She couldn't move. She knew her mind wasn't playing tricks on her. This was Danny, her Danny. It had to be! No one else knows his or her secret code.
Then came two loud gunshots. Her heart stop as she he Danny groaning in pain, then she heard no sound from him.
Martin was waiting in the car for a signal from Danny. He was listening to the conversation between Danny and Big Twelve.
"I didn't think that you was coming back," This man had to be Big Twelve.
"Well, I'm here," This was Manny's voice.
"What happen to Cassie?"
"I got a couple of guys watching her. This is Jesus Torres."
"Ah, Jesus. Like how that sounds. You said you wanted Platinum?"
"Umm…yeah I did."
Martin gets a call from Samantha.
"Did he get her yet?"
"Negative, Sam. Do not go in. I repeat do not send them in yet." Martin orders. "Wait until he has identify her."
Martin hangs up on Sam and resumes to listening to the conversation. He just prays that Danny won't do something stupid or reckless to endanger his life or the other girls.
"So you have the money?" He asked Danny.
"Manny, while don't you go wait in my office?"
"So what's her name?" Danny asked.
"Isabel,"
"Isabel," Danny repeats. "She's in there?"
"Yeah,"
"Can I go…."?
"Yes, you pay for her. So go have a good time." He said.
There was some sort-of sexual music playing in the background.
"Please, don't hurt me," A girl mutters.
"I won't," Danny whisperers.
There was bed squeaking.
"Isabel, Isabel, I love the way you smell."
"Danny, Danny, you're sweet like candy." She slurs. "Is it really you?"
"Yes, its me."
Martin quickly calls Sam back. "He's got her. Move-"
He was caught of by loud static coming from the walkie-talkie.
"F.B.I.! Drop your weapon!" Danny yells.
"No, you drop your gun, wetback!"
Then came the loudest gunshots Martin has ever heard. Oh fuck!
"Martin, what's going on?"
"Shots had been fired, I'm going in." Martin told her frantically. He quickly gets out of the car and rushes into the building. A few S.W.A.T. members followed him along with Sam and Jack. He had his gun aimed and ready.
"Check down here," He told a couple of S.W.A.T.
"What floor was Danny on?" Jack asks Martin.
"The fifth floor,"
"F.B.I! Get on the ground!" Jack and Sam yells to a couple of bodyguards. "Put your hands where I can see them!"
A S.W.A.T. busted down a down. There was some screaming coming from inside. Sam and Martin look inside.
It was the missing girls. Some were half naked. This one girl looks drugged up who was laying in the bed.
"We're from the F.B.I.," Samantha said. "We're not going to hurt you."
Martin notices an arm sticking from out of a room down the hall. He goes to check it out. He also sees a small pool of blood. His was pointing at the body. When he got into the room, a man, Big Twelve, was still breathing. He had a gunshot would in his stomach, his breathing labor.
"Danny?"
It was Isabel. Her speech was slur.
"Oh shit, Danny!" Martin exclaims. He knells to his best friend. Danny was still breathing but he was shot in his left shoulder. "I need a medic in here now!"
He puts some pressure on Danny's wound. He moves his head slightly.
"Isabel," He managed to say. He breathing was heavy. Danny didn't open his eyes. He groans in pain.
"Hey man." Martin said.
"Martin? Is she-"
"Don't talk," Martin orders. "Isabel and the others are fine."
"How-"
"It's a through and through." Martin told him. "You loss a lot of blood."
Nancy Sinatra: "You Shot Me Down (Bang Bang)
I was five and he was six
We rode on horses made of sticks
He wore black and I wore white
He would always win the fight
Two paramedics came in with a stretcher. Martin picks up Isabel. Her eyes were half open.
"Where is he?" She asked.
"He's going to be fine," Martin said.
"No, he killed Danny," Isabel sobbed.
"He's not dead, honey."
Everything was slow in Danny's eyes. His vision was blurry. He could see the figures of the two paramedics.
Then the world went black.
Bang bang, he shot me down
Bang bang, I hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down.
Jack and Sam watch as Danny was being loaded into the ambulance. Sam was crying. She found comfort on Jack's shoulders.
"He's going to make it, Sam." He said.
Seasons came and changed the time
When I grew up, I called him mine
He would always laugh and say
"Remember when we used to play?"
Bang bang, I shot you down
Bang bang, you hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, I used to shoot you down.
Danny's Taylor life was flashing right in front of his eyes. From the time when he and Rafi was abused by their father, the car crashing, his first kiss and first time, when he met Jack, Sam, Martin, Viv, and Elena, when he told her "I love you", when they got married, and finally the last image was with him meeting Isabel.
Music played, and people sang
Just for me, the church bells rang.
Now he's gone, I don't know why
And till this day, sometimes I cry
He didn't even say goodbye
He didn't take the time to lie.
Bang bang, he shot me down
Bang bang, I hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down...