Chapter XII: The Storm

A/N: Sorry about the long wait. Combination of health issues, dealing with the pandemic, and writers block dealt their blow. I'm still working on this story, it just may be a while between updates. I haven't forgotten this story, it's always on my mind. Apologies for the use of an expletive. A character that is dead in canon, is alive here. I hope it goes over well. SSD.

Keeping Connor on the ground, Sabrina wriggled closer to the open car door, and got to her glove compartment turned gun safe. She grabbed her 1911 and 4 clips, one of which would be put into the gun first.

"Who's shooting at us?" Connor hissed as she inserted the first clip into the gun.

Chancing a glance over the hood of her car, Sabrina quickly ducked another spray of bullets.

"I'll give you three guesses, you should only need one!"

"So she's playing the crazy card. She's gotta have a few screws loose if she thinks offing you will get me to go back to her," he replied.

"Murder the Hypotenuse? Possibly. But there's also "If I can't have you, no one can" they aren't mutually exclusive I think," Sabrina hollered back.

"What are we going to do to get unpinned?"

"Textbook Psycho Ex-Girlfriend. I don't think she'll harm you. Yet. Doctor Van Crazy's objective for the moment is removing the competition. She has to be drawn away from the hospital with some live bait."

"Meaning you. I don't like that, " Connor replied before asking, "How're you going to pull that off?"

She replied "Like this" OVER HERE CORPSE FUCKER!" and ran off zig zagging.

Hope your Luck of the Irish holds out, Sabrina Connor thought as he darted into the hospital just as they went into lockdown.

Her opponent was fast. She must have played sports of some kind when she was younger.

"Why won't you stand still for more than a fraction of a second?" Ava snarled.

"Aww, can't hit a moving target? Thought you'd be a better shot than this!" Byrne ducked a shot to the head and sneered "Now you're getting nasty!"

"Why couldn't you just keep your mouth shut? I could've talked Connor around," Ava shouted while trying to get a bead on her opponent.

"Talk Connor around? You really are knitting with only one needle! Do you have any idea how many issues Connor has with his putz of a dad? Recent events are just the icing on the cake!"

This day just keeps getting better and better Hank thought as he observed the crime scene of Kelton's demise.

It was too convenient, the timing of his death. Just when Hank was about to talk to Kelton about a cold case of a so called suicide, the other man was murdered. Hank's investigation must be getting too close for comfort for the murderer in question.

Ever since taking the cold case, Hank had been nearly murdered himself on at least three occasions, and suspected there had been other attempts that he was not aware of.

His day was just about to get even worse.

At first his cell phone ringing was an annoyance. He let it go to voicemail. Then it started ringing again. Answering it, he growled, "Rhodes, someone better be dying!"

As he listened to the younger man's story, Hank felt horror. Which was no mean feat. Part of what little was left of his family was in grave danger.

"Ok. I'll get there as fast as I can. Stay where you are," he ordered. Once the call ended, Hank stalked from the room, eventually running towards the car.

"Hank what is it?" Al asked.

"One of Sabrina's coworkers tried to kill her and Connor. Sabrina is currently leading her opponent on a wild goose chase," he growled as he floored the accelerator.

He just hoped that he got there in time. He would never forgive himself if he didn't.

She was running on fumes. It had been a long day for Sabrina, and was likely going to be an even longer night. Using herself as live bait for a crazy person had not been one of her smarter ideas. Her uncle would likely have some things to say to her about that.

Ducking behind a copse of trees, Sabrina checked her gun. It was a little warm, but not overly so. She was on the third of her four clips, having used most of the bullets to make her chaser duck and/or dodge. She could hit what she aimed at, thanks to lessons from her uncle and wasn't at the point yet where she'd choose a kill shot. Bekkar wasn't worth the paperwork.

Unlike her opponent, who had been aiming to kill the entire time, though thankfully the other shooter could not hit the broad side of a barn. But that did not mean Bekkar get a lucky shot or two.

Sabrina began zig-zagging again. She was definitely on the grounds of Hynes VA Hospital. The smell of White Castle wafted through the air.

Only a short time later, Bekkar's luck with her shooting improved. Sabrina fell to the ground, pain in both her upper and lower right leg searing across her senses.

"I'm sure you're wondering why I am doing this," Bekkar crooned, sounding like Scar from Lion King.

Sabrina, doing her best to avoid blacking out, dragged herself to the cover of a nearby shed, balancing on her left leg and leaning on the outside wall. Once she was as stable as she could be, she panted, "No, I'm not. I know exactly why you're doing this. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. You see me as a romantic threat, though that's not my fault. You screwed the pooch on that one, and I'm still trying to get the mental images out of my head!"

"Hm. You're smarter than I thought you were."

"But you didn't think I was smart? This coming from the woman who whored herself out to her boyfriend's father for money?" Sabrina couldn't help but cackle as she ducked the debris from the missed shot.

"Oooh. Looks like I touched a nerve," she drawled whilst wincing in pain.

"You're just delaying the inevitable. Shall we crack on with this?"

"Gladly," Sabrina mumble as she did her best to get into position, leaning heavily on her left leg, spaghetti western music playing in her mind.

She would need every ounce of luck to get through this.

Pivoting on her left leg, Sabrina knew she fired as a bullet ripped into her chest, taking her down and out.

A/N 2: Action scenes are not my forte, but I think that this is one of my better ones. The next update will hopefully be faster, looking forward to seeing what you all think! A new character or two will be showing up next chapter! SSD