"Sam isn't going to like this," Cosmo muttered as the team headed towards the cop who seemed to be at least marginally trying to direct things into a bit less chaotic pattern. Come to think of it, where was Sam? Considering the seeming quality of the cops on the scene, he wouldn't be surprised to hear that he had ditched them and taken off on his own.
"Marshal Renfo," Cosmo said, about all he could get out before the young cop turned from trying to convince his fellow officer that the fugitive couldn't possibly fit into the trash can outside of McDonalds and let out a relieved sigh at the sight of the marshals.
"Thank goodness you finally got here," Ryan said knowing he shouldn't be acting like he needed someone to telling him how to do everything and at the same time realizing that for this he pretty much did. "I've been trying to organize a search per Marshal Gerard's instructions but we haven't found any trace of the fugitive yet. I'm sure you'll be wanting to take over the situation now." Oh please let them want to take over the situation! He sure couldn't handle it!
"Where is Marshal Gerard?" Cosmo asked.
"The emergency room," Ryan said kind of relucantly. He was very sure that his father and his grandfather hadn't had a US marshal end up in the hospital on their watch the first week on the job.
"What? What happened?" Biggs demanded, Cooper and Cosmo both suddenly looking very nervous as well. The team still wasn't over what had happened with Noah yet. If something had happened to Sam now.....
"He somehow ended up in the lake," Ryan said, hastening to reassure them when he noted their worried expressions. "The paramedics said that it just looked like a mild concussion though and slight hypothermia."
"The lake," Cooper muttered shaking her head in relief. "Leave it to Sam to fall into the lake."
"Least it wasn't a river this time," Cosmo chuckled. "You know, maybe we ought to all chip in, give him a life jacket for his next birthday since he seems to like the water so much."
The light laughter only stopped when they noticed the young cop looking at them oddly. "Sam has this thing," Biggs said in explaination. "Seems like every time he's got a fugitive, he somehow ends up in water. Was always a river before now though. Lake must have been a nice change of pace for him."
Cosmo shook his head again, fighting down another chuckle before speaking. It felt really good to laugh on a chase for a change instead of the worry that had been there since Noah..... He firmly turned his mind from that subject, knowing it did no good to go there. "So, what do you have on the fugitive?"
"No much," Ryan said with a shrug. "Apparently Marshal Gerard chased him into the area back there and it looks like there was some sort of altercation. We heard a shot fired as we were approaching and we found Marshal Gerard in the water. No sign of the fugitive."
"Is the fugitive armed?" Cooper asked.
"We don't have any indication he is. Looks like the shot we heard came from Marshal Gerard's weapon. We also found some blood droplets that make it appear that the fugitive might have been wounded when he fled."
"Okay, good," Cosmo said as he motioned for the cop to come and look as he pulled out a map. If the guy was wounded, that would make it that much easier to catch him. "I want three teams, one at each end of the pier sweeping inwards and one at enterance sweeping out." Sam would kill them if they left the scene before getting a proper search going to pick him up at the hospital. He just hoped he didn't drive everyone crazy before then. The Navy Pier was big and it was going to take a long time to search it, especially with the cops that had on hand for support.