Shorthanded
Chapter 2
"Please don't Do this to me." Sara whispered quietly, as tears threatened to spill. After a few seconds, and rising panick she found a weak but steady pulse.
"thank god..." She mumbled quietly then surveyed the area around her and him. There were broken shelves scattered around him, slightly pinning him into that area and keeping him still. She feared to move him, feared of causing more damage then what was already done. The next option was try to wake him up.
"Grissom..." She called to him, placing her hand that was on his neck to the side of his face. She took great care in avoiding the little glass bits from his lenses.
"Grissom." She said a bit louder once again. His eyes began to flutter. His breathing quickened. It became fast, shallow, and hoarse-like. She could tell by his movements he was either panicking, or was in that much pain. Or both.
"Shhh...Calm down..." She rested her other hand on his hand. His eyes opened a crack, and his fingers wrapped around hers quickly.
"Sara..." He mumbled quietly, barely audible for Sara to hear.
"Its' me..." She wrapped her fingers around his hand as well. His eyes closed again, his fingers laxed around her hand, and his breathing became quiet once again. Almost not existent.
"Grissom! Come on Griss, wake up for me again." Sara cried, tears now spilling down the sides of her face. She hadn't even realized the paramedics were in the area now, evacuating that part of the building. Two of them had approached her from behind.
"Miss? We need to get you out of here." The paramedic to the right of her spoke, stretching out a hand to help her get up. She glanced over to him then back to Gil.
"You need to help him." She spoke, not even realizing what a state she was in herself, both physically and emotionally.
"We need to get you out of here, then we will help your friend, okay?" The paramedic reassured her. Sara stole another glance of her boss then, slowly stood up. The paramedic took her hand and led her out of the building. She looked back to the supervisor to see the other paramedic had placed a oxygen mask around his face, and another had came to his help. As Sara watched as they carefully slide Gil onto his back, then onto a portable gurney.
As she got outside with the first paramedic she saw Greg being loaded into the back of one of the ambulence. She also saw about another half a dozen people getting treated for minor wounds in the parking lot. The paramedic led Sara to the side and looked her over.
"You'll need stitchs for this." The paramedic said looking at her hand. Sara just barely heard it though as she saw Grissom come into view again, the two paramedics were rolling the gurney out and to the back of the second ambulence. She didn't even pay attention to the paramedic. She just watched her supervisor being loaded into the ambulence then leaving the scene.