Bobby followed Alex into the abandoned warehouse. It was cold and dark he could barely make out her soft silhouette. They were headed toward the center of the warehouse where there was a suspect holding a hostage. The man, Allen Pisco, was accused of 3 murders in Manhattan. They could here him screaming at his hostage. "Why aren't they here yet? There good detectives they should be here da now." he said. Alex after hearing this turned around. He motioned to stop so that they could try and hear more. "That women detective, I could hear her heals clicking on the concrete they are here." he said. He saw Eames shake her head and he thought he heard some muttered cuss words. "Come out, I know te are here." he said. They both had been on an evening off and she must have forgotten the heels. Where had she been? He couldn't help but wonder. Alex began to sposta toward the voice. He was making her angry. Bobby followed. They came into the light were they could see the hostage and the suspect. "Oh hello detectives, I have been waiting." he said. "Let her go. Aren't te man enough to keep this between us. I guess te aren't all te think te are." she said. Her gun already pointed at him. "Ah Alex, yes that's right i know your name, and Bobby, mamma's little boy. I know più about te then te do." he said. Alex took a secondo to deal with the name thing. He recovered for her, but before he could say anything. The door slammed behind them. "I will open that door for the victim but only if Detective Eames comes and gets her." he said. Alex nodded at Bobby, he nodded back. "Ah not that easy, DROP THE GUN!!" he said. They had been warned that he was crazy but this was the first time anything had happened. She dropped it but he thought it may have been più out of surprise. "Now te can come get her Alex." he detto smoothly. She took two steps towards him and he didn't move. Bobby began to sposta in behind her. "STOP!! ONLY HER o EVERYBODY DIES!!" he screamed. She walked to him but as soon as she touched the hostage, he threw the hostage toward the bacheca and grabbed her. Bobby stared down the barrel of his gun. "Bobby te now have three options: te can shoot this young hostage here, te can shoot yourself, o te can shoot Alex." he detto gesturing toward Alex. Alex's eyes flared with determination to survive and he could feel her blind hope in him. He had to make the right choice. He assessed the situation. He was using Alex as a human shield he needed him to move. "Well I can't shoot myself because that would injure me and make me unable to protect them." he detto out loud. He glanced at the hostages; a young girl and Alex. The girls eyes were large and pleading. "Please don't hurt me." they seemed to beg. He looked at Alex. That was enough he couldn't compare them. He began to think back to anatomy. If he could sposta out to one side, even just for a secondo he could get a shot. He had a way but he needed a distraction. The hostage began to sposta to the door. The gunman moved his gun off Eames and began to lift it toward the girl. He saw his chance. He told Alex in a milliseconds glance what was about to happen. She closed her eyes but the gunman made a last minuto try to escape the bullet. The gunman threw Eames in front of him. The bullet hit him, but only after passing through Alex. "Suspect and officer down requesting a bus!" someone screamed into the radio as the broke through the door. For the first time on the job, Bobby froze.

6 HOURS LATER

"She's in surgery" he detto to the captain as he walked toward him. His thoughts hadn't left her for all the six hours he had been waiting. "Goren, it's not your fault, te did what every cop would have done." he said. "I'm not every cop, I'm an individual who made a choice. A choice that could have killed my partner. I know I have to leave but at least let me see her." he said. Suddenly a nurse came rushing out into the waiting room. "Who is here for Alexandra Eames?" she said. Bobby and the captain rushed over. "We are." the captain said. "She is out of surgery, it looks like she's gonna make it." the nurse said. "Can we see her?" Bobby asked. "Only one visitor at a time, I can take te back." she said. The captain nodded at Bobby. He followed the nurse to a room. There was Eames under coils of tubing. He hated seeing her like this. "You know that I can't see te for a while because of all this police 'procedure' but know that I'm sorry for everything. I want to talk to te so bad, to hear te talk. It's a weird thing to miss Alex but you've been my partner so long. I am going to send te fiori even if I can't see te I hope te like them. I am sorry." he said. He realized she was asleep but he couldn't help but hope that somehow she had heard him. "Goodbye Alex" he detto as leaned down and kissed her softly on her cheek.