Hurricane Belle

by messersmontana

What happens when a category 2 hurricane come to Manhattan and the team is asked to volunteer to keep the crime lab from loosing all of their evidence in a high profile case? Well, you'll have to read it to find out.

A/N I am not an expert on hurricanes and have never been through one, but I did get some of my info on watching the weather channel and other storm shows. I also got some of my info from NOOA.

Hurricane categories:

1 75-95 MPH

2 96-110 MPH

3 111-130 MPH

4 131-155 MPH

5 anything greater than 155 MPH

In this story, the crime lab will be able to sustain a category 2 to 3 hurricane.

This will be a Flack/Angell, Danny/Lindsay, and hints of Mac/Stella story. I may even hint at Adam/Kendall, but not focus on that aspect. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but my idea.

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Jess was getting ready to get into her car, in the parking structure of the crime lab when her cell phone rang. She pulled it out of her pocket and answered it without looking at the caller ID. "Angell. This had better be good. I just closed a case and am on my way home to get some much needed sleep." She said, thinking that it was someone from the station with another case for her. She'd just pulled a double and was really tired.

Don wanted to laugh at her tired rambling, but this wasn't a laughing matter. He felt awful that he was about to postpone her sleep time. "Where are you right now?" He asked her quickly and to the point.

Jess got into her car and sighed. "Well hello to you too Detective Flack." Was her sarcastic remark. She was really tired and just wanted to get home and into bed to sleep for the next twenty four hours. Part of her double went into her day off, and she wasn't even clear for a full forty hour week yet.

"I'm sorry Jess, but this is important. Now, where are you?" He asked her again.

"I'm getting ready to pull out of the crime lab parking structure, why? What's going on Don, you sound serious. What's so important?" She asked into her cell phone.

"Just wait there, I'll be there in three minutes." He said and hung up the phone, so he could continue to drive safely to the lab.

Jess hated to be hung up on, but he sounded so serious that she was going to wait for him. It really sounded like he had something important to tell her, she hoped it wasn't bad news. She saw Danny and Lindsay coming out of the elevator and got out of her car, walking towards them. "Hey Messer, hold up a sec."

Danny stopped when he heard his name called. "Hey Angell, what's up? I thought you'd be on your way home, like we are. We're both so tired and haven't seen Lucy in two days."

"I was on my way out when Flack called me and told me to stay put, then he hung up on me. So, now I'm waiting for him to get here so I can find out what is so important that I miss out on some of my sleep to wait here for him. Then, I'm going to lay into him for hanging up on me." She explained to them.

Lindsay laughed. "You go girl." They turned when they heard a car coming. "There he is now, at least listen to him before you yell at him." She said.

Don stopped his car next to them and got out. "Hey guys, I'm glad you're still here too. I just got a call from Sinclair." He told them.

Danny rolled his eyes and laughed. "Oh, that's never good news. What did he want now?"

"He asked for volunteers to keep the crime lab from being compromised during the hurricane." He told them.

"Excuse me, what? Hurricane?" Danny asked and looked at Lindsay, who pulled out her cell phone to call Danny's mom so that she could check on Lucy.

Don touched her arm. "Not yet Lindsay. The public doesn't know about the category 2 hurricane yet. I don't know how they're keeping it from everyone, but they're going public in a few hours. We've got twelve hours until landfall."

Lindsay looked at him with tears in her eyes. "Please Don, I haven't seen my daughter in forty eight hours and you're telling me that Manhattan is going to be hit with a hurricane. I just want to get them to safety before all the chaos when it goes public."

Danny hugged his wife. "Listen man, at least let us get them on a plane out of here. We'll send them to Montana until the storm is over." He asked his friend.

Jess moved over to Don and placed her hand on his arm. They locked eyes and he knew he was a goner. He nodded to Danny. "Try to get them out on the first flight without telling them why. An official announcement won't be issued for a few more hours." He told Danny.

Danny and Lindsay moved away and got on their cell phones. Lindsay called Danny's parents and told them that they needed to pack and go to the airport within the hour and that they can't ask any questions. She told them that Danny was arranging their plane tickets, and that they were sending them and Lucy to Montana to stay with her parents. She also said that she and Danny would join them there by the end of the week.

Danny called the airport to make the reservations and paid for the tickets. The he took Lindsay's phone to talk to his mom so that he could give her all of the information she needed. He asked her to call them when they got to Montana, and then when they got to the Monroe house. He then asked his mom to put Lucy on the phone so that he and Lindsay could talk to their daughter. Lindsay tried to keep from crying as they heard their daughter's happy giggles.

Once they hung up, Lindsay called her parents and asked them to pick up the Messer's and Lucy at the airport. She gave them the info they needed to do that, and could they let them stay with them until Danny and Lindsay could join them. Lindsay promised to explain everything when the Messer's got there.

While Danny and Lindsay were on the phone, Don was telling Jess what was going on. "Sinclair got a call from the mayor about Hurricane Belle, and they're worried that this could be the perfect time for Dunbrook to try something." He explained to her as he looked at his watch.

"What could Dunbrook do? I mean I know that he's got connections, but does he have someone on the inside here at the crime lab?" She asked him.

"I wouldn't put it passed him. That's why Sinclair wants you and I here with Mac and his team. He doesn't trust Dunbrook not to try to do something or hire someone to contaminate the evidence, or even mess with the body of Agent Walsh. So, the body will be put in a body cooler and kept in Mac's office while the evidence will also be locked up in whatever room we're all going to be in." He explained to her as Danny and Lindsay joined them. Lindsay had tears in her eyes, and Danny had his arm around her.

"So, Sinclair wants us to babysit the evidence during a hurricane?" Jess asked.

"Yeah, he does. But, he's calling it volunteering. He's going to let Sid go and evacuate his family once he has the body secured. I couldn't get him to let Lindsay or Danny to be with Lucy or their family. They're really worried that Dunbrook will try something." He told them.

"So, what would happen if one of us refused to volunteer?" Jess asked what everyone was thinking. "I mean Danny, Lindsay, and I just got off of a double shift. We just closed a case and we're all dead on our feet, not to mention that Lindsay hasn't even got to hold her daughter in forty eight hours, well Danny too. I'm still not fully recovered from my injuries and wasn't supposed to work a double shift yet. How can Sinclair ask, no order us to do this?" Jess asked him, getting very angry.

All of a sudden, their cell phones beeped. They all looked at them and saw the same text message from Mac. He was telling them all to meet him in his office in five minutes.

Don turned to Jess and pulled her to him. "It's okay, you can go home and get some sleep, but be back here in four hours. I'll cover for you Jess. Call your folks and tell them to go somewhere safe for a few days, but don't tell them why."

Jess loved him for saying that. "I can't Don, it wouldn't be fair to Danny and Lindsay. They've been working just as long as I have today, and they just had to send their daughter away before seeing her. But thank you for the thought anyway. Now, let's go and see what Mac has to say." She told him as they joined Danny and Lindsay in the elevator.

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to be continued......

A/N I hope that you all like this. Let me know if I should continue this or not.