slightly turn his head sideways towards her "what are we watching?"
"I have no idea! But there are colors, and the screen is shiny.I think my brain too tiered to comprehend anything more then that" She laughed
"We should probably go to sleep" He suggested
"One problem with that theory Delko" She smiled "I don't think I have the strength to get up from this couch"
He laughed and put an arm around her, pulling her to him until they were leaning against each other "Maybe we should just close our eyes for a second"
"Yeah" she mumbled "just for a second"
They both closed their eyes, when they opened them next - the morning cartoons were playing on the TV and the phone was ringing - Horatio needed them back in the lab.
PRESENT DAY
"Erik? You ready?" Horatio's voice shook Erik out of his daydreaming and he quickly nodded.
The three man slowly walked into the store and started looking around.
Speed picked up the wanted ad that Calleigh left on the counter and surveyed Kerner's face for a moment before placing the page carefully in an evidence bag. He noticed a smudge of blood on the counter and took out a Q- tip - collecting a sample and marking it into evidence as well.
"Speed, Horatio. Come take a look at this!"
When they reached Delko he was standing in the middle isle, a large pool of blood was at his feet and the sight made Speed's stomach do a flip flop
# this is where it happened, this is where the son of a bitch shot her # For a minute Speed's mind started racing, imagining how it was, how she laid there, bleeding, probably scared to death. He shook the thoughts quickly out of his head - not able to deal with them at the moment.
"Look at this!" Erik pointed at something on the wall and Speed moved in to take a closer look
"It looks like high velocity spatter" He stated "from a lower angle" He looked back at the pool of blood that belonged to Calleigh and then back at the spatter "H, this isn't Calleigh's blood, it isn't the right angle or direction, this is Kerner's blood. H, she got him!"
This is an AU based on "Body count" and the spoilers are pretty much the whole season - which you sill see in the flashbacks - so have fun and please send me your reviews! I really need to hear what you think about this!!!!
So have fun.
***
Erik ran into the hospital corridor and almost slammed into one of the nurses in his hurry. He turned a corner and came to a dead stop.
Alexx was sitting in one of the chairs, crying silently. Horatio was standing by her side, his hand placed on her shoulder in silent support. Speed was couching next to the opposite wall his head between his hands. John Hagen was standing next to him, leaning against the wall, his shoulders slumped in defeat.
He started to walk towards them slowly, he was running a minute ago but now every step seemed to be coming with unbelievable effort.
"I just heard the call" He mumbled as he reached the others "How is she? She's going to be ok, right? She's ok?"
"They don't know yet" Alexx managed to mumble "She's in surgery now"
Suddenly rage washed over Erik and he turned to Hagen angrily "What the hell happened? You were supposed to protect her!"
"I was protecting her!" Hagen said angrily
"Well you did a great job!" Erik spat out
He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Horatio standing behind him "There's no need for this Erik, he was doing his best. You know Calleigh when she puts her mind to something, she can be stubborn as hell. It's not going to do us any good to point fingers"
Erik could feel the anger wash out of him at Horatio's words. He knew he was right. He sent and apologizing look at John, and the detective nodded his understanding.
"Calleigh Duquesne?" came a voice behind them and they all turned to see the doctor standing in the hallway
"Yes Doctor? Is she going to be ok?" Horatio stepped forward
"Miss Duquesne has suffered multiple gun shot wounds, two bullets as a matter of fact. The first bullet grazed her arm, it caused minimal damage to the muscle tissue and a small nerve damage but that will heal over time" the doctor started explaining "The second bullet though, the second bullet entered from the back and punctured her right lung, severing a number of arteries in the process. She lost a lot of blood. We had to perform extensive surgery to repair the damage"
"But is she going to be ok?" Speed insisted
"We did the best we could but it's up to Miss Duquesne now. We'll have to see how things progress over the next few days"
*
2 HOURS LATER
They were all still sitting in the waiting room, doing absolutely nothing. The doctor informed them that Calleigh was unconscious and that she probably wouldn't be up for at least another day. He told them that until she came to he was not allowing any visitors.
Horatio came back from taking a cell on his cell and called for their attention "Look everyone, there's nothing we can do here right now, and we still have a crime scene to go over"
"Let someone else do it!" Erik grumbled "We have more important things to do"
"No we don't Erik. There's nothing we can do for Calleigh here, but we can go out there and make sure we catch Kerner and put him back where he belongs" Horatio said sternly "Delko, Speed, I want you to go down to the gun store and go over the crime scene, Alexx I need you to get back to the morgue and go over the bodies again - there has to be something we missed. John."
"I'm not moving an inch" Hagen cut him off mid sentence "The minute Kerner hears she's still alive this is going to be his first pit stop - I'm not going anywhere!"
Horatio nodded his agreement and waited for the others to start filing out of the room. Before following he placed a hand on John's shoulder - silently thanking him.
John nodded at him "I'll call you guys if anything changes"
"You do that!"
*
Erik, Speed and Horatio stood in front of the gun store and stared at the sign. They've all seen their share of horrible things - working in their line of work - but this was different. This wasn't just some ammoniums victim - this was Calleigh, their Calleigh.
Erik's mind flashed back to a time about a year ago when he stayed over at her place. They were working a case of a Hispanic girl found dead in the water and the atmosphere in his neighborhood was getting a little hostile.
FLASHBACK
It was late at night and they were tiered and exhausted and they sat on her couch watching TV
"Hey Call?" He was to tiered to do more then slightly turn his head sideways towards her "what are we watching?"
"I have no idea! But there are colors, and the screen is shiny.I think my brain too tiered to comprehend anything more then that" She laughed
"We should probably go to sleep" He suggested
"One problem with that theory Delko" She smiled "I don't think I have the strength to get up from this couch"
He laughed and put an arm around her, pulling her to him until they were leaning against each other "Maybe we should just close our eyes for a second"
"Yeah" she mumbled "just for a second"
They both closed their eyes, when they opened them next - the morning cartoons were playing on the TV and the phone was ringing - Horatio needed them back in the lab.
PRESENT DAY
"Erik? You ready?" Horatio's voice shook Erik out of his daydreaming and he quickly nodded.
The three man slowly walked into the store and started looking around.
Speed picked up the wanted ad that Calleigh left on the counter and surveyed Kerner's face for a moment before placing the page carefully in an evidence bag. He noticed a smudge of blood on the counter and took out a Q- tip - collecting a sample and marking it into evidence as well.
"Speed, Horatio. Come take a look at this!"
When they reached Delko he was standing in the middle isle, a large pool of blood was at his feet and the sight made Speed's stomach do a flip flop
# this is where it happened, this is where the son of a bitch shot her # For a minute Speed's mind started racing, imagining how it was, how she laid there, bleeding, probably scared to death. He shook the thoughts quickly out of his head - not able to deal with them at the moment.
"Look at this!" Erik pointed at something on the wall and Speed moved in to take a closer look
"It looks like high velocity spatter" He stated "from a lower angle" He looked back at the pool of blood that belonged to Calleigh and then back at the spatter "H, this isn't Calleigh's blood, it isn't the right angle or direction, this is Kerner's blood. H, she got him!"