WTF?
Gail really didn't want to be standing here keeping people out of the crime scene, she wanted to be in the crime scene watching her girlfriend do her job.
She rarely got to see Holly work and the thought of her inside doing her sciency thing while she stood here watching disinterested passers-by was irritating her.
This irritation wasn't helped by the sound of a commotion inside and suddenly being pushed from behind, so much so she nearly fell over.
"What the f...?" Gail stopped herself swearing
Whoever it was was chased down the street by two officers from inside.
When she heard people shouting for paramedics, she ran inside to find a crowd including Traci standing over someone gripping their side with blood everywhere.
It took Gail a second to realise it was Holly. For a moment she was unable to move as she processed the horrific information.
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"Stop the…bleeding" Holly croaked out "press…"
"Stop talking" Gail commanded as she knelt next to her and pressed down on Holly's hand that was over the bleeding wound
"WHERE THE HELL IS THE PARAMEDIC" Gail shouted "You'll be fine, you'll be fine" she repeated as Holly stared at her
The paramedics practically pushed Gail out of the way, but she watched everything they did over their shoulders.
It felt like hours were passing as they worked on Holly, Gail's worry and her anger increased as she circled the paramedics and Holly. All she wanted to do was scream, she should have been inside watching the crime scene, she could have stopped him, saved her from this. What would she do if anything happened to Holly?
As she was taken to the ambulance Gail leaned over Holly
"I will find him, I will find him and I will make him pay"
Hatchet
Gail paced the hospital corridor, the more she paced the angrier she got. She had tried earlier to wash the blood off her hands, Holly's blood, but she kept seeing bits she'd missed, she started to fear the worst. The doctors weren't telling her anything "Family only" they said. Luckily Oliver pulled the police card and they at least told them she was in surgery. Gail wasn't sure that quelled her anger or fear
The man who had done this, who had killed a woman and now stabbed Holly was still out there doing god knows what and she was feeling useless
But While Oliver was getting a drink Gail's radio caught her attention "…of the suspect on Dupont street near the subway station. Approach with caution, may have a weapon"
She was no use pacing up and down so she quickly decides to find the bastard who did this.
Kickass
Gail found the suspect by the subway station, she knew it was him from his clothes and the fact that he was covered in blood, possibly Holly's
Gail pulled her weapon "Get down on the ground"
He just laughed while he wrung his hands
"Down on the ground" Gails anger started to rise
He laughed again
"NOW" Gail could hear her blood pumping in her ears. How dare he just laugh, Holly could die and he's laughing?
He laughed and looked at Gail from the corner of his eye, then suddenly lunged at her.
Gail quickly hit him in the head with her gun, he stumbled and turned towards her, again laughed and lunged
Gail hit him again
"Fucking" punch "piece" punch "of" punch "SHIT"
"GAIL" someone shouted, but Gail didn't hear
Defining moment
The suspect fell against a bench with a smile, Gail couldn't believe he laughed again, she saw red and pressed her gun against his head. That wiped the smile of his bruised and bleeding face
"GAIL, stop"
She was gritting her teeth so much her jaw hurt "Bastard" she spat
"Gail" a hand touched her arm "Don't do this, Holly wouldn't want you to do this" Oliver tried to calm her "I know Holly's your friend…"
"She's more than that" she confessed
Oliver paused "She wouldn't want you to kill him"
"What if I lose her, because of him?"
"You won't lose her because of him, you'll lose her if you kill him. Holly's not going to want to be with a killer"
He was right, what would Holly think if she did this? She was a doctor, she could save lives, how could she love someone who took them?
Groggy
It was the next day and a lot had happened, but one of those things had not been Holly waking up. She still layed on the hospital bed, tubes coming out of her and since leaving the police station Gail hadn't left her side.
She'd tried to sleep in the uncomfortable hospital chair but every time she closed her eyes she saw things she didn't want to see; Holly laying on the floor covered in blood, her own hands covered in Holly's blood and then covered in that man's blood, but also his smiling face.
All she did was worry all night, but that worry vanished when she heard a familiar voice
"Hey honey" came a groggy voice
Gail stood and smiled "Hey" she touched Holly's face and kissed her hard
Holly smiled "No uniform?" she said quietly
"Erm …. I may or may not have been suspended"