In the morning, Calleigh got up and rushed over to the lab, confirming her suspicions.
She started to run out when she saw Horatio getting out of his Hummer. She smiled and began to walk to him, when his Hummer exploded, sending him flying. Calleigh was horrified, but she ran towards him and tensed, bracing herself. He flew into her, knocking her to the ground. She immediately got out from under him and rolled him onto his back while he tried to sit up. Calleigh yelled,
"Get me a bus, NOW!" She began checking Horatio for immediate damage, and found some broken bones and such.
She suddenly felt a hand on the back of her neck and looked at Horatio, confused. He tried to smile and then brought her head to his and pressed his lips to hers hard. She was surprised, but gently kissed him back, though she knew it was neither the time nor the place. His kiss had a hard edge to it, like he thought they only had so much time together.
Then, reluctantly she broke the kiss and whispered,
"Don't you DARE leave me, Horatio, after that, don't you DARE!" He half smiled and nodded, though he ached all over.
"Where in the hell is that bus!" Calleigh yelled over her shoulder when she heard sirens in the distance.
Finally, the ambulance squealed up and loaded Horatio up. Calleigh swallowed hard but made no move to go with him. She felt a hand on her shoulder and saw one of the night shift people there.
"Go on, Calleigh, we'll take it from here. On one condition, as soon as you know anything, call us. We love Horatio just as much as you guys."
"Sure, thanks Valera," (I switched Valera to night shift since she's the only CSI lab person I know of, besides Cooper, who's a FREAKIN DUMB BUTT!! Sorry, back to the story)
Calleigh smiled at Valera and hopped in the ambulance next to Horatio. He was still conscious, and he reached out with his free hand and snagged Calleigh's hand. She gripped it tight, and he squeezed back. She managed to smile, though her mind was racing with thoughts that she tried to stop from thinking, like, what if he died? She mentally slapped herself when they pulled up to the hospital and they rushed Horatio into the ER. Calleigh stood there, dazed when she felt a hand on her shoulder. There was Bella, and she wordlessly hugged her and sat her down in the waiting room.
Calleigh spilled out the whole story, and Bella just sat there and hugged her tight. When Calleigh collected herself, Bella told her that everyone else was making a miraculous recovery and Eric was expected to be released in a week. Calleigh smiled and hugged Bella, who was obviously ecstatic to hear that. Then, her discovery that she had made, before Horatio's Hummer had been blown up came back to her, filling her with revenge and fury. A change came over her face, a frightening one. She jumped up, and said to Bella,
"I have to go, Bella, the case just broke wide open, and I have to go,"
"What if, what if you don't come back?" Bella said, fear in her voice and Calleigh said,
"Tell everyone they're my family and I love them, and, and, tell Horatio, especially, that, I love him, and that I'm so sorry, but that he would've done the same thing, had he known what I know," Bella nodded and hugged her friend, knowing that if she tried to stop her, it wouldn't work. It just wouldn't work.
Calleigh strode away, intending to get revenge on her team. And if it was revenge that Calleigh Duquesne, then revenge is what she was going to get, no matter the price.