"Breathe."

"uugghh."

"Come on, shallow breaths."

"Jim."

"Hold on, Sandburg."

"Stop...hurts."

"I know. Just stay with me, you hear?"

"Yeah.....uuggghhhh! Stop!"

"Damn it, Blair. Stop pushing. I have to keep pressure on this."

"Hurts!"

"I know, just breathe through it. Short breaths. In and out. That's it."

"I'm not .... having... a baby....Ellison!"

"Good thing, I'd hate to see how ugly that one would look."

"Funny.....man."

"I can hear the sirens, chief."

"Good...."

"Sandburg, stay awake!"

"Kay...to damn...noisy...anyhow"

"You should know, Mister King of the midnight bathroom visits."

"Don't flush...though."

"True, but I'm thinking maybe I should add a new loft rule. No liquids for you after seven."

"Pffuuft!.....aauuggh...man...don't make....me laugh."

"Sorry, breathe."

"Okay, detective. What do we have here? Shit!"

"Impaled object. Sucking chest. No exit wound. Decreased lung sound on left side. Respirations are twenty and shallow. Pulse is one-sixty."

"Get the bag valve mask going, high flow. I need a blood pressure. Okay, sir, move back for us, we'll take over."

"Jim?"

"I'm still here Blair."

"Ellison! What the hell happened! You stopped answering your radio!"

"Simon. Sorry about that-"

"What's wrong with Sandburg? That's not a ..."

"Yeah, it is. We were watching the south perimeter. And that idiot over there shot it through this stand of trees. It hit Sandburg in the chest, puncturing and collapsed his left lung."

"My god! Is he going to be all right?"

"I think so, sir."

"Jim, why is that guy sitting like a statue in the grass. You didn't hurt him, did you?"

"Of course not, Simon. I just told him where I'd put his toy if he moved a muscle."

"Okay, detective. We're ready to move him now."

"Good. Chief, I'll see you in E.R. Okay?"

"..fffnnn.."

"Okay, I will handle Robin Hood. You go with Sandburg."

"Thank you, Simon. I don't think I could stay professional with that idiot anyway."

"I understand, now go."

"Good grief! Only Sandburg would find a way to turn a simple stake out into the lead story for the six o'clock news.... Sir, you can stand up now. Care to explain to me why you'd be practicing with a bow and arrow in the city park?"

The End

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