As they got closer to the office, the sound of sirens were in the background. The noise got louder as they neared the building. Michael's office building was on fire and ambulances, police cruisers and fire trucks were all around. An ambulance pulled away as he parked the 'Cuda and got out. Nash saw Robert on a stretcher his face covered with an oxygen mask . He was mumbling something. "Robert," Nash called, flashing his badge at those who got in his way. "Robert," he repeated as he reached the security guard. "What happened?"

"She's still in there," he mumbled. "You gotta...gotta get.. get her out...in there...she's in there.."

"Who? Who Robert? Who's still in there?" Nash was growing anxious. "Is it Lexi? Robert, where's Lexi??"

"Gone," Robert was fading in and out. "She's gone."

"Lexi Lee," he looked at the EMT, "Is she still in the building?"

"I don't know," the EMT replied. "They took two people ahead to the hospital. Male and female. Another female is still supposedly inside."

Nash looked at the building as the roof caved in. If someone were still inside, she wouldn't survive. "Where'd they take them?" he asked.

"SFU Medical Center," the EMT replied, closing the ambulance doors. "Man, I hope he was delusional. Nobody still inside could possibly survive."

Suddenly Nash felt dizzy and out of breath. It couldn't be Lexi in there, could it? The voice had said he'd be too late, but no, it couldn't be. "Nash? Nashman?" Joe's voice sounded distant to him. "Hey, are you all right? You don't look so good."

They took a female to SFU Med and he had to know. He looked up and saw his friends' worried faces. "Harv, I need you and Antwon to find out what happened. Joe and I will head over to the hospital and get the statements. Oh and, Harv," Nash stopped him as he turned. "Robert and the EMT said that a female is supposedly still in the building."

Harvey looked at Nash, then to the inferno of a building, and back to Nash, a look of understanding coming to rest on his face. He rested a hand on Nash's shoulder. "Go to the hospital. We'll call you with any details."

Nash nodded and headed back to his car. As he started to get in, he stopped and looked at the fire. Please, Lord, please let it be Lexi at the hospital, he prayed, let her be all right.

Upon arrival at the hospital ER, Nash demanded to be taken to the female patient just brought in from the Civic Center Park Area Fire, flashing his badge to avoid protest. The nurse was still objecting when he saw her. She was sitting on a gurney, a bandage on her forehead, blanket around her shoulders, appearing slightly dazed. She looked rough and held an oxygen mask in her hand, nodding at an attendant, but his heart returned from his stomach to its proper place. Lexi was okay; she was alive. She was there.

Joe watched his friend rush past the nurse and take the singer into his arms. Nash kept whispering her name over and over again as she finally let the tears fall. Finally Joe rocked back on his heels and said to no one in particular, "I'm going to locate Glicker and Robert."
"Did they call you?" Lexi asked when Nash loosened his embrace.

"I was on my way over to get you but when we pulled up they were putting Robert into an ambulance. When I saw that building..." his voice strained under the weight of his emotions.

"So they brought us all here? Michael, Robert, Michelle, and me?" She looked up at him. When he didn't meet her gaze she pushed, "Right?"

"Lex," he started

"No, no," she shook her head. She knew that Robert hadn't found Michelle in time. "No, No! NO! NO! NO!" she cried repeatedly, nearly hysterical.

Nash tried to hold on to her, but she was thrashing about. The attendant quickly returned with a doctor and they gave her a shot of sedatives. Nash was still struggling with her, assuring the doctor they didn't need to get restraints. "Lexi, you have to calm down. Lex, please," he urged her.

She stopped struggling and he looked at her face. It had dissolved into tears and she was shaking her head. "No...no.." she was practically whispering, choking on the words. The attendant placed the mask back over her face, trying to help her breathe. Nash held her hand as the drugs kicked in.

Meanwhile, Joe was getting the details from a more subdued Michael. "We were going over last minute promo details, along with the concert and the letters. We'd ordered in some food and had just finished up. We were upstairs in the conference room, but I needed to lock up my personal office. Lexi, Robert, and Michelle came down with me. Michelle had gone down the hallway to the ladies room. Robert and Lexi were discussing something as I was locking up my office. I had just closed and locked my office door; we were in my reception area when it happened. It was an explosion; it shook the whole building, I mean, so much the glass in windows and doors and even frames shattered. I ducked, covering my face with my arm. Robert pushed Lexi down, but she's already taken a piece of glass to her head. Poor kid. I told Robert to find Michelle and I'd get Lexi out. Robert argued with both of us; he wouldn't leave Lexi. I started to look for Michelle, but Robert pushed me out the window onto the fire escape. The stairwell was blocked with fire: the explosion must have been in the board room upstairs. Lexi was bleeding a lot, but she said she could walk. Still he carried her to the ground, before going back in to look for Michelle. I think he was too late. If he'd just gone to find her in the first place...."

Michael was shaking his head, scratching his bandaged arm. "I called 911 from my cell phone, and by the time the fire trucks and ambulances arrived, Robert hadn't come back out. I told one of the firemen who checked on us and they said they'd find both of them. Then they put Lexi and me in an ambulance and brought us here. Damn Robert, if he'd just gone for Michelle in the first place. I could've gotten Lexi to safety myself. If she couldn't have made it on her own, I would've helped her. His loyalty is too much to Lexi sometimes. Damn, poor kid." Michael was still shaking his head, thinking about the events. "I take it they had to sedate Lexi when she heard about Michelle? God, I hope she doesn't blame herself for this."

"And you four were the only ones in the building?" Joe asked. Michael nodded.

"Everyone else had left by 7, 8 at the latest. I had sent the majority home early. Some of the things we were discussing I didn't want overheard. Robert had said that you SIU's thought there might be someone leaking information from the inside, so I didn't want to take any chances."

Joe nodded as the doctor came back in to look over Michael. He stepped out and saw Nash standing outside Lexi's area, the curtain drawn behind him. Walking over to Nash he sighed. "Looks like another case of the phantom. Glicker said they were the only people in the building. An explosion occurred upstairs, in the room they had left just five minutes before, and there was a fire in the stairwell. Michelle had gone to the ladies' room; the others were waiting for her so they could leave. Robert insisted on getting Lexi out before looking for Michelle. He went back in, and when Michael and Lexi got transported, was still in."

Nash rubbed his forehead and looked back at the curtain behind him. "They're checking Lexi; they had to sedate her. She's trying to get them to release her, so that may be a bit. Robert should be here. Why don't we go get his statement?"

They found Robert, but he was out. The attendant said he'd passed out en route, and the doctor figuring fatigue, ordered him rest. His vitals were good. There were no serious injuries, mostly smoke inhalation, so they weren't worried.

Nash's phone rang and Harvey gave him an update. Obviously, Michelle hadn't been found, but they were going to search the ashes for the body. Once the remains had cooled enough, CSI would move in. Nash updated him on Michael's story and Harvey offered to look into it. Antwon was going to come to the hospital to wait with Joe for Robert to wake so Nash could take Lexi home to rest.

Nash made Lexi take the sleeping pills the doctor had given him and helped her to bed. As she was drifting off she looked at him. "I should have made her go home, Nash. She would still be alive."
He slept on the couch, in case she woke or needed him during the night. She was still asleep when he checked on her for the fourth time, so he let her sleep. Nick and Nick's nurse were there so Nash headed down to the barge to see what had come up.

CSI had ruled arson by explosion, a fact collaborated by the fire team. They were still searching for the body of Michelle Vincent, but with a whole building of debris with two floors above her presumed locations, it could take time to sift through the rubble. Robert's story was the same as Michael's. Nash had to admit he hadn't questioned Lexi yet for her version. They still had no leads but the explosion had moved the case from attempted murder to murder. Nash informed them he would be on bodyguard duty; therefore, all updates were to be phoned to him. He wanted all their focus to be on finding the stalker.

Lexi had finally awakened when Nash got home to check on her. With open eyes, she was peeking at him when he walked through the door. "Good morning, sleepy," he smiled, entering the room.

"I had the weirdest dream last night," Lexi stretched and yawned. "I dreamed that someone had blown up Glicker's building and Michelle was trapped." Seeing Nash's expression brought her back to reality. "It was a dream, right?"

"Lex," he whispered, touching her foot through the blankets.

She closed her eyes and nodded. Rubbing her eyes, she asked, "So, are you going to fill me in?"

"Actually, I was hoping you could give me a statement," Nash admitted. "If not now, maybe a little later."

She nodded again, "And Robert and Michael? How are they?"

"They released Robert this morning, Joe took Michael home last night. CSI is still looking things over for us, trying to find something."

"Do you need my statement in writing, or if I tell you first, will it slide enough for you to tell me the rest of your info?" she filled in his pause.

He smiled at her as she rested her arms on her knees. "After rehearsal, Michael wanted to have a meeting to go over things. Promos, security, the concert, the letters. He asked for Robert and me. Michelle came along. I told her to go home, but she insisted. We were in the conference room meeting, eating, chatting. After about eight, we were the only people in the building so Michael steered the conversation to the letters and security issues. We were through by nine- thirty and went down to Michael's office so he could lock up. Michelle had gone to the bathroom but she hadn't been gone a minute when we heard the noise. It was like the other day, the explosion. Glass was shattering all over."

Touching her head, she winced. "I took a shard in the head and Michael's arm was bleeding like crazy. Robert pushed me down, trying to shield me, as Michael ducked on his own. I asked Robert to find Michelle, but he was more worried about me. Michael had started out to the hall when we saw the flames in the stairwell. Robert pushed Michael to the fire escape and told him to get out. Michael offered to take me so Robert could go get Michelle. But Robert wouldn't hear it; he took me outside and made sure the two of us were all right, then he went back in. I think Michael called 911 but the next thing I really remember is you."

She closed her eyes again, seeing the flames in her head. He gave her the rest of his information. "They haven't found Michelle's body yet. I have everyone working overtime on this. We'll find who did this, I promise."

Nash placed his hand over Lexi's. She looked him in the eyes, tears glistening in her lashes. "It's my fault. I should have made her go home. Why did I let her go with me?"

"It was an accident," Nash told her. "It's not your fault. We'll find this stalker. I'm betting it's their fault."

She attempted a smile. "No offense, Nash, but I've known you what? Four days now? And so far someone's tried to blow me up twice. Forgive me if my faith is shaky."

Rubbing his brow, Nash admitted, "I know, but now you're in trouble." He looked at her shocked face. "And I'm taking that as a personal challenge so now you're stuck with me while Robert's on crutches. Sprained ankle, you know."

Lexi sighed, "I don't know whether to be happy or scared."

"Well, that boosts my confidence," Nash smiled at her. "It's Saturday and my job is to watch you. So what's first on our agenda, Miss Lee?"

She thought for a moment and smiled at him. "A shower," she replied. "Watching is optional."

He did a double-take at her response. She was testing him. "How about I whip you up some breakfast while you shower," he replied as he got up to leave. She smiled and got out of bed.
After she showered and dressed, Lexi sat down to the scrambled eggs and bacon Nash had made for her. "Not bad," she replied after tasting them.

"Gee, thanks," Nash acted offended. "So, what's the plan for today?"

"Well," Lexi was enjoying her breakfast. "If I'm still on my same schedule, I know I have a fitting, but that was to be at the office. So, I really don't know. I could call Michael, but he wouldn't know." She blinked back the tears as she finished her thought, "Michelle took care of all the details."

Nash looked at her, concern on his face. "I guess that makes me your temporary Personal Assistant," he smiled and picked up his copy of her schedule and his phone. "Hello, is Amber available? This is Lexi Lee's assistant calling about her one o'clock fitting."

Lexi had to laugh at him. This guy was too much.