Is It A Cruel Joke?

by Wildnight

This is a missing scene from the episode "Dead Drop". It takes place right after the bomb in the elevator goes off and Jim thinks Blair has perished. This is told from Jim's POV.

Is It A Cruel Joke?

I heard the explosion and all I could think was – that was it. Blair was dead. And I'm too far away to do anything. Oh, God!!

I look over at Galileo. And all I want to do is make him pay. Throw him off the building. I advance towards him, pulling him to his feet. It would be so easy. And no one will blame me. But I wouldn't be able to honor Blair in a jail cell. That's where I'd end up if I threw Galileo from the window to the ground below. I turn him over to the officers there.

I walk over and pick up the remote. I close my eyes, seeing Blair, as he was earlier, singing and dancing in the elevator car. I chuckle. Only Blair would sing and dance to cover up the sounds of welding. Only Blair would sing and dance in the face of danger. That's Blair in a nutshell. Creative and innovative. And fearless to a certain extent. Always with an answer. How can I -?

My radio crackles to life. It's Simon.

"Get down here, Jim! Somehow, they survived. Blair survived!"

It registers in my mind what he's saying. If this is some cruel joke –