Chapter: Emotional Visit

Rating: ( M )

Disclaimer: I do not own Law & Order CI or the characters from the show. I only own the people I make up.

A Special Thanks To: Caia, Emily Sim, gerfan, Shellster, and to everyone else who has read my fanfic.

Caia:My heartwould really like to move Bobby tosomewhere safer, but my brain just won't let me lol.

Shellster: Thank you so much! It really joys me to know that I am improving. I've never thought of myself as a good writer, which is probably why I didn't post anything on here for several months after I found the site lol. Glad you liked the fight scene. Thank you again!

A/N I'm sorry that i'm late posting this chapter. I finished the first chapter that Raven650 and I wrote of " What You Never Know " and i've had a CSI idea in my head for a while now, so I went and wrote that one too. Anyway, here is the next chapter. I hope you like it. Enjoy!

Let the story begin.

It took Alex several hours to drive to the prison. The traffic was horrible, and to top it all off, it was raining. It was late afternoon by the time she finally reached the prison exit on the freeway. Alex's heart was pounding harder and harder as she got closer to the prison. A million thoughts were racing through her mind. She couldn't help but be concerned for her partner's well being. She wondered what his condittion was, and just what had happened to him. Alex Eames was not stupid, she knew very well that Bobby would have a hard time in the prison, a very hard time. She also knew full well what type of things go on inside of prisons, and that's what scared her the most. Alex knew Bobby was strong, but could he withstand the horrors of a prison. Alex hoped that he wouldn't have to experience those horrors, however, she knew the chances of those things happening would increase more and more as time went by. In other words, time was very important, she needed to get Bobby out of there, and fast. The question was, how? Unfortunately, neitherAlex nor the captain had been able to answer that question yet. Would they ever? They had to, they had to for Bobby.

As Alex got closer to the prison, she saw the huge building, along with the tall fences everywhere she looked. She wasn't evenbeing sent toprison, but the sight still bothered her. Alex stopped at the gate, and showed her ID to the guards, then she was let inside the gates. Once inside, she saw the many fences filled with inmates, inmates who were staring at her, all of them, staring at her. Alex was becoming more and more uncomfortable as she got closer to the prison, and she wondered if Bobby had felt the same way when he first saw the prison. The creepy feeling of being watched by all the inmates was really begining to get to Alex. The looks on many of the faces were cold, as if they had no souls. Then their were others, they appeared frightened. Alex couldn't help but wonder how many of them were like her partner, wrongfully imprisoned. Alex stopped when she saw a road sign that said " Visitors ", and followed that road. It didn't take her long to reach the visitor entrance after that.

Alex parked her car in one of the parking stalls, then quickly got out and ran to towards the door. Once inside, a guard instructed her to remove all metal items. She removed her necklace, watch, and ring. Then she walked through the metal detector. After that, she walked up to the desk, and asked how to get to the medical ward. The man at the desk called a guard to walk her to the medical ward. Soon, Alex was there. Her heart felt as though it was about to jump out of her chest as she stood at the desk.

" I'm here to see Robert Goren, " Alex said.

The woman looked over her large chart, and found Bobby's name.

" Mr. Goren is in room number 26, " the woman said kindly, then asked. " Would you like a guard to go with you, "

" No... no, I don't need a guard. Thank you, " Alex said, as she headed down the hallway.

Soon, Alex found herself standing outside of room number 26. She was very nervous... well, plain scared was more like it, she didn't have a clue what had all happened to Bobby, or what condittion he was in. Alex stood there for another moment or so, then sucked in a deep breath and knocked on the door.

Bobby was rather surprised when he heard someone knock on his door.

" Who is it, " Bobby asked loudly, in a wraspy voice.

" It's... it's me... Alex, " Alex replied.

" Eames? C - Come in, " Bobby said, he couldn't believe his partner was actually there to see him, and how did she find out about what had happened?

Alex opened the door, slowly. She was scared of what she might see. Once she walked inside the room, she saw a very beat up Bobby Goren laying on the bed in front of her. Bobby watched her closely as she walked up the bed. Alex sat down on the small wooden chair next to the bed, then they both just sat there, neither saying a word, neither knowing quite what to say.

" How are you feeling, " Alex asked finally, after she had managed to remove the frog from her throught.

Bobby smiled a small smile.

" I... I feel like I was run over by a truck, " he said, trying to make a joke and hoping that Alex would smile.

However, he knew it hadn't worked when he saw Alex's eyes fill up with tears.

" Eames, I... I'm sorry... that... it wasn't very nice of me... I just... I wanted to make you laugh, " Bobby said, in a wraspy voice, as he reached over, placing his hand on hers.

Alex looked at the floor for a moment, then back at her partner once again.

" W - What happened, " she asked.

" Oh... not to much... just got into a... little fight, " Bobby replied.

A little fight my foot. Alex throught to herself, however, she wasn't going to argue with Bobby, not now.

" The captain said you were hurt pretty bad, " Alex asked.

" Nah... not really, just got a little beat up. It wasn't that bad... i'm fine, " Bobby replied. " How... how did you find out anyway, "

" The captain called me, " Alex replied.

" How did he find out, " Bobby asked, still not making much sense of his answer.

" I... I'm not sure... he said he got a call from the prison, " Alex replied.

Then Bobby began to wonder if Alex had any new leads, however, he wasn't sure if he should ask her. The last thing he wanted to do was make he think that he was pushing her.

" Have you found any leads, " Bobby asked, finally.

Alex hung her head. " No... I thought I did yesterday, but it turned out to be nothing, " she replied.

Bobby was begining to wonder if was ever going to get out of prison. Then a knock on the door brought them both from their thoughts.

" Visiting hours are over, " a guard yelled from the other side of the door.

Bobby and Alex both looked at each other, the moment they both were dreading had come a lot sooner then either of them wanted. Tears began to form in Alex's eyes, she could feel a break down coming on, and knew she better get out of there fast, so she didn't burden Bobby with him poor emotional state. Bobby looked up at Alex, trying to figure out what she thinking, but he couldn't tell. Then something that Bobby wasn't expecting happened. Alex nelt down and wrapped her arms around him once again. She hugged him as though she were clinging to him for dear life. This was one of the worst moments in Alex's life, because she knew that it could very well be the last time she would ever see her partner and best friend alive. After all, the day's events had proven just how bad the prison could be. Bobby had only been in there one day, and already he was in the medical ward. When Alex finally released her strong grip on her partner, she looked down at him.

" I... I'll come see you in 2 days... on Saturday, " Alex said, fighting back the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes.

" Now, you don't forget, " Bobby said with a small smile.

This time it worked, Alex smiled a sad smile.

" I won't forget... see you Saturday, " she said.

" See you Saturday, " Bobby repeated. " Alex... thank you, "

Alex just nodded and quickly exited the room. Her tears started to fall the moment the door went shut, and Alex headed out of the prison, not knowing for sure if she would ever see her partner again.

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