As usual I appreciate all the reviews from the last chapter :) This chapter is a little longer because I wanted to make sure I had enough of the suspense but also normal moments and conversations between Danny and Lindsay because they really did just get back together and they still are working things out. Anyway let me know what you think :) Chapter 11 (Shrine)
"Danny" Lindsay said as he kept a grip on her hand leading towards the window of a cheap run down motel "What are we doing here?"
"We're checking in" he told her approaching the window of an older man "Hey we need a room"
"It's your lucky night" the man said with a cough "Last room"
"Great" Danny said pulling cash out of his wallet
"We should talk to Mac" Lindsay told him
"Telling everyone is just going to get you found" Danny told her paying the man "We'll call Mac once we get settled"
"Here?" Lindsay asked looking around seeing unsavory people all around as Danny paid the man another man in the parking lot with a group whistled towards Lindsay. In return Danny turned his head and held up his badge with that the men turned their heads the other way
"This is probably the safest place you could be right now" Danny told her taking the key
"Room 4c, ice machine is on the second floor" the man told them and Danny nodded and led Lindsay up the stairs
"This is an overreaction" Lindsay told him walking into the room as he closed it behind him
"An overreaction?" Danny questioned "I left you for a few hours to go to work and this man came into your apartment and photographed you while you slept"
"You're right it's awful" she agreed taking a seat on the questionably clean bed "But maybe we should have gone to the lab"
"No that's what he expects us to do" Danny told her "You should get some sleep"
"Danny" Lindsay said standing up and walking over to him "I've never seen you like this"
"Like what?" he questioned
"Agitated and anxious" she noted
"Look your safety is my number one priority here Linds" Danny told her "I don't care if we have to camp out in Central Park for a week"
"Maybe I should take off to Montana" Lindsay offered with a shrug
"He knows where your parents live" Danny reminded her "He'll track you down there too"
"So were just going to live here?" Lindsay questioned looking around the dingy room.
"I know it's bad" Danny said trying to calm down "But once we talk to Mac will figure it all out"
"Ok" Lindsay said to him "I think I'm going to take a shower"
"Alright I'll call Mac then" he said pulling out his phone as Lindsay walked into the bathroom. When she turned the light on it flickered but she probably would have preferred the absence of light there was dirt all over the walls. And a bug climbing up the wall. It almost reminded of her the case she and Danny worked when she got back from Montana and the guy was living in a roach infested apartment. She was by no means a high maintenance women but this was ridiculous. She could hear Danny talking to Mac in the other room and wasn't sure if they were arguing she sighed and decided to shower first then question Danny later. After her shower she came out and saw Danny sitting at the small table that barley fit in the room
"What did Mac say?" she questioned
"They're going to trace the message sent to you" Danny told her "It's going to take a while though he used a disposable but Adam is fairly confident he can get a location"
"What will it matter?" Lindsay asked "He's smart he'll be long gone by that point he probably threw it away"
"It's more then what we have now" Danny said as she walked over to him and took a seat on his lap
"I am really sorry about all this Danny" Lindsay said to him
"What do you have to be sorry for?" he questioned
"You've lost your apartment, you haven't slept in I don't know how long and now you're forcing yourself to stay at this place because of me" Lindsay said sadly "I wish we never got back together or at least waited until this was over"
"Do you honestly think that whether we were still together or not I wouldn't still be doing this?" he questioned her with a smirk "If we never met up at my place and talked and I found out about this I'd be doing exactly what I'm doing now"
"Why?" she asked surprised
"Because I love you" Danny told her "And protecting you is something I want to do not have to"
"But still-" she started
"Still nothing" Danny said cutting her off
"If you were to tell me on my first day of work we'd be together I would have called you crazy" Lindsay said with a smile "You are just the total of opposite of what I thought"
"So it wasn't love at first sight Montana?" Danny teased
"No" Lindsay said abruptly "And I think the reasons why are pretty obvious"
"That Mac sir thing? Really?" Danny questioned "Please that was great"
"For you" Lindsay said to him "But between you and the other officers it was hard to adjust. My first solo one of the uniforms kept calling me Dorothy"
"Really?" Danny asked with a laugh and she playfully slapped his arm
"It wasn't funny" she argued "No one liked me"
"Well you were replacing a member of the team" Danny said with a sigh "Everyone liked Aiden"
"Yea" she said with a nod
"She would have liked you" Danny told her and she laughed
"I doubt it" Lindsay told him
"No really" Danny said to her "She asked about you I guess she wanted a little insight on the women who was taking her place"
"I didn't take her place so to speak" Lindsay added
"Point is after your first day we met for a couple of drinks and I told her all about your country girl ways and how you carry a knife and tackle suspects" Danny said smiling at the memory "And her response was 'good I know she wont take any of your crap'"
"Did you and Aiden ever, well you know" Lindsay asked innocently and Danny smiled at her
"No and not for the lack of trying because I had" Danny told her honestly "But uh we were too much alike it never would have been more then a one night thing"
"She wasn't into you huh?" Lindsay teased
"No" he laughed "She looked at me like a brother I suppose or didn't want to get involved with a coworker" he shrugged "A lot of people frown upon that sort of thing"
"You know I've heard lots of stories about you" Lindsay told him and he sighed
"Oh yea like what?" Danny asked "And from who?"
"Well Detective Lagan for one" she said and Danny cringed that guy was always a problem for him "And I'm sorry to say I believed them"
"What stories?" He asked again
"That you were in a different bed every night, didn't pick up your phone the next day from the poor women you left heartbroken" Lindsay said to him
"Lies" Danny said dismissing the comments "I will admit I've had my share of women but they were girlfriends I didn't troll the bar's looking to get lucky. Now my taste in girlfriends wasn't always the best but I've made up for it"
"Yea I'd say I was step up" Lindsay teased
"So besides Bret how was your taste in men?" Danny questioned
"I didn't date much" she admitted
"Who took you to the opera?" he questioned
"The Opera?" she asked confused
"You know when you wore that green dress" He said to her and she smirked
"I was out with Kent Bartman" She told him and he snorted
"What a nerd name" Danny told her
"He was a nerd" Lindsay confirmed "He was so mad about the Opera date getting cancelled then we had another date that got cancelled so he never called me again"
"His loss" Danny shrugged "My gain"
"It's amazing how you've distracted me" Lindsay said to him "I almost forgot we were here"
"Well I would have gladly distracted you another way" Danny said raising an eyebrow "But I'm afraid we would catch something" he said noting the filth of the room
"You're probably right" She shrugged standing up "Aren't you coming to bed?"
"Not yet, you fall asleep first" Danny said as she got on the bed and he was still seated in the chair by the door
"I know what you're doing" Lindsay said trying to get comfortable "You want me asleep first so you can stay up in that chair all night with your gun in your hand"
"I'm just to wired to sleep yet" Danny lied, in truth Lindsay was a hundred percent right
"Sure" She said with a tired voice "I'm a detective too you know"
"Yea I know" he said with a faint smile watching her drift off to sleep
The next morning Danny awoke to the sound of his phone, he hadn't even realized he had fallen asleep in the chair
"Messer" Danny said quickly answering the phone
"We've got an address" Flack told him
"Where?" Danny questioned
"58th street building 183" he told him
"I'm on my way" Danny said hanging up before Flack had the chance to respond
"What is it?" Lindsay asked waking up
"They got an address" Danny said to her grabbing his jacket
"Wait I'm going too" Lindsay said getting out of bed
"It's safer for you to stay here" Danny told her
"Really? Here?" Lindsay asked slightly annoyed "What if it's just a set up and he comes here?"
"Alright come on" Danny said opening the door for her and they both left
Outside the building Flack was already there as was Mac and Stella
"Stella" Mac said getting her attention "Stay out here with Lindsay"
"Sure" Stella said walking over to Lindsay and the three of them entered the building and took the steps all the way up the four flights to his floor and knocked on the door
" NYPD" Flack banged on the door "Open up!" there was no answer so Flack kicked in the door they checked each room but no sign of Clint
"He's long gone" Mac noted looking around "He knew we'd track his phone here"
"So then why lead us here?" Flack asked him
"Because he left us something he wants to see" Mac said to him
"I'll take the bedroom" Danny said whisking past the two of them. He checked all the drawers and found nothing, the nightstand, under the bed was all empty. He then opened the closet door and turned on the light "In here!" Danny yelled and both Flack and Mac walked into the room
"Oh my god" Flack muttered looking at the contents in the closet "This is so sick"
"He has so many photographs" Danny said looking at the closet which was completely covered in a shrine to Lindsay. A lot of the pictures were surveillance photos others were printed off the computer such as photos of her from Montana and news clippings most of which from the shooting at the diner.
"Don't touch anything" Mac warned him. Danny didn't respond but kept looking at the pictures there were quit a few of Lindsay changing obviously photos taken from the outside similar to the photograph from the flyer but much more x-rated. There was also a collection of items on the floor. Such as undergarments, shirts and a few other things from her apartment that she probably wouldn't have noticed were missing.
"I don't want everyone up here looking at this" Danny said to Flack "This is all a little to personal and embarrassing for her"
"I know Danny but we've got to do it by the books, record everything here" Flack told him "This is going to nail him on stalking charges"
"At Lindsay's expense" Danny muttered that's when other officers entered the apartment building including Detective Lagan
"What is he doing here?" Danny asked Flack
"Keep it cool Mess" Flack warned his friend
"Aren't there any homicides for you to solve?" Danny asked Lagan who snorted
"Montana is one of our own" Lagan bated "She's top priority" before Danny could respond Mac intervened
"Danny go downstairs and tell Lindsay what's going on" Mac told him and with one last glare to Lagan Danny walked out of the apartment
"You better keep him on a short leash" Lagan laughed at Mac
"The Chief should keep you on a short leash" Mac warned him in a serious tone "Don't antagonize my people"
"Come on I was being serious" Lagan said with a wave of his hand "Give me a break"
"Stay professional on this" Mac warned again "Or I'll consider taking Danny off his leash" he told him then walked away
Downstairs Danny saw Lindsay waiting by the car with Stella
"So I guess he wasn't there" Lindsay said and Danny nodded
"There is something you should know" Danny started "He had what I would call a shrine dedicated to you"
"Of what?" Lindsay asked
"Photographs, some items from your apartment" Danny told her and she looked genuinely confused
"What kind of stuff from my place? And how does he have pictures?" Lindsay asked him and he took in a deep breath
"Some of your clothing, pictures of you form Montana that I'm sure he got from the Internet and surveillance photos" Danny admitted
"Tell me the pictures are not like the one he had on the flyer" Lindsay said quickly
"I wish I could" Danny said to her "It's bad Linds"
"Why does this keep happening" Lindsay said putting her hand on her forehead
"He obviously wanted us to find it" Danny added "It's going to be ok"
"No it's not" Lindsay argued "it's not ok that people I have to work with everyday are seeing photos of me like that and touching my personal items that I'm sure are just as bad as the photos as well"
"I don't like it anymore then you do" Danny agreed "But no one is going to judge you alright? Everyone up there is a professional"
"I need to get out of here" Lindsay said
"Let's go get something to eat" Stella chimed after stand there through out their argument
"You should go I don't know how long we'll be here" Danny said to her
"Alright" Lindsay giving him a soft smile then turned and walked to the car
"I'll take care of her" Stella promised Danny who nodded
"Hold up" Flack said partially jogging towards the trio "I hate to do this but Lindsay we need you to go upstairs and just identify the stuff in there is yours"
"Alright" she said with a nod
"Let's go" Danny said
"Actually I want to talk to you" Flack said
"I'll go with her" Stella smirked "Girl power right?"
"Yea" Lindsay smirked walking into the building with Stella.
They walked into the apartment that had a few detectives and CSI's already inside
"I know this is going to be a little difficult" Mac said walking over to her "But just walk in there and confirm it's all your stuff then you can leave"
"Yea no problem" Lindsay said walking into the room
"How's she doing?" Mac asked Stella once Lindsay was out of earshot
"She's holding up" Stella said to her "Not too sure about Danny though"
"I'll keep an eye out on him" Mac told her and she smirked
"Like always" Stella smirked
As Lindsay stepped into the room she noticed Detective Lagan with another officer looking at the shrine their back was to her
"Look at these" Lagan said holding up a pair of lacey underwear the other officer chuckled. Both Lagan and the officer were wearing gloves to be sure not to contaminant the crime scene
"You think she saves those just for Messer?" the other unfamiliar officer asked with a laugh
"Nah" Lagan said to him "I bet our country girl has a real wild side and that's a side I'd really like to get better acquainted with"
"You're just mad she's with Messer who is like the younger version of you" the officer laughed examining the other items
"I'm not mad she's with Messer but once she gets a little-" Lagan started
"Do you think this is funny?" Lindsay questioned both Lagan and the other officer who have known both turned around "Do you find this all amusing?"
"We were just-" the officer stammered nervously but Lagan cut him off
"Relax Detective Monroe" Lagan smirked "We're guys and complimenting a good choice of lady undergarments is what we do. You should be happy we find this all appealing"
"This is my life" Lindsay reminded him "It's bad enough someone has violated my privacy but to have it plastered all over so my peers could see is just awful"
"He did you a favor really" Lagan told her stepping closer "Most of us would have assumed you were just an uptight country girl this shows us that you have another side to you" he reasoned with her and she looked at him stunned
"You think I if you all assume I'm uptight?" Lindsay questioned "And it's completely unprofessional the way you were talking about me"
"Because we did it here?" Lagan questioned "If it wasn't here then it would have been at the bar with bunch of other guys and believe me they are going to be impressed by what Dorothy has on under her-" he started but didn't finish because Lindsay delivered a right hook across his jaw that's when Mac and Stella walked in
"What the hell is going on?" Mac questioned as Stella stepped closer to Lindsay
"You alright?" Stella asked her
"Her?" Lagan asked holding his jaw "I'm the one that got knocked out"
"I'm sure it was deserved" Stella muttered she too was all to aware of Lagan's sexist ways and was a hundred percent positive he had that punch coming
"Are you going to take care of this Taylor?" Lagan demanded "Or am I going to have to speak to the Chief?"
"I'll take care of it" Mac told him "By speaking to the Chief"
"What?" Lagan questioned
"What happened Lindsay?" Mac asked her ignoring Lagan
"He just made some comments about me that I didn't appreciate" Lindsay told him
"And you should have been flattered" Lagan practically spat at her pointing in her face
"Take a step back Detective" Stella warned
"This is ridiculous" Lagan said with a huff "I get assaulted at work and blamed for it"
"Give us a minute alright" Mac said to everyone in the room including the other officer and they all left the room but Lagan
"I hope you plan on suspending her at the least" Lagan said to him "Or I will go to the Chief"
"Go ahead" Mac shrugged "I'm sure the Chief would love to hear about how you were sexually harassing a female officer while working such a sensitive case and as much as I think the Chief would love to hear that so would the press"
"You wouldn't dare" Lagan said in a low voice
"Oh I would" Mac confirmed "It's really up to Lindsay as to what's going to happen but maybe a heartfelt apology and removing yourself from this case would be a step in the right direction, don't you think?"
"Fine I wont say anything" Lagan said "But I'm not kissing her butt either"
"It's your career" Mac shrugged then Lagan walked past him out of the room. As Danny walked into the room he stopped when he saw Lagan stop in front in Lindsay
"I just wanted to let you know I'm stepping away from this investigation" Lagan started "And I want to apologize if my innocent comments offended you"
"Ok" Lindsay told him coldly
"But uh" he said in more of a whisper "Nice right hook" he smirked then walked out the room passing Danny who followed me out with his eyes
"What was that?" Danny asked pointing at Lagan
"It was nothing" Lindsay told him "That was my stuff in there by the way" She said to Mac who nodded
"Alright" Mac said to her "We're going to have a talk later about all this"
"I figured as much" Lindsay muttered
"Come on let's go eat" Stella said to her
"You alright?" Danny questioned as they walked towards the exit
"I'll tell you later" Lindsay promised "I'll see you"
"Alright be safe" Danny said as she and Lindsay left the room "Do I want to know?" he asked his boss referring to Lagan
"No" was all Mac said then walked into the room to finish processing that's when Danny's cell went off
"Messer" Danny answered
"Did you really think I wouldn't know that you bought her to that awful motel?" Clint Davies asked or so he assumed he had never met the men or said a word to him. This was there first contact "I'll always find her"
"Why don't you come down to the station and turn yourself in before this gets worse" he said walking into the room so Mac would know he was on the phone with Clint and to run a trace, immediately Mac called Adam but was careful to speak low enough to Clint wouldn't hear
"It's only going to get worse for Lindsay" Clint told him coldly "The longer you keep her away from me the worse it will get. She hasn't seen anything yet"
"You're making a huge mistake here" Danny warned but tried to stay calm so he wouldn't hang up
"I have no problems with you Danny" Clint said casually "You're just in my way and for your own good I suggest you end this thing with Lindsay before you get hurt"
"You already burnt down my apartment" Danny noted
"Oh please it was a baby fire and I knew you weren't home" Clint laughed "I'm not going to kill you Danny unless you force me to" he told him as casually as if he and Danny had been life long friends
"You're not going to get near Lindsay again" Danny told him firmly
"We'll see about that" Clint finished then hung up
"Ah" Danny grumbled then looked at Mac who was on the phone with Adam
"Did you trace it?" Mac asked "Alright thanks" he said then hung up "Conversation was too short he couldn't trace it"
"He's getting worse Mac" Danny told him "She's not safe anywhere"