Title: Dark Depths

Author: Lucy Mars

Rating: PG-13-ish?

Disclaimer: I don't own 'em. I'll play nice and return them when I'm done. Well...maybe not with Amy. ;]

*Post Night Five with a healthy dose of JoshandDonna-ness eventually. All you Amy lovers...run! ;] Be warned: I LIKE DRAMA!!..........and happy endings. ;)

**** Quick Authors Note: Thank You for ALL of the AMAZING reviews!! You guys are so SWEET!!****

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"Hey!" Dylan yelled running up to the struggling shadows in the distance. He had heard a woman's scream pierce the cold night air and the hair on the back of his neck stood up.

A dark face shot up and shone under the yellow street lamp. When he realized that he'd been caught, he left the woman and ran. Fast.

"Jesus!" Dylan hissed when he saw an unconscious woman sprawled on the dirt and her pale face streaked with blood. Looking up at the figure that was running away, Dylan pulled out his cell phone. "This is Officer Lewis. I need an ambulance."

Pulling off his sweatshirt and balling it up, Dylan balanced his phone between his chin and shoulder as his experienced hands gently skimmed her blood soaked hair trying to find the source of all this blood. "I have a young woman in her late twenties with a head wound." Dylan said as he tried to apply enough pressure.

Holding his sweatshirt against her head, he quickly searched her body for other wounds and stopped surprised when his bloody fingers brushed up against a plastic badge. Holding it up, he was surprised to see the White House Symbol and a smiling face look back at him, "Shit." He cursed under his breath as his bloody fingers stained the badge and the smiling face.

His head whipping around as a familiar siren split the silence of the night and painted the sky red and blue, Dylan sighed in relief. Help was coming. Her body suddenly twisting under his hands, Dylan tried to soothe the young woman. "It's okay. You're going to be okay."

Moaning, Donna felt the cold hard ground beneath her as a pair of gentle hands held her. Through the throbbing in her head, she managed to gasp before the pain made her black out. "Josh…"

"He'll be here soon." Dylan soothed pushing her bloody hair back and trying to get a better look at her wound. "You'll see him soon." he promised looking down at the young woman, "I promise."

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"Let's call Donna again." Toby suggested leaning back against his seat. "I mean, I thought that we were going to cheer her up…or something."

"Toby," CJ laughed, "you are going soft on me."

"Shut up," Toby grumbled, "and just page her."

"Okay, okay." CJ laughed sharing a smile with Sam as she pulled out her phone.

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"Are you all right?" a paramedic asked gently pulling Dylan up and away from Donna so that his partner could treat her.

Looking at the medic in surprise, Dylan shook his head. "I'm fine."

"You're covered in blood." he pointed out.

Shaking his head, Dylan looked down at his blood stained clothes and hands. "It's all hers." Shielding his eyes against the sudden light from a squad car, Dylan nodded at the officers who stepped out. "Hey boys."

"Boss?" Connor asked taking in his Captains bloody appearance, "What the hell happened to you?"

Raising an eyebrow at badge that he was clutching and the woman that the paramedics were treating, Hannah reached for her radio. "Get an AP out yet?"

"Didn't get a good enough look at the bastard." Dylan said following Hannah's eyes.

"You okay?" Hannah asked taking in his disheveled appearance.

"He ran the moment I yelled." Dylan shrugged. "It's all her blood."

"Do we know who she is?" Connor asked

Holding up the badge, Dylan wiped away her blood and got a good look at her name. "Donnatella Moss. From the White House."

"Officer!" the paramedic yelled getting their attention.

"Yeah?" Dylan asked.

"Her pager is blowing up." the paramedic said holding up a black pager with his blood stained hand, "Someone's trying to find her."

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"Finally!" CJ laughed when her phone started to ring shrilly. Flipping it open, she held it against her ear and tried to shush Toby and Sam with one hand. Not an easy task, considering she was holding a full beer with that hand. "Donna?"

"No ma'am. May I know who this is please?"

"As soon as I know who this is." CJ shot back giving Toby and Sam a funny look.

"Ma'am, my name is Officer Dylan Lewis. Do you know one Donnatella Moss? You're number was the last one to page her."

Feeling her mouth go dry, CJ put her glass down before she dropped it.

"Ma'am? Are you with still with me?"

"Yes, I'm here." CJ said feeling her stomach clench painfully. "Is Donna all right?"

Both Toby and Sam felt their own hearts drop when they heard CJ ask about Donna. Something was wrong.

"Ma'am, I suggest that you get down to G.W as quickly as possible."

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"Okay." Josh said with a dazed look as Amy pulled away. "That wasn't what I was expecting."

"What were you expecting?"

"Not that." Josh said looking down at Amy. "What was that for?"

"I just wanted to remind myself why I'm still here." Amy said shrugging her shoulders carelessly.

"I really don't get you." Josh sighed rubbing his forehead.

"Many people don't."

"Imagine my shock." Josh said dryly. "So why are you still here? I'd thought that you'd storm out by now. Cursing my name all the way back to your place. Since you're so convinced that I'm in love with Donna."

"Why did you ask me out Josh?" Amy asked catching him off guard.

"Because I wanted too?" Josh answered lamely.

"Why did you ask me to Tahiti?"

"Because it seemed like a good idea at the time?"

Sighing, Amy rested her hands on Josh's chest. "Josh, do you..."

For what felt like the millionth time that night, the phone rang. This time causing both Josh and Amy to jump, considering they were right beside it.

Reaching out instinctively, Josh was surprised when Amy's hand stopped him. "Amy?"

"Don't answer it Josh."

"When my phone rings in the middle of the night, it's usually important." Josh said trying to reach for the phone.

"You're phone has rung countless times tonight and not once has it been important."

"It could be Leo." Josh said side stepping Amy and earning a frown.

"Or Donna." she countered watching Josh reach for the phone.

"Maybe." Josh acknowledged.

"Don't answer it J." Amy warned.

Picking up the phone, Josh held it to his ear as he watched Amy storm out of his apartment, "Hello?"

"Josh?"

"Toby," Josh said feeling his irritation with the whole night reach it's climax, "what could you possibly want..."

"Josh." Toby said gently cutting Josh off.

Feeling the knot that had been sitting in his stomach all night tighten to an agonizing point, Josh clutched the phone. "What is it Toby?"

"It's Donna, Josh." Toby said putting a reassuring hand on CJ's shaking shoulder as Sam navigated the deserted streets. "Something's happened to Donna. Get to G.W."

Feeling his breath catch painfully in his chest, Josh gripped the receiver till his knuckles were white. The blood rushed through his ears and the warmth drained out of his body.

"Josh?" Toby asked snapping him out of mini trance. "Josh?"

"Yeah?" Josh asked numbly.

"Get in a cab and get to G.W." Toby said gently.

"I'll...I'll be there...I can be there in..."

"Don't drive yourself Josh." Toby said sternly. "Call a cab. Don't drive yourself."

"I can drive!" Josh snapped.

"Donna needs you right now." Toby said softening his tone. "What good will you be if something happens? Get a cab."

"I'll be right there." Josh promised gripping the phone. "Toby?"

"Yeah?"

"What happened?"

"I don't know." Toby sighed.

"Toby?"

"Yeah?" he asked catching Sam's tight face in the rearview mirror.

"If you see her before I do, can you tell her I'm coming?"

"I will." Toby promised as Sam pulled the car right up to G.W. and parked in the first space that he found. They weren't Dr. Wood, but right now, it didn't matter. Toby would play the White House card if he had to. "Come on." Toby said leading a wary Sam and ashen CJ into G.W.

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