FIC: A Second Such Encounter: Luck
Title: Luck
Series: A Second Such Encounter
Author: Valerie Vancollie (valeriev84 [at] hotmail.com)
Characters: Charlie, Don
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Charlie is haunted by his own words and the math behind them.
Spoilers: Uncertainty Principle
Note: See the series Master List.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Numb3rs characters, items or situations. I only lay claim to the original aspects of the fic.
Charlie grasped his brother's limp hand as he sat in the back of the ambulance. The numbers threatened to rush in, but he forced them aside.
'-unlikely to be the outcome of a second such-'
The words echoed through his head. His words.
Charlie pushed them aside, he couldn't think about what he'd said. He'd calculated it, the odds of what had happened... of it happening again.
Don should be dead.
They'd all been shocked he still had a pulse. It was pure luck Don had survived the shot, but that didn't mean he was safe. The odds of-
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.