Summary: This is an idea of what could be in 6x1. I watched Pay Up the other night and almost died lol. I hope people like it and it is only an idea, no gurantees :D
Bullets. Shattering glass. Breaking bottles. Screams. Many screams. These noises filled the room that Detective Mac Taylor was now laying on the floor of and he should have been shaking with the vibrations of it but instead, he heard nothing. Everything went into slow motion and he didn't even notice a sharp pain emerge in his side. He looked to the side and saw his team lying on the floor. Danny was covering Lindsay protectively, making sure that no harm would come to his wife. Sheldon, Don, Adam and Sid were all covering their heads, protecting themselves from the bullets flying their way.
Mac scanned over them, making sure they were okay and turned his gaze to the woman who had lately, invaded his every thought. Stella was also on the ground, covering her head, her hands were in her messed curls and Mac could see that they were stained with blood. Without thinking, in the slow motion of panic, he ran over to her, crouching so to not make himself a sitting duck to the shooters. After what was too long for Mac, he finally reached Stella and put himself over her to make a shield. He felt her blooded hands clutch tightly on the sleeve of his jacket and they stayed like that for a few more slow moments until the noises that Mac should have been hearing subsided.
Slowly, Mac's hearing returned to normal and he heard crying from the terrified people who were scattered on the dirty wooden floor of the bar. Stella lifted her head and looked at Mac who was studying her hands.
"You okay?" Mac asked forcefully, wanting to clear his mind of worry that Stella had been hit.
"Yeah I'm okay, I cut myself on some glass on the floor. It's nothing too bad." Stella replied and Mac sighed with relief. He pulled her into a hug and clung to her like he had just been told he would never see her again. Stella responded to the hug with the same force and Mac felt the pain in his side increase. Stella pulled back and looked at her hand which was now painted with fresh blood. His blood.
"Mac, you're bleeding. You've been hit, you need help. Someone call an ambulance!" Stella shouted around the bar and she saw that Don quickly dialled 911 on his cell. Mac shook his head; he was determined not to show weakness. He had been through much worse than this; he just had to make sure that his team were okay. Like an answer to his thought, he heard Lindsay scream. Mac snapped his head in her direction and found that she was crouching over Danny who was now lay on the floor, his eyes fluttering up at his wife. Mac departed from Stella and ran over to his colleague.
Lindsay's eyes were gushing tears and her sobs could be heard all around the bar, over the sirens that had now joined the many others noises in Mac's ears. He looked down at the man who had in many ways been the son that Mac wished he had had and saw that the white of his shirt was stained a dark red. Mac quickly took off his jacket and used it to apply pressure to the wound.
Behind him, he heard a faint gasp from Stella as she saw that Mac's shirt was also stained the same dark red, however the burgundy colour of his shirt had caused most of the attention to still be placed on Danny, which is exactly what Mac wanted. He wasn't going to let someone else die. Not like this.
"It's going to be okay Danny, look at me." Mac said to Danny as his eyes were fluttering shut. Mac tapped him lightly on the cheek to keep his eyes open. Lindsay also started to try and keep Danny awake through her sobs.
"Come on sweetie, keep going, for me. For Lucy. She needs her Daddy and I need her Daddy. Come on, keep your eyes open." Lindsay was now stroking the hair from Danny's face softly and muttering to him repeatedly. Mac looked around back at the window and still saw no signs of flashing lights.
"Where the hell is the ambulance?!" Mac shouted as he looked out of the shattered window. He saw people staring at the scene in the bar like they were at a zoo. Everyone looked so interested at the pain and distress that they were observing and Mac wanted to wipe them all away with the palm of his hand. He looked back at Stella whose hair was blowing around her shoulders from the breeze issuing from the hole where the windows used to be. Her cheeks were stained with black mascara as was Lindsay's. Sheldon was helping Mac to stop the bleeding from Danny's side, speaking to him continually to keep him awake. Sid and Adam were staring out at the road, hoping for a sign of the ambulance passing. Don was now stood near the door that used to stand at the entrance to the bar and was looking blankly at his friend on the floor. Mac didn't know what to do, Don had just lost his love and now his best friend was in danger of following after her. All he could do was keep Danny alive, for Don, for Lindsay, for all of them.
Finally, flashing red lights filled the street in front of them and loud sirens mingled with the sounds of crying and panic. Mac wasted no time and lifted Danny from the floor. Sheldon never left his side, still applying pressure to the wound. In a blur of movement, running and shouting, Mac found himself watching the ambulance drive away with his dying colleague and friend, along with Lindsay, in the back.
Mac stared into the darkness of the night and sighed, causing his breath to float in the cold air like smoke. He felt a warm hand on his shoulder and turned to see Stella standing behind him, her eyes emptied of tears. He hugged her once more and took delight in her comfort. He still had her, she hadn't left him. He could always count on his Stella. The pain that he had forgotten in his side suddenly stabbed painfully and Mac fell to the floor, clutching at the wound, letting out a cry of pain into the night's many noises. He could see Stella panicking and could hear her shouts but they were only mingled with the slow motion blur and then his world turned black and he no longer heard any of the sounds that New York had to offer that terrible night.
A/N: Well I hope you like it and thankyou for reading my idea :D So what do you think is going to happen to Danny? Is Mac okay? All may be answered if you want another chapter :D Oh and if you do, it may be slow to upload as I am going away for a few days on Weds but if I have it done before I shall leave it as a departing gift lol :D
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