Thanks yet again for the positive reviews. As always I don't own these people and I apologise if anybody is out of character.
Nick lay on the couch thinking of his conversation with Danny. Maybe he had made a mistake complaining about how overprotective his friends were being. After all, Danny felt as if he didn't have any friends. Nick worried that he was the only one that Danny trusted. As much as he vauled their friendship Danny needed someone a little closer to home to watch out for him. Nick drifted off to sleep.
That night Nick had a nightmare about the kidnapping. He'd had the dream many times since his rescue but this time it was a little different. Nick was all alone in the lab. He turned on the computer and saw Danny trapped inside the coffin. As Nick watched in horror, Danny picked up his gun. "I'm not as strong as you Nick. I'm sorry." Then he shot himself in the head.
Nick woke up screaming. He sat up and looked around,rubbing the back of his neck. It was just a dream. Danny's all right. Nick glanced at the clock. With the time difference it was too early to call Danny. Nick shook his head. Maybe it had been a dream-but Danny was certainly not all right. Watching your friend suffer and being seemingly helpless to save them-to Nick it was worse than being buried alive. Now he knew what kind of hell his friends had been put through.
Nick promised himself he'd talk to Grissom tomorrow. Maybe he'd have an idea. Could they call Mac Taylor and ask him about Danny? Maybe Danny just needed a little vacation, get away for awhile. Nick wondered if Danny would like to come to Vegas for a visit. A change of scenery might do him some good.