Calleigh was awake for a change when he walked into the room. Speed and Erik had gone back to the lab. Her older brother, Bobby had gone back to his hotel. It was just the two of them again.
"Are you ok? Any pain?" he asked gently
"A bit" she replied quietly "You should go home John, get some rest, you've been here for ages"
"I'm fine Call'" he shrugged coming closer to her "I'm not going anywhere"
"John, you have half the police force patrolling this hospital. I don't think there are any police officers left to patrol the rest of the city. I'm going to be fine. Just go home and get some rest"
She kept insisting and finally he relented - promising to go home once she falls asleep. But when the nurse woke her up a couple of hours later to take her for some tests, John was still there, sleeping in the chair by her bed.
*
Horatio walked into the break room in the middle of the night to find Erik and Speed sitting at the table, numerous empty cups of coffee in front of them.
"It's the middle of the night, what are you two still doing here?"
"We could ask you the same thing..." Erik grumbled and Horatio nodded in understanding.
"It's a cold trail H" Speed sighed, saying what they have all been thinking all day "there's no way we can find him unless he makes another move"
"And we all know what his next move is going to be..."
*
Calleigh lay still on the cold metal examination table waiting for an x-ray. A nurse came in and adjusted her to the right position and left quickly. The hard surface was highly uncomfortable and the pain in her arm and back was growing stronger.
She waited for a few more minutes but nothing happened and the machine did not start working.
"Hello? Is anyone there?" she called out, hoping that the technician in the other room would hear her. She was starting to get a little scared.
*
Hagen woke with a jerk and rubbed his eyes. He suddenly realized that Calleigh was not in the room and fear washed over him like a cold shower. He ran over to the nurses station - a horrible feeling of de-ja-vu coming over him.
"Duquesne, where is she?" he asked urgently
the nurse quickly checked her roster "She's in x-ray"
"How come I wasn't told?" he nearly screamed. Without waiting for an answer he sped down the hall, running as fast as he can. He made his way to the elevator but couldn't bring himself to wait for it so he continued running to the emergency stairwell. He nearly stumbled down the stairs - taking them two at a time.
When he finally got down to the x-ray floor he found it oddly deserted. He took out his weapon from his holster and started moving with caution.
He checked a few doors but they were locked. A woman in a nurse outfit came around the corner and surprised him. She gasped as he turned his gun towards her but he motioned her to keep quiet.
"X-ray room? Which way?"
she pointed shakily in the direction and he thanked her, moving in that direction.
A few more doors down the hall he finally found the right room. He pushed the door but something was blocking it and he had to push even harder.
When the door opened he realized what was blocking the door.
There was a young woman lying on the floor in a pool of blood. He knelt down and checked for a pulse, his gun still drawn. In a chair by the machine's control panel the technician was slumped forward and Hagen moved in and checked for pulse again. Nothing.
"Calleigh!" he gave up on being quiet as his fear rose. "Calleigh!"
He ran to the other room - but it was empty.
Taking out his radio he said breathlessly "All units, seal the hospital. Suspect is on the premises. I repeat suspect in on the premises - and he has the victim. He has Calleigh"
"Are you ok? Any pain?" he asked gently
"A bit" she replied quietly "You should go home John, get some rest, you've been here for ages"
"I'm fine Call'" he shrugged coming closer to her "I'm not going anywhere"
"John, you have half the police force patrolling this hospital. I don't think there are any police officers left to patrol the rest of the city. I'm going to be fine. Just go home and get some rest"
She kept insisting and finally he relented - promising to go home once she falls asleep. But when the nurse woke her up a couple of hours later to take her for some tests, John was still there, sleeping in the chair by her bed.
*
Horatio walked into the break room in the middle of the night to find Erik and Speed sitting at the table, numerous empty cups of coffee in front of them.
"It's the middle of the night, what are you two still doing here?"
"We could ask you the same thing..." Erik grumbled and Horatio nodded in understanding.
"It's a cold trail H" Speed sighed, saying what they have all been thinking all day "there's no way we can find him unless he makes another move"
"And we all know what his next move is going to be..."
*
Calleigh lay still on the cold metal examination table waiting for an x-ray. A nurse came in and adjusted her to the right position and left quickly. The hard surface was highly uncomfortable and the pain in her arm and back was growing stronger.
She waited for a few more minutes but nothing happened and the machine did not start working.
"Hello? Is anyone there?" she called out, hoping that the technician in the other room would hear her. She was starting to get a little scared.
*
Hagen woke with a jerk and rubbed his eyes. He suddenly realized that Calleigh was not in the room and fear washed over him like a cold shower. He ran over to the nurses station - a horrible feeling of de-ja-vu coming over him.
"Duquesne, where is she?" he asked urgently
the nurse quickly checked her roster "She's in x-ray"
"How come I wasn't told?" he nearly screamed. Without waiting for an answer he sped down the hall, running as fast as he can. He made his way to the elevator but couldn't bring himself to wait for it so he continued running to the emergency stairwell. He nearly stumbled down the stairs - taking them two at a time.
When he finally got down to the x-ray floor he found it oddly deserted. He took out his weapon from his holster and started moving with caution.
He checked a few doors but they were locked. A woman in a nurse outfit came around the corner and surprised him. She gasped as he turned his gun towards her but he motioned her to keep quiet.
"X-ray room? Which way?"
she pointed shakily in the direction and he thanked her, moving in that direction.
A few more doors down the hall he finally found the right room. He pushed the door but something was blocking it and he had to push even harder.
When the door opened he realized what was blocking the door.
There was a young woman lying on the floor in a pool of blood. He knelt down and checked for a pulse, his gun still drawn. In a chair by the machine's control panel the technician was slumped forward and Hagen moved in and checked for pulse again. Nothing.
"Calleigh!" he gave up on being quiet as his fear rose. "Calleigh!"
He ran to the other room - but it was empty.
Taking out his radio he said breathlessly "All units, seal the hospital. Suspect is on the premises. I repeat suspect in on the premises - and he has the victim. He has Calleigh"