Chapter 7

Lindsay was sound asleep in her bed, she and Danny had made plans for the night and Lucy was spending the night with Danny's mother. But work got in the way and Danny was stuck interrogating a suspect. It was almost midnight when Lindsay's cell phone started to buzz, she looked at the caller ID and didn't recognize the number.
"Hello?" Lindsay asked into the phone

"Is this Lindsay?" a male voice asked

"Um yea it is" Lindsay said unsurely "Who is this?"
"My names Jake, I run the bar on the corner of 56th street, I've got a friend of yours here drunk as a skunk and I think it would be a good idea if you could come get him" Jake said to her

"Uh" Lindsay said thinking about it, but she didn't have a choice she had to go she wasn't just going to leave her friend there "Yea I'll be right there" she said hanging up her phone and quickly getting dressed. She sent Danny a text (knowing he wasn't going to really be fond of the idea but at least she was being honest) then grabbed her bag and headed out the door.

She was in walking distance of the bar so it only took a little more then five minutes to reach it.

"Hey" Lindsay smiled softly seeing Billy with his head down on the bar "You alright?" she asked placing her hand on his back

"You know what today is?" Billy asked her

"Jill's birthday" Lindsay said instantly yet she hadn't remembered it herself until just a few moments ago, instantly she felt guilty "She wouldn't want you doing this to yourself"
"Maybe, maybe not" Billy said lifting his head and smiling at Lindsay "You look beautiful you know that?"

"Thanks but I think I should get you home" Lindsay said gently tugging at his arm helping him off the stool. He reeked of liquor.

"You're such a good friend you know that?" Billy questioned "I'm glad we're close again"
"We were always close" Lindsay said holding onto his arm as they left the bar to make sure he didn't fall

"No you left Montana, you left me" Billy reminded her trying to look at her but was having a hard enough time standing

"I'm going to get you into a cab" Lindsay said to him "What's your address?"
"I live right down there" Billy said trying to point

"You live that close?" Lindsay questioned surprised

"I told you I wanted to be close" Billy told her casually as she helped him down the street

"Right" Lindsay stated nervously

"I live here" Billy pointed to a rundown motel

"You live in a motel?" Lindsay questioned

"I like it" Billy smirked at her "Room 102" he said as she led him there

"Do you have your key?" Lindsay asked and Billy dug into his pocket and dropped the key to the floor "I got it" she stated quickly bending over to grab as Billy stared at her, which didn't go unnoticed by her and was becoming increasingly uncomfortable

"What do you see him?" Billy asked Lindsay as she opened the door

"What?" Lindsay asked not really hearing him

"Danny? What's so great about him?" Billy asked as Lindsay turned on his light for him
"Everything" she told him simply "I love him"
"You could have loved me" Billy said to her and Lindsay was taken back and just offered him a smile
"I've got to go" Lindsay said turning to walk out but Billy grabbed her arm

"Please don't leave me tonight" he pleaded as tears fell down his eyes "Not tonight"
"I have to go home" Lindsay told him gently
"Remember in Montana on her birthday we used to meet at the lake every year and talk for hours?" Billy asked

"Yea but times have changed Billy" Lindsay told him softly "We're not kids anymore"
"Yea" Billy said looking down at his feet trying to smile then looked back up at Lindsay "I really think we should talk" this conversation was going no where Lindsay thought to herself

"Tomorrow when you're feeling better" Lindsay promised then Billy slammed his door shut while still holding onto Lindsay's arm

"Billy" Lindsay said in a low voice "You don't know what you're doing" she warned him "Just sleep this off and call me tomorrow"

"No!" Billy yelled grabbing both of her shoulders and pushing her into the wall "You don't even care about Jill anymore? All you care about is Danny and that kid of yours!"
"I will always care about Jill but I've moved on" Lindsay told him earning her a hard slap from Billy which stunned her she grabbed her left cheek with her and starred at Billy in shock

"How come you got to move on! Why am I still stuck in the past! What is wrong with me!" Billy yelled at her again

"I'm going to call-" Lindsay started knowing he was very unstable at the moment but Billy grabbed her and roughly pushed her on the bed, she lost her bag with her gun and phone in it during the struggle, before she knew it Billy was laying on top of her

"I just want you to make it all go away" Billy said with tears as he tightly held her wrists and kissed her lips then started to kiss down her neck

"Wait, wait" Lindsay pleaded "You're a good guy" she said holding back some of her own tears "You've been waiting for this for a long time right? For me?"
"Yea" Billy said sadly

"So just be gentle" Lindsay pleaded forcing her hand to touch the right side of his face "Be gentle I know you can" she said full of fear, that's when Billy released her right hand and was able to reach the table lamp and hit him over the head with hit, knocking him out cold, he fell flat on top of her and struggled to get him off of her

Crime Lab

"You got anything Danny?" Mac asked walking into the trace lab

"Nadda" Danny said to his boss

"Why don't we head back to the scene-" Mac started when Danny's phone went off he looked at the ID then checked the time on the wall, there had to have been a reason Lindsay was calling him this late "Take it" Mac encouraged and Danny flipped his phone open

"Babe everything alright?" Danny questioned quickly

"Danny" Lindsay called out threw tears

"What's the matter?" Danny asked becoming instantly alarmed
"I ne-ed h-e-lp" she choked out slowly

"Where are you? What happened?" Danny asked

"I thin-k, I think I killed him" Lindsay said as she looked at Billy who was still not moving

"Killed who?" Danny asked confused, he hadn't seen her message about picking up Billy yet. His words worried Mac as well who turned to Adam quickly

"Get a trace on Lindsay's cell now" Mac ordered and Adam nodded and ran into his office

"You're at home?" Danny asked as calmly as possible

"No, I'm at the motel" She told him as her tears started to run "He h-it me and I di-dn't know- I hit him in the head-"
"Who hit you?" Danny asked raising his voice "You need to calm down Linds I can't help you unless you talk to me here"
"Adam!" Mac yelled walking into his office "You got a trace on her cell yet?" he was starting to worry about Lindsay as well

"Bi-" Lindsay started then the phone went dead

"Lindsay?" Danny asked into the phone "Lindsay!" Danny yelled then saw the call was lost

"She's at the Motor Inn motel on 55th" Adam told Danny who didn't respond but just ran to the elevator followed by Mac

"Adam, call Flack dispatch units there immediately!" Mac shouted as the doors opened and he and Danny jumped in

It took Mac and Danny less then five minutes to arrive at the motel, they looked and saw one door wide opened and Danny and Mac both pulled out there guns, Danny walked in first and saw Lindsay laying face down on the dirty carpet and instantly dropped to the floor and slowly rolled her over while Mac checked the rest of the small room and it was empty

"Lindsay" Danny pleaded, the room was dark but when Danny put his hand on the floor he felt blood and then noticed there was a gash about Lindsay's right eye that was bleeding "We need a medic" Danny said looking up at Mac who joined Danny and leaned over Lindsay, they heard the sirens approaching "Linds can you hear me?" Danny asked softly tapping her cheek trying to wake her up

"Danny" Mac said nodding towards Lindsay's wrist which were now starting to bruise

"What the hell happened Montana?" Danny asked her softly knowing he wasn't going to get a response that's when Flack walked in with his own gun drawn

"We need EMS now" Mac told him as Flack looked down and saw Lindsay

"EMS!" Flack yelled out to the other officers and in less then a minute two paramedics walked in and Mac stood up to give them room

"Danny" Mac said tugging at his arm and lifting him away from Lindsay "They need room"
"What happened?" Flack asked

"I don't know, she called me crying she said she thought she killed him, she was hit-" Danny said in shock "I could hardly understand her"

"What was she doing here?" Flack asked Danny who shrugged then looked at his phone and saw he had a message from Lindsay

"Flack I checked with management this room belongs to a Billy Myers" the officer told him

"Lindsay sent me a message" Danny said ignoring the officer "She had to pick Billy up from a bar"

"We're taking to her the hospital" the paramedic told them

"She ok?" Danny asked them
"Her breathing seems fine, she probably just has a concussion, were going to Mercy General if you want to meet us there" the paramedic told him

"Where's Lucy?" Mac asked anxiously

"With my Ma" Danny told him "I gotta-"
"go" Mac finished "Will be there soon" with that said Danny left and asked if he could ride with Lindsay and the paramedics allowed it and they took off

"I'm going to call Jo and Hawkes" Mac said to him "Get an APB out on this Billy Myers"
"Already done" Flack said dialing a number

A few minutes later Jo and Hawkes arrived at the scene, the lights were now turned on and they had a much better view of the room

"Clearly there was a struggle" Hawkes offered looking at the back of the door that was sporting a dent

"No!" Billy yelled grabbing both of her shoulders and pushing her into the back of the door "You don't even care about Jill anymore! All you care about is Danny and that kid of yours!"

Mac kneeled down not far from the door and picked up Lindsay's bag, which had her gun, and wallet in it
"She didn't even have time to go for her gun"

"I'm going to call-" Lindsay started knowing he was very unstable at the moment but Billy grabbed her and roughly pushed her on the bed, she lost her bag with her gun

"Broken lamp here" Jo stated taking a picture of it

"Be gentle I know you can" she said full of fear, that's when Billy released her right hand and was able to reach the table lamp and hit him over the head with hit, knocking him out cold, he fell flat on top of her and struggled to get him off of her

"She put up a fight" Hawkes noted then found something under the bed and carefully pulled it out "Got an ashtray here with blood on it" he said

"He could have hit Lindsay with it" Mac commented "I'm going to go to the hospital are you two going to be alright?"
"Yea will be fine" Jo assured him with a smile then Mac left "Poor girl" Jo said to herself

"Will find him" Hawkes told his new boss

"Oh I have no doubt" Jo smirked "I've come to learn this team is very determined"
"That we are" Hawkes agreed

Hospital

Danny was in the waiting room when Mac quickly walked over to him

"How's Lindsay?" Mac asked

"Fine" Danny told him simply "She hasn't woken up yet but they said she will- they're patching up her head"

"Will get him Danny" Mac promised and Danny let out a frustrated laugh

"Do you know why this happened?" Danny asked him with a smirk "Because I had to be the better person. I knew this guy had a thing for her he tried to kiss her but Lindsay assured me it was nothing asked me to forget it. So I did."
"He tried to kiss her a few weeks ago, not kill her. You couldn't have known it would go this far" Mac told him

"I spoke to Lindsay's mother this guy has had a thing for her since she was in high school" Danny argued "But Lindsay told me it was just a connection she had with him since they both lost her friend Jill"
"One of the girls from the diner?" Mac questioned

"Billy is her brother" Danny told him and shook his head "She sent me that text Mac telling me what she was doing but I didn't pay attention or I would have told her not to go"
"Do you think telling Lindsay would have stopped her?" Mac questioned raising an eyebrow

"No" Danny sighed finally taking a seat in a chair "But I would have went with her or had someone go with her. This guy isn't stable and I knew it- I knew it deep down and it could have cost me her life"
"It didn't'" Mac told him "She's going to be fine"
"Mr. Messer" the nurse said walking over and he stood up

"Can I see her?" Danny asked anxiously
"We're going to run a sexual assault kit on her first" the nurse to him and Danny's face fell "We did an intentional exam and found no signs but she did have some defensive wounds on her wrist and she was found unconscious so it's just precautionary"

"Yea ok" Danny said slowly then looked back at Mac "First Shane Casey and now this I couldn't protect her from anything" he sighed

"One thing I learned about Lindsay over the years is that she doesn't need protection" Mac told him
"Tonight she did" Danny told him "We had plans tonight and I blew them off so I could run those extra tests. If I was at home I would have went with her"
"She's ok" Mac said to him "I know you're always waiting to loose it all. You're waiting for the bad to take away Lindsay and Lucy but you're going to have to realize that's not going to happen. They're not like Louie, Aiden or even Ruben Sandavol"

Danny just nodded and Mac took a seat next to him and they waited in silence until the doctor came out fifteen minutes later

"Detectives" The doctor said to them "The SAK came back negative" he told them causing Danny to instantly sigh in relief "She suffered a mild concussion so I'm going to admit her overnight, with head injuries we like to exercise caution. Her wrist's suffered some bruising but nothing was broke"

"Thanks doc" Danny replied "Can I go see her?"
"Yea she's awake now" the doctor smiled and Danny walked into her room

"Danny" Lindsay smiled softly still feeling a lot of pain in her head

"Montana" Danny said leaning over and kissing her head gently "You alright?"
"Yea" Lindsay nodded "Billy?" she asked still in pain

"Will find him" Danny promised softly "I promise you that"
"He was so desperate" Lindsay told him as a tear escaped her eye "I've never seen him like that"

Just then Flack and Mac walked in

"Hey" Flack smiled "How's the head?"
"Hard as a rock" Lindsay teased weakly

"Good" Mac smiled at her then turned to a serious face "Can you tell us what happened?"
"I'll tell you all I can remember" Lindsay said to them and Danny gently grabbed her hand

"I got a call to pick him up from the bar, today was Jill's birthday- I forgot. Then he was saying weird things" Lindsay started

"Like what?" Danny questioned gently

"That I was beautiful" Lindsay said turning to Danny "That I left him when I left Montana and that he was glad we were close again. I wanted to get him a cab but he lived right down the street, so I walked him there. The rest is hazy"

"Try" Danny encouraged

"I remember him slamming me into the door, he pushed me on the bed" she said as a tear fell down from her eye "he started to kiss me and I talked him down a little. He let go of my wrist and I hit him with the lamp. Then he fell on top of me and I remember he was so heavy it took me a few seconds to get him off of me. That's when I called you" She said turning to Danny who lightly kissed her hand "That's it, I guess he hit me from behind"

"You did good Lindsay" Mac told her

"Thanks" she replied in more of a mumble "No sign of him at all?"
"Not yet" Mac said to her

"But if he's as drunk as you said and have a head injury we're thinking he's going to pass out somewhere and then will find him" Flack said to her and she nodded "Get some rest"
"Will be back in the morning" Mac added then him and Flack left

"I'm sorry Danny" Lindsay said after a moment of silence

"What are you sorry 'bout?" Danny asked tiredly

"I should have listened to you" Lindsay told him "You were right"
"It's done Linds" Danny told her still holding her hand "You're alright and that's all that matters"
"You're mad at me" Lindsay noted

"I'm not mad" Danny told her in a low voice

"Sure you are and I wish you would just say it instead of trying to cuddle me" Lindsay told him with a little anger "You have every right to be"
"I'm not mad at you" Danny repeated in a higher voice "You did what any friend would have done. I'm mad at the fact that someone put there hands on you, I'm mad I know this person and I'm most of all mad at the fact that I could have prevented it but didn't"
"There was nothing you could have done" Lindsay told him and he just nodded

"They're going to keep you here overnight" Danny told her

"Can you stay?" Lindsay questioned and he smirked

"You think I'd leave you here by yourself after tonight?" Danny smiled "You're not getting rid of me that easily"

"He asked me what was so great about you" Lindsay told him "I told him everything. And I mean it. You're really the most amazing person I've ever met"

"That's funny because I've said the same thing about you" Danny smiled then placed a soft kiss on her hand.