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Burgess walked over the office, walking to the copier to copy a file when she looked around. It was weird not having Adam around in the office, but he was still suspended for the fight.

''Burgess, are you ready to go?'' Antonio asked, walking past her.

''Where are we going?'' She frowned, turning around and he shrugged.

''I thought I would take you out to the shooting range, just wondering if you are good at shooting.'' He said and she nodded.

''Don't worry, I don't doubt you. But paperwork is getting boring, thought it would be nice to practice.'' He said and she smiled.

''It is, I will kick your butt at shooting, Dawson.'' She smirked then and he walked away.

She felt way better now, knew that Antonio was going to put her to the test but she was ready to prove herself to him, that she was worthy of being his partner. He was such a great detective and she wanted to show that she would be good enough as well. She knew she could do it, but she felt like she had to prove that to him. He had had so many good partners and she hoped that she would be a good partner for him as well.

''Come on, let's go.'' Antonio said then and she walked after him, downstairs and to his car and they drove to the shooting club they always practiced their shooting and the man of the shooting range already recognized Antonio and handed him the bullets, the ear protection, the goggles, the gun and the charts they could shoot at and Kim would the nerves going through her body, she knew this was the moment she had to prove herself.

She took the gun and got ready to shoot but when she shot, she suddenly got startled by the sound of the gun going off and she cringed.

This what it had sounded like when she had pushed that damn buzzer and that shotgun had shot her. She cringed again as she heard the sound again and she tried to hit her targets, but it was not working. She couldn't even shoot anymore as she laid the gun down, trying to ignore the sound and it was not working.

She had to prove herself, she felt like that, She wanted to prove herself but it was not working. She took the gun again, her hand shaking and she held up the pistol to the target again but it was not working.

Her hand was shaking really badly and it felt like the skin of the scar was even pulling tight under her shirt, it felt like her whole body was protesting for her to pull the trigger. She couldn't do it, she wished that the trigger of the shotgun that had been pointed at her had not pulled, but it had.

Antonio kept shooting and even the shots that he was firing started to frighten her now. It was like her heart was pounding in her throat and her knees started to give in in fear.

''Antonio stop.'' She cried then, sinking down on the floor and she sobbed. She had thought that she would enjoy the shooting but instead it only frightened her and reminded her of the shotgun that had gone off on the job and that had wounded her. Antonio shooting the gun only made her think of it all again and she felt stupid because she knew it was nothing and she wasn't getting shot, but the sounds just made her think of it and she was so scared again.

She hid her face in her hands and was sobbing.

It was all coming back, the pain and the shot and she wanted to forget but she couldn't. Even the stench that had been in the garden before she pushed that buzzer was in her nose again and it was so scary. All the memories came back, until she knew nothing anymore and then she had awoken only to find out she was full of scars of now.

''Kim, I am here. Talk to me.'' She heard Antonio say, softly and she felt his hand on her wrists and slowly he took her hands away and looked at her.

''What is wrong?''

She just kept on crying and somebody working at the shooting range walked their way.

''What happened.''

''None of your business.'' Antonio said then and the man of the range walked away again as Antonio moved to Kim again.

''Kim, please talk to me.''

She kept on sobbing and he sat down on the ground beside her and laid his arm around her.

''I am your partner now, you can talk to me but if you don't want to talk to me I will bring you home and you can talk to Adam.''

The word partner made her cringe for a second but she looked at him then.

''Will you always have my back as my partner?'' She said then and he nodded.

''Yes, I promise I will always have you back.'' He said then. ''I won't let you get hurt on the job. We are partners and we protect each other, right?'' He said as he comforted her and tried dry her tears with his sleeve, a little awkward.

''Thank you Antonio.'' She said then with a small smile. She felt like she could really trust him.

''The shots, it startled me, it made me think of being shot and I hated that. It made me feel like I Was being shot again and the memories became so vivid. I am so sorry for breaking down.'' She said and he shook his head.

''You don't have to apologize to me, it is okay. Please don't apologize to me, you will get through this and if you need anybody to talk to, I am your partner now and I will be here for you to listen and comfort you and help you when I can, I promise.''

''Thank you.'' She said and he smiled.

''Good.'' Now let's grab some coffee and go back to the district and see if we can ditch some of that paperwork with Platt.'' Antonio smirked and Kim nodded with a laugh.

''That sounds like an idea.'' She said then, happy for the new partner she had. She was sure that Antonio would never turn her back at her. They would be good partners.

''Come partner.'' Antonio said as he walked back out to the car, held out his fist.

She touched it and he made an explosion sound and Kim just laughed, glad she had such a great partner now.

NOTE: Kim and Antonio were working on paperwork, not really happy with that work so Antonio decided to take her out to the shooting range to practice some shooting but after shooting a little, she got too scared and all of the memories of getting shot came back and Antonio promised he would never turn his back on her and that they would be good partners, which gave Kim a lot of hope for the work to come.

Still coming up: Ruzek 's suspension gives him some time to arrange something special for Kim and how will Kim react to the surprise that he is arranging to her? More Bruzek coming up next chapter.

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