I'm sorry that this is so late, (Nice job Grace) but I hope you all enjoy it!
I actually got part of this from my Waige/Kelyes Fanfiction book, but of course, I changed the circumstances and the people.
If you all watch Scorpion, please go check that out! :)
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As two cadets helped to untie Christopher LaSalle and Sonja Percy, Tammy Gregorio steadied her sniper.
She saw she had a clear shot, and moved a finger to the trigger.
Three, two, one... BAM!
The bullet went through the window, then through the next.
But the target moved and the bullet hit the wall instead.
Quick as a flash, one of the cadets spun around and shot in the direction of which the bullet had come from.
All of the cadets started at the two shots.
LaSalle looked to Percy, and saw that she was clutching her side, a terrified expression on her face.
"LaSalle," she whispered, starting to collapse.
"Sonja!" he cried, racing to her.
He caught his partner just before she hit the floor.
And then he looked to the cadets.
"Call an ambulance!"
His gaze dropped down to Percy, who was taking ragged breaths.
"You're gonna be alright, Sonja," he stated, putting his hands over hers, which were covering the bullet hole.
By now, they were soaked in bright red blood.
Just moments after this, Pride, Gregorio, SWAT, and practically every police officer in New Orleans burst in.
Pride, Gregorio, and a few police officers assisted LaSalle with Percy, trying to keep her awake and applying pressure to the wound.
Five minutes later, Sonja, who was semi-conscious, was carefully but quickly placed on a stretcher and put in an ambulance.
LaSalle clambered in behind her, taking her hand, and trying to say things to calm her.
At the hospital, Chris ran as far as he could alongside Percy as they rushed her to the operating room.
"Stay with me," he pleaded over and over.
And as the operation room door was about to slam in his face, he called, "I love you."
Chris leaned against the wall, slid to the floor, and ducked his head.
The silence made him feel empty.
Now that Sonja's life was in someone else's hands, the man could now process what had happened.
Percy had been shot.
His best friend, the woman he loved more than anyone, was lying on an operation table, fighting for her life.
Chris hated to see Sonja so vulnerable, and if he could, he'd trade places with her in a heartbeat.
Why? he wanted to scream.
Why her, God?
If someone needed to be shot, you should have let that cadet shoot me!
But Chris just sat there silently, praying as hard as he could, until he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Come on, son," Pride murmured. "Let's go sit in the waiting room."
LaSalle rose to his feet and felt his face.
He had been crying and hadn't known it.
He was completely numb.
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"If you keep on pacing back and forth like that Christopher, you're gonna wear a hole in the floor," Pride joked, trying to lighten the mood.
But LaSalle didn't really hear him.
He kept on playing moments with Percy over and over in his mind.
Her smile, her laugh, the way her hair bounced when she would jump up and down from excitement.
He remembered every time they touched, from a slap on the back, to that "stupid hug" they shared last year.
He would give anything to go back in time so he could tell her how much he loved, er, loves her.
He would also push her out of way of the bullet's path so she wouldn't be fighting for her life right now.
Of all people, Sonja had to get shot, before he could tell her how he felt.
LaSalle had actually worked up the nerve to tell Sonja, and planned on doing so that night.
But this had to happen.
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What was hours, but felt like years later, a doctor came striding into the waiting room.
"Sonja Percy's family?"
The whole team leaped up from their chairs, minus LaSalle, who was already standing.
"Is-Is she okay, doc?" he whispered, praying for the best, and trying to prepare himself for the worst.
The doctor smiled.
"Ms. Percy is doing great. The bullet barely missed her spine. She's a real fighter."
Chris thought he could collapse from relief.
Percy was going to be fine!
"Can I see her?" he blurted.
The doctor nodded.
"Of course, but only one at a time, please."
LaSalle silently urged the man to go faster as he followed him down the hall to room 121.
The doctor stopped outside the door, laying his hand on the doorknob.
"If you plan on spending the night, let us know and we'll get you some pillows."
He opened it for LaSalle, then shut it softly behind him.
Sonja looked so tiny in the big hospital bed.
Chris cautiously approached the sleeping woman and gingerly took her hand.
Her eyes snapped open, and when she saw Chris, a smile formed on her lips.
"Hi," she whispered.
He smiled.
"Hey. Glad to see you're okay."
She started to laugh, but winced in pain.
"It hurts like hell, but nothing a few stitches can't fix. Doc says I can go home in a few days."
LaSalle frowned.
"By yourself?" he asked incredulously, settling beside her on the bed.
He didn't let go of her hand.
"That's what I was planning on," she said.
They sat in a comfortable silence for a while.
LaSalle stared at his and Percy's intertwined fingers.
He barely noticed a tear slip down his cheek.
"Christopher," she said softly.
She never called him that.
He looked up to meet her eyes.
"I thought-I thought you were gonna die today, Sonja. I don't know what I would've done-"
"Sssshhh. It's okay. I'm okay," she interrupted, reaching out and laying a hand on his cheek.
He laid his over hers, silently thanking Pride for convincing him to wash the blood off them.
LaSalle had watched the red liquid swirl in the sink, praying that the blood still inside Sonja was running through her veins.
And now that-
"LaSalle," she murmured. "Even though there was a lot of commotion a few hours ago, I still heard what you said."
Chris cocked his head.
What had he said?
She squeezed his hand.
"I just want to let you know," she smiled, "that I love you, too."
His eyes widened.
That.
Chris leaned closer to her.
"Can I kiss you? I mean-if you don't want to-I just was-"
"Please," Percy laughed, closing the distance between them.
Christopher wanted to freeze this moment, to be able to be with Percy like this forever.
And he hoped to have many more moments like this in the (hopefully very near) future.
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