All they could see was a black cloud, all Andy could hear was the muffled sound of Rusty calling out for his mother. Andy stood in the middle of the room staring at the screen and the scene before him. When he finally came out of his thoughts he turned to see Andrea and Rusty both staring at him. He could see the look of panic written on both of their faces. He turned and ran out RACR to head for the elevator with both of them on his heels. "Andy, where are you going?" he could hear Rusty asking as they finally reached the elevators.
"I'm going to find out what the hell happen and to find Sharon," he snapped as he stepped into the elevator.
"You're not going without me," Rusty interjected.
Before he could step on the elevator he felt Andrea pull him back. "Rusty, let Andy do his job. When he finds out what happen to your mother and the team, you'll be the first to know about it."
Andy looked at him for a moment, "Son, I promise you that I will find your mother and I will bring her back to you, but I can't do that and worry about you at the same time. Please stay here with Andrea," he spoke as the elevator doors shut. As he rode the elevator to the parking garage he began to pray.
The elevator doors opened on another floor and he was brought out of his thoughts by a familiar voice, "what the hell happened, Andy?" He asked as he held the door open.
He looked up to see assistant Chief Howard standing by the elevator, like was waiting for him. "I don't know, Chief. I'm on my way to the cemetery now to see if I can help to find out about Sharon and the team."
Fritz could see that he was beside himself with worry. "Do you think it a good choice for you to go?" He asked concerned.
Andy stepped back and looked at him for a moment. He took a deep breath and gritted his teeth as he spoke, "What the hell do you mean but that?" he asked slightly irritated.
Fritz took a deep breath and laid his hand on Andy's shoulder, "What I mean is giving the recent health scare you've had, do you think you can handle it?"
"No offense, Chief but right now my main focus is finding out if Sharon is ok and how my team is. I'll worry about myself later," he snapped as he hit the door close button. Fritz moved his hand and was left standing in the hallway.
Letting Andy have his space Fritz waited for the next elevator. Standing there he hoped and prayed that everyone was safe and that they would catch the son of a bitch that did this then put him away for life. His mind raced as he got into the elevator and rode it down the parking garage. That's where he found Andy standing next to his car trying to probably call Sharon but from the worried look on his face she wasn't answering. Fritz knew what it was like to not know if the woman you love was in danger or not. "Hey, Andy, you can ride with me if you would like." He shouted through the empty garage.
"Yeah, ok," He responded as he walked towards him and got in on the passenger side of the car.
As they rode to the scene Andy's mind wandered back to the murder room when Rusty and him both told Sharon to be safe. She better be safe, he thought to himself as he stared out the window as Fritz drove through the city toward the crime scene. He was preparing himself for the worse but hoping for the best. When they got closer to the scene and all of the first responders, he couldn't see anything. The dark cloud of smoke started to clear, he could see what was left of the cemetery and the massive hole left by the bomb. Andy's heart fell into his stomach. He had never seen something like this in all of his years on the force, he was really starting to worry now. He looked up to see Amy and Buzz walking with the EMT's. "Sykes, Buzz?" he yelled as he jogged to where they were.
Amy saw him coming, "Lieutenant," she spoke as the paramedics worked on her.
He stopped in his tracks as he took in the sight before him. Sykes had a small gash on her forehead and Buzz was covered in dirt and ash. "Are you two, alright"? he asked as he watched them getting patched up.
"I'm fine, Lieutenant," Amy whispered as she looked around at the scene.
Buzz smiled at him, "Yes, Lieutenant, I'm fine too."
Andy looked between them and asked, "Have either of you seen Sharon or Provenza?"
They looked at each other, "sorry, Lieutenant we haven't. We were busy getting everyone away from the area we never saw them." Amy stated as she hung her head.
Andy felt his knees starting to give as he sat down alongside them and he took a deep breath. "Ok, we will find them and the rest of the team." After a few minutes, he felt better and stood up and proceed to look for the rest of the team. Just as he made his way toward where the bomb went off, he heard an earth-shattering explosion. He looked up to see another bomb going off near where the other one exploded earlier.
His ears were ringing as once again all he could see was dust and dirt flying everywhere, people were screaming and running around. After a few minutes, he was able to make out two figures running towards him. Andy was relieved to see Sykes and Buzz as they started helping everyone that was unharmed to leave the area. As they helped him to the ambulance he noticed Provenza's hat laying on the ground and he also noticed Sharon's glasses as well. He had a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach. He quickly asked the paramedics, "have you seen the old man that was wearing that or the woman that was wearing those glasses?"
They looked at each other and shook their heads. "We are sorry, we haven't seen anyone matching their descriptions."
As Andy was staring at the back of the ambulance his phone chimed. He pulled it out of his pocket, he had a text and it was from Sharon, 'I'm fine.' That was all it said but it was enough to relieve some of his built-up stress levels. Before he could respond his phone chimed again with another text that said, 'team is all accounted for and fine. Though all are bumped and bruised.' Andy let out a long sigh of relief. As he stood there finally breathing again his phone rang. They exchange simple, "hello's," and Andy was grateful to hear her voice. Sharon immediately started, "now get back into RACR. I need you there not here." He shook his head. How she knew he was at the scene he didn't know? She always did have an instinct he would never understand. "The madman that did this is probably here watching his handy work. We need you at the cameras finding him. Have the helicopters and surveillance cameras follow any cars leaving the area. I'll send Buzz back to help you ASAP. Oh, and Andy I lo..." then line went dead...
