Everything Burns
Chapter: 26
Pairing: Robert & Holly Scorpio
Rating: PG
Frisco, who was a nervous wreck, paced back and forth in the hospital lobby waiting the doctors to come out and tell him what was going on. It felt like Holly had been in there forever. He couldn't stand not knowing what was going on. The first thing he did, after reviving Holly and bringing her to the hospital was call Robert and tell him what had happened.
With all the waiting he was sure that Robert would be in from England before he received any news on Holly. The longer he waited the more frustrated he became. Why wouldn't anyone come out and tell him anything? Perhaps no news did mean good news. All he knew is that if Holly died Robert would more than likely kill him.
"Agent Jones?" he heard someone say. He turned around to see a doctor standing behind him. "I'm Dr. Faucet." he introduced himself.
"How is she?" he asked, frantically. "She's alright isn't she?"
"Agent Sutton is stable." he replied. "For now."
"What does that mean?"
"She lost a lot of blood and we had to transfuse her, but her vitals have stabilized." the doctor told him. "There was a high amount of an anticoagulant in her system that prevented her blood from clotting. Do you know how she was exposed to it?"
Frisco shook his head. "No." he answered. "When I can see her?"
"I'll take you to her now." he replied as he started to lead the way. "I've given her something for the pain of the head injury she sustained so she'll be in and out of it for a while. We're going to monitor her closely, she may require another transfusion after this one." The doctor opened the door to Holly's room. "I put a rush on the rape kit results." he told him. "But there were no signs of trauma."
"Thank you, Dr. Faucet." he said as he shook his hand. "You saved my best agent."
"Just doing my job." he said as he walked away.
Frisco entered the dimly lit room and closed the door behind him. He made his way across the room and grabbed a chair, pulling it closer to the bed. Holly , who was hooked up to several different machines, was sleep what appeared to be peacefully. She looked so pale and fragile. "Holly.' he sighed as he reached for her hand. "I thought we were going to lose you."
He sat beside her bed silently for what felt like hours, finally not being able to hold his eyes open anymore he slowly nodded of in the chair.
Holly slowly opened her eyes, adjusting them to the dim lights. Her head was spinning or maybe the room was moving, she didn't know which. All she knew was that she felt like hell. As she got a handle on her surroundings she noticed that she was in a hospital, that sterile smell couldn't have been mistaken for anything else.
As her eyes moved slowly around them room they came to rest of Frisco. How the hell did Frisco get there? How the hell did she get there? The last thing she remembered was lying on the floor at the Faison Compound.. "Frisco." she called out. "Frisco!"
He bolted straight up in the chair. "Holly."
"How did you find me?" she asked as he moved closer to her. "And where are we?"
Frisco sat down on the bed beside her. "We're at a hospital." he replied. "I found you at Faison's."
Holly winced in pain as she tried to move her neck. "Cesar's dead."
"I know." he replied. "What happened?"
"I killed him." she answered, cooly.
"Out of self defense?"
"No." she replied. "I planned it."
Frisco looked at her blankly. "How?" he asked.
"Poison." she answered.
He took in Holly's cool and collected mood. Especially how calm she seemed to be. "Poison." he repeated. "You set out to kill Faison when you left." he stated rather than question. "Dammit, Holly, that's murder one."
"You don't think I know that?" she asked. "It wasn't suppose to end like this."
"What does that mean?"
"Nothing." she sighed. "When can I leave?"
"Leave?" he asked, outraged. "You've just went through a major ordeal, you're not leaving anytime soon." he told her. "Besides I called Robert and he should be here shortly."
"You called Robert?" she asked.
Frisco nodded. "Yes." he answered. "I called him as soon as the doctors took you in the ER, I thought he should know right away. He's been going out of his mind."
"Dammit, Frisco!" she swore. "Why did you call him?"
"I thought you'd want him here." he replied. "You don't?"
"What did you tell him when you called?"
"I told him that I found you and that I brought you to the hospital and that things looked pretty bad." he told her. "He said that he was leaving right away, in fact he should be here any time now."
"I don't want to see Robert." she said. "He's never going to understand what I did and he's never going to forgive me."
"You don't know that."
"But I do." she answered. "Robert and my sons are never going to be able to look at me the same way ever again. That's why I can't go back to them."
"What do you mean you can't go back?"
"Things didn't go the way I planned them, Frisco." she confessed. "I cannot face Robert and my sons after everything that I've done. I knowingly and willingly ended Cesar's life and now that I have I'm going to have to pay for my actions and you're going to help me."
"How?" he asked.
Holly tried to remain call as she panicked inwardly. She had gone back and forth with the reality and the impact of her actions. In the beginning she was more than willing to die to protect her sons. As she lay dying she thought that there could have been another way but perhaps it was just the fear of dying that provoked the regret. And now, now she feared the reaction of the people she loved most.
"When Robert get's here you're going to tell him that I died." she replied, calmly "It's the only way."
"Absolutely not!" he said sternly.
tbc...