So, I'm completely furious at CBS for the Numb3rs finale, and I refuse to believe that Colby would do such a thing! So, I have made it my goal to let it not affect my writing. So Enjoy!

Chapter 11- Finding Danny

"Where's Danny, Trevor?" Don slammed his fist on the desk.

"Danny? My nephew? Is he alright?" Trevor asked, looking concerned.

"I don't know, why don't you tell me?" Don said angrily. He could feel his temper rising.

"Why would I have Danny? He's at Stanford with my brother and his girlfriend Ashlynn…" Trevor said. "Kid's the sweetest thing, about, four now…" Don looked at Trevor, completely astounded.

"Trevor…what year is it?" Don asked.

"2005, why? Don't you have a calendar?" Trevor asked.

"Excuse me," Don said. He stood up and walked out of the interrogation room. "Megan?" Don looked to his partner for an answer.

"I don't think he could have done it Don; Trevor's delusional, he thinks his brother is still alive, that Danny is safe, that they are all in school…"

"I think he's a lying son of a…"

"Then how'd his prints get there?" David interrupted Colby's remark. They shrugged.

"Let me try…" Megan said, entering the room. Trevor looked up at the new agent that was interrogating him. "Hi," she said kindly. "I'm Megan Reeves," Trevor took her outstretched hand.

"Trevor Mecosta," he said.

"Trevor, what did you do yesterday?" Trevor seemed to be in a thoughtful silence. "Do you remember?"

"Dad and I went out to lunch after he stopped by the FBI building; he seemed mad, he said. 'there's no respect in law enforcement'…then after lunch…we drove to another building, it was a…"

"An apartment building?" Megan asked.

"Yes; dad took me inside and broke the door…he said it was already broken. Then he said take the boy to the car, and he'd take care of the mother…"

"Trevor, where did you and your dad bring the boy?" Megan was getting eager.

"Our hotel room…" Trevor said in a 'no-duh' manor. "The Best Western, room 315, second floor, 3 flights of stairs, next to the vending machine." Don, Colby, and David then bolted for the door.


"Room 312, 313, 314…here, 315!" David said as they reached the door. Don caught up and knocked.

"This is the FBI, open up!" he called. No answer. Don gave the signal and they broke down the door. No one.

"Look around," Colby said. They checked the bathroom, and under the bed. No sign of Danny or Mark. "Do you guys hear that?" Colby asked. They stayed quiet. The was soft banging coming from the closet.

"Danny?" Don asked, opening the closet. No one. Just a couple jackets, the safe, an ironing board…

The safe! Don knocked on the large metal box. "Daniel?" a small thud came from inside.

"Shit! He's locked in there!" David said. With out another word, he pulled a wire coat hanger off the shelf and picked at the lock with the hook. When it made a satisfying click, Don let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"Uncle Donny?" Danny said quietly. He seemed to be shoved in there and Don pulled his nephew out delectably.

"I'll get the paramedics up here…" Colby said after noticing a gash in the small boy's head and a small pool of blood at the bottom of the safe.

"Danny, it's going to be okay…" Don said, holding a towel tight on his forehead and rocking him back and forth. "Just stay awake…it's going to be okay…just stay awake…"

Just stay awake.


Paramedics rushed Danny into the ER and told Don, Colby, and David to wait in the waiting room. The told the nurse to find them in Ashlynn's hospital room, and that's where they headed.

"Where is he?" was the first thing Ashlynn said as the three men walked in the door. Both David and Colby turned to Don. "Donny, where is Daniel?" Ash asked, panicked now. Don went over and sat on the edge of his sister's bed.

"We found him, in Mark and Trevor Mecosta's hotel room," Don said. Ash sighed slightly before noticing that there was more. "Ash…Mark shoved Danny in the room safe, literally crushed him and locked the door…He's in surgery now, but he was losing a lot of blood…" Don hated this part when he was telling complete strangers. It tore him up to see the look of horror on his baby sister's face.

"Is he going to be okay Donny?" Alan asked. Just then, the same nurse from the ER came in.

"Daniel Eppes' family?"


Sorry about the cliffy!

Was wondering, where the hell was Liz for all of this, huh? I don't even think she was in the last episode.

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