Chapter 9 :

Metropolitan Museum

11 hours missing

Jack was in the office of Charlies Davies. A box was on the table, he walked towards it and opened it. In the box there was a silvery bracelet and a red cap. A letter was lying on the desk, next to the box. On it there was written: TO MR.DAVIES, in red capital letters. He took the letter, opened it and read it:

Dear Mr and Mrs Davies,

I hope you remember to who belong this bracelet and this cap... I just wanted to tell you that your son is going well, in fact just for the moment... You deserve what's happening to you!

Your dear Mr.Kingsley.

There was draw a devil on the letter and next to the devil there was a spot of blood. Jack walked out of the office, the box in the hands and walked towards Charlies Davies.

-Mr.Davies, in the letter Yann Kingsley say that you must reconize this, Jack said while handing the cap and the bracelet.

Charlies took it and looked at it. A tear slowly ran down his cheek.

-It belongs to my son… He never took this bracelet out… And he was wearing this cap when he was kidnapped, Mr.Davies said.

Lenox Hill Hospital

13 hours missing

Samantha and Martin were already waiting since an hour, but for them it was like it had been 10 hours. Samantha looked at her watch and sighed. A big silence had fell between them, because they weren't able to speack as it was like there was a big fog in their heads and they couldn't even think straight. Then Jack and Vivian arrived, Vivian looked worry. They scan the room to find Martin and Sam and finally found them. They approached them and could see that Martin was completely lost and Samantha was looking at the floor, she was deep in thought. Then Vivian kneel in front of Martin who had his head in his hands and she looked at him in the eyes.

-Hey, Martin... Vivian said with a soft voice.

Martin raised his head and looked at her, his face was pale and he looked helpless.

-It's gonna be okay, Danny is strong, he's gonna get through surgery, Vivian continued.

Martin nodded slightly, knowing that she was true. During this time Jack had sit next to Samantha.

-Did the doctors tell you anything ? Jack asked.

-No, they only told us that he was in surgery and that we must wait 3 hours, Samantha answered. In fact an hour now... And what did you find?

-Yann Kingsley left a box and a letter on Charlies' desk. There was a bracelet and a cap in it that belong to Christopher, Jack said.

-Does he say how is Christopher? Martin asked, looking at them.

-Yeah, but just for the moment he says… Jack answered.

They all sighed at this news, hoping that Christopher was still alive. And a big silence felt between them...

An hour later

Martin was half asleep, and Vivian, Samantha and Jack were in deep thoughts when a doctor came to see them.

-Are you here for agent Taylor? the doctor asked to them.

Jack nodded while standing up. Martin and Samantha woke up as they saw the young doctor. Their stomachs were tied, dreading what the young doctor was going to say.

-How is he ? Samantha asked in a hurry.

-We were able to remove the bullets, to stop the bleeding and to balance what he lost.

-Can we see him ? Martin asked.

-Yeah, but he won't wake up for a couple of hour.

They all nodded and the young man led them towards Danny's room. They walked through long white corridors and stopped in front of a door, number 346.

-Here we are, the doctor said while showing the door.

Then a nurse ran towards them. ! They need you! The nurse said, out of breath.

-Okay, I'm coming.

They both ran towards the end of the corridors and turned at the corner. During this time the rest of the team were looking at them and when they disappeared from their sights, Sam, Martin and Vivian turned to look at Jack. Who walked towards the door and stopped just in front of it. He took a deep breath and opened slowly the door to discover a pale and helpless Danny. They all walked into the room in a big silence, looking at Danny or at the floor. He looked so weak and so fragile that it was heart-breaking for them. They all sat around the bed with the same silence. Two hours later, Samantha was sleeping next to Martin, Vivian went back home and Jack was still looking at Danny, thinking of how all this would have been avoided. But then Danny's hand moved and his eyes were trying to open.

-Hey, Danny, Jack said, looking at him.

Samantha and Martin woke up at the sound of Jack's voice.

-Mmmh… What's going on Jack ? Samantha said half asleep.

-He's waking up !

Then Samantha and Martin jumped to their feet and approached Danny's bed. Danny's eyes slowly opened and closed as his eyes were dazzled by the lights. He opened the eyes again and looked at his co-worker with a confuse look.

-Danny, everything is going to be okay now, Jack said with a soft voice.