The ambulance had arrived at the hospital. The paramedics entered the ER and they informed the ER docs that Dr. Hawkes wants to be present during examination. Hawkes pulled the ER doc aside.

Hawkes: "We are both CSIs – Detective Monroe was abducted we need to preserve her clothing and any other evidence. Also we may need to do a rape kit."

Doctor: "Will do Doc." "It looks like he struck her pretty good. We will get a Plastic Surgeon down her for a consult on the laceration on her face. Are there any other wounds?"

Hawkes: "None that I know of."

Lindsay had gone unconscious in the ambulance. During her examination they did a tox screen on her blood to she if she was injected with Rohypnol.

Lindsay: "Where am I?"

Hawkes walked over to her. "Hello Beautiful! You know you gave us quite a scare. You're in the hospital. Do you remember what happened?"

Lindsay: "My head. Why does my head hurt so bad? I feel like I am gonna throw up."

Hawkes: "Linds? Martino drugged you. You have Rohypnol in your system. That is why your head hurts so bad."

Danny walked into the room.

Danny: "Linds. How are you feeling?"

Lindsay: "Danny what happened?"

Danny: "You mean you don't remember anything. Do you remember Martino?"

Hawkes: (pulling Danny aside) "Danny she doesn't remember anything."

The Doctor walked in with her test results.

Doctor: "Detective Monroe. How are you feeling? Do you have a headache and are you feeling nauseas?" Looking at Hawkes and Danny

Tox screen came back she was injected with a massive amount of Rohypnol. It will be in her system for a quite a few hours. She won't feel well for the next day or two."

Danny: "Thank you Doctor. (walking towards the Doctor very quietly asking) Doc? Did anyone do a rape kit yet?"

Doctor: "Not yet. Has anyone spoken to her about it?"

Danny: "Ummm."

Doctor: "Someone needs to speak to her about it first. We need her consent."

Danny: "I will get someone to speak with her right away."

Danny walked over to Lindsay who had her eyes closed.

Danny: "Linds I need to go find Stella. I will be right back. Okay?"

Lindsay opened her eyes for a minute. She nodded her head yes.

Lindsay was becoming drowsy. The Doctor had given her an IV and gave her a sedative to make her sleepy.

Danny walked to the ER entrance. He found Stella there.

Danny: "Stel we need you. The Doc wants us to ask Lindsay if she remembers……."

Stella: "I know Danny. I don't wanna ask her but we need to know.

The nurse gave me a rape kit. Are you ready for this?"

Danny: "No."

Stella looked at Danny. "You need to be strong for her. You know that right?"

Danny: "I know."

Stella and Danny walked down the hall and approached the Lindsays room. Outside the room they found Hawkes speaking with Mac and Flack.

Stella: "Hey guys. Did you find anything? Do we know if Martino attacked her?"

Mac: "Other than the laceration on her cheek, there was no evidence to suggest rape."

Stella: "Let's hope that's true. I am gonna go talk to her. You guys may wanna go get a cup of coffee or something."

Stella walked in and Lindsay was struggling to keep her eyes open.

Lindsay: "Stella?"

Stella: "Hey Lindsay. How are you feeling?"

Lindsay: "Um my face hurts. Martino hit me. I remember that."

Stella: "What else do you remember?"

Lindsay started to get tears in her eyes. "Stella – I know that you want to process me for rape."

Stella got teary eyed. "Linds. Did he?" "Do you remember if he did anything to you?"

Lindsay started to cry. "I don't remember. I don't remember."

Stella: "You know I need to do this right?"

Lindsay shook her head.

Stella: "Do you want a nurse to do it?"

Lindsay: "No. You do it."

Stella walked to the door and called a nurse in to help with the collection of evidence. After evidence collection she walked to the door and handed the evidence to Hawkes. He was going straight to the lab.

Stella walked up to Lindsay and gave her a hug. "I am so sorry."

Both women were crying. Mac, Danny and Flack walked in.

Danny walked over to Lindsay and kissed her gently on the head.

Danny: "Its okay. Everything's gonna be okay."

Lindsay broke down. She grabbed onto Danny's shirt and started to sob.

Lindsay: "I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry I didn't take my gun. If I would have taken my gun like Mac told me to maybe I could have protected myself better."

Mac walked over to Lindsay and grabbed her hand. "Lindsay. This isn't your fault. We are gonna make sure that Martino is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

Flack: "We promise. This guy will never hurt you again."

Flack walked over and he too kissed her gently on her forehead. "I'm gonna go. You need to rest."

Mac and Stella both got up to leave too. "Lindsay we have to go process your evidence. I will be back later okay." Stella said.

Lindsay closed her eyes again. She was having trouble staying awake.

Lindsay: "Danny? Will you stay?"

Danny: (holding her in his arms) "I'm not going anywhere. You just go to sleep and I will be right here with you. Okay."

Lindsay: (eyes drifting) "Okay."

While Lindsay was sleeping Danny was anxiously awaiting the results of her rape kit. Danny started to drift off when his phone rang.

Hawkes: "Messer. Danny its Hawkes. Rape kit came back. (Danny closed his eyes tight, becoming sick to his stomach.) Rape kit came back positive."

Danny: "Oh God! What am I gonna tell her?"

Hawkes: "The truth. You gotta be strong for her man."

Danny: "I will."

Tbc………………………………………………