Chapter 17

"Calleigh don't be so pigheaded. You have to work with him."

"Today I cope it, that I didn't have to, Alexx.

"But it won't work that way for ever, Cal. You have to confess that you still love him. And he loves you too, Sugar."

"I've got a bad feeling about this" Horatio repeated once again. He grabbed at his gun.

"Same here H." Speed grabbed at his gun, too.

"I don't think that he loves me, because then he hadn't done this to me." She sighed. "Maybe I still love him, but at the moment…"

Out of nothing and with a slam, a door of a cupboard was opened. In front of them appeared a person with a gun. He aimed at Horatio. None of them could react. There was a shot.

"….I don't give a damn about him. I don't care if he's dead or alive…"

Speed had no idea about what has happened, he just reacted. Seconds after the first shot he, fired at the intruder, who slumped down.

"Pooh, that was scrimpy, H." He got no reply. "H?" he asked insecure. He looked around and was frightened. Horatio was lying motionless on the floor.

"Fuck!Rescue! Get me rescue right now" he screamed. He ran towards Horatio and kneeled down. He lifted the jacket to get a better look at the wound and cursed silently as he saw that the bullet did some serious damage to his stomach.

"Don't say something like that Calleigh. That's serious. Besides, I don't believe you."

"H, can you hear me?" Horatio's eyes were closed. "Damn!"

Speed could hear the Rescue coming up to them. Everything appeared to be in slow-motion.

"Come on H, open your eyes. You'll be fine. Don't do this to me." Speeds' voice was a low whisper, he felt the panic rise. Yet he tried to sound optimistic.

The paramedic started medical attendance.

"What's the score on him?" The face of the paramedic said everything. "Oh my god" Speed closed his eyes. Frank appeared.

"What has happened?" he asked. Speed told him the occurrence.

"Here is my gun, Frank. Only one shot" he said like a machine.

Horatio was lifted onto a stretcher. "Which hospital?" was all Speed could say. "Jackson Memorial."

"Oh." he replied absent-minded. He looked behind the stretcher, while it was lifted into the ambulance and then drove off. Speed was still shocked. He took his cell phone and dialled a number. His hands were shaking while he waited for an answer.

tbc

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