'Danny'

Danny swung around to see Jack walking rapidly toward him, 'How is she?'

Danny shrugged helplessly and waved his hand toward the window of the trauma room; 'I don't know, she's still being worked on. They've let Martin in there but….' He stopped, the frustration he was feeling showing on his face.

Jack stared through the window; he could see the monitor Maggie was attached to; lines and numbers moving and changing; he took a step forward as he saw a flat line appear and heard the sound of an alarm……………………;

'She's crashing, 1mg of adrenalin and charge the paddles to 250',

'Clear'

Jack could see the paddles being pressed to Maggie's chest, he saw her body jerk……..

'No output, charging again'

'Clear'

Jack could see Martin, his back toward them, his body rigid………

'No output, charging to 360'

'Clear'

'Still no output'

Jack could feel the tension radiating off Danny as he moved restlessly next to him and heard him whisper softly 'come on'

'Charging again at 360'

'Clear'

Her body jerked again

'We have sinus rhythm';

The flat line was replaced with a jagged one, the alarm replaced with the steady beep they had heard before;

'Christ', Jack's heart was pounding…. he looked at Danny;

Danny met his eyes, his face white, unable to speak; they both turned back to watch the scene unfolding before them

A nurse rushed past holding some chest x-rays and placed them on the light box. A cluster of people were looking at them, pointing to a dark shadow clearly visible on the right hand side. Another flurry of activity and Jack and Danny watched with horrified fascination as a large syringe was plunged into Maggie's chest and then rapidly began to fill with blood.

Another figure entered the room and a discussion took place, then they watched as Maggie was rushed out of the room and toward the elevator; they could see the incubation tube in her mouth, her face smeared with blood, her eyes closed…………

One of the blue clad figures was speaking to Martin and then he moved toward the elevator too;

'Doctor'

The doctor stopped and looked at Jack who was displaying his ID; 'Agents Malone and Taylor, FBI, can you tell me what's going on?'

'We've manage to stabilise Ms Carlisle as much as we can and she's going up to theatre. She has a broken shoulder, a fractured cheek bone, severe head trauma and several broken ribs; the broken ribs have led to a punctured right lung and she's bleeding internally,' he paused and glanced toward Martin who was still stood in the trauma room, slowly removing the gown he had been wearing and then looked back toward Danny and Jack, 'look I won't pull any punches, the broken bones we can fix but the major problem is the head trauma. It's caused a swelling on her brain and all we can do is wait and hope that the damage is not too severe. We'll let you have an update as soon as we know any more.' He nodded at them and headed toward the elevator.

Jack and Danny stood in silence, staring at each other and then both turned toward Martin as he walked slowly through the door, his face blank. He looked at the two of them; 'Have you found him?'

Jack shook his head; 'Sam and Viv are trying to track him down, as soon as we know anything I'll let you know,' he paused and then reached into his pocket and produced a piece of paper and held it out toward Martin, 'you need to see this'

Martin took it from him and stared at it for a second before looking at Jack; 'what is it?'

'It's a form Maggie had to complete for her new job that gives emergency contact and 'next of kin' details, she only got around to filling it in at the start of the week; she's listed her next of kin as her parents …………… and you'

Jack looked at Martin to see if he understood the significance of this but there was no change in his expression, he reached his hand out and placed it on Martin's arm and tried to pick his words carefully, 'it means that if any decisions need to be made then you are authorised to make them'

Martin flinched slightly as the meaning behind these words sank home, and he shook his head, 'Her parents will be here soon….', but Jack interrupted before he could finish;

'Her parents are on a flight from LA to Australia and won't land for another 6 hours, then we have to get them back here, so it will be 24 hours if not more before they land in New York.' He saw the horrified look on Martin's face, 'Look I don't want to add to your worries but your parents are on their way here'

Jack didn't know what to expect as he imparted this last piece of news; he could see from Danny's face that he was expecting Martin to be less than happy but Martin just nodded. Danny pointed towards some chairs; 'why don't we sit down'

Martin shook his head, 'no I want to go upstairs in case……….' He stopped and stared at the floor, his hands clenched tightly. He took a deep steadying breath and then looked at Danny and Jack, his eyes filled with rage, 'just find that bastard'

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'So what do we know about Robert…………..' Sam checked her notes and steadied herself as Viv hurled the car through a gap in the morning traffic, 'er……..Kenilworth?'

'Started work as Special Legal Council to the Mayor's Office 6 months ago. Previously he was a Senior Legal Council in the Attorney General's office. Martin told Danny that he took the New York job because he plans to run for a New York congressional seat in a couple of year's time.'

Sam raised her eyebrows, 'A high flyer then'

'So it would appear'

'What's the story between him and Maggie?'

'I don't know much about that, Danny got some information from Martin but apparently he and Maggie hadn't really discussed it. What we do know is that they got engaged last year and the wedding should have been taking place this coming weekend but it was called off, by Maggie we think, about 4 months ago. We don't know any specific reason, all Maggie told Martin was that Robert changed when he moved to New York and that was the reason the engagement ended'

Sam made notes as best she could; 'Didn't Martin say something about Robert calling Maggie?'

'Yes, He told Danny that Robert called her at around 1am on the night we were all on the Lieberman stakeout. Apparently Robert was very upset and wanted to see her but she refused and told him to call back the following day; he didn't so she called him that evening but he told her he was too busy to talk. He rang again early yesterday morning but apparently they didn't hear the call; he left a message which Martin heard as well, very upset saying that he needed her help. Martin knows she left a message for Robert to call her back but he hasn't spoken to her since and so doesn't know if Maggie spoke to him or arranged to meet him.'

Sam jotted these last details down as the car pulled up outside the Mayor's Office; 'You know, this could be about him being angry that she called the wedding off, I mean her father's a major player in the Republican Party, he wants the Republican nomination for Congress, he's pissed when his easy ticket walks out the door….' she climbed out of the car.

Viv joined her on the sidewalk looking thoughtful, 'Yes, but it doesn't explain why he was sounding so upset on the phone'

Sam considered this for a moment, 'maybe that was a smokescreen, you know, if he can make her believe he's in trouble she would be more likely to meet him.'

They walked into the lobby and up to the reception desk; 'Special Agent Johnson, Special Agent Spade. We need to see Robert Kenilworth'

The receptionist looked warily at them and then dialled a number; 'Mr Lawton, I have two FBI Agents here wanting to speak to Mr Kenilworth', she listened for a moment then, 'Thank you sir'

She smiled hesitantly at Viv, 'Mr Kenilworth is not in today but Mr Lawton will see you. If you take the elevator to the 14th floor someone will meet you.' she indicated toward the elevator and handed them both a pass; 'if you could wear these please.'

Sam and Viv rode the elevator to the 14th floor in silence, not wanting to discuss the case in front of the other occupants of the car. They emerged from the elevator and found a young woman waiting for them; she flashed them a cool professional smile; 'Hello, I'm Joanne Kirk, Mr Lawton's Personal Assistant. If you would like to follow me', she led them down a corridor and then into a meeting room

'Can I get you anything to drink?'

'No thank you, but you can tell us where Robert Kenilworth is'

Joanne barely looked at Sam, a dismissive tone to her voice, 'I have no idea but I am sure Mr Lawton will be able to help, he'll be with you in a moment', and with that she turned and left the room.

Sam raised an eyebrow at Viv, 'Hmm, natives aren't exactly friendly; I think we're likely to need a warrant if we want to look in his office,'

Viv nodded, already on the phone to the FBI legal team to see if one could be arranged. As she finished speaking a man walked through the door. He looked to be in his late 30's, was maybe 5ft 10inches tall and was dressed in what Sam was sure was a very expensive suit. His dark blonde hair was cut short and his pale blue eyes were cold and watchful as he smiled at them.

'Good morning ladies, I understand you are looking for Robert?'

Viv and Sam exchanged glances and then Viv returned his false smile with one of her own, 'Special Agent Johnson, Special Agent Spade,' they both showed him their badges, 'and yes we are looking for Robert Kenilworth, who are you?' she spoke bluntly and Sam saw a look of annoyance cross his face before the smile was firmly back in place again

'My name is Charles Lawton, I am the Senior Deputy Legal Council to the Mayor' he sounded as self important as he looked; Sam put a mildly amused look on her face as she asked,

'That's a fancy title Mr Lawton, what does it mean?'

His jaw tightened but he managed to keep the smile in place even as his eyes looked furious; 'it means that I am Robert's no 2'

'Well that's nice but we need to see Mr Kenilworth urgently, where is he?'

He looked at them for a moment, a slightly mocking look appearing briefly in his eyes before being replaced with false concern, 'Well, actually, I'm glad you are here, we were just about to call the FBI and report him missing'

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'Have we heard anything from the hospital?'

Jack arrived at the conference table where Danny, Sam and Viv were waiting for him. He looked at Danny and nodded slightly;

'She's out of surgery and apparently it went well. Martin said they have scheduled a head CT for later today so they can assess the head trauma……' Jack stopped and shrugged his shoulders slightly.

They were all silent for a moment then Jack pulled out a chair and sat down; 'Right, ordinarily Maggie's attack would be investigated by the NYPD but because of the possible link to Robert Kenilworth and the fact that he has been reported missing,' the expression on his face and the tone of his voice suggested that Jack found this a little too much of a coincidence, 'we are obviously involved. I've spoken to the Lieutenant in charge of the investigation and we have agreed that we will investigate Robert Kenilworth and his possible involvement as we are looking for the scum bag anyway. They will look at all other possibilities including any link to an old case of Maggie's where she has upset the wrong person, that sort of thing.'

He opened a file and took out a report; 'I've had the initial crime scene report,' he looked at Danny before continuing, 'the amount of blood at the scene has raised some eyebrows. There is way too much for it to have just come from Maggie and we know that she wasn't stabbed or shot. The initial analysis indicates that there are two blood types present; Maggie's, which is type AB negative, and another which is type A positive; the amount of AB negative blood present at the scene is consistent with the injuries that Maggie sustained however the majority of the blood that was found is type A positive.'

'So whoever was there was badly injured'

'Yes and the scene of crime people found a kitchen knife that looked as if it had been used to stab someone with and that's being analysed at the moment. Hopefully we can lift some prints from it.'

'There wasn't any blood trail from the apartment; there was some blood on the door handle but that was it' Danny leaned forward as he spoke

Jack sat back and looked at them, 'I've spoken to the CSI running the case and whilst he is reluctant to say much at such an early stage of the investigation he gave me his unofficial initial conclusions from the blood trail,' they were all listening to him intently, he continued; 'his guess is that someone knocked on the door, Maggie opened it with the key chain on and they forced the door open.. He thinks this is where she probably sustained the broken shoulder and cheekbone judging by the blood stain on the inside of the door. It looks as if they dragged her into the living room and that another attack took place there,' he saw Danny, Viv and Sam look at each other;

'Jack, was she……., was she,'

He interrupted before Danny could get the words out; 'The hospital did a rape kit, it was negative', he saw the tension ease slightly from all of them.

'OK, so he attacked her in the living room; that's where we found her and there was a hell of a lot of blood there and in the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen' Danny frowned, staring at Jack

'Well, he thinks that somehow Maggie got away long enough to grab a knife and stab her assailant, probably in the kitchen, then he thinks she made it to the bathroom and locked the door. The blood in the bathroom is all AB negative and the blood on the outside of the bathroom door is all A positive. It looks like whoever attacked her tried to get in but the blood loss had weakened them and they couldn't; eventually they realised that they needed help, cleaned themselves up as best they could and left. At this point it looks as if Maggie came out of the bathroom but collapsed in the living room before she could get help.'

'And no-one heard anything?' Sam sounded incredulous

'NYPD have carried out door to door. There are reports of a disturbance around 11:30pm last night but no-one called it in. The surveillance tapes for the building are being processed as we speak, hopefully we can get something from them.' Jack sounded frustrated.

'OK, well Sam and I visited the Mayor's office and met with a Charles Lawton who is Robert Kenilworth's deputy. He claims that no-one has seen Kenilworth since he attended a meeting at the office at 7:30am yesterday which lasted until midday. Then he left the office claiming he was going to meet someone for lunch and told his secretary to re-arrange his afternoon appointments as he didn't think he would be back in time for them. He hasn't answered his phone when they've tried to contact him, and he hasn't returned any messages. His doorman confirms that he did not go back to his apartment yesterday. We have forensics in there now and I'm waiting for his phone records and credit card and bank information.' As Viv finished speaking Jack's cell phone rang

'Yes', he listened for a minute, 'OK we'll be right there', he ended the call and stood up

'Tech have found something on the video surveillance from Maggie's apartment'; Danny, Viv and Sam all leapt to their feet and followed him to the tech office

'OK, here we have Maggie arriving home at 6:37pm', Mac paused the footage and enlarged the image of Maggie stood by the elevator; her phone was to her ear and she appeared to be annoyed at whatever was being said to her

Sam made a note of the time; 'I'll check her phone records when they come through and see who she was speaking to'

Jack looked at Danny, 'I don't suppose we know what time she finished in court?'

'Yeh, we do, I spoke to Judge Goodwin earlier, he said he sent the Jury out at 5:35pm and then he saw both Maggie and Childs in his chambers until 5:50pm. Apparently it was just something procedural, nothing out of the ordinary. He said Maggie was fine and that she had said she was heading straight home. Martin said she called him at 6pm to let him know she was just leaving the courthouse so the timeline fits.'

'OK,' Jack looked at Mac, 'what else have you found?'

'OK, well we have a lot of people coming home from work all of whom are confirmed as residents; then we have some food delivery's, again, all of these check out until we get to here' Mac paused the tape as they saw a tall man in jeans, trainers and blue hooded jacket arrive. The hood was pulled up and it was impossible to see his face.

'Now watch this', Mac advanced the footage frame by frame; they saw him get into the elevator, the doors close and then they could see the numbers above the elevator door lighting up as the elevator ascended until it stopped on floor 6; the time code in the corner was 11:28pm.

'That's got to be our man' Viv was watching the screen intently, 'do we know when he left?'

'Yeh, and this time he gives us a bit more to go on'; Mac advanced the tape until the timeframe showed 11:57pm and then he again advanced it frame by frame.

They saw the numbers above the elevator door start to descend from floor 6 and then the door opened and a man emerged;

'What's that he's wearing?' Jack stared at the screen as the figure emerged from the elevator wearing a heavy jacket.

Sam leant forward, 'blow that up will you', she stared at the enlarged image. 'that's Martin's jacket.'

She looked at Jack and saw him give her a strange look before he switched his gaze back to the figure on the screen. The film continued to advance frame by frame showing the figure exiting the elevator with difficulty, a phone clamped to his ear. They man reached the door and appeared to stumble and grabbed hold of the wall before forcing himself upright again. Mac paused the tape

'I've already spoken to the crime scene team and they have checked out the wall, they say there is a clear print there and they are running it now,' he moved the cursor and enlarged a portion of the image, 'but this is what I think you will be interested in'

The portion of the image he had enlarged was of the doors onto the street…………and reflected in their tinted glass was a clear image of their suspect

There was silence for a minute as they all stared at the face on the screen, then Viv pulled out a picture of Robert Kenilworth and held it up for comparison; 'Well I don't know who he is, but he's not Robert Kenilworth'