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Chapter Ten: Bringing Together the Team

"Lindsay!" Danny yelled as he knocked on the door to Lindsay's apartment. "Lindsay, you've got to answer the door! I'm sorry I didn't believe you…"

The door opened slowly, and once it had opened fully, Lindsay stepped outside. "Danny, I…"

"Lindsay!" Danny said joyfully and he hugged Lindsay. "Lindsay, I'm sorry about earlier. I should have believed you."

"It's okay Danny, I accept your apology. I was actually going to call you. I need to tell you something."

"Well, Lindsay, I need to tell you something, too."

At the same time, Danny said, "Megan wrote that article in the paper and she started the fire," while Lindsay said, "Megan didn't write that article. I just didn't trust her."

They looked at each other for a moment, wondering which answer they should believe. Danny smiled and then laughed. "Maybe we should try one at a time."

Lindsay quickly smiled but then said, "Why do you now believe its Megan who wrote the article? Danny, you know I don't trust her. I just wanted to know so badly who had written the article and find the truth about the fire that I would have probably blamed anyone of writing the article."

Danny shook his head. "No, you were right to suspect Megan wrote the article. And she also started the fire in the crime lab, though it was a total accident…"

Lindsay looked at him in disbelief. "Wait, how do you know it was her? Are you sure?"

Danny nodded. "Not only did Megan admit the truth to me, but Detective Mayor also told me. She had written a note explaining that Megan started the fire, and she had the same newspaper with the cover story about the New York Crime Lab catching fire. So you were right. Megan wasn't to trust."

Lindsay looked down at the ground for a second, lost in a moment of thought. When she thought of what to ask Danny, she looked back up at him. "What are we to do now?"

"We have to get the others together. Megan is going to strike again, and this time she'll make sure the fire isn't an accident. So tomorrow, I'll go to work like normal, and you get the others to come to the crime lab. If you need help, just call me. But in order to restore our lives back to normal, we're going to have to repeat the past."

"Okay," Lindsay said in agreement. "We'll do that."

As the alarm clock sounded at exactly five in the morning, Danny immediately rushed around his apartment, getting ready for work. He had to arrive to work early that morning, just as he had done on the morning of the fire. Lindsay, too, had gotten up early, calling him at six to say that she was heading over to Hammerback Café, to begin the plan of bringing the CSI team back together. Danny wished her luck, for he knew how hard it would be to convince all the others—especially Stella—to come to the New York Crime Lab. He then left his apartment, to hopefully leave behind this life and go back to living normally.

He entered the New York Crime Lab, stopping at Audrey's office to tell her everything that was going to happen. He then walked into the lab, to find Megan waiting for him, with a smile on her face. "Here for your second day of work? I thought you may not show up."

"Of course I would show up," he said, crossing his arms. He stared at her. "You didn't think I would miss the making of history, did you?"

"Sid, do you think you could come to the crime lab with me? Danny and I work there, and some of the CSI investigators would love to try your food…"

"I don't know," Sid replied. "I can't just leave the other cooks to cook without me…"

"It would only be for a while," said Lindsay. "You could cook something now, and then bring it to the crime lab, and after you've delivered your meal to the investigators, you could come back to the restaurant."

Sid looked at her for a moment and then nodded. "I'll cook one thing and then bring it to the crime lab, how does that sound?"

"That'll be great!" Lindsay exclaimed, hugging Sid. "Thanks Sid! Bye!" She ran out of the restaurant and then pulled out her cell phone, calling Danny. "Danny?" she asked as he answered the phone. "I've got Sid coming to the crime lab, now it's your turn to get Mac and Stella to come."

Back at the crime lab, Danny was saying into the phone, "Okay, but they'll be hard to convince." He was faced with a questioning stare from Megan, but he only said, "I have to call Audrey." He walked out of the lab, but still kept a close eye on Megan as she went back to working. Instead of calling Audrey, though, he called Mac.

"Huh?" asked a confused voice from Mac. "Who is this?"

"Danny Messer, remember from a few nights ago?"

"How did you get my number…?"

"Never mind that. You think you could do a favor for me, Mac?"

"I haven't found anything on that fire yet, I'm sorry," said Mac, who sounded as if he had just waked up. "But I'll help you again. What's the favor?"

"Could you come to the New York Crime Lab now? And maybe convince Stella to come to?"

Mac was quiet for a while on the other end. After he didn't answer for a while, Danny thought he may have either fallen back to sleep or just hung up. But he soon answered again. "Sorry for that, I had to answer a call from Stella. I didn't realize she had talked with you, what she had said about me thinking about you as just another fan was a lie. I really don't know what's gotten into her; she never seemed to act like that…"

"It's okay; really, I just need to know if you two can come to the New York Crime Lab…"

Again, Mac was silent. But then he answered, "Sure, Stella and I will come, but why the New York Crime Lab?"

"Thanks Mac, you really don't know how much this means to me." And immediately Danny hung up, leaving Mac to wonder why he wanted him to go to the crime lab. Danny then quickly called Lindsay again, saying, "Okay, Mac and Stella are coming to the crime lab. So now that leaves Flack, Hawkes, and Adam."

"I'm heading to Mount Sinai Hospital right now to talk to Hawkes. How's everything going with Megan?"

"She's still focused on a case," replied Danny. "No signs that she's starting the fire yet. But Lindsay, where is Adam? We never found out what his job was…"

"Don't worry about that; I've already gotten contact with Adam."

"You did?" asked Danny, confused. "How…?" As he heard his name being called, he saw that Adam Ross was walking down the hallway towards him. "You're going to have to tell me how you worked that out, Montana."

Lindsay only laughed on the other end of the phone. "Now that we've got Adam covered, what about Flack? I mean, you'd have to be caught speeding again or something, and you'd have to be lucky enough to get pulled over by Flack again…"

"Lindsay, that's the best idea you've had so far today!" he exclaimed and then hung up. He could imagine Lindsay, shaking her head and saying, "Why did I even say that?"

"Danny Messer, I assume?" asked Adam as he walked up to him. As Danny quickly nodded, he continued on. "The name's Adam Ross. I worked as a lab technician in Arizona and your friend, Lindsay Monroe, said there was a job offering here for lab technicians. I've just recently moved to New York and I have been looking for a job, so I thought that it would be a good idea to come here and get the job that I had been working before."

"And Lindsay said something else, didn't she?"

He grinned at this. "She said you would know more about the job offering."

"Oh," said Danny, not surprised at all. "Um, go wait in Detective Audrey Mayor's office, its right down the hallway there…"

Adam nodded, leaving towards the direction of Audrey's office. But he wouldn't find Audrey in her office at that moment, for she was now walking down the hallway towards Danny. "How's the plan going?" she asked.

"Good," he replied. "But I need you to stay here and make sure Megan doesn't try to start a fire again."

She nodded.

"Oh, and you should know," Danny said as he turned to leave, "a lab technician by the name of Adam Ross is waiting in your office for a job offering here. It wasn't my idea, Lindsay told him to come here…"

"And it was a smart idea," said Audrey. "And yes, I do remember Adam from that case I worked with Mac, if you were going to ask."

Danny nodded and then left Audrey standing where she was, making a quick exit out of the crime lab. Flack was the only one left of the team that he had to convince to come to the crime lab. He didn't think it would be easy to convince him to come; he had another way of getting him to come. "Well, I guess I'll be receiving a speeding ticket," he said with a sigh as he started the car. "Hopefully from Flack, though."

He drove away from the crime lab, into the busy streets of New York City. He increased his speed, blowing off a stoplight. He was relieved to hear the sound of a police car behind him; he didn't like the idea of being the guy who could cause a crash at any minute because he was speeding. And he was even more relieved when a familiar voice called to him when he pulled over.

"I remember this car," Flack muttered to himself. "Daniel Messer, isn't that right?"

"You've got the right person," said Danny.

"Now, I don't break my promises…"

"Sure you do," replied Danny with a roll of his eyes. The more annoyed Flack got, the better.

"Okay, Messer, say one more word and I'll give you two tickets."

"Bye," Danny said, and he immediately pulled away from Flack, speeding down the road.

"Messer!" he could hear Flack yell. Danny had to quickly turn around because Flack was already starting his car. Danny hoped Lindsay had already arrived with Hawkes at the crime lab and that the others had also arrived. He didn't know how much longer he would be able to hold Flack off without getting arrested. When he saw the New York Crime Lab appear in sight, he wondered how he had even made it there in one piece. He quickly parked his car and ran inside the crime lab, with Flack close behind.

As he was running, he crashed into Stella, the last person he wanted to upset. She turned to look at him with a furious glare. "Hello, again," she said.

"Got you," said Flack, grabbing both Danny's hands and bringing them behind his back. "Thought that you could get away?"

"Wait, don't handcuff him."

Danny and Flack looked up to see Mac, walking towards them. Flack immediately let go of Danny's hands and backed away. "Yes, of course, Mr. Taylor. I didn't mean to upset you."

Mac laughed. "Danny's a friend of mine. I'll pay that ticket for him, if you were planning on giving him a speeding ticket?"

Flack shook his head.

"And you can call me Mac Taylor," he added.

He nodded, now lost of words.

Danny nodded his thanks to Mac; the last thing he needed now was to worry about paying off a speeding ticket.

"So, Danny," Stella said. "Your reason for bringing us here is?"

As he was about to make up some excuse for having them come to the crime lab, he heard a familiar voice yell, "Where's the medical emergency?"

Danny turned around to see Hawkes running over to them with a butch of medical supplies accompanied by some other doctors, Sid, who was carrying a platter of food, and Lindsay. Sid stopped walking as he heard the words 'medical emergency' and shared the same confusion as the others in the hallway. Lindsay hurried over to Danny. She looked at him, giving him an expression that said do you know what the medical emergency should be? They were both thankful when Hawkes spoke up again.

"Mac Taylor, what are you doing here?"

As the group began to explain their reasons for coming to the crime lab, Danny and Lindsay made their way over to Audrey, who was still standing outside the lab. She seemed almost surprised that they had come to talk to her. "Why are you guys here?"

"Megan, she hasn't started the fire yet?" asked Danny.

"No," replied Audrey. "You're not supposed how the fire started."

"But the whole point was to bring the CSI team here and…"

"Relive the past," Audrey finished for him. "You need to redo everything that happened on Monday, the day of the fire. You'll find out later how the fire started."

Danny still considered staying; Megan had said she wanted to show him how the fire had started. He decided to listen to Audrey, if they were going to get their lives back to normal, they would have to relive the past. He grabbed Lindsay's hand, and they made their way away from Audrey and from the person who would burn down the very place Danny knew so well.