A/N: Okay I will make if VERY clear who Ashley wants to be with, in this chapter. And no she's not pregnant it was just a little trick to get Bosco off of her. I am sorry that its been confusing.

(Ashley)

A few screams were heard when the lights went out. How the hell did she get two guys to fall for her? She was happen with one, but two? A rice deep voice tried to calm everyone.

"I assure you, the back up generators will be on very shortly within minutes" the lights came back on. Every one had gone back to talking thinking that was the last of their worries. The thunder shook the chandelier.

She stood looking at the two men, in shocked and terrified, she already who she wanted but that would mean she'd hurt the other. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Cruz storm off, why the hell was everyone mad at her? She didn't want to lose Cruz as a friend so she took off after her, leaving the two men staring down at the other.

She stood at a stand still, she could go left or right the middle was a closet of some sort. She was just about to go left with she heard quiet sobs coming from the closet. She knocked

"Cruz?" and opened the door, the woman had her back turned towards her.

"Maritza? You never wanted Bosco back did you?" the woman turned to her then, her cheeks wet from the tears, she shook head no. Well that was a relief.

"I'm sorry I cant change how Hayden feels" she smiled as fresh tears ran down her cheeks. Ashley let go of the door and moved closer to Cruz, the door shutting behind her with a click.

She didn't pull Cruz into a hug, neither were that kind of person she did hand her a tissue though and Cruz wiped her ears, laughing.

"Theirs something I have to tell you" ahh no Cruz wasn't in love with her too was she?

"Ok" she sat on a crate

"David did drug you, that I night. I gave him the drugs, nothing happened between the two of you, I paid him to make it look like you two did. I knew that you would tell Hayden and he would break up with you, giving me a chance" Ashley let out a short laugh, she would have rather had Cruz say she was in love with her, she could handle that, this was a lot to take in. A little relieved that she didn't sleep with David but why would he do that too her?

"Why'd he do it?"

"I caught him pocketing some dope the week before" black mail, she still didn't know if David would have done it to her, if Cruz hadn't of caught him.

"I want you to know I have nothing against you, I just wanted Hayden"

"Then why date Bosco?" why involve someone that didn't need to be

"To make Hayden jealous. Didn't work though, he was too involved with you"

"I also lied to you, when I said Bosco and I weren't sleeping together we were and still are"

"He loves you, you know"

"How can you tell?"

"The way he looks at you, his eyes light up whenever you walk into a room" Ashley looked down the floor, fearing that Cruz was going to say something along with that

"You love him too" she looked up, opening her mouth to protest but what was the point she did.

"My advice is tell him"

"I just might" she got off the crate and went to the door, she turned the knob it came off in her hand. That wasn't good.

"You've gotta be kidding me" Ashley muttered under her breath, she tried putting the knob back in but it was useless, the thing only fell back into her hand. She wanted to throw the thing across the room in frustration but that would only alert Cruz that something was wrong.

"Why haven't you opened the door?" busted, she felt like she was a kid again but she didn't have her hand in the cookie jar though. She turned around trying to hide the knob behind her and tried to block the door the best she could.

"I just thought we talk more" she wasn't sure what had come over Ashley, something told her that something had to be wrong for her to act this way

"Ok"

"Would you tell me what happened at Mercy hospital?" she backed herself against the door, all the while trying to get the knob back into its place, so that when Cruz opened the door, she could blame it on her. Hell she used her ex husband against her to get something that she still didn't have.

She heard a soft click and let go hoping that it didn't fall back out again.

"Not much to tell, except goons came in and started shooting. Bosco got hurt pretty bad" she said cautiously, wondering what exactly the problem was. Cruz got up, and walked closer to the door, Ashley went in the direction Cruz had just come, wanting to put some distance between herself and the door. They weren't exactly getting along now. She saw Cruz reached for the knob

"How about Marcel Hollis?" her hand snatched back

"That's none of your business" her hand went back to the door

"I heard you blew yourself up" once again her hand dropped

"Obviously not" her hand closed around the doorknob, Ashley closed her eyes. She heard a louder click this time as Cruz let out a frustrated breath. Ashley opened her eyes, to find a very pissed off Cruz with a doorknob in her hand.

"What did you do?" Ashley asked innocently

"I didn't do it" Cruz came back sarcastically

"You're holding the knob" Ashley snapped back.

"Don't you think I don't know that?" Ashley felt if she spoke again her, head was going to be ripped off by her bare hands. She didn't have time to think of something before Cruz spoke again.

"If I didn't know any better, I swear you rigged this" she had to be kidding, why the hell would she want to be stuck in with Cruz?

"Since you know all, please enlighten me, with why in god's name would I want to be stuck with you?" Ashley was loosing her temper and fast.

"Oh I don't know" Cruz was getting angry too, so she decided to just end the conversation their.

"Do you ever think before you speak?" the question slipped out of Ashley's mouth before she could stop it. If looks could kill, Ashley would be about twenty feet under right now, and on her way farther down. Cruz turned her attention to the door, trying to put the doorknob back on, having little luck, Cruz got frustrated and throwing the knob across the door, missing Ashley's head by a inch

"You throw like a girl" Cruz gave another if looks could kill looks to Ashley before she spoke

"I am one" she crossed her arms over her chest, if she didn't her hands would surely find themselves wrapped around Ashley's neck.

Music drifted in, telling them that if they tried to get help no one would hear them. They could be stuck in here for hours before either of the men clue in that they were no longer talking, but stuck in a utility room. Least it was big there was lots of air. Both women silently cursed themselves for not bringing their purses with their phones in them, into the dark room with them. Well neither of them thought they would be in here that long to need them.

They sat in silence for just over an hour, or so either thought, mainly trying of ways to get out or direct attention to the room so they could get out. Cruz's gaze wondered over the darkened room, the room in shadows, the main light source was a small bulb in the middle of the room, the light gave the room a creepy vibe. Cruz's eyes wondered up, and stopped when she saw something shiny. She walked over to it, she couldn't reach it but maybe Ashley could if she were lucky or stood on something.

"I think I found our way out" Cruz said pointing to air vent

"We have a slight problem" Ashley didn't say anymore on the matter causing Cruz to face the woman, her eyes were glued to the floor, so naturally Cruz's gaze followed, until she saw something that could put a damper on ever being found.

Smoke.

Cruz ran to the door, banging with everything inside of her, screaming at the top of her lungs. Ashley hung back staring at the other woman. Cruz stopped and turned around, wondering if Ashley had lost her mind, not helping her trying to get out.

Ashley met Cruz's eyes she knew something Cruz didn't

"That's not going to help us" she said slowly

"And you standing there isn't either"

"Their not going to hear us" both tempers rising once again

"And why is that?" s her hands went to her hips, ready to object anything Ashley said

Ashley didn't say anything but held up three fingers, then, then one, then none. An alarm went off, screams could be heard too.

"That's why"

(Bosco)

"Where the girls?" Bosco asked Hayden just as the alarm went off.

"I don't know, they ran off that way" he motioned his head towards the back of the room. It was getting harder to see each other, with the people trying to flee, get out of what ever was happening. Both stood still, waiting until the last had past them. With no one in the room except them and the smoke, they headed off into the back of the room, the smoke getting thicker as they went. Both held their arms in front of their mouths, trying not to breathe in the smoke. The smoke burned their eyes, and lungs. They couldn't keep this up much longer.

Bosco saw it before Hayden did, and leapt out to knock him out of the way. Both fell to the floor as the beam swung past them. Hayden's eyes opened wide, the beam had swung exactly where he was standing moments before.

"That almost hit me" his mouth open, in disbelief.

"We have to keep moving, this place could go any minute" Bosco said already getting up to a crouch, the air was less smoke ridden the lower to the ground.

They walked by the utility room door, thinking they would be that silly to go in there. They made it to the back where the emergency exit door was open still.

"We have to go" Bosco latched on to Hayden's arm, the place was about to give

"We have to find them" Hayden tried to free his arm

"Look their both smart, they would have heard the alarm and got out, I'm sure their outside right now, wondering where the hell we are" Hayden gave in and walked out the exit following Bosco.

(Ashley)

The room was filling with smoke more steadily now; both women had crouched lower to the floor, trying to find something to either break down the door, or the air vent. The air vent didn't look big enough but it was their only way out. Their was a loud noise and then she heard Cruz swear, that was good she was still alive but, the smoke was making her lungs burn, and it was getting harder to breathe. Finally she stumbled upon something long and hard, with her foot, she reached for it, it was metal. This would have to do, the light wasn't helping much and neither knew how much longer the light would stay on.

"I think I found something" Ashley called out, Cruz's response was to let out a long coughing fit. If the fire didn't kill them the smoke sure would. She stood up and a minute she couldn't breathe the smoke was so think she couldn't see a centimeter in front of her, then she got used to it, and the she started to see images through it. She saw the vent and started hitting the vent to break it loose. It wasn't working. The smoke overpowered her and she too let out a large deep cough. It wouldn't be long before one of them passed out. She hit harder and finally hurt the vent hit the floor, she let out a little laugh then heard a thud. She immediately went to her knees, knowing what it already was. She reached Cruz's limp body. Fuck! How the hell was she going to get the woman up and out the vent if she was passed out?

She started hitting Cruz's cheek to get her awake and it worked once but only for a little bit as Cruz let out a cough then passed out again. The room suddenly went dark, the light had gone out. For the first time since she saw the smoke she started to worry about not getting out of here. No she wouldn't let herself think about that, she was going to get them out of here. Why was it Cruz that always went out first? First the shooting now this, the Sgt wasn't as tough as she thought she was.

Both Bosco and Hayden searched the crowd twice, neither finding either woman. They were about to go back in when a firefighter stopped them, saying it was too dangerous, the place was about to go. Bosco went on about him being a cop, that he was going to talk to his supervisor, get him fired, everything he could think of. The man told him, he didn't care who he was he wasn't going to endanger a civilian and to leave it to the professionals.

She herself was that far from passing out, she could feel herself getting slower and more tired. She didn't let that stop her. She piled crates up the vent so that she wouldn't have much trouble in getting Cruz up there. Easier said than done. Pulling Cruz up was tiring and damn frustrating. She had to keep resting, needing air but their was none. She smacked Cruz hard against the face, it did good too, cause she woke up, disoriented but still alive for the time being.

"I need you to get in the vent and crawl to the right" Cruz didn't say anything but got herself into the vent and started crawling. Ashley wasn't far behind her.

Bosco hated that he couldn't do anything, had even tried to sneak in but he was caught and told to stay away. They even forced him to get himself checked out, he was going to have to stay the night in the hospital for smoke inhalation. Hayden was a wreck; he never stopped pacing repeating to himself over and over it was his fault. Bosco partly did blame him, it was him who had caused Cruz to run off, saying I love you to Ashley. But he kept his mouth shut, the guy already had enough to deal with.

"They're both fighters" he said more to convince himself than for Hayden

"That's what I'm afraid of" Hayden answered back

"I'm sure we just missed them, why not we go check again?" Hayden nodded, half hoping that they would find them, and it would all be some sort of mistake but deep down he knew they were still in there.

"I think I should get a raise or something, this is the second time I've saved your ass"

"Don't get cocky" Cruz said between coughs. "We have a problem"

"I give up, what else could be wrong now?" Ashley didn't believe her luck

"We're running out of vent and I don't see any connecting ones" after all this, after everything she did, their was no vent left to get out? Huh somebody was going to pay big time for this. Her hair fell out of its place obscuring her vision for a second before she pushed it away. What the else could go wrong other than them dying in here?

On cue the vent gave out, sending them into the fire pits below them.

A/N: Was the answer clear enough of who Ashley wanted to be with? If it wasn't she wants to be with Bosco.