Bobby’s the first one to speak, immediately taking charge, “Chim, Hen, look him over. Now.”
They both nod, knowing better than to disobey a captain’s orders.
“He’s got at least two gunshot wounds, looks like one hit an artery.” Chim grabs a sanitizing wipe. “I’m gonna put pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding.”
The rest of the team is still in shock, too stunned by what they’re seeing, as Chim checks for a pulse.
“He’s alive, but with a very weak pulse. But I’m only seeing two entry wounds.”
Once the bleeding’s stopped, he and Hen get him on a backboard, wrap a cervical collar around Mackey’s neck and load him up in the ambulance.
As Buck and Bobby walk back to the truck, Buck demands, “Where exactly was he shot?”
Bobby shakes his head, “I have no idea. They think he wandered off some, maybe trying to move towards whoever shot him, then collapsed.”
Buck can’t believe it, “He wandered off with two bullets still inside him?”, then turns to the crowd, “Did you hear anything?”, only to be met with a bunch of people shaking their heads.
Athena orders her partner, “This area is secure. Forensics team is on their way. Get all the contact information from everyone here. Once everyone’s calmed down, I’m going to want to speak to them. As far as they all know, I know exactly where to find them.”
Once her partner walks off to get started, the pulls out her own flashlight to start following the blood trail.
“Is he going to make it?” Buck and Bobby hear behind them, and when they turn, they find one Lena Bosko walking towards them.
Confused, Buck tells her honestly, “It doesn’t look good, and from where I was standing, it was a miracle he was even breathing.”
Bobby tells them both, “Buck, you’re heading to the hospital. Get off the clock and go get ahold of Eddie.”
Buck doesn’t need to be told twice, riding the truck back to the station, and calling Eddie as he points his car to the hospital.
The second Buck walks in the ER, demanding answers, he manages to find out Mackey was already taken into surgery, but Buck’s barely listening, his entire body shaking as the reality of what just happened hits him full force.
“Buck?” Comes from behind him, and at the sight of more blood, Buck almost faints, but two strong arms grab him, “Easy, easy. It’s okay.”
Buck lets the voice anchor him, and once he finds his legs again, he’s able to see clearly.
Turns out the blood he saw is on Eddie’s shirt, and immediately, Buck’s demanding, “Eddie, what the hell?”
Eddie looks down, like he genuinely forgot it’s there, then immediately explains, “It’s not mine. Chris had a nosebleed and some got on my shirt.”
Whether because Buck still can’t think clearly or because he’s choosing not to, Buck just accepts that answer, instead telling Eddie,
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FanfictionChase Mackey is hell bent on making the 118 pay for cheating him out of the money from Buck's lawsuit, and will do whatever it takes to get Buck to reopen it. So when he turns up dead, and the entire team are suspects, Buck has to ask himself: how f...
