"Easy, Linds," Danny whispered, as he held her while the dog attacked the officer. Somehow he got away from the dog and scrambled to his feet. "Okay, now we run." They all spun on their heels and took off down the corridor in a flash, trying to put as much space in between themselves and the angry dogs behind them. "Run, guys."
"You think, labbie," the officer gasped, as Sheldon and Danny grabbed onto his arm to keep him from falling to the floor as Lindsay took the lead only to slip on the floor and fall hard on her knees. "Smooth movie, Labbie."
"Shut up," all three CSIs snapped, as Danny helped Lindsay up to her feet as they continued to run. "Now isn't the time to make fun of us. We could just be mean, and leave you to the dogs."
"You wouldn't dare." They turned a corner and came across a set of rickety stairs. "Oh, they look like crap."
"Nice observation, officer," Hawkes pointed out, as he shot a glance over his shoulder to see that the dogs were coming. "We don't have a choice. Now we either go back the way we came or up the stairs. Your choice."
"Stairs," he said, as he pushed them aside and rushed towards the stairs. "You guys staying? Or what?"
"We're coming." They got up the stairs and found the upstairs to be packed to the gills with office supplies. "Oh, we were better off downstairs."
"Yeah, I'll deal with the bats up here than those demon dogs any day." The officer then looked at his wounds and swore. "Oh, man, they bite me."
"Here, let me look at you," Hawkes said, as he went over to his side.
"What are you a doctor?"
"Yeah, I used to be one," Hawkes replied, as he grabbed onto his arm. "Used to work in the morgue. I know my way around a body. No big difference between a live body and a dead one. So you're safe."
"So what happened to the body?" Lindsay asked, as she looked around. Her flashlight hit some faint pictures of puppies and kittens. "I mean, besides the fact that he was attacked by dogs. You didn't leave it there did you?"
"No, we put it up," Danny answered, as he came up beside her, and gently touched her wound. "You all right?"
"Yeah, I'll be okay," she replied, as she looked up at him. "It was a stupid accident. Nothing like him."
"You should still have Hawkes take a look at it."
"Yeah, I will after he's done with him." She then turned to look at the officer. "By the way, officer. Since we're all trapped here. What is your name?"
"I'm Chris," he responded, only to slap Hawkes hands away. "Okay, you can stop now. You may call yourself a Doctor but all you're doing is hurting me." He then got to his feet and huffed away.
"Lindsay, come here," Hawkes called out to her, causing her to come over to his side. "I see you hurt yourself. Wanna tell me how?"
"Um, let's see. It was after I ran into the mannequin," she started, causing both Danny and Hawkes to chuckle. I then got trapped in a small office by our padded-footed friends, who you've meet. I was looking out a small window when one scared me, I lost my balance and fell backwards into a table. This happened."
"Ouch," Chris muttered, as he came up to them, as he came up to their sides. "I think I meet your mannequin friend."
"Really, you meet Stiffy?" Lindsay said, as she looked up at him, as Hawkes began to look at her wound and clean it. She tried not to make a really big deal out of it, for all that Chris had done when Hawkes had tried to look him over. "He's a really nice mannequin. Doesn't say much." That got Danny and Hawkes to smile again. "So, remind us why again, you didn't bring your gun in with you?"
"Because I didn't think I needed it. The building was clear. The area's clear. So no need for a weapon."
"Well, buddy," Danny began, as he put a hand on Chris's arm, careful of his wound's. "I would say, there's a need for it now."
"Ya think?"
A loud growl caused them to spin around towards the doorway to face a lone dog. "Oh, yeah," Lindsay said, as she backed up towards Danny. "Pretty much a definitely, right about now." He quickly pulled her to him and wrapped an arm around her waist. "Any ideas?"
"Don't panic?"
"Oh, good idea. Why didn't I think of that one?" The dog then broke into a run towards them.
"Run!" They turned and bolted off in two different directions. Danny and Lindsay towards the right and Christ and Hawkes to the left. The dog was right behind them.
TBC
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