Slipping Into Darkness
A/N: There is swearing in this chapter, so be warned.
Disclaimer: I do not own Without A Trace or any of its character. They belong to Jerry Bruckheimer and company, so please don't sue.
"Security alert to room 341! I repeat, security alert to room 341! Code Silver! Code Silver!" A voice said urgently through the loudspeaker.
"Danny, no!" Sean yelled horrified as they all left from the office and rushed to Danny's room, causing everyone to gasp horrified at the sight before them as tears stained Sean's horrified face.
Chapter 12
When they got to Danny's room, they were horrified at the scene before them. Kevin was on the ground with a bullet wound to his left shoulder and right leg as he screamed in agonizing pain. Viv was on the floor next to Danny's bed as blood gushed from head and she lay lifeless.
But what horrified everyone was that the gunman had ripped the tubing out of every crevice of Danny's body. Now, Danny was covered in blood and choking to death as the gunman held him up by pulling his hair and held a gun to Danny's head, causing Jack, Jeff and Martin to aim their guns at him.
"Drop the goddamn gun now!" Jack yelled furiously.
"Drop it!" Jeff and Martin yelled fiercely as Martin tried to move closer to him.
"Don't move or he's going to die right here! Now, I'm getting out of here so back the hell off!" The gunman seethed viciously as he pulled Danny's hair tighter, causing him to laugh sadistically when Danny weakly cried in agony. "You're so pathetic. I can't believe it's taken Ritchie this long to find you, you piece of filth. But it doesn't matter because you're going to die like filthy animal that you are." He sneered at Danny and as he cocked his gun.
"Get your fucking hands off him!" Sean said furiously as tears stained his face, causing Danny to cry weakly as he coughed and blood spewed from his mouth. "I'm going to fucking kill you!" He yelled furiously, causing Jeff to be harsh with him.
"Get the hell out of here now before I arrest your ass! Now!" Jeff shouted angrily out of fear for Danny's safety as he pushed Sean out of the room. "Give it up! You're not leaving this damn room!" Jeff yelled angrily.
"He's the only one that's not getting out of this room! He's going to pay for what he did!" The gunman sneered evilly. "Goodbye, Danny!" The gunman said with a sadistic smile as he put his finger on the trigger, causing Danny to weakly cry fearfully as blood continued gushing from his body.
The gunman was going to shoot Danny and the guys were about to start shooting, when all of a sudden, the gunman began screaming in agony as he dropped his gun. Apparently, he was so busy trying to kill Danny that he didn't see Kevin reaching for a scalpel that had fallen on the ground, causing Kevin to stab the back of the gunman's thigh and then grab his gun when it fell to the floor.
That gave Jack, Jeff and Martin the opportunity they needed to take down the madman. Jack sent a wicked right hook to the gunman's face that caused blood to immediately gush from his nose and mouth. He continued being combative as they tried to take him down. So, Jeff and Martin got in a couple of punches and kicks as they cuffed the now unarmed gunman.
"Viv!" Jeff yelled frightfully as he knelt beside her and checked for a pulse, causing him to sigh heavily in relief when he found one. "Viv? Viv, come on. Wake up, honey. Don't do this. Wake up. You're not dying on us." Jeff said fearfully as he got some dressing and applied pressure to Viv's head with his shaking hands, but she wouldn't wake up, causing Dr. Foster to immediately begin treating Viv while Sean treated Danny.
"Get this piece of shit out of here and back to headquarters before I kill him. Go." Jack seethed viciously as he pulled the gunman's hair like he had done to Danny just seconds before and then handed him off to Agent Chuck and another agent who had arrived at the hospital with Viv but remained downstairs until they heard the shots and calls for help.
The gunman was escorted away, causing Sean to run and grab a hold of Danny as Nurse Vicky and several other doctors and nurses arrived in the room and began treating Danny, Viv and Kevin.
"How is she?" Jack said angrily out of fear.
"Luckily, the bullet only grazed her forehead but she has a bad gash on her head, probably from when she fell and hit the crash cart. She's going to need sutures and she'll wake up feeling like she's got a hangover but she's going to be okay." Dr. Foster explained concerned when Kevin suddenly screamed in pain.
"How the hell is he?" Jack asked gruffly as his Adrenaline went into overdrive.
"He's got bullet wounds to his shoulder and leg and he's lost a lot of blood. We're taking him to surgery now." The doctor treating Kevin said urgently as they tried to stop the bleeding and hooked him up to IV's and other medical equipment.
"I want notification when he comes out of surgery and I want the bullets as evidence." Jack said urgently as gruffly and then tightly held Kevin's hand in a brotherhood grip before they left the room. "Thank you. You saved his life." Jack said a bit gruffly but kindly.
"I couldn't let him kill the kid. We're going to go out looking for pretty nurses." Kevin said with a weak smile but obviously pained, causing Jack to suddenly smile amused.
"I'm sure you will but Danny's probably going to get more women than you. He's a real lady's man." Jack said amused.
"We have to go." The doctor said urgently.
"You'll be all right and I'll talk to you after surgery. Good luck." Jack said urgently but kindly as he released Kevin's hand and they rushed him out of the room.
"Danny, Danny, calm down. Everything is going to be okay. I promise. You're going to be all right." Sean said urgently as he hooked Danny up to IV's and monitors again and tried to manage Danny's bleeding.
"Viv!" Danny cried weakly but terrified.
"Calm down, Danny. She's all right, kiddo. She didn't get shot and all she needs is a few stitches. But Dr. Foster gave her something for the hangover headache she feels. So, Viv's going to sleep for a little while. But she's all right, I promise." Jeff said caringly but nervously, causing Danny to weakly shake his head as he cried exhausted.
"It's the truth Danny. So, calm down and let Sean take are of you." Martin said sternly but caringly he took a tight hold of Danny's hand in his own, causing Danny to cry weakly but terrified when Martin suddenly collapsed on the floor.
"Martin! Martin, wake up!" Jack said horrified as he took a hold of Martin and hit his face but Martin wouldn't respond, causing Sean to tightly but carefully hold Danny when he panicked and tried to get out of bed.
"Martin!" Danny yelled weakly but fearfully as tears stained every crevice of his face.
"Both of you calm down right now. Danny, don't you remember, munchkin? You asked me to give Martin some sedative to keep him safe here and I did that earlier. That's why he collapsed. But he's only sleeping, I promise. The sedative kicked in a little while ago but he's been fighting it. He's all right. All of you are going to be all right. And now that that son of a bitch is in custody, your team is going to find Ritchie and I'm going to make him pay for what he did to us. I swear." Sean said with conviction as more tears escaped his eyes and he held Danny carefully tight.
"No, nothing's going to be okay, Sean. Ritchie's going to kill everybody now when he finds out that we have his henchman. This is all my fault. This is all my fault." Danny weakly cried distraught until he went limp in Sean's arms, causing Jack and Jeff to gasp horrified.
"Calm down. He's going to be okay but he's going to be sleeping for the next several hours because I gave him Demerol and other drugs. But I'm going to escort Danny, Martin and Viv to a safer room that's only going to be allowed access by your team, myself and Dr. Foster and Nurse Vicky. So, I'm going to leave him here…" Sean said as more tears escaped his eyes again but couldn't continue when Dr. Foster cut him off.
"No, Sean. You stay here and take care of Daniel. Your shift is already over anyway. Just stay with Daniel and I'll got set up a secured room for them. But only we will know the location and no one else. Excuse me." Dr. Foster said seriously and then left the room.
"Oh, my God, Jack. What about Sam, where is she?" Jeff suddenly asked concerned, causing Jack to dial Sam but she didn't answer.
"Sam's not answering her phone. Jeff, I want you down at headquarters right now and see if you can find her. If she's there, don't let her leave the building. And find out everything you can on this sick son of a bitch and where this Ritchie is. Whatever it takes. Do you understand me? Whatever it takes." Jack said through gritted teeth as he grabbed Jeff's shoulder.
"Whatever it takes, Jack. I'll keep you posted." Jeff said with conviction. "But keep me posted on the team's condition and watch yourself." Jeff said seriously.
"I will. Now go and be careful. Call me when you get inside. Go." Jack said seriously but caringly as he roughly squeezed Jeff's shoulder.
"I will, Jack." Jeff said with conviction as he rushed out of the room and toward FBI Headquarters where a deadly surprise awaited him.
TBC?