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Snowed Inn

Horatio finally got Mac to answer his phone. He explained what happened as fast as he could and went to go help Danny. Flack was all ready trying to get the gunshot wound in shoulder to stop bleeding. Luckily, the bullet hadn't hit anything vital. Horatio found himself remembering when Speed had been shot. He wasn't going to let the same thing happen to Danny.

He and Don looked at the injury. It was still bleeding, but not as badly as it had been. There was no exit wound, which meant the bullet was still in Danny's shoulder. It would have to be removed soon. Horatio was actually more worried about his other injuries. He had a compound fracture on his wrist, a couple of cracked ribs, possibly internal injuries, and he had some type of head injury. Mac entered the room a few seconds later.

One look at the perp and he knew the man was dead. Danny had almost taken his head off with the bat. Mac looked at Danny, who still very much alive. Damn, where's Hawkes when you need him? The younger CSI looked up at Mac. His shoulder had finally stopped bleeding. He tried to sit up, but Mac wouldn't let him. He took a closer look at Danny's various injuries. Mac didn't see anything immediately life threatening, but they needed to get Danny to a doctor soon. He remembered his earlier thoughts and grabbed his cell phone.

"Hawkes." The CSI answered professionally.

Mac explained the situation as best he could. Dr. Sheldon Hawkes listened for a few minutes before giving advice.

"You should be able to move him. The best thing would be to get Danny to a hospital, but since that isn't going to happen anytime soon, you guy are going to have to remove the bullet yourselves." He gave instructions.

Danny was fading in and out of conciseness. He was vaguely aware Mac was on the phone with Hawkes. His head, shoulder, wrist and wrist hurt. Hell, all of him hurt. Danny heard somebody telling him to hang on. He fought his way back to conciseness as he felt himself being moved off the floor and on a bed. The last clear memory he had was swinging the bat as hard as he could into the guy's head. Then the gun went off. That asshole had shot him with his own gun after using his head for batting practice. He heard Mac on the phone.

"He's awake." Pause. Then, to Danny, he said, "What happened?"

"The killer attacked me with a baseball bat, and then he shot me when I got the bat an hit him with it."

"He seems pretty coherent to me." Mac informed Dr. Hawkes.

"That's a good sign, but he still probably has a concussion. Someone needs to keep an eye on him for a while."

Danny interrupted him. "What happened to the perp?"

"He died. Remind me never to let you near a baseball bat." Mac told him.

"Damn. Didn't mean to kill the guy."

"Not like you had much of a choice. He would have killed you."

Mac continued to talk to Hawkes, who helped him treat Danny's other injuries. Greg and Catherine entered the room. They had stopped to get a First-Aid kit from a hotel employee. They both took a look at what was left of the killer.

"You sure he only hit the guy once?"

"Yeah. Danny is more dangerous with a baseball bat then a gun." Mac retuned his attention to Danny and his phone, "Let's see if we can't find that bullet." Following Hawkes' instructions, Mac quickly found exactly where the bullet was. By then, Danny had passed out again, which was probably for the best at the moment. Mac carefully removed the bullet, and then stitched the wound closed as best he could.

Meanwhile, someone had called to tell the others what happened. Lindsay entered the cramped hotel room. She was upset that Danny had been hurt, but once it was clear he would be okay as soon as they got him to a real hospital, Lindsay was also pissed off that Danny couldn't wait two minutes for Flack to catch up. Danny would defiantly hear about it later.

Lindsay was also worried about him and immediately volunteered to watch over Danny while the others contacted local authorities to see if they could talk them into clearing the mountain road sooner.

A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. Minor distractions and slight writer's block keep slowing me down, but the story is almost over. It should only take a one or two more chapters to wrap it up. Thank you to everyone who reviewed. I really love to read them and they are quite helpful. They certainly make me want to finish the next chapter sooner.