[CHAPTER 7]
It was another horrible day. And it was very annoying. He felt like a walking zombie. It was the third shift in a row and he hadn't slept in days. On top of that was terrible headache he couldn't cover even with the meds. He felt like he was going to drop dead at any minute.
He stood at the crime scene almost done photographing. Suddenly he had to grab the closest sailing of the building's stairs. It felt like the whole world was swaying and spinning.
This isn't good, he thought. He waited for the dizzy spell to dissipate then glanced around. Luckily no one noticed his weakness.
He overlooked the crime scene for the tenth time and finally was satisfied. Looked like he was done here, so he walked back to his car for water.
"Ryan are you ok?" Alexx's voice startled him.
"I'm fine" he brushed it off.
But Alexx wasn't going to let that pass, "Honey, you don't look good. Come here, sit down" she guided Ryan to the shaded bench under the tree.
"Sweetie, you feel so hot. Are you sure you're ok?" Alexx was really concerned.
"Alexx I'm fine, really. Just the heat." he tried to get away but the look in Alexx's eyes... "Well, casual headache, that's all." he added. But no matter how hard he tried to act normal he failed when everything went dark...
"Ryan! Ryan? Wake up sugar!" Alexx called out and splashed bit water on Ryan's face. It seemed helping.
"What happened?" Ryan asked surprised. When he managed to pass out?
"It's ok sweetie. You'll be fine. We gotta get to the hospital."
"No!" he yelped in horror, "I don't want..."
But Alexx was not giving any chances, "No. You will come. It's an order."
"Please no. I'll go home and sleep till I feel better." he tried to avoid another hospital visit. After all what's happened he didn't need another paragraph in his records.
"What's going on here?" another voice came from behind.
"Oh, Horatio. Nothing much just Ryan's refusing hospital visit." Alexx got the wore before Ryan opened his mouth.
"What happened?"
"I suspect possible heat stroke" she said looking at Ryan who now looked like going to pass out.
Horatio viewed the young CSI while he sat on the bench slightly swaying.
Few seconds and suddenly he let go of the water bottle and slumped backwards on the bench...