Can you hear me:

Prologue

It was another busy day for the Strategic Response Unit. They were on the scene of a courthouse shooting. The gunman had several hostages. They had been at this scene for about four hours before the guy had agreed to release the hostages and give himself up. He didn't really want to die. He just wanted someone to hear his grievances. The primary Negotiator, Ed Lane, had assured him that someone would listen to his grievances as they walked through the courthouse lot to the squad car.

After they were finished at the scene, Ed was picking up stray items that they had not had the chance to use. He didn't want to leave them behind in case kids got ahold of them. As he made his way back to the trucks, there was a deafening roar. At first Ed couldn't place it. He continued walking. He felt himself lifted off of his feet and propelled several feet.

After several minutes, he got to his feet and looked around. He could see his team members getting to their feet. They all seemed safe. he was thankful. He was just standing there. Something was wrong. He wasn't hearing anyone shouting. That couldn't be, he thought to himself. He was lost in his thoughts, he didn't hear Sam yelling for him. He felt someone grab his shoulder. He turned to see Sam shouting at him.

Sam ran with him to the trucks. Ed could see Sam's lips moving but couldn't understand what he was saying. They were almost there when Ed just stopped dead in his tracks, yanking Sam to a halt since Sam still had his hand on Ed's arm. There was such an awful pain in his head. Hurting so much. He clutched his head and shut his eyes tightly.

After several moments he opened his eyes again to see the entire team staring at him. Greg was talking to him but he couldn't understand what he was saying. He suddenly felt very weird and could see some of the teams walking towards him. The very last thing that Ed remembered was the ground rushing up to meet him