Title: Revenge is best served Blue
Chapter 21 – Through the Looking Glass

"Where's Danny?"

"He's down there…with our killer!"

'Danny…morning…'his mind conjured up an image of his late wife's face, one early summer morning. The warmth of the sun's rays broke through the curtains and bathed them golden hues as his hand reached up and tenderly caressed her soft skin. She smiled down at him and offered a look of delight as his body started to hunger for her.

'Danny…Danny…DANNNYY!' a few seconds later her peaceful, smiling face was replaced with a horrified look and a few seconds later he was in his hallway holding her bloody body as she lay dead in his grasp. 'DANNNY!'

"DANNNY!" this time it was the shrill voice of his partner that snapped him back to his present situation.

His mind jolted his body back to reality but it wasn't exactly the reality he wanted or desired. His head spun, heart raced and fists balled as he tried to regain his composure fast enough to take down their perpetrator who now lay stunned a few meters from him.

"You're…under…arrest…" Danny coughed as he tried to get his blurry vision to clear.

"You…don't…understand…"

"YOU MURDERED MY WIFE!" Danny shouted as he managed to get his head to clear long enough to sit up and frantically look around. But as his eyes watered once more all he saw was dust and shadows.

"YOU MURDERED THE ONLY PERSON WHO EVER LOVED ME!"

"HE MURDERED INNOCENT WOMEN!" Danny yelled back as Maria, Jamie and Anthony frantically looked for to get down to Danny before their suspect got away.

"DANNY!" Maria shouted once more as she tried to see her partner.

"YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND!" Sia shouted as she yanked the piece of rough wood from her thigh and offered an angry yell.

"I DON'T CARE!" Danny shouted in return as he finally got to his feet and started to chase after the person who murdered his wife and now threatened to get away. He felt a sharp pang in his side but didn't care; he knew he had to press forward to get the job done.

"YOU'LL NEVER…GET AWAY! WE KNOW YOU! WE ARRESTED THAT NURSE!"

"BASTARD!" Sia yelled back as her eyes burned with tears and she slightly stumbled. But she managed to turn around and fire off a shot that forced all one level up to stop mid-movement and then frantically get back in action.

"Danny!" Maria gasped as she didn't hear her partner yell out in return. "DANNNY!"

Nothing.

"Damn it! We have to get down there!" She cursed as she looked at Jamie and Anthony as the three of them hurried toward the south end of the tunnel; Jamie having called uniformed officers to cover both the north and the south in case they didn't make it in time and Sia Wilder managed to evade them.

As he ran faster, Danny felt his leg start to throb but told his brain a limp wasn't on deck right now and the pain would just have to wait.

She felt him gaining but knew a few things that he didn't and so just before she breached the end of the tunnel where she was sure there would be a whole army of uniformed NYPD waiting for her; she instantly pivoted to the left and then jumped down a seemingly dangerous rabbit hole. Only she knew exactly where it ended.

Danny reached the end and then stopped, looked around and cursed before he turned back and then frantically scanned the area and heard the loud crash and quickly radioed his partner.

"East side near the end of the South tunnel…"

"Danny we're almost there!"

"Not waiting!"

"Danny!" Maria shouted once more as Jamie pulled the door open and all three of them rushed in just in time to see Danny look at them before he jumped down the hole.

"NO!"

Danny's body jolted and jerked as he plummeted down the rickety tunnel before he finally was deposited in a painful help in what felt like the bowels of the earth. He landed hard on his palms and knees but knew he couldn't waste even a second.

"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" Sia yelled as she felt her lungs start to burn from all the frantic activity as she knew she had to escape Danny's clutches and go on with the second half of her plan – delivering the pesky detective another personal setback. She ducked into a narrow passageway and remained in place a few seconds – a place she knew he couldn't fit or no police would be waiting for her at the end.

Danny recovered and hurried to the opening and shone his flashlight inside and instantly narrowed his eyes and then tried to reach his hand out and pull her out. But was unable. "You won't win this!"

"Do you realize…what kind of hell I've endured!"

"That is no excuse…to murder innocent people!"

"Your wife wasn't innocent! She wanted Thomas dead! I heard it from her own lips!" Sia hissed as Danny's brow instantly furrowed. "That's right…" Sia seethed as her dark eyes narrowed further. "I heard her say she wanted him dead!"

"So did every family member of every person he's ever killed! Why did you target MINE!"

"Because you killed him!"

"Are you…DAMN IT!" Danny shouted as he reached for his gun. But thanks to all the falls, the chamber was broken and it wouldn't fire.

She just stared at him and held his tormented gaze for a few seconds while the rest of the world slowed around them.

"Thomas said you loved the chase," she finally spoke in a dead whisper – no emotion in her voice.

"He was…a liar!"

"Said you were obsessed with him."

"Shut up about him…" Danny tried again.

"That he'd always be with you because you were always connected!" Sia tossed out vehemently as Danny's mind stopped short a few seconds.

"LIAR!"

"YOU BROUGHT HER DEATH ON YOURSELF! She…you deserved it! Thomas…damn you and your connection!"

"But…wait…you were jealous?"

"What? No I'm not!"

"You just said…connected," Danny huffed as his stomach started to lurch. "You wanted to be the only one with that connection to your twin…that's why it bothered you when you heard him say it!"

"Don't…you dare…"

"You were jealous!"

"I SAID SHUT UP!" Sia yelled as she started to pull away further out of reach.

"You wanted…"

"Yes I wanted it to be only ME!" Sia huffed as her head started to pound and her eyes burn further. "And when he became obsessed with you I tried to remedy that! But I couldn't!"

"Then why did you force the case to be reopened!" Danny yelled in anger as his core temperature continued to soar.

"I didn't…you did!"

"What? No…you…why?" Danny demanded harshly. "WHY!"

She looked at him with an expression that said…you already know the answer…you figured it out but you won't like the answer.

"You already know the answer…" she replied in a deft whisper. "You just don't want to accept the truth."

"That's not…the truth!"

"THAT'S THE TRUTH!" She interrupted as he shook his head. "You're responsible for her death…not me…YOU! ACCEPT IT! YOU'RE TO BLAME FOR ALL OF THIS! AND YOU WILL PAY!"

With that Sia Wilder turned and disappeared further into the tunnel and out of view and reach.

"COME BACK YOU COLD HEARTED BITCH!" Danny shouted as he tried to fit his frame into the tunnel but was unable.

"Danny!"

"COME BACK!" Danny continued as he tried to shove himself between the two narrow cement walls.

"Danny!"

"WHAT!" Danny growled as he whipped around and glared angrily at his partner; Jaime and Anthony a few feet behind. "We lost our killer!" He added as he started to stomp away.

Maria instantly noticed the blood stains on his pants and tried to grab his arm. "Danny!"

"We can't let her get away!"

"We can't get at her!" Maria shouted back as the two of them stood face to face for a few heated seconds before Danny glanced up at Jamie and Anthony.

"She…got away!"

"We've sealed off this whole place," Jamie tried to tell his brother in a calm tone as Danny shot him angry daggers. "You should get yourself checked over."

"We can't let her escape!" Danny hissed as he heavily limped toward the only entrance he could see before Jamie stepped in his way. "Out of my way Jamie!"

"We have all the entrances blocked!" Jamie replied as he held his ground.

"Jamie…"

"We'll find her."

"You can guarantee me that we'll find my wife's killer!" Danny turned and snapped at Anthony's question before he rubbed his face and continued on his path. "She's in here…we cannot leave until she's dead!"

Maria looked at Jamie and Anthony in worry before she hurried after him and Jamie relayed a few messages to the uniformed officers now stationed at each of the street entrances.

"Danny! What happened?"

"She…she said Linda's death was my fault!" He huffed as he reached another door and bust through it with his gun ready to fire.

Maria looked at the busted body and then touched her partner's hand which forced his tormented gaze in her direction. "Can it even fire?"

"No…damn thing is busted. I'd toss it away but I'm afraid she'll find it and use it against me somehow!" He groaned as he quickly lowered his hand and shoved his useless weapon back into the holster and then slowed his pace.

"She's just telling you…"

"The truth!" Danny stopped and looked at his partner in misery. "I should have left Wilder to someone else. Everyone told me to back off. I didn't…this IS MY FAULT!" He shouted as Jamie and Anthony hung back a few meters. "She was right…" he started once more as his voice cracked. "I was obsessed in taking down Wilder and…and I brought it home and look what it got me!"

"He wouldn't have stopped and you know what."

"But Linda would be alive! Anyone else doesn't mat…" he stopped as his face visibly winced. "That…wasn't fair," he admitted in quiet torment as Jamie's radio cracked to life which made him snap back to reality.

"We found a bloody jacket that the suspect was seen wearing earlier. Think she went deeper into the south tunnel #43. We're getting blueprints now."

"Yeah we got it…on our way. Send me what you have."

"I'm not going to tell you to go and get that leg looked at but just…take it easy. No more drops down the rabbit hole," Maria gently cautioned as Danny finally offered her a small smile before the two of them hurried after Jamie and Anthony as fast as they could.

"What she said…damn it made sense," Danny gritted his jaw as they continued after Jamie and Anthony. "And she was right…said I was responsible for all this."

"You believed her?"

"Maria…"

"Danny…"

"Said she was jealous about the connection with Wilder?"

"What?"

"Nothing."

She just looked at him in surprise and shook her head but said nothing further. "I think that…" she started only to be interrupted by Jamie's radio cracking to life once more.

"These tunnels lead up to another abandoned subway shaft and then…"

"And then what?" Jamie demanded in haste.

"And then it looks like the street. Looks like 52nd Avenue but not sure. These plans are very old. She could already be on the outside."

"Send officers to the 52nd street entrance!" Danny barked as Jamie quickly relayed the message to uniformed officers up on the streets. "We can't lose her! She has to be stopped before she kills someone else!"

Danny's leg started to throb a bit more as did the fresh wound in his side but he knew he had to keep going and couldn't be setback by a simple flesh wound. You need medical attention! His brain shouted with some urgency. But he wasn't about to slow down for a second and give that little voice any kind of attention until this focus of their manhunt had been brought to justice – whatever form that may take.

"You should get to the medics Danny," Jamie suggested; voicing what everyone else had been thinking as they neared the tunnel that would take them back up to the surface.

"Yeah…sure…" Danny tossed back in sarcasm as Jamie shrugged. But as soon as he neared the surface his phone started to buzz and he was quick to pull it. He saw a missed call from Sean and a voice message waiting.

"Who is it?"

"Sean. I'll call him later. Probably funeral stuff," Danny replied somewhat casually as he shoved his phone back into his pocket. "She's hurt…we have her nurse…who else is out there to help her?"

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Sia Wilder shifted uncomfortably on the motorcycle as she emerged into the dark grey afternoon and sped toward her next destination. She didn't care that she was now visible; she just wanted to make Danny Reagan hurt as much as possible. "You will pay for this Danny…YOU WILL PAY FOR TAKING HIM AWAY FROM ME!"

And as soon as she reached her destination, she didn't waste a second. It was payback time. Again.

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"Any sign of her!" Danny demanded into his radio to whoever was listening and would answer as they finally surfaced after what seemed like a small eternity. But the replies he got back weren't what he wanted and that only caused his agitation to climb even higher.

His phone buzzed again and he looked at his son's number and frowned.

"Answer it…as soon as we have a sighting, you'll know," Maria reminded him as he took his phone and started to walk toward an empty police cruiser.

"Sean…hey what's up buddy? I'm kinda in the middle of something. Maybe you can call…"

"He'd call his mother but…she's dead," came the cold reply of Sia Wilder.

"What the hell!" Danny cursed as he instantly drew eyes to him as he started to walk toward the empty car with the keys still in the ignition. "Where the hell are you you bitch!"

"Maybe you should have answered the phone earlier Danny."

"If you hurt them…"

"ohhhh light the sky and hold on tight…the world is burning down…" Sia sang the words to the song 'Sunny came home'.

"What?"

"Or maybe I should have recited the age old children's somewhat morbid rhyme…ladybug ladybug flyaway home…your house is on fire and your kids are alone! Something like that. But yeah…you better hurry."

"NOOOOO!" Danny shouted as he raced toward the front of the police cruiser and got in.

"Their deaths will BE ON YOU!" Were her last words as Maria, Jamie and Anthony watched Danny race away from them in vengeful anger.

A/N: oh dear…these two…will Danny get to his boys in time? Will the rest of the team get there in time to stop the death match? Or will Jamie lose his brother and family for good? Would love your thoughts on this action packed chappy so please do review and thanks so much!