The two detectives parted ways.

Queen of Mercy Hospital

Hawkes carried Lindsay as if a knight in shining armor- except that she was unconscious and he wasn't her knight...Danny was. An hour passed and Lindsay was checked into a room. Dr. Marshall, who was Lindsay's attending doctor, entered the room with the results of the CT scan and the x-rays.

"Well Detective Monroe has suffered from a broken nose and has a slight concussion but despite all that, she should be okay. I should tell you though that she might suffer from memory loss of the past 24 hours- but this is not likely in her case."

Hawkes was relived that it wasn't anything serious, "Thank you Doctor."

Just as the door closed, Lindsay started waking up. She blinked a couple of times to clear her vision and get an idea of where she was, and then she started panicking.

"Hello. Anyone there?"

Hawkes stood up from the chair and walked over, "Hey Linds, its Hawkes. Do you remember what happened an hour ago?"

Lindsay sat up, "Hell yeah, Josie knocked me out. My head hurts like a bitch. Can I go back to the lab now? I want to see Danny." Lindsay just realized that she basically told Hawkes about her and Danny, "Oh gosh, did I just say that out loud?"

Hawkes chuckled lightly to himself, yup...same ol' Lindsay, he thought. "You don't think I know about you and Messer, do you? I have known for a while but kept it a secret. And well, technically, you can go home now BUT I am forcing you to wait three more hours."

"What do you mean?" Lindsay was confused.

"Well you see, Josie will most likely get fired and I don't want to have to drive someone back here- especially if it was Flack. You see, Flack caught you just in time after Josie knocked you out and he called me. I told him to tell Danny and Mac and look for Josie."

"Wow. I guess I should really thank Don. You know- before he's unconscious."

New York Crime Lab- 35th Floor.

Flack came running into Mac's office where Mac sat intensely reading a case file, "Mac, we gotta find Josie Kin."

Mac stood up with a puzzled look across his face, "Why? What do we need her for?"

"She just knocked out Lindsay, who by the way is in Queen of Mercy with Hawkes, and just ran. By the time I came into the hallway, Lindsay was falling half-conscious to the floor. I just received a text from Hawkes saying that Linds is fine and she just suffered from a broken nose and a slight concussion."

Mac was furious. He considered the team his family ever since his wife died during 9/11 and considered Lindsay like a daughter. Mac wouldn't let anything or anyone hurt his 'family'- especially not by a new CSI.

"Notify building security. Make sure that she doesn't get out. And when you find her, put her under arrest for assaulting an officer and bring her into my office."

"Will do and Mac..."

Mac looked up, "Yeah?"

"This is a request by Dr. Hawkes and I personally agree- please don't tell Stella."

"Just promise me you won't. 'Cause if you do, then you'll have to send two detectives in a 6 by 6 cell block." And with that, Flack walked away in search of the missing detective.

A Five Hours Later

Flack came in Mac's office for the first time in five hours, "We looked everywhere Mac. She's just disappeared into thin air."

Mac was getting extremely frustrated now, "Have you send patrol within a five block radius?"

"We did that two hours ago Mac! Then I ordered for a wider search- a ten-block radius. I swear on my mother's grave Mac, Josephine Kin is nowhere to be found."

Mac collapsed on his office chair and said almost pleadingly, "She has to be there, somewhere. She has to."