Starsky left Big Ben's room and went to find Joshua. Joshua was finishing up with a patient. He saw Starsky and held up a finger in a wait-a-minute gesture. Starsky nodded and took a seat. He hummed a tune and relaxed. Hutch was safe in Big Ben's room. He thought of updating Dobey and went to a phone in the lobby. Dobey was not happy to hear of Hutch being hit by a car and made Starsky promise to check back with him. He also told Starsky he would check into Russell Williams and informed Starsky Wilson had been under suspicion for some time. Starsky also checked in with Huggy Bear, who also confirmed Williams' name had come up as possibly being on the take. Huggy told Starsky to give Hutch a hug for him and for both to be careful.

After Starsky hung up, a tired Joshua sat beside him. "How's Ken doing?"

"He's in Big Ben's room and resting. He had a dizzy spell earlier, so we forced him to lay down."

"Good. Give me a minute and I'll go check him out. ER can call me if they need an extra pair of hands."

"Dr. Hutchinson?" Nurse Sanchez called. "Emergency call for you."

"What now?" Joshua headed for the nurses' desk and picked up the phone.

Starsky saw the alarm on Joshua's face. He couldn't hear what Joshua was saying, but when Joshua returned, his face was white and tense. "That was one of the doctors at the mental hospital. I need to check on Mickey." He staggered a bit and Starsky was instantly at his side steadying him.

"I'll drive you; you don't look in shape to drive yourself," Starsky said firmly. He took Joshua's arm and Joshua nodded.

"It's ten minutes away, you take Main to Ridgeway Street – wait, you're not familiar with this area, I'll let you know where to turn." Joshua was rubbing his forehead and eyes as he spoke.

"Is Mickey all right?"

"Dr. Owens didn't say; just that I needed to get over there ASAP. I don't know how much more I can take, David."

"Yeah, your whole family has been through hell," Starsky said sympathetically.

A few minutes later they arrived at mental hospital and both hurried through the doors.

"Mickey's in Room 112," Joshua stated, hurrying as fast as he could with his limp.

Both burst through the door to find the room in disarray with drawers opened, a chair overturned and the sheets and pillows on the floor.

"Mickey!" Joshua called as he scanned the room. Starsky, horrified, checked to see if he could find any hint as to what had happened.

Nurse Alice Moore came into the room and Joshua grasped her arms. "Alice, what happened? Where's Mickey?"

She shook her head. "We had a fire alarm in the other section and were moving patients, when it was over, we checked on everyone and found her room like this, and no sign of her, Joshua, I'm sorry."

Joshua sagged and Nurse Moore hugged him.

Starsky knelt, finding a small slip of paper. He gasped as he read it.

"What is it? What does it say?" Joshua grabbed it without waiting for an answer. His face turned white. "Lena's children will die. No! No! Mickey!"

"Joshua, I have to get back to Hutch!" Starsky raced to the door and started the car, tires squealing as he took off. He broke every speed limit; glad he had memorized the directions back to the Hospital. He ran through the floors, bounding up the stairs until he reached Big Ben's room.

He stood, gasping for air, staring in disbelief at the room. Big Ben was lying in the floor, a pool of blood around him and Hutch was gone.

On the cot Hutch had rested on, Starsky found another piece of paper. It said, 'Lena's children will die.'

TBC