I Do Not Own CSI NY, They Belong To CBS.
A/N Hi all well here is the next chapter; before I begin I would like to say a huge thank you to all of you who took the time to review my last chapter.
All spelling is New Zealand spelling.
Chapter 4.
5:00 am in the crime lab parking lot.
"Man Mac has to be joking, why on earth did we have to get up at this ridiculous hour?" Danny asked a yawn escaping.
Donna looked over and laughed, "What missing out on your beauty sleep Messer," this caused a few quite chuckles.
Danny glared at Donna as he said, "Well at least I look better than you do what happened, did you fall asleep in front of a fan?" Donna tried to flatten her hair while the men all laughed.
"Hey where's Lindsay?" Stella asked, the women all shrugged their shoulders and said they had no idea where she was.
"Maybe she forgot how to set an alarm clock," Carmine said.
"If that's the case then so did Sheldon and Mac as neither of them are here," said Lesley.
The group were so busy taunting each other that no one saw the door to the crime lab open or the three CSI's in question walk out and stand behind the group.
Mac smiled at Lesley's comment and decided to make their presence known before things got out of hand. "We are here and have been since 4 this morning." The team turned to look at them.
"What were you guys doing here at 4 in the morning?" asked Stella.
Lindsay looked at her and said, "Well someone needed to organize the food and extra gear we would need and the cars would also need to be loaded."
Mac checked his watch and realised that they had to get moving or they might find it a bit difficult to get to where they were to be staying.
"You can finish this conversation later; we have to get moving as I doubt that any of you would want to travel the end part of this journey on foot in the dark."
"Hey Mac, where exactly are we going?" Danny asked. The team looked expectantly at Mac.
"You will find out when we get there, Now as I want everyone to arrive in one piece, Danny, Dan and Carmine will be with me, Stella, Lesley, Angell and Donna will be in the car behind them and Sheldon and Lindsay will be in the last car. Any questions?" The team shock their heads, "alright then let's hit the road."
Stella caught the keys that Lindsay threw to her, and climbed in the vehicle that was parked behind Mac's when everyone was in Mac lead the convoy out onto the streets of New York.
Their first stop was a 24 hour diner that Lindsay had found the night before for breakfast, as the team headed for their respected vehicles' Hawkes slowed down and walked beside Lindsay.
"Hey Linds you feeling all right?" He asked.
"Yeah just a bit tired is all," she replied.
"Well how about I drive until the next time we stop and you can get some rest," he suggested.
"Thanks that would be great," Lindsay said handing him the keys with a grateful smile.
IN THE LEAD CAR
"Flack just pick a station and stick with it man," Danny complained from the back as Flack changed the station for the sixth time in five minutes.
"Well I would Danno if there was anything decent to listen to." Don shot back, as he once again changed the station.
"Seriously if you touch that dial one more time I will break your fingers," Danny growled.
Mac sighed, 'so much for not killing each other,' he thought as he reached over and turned the radio off.
"How about you all sit in silence while I call Lindsay think you can manage to do that?" the men all nodded, so pushing the button on the cars hands free unit he called Lindsay.
"Detective Lindsay Monroe's phone Doctor Sheldon Hawkes speaking," Hawkes' voice said through the phone.
"Hawkes? What are you doing with Lindsay's phone? And where is Lindsay?" Mac asked completely lost as to why Hawkes was answering her phone.
IN THE LAST CAR
Lindsay turned to Hawkes has they pulled out of the parking lot.
"So you think everyone is playing happy families in the cars?" She asked.
Hawkes chuckled at this, "what do you think," he said quickly glancing at her before turning back to the road.
"What I think is that even if we separate the men from the women they won't be able to stop arguing as they have been at it for so long, they'll probably just start fighting with each other no matter what gender they are." Lindsay said connecting her phone up to the cars hands free system.
Hawkes smiled at this, "you're probably right, I feel sorry for Mac stuck in the car with Danny and Flack." He said.
"Tell me about it," Lindsay said letting out a large yawn and stretching. This caused Hawkes to laugh.
"Hey why don't you try and get some sleep, I'll wake you up when we stop ok?" Lindsay nodded and put her head back.
Lindsay had just drifted off when the cars hands free started ringing, Hawkes quickly answered it to prevent Lindsay from waking up. The poor girl really did look like she could use a couple of hours.
"Detective Lindsay Monroe's phone Doctor Sheldon Hawkes speaking," Hawkes voice said through the phone.
"Hawkes? What are you doing with Lindsay's phone? And where is Lindsay?" Mac asked completely lost as to why Hawkes was answering her phone.
"Hey Mac Lindsay was tired so I told her I would drive and she has just fallen asleep, I can wake her up if you want." He said keeping his eyes on the road if Lindsay was awake she would have corrected him.
Mac was about to say he would appreciate that, but stopped himself, Lindsay had worked late the previous night and had been up early that morning and they weren't working a case.
"No Hawkes let her sleep she needs it I was just calling to say that we will stop in say a hour and a half for a bathroom break and a chance to stretch our legs." Mac said.
"Yeah ok Mac I'll let her sleep till then, hey you been driven insane yet?" he asked
Mac rolled his eyes, "Only half Sheldon."
This caused Hawkes to laugh, "Ok Mac I'll check in with you later have fun." With that Hawkes disconnected the call, he put the radio on low and continued driving to their destination.