"Flack you better answer the question I want to know, why?" she asked.
"No," Flack said, as they continued to walk. "Come on, we need to find the others."
"Why not?" she asked as she stopped walking.
"Cause you Messers are so much alike, there I said it."
"And what's that suppose to mean?" Mandi asked as she leaned against a wall. Her leg hurt and she didn't want to walk anymore.
Danny then smirked as he went over to his sister's side. "That means we're more alike than you want to admit sissy."
Flack looked down at Mandi. "Don't get think this the wrong way little one, but I barely know you yet, and your a Messer. That means trouble in my book."
"I'm not little and I'm far from trouble." Amanda said to him in a harsh tone. "You may think or know my brother is trouble but that doesn't mean I am too got it?" she added.
Flack chuckled as he sidestepped around her. "Yeah, I kinda have seen that first hand," he said, as he looked at the others. "We'll continue this when we're not being chased by blood thirsty puppies. We need to find Mac and Stella."
"Fine, but your still in the dog pound." she told him with a smile. "Ok so which way?" she asked.
Lindsay looked at Danny. "Is always this assortative?"
"With my sister, pretty much," Danny said, as he looked over at them. "Um, Mands, this way." He called out to her. "You're going back the way towards the puppies."
Lindsay laughed and walked with him.
"Danny I'm heading away from those dam puppies." Mandi shouted back.
"So you say, little sis," he remind her, as he came up to her side.
"What ever Danny." Amanda said to him, she looked over to him. "Look go talk to your girlfriend and stop getting into my personal business." she told him.
"Oh, testy are we?" Danny teased as he looked over Montana. "And who said that's my girlfriend." He then smirked as he looked over at Hawkes. "So where do you think Mac and Stella are?"
Hawkes shrugged. "Who knows Danny?" he said, as he looked around. "They're probably all right for now. Mac will take care of her for a bit, but I don't know how much longer this dogs will stay away from us."
"Danny I know that look you give her, I'm not blind. I have that same kind of look." she told him.
"I'm not that young Danny. I just think it's time I move on, and that's what I'm doing Jake would have wanted that for me." she told him almost in tears.
"Oh, that's good to know...that you're not going to break out singing the barney theme song or some child song."
"Not funny Danny." Amanda shouted at him and ran off in one direction in tears.
"Mandi," Hawkes, Danny, and Flack yelled at her. "Not that way."
Amanda was too upset to listen to them, she just ran and cried. She stopped as she heard the sounds of dogs growling coming towards her. She swiftly wiped the tears from her eyes, turned around and ran the direction she came from. "You guys better start running and be glad I'm giving you heads up." she shouted to the group down a way.
"Why?" Flack asked her...only to stop himself, at the sound of growls. "Never mind." They all took off after Mandi.
"Why else would i tell you to run." she said as she ran. Her eyes were red and she began to feel sweat dripping down her back.
Lindsay grabbed Danny's arm to get him to start running.
"Oh, cause you really thought it would be funny to get us into motion," Chris said, as he slammed into a wall when he tripped. "Ow."
"No in my wildest dreams patrolie." Amanda said as they ran.
"Just keep running, Messer," Chris yelled.
"Whatev.." Amanda started to say but ran into someone. "Oww" she said as she fell.
"Flack, Danny, Lindsay, Hawkes you guys alright?" Stella asked as she stood up. "here let me help you up." she said to Amanda and outstretched her hand.
"Thanks" Mandi replied, took the hand and Stella helped her up. "Detective Amanda Messer would love to chat but umm those demon dogs are coming this way.
"Well there's another pack coming just where we came from." Stella said and looked around. "There's a door across the hall everyone get through it."
"Mac," Flack said to him, as they rushed towards the door. "You guys okay?" Once they were inside. They slammed the door shut and looked around the tiny room. "Oh, this is cozy."
Mac looked over at Flack and the others. "You guys okay?" he asked as he looked over at Mandi. "Danny's sister, I presume."
Danny smirked. "I'm not even gonna ask how you knew, Mac," he said, as he looked around. "Okay, we're trapped in a room, with who knows how many dogs out there. How we gonna get out? Anybody got any smart ideas?"
"You would presume right." Amanda said to Mac.
"Any windows or other doors?" Amanda asked as she looked around.
"And what do you think ya gonna do run for safety?" Chris asked her. "Cause there are dogs out there?"
"No I thought maybe if there were windows and door maybe they lead to the outside Chris." she told him
"Shut up, Chris!" Danny said, as he reached out and snagged his cell phone from Mandi's waist. "Ah, this look's like mine."
"Oh yeah we found it at the entrance." she told him. "you just going to look at or are you going to call someone Danny?"
"Good, a phone," Mac said, as he looked around the room "Flack, you and Miss Messer look for windows and a way out. Danny you try to get a hold of animal control or someone. Hawkes, you and Lindsay keep an eye out for the dogs." He then turned towards Chris. "And you going to sit there." He pointed to a chair."
"On it." Amanda said. "come on Flack." she said and started to walk towards the other side of the room.
"Oh, why do I have to get stuck with her," Flack muttered, as they headed off to look for windows.
"Come on you know you like being paired with me. Well from what I see no windows, it's a pretty small room. No windows one door, I hate rooms like these." Amanda commented. She went to a corner of the room and sat on the floor.
"It's not so bad," he said, as he looked over at Mac. "No windows. That's the only door."
"Okay," Mac said, as he looked over at Danny. "How's it coming Messer?"
"No, I don't wanna be put on hold," Danny said, as he began to pace. "We don't really have the time for that."
Amanda buried her head in her hands. She was truly trying to move on. But she had told her brother that before and it had never really happened. But this time she was telling the truth.
"Why do you want to know and stop calling me Messer." she said softly holding back the tears.
"Hmm...nah," he said, as he looked over at Danny who looked as if he was about ready to reach through the phone and strangle the person on the other end. "Cause if we're gonna be such good buddies, I think I need to know."
"Jake was my fiancé and year and half ago. But before we could get married he was shipped off to Iraq. Few months later he was killed in a roadside bombing." she told him crying. "Danny's been trying to get me to move on since about 3 months after it happened. I kept telling him I was moving on, but I didn't until now. "
"Ah...oops...think maybe I shouldn't have asked." He then slid an arm around her. "I'm sorry about your lost." He then looked over to see Danny watching them with concerned eyes. "Jake," he mouthed, and Danny nodded as he went back to the phone. "It'll be okay. Trust me, I'm not that bad."
Amanda laughed a little and rested her head on his shoulder. "Well I'm not taht bad once you get to know me." she told him.
"Well that's good," he said.
Hawkes shot Lindsay a smile, as he peered out the door. "So Linds, how you doing?" he asked her, as he shot her a smile.
"I'm doing fine." Lindsay replied.
"Well that's good to know."
Amanda smiled. "You never did answer my question." she told Flack.
"It is very good." Lindsay said and she looked over at Danny.
"Oh, yeah, I know," Flack said, as loud growl sounded at the door..."Oh this can't be good." He quickly got to his feet, as three dogs rushed at the door, knocking it open. One jumped for Lindsay while the others went for Hawkes.
"Lindsay!" Danny yelled, as he rushed for her.
TBC
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And remember this is written by two authors. Myself and Mandi.