A/N: All right everyone here is chapter 14, a little warning that there is some racism in this chapter. Thank you to all of you who have taken the time to review the previous chapter, all reviews are appreciated.
DISCLAIMER: I still do not own CSI NY or any of the show's characters so please don't sue.
Chapter 14
'Where did those four go?' Donna thought to herself as she continued walking along the path.
Looking at her watch Donna saw that she had been walking for an hour and a half, so she decided it would be best if she headed back to camp. Turning back Donna had walked a short distance when she heard people yelling, and they didn't seem happy so Donna decided it would be in her best interest if she hid until they had gone past her so Donna went and hid behind a tree.
A few seconds later Stella and Lindsay came around the corner looking thoroughly pissed off and calling for Donna.
'Maybe I could sneak up behind them and surprise them,' Donna thought moving as quickly and quietly as she could through the bush so that she could get behind her team mates.
"Where the hell could she be?" Lindsay asked Stella looking around and still not seeing any sign of Donna.
"I don't know but we should keep looking I'm sure we will find her soon," Stella said wishing that she could believe what she had just said herself. They continued up the path a little way when Lindsay suddenly stopped.
"Hey Lindsay what's going on?" Stella asked.
"Footprints it looks like Donna went into the bush over here." Lindsay said pointing to the prints she had seen just off the beaten path.
"How do we know their Donnas though?"
"Because they are about her size and people who usually hike out here tend to come with at least one other person and stick to the paths, as it is very easy to get lost out here if you don't know your way around." Lindsay said by way of explanation.
"Well I guess we should go in there and see if we can find her," Stella said moving to go into the bush but was stopped by Lindsay's hand on her arm.
"I think we should radio Mac first and ask him to send the others to us, so that we have as much help as possible," Lindsay said at Stella's questioning look as she pulled out the radio to call Mac.
Before Stella had a chance to respond a voice from directly behind them said, "There's no need to go to all that trouble. I'm right here." Stella and Lindsay whipped around and came face to face with Donna. Unfortunately for Lindsay just as she went to put her foot down the ground she was standing on gave way and she was unable to stop herself as she went tumbling down the hill.
"STELLA!" Lindsay screamed as she crashed into two trees.
"Lindsay," Stella yelled running down to where her friend lay, "oh my gosh" Stella said kneeling beside Lindsay's still form. Seeing Lindsay bleeding from her head Stella pulled off her top and placed it against her wound and quickly checked for other injuries but couldn't see any.
Pulling out the radio Stella saw that it had been smashed looking up at the top of the hill Stella saw Donna just standing there which made Stella lose her patience as she yelled,
"Donna get down here and give me a hand. NOW!" Donna raced down the hill and knelt down beside Stella.
Hold this here whilst I go back and alert Mac and everyone," Stella said releasing her grip on the shirt covering Lindsay's wound.
"Do you want me to try and wake her?" asked Donna.
"Only if you think you can without loosening your grip on the top," Stella said after thinking about it for a minute.
"Yeah ok," Donna said looking uncertain as to whether or not she could so she decided not to.
Stella after making sure Donna was following her instructions moved as fast as she could to the top of the hill. Pulling out her firearm Stella fired three shots into the air. Five minutes later she heard a voice that was like music to her ears.
"Stella! Lindsay! Can you hear me?" Don Flack yelled certain that the gun shots had come from this direction.
"Flack, over here," Stella said waving her arms to grab his attention.
"Are you all right? Why didn't you answer when we radioed you? Flack asked all once. He was going to continue when he saw the look on Stella's face, "Stella what's wrong? What happened?" he asked.
"We didn't see her she just crept up behind us," Stella said starting to get hysterical.
"Just calm down and tell me where Lindsay is" Flack said grabbing both her shoulders and helping her calm down.
"She's down there," Stella said pointing to where Lindsay lay.
"Hawkes get over to where we are fast Lindsay's injured." Flack said into his radio before turning to Carmine and telling him to go down and help Donna with Lindsay whilst he gave Hawkes their position.
"How long has she been unconscious for?" Hawkes asked from where he knelt down assessing Lindsay's injuries.
"She's been in and out of it for the last 20 minutes," Stella said quietly. Hawkes nodded as continued working on assessing Lindsay's injuries.
"Lindsay, Lindsay come on wake up," Hawkes said as Lindsay started to moan.
"Hawkes?" Lindsay asked seeing most of the team standing around watching her; Lindsay turned back to Hawkes and asked, "What happened?"
"You took a tumble down the hill and crashed into the trees" Hawkes said shinning a torch into her eyes to check her pupil's reactions.
"We need to get her back to camp." Hawkes said looking over at Stella.
"Is she going to be able to walk?" Stella asked.
"I think it would be best if we carry her," Hawkes said helping Lindsay sit up, Flack went to the other side to help Hawkes carry her, whilst Danny carried Hawkes' medical bag.
"What happened?" Mac asked, as they carried Lindsay into camp.
"Donna crept up behind them and Lindsay lost her footing and then she went tumbling down the hill." Carmine said grabbing Lindsay's legs and helped lay her down on the camp bed that Jess had brought out.
"Donna what on earth were you thinking first you went off without telling anyone where you were going which you disobeyed me, and then you decide to hide from Stella and Lindsay when they came looking for you, and then you decided to scare them, what the hell were you thinking?" Mac asked thoroughly pissed off with her.
"I only wanted to hang out with Stella I don't see what's wrong with that." Donna said.
"Yeah other than the fact that you weren't invited right Donna?" Hawkes muttered as he finished taking care of the wound on Lindsay's head.
"No one asked for your opinion you nigger," Donna said glaring at Hawkes.
"What did you just call me?" Hawkes asked standing up and facing Donna. The rest of the team besides Lindsay who had fallen back to sleep were silently watching the exchange.
"You heard me, oh what do you want me to simplify it for you? You are a black piece of trash and no one cares about your opinion." Donna said before continuing, "Black people are so stupid."
"Ha I'm stupid who was the one who went out and didn't tell anyone where they were going?" Hawkes shot back.
"Yeah I don't see any white people allowing themselves to become slaves," said Donna smugly.
"That was years ago Donna, stop living in the past." Hawkes said getting really annoyed at her.
"Yeah but here's a very good question, what was the point of letting them go free all they do is commit crime," Donna said.
"Excuse me but the last time I checked white people committed crime as well." Hawkes said.
"Yeah maybe but they're a minority when compared to black people," Donna said.
"Whatever Donna, that's a lie and you know it black people are just as good as white people."
"That's a load of crap, there is no way niggers can be as good as white people it's just not possible, and I think that it's an insult that they should be allowed to work in law enforcement." Donna said not realising that she was pissing off everyone not just Hawkes with her comments.
"I have the same rights as you do," Hawkes said, before he could continue Donna once again spoke.
"Yeah well you're a nigger so you shouldn't."
"And why is that?" Hawkes asked through gritted teeth.
"Because you're black which means that you're stupid, useless, a criminal, scum, pathetic, a waste of space, a lowlife, and the most thing that all black people are, are fagg..."
"ENOUGH!" Stella and Mac yelled at the same time silencing Donna.
"How long has this trash talk about Hawkes been going on?" Mac asked looking around for an answer; most of them shrugged their shoulders.
It was Danny who answered his boss, "It's been going on for two weeks Mac that's kind of how this whole bunch of arguments got started."
"What do you mean this was how the arguments all got started?" Mac asked. Hawkes looked up wanting to hear how it was his fault the team started arguing.
"Well you see Mac it all started a couple of weeks ago whilst Donna and I were working in the trace lab..." Danny started.
FLASHBACK
Danny and Donna had been working silently in the trace lab for the last half an hour when Donna looked up and saw Doctor Sheldon Hawkes walk past. Looking back down Donna let out a soft sigh.
"What's the matter?" Danny asked looking up from his work.
"It's nothing I just don't understand why Mac would hire someone like Hawkes," Donna said looking over at Danny.
"Why what's wrong with Hawkes, he's a great CSI and an awesome person." Danny said going back to work.
"Yeah but he's black"
"And?" Danny said.
"Well that means that he wouldn't be able to do the job as well as any of us," Donna said.
"That makes no sense there are some things that Hawkes can do that I can't and he can do things that you can't that's what makes us a great team." Danny said getting really annoyed at Donna and her attitude.
"Yeah but we could be so much better if we didn't have a black guy on our team," Donna said trying to get Danny to see her side of things. Unfortunately she realised that wasn't going to happen when Danny said.
"That is a load of crap Donna, just because Hawkes is black doesn't mean a thing he's just as useful if not more than you. So don't let me hear you ever talk about someone like that," by the end Danny was yelling.
"What on earth is going on here?" Stella asked walking into the lab.
"Danny here said that I couldn't do anything because I was a female," Donna lied.
"Danny you chauvinist pig why the hell would you say that?" Stella asked looking over at Danny in disbelief.
"I never said that." Danny said.
"Yeah right whatever why don't you just tell the truth." Donna said also looking at him.
"What I am telling the truth you're the one who's lying," Danny shot back.
"Danny that's enough stop being sexist" Stella said.
"What I'm not sexist."
"Yes you are cause all males are sexist," Donna said.
END FLASHBACK
"So let me get this straight you lot have been bickering because Danny tried to defend Hawkes?" Mac asked in disbelief.
"Yeah well Danny didn't tell me that Donna was being racist towards Hawkes," said Stella.
"I tried Stella but you wouldn't listen to me."
"Yeah well you should have tried harder."
"And what would you have done?" Danny asked.
"I would have told Donna to knock it off and that Hawkes is a great detective," Stella said.
"He's just black I see why you would defend him he's not worth the troub..."
"Donna didn't Mac and I say that was enough," Stella said interrupting Donna.
"I don't ever want to hear you talk about Hawkes like that ever again. He is an amazing guy...Don't" Stella said holding up her hand to stop Donna from interrupting her, "I don't look at a person's skin colour as a judgement of their character."
"Oh come on Stella you can't honestly expect me to believe that you don't judge someone based on the colour of their skin." Donna said not wanting to believe a word Stella said.
Stella rolled her eyes, 'how can someone be so thick and live,' she thought.
"No Donna I don't what's the point in doing that, it's just their skin colour they all have two lungs, a heart and a brain just like us white people. The only thing that sets us apart is what's inside our hearts that helps build, create and shape our character. That is how I judge a person not by the colour of their skin because that tells us nothing." Stella said maintaining eye contact with Donna as she continued, "All black people just like white's have beliefs, dreams, goals, hope, love and understanding, the only thing they have different from us is the colour of their skin. And I think that anyone who uses a person's skin colour as a way to judge someone should be made to go find a cliff and jump." Stella finished to the amusement of the rest of the team.
"Oh come on you can't expect me to believe that all of you think like that," said Donna.
"Yeah we do Stella's right black is just a colour, the same as white," Jess said.
Before anyone else could say anything a moan from Lindsay drew their attention. As everyone got up to help Hawkes with Lindsay, Mac threw over his shoulder.
"We're a team Donna and we look out for each other so either get use to it or go find somewhere else.
A/N: Well everyone that is chapter 14, I am doing one more chapter to wrap it all up. My views on people with different skin colour are the ones that I gave to Stella; everything that she said is what I believe. Please review and let me know what you think.