Thanks for all the reviews guys! And I'm sorry for the long wait in a update but here it is...let me know what you think :) Chapter 7 (Alarm)
The ride back to the hotel was quiet one between Danny and Lindsay. She clearly wasn't up for talking and he didn't know how to comfort her. He tried to keep his anger towards the stalker to a minimum but it was difficult. Lindsay was his girlfriend and the flyers and pictures of her around the City of course infuriated him.
"I get why you're mad" Lindsay said closing the door behind them as they stepped into her room
"I'm not mad at you" Danny said quickly "Really"
"I completely understand if you want to take a step back from us until this over or forever" Lindsay mumbled towards the end causing Danny to squint his eyes at her in confusion
"Why would I want to do that?" he questioned seriously
"This is a big mess" she told him with a shrug "The last thing you need is my problems on top of your own and I could only imagine how embarrassed you are by the flyer-"
"I'm not embarrassed" Danny told her firmly "I'm angry. I'm angry that someone took a photo of you like that, I'm angry this guy put it on thousands of flyers and had them spread out over the city and I'm even more mad we can't prove it was him. But I'm not embarrassed or angry with you. And you're not just some girl with baggage I love you and I'm not going to run for the hills" once he finished his short speech he turned to see fresh tears running down her face and he stepped closer to her placing his hand on her cheek "Don't cry I didn't tell you all that so you would cry"
"No one has ever stood by me before like you have" Lindsay admitted "And I'm not just talking about today when you showed up in Montana to support me and now this-"
"-I do it because I want to" Danny told her inches away from her face "Just like you tried to do a few weeks ago for me"
"I love you too" Lindsay responded earning a sideways smirk from Danny who pulled her into a kiss and in that one moment there was no Clint Davies, there phones didn't exist it was as if they were the only two people in the world. They slowly made there way to the bedroom…..
Crime Lab
"Anything Adam?" Mac asked Adam who was working on the flyers
"There are a lot of prints on these flyers" Adam told him letting out a sigh "I've run all the prints and got matches back to the kids who said they were paid to hang them and random ones" he told his boss and Mac could tell he was holding something back
"What aren't you telling me?" Mac questioned
"It's just a few prints which are over the tape proving they were there after they already hung belong to some creepy people" Adam told him "I got a couple of hits back from AFIS and uh-"
"Obviously with a flyer like those it's going to draw in some of the perverts of the City" Mac informed him "And we can't arrest them from touching a flyer or calling Lindsay"
"It's just they have her number" Adam said as if he was almost arguing with himself "And a picture of her"
"I know this Adam" Mac said to him "It's out of our control the only thing we can do is keep her safe by finding a way to nail the guy who did this"
"And you're sure it's this Davies guy?" Adam questioned
"No" Mac told him truthfully "Obviously it would make sense but if we're too focused on him why might miss out on something important- keep processing" he said then left Adam's office as he walked down the hall he noticed Flack stepping off the elevator
"Hey did you get anything?" Flack questioned
"Nothing" Mac told him
"Well you were right about this guy being smart" Flack snorted "How's Lindsay doing?"
"I don't know I haven't heard from either her or Danny since I sent them back to the hotel but I'm probably going to head over there and give Danny the night off so he can get some sleep" Mac told him
"Are you sure sending him home is a good idea?" Flack questioned "He doesn't seem to be fond of Danny"
"I'm going to try and convince him to stay at your place" Mac informed him "Though I doubt he'll want to leave Lindsay"
"I wish we could have some answers for her" Flack said to him "This has got to be tearing her apart"
"We will get her answers" Mac told him firmly
Back at the hotel Danny slowly rolled over and felt to his right side and was alarmed when all he grabbed was sheets. Lindsay wasn't in the bed anymore. He flew up out of the bed and put on a pair of pants and headed to the kitchen where he found her drinking a cup tea
"Hello" Lindsay smiled at him causing him automatically to smile back and walk over to her
"Hi" he said with a tired voice he wrapped his arms around her waste and placed a kiss on her cheek "You left me cold in bed"
"You needed sleep" Lindsay said to him
"How long was out for?" he questioned resting his head in the crook of her neck
"A few hours" she told him and his head shot up
"A few hours?" he asked surprised "Why did you let me sleep that long?"
"Because you needed it" she repeated with a smile "And I'm sure if someone was breaking in it would wake you"
"Have you heard from Mac?" He asked as pulled a mug out of the cabinet
"Yea" Lindsay said to him "He'll be over in a little bit but so far they've got nothing"
"How is that possible?" Danny asked irritated
"No prints matched his" Lindsay started "The kids he paid to hang the flyers didn't ask for his name and he was wearing a hat and glasses"
"We can catch some of the craziest killers and predators but we can't prove a guy made a flyer?" Danny asked unbelievably
"They're doing the best they can" Lindsay reminded him and he just shook his head
"I know that" Danny replied slightly bitter "But there has to be something"
"Will get him" Lindsay assured him placing her hand on his cheek
"Why are you comforting me?" Danny questioned "It should be the other way around"
"Oh you've comforted me plenty" Lindsay said raising a suggestive eyebrow
"That so?" Danny said as the anger slowly washed away and he placed both hands on each side of Lindsay on the counter placing a kiss on her mouth, just as the kiss was intensifying there was a knock at the door
"Horrible timing" Lindsay muttered as Danny hung his head in defeat and walked over to the door and opened it to find Mac who just raised an eyebrow at Danny's appearance. He was still only wearing a pair of sweats
"Come on in Mac" Danny said masking his embarrassment "I'm just going to get dressed"
"That'd be nice" Mac replied dryly then turned to Lindsay "How are you doing?"
"I'm ok" Lindsay said giving Mac a soft smile "So you guys still haven't found anything?"
"I wish we did" Mac replied
"What if it never stops?" she asked him "What if this just keeps on going?"
"It wont" Mac told her firmly because he truly believed the level of escalation was rising it would only be a matter of time before he slipped
"Do you think he's going to target Danny?" she asked nervously and Mac gave her a smile
"I don't think you have to worry about Danny" he told her then Danny joined them
"Danny, Flack is waiting for you at the station" Mac told him
"Why? Did we get a break or something?" he asked hopefully
"Nothing like that. But you need a good nights sleep and we don't want you home yet" Mac told him and Danny snorted a laugh
"I'll be fine if I decided to go home" Danny informed his boss "But I think I'm going to stay here tonight"
"No I'm going to stay here tonight" Mac told him in a stern voice
"Mac's right you need some sleep" Lindsay told him "And I'd feel much better knowing you weren't home. Humor me?" she questioned with a grin
"Alright" Danny said with a nod knowing he was leaving Lindsay in safe hands he walked over to her and gave her a soft kiss on her forehead "I'll see you later alright?"
"Alright" she smiled
"Mac" Danny said and Mac nodded
"Right to the station" Mac said to Danny as he opened the door
"Yes sir" he mocked walking out of the hotel
Police Station
Danny walked into the station and saw how busy it was
"Danny" Flack said waving him over to his desk
"Give me five minutes and will be out of here" Flack said standing up
"Yea, yea sure" he said nodding "I really don't-"
"Shut it" Flack warned "Will stop for a beer before we had back to my place"
"Trying to seduce me or something?" Danny mocked
"Watch it clown" Flack warned back then stepped away
Danny couldn't help but notice all the boxes labeled evidence and stepped over to the officer whose desk they were on
"What's all this?" Danny questioned
"Those flyers involving Detective Monroe" the officer told him. The CSI's were a familiar faces around the station so everyone knew how sensitive this all was "Just waiting for Detective Bonesera to come and pick them up and bring them to the lab"
"Right" Danny said with a nod "Did you guys get all of them?"
"We sure hope so" the officer said to him with that another familiar detective walked over to Danny
"Hey Messer" Detective Lagan said. Danny was never a huge fan of Lagan he was in his mid forties and acted like he was in his twenties Danny also considered him to be a lazy Detective and preferred Flack any day over him. When Flack was out for a few months after the explosion he had to deal with Detective Lagan a lot
"What's up?" Danny asked him
"I heard about Monroe how she doing?" Detective Lagan asked
"She's fine" Danny responded quickly not really wanting to discuss Lindsay with a detective that she has once referred to as a 'sexist pig' he thought his time working with Lagan was bad but poor Lindsay had horror stories
"Does she have a security detail on her?" Lagan questioned causing Danny to look up at him
"Why?" Danny asked started to getting annoyed
"I want to make sure she's safe" Lagan said with a laugh "I'm sure she's terrified"
"She's a capable detective and I've seen her take down men your size" Danny shot at him causing him to laugh
"She's all a CSI" Lagan added
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Danny asked getting closer to Lagan
"Nothing, nothing" Lagan said with a grin defending himself "Just if she needs a shoulder to cry on I've got one for her. I know things went kind of south between you two-"
"She doesn't need your shoulder" Danny warned taking a defensive stand "And my personal relationship with her aint any of your business"
"Then why parade it around for all to see?" Lagan shot back "Don't forget you're speaking to seasoned detective here son"
"I'm a seasoned detective too" Danny shot back "Get out of my face and don't talk about Lindsay-"
"Hey" Flack said stepping in between "Danno let's go"
"You heard him" Lagan said with a smirk but Danny didn't move
"Danny now" Flack said in a more professional voice. Danny just shook his head, smirked then passed by Flack and headed out of the station
"What was that?" Flack asked catching up to him
"He's an arrogant jerk that's what that was" Danny shot at him
"I get this Lindsay thing is getting to ya but you have got to keep your cool" Flack warned
"Don't tell me how to react" Danny warned "This isn't just some girlfriend of mine being hit on by some guy. She's practically being hunted by maniac who wants to do god knows what with her then this guy Lagan thinks this would be a good time to make a move on her?"
"That what he said?" Flack asked
"What does it even matter" Danny said with a wave of his head and proceeded to walk down the street and with a slight eye roll Flack followed but stopped when his phone went off
"Danny just wait!" Flack yelled causing Danny to slowly turn around "This is Flack" he answered and Danny noticed how Flack's facial expression changed and walked over to see what was happening "When did this happen?" he questioned as Danny looked on "Any casualties?" then Flack gave a glance towards "Alright I'll be there"
"What is it?" Danny asked
"Your apartment was set on fire" Flack told him
"What?" Danny asked stunned
"Come on I'm driving" Flack said walking over to his car
Danny's Apartment
Firefighters were leaving the apartment as Danny and Flack stepped in. The entire living room and kitchen was destroyed
"You the owner?" a firefighter asked Danny who just nodded
"The kitchen and living room are obviously burnt to a crisp but we got to the fire before it could do any real damage to the bedroom
"At least I still have my clothes" Danny muttered
"Any idea how this started?" Flack questioned
"Yea it appears the stove was left on and caught fire to an oven mitt" the firefighter told them
"Did you leave your stove on?" Flack questioned Danny who gave him an eye roll
"Let's forget the fact that I haven't been home in over forty-eight hours even if that weren't the case I don't think I've ever used my stove or oven for that matter" Danny told them
"How do you eat?" Flack asked getting a little off-topic
"I have a microwave" Danny told him "Seriously though the last time I used the stove was weeks ago for breakfast" a painful reminder of the breakfast he shared with Rikki
"So you think someone came in here and intentionally set fire to your apartment?" the firefighter questioned
"Yea" Danny said instantly "Clint Davies"
"If he did it we'll get proof" Flack told him
"No we wont" Danny shot at Flack "We haven't gotten proof of anything yet"
"Will get the proof if he was in here he's not that good" Flack told him
"Danny" Lindsay said walking into the apartment
"Linds" He said walking over to her "What are you doing here?"
"I heard when Mac got the call" Lindsay said as Mac walked in and headed right to the fire chief "I wanted to make sure you were ok"
"Well my couch has seen better days" Danny shrugged
"I'm so sorry Danny" Lindsay said sadly and forced a smile
"For what?" he asked in a soft voice "Don't worry about this alright?"
"I'm so glad you weren't here" Lindsay said looking around the apartment "And Mac said there were no casualties"
"Yea thank god" Danny said with a sigh and the truth was he would rather loose all his personal possessions then someone loosing their life because of him- again "The bedroom is ok though"
"All your stuff-" Lindsay started still distracted by the state of the apartment
"Is replaceable" he interrupted "No one was hurt and that's all that matters"
"The pool table is destroyed" she said nodding towards it
"That's alright" Danny said to her "I'll get a new one and will just have to break it in"
"I can't believe you can still manage to flirt with me during a time like this" Lindsay said with a soft smile
"I can flirt with you any time and any place" Danny said to her
"This is serious Danny" Lindsay reminded him
"No like I said this is just stuff" he told her gesturing towards his burnt furniture "No one in the building was hurt, I wasn't hurt and you weren't hurt" Danny told her rubbing her arms with his own hands
"I'm sorry about all this" Lindsay said
"You know how you can make it up to me?" he asked and she shook her head "Promise you're going to take this seriously from here on out and do whatever Mac asks you to do"
"I will" Lindsay said to him
"I mean it Lindsay I don't think I'd survive if something happens to you and this guy is getting dangerous he could have killed someone and didn't care" Danny said trying to really drill it into her head how bad this had gotten
"I know, I know" Lindsay agreed "Whatever I'm told to"
"That includes being with other officers and not arguing about it" Danny added and she sighed
"Ok" she agreed that's when Danny gave her a quick kiss on the lips and pulled her into a hug
"It will be over soon" he soothed
