CSI: CRIME LADY'S VENGEANCE

CHAPTER 9

Chapter 9; Lindsey has been saved and now Ed and Sharon are on their way to reunite with her at the hospital.

Boris Yeltsin: Yup, she certainly won't.

Now onto the story.

Diclaimer: I don't own CSI or it's characters.

ED POV

I couldn't believe it, Lindsey was safe, it was finally over. We arrived at the hospital and approached the desk.

"I'm here to see Lindsey Kennedy".

"Are you a relative?"

"I'm her husband".

I could tell the nurse was looking up at me, slightly confused.

"Okay um, just a sec".

I heard her shuffling through several papers and then finally she told me the ward and we headed off, she didn't question Sara, she must've realized I was blind. We began to head down the corridor she had indicated, Sara was looking for the ward number we had been given, I smiled and spoke to Sharon.

"Okay sweetie, you need to help Daddy out, make sure I don't walk into anything".

"Okay".

We walked down the corridor until finally Sara stopped us.

"We're here".

"Can you keep an eye on Sharon, I wanna make sure Lindsey's okay first".

"Sure".

I knelt down and kissed Sharon on the top of her head and spoke.

"You can see Mommy soon sweetie, I just wanna make sure she's okay first".

I then stood up and entered the ward.

As soon as I entered I heard her.

"Ed".

"Hey, honey, you okay?"

I was now next to the bed, I knew Lindsey had been tortured, I already knew about her ear.

"What did she do to you?"

I heard Lindsey sigh and then explain, it was worse than I thought, she had been badly burned several times, including several electrical burns. Her right arm, leg and several ribs had been broken also that creep Raul had molested her and tried to rape her, luckily he failed.

"Ed, where's Sharon?"

"She's outside with Sara, I wanted to make sure you were okay".

There was a slight pause and then Lindsey sighed.

"You didn't want her to see me, if I was unconscious right, in case I was too badly hurt".

"Yeah".

"It's okay, you can bring her in".

I nodded and then stood up and headed outside.

"Daddy?"

"C'mon sweetie, Mommy's okay".

I gently took her hand and we walked inside, I had already explained how Lindsey was being tortured, I had to simplify it for Sharon to understand, but she knew Lindsey would have injuries. I noticed that Sharon didn't seem to be worried, I was afraid that Lindsey's injuries would scare her.

"You're not scared?"

"No".

I smiled and walked her over to the bed before lifting her up and letting her climb onto the bed.

LINDSEY POV

I smiled as Ed lifted Sharon up and she climbed onto the bed, I noticed that Ed was careful to lift her up on left hand side, away from my injured arm and leg. I smiled and as Sharon crawled up to me I pulled her into a tight, one armed hug, Sharon latched onto to me, she was crying but was obviously happy.

"Mommy".

"It's okay Sweetie, I'll be fine".

We sat like that for a while, Ed was sitting on the edge of the bed and was hugging both of us, we were all crying, happy to finally be reunited. After a long time Ed let go and straightened up, Sharon also sat up, I could see her looking at my injuries, there was no sign of fear. I was so proud of her, my daughter was so brave. She looked over at my severed ear.

"Does it still hurt?"

"Not as much as it did, Sweetie, you're really not scared".

"No, the bad lady's gone, your safe, nothing to be scared of".

I smiled and kissed her forehead.

"I'm so proud of you sweetie, being able to cope with seeing me like this".

Sharon smiled, I knew that I was in for a long period of recovery but otherwise everything was fine.

CATHERINE POV

I sighed as I entered the hospital and headed to Lindsey's ward, she had been in hospital for four days now. I had to answer some questions to Internal Affairs about the destroyed evidence, they simply wanted to know what had happened to it, since Salazar was dead the evidence was useless now, so there was no reason to pursue any kind of case against the destruction. I was now on my way to see Lindsey, Ed and Sharon almost never left her side. I opened the door and stopped, smiling at the scene in front of me. Lindsey was currently asleep, still recovering from the torture, due to how the torture had affected her mentally she had to be sedated so she could sleep. Sharon was asleep on the makeshift bed that had been set up in the corner of the room. Ed was sitting next to Lindsey's bed whispering a Latin prayer. Once he finished and opened his eyes I walked into the room.

"Ed?"

"Oh, hey, I was just..."

"Praying, I heard".

I smiled as I looked over at Sharon.

"How's Sharon doing, it must be stressful for her, her mother being in the hospital".

"She's holding up well, I must admit, it surprises me just how brave Sharon's been, she's not scared despite how badly Lindsey's being injured".

I smiled and then heard the small yawn as Sharon woke up, Ed heard it too and turned around.

"Hey sweetie, how'd you sleep?"

She rubbed her eyes and smiled as she sat up.

"Hi daddy, I slept great. Hi Grandma".

"Hey".

I gently picked her up and walked over to Ed, I sat down and along with Ed and Sharon we sat and watched over Lindsey while she recovered. The recovery process took a full week but finally Lindsey was sufficiently recovered, her casts were removed and she was allowed to go home, it was over, mostly, Lindsey still had a long road of recovery ahead of her, but I was certain she would make it.

End of chapter, next up an epilogue detailing Lindsey's ongoing recovery and the family's efforts to make it through the recovery process. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, read and review please.