A/N – Well, I'm home and I figured I wouldn't make you guys go crazy and wait until I got back to continue. I want to finish part 1 before next weekend – so keep posted and reviewing!
Chapter 29:
Sue hastily parked her car at the end of the road, and started rushing towards the where the café was. As she drew nearer, she could see the chaos that had erupted. Ambulances, police, and fire trucks overwhelmed the street, busy trying to make sense of all the pandemonium. Sue could see a large section taped off, where news people and interested bystanders tried to get a better look. She also noticed the tired and frustrated officers try to keep everyone back.
Sue and Levi managed to fight their way to the front lines. She couldn't get a good view of everything, as the emergency crews seemed to have blocked off the scene as best as possible. The only thing see could see was the smoke rising from the café. She went over to one of the officers.
"Excuse me Sir." He interrupted her, quickly.
"I'm sorry ma'am but we don't know anything at this point. It's better just to go home and watch the news." Sue shook her head frustrated.
"No, I'm with the FBI and my team was in the café at the time. I must get past." The guard looked at her carefully. He didn't want to be mean, especially at see the distress the woman obviously was in.
"Do you have your credentials?" Sue shook her head and mentally kicked herself for not having though to bring her FBI identification.
"I don't. I saw what happened on the news, and rushed down here." She felt the tears of frustration and fear stinging her eyes. "Please – I need to see my friends. I need to make sure their okay." The guard shook his head, sadly, feeling bad.
"I'm sorry but I can't let you past." Sue felt the desperation rise in her chest. For all she knew, her friends could be seriously injured and she was helpless to do anything to do it.
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Lucy plopped down onto her hotel room bed. She had just spent the afternoon shopping, having one of the first days off since she had flown to Arizona for her conference. It was early evening, and she decided to flip on the news.
She sat in shock as the newscaster spoke.
"There has been a possible terrorist attack in Washington D.C. just about an hour ago. A small café was the target where apparently FBI agents were on location trying to catch the family serial killer that has been running rampant for weeks." Lucy's heart stopped. Her team was working that case. She immediately reached for her phone and tried the bullpen. No answer. Her next try was to Sue's blackberry. Lucy was relieved when she picked up, knowing that her best friend wasn't one of the victims.
"Sue? I just saw the news – what's going on?" She could hear Sue's desperate voice answer back.
"I don't know Luce!" She said frantically. "They won't let me past the police line. They won't tell me what's going on!" Lucy felt terrible, but knew there was nothing she could do from there.
"Sue. It's going to be okay. Keep trying and call me as soon as you know anything." Sue said her goodbyes and hung up. Lucy sat with her thoughts for a few moments before dialing another number.
"Hey mom. I have some bad news… I have to head back to Washington as soon as possible…" Far too many weird things had been happening back home since she had been gone. She had always known Sue to be very healthy, then to find out she was in the hospital. Then knowing Jack was staying with her, things had to be serious. Now, there was an explosion and her friends were possibly hurt. Lucy knew where she needed to be.
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Sue put away her blackberry and knew that she needed to find some way to get passed. Her mind kept thinking of her friends – Dimitrius, Tara, Myles, Bobby…Jack. They could be badly hurt or worse and she was helpless to see them. Suddenly she had an idea.
She bent down to Levi and whispered quietly in his ear,
"Levi. Go find Jack." The dog barked in understanding, as Levi bolted under the police tape and headed towards the scene of the crime. Two guards went shooting after him, as the other officer headed over to where Sue was standing. She took the opportunity to try and get in again.
"Please sir – that's my dog. Can I go get him? I'm deaf and he's my hearing dog." The guard looked at her pathetically; as the tears streamed down her face, but he knew how much trouble he would be in if he let her past, even though he didn't doubt her sincerity.
"Look. I'm very sorry, but you have to understand that I can't do that. Now maybe your dog will find one of your friends. I'll go check." He felt bad for her, as the tears of gratitude streamed down her face.
"Thank you." She whispered, and he tried to smile encouragingly. Sue watched him as he headed into the direction of where Levi went. Another guard kept a beady eye on her, obviously aware that she was anxious to get past the lines that were keeping her back.
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Sue watched fretfully for any signs of Levi, the police officer, or anyone of her friends. Suddenly, she saw someone she recognized looking anxiously around for someone. Jack was too far away, and she couldn't seem to catch his eye, no matter how desperately she was waving. She couldn't risk him giving up and thinking she wasn't there, so she decided to make a desperate move. She ducked under the police tape line, keeping her eyes focused on Jack and hurried towards him.
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Levi came up beside Jack, and started barking in Sue's direction. He turned to see her, as well as two officers, hurrying up behind her, pulling their guns.
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Sue felt the tears streaming down her face, as she saw Jack's face finally find hers, marked with cuts and bruises. She started moving faster, happy that no one was preventing her.
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Jack started to run as he heard the guards yelling at Sue to stop, pulling their guns. She obviously had no idea the danger she was in. He ran as fast as he could, signing and yelling stop as he went, both for Sue and for the men that were pointing their guns at her. Thankfully she stopped, and waited for Jack to get to her.
First thing he did when he got close was to pull her into his arms and held her tightly, glaring at the guards who slowly lowered their guns. Still keeping her close, he turned around, with Sue by his side to face the guards who were getting angry, flashing his badge quickly.
"She had no right to run. This might have been a terrorist attack." They tried to explain as Jack looked at them furiously.
"She is an FBI agent and is deaf! You had no right to threaten to shoot her! I talked to the other officer and you were all made aware that she was FBI, but you still wouldn't let her past."
"She didn't have identification. We couldn't let her past." Sue looked at Jack and said quietly.
"It's okay Jack. Just let it go." He continued to glare at the officers who backed off. The officer who had been kind to Sue, turned the corner and saw them, walking over.
"Thank you so much." Sue said quietly. He smiled kindly to her, nodding and walked back towards the other two officers. Jack turned as he saw him yelling at them. A few seconds later he turned back to look at Sue who was staring at the cuts on his face, her hands shaking again, her face pale.
"Come on, we need to get you to sit down and eat something." She didn't argue, only held onto him tightly, praying that he would never scare her like that again.