John Hagen pushed the door silently and came into the room as quietly as possible. He knew it was redundant, after all Calleigh was unconscious, no amount of noise he would make would disturb her right now, but never the less it felt like he should be quiet.
He took a seat next to the bed and looked at Calleigh. She looked so peaceful and quiet - he never remembered ever seeing her this quiet before. Every time he saw her she was always on the move - going somewhere, working in the lab, always with a smile on her face and her witty banter. He was so used to seeing her that way that it was somewhat unsettling to see her so quiet.
He took care of everything else - there was a uniformed police officer at the door, and more at every entrance to the hospital, the medical staff has been alerted and Kerner's photo shown to everyone so they would be able to recognize him if he came by.
Now, all he could do was wait...
*
CSI Crime lab.
¨Ok Erik, thank you¨ Horatio said into the phone and placed down the receiver. It was official now, the blood analysis confirmed Kerner's blood on the wall, an extensive search of the crime scene produced no bullet - which meant that Kerner still had the bullet in him.
Horatio pushed away the files on his desk and leaned back, rubbing the bridge of his nose. He was going over Kerner's file over and over again to a point where he almost knew it by heart.
He was looking for something, anything, that would tell them where he went. They knew he was in need of medical attention, they already alerted every medial facility in the tri state area to be on the look out. Now all they had to do was figure out where he was headed to next.
FLASHBACK
Horatio walked down the street after the uniformed officer, he could see the yellow police tapes a little further up the road. He looked around, soaking in the different surroundings. He was in New Orleans, called in for a consult regarding the murders of three women which the local police has been unable to stop.
The body was lying on the pavement face down, her clothes had been ripped off and there were serious signs of abuse. He knelt by and started going over the body, right next to her right arm was a bullet casing and he picked it up carefully with his pen.
"It looks like a small caliber" a female voice came from behind him and he turned his head to see a blond female officer standing behind him "probably a 32, but her wounds.." she suddenly stopped and smiled sheepishly "Sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you!"
"No, no. It's ok" he smiled back at her "go on.."
"Well I looked at the wounds on the victim and one of the wounds is definitely from a 32 caliber, the other one is a larger caliber, much larger and from a closer range"
"And you can tell that just from looking at the wound?" he frowned, part of him intrigued.
"I have a thing about ballistics, I know a lot about it" she shrugged, slightly embraced "Some of the guys around here call me "bullet girl"..."
The next thing he knew he was asking her to join him working the case.
PRESENT DAY
"H?" the voice startled him and he gave a slight jump in his seat. He looked up to see Speed standing at the doorway - for a moment his heat stopped - fearing that there were bad news from the hospital.
"We have a few of Kerner's friends in for questioning, we thought maybe one of them could let us know how to track him down and we have a lead on a doctor that treats gunshots under the table"
"Yeah" Horatio got up, sighing, "I'm on my way"
*
They entered the clinic and passed the receptionist without a word, pushing her out of the way. They busted the door open and entered the doctor's office, finding him seated at his chair, going over some patient's files.
"Doctor Marks" Horatio greeted "How are you doing today?"
The doctor looked around, fear and anger showing in his eyes "What is this about?"
"We heard you were the guy to turn to if someone happens to have a bullet in him" Horatio said slowly, nodding for Speed to start looking around for any signs of blood or surgery.
"I don't know what you're talking about" the doctor tried defending himself.
"Hey H, come take a look at this" Speed called him over and Horatio came to see a blood stain on the floor and a piece of cloth covered in blood in the trash can.
"Someone was bleeding all over your clinic Dr. Marks" Horatio turned back to the doctor while Speed collected the sample
"It's a clinic, people bleed here" he stuttered
"Ok" Horatio nodded "We're going to take this back to the lab and if this turns out to be Hank Kerner's blood I'm going to come back here, take you to prison and shut down your business. How's that?"
"Look" the doctor finally cracked "He was here, but I didn't treat him ok? I'm clean now, I don't do that anymore - he came by and I sent him away"
"Sent him where?"
*
Calleigh tried to fight the fog in her head and regain consciousness. She finally managed to open her eyes and blinked a few times at the bright florescent light.
When she finally managed to adjust her eyes to the light she tried looking around the room. The first thing she saw was John Hagen, sleeping in a chair by her bed.
For a moment she had a strong sense of De-ja-vu, she was so confused she thought for a moment that she was at the CSI crime lab, sleeping on the couch while Hagen was sleeping beside her trying to protect her from Kerner.
But a moment later the memories of the day came rushing back and she could suddenly feel all the aching parts of her body screaming at her causing her to groan.
The sound startled Hagen and he opened his eyes. When eh noticed her eyes were open he smiled at her softly.
"Hey there! How are you feeling?"
"Ok, I guess" she tried to say but her voice came out only barely above a whisper
"Don't try to talk" He smiled again "You scared us quit a bit there Call"
She tried to smile and move her head but the pain came shooting through her body again and she winced in pain. He saw her wince and got up from his seat "Wait a second, I'll go call a doctor"
**
Ok people that's it for this time - but don't get too comfortable, I'm not done with putting Calleigh through hell yet... (evil grin!!!)
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(footnote continued)
He took a seat next to the bed and looked at Calleigh. She looked so peaceful and quiet - he never remembered ever seeing her this quiet before. Every time he saw her she was always on the move - going somewhere, working in the lab, always with a smile on her face and her witty banter. He was so used to seeing her that way that it was somewhat unsettling to see her so quiet.
He took care of everything else - there was a uniformed police officer at the door, and more at every entrance to the hospital, the medical staff has been alerted and Kerner's photo shown to everyone so they would be able to recognize him if he came by.
Now, all he could do was wait...
*
CSI Crime lab.
¨Ok Erik, thank you¨ Horatio said into the phone and placed down the receiver. It was official now, the blood analysis confirmed Kerner's blood on the wall, an extensive search of the crime scene produced no bullet - which meant that Kerner still had the bullet in him.
Horatio pushed away the files on his desk and leaned back, rubbing the bridge of his nose. He was going over Kerner's file over and over again to a point where he almost knew it by heart.
He was looking for something, anything, that would tell them where he went. They knew he was in need of medical attention, they already alerted every medial facility in the tri state area to be on the look out. Now all they had to do was figure out where he was headed to next.
FLASHBACK
Horatio walked down the street after the uniformed officer, he could see the yellow police tapes a little further up the road. He looked around, soaking in the different surroundings. He was in New Orleans, called in for a consult regarding the murders of three women which the local police has been unable to stop.
The body was lying on the pavement face down, her clothes had been ripped off and there were serious signs of abuse. He knelt by and started going over the body, right next to her right arm was a bullet casing and he picked it up carefully with his pen.
"It looks like a small caliber" a female voice came from behind him and he turned his head to see a blond female officer standing behind him "probably a 32, but her wounds.." she suddenly stopped and smiled sheepishly "Sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you!"
"No, no. It's ok" he smiled back at her "go on.."
"Well I looked at the wounds on the victim and one of the wounds is definitely from a 32 caliber, the other one is a larger caliber, much larger and from a closer range"
"And you can tell that just from looking at the wound?" he frowned, part of him intrigued.
"I have a thing about ballistics, I know a lot about it" she shrugged, slightly embraced "Some of the guys around here call me "bullet girl"..."
The next thing he knew he was asking her to join him working the case.
PRESENT DAY
"H?" the voice startled him and he gave a slight jump in his seat. He looked up to see Speed standing at the doorway - for a moment his heat stopped - fearing that there were bad news from the hospital.
"We have a few of Kerner's friends in for questioning, we thought maybe one of them could let us know how to track him down and we have a lead on a doctor that treats gunshots under the table"
"Yeah" Horatio got up, sighing, "I'm on my way"
*
They entered the clinic and passed the receptionist without a word, pushing her out of the way. They busted the door open and entered the doctor's office, finding him seated at his chair, going over some patient's files.
"Doctor Marks" Horatio greeted "How are you doing today?"
The doctor looked around, fear and anger showing in his eyes "What is this about?"
"We heard you were the guy to turn to if someone happens to have a bullet in him" Horatio said slowly, nodding for Speed to start looking around for any signs of blood or surgery.
"I don't know what you're talking about" the doctor tried defending himself.
"Hey H, come take a look at this" Speed called him over and Horatio came to see a blood stain on the floor and a piece of cloth covered in blood in the trash can.
"Someone was bleeding all over your clinic Dr. Marks" Horatio turned back to the doctor while Speed collected the sample
"It's a clinic, people bleed here" he stuttered
"Ok" Horatio nodded "We're going to take this back to the lab and if this turns out to be Hank Kerner's blood I'm going to come back here, take you to prison and shut down your business. How's that?"
"Look" the doctor finally cracked "He was here, but I didn't treat him ok? I'm clean now, I don't do that anymore - he came by and I sent him away"
"Sent him where?"
*
Calleigh tried to fight the fog in her head and regain consciousness. She finally managed to open her eyes and blinked a few times at the bright florescent light.
When she finally managed to adjust her eyes to the light she tried looking around the room. The first thing she saw was John Hagen, sleeping in a chair by her bed.
For a moment she had a strong sense of De-ja-vu, she was so confused she thought for a moment that she was at the CSI crime lab, sleeping on the couch while Hagen was sleeping beside her trying to protect her from Kerner.
But a moment later the memories of the day came rushing back and she could suddenly feel all the aching parts of her body screaming at her causing her to groan.
The sound startled Hagen and he opened his eyes. When eh noticed her eyes were open he smiled at her softly.
"Hey there! How are you feeling?"
"Ok, I guess" she tried to say but her voice came out only barely above a whisper
"Don't try to talk" He smiled again "You scared us quit a bit there Call"
She tried to smile and move her head but the pain came shooting through her body again and she winced in pain. He saw her wince and got up from his seat "Wait a second, I'll go call a doctor"
**
Ok people that's it for this time - but don't get too comfortable, I'm not done with putting Calleigh through hell yet... (evil grin!!!)
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(footnote continued)