Note: As always, I do not own any of the character or CSI Miami. Thanks for those who took the time to read and thank you to Mary Magdalen who took the time to review my story!! I touched up all of the chapters so I hope it's better now!! Thank you again Celine for being my co-writer.
Eric in the hospital...
Ryan and Celine were on their way to the hospital with Calleigh's car. They figured it would be safer for both of them to go in her car since they did not know whether the SUV was watching them or not and they did not need another injured CSI since they didn't know what was happening.
Once at the hospital they found Calleigh pacing in the waiting room.
"Any news yet?" asked a worried Celine.
"Only that they're trying to control the bleeding. He lost a lot of blood and he might need an operation and he will have some x-rays done to make sure he has nothing broken."
"Well we might have a piece of what happened to Eric," Ryan said.
"Yeah, I saw an SUV driving away and from the looks of it, they didn't seem like they wanted to be noticed" Celine added.
"That's strange…I wonder who or why someone would want to hurt Eric," Calleigh said thinking out loud.
"Hello folk's, I am Dr. Mike and I will be taking care of Eric…you're all here for M. Eric Delko right?"
"Yes, we are." Ryan replied.
"He is stable for now, but we will be keeping him for the next twenty-four hours for observation. Since he has lost a large amount blood, we will not proceed with any x-rays tonight so he can rest. As long as everything goes well tomorrow we will be able to proceed with the x-rays.
He is allowed to have visitors but he is sleeping. Please do not stay too long because he needs all the rest he can get.
If you have any questions do not hesitate. My office is down the hall, I will do my best to answer your questions." Doctor Mike said.
"I think you should go in first Cal. You waited long enough to see him, besides your both pretty close, I'm sure it will make him feel better to know your there." Celine said.
"Celine you're a sweetie! I won't be long so we all have a turn and I guess we'll be able to go home after we see for ourselves how he is doing." Calleigh said.
Calleigh left to Eric's room, for her turn. Ryan wrapped his arms around Celine pulling her against him. He gave her a light kiss on the top of her head and told her everything was going to be all right.
"I'm proud of you Smiley," he said. "You did a kick ass job tonight, for a beginner…wouldn't have thought this was your first crime scene."
"Well what can I say?" Celine said, "I learned from the best."
With that he leaned his face against hers and gave her a soft, but passionate kiss.
"Cal." Eric said. "It's good to see you. Thanks for the company in the ambulance, it felt nice to have a friend to stand by me" he said.
"You're welcome! I just hope you'll get better soon and we can catch those bastards who did this to you." she said.
They talked for a bit and then she gave him a hug and it was Ryan's turn to go see him.
"Well, he's awake and he does seem to be his old self, so beware Ryan he might pull a fast one on you" Calleigh warned Ryan smiling.
"We'll see!" Ryan said laughing and went to see Eric.
"Hey Eric, I'm glad you're doing better. You scared the shit out of us, man. Just promise me next time you ask someone to fire up their car that you will gently move over, you know, just in case they'd want to run you over as well" he said before letting Eric say a word.
After a comment like that it made Eric rolled his eyes in his head.
"Smart ass, Wolfe" Eric said. "Smart ass…"
Ryan came out laughing telling the girl's the conversation he had with Eric, which created Celine to react.
"Ryan! How dare you be so mean to Eric after what happened to him" she said slapping Ryan gently on the arm.
She walked in the room and Eric stopped smiling. She was hoping he wouldn't notice her cheeks starting to turn red.
"You know, if you wanted some vacation time, you could have just asked H, I'm sure he would have said yes. You didn't have to get someone running you over," she said smiling to him.
"Yeah well, I chose safe over sorry" he said grinning.
"Seriously, I'm glad you're ok. I was freaked when I saw you under that car. We are going to do everything we can to catch them crazy bastards who did this to you. We might even have an idea. When I was giving Ryan back his cell, I noticed an SUV driving away as in not wanting to be seen." She informed Eric.
"I never saw any SUV. Then again all I remember seeing was the underside of the car." He said with a grimace of pain.
"Eric, maybe you should try and get some sleep now. And don't worry too much about this. Your health is what matters to us right now." Celine said.
"Um, Celine can I ask you something before you leave?"
"Sure, what is it?"
"Once I'm healed up, couple days from now hopefully, would you like to go out with me?"
"To one condition." She warned him.
"What is it?" he asked intrigue over her serious expression.
"That you will not ask anyone to fire up their car. If you see someone who needs roadside assistance, you will call a tow-truck. Got it?" she said with the most serious look on her face trying hard not to laugh, but a smile crept along her face.
"I got it. I promise I will NOT try to help anyone who needs roadside assistance on our night out and if I see someone who needs some help I will call a tow truck." He said with a smile on his face and then closed his eyes.
Celine started laughing but stop as quickly as she started hearing a beeping noise coming from the machine hooked up to Eric. She saw that his eyes were closed she quickly buzzed in panic for a nurse or a doctor to get assistance for Eric.
Once the doctor got in the room he asked Celine politely to leave the room so he could have room to take care of Eric.
Celine came out with tears in her eyes. She knew too well what had just happened…She just didn't know how she would face Calleigh and Ryan and pronounce the words that Eric was dying!!
After coming out of Eric's room, Celine was in tears and explained what happened in the room.
Poor Ryan ended up having both girls crying on his shoulder…if the circumstances weren't so harsh he would be proud of himself. They were waiting for the doctor to come and let them know the bad news. They didn't want to lose Eric, they were only hoping the machine had malfunctioned and Eric would be ok. But they knew what was coming when the doctor showed up.
The doctor told them he couldn't provide them with any details but suggested them to go home because this could be a long night and there was nothing at the moment, the three CSI could do.
The three CSI were upset, no details were given on whether a good friend was going to die or not. It was going to be a long and painful wait, so they decided to follow the doctor's advice and to all go home.
"Calleigh let me drive…How about you two spend the night at my place? We all know that we won't be getting much sleep and maybe it would be best to support each other. We can go see him right away in the morning," Ryan suggested, winking at Celine.
"Sounds good to me Ryan. If you don't mind stopping at my place, I would like to get a few things. You can go to Celine's while I'm gathering my stuff and come back to get me after." Calleigh said.
"Just turn the headlights off when you're a couple blocks away from my road so that way if the bastards are still on the run looking around, they won't notice us and that way we'll all be safe."
So Ryan did as Calleigh wished and went over Celine's place after so she could gather more stuff and then headed back to pick up Calleigh to finally head to his place.
They all decided it was best not to contact anyone of the team yet since they did not know what was Eric's condition when the left the hospital. It was best to wait till morning to see what the doctor's will have to say. Don't want to scare anyone.
It couldn't be happening it just couldn't he was just talking and smiling how can he suddenly possibly be dead? Celine was thinking. Would the doctor's be able to revive him?
Is Eric really dead? Will the doctor's be able to revive him if he did die?? Read the next chapter and you will soon find out. Please read and review!!