TITLE: Midnight Train (5/?)
The White House was quiet. Everyone was in his or her offices with the television on, waiting for more information. The train wreak was being covered by all networks. Mostly talking about CJ and Toby. They kept airing footage of them during the election. Then it showed parts of CJ's briefings and they aired some of Toby's interview on Meet the Press that he did a few weeks back.
"I can't watch it anymore," Josh walked slowly in Sam's office and sat down. "They're talking about them like their already dead."
"What if they are?" Sam cried. "What if they are?"
"Don't talk like that Sam, this is not suppose to happen. There're fine. I know it."
"We now have confirmed reports that the bodies of White House Press Secretary CJ Cregg and White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler have been found. No word yet on if their alive or in fact dead. One report claims to have seen Ms. Cregg being taken to GW hospital, but that's just speculation at this point."
"They found them!" Leo ran in.
"Yeah," Josh and Sam jumped up. "Can we go to the hospital to see?"
"Yeah. GW is the main place that everyone is being taken. Go wait. If you hear anything, call me right away."
"Yes sir," Josh and Sam both ran out.
"Leo, the Captain is on the phone," Margaret said.
"Okay," Leo knew it wasn't good from the look on her face. He walked over to the phone on Ginger's desk and picked it up. "This is Leo."
"Mr. McGarry, I'm sorry to disturb you sir."
"Any news?"
"Ms. Cregg was recovered and is being taken to GW hospital. I believe she may already be there. The last I heard she slipped into a coma. She had some damage to the head and they are going to have to take her to surgery to fix some internal damage that was done also."
"God," Leo sat down and wiped away some of the tears. "Any word on Toby Ziegler?"
"I think that you should wait..."
"Please!" Leo snapped.
"When we found Mr. Ziegler, he was under at least fifty pounds of rubble. When we finally got all of it off of him, we found a five inch pole in his side."
"No," Leo dropped the phone and covered his face with his hands. He waited for a moment and picked the phone up again. "I need to know."
"He had a weak pulse sir, but when we got him out of the train, his heart stopped."
Leo felt his heart drop. He couldn't believe this was happening.
"Mr. McGarry. They took him to GW, maybe they got him back."
"Thank you," Leo managed to let out before letting the phone drop to the floor. He looked up at the television as the rest of the secretaries walked in.
".This just in. As of right now, Press Secretary CJ Cregg is in surgery being treated for a collapsed lung and some other internal damage," The reporter was handed another piece of paper and read it. Everyone could see him take a deep breath. "And we just got word that White House Communications Director Toby Zigler was found. I'm sorry to report this, but reports say that when he was taken from the scene, he was dead."
"No!" Ginger screamed.
Leo watched as the rest of the secretaries all hugged Ginger and cried for Toby. As he looked into Toby's office, he stood up.
"It's not over Toby. You come back to us," Leo whispered to himself.
TBC
The White House was quiet. Everyone was in his or her offices with the television on, waiting for more information. The train wreak was being covered by all networks. Mostly talking about CJ and Toby. They kept airing footage of them during the election. Then it showed parts of CJ's briefings and they aired some of Toby's interview on Meet the Press that he did a few weeks back.
"I can't watch it anymore," Josh walked slowly in Sam's office and sat down. "They're talking about them like their already dead."
"What if they are?" Sam cried. "What if they are?"
"Don't talk like that Sam, this is not suppose to happen. There're fine. I know it."
"We now have confirmed reports that the bodies of White House Press Secretary CJ Cregg and White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler have been found. No word yet on if their alive or in fact dead. One report claims to have seen Ms. Cregg being taken to GW hospital, but that's just speculation at this point."
"They found them!" Leo ran in.
"Yeah," Josh and Sam jumped up. "Can we go to the hospital to see?"
"Yeah. GW is the main place that everyone is being taken. Go wait. If you hear anything, call me right away."
"Yes sir," Josh and Sam both ran out.
"Leo, the Captain is on the phone," Margaret said.
"Okay," Leo knew it wasn't good from the look on her face. He walked over to the phone on Ginger's desk and picked it up. "This is Leo."
"Mr. McGarry, I'm sorry to disturb you sir."
"Any news?"
"Ms. Cregg was recovered and is being taken to GW hospital. I believe she may already be there. The last I heard she slipped into a coma. She had some damage to the head and they are going to have to take her to surgery to fix some internal damage that was done also."
"God," Leo sat down and wiped away some of the tears. "Any word on Toby Ziegler?"
"I think that you should wait..."
"Please!" Leo snapped.
"When we found Mr. Ziegler, he was under at least fifty pounds of rubble. When we finally got all of it off of him, we found a five inch pole in his side."
"No," Leo dropped the phone and covered his face with his hands. He waited for a moment and picked the phone up again. "I need to know."
"He had a weak pulse sir, but when we got him out of the train, his heart stopped."
Leo felt his heart drop. He couldn't believe this was happening.
"Mr. McGarry. They took him to GW, maybe they got him back."
"Thank you," Leo managed to let out before letting the phone drop to the floor. He looked up at the television as the rest of the secretaries walked in.
".This just in. As of right now, Press Secretary CJ Cregg is in surgery being treated for a collapsed lung and some other internal damage," The reporter was handed another piece of paper and read it. Everyone could see him take a deep breath. "And we just got word that White House Communications Director Toby Zigler was found. I'm sorry to report this, but reports say that when he was taken from the scene, he was dead."
"No!" Ginger screamed.
Leo watched as the rest of the secretaries all hugged Ginger and cried for Toby. As he looked into Toby's office, he stood up.
"It's not over Toby. You come back to us," Leo whispered to himself.
TBC