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"This is so unfair." Horatio pouted.

The young nurse wasn't letting herself be affected by the lieutenants pouting or his earlier attempt at looking like an innocent puppy to get his wish. The doctor had decided to release Ryan and Kyle from the hospital, but not Horatio; much to the redhead's dismay. It had been two days since Patrick's attempted murders on them and so far he had stayed under the radar; the team was fairly sure that it wouldn't last long though and Horatio had two officers outside his room as well as civilian cops guarding him all over the hospital.

"Lieutenant, you suffered a gunshot to the abdomen and you have until today, been in a fairly critical condition." Nurse Amy said, "Detective Wolfe and Mister Harmon have not suffered as serious injuries as you and can therefore go home."

"If I go home they can look after me."

"If you go home you could hurt yourself by not resting which I know you will not do."

Horatio looked stunned at Amy.

"Yes, your reputation of not wasting time is well known here. As well as your reputation of being a difficult patient, which is why I am taking care of you, as you will find I can be equally stubborn." Amy smirked.

"I'm in hell."

"And I'm the devil, lieutenant." Amy grinned, "Now, I'm going to give you some morphine for the pain."

"I'm not in pain." Horatio said, but Amy ignored his comment.

"And you are going to get some more rest and maybe, if you behave, the doctor will release you in three days."

"Three days!" Horatio exclaimed and then hissed in pain, "I will not stay here for another three days."

"I have been given handcuffs to use if you are too difficult... Doctor Woods gave them to me after she took them from Detective Duquesne." Amy said and gave Horatio a shot of morphine.

Horatio muttered something Amy couldn't make out, but she just smirked and left the room. Horatio fell asleep shortly after and just as quickly as he had fallen asleep it seemed like he woke up to find Ryan sitting in the guest chair next to his bed.

"Hey." Horatio rasped.

"Hey." Ryan smiled and handed Horatio a glass of water to drink.

"Can you help me get out?" Horatio asked and then took a sip of water.

"No, Alexx threatened to castrate me if I did." Ryan said, "And I don't think she was kidding."

Horatio sighed; he was still sleepy. He glanced at the magazine Ryan was holding and chuckled.

"Seventeen Magazine?" He asked and smiled amused at his lover.

"It was the only thing they had in here." Ryan said, blushing, "I would never buy this magazine or read it if there was anything else available. This is more for girls like... Penny."

"Hardly."

"Okay, well this is for teenage girls."

"Hence the name Seventeen Magazine." Horatio yawned.

"Sleep some more, I'll be here when you wake up." Ryan smiled and gave his lover a kiss on the cheek as his eyes closed.

Ryan opened the magazine and sighed before continuing to read where he had left off; it really wasn't his type of thing to read and he was so bored.

-I-

The team was trying to find Patrick Yates, but so far they had had no luck. The situation wasn't about to get better either as Frank came with bad news when he entered the crime lab three days after the attempted murders.

He found Eric and Walter in the layout room with a map marking all the places where Patrick had been spotted. Patrick had moved around in Miami and mostly around the hospital, which worried them.

"I bring bad news." Frank sighed.

"What a great way to start the day." Walter muttered, "I'll go get Calleigh and Natalia."

Walter left and Eric put the map on the wall.

"He's planning something." Eric said, "He's been spotted several times around the hospital, but hasn't been caught yet. He's more quiet than H is when moving around."

"He's not done yet. He wants revenge on H and he'll do anything to get it." Frank said.

"He won't succeed while we're here." Eric said with conviction.

Calleigh and Natalia entered the room with Walter. Frank opened a file and cleared his throat.

"This morning a known small time weapons dealer was picked up driving drunk. When he was questioned he claimed he had sold a gun to Patrick Yates yesterday." Frank said, "I believe he is telling the truth."

"Patrick already has a gun." Calleigh said, "What does he need a new one for?"

"This one has a silencer on it."

"Damn." Eric said, "We have to get more cops to the hospital; he's going to attack H soon."

"Yeah, that's the second problem we have; we can't put any more cops there." Frank said, "The Chief has put every available man and woman at the hospital, but he still needs to have cops out on the streets."

"What about us then?" Natalia asked, "We can be there."

"No, crime doesn't stop because Patrick is on the run." Frank said, "We still have other cases to solve."

"And with two CSIs gone it's more work for us." Calleigh said, "I don't like it, but I understand the Chief's reasoning."

"But this is H we're talking about." Eric growled.

"And he has more than fifteen cops watching him." Frank said, "Eric, I get it I really do, I would love to give him more protection, but we can't."

Eric sighed and kicked at the table in anger. The team had wanted to transport Horatio to a safe house as well, but according to his doctor he wasn't well enough for that yet; he had to stay in the hospital.

"We'll take shifts." Eric said, "I'll go first."

"Why not ask Ryan?" Walter asked, "He could stay with H."

"He already is, he has to rest too."

"But he can rest in the same room as H. They can get a private room." Natalia said.

"That's not a bad idea." Frank said, "I'll call his doctor."

-I-

Horatio had been moved to a new room, with an extra bed in it where Ryan could sleep. The situation would have been better if it wasn't for Horatio having a setback. He was feverish and it seemed his gunshot wound had gotten infected.

"Can't you give him something?" Ryan asked Nurse Amy.

"Detective Wolfe, if I give him much more it will be too much." Amy said, "I'm afraid he's going to have to tough it out for now."

Horatio was sweating and his breathing was laboured. Amy placed an oxygen mask over his face and checked his pulse once more. Thanks to Amy's calm personality Ryan was fairly calm as well. According to the doctor it could be worse, but thanks to them being able to catch the infection so soon it didn't appear as if Horatio's condition was going to get too bad.

"Lieutenant, I need you to drink a bit of water." Amy said.

Horatio shook his head, but Amy was stubborn. She moved the oxygen mask away from his face and placed the straw at his lips. After some coaxing from Ryan, Horatio finally drank some water.

"I have to check on some other patients, but I've given him enough morphine to pretty much make him sleep the rest of the day." Amy said, "I'll be back as soon as I can."

Ryan nodded and Amy left. Horatio opened his eyes slightly and looked at his younger lover. He felt disoriented; he wasn't sure where he was. He couldn't talk and he only wanted to sleep. He wasn't aware of Kyle entering the room or Amy coming back to check on him again. He closed his eyes and felt someone squeezing his hands, so he squeezed back. He felt warm too; like he had been walking in the desert for days.

"How could this happen?" Kyle asked.

"The harbor water probably caused the infection, or the ground." Ryan said.

Kyle looked at his father. Everything had been going well; sure his father had been in critical condition, but he had been doing well. The infection had come so suddenly and although the prognosis was good, Kyle was worried.

"Your mom asked me to say hi." Kyle said.

Ryan glanced at Kyle. Right now, Ryan didn't have time to reconcile with his mother. Not only was it because of Horatio's setback, but because his lover would need his help when he got home until he had healed and because Patrick hadn't been caught yet. Ryan just had too much else to do than to focus on his mother; she would have to wait.

"Does my father know that I was almost killed?" Ryan asked.

"Which one of them?"

"Charles."

"I think so. I think I heard your mom talking to him on the phone." Kyle said.

Ryan was disappointed that Charles hadn't even bothered to check on him. It was the man that had raised him after all. Maybe Ryan had thought that almost getting killed would have made Charles realize that he wanted to reconcile with his son. However, not all people could change overnight or because of an event; even if said event had almost ended a life.

Horatio moaned and moved restlessly in bed. Ryan knew he was having a bad dream; he ran his fingers through Horatio's red hair and the older man seemed to calm down. When he muttered something about his father, Ryan glanced at Kyle; he wasn't sure how much the young man knew about his grandfather.

"Dad, he can't hurt you." Kyle whispered, "It's just a dream."

Kyle and Horatio hadn't talked much about old man Caine, but Kyle knew enough to know that he had not been a nice man. Horatio seemed comforted by his son's voice and he stopped moving. He groaned and then his head fell to the side limply. His breathing was the only thing heard in the room.

-I-

It was almost midnight and Kyle had left the room to get some food for himself and Ryan. While the young man was gone Ryan realized how tired he was; he had a hard time keeping his eyes open. Horatio still had a fever, but had been asleep for many hours now. Nurse Amy had gone home after her shift had ended, but she would be back in the morning.

Ryan and Kyle liked Amy; she was the only nurse tough enough to handle Horatio and she was smart. She cared and took no shortcuts when she checked on her patients. And despite Horatio's rather bad mood she seemed quite taken with the redhead.

Suddenly Ryan nearly jumped out of his own skin as a loud alarm started beeping. He realized his was the fire alarm and he opened the door. The two officers outside had their hands on their guns.

"Get back inside Detective Wolfe, just in case something happens." One of the officers said.

Ryan nodded and closed the door. Horatio didn't even notice the loud noise as he slept peacefully and Ryan sighed in relief. He now worried more about Kyle. If it really was a fire he needed to check on the young man. Unfortunately, Kyle didn't answer his phone and Ryan sighed in frustration. He started pacing; waiting for someone to open the door and tell him what was going on.

In the hospital people were running around checking for a fire and trying to get all the patients out. One man watched as Kyle ran outside together with CSI Simmons and some people he recognized as civilian cops. Dressed in a nurse's suit Patrick Yates took the stairs to the fifth floor, where intensive care unit was.

The two nurses on duty were running from room to room and asked Patrick if he knew where the fire was.

"The garage I think. They said it was no harm for us to stay here for now." Patrick said.

He moved down the hallway and saw two officers outside a room; not the room he had originally thought was lieutenant Caine's room. With a sinister smirk Patrick walked down the hallway towards the officers. When he got close enough he saw the recognition in their eyes and aimed his gun at them before they could make a move. Thanks to the silencer no one heard as he shot the two officers in the head. They fell to the floor and Patrick kicked the door open; hearing a thud as someone was knocked against it and fell to the floor.

"Ops, sorry about that detective Wolfe." Patrick smirked.

Ryan was knocked out on the floor with a bleeding nose. He had heard the sound of something falling to the floor and just as he had moved to open the door it had hit him right in the face. Patrick closed the door and went around Horatio's bed so that he stood with his back towards the wall and his face towards the door. He put the gun at Horatio's temple and shook him to wake him up.

"Wake up lieutenant; it's time for my revenge."

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