Hunting Season

Chapter 14

Quick Question… does anyone think I should write another Ryan-Torture fic after I'm done with this one? There's a poll on my page for you to vote!

Marc hissed in pain, the gun dropping from his hand. Horatio stood a few yards from his right, his gun held rock steady at his heart.

"Caine." Marc glared holding his hand.

"You're a hard man to find, Marc." Horatio answered keeping his cool.

He grinded his teeth together. "How'd you know my name? I got rid of that worthless kid Travis long ago. He never got to tell you my name."

Eric held Ryan as he slowly started to drift out of consciousness. "We need to get him to a hospital now Horatio."

"Take Mr. Wolfe, Eric." Horatio never took his eyes off the hunter as he spoke.

As Eric hurried through the woods, Marc moved quickly with his good hand to take out the knife again. Another shot echoed in the wood, embedding into the hunter's knee. Marc howled in pain, falling to the ground, allowing Eric to get Ryan to a waiting ambulance.

Horatio kept his gun trained on him as he moved closer. Marc writhed in pain on the floor, glaring at the lieutenant.

"You never answered how you figured out who I was?" He snarled between his teeth.

"I went closer to the road until I got service and had my team run Travis through the database. Your name came up quite often when the victims in your little hell house a few miles back were mentioned. You gave yourself away when you killed that jogger. The body was still warm which meant you were still close."

Marc shook his head. "That son of a bitch still annoys me even after he's pushing up daisies." He smiled. "If you're going to kill me, can you do it now?"

Horatio frowned. "I'm not going to kill you. I'd rather see you rot in a cell."

"Then I'm taking you with me." Marc grabbed the knife again.

Eric helped the EMTs load Ryan onto the stretcher. He was about to get in after him, leaving the keys in the hummer for Horatio to meet them at the hospital, when a third gunshot broke the silence. His heart clenched as he thought the worse.

"Sir, we need to leave." The shorter of the EMTs frowned looking at him. "Are you coming or not?"

His hand slid to the gun on his hip in case… he shook his head not allowing himself to imagine the bullet piercing Horatio's skin. He was too hard to kill, that couldn't have been Marc's gun. He silently waved the ambulance off just to be on the safe side. As the sirens blared, Eric took out his gun, walking to the edge of the woods. A sigh of relief escaped as Horatio came out.

"You scared the crap out of me, H." Eric smiled putting his weapon back in its holster.

"How's Mr. Wolfe?" Horatio asked putting his sunglasses on as he headed for the hummer.

"He's on his way to the hospital. He lost a lot of blood and passed out before I got him to the EMTs."

He nodded getting in the driver's seat. Eric got in the passenger seat filling him in on Ryan's condition.

The hospital seemed eerily quiet. No one anywhere in sight. A doctor with a clip board came out nearly running into them.

"Doc." Eric frowned looking down at him. "We're looking for Ryan Wolfe. He was brought in not too long ago."

The doctor thought before nodding. "I know who you're talking about. He's resting now. He's very lucky he got here when he did. It's surprising how long he managed to survive without so much blood." The doctor gave them a reassuring smile. "He'll be back to normal before you know it." He put the clipboard under his arm. "I do recommend he doesn't move too much and risk the chance of reopening the wound on his abdomen. And if he does go back to work, which I'm not giving permission for at least three weeks, he does light work. Mr. Wolfe's arm was badly fractured. Other than that, he'll be back up and running in no time."

Eric relaxed a bit. "Good to know."

Think I'm just gonna end it here. Everyone knows he's alive and well but I might add a chapter with him back to work... still debating. It's never a strong ending with me. Well hoped you liked it and sorry for any OOC in this chapter. It's been so long since I watched this show so I might be off with some people.