After I watched the episode "Second Skin" the idea came up and so I thought about writing a little ficlet for "The Glades"! I really like this show so I am really interested what you think. Hope you hit the review button so I know if I should continue!

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Chapter 1 – Not like this!

He watched in Horror as the Reverend got one of the snakes out of the box.

"Do you have faith brother James?" He asked and Jim stepped back automatically. This could not be happening. This could not be real.
He watched as the Reverend turned towards one of the kids.

"Even the children have more faith!" He heard the Reverend say and then it all happened in a blink of an eye. He could not let this child touch the poisoned snake. He could not let this happen. So he stepped forward. Protecting the ones that needed to be protected.

No matter what.

He could feel the great amount of pain as the snake got the teeth into his arm. He had been bitten by an alligator, he even had been shot by his own boss but nothing could compare to the pain he felt in this second. His legs gave way and he crashed to the ground the snake still in his arm. The Reverend stepped in but he could not react. The only thing he noticed was the snake being taken away and the people leaving him lying there. They nearly ran out of their church. Jim watched the colored ceiling for a second and tried his best to think. He knew that every minute was counting. He got his phone out of his pocket but he couldn't think straight so he just pushed the only thing he remembered in this moment. The button 3. It was quick dialing. She would help him. She always knew what needed to be done.

"What?" She answered and Jim could hear the anger in her voice. They still had trouble. He knew that she was mad at him but right now it didn't matter. Not anymore.

Jim took in a deep breath. He wouldn't loose it now. He just needed her to come and help him.
"Jim?" Callie asked again, her voice a million miles away from being friendly.

"Hey Callie...I..." Jim stopped and closed his eyes for a second. The room was already turning but he knew that he needed to focus.
"Can you get Carlos and Daniel and come to my location?"

"Why. Jim what's going on?" Callie asked already alarmed by the sound of Jim's voice. They knew each other so well.

"I...I'm in a little bit of trouble."

"What's going on?"

"Will you just...hurry."

"We are on our way."

Jim sat up slowly and slid towards one of the walls to lean against it. He knew that he had to stay awake. It couldn't end like this. He always said that he would love to die in the line of duty one day but not like this. He would not let this damn snake do this to him. Jim knew that he needed an ambulance. He knew that he needed to go to the hospital. He knew that time was not his best friend right now, time was not on his side at the moment but he refused to let this thoughts sink in. He just needed his team there, his friends. They would knew what to do. They always knew what to do. They made a great team.

"Jim?" He heard Callie's voice and tried to focus on the door that opened slowly.

"Jim?" It was Carlos strong voice.

"I'm..." Jim his voice was barley a whisper. He cleared his troth before he called out again.

"I'm here."
Jim could see Callie's eyes grew wide as she spotted him. He could feel his whole body shaking. Even though he was sweating he felt cold. Cold and extremely numb. His arm was on fire as well as his head.

"Jim oh my god. What the hell happened? Are you okay?" Callie asked kneeling down beside Jim.

"It...the snake...it..." Jim tried to explain but he couldn't catch his breath.
Callie looked at his arm before she looked back at him in pure horror.

"Carlos call an ambulance!" She nearly screamed while Carlos looked down at Jim in shock.

Jim could hear Carlos nearly scream into his phone.

"We have a 1066, Officer down!"
"Jim I need you to lay down. Try to take deep breaths. I know it is going to hurt. I know it will be difficult but I need you to take in deep breaths."

"Carlos I need you to keep his arm over his heart." Callie instructed while taking Jim's vitals. She had never seen him like that. Weak and vulnerable like that. It was absolutely not like him. Normally he would joke. He would admit that he was alright. He would refuse to go to a hospital. Right now he was unnaturally silent and Callie could see that he was about to loose consciousness. "I'm cold." he said his voice barely a whisper.

Carlos stripped his jacket off immediately covering Jim gently with it. In all those years they had spent together as a team, as partners, they had grown close. Really close even if they would not admit it. Jim was like a brother to him. Seeing him like that nearly made Carlos heart break.

"You have to pull through." Carlos said while squeezing Jim's shoulders.

"How bad is it?" He asked looking at Callie who's hands where trembling while she tried her best to stabilize Jim.
"He needs the antitoxin quickly. His body is already reacting to the poison."

"Jim?" Callie said slapping Jim on his cheeks lightly. He had to stay awake.

"Jim I need you to stay with me." She said louder getting Jim to look at her.
"I'm sorry." Jim mumbled while Callie had to lean closer to understand him.

"What are you saying?"

"I'm sorry for..." Jim sucked in a shaky breath before he could continue "...for being such an idiot." "Stop saying your goodbyes!" Callie said tears already building in her eyes. She knew that it was bad and from his words it was obvious that Jim knew exactly that his condition was getting more and more serious.

"I love you." He continued while Callie couldn't stop the tears from falling anymore.

"I love you too." She whispered while putting a soft kiss on Jim's head.
"You have to fight Jim! You have to stay with me. Think about Jeff, he could not loose you. I could not loose you!"

"The paramedics arrived." Carlos said getting Callie to step away so the paramedics could take over and hook Jim to the necessary needed oxygen.

"We need to incubate him." One of the paramedics said after watching Jim's oxygen levels on the portable monitor for a second.

Callie, who was holding Jim's head, nodded quietly while she could feel Jim's body soften under her touch. He had lost consciousness.

They really needed to hurry.

….to be continued.

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